Reds To Gain if Soong Moscow Talks Shift War Alliances
Dewitt Mackenzie notes speculation that Premier Soong and the Chinese mission to Moscow could forge a mutual aid pact bringing Russia into the war against Japan. He argues such a deal might shape China’s politics, extend Soviet influence in the north, and affect Chiang Kai-shek’s government amid red forces near Russian borders. The piece treats the Moscow visit as potentially widening Soviet reach in Asia.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Chungking
Moscow
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Harvard 15
San Francisco
Soong
Russia
Asia
China
Japan
Chiang
Soviet Union
Orient
Europe
Alex Jacome Receives City Building Permit for New Warehouse
The city issues a permit for Alex Jacome to erect a 40 by 50 foot brick warehouse at 118 South Fifth Avenue. West Alameda Street will be remodeled into a studio for Lola Fletcher at an estimated cost of $12,000.
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South Fifth Avenue
Alex Jacome
Gas Shortage Leads to 45 Day Closing of Station
The Ted Walker service station at 1901 Oracle road is penalized for 45 days effective July 15 after an OPA ruling by Francis T. McCarty. No gasoline may be delivered during the period due to an inventory shortage of 2 435 gallons found on April 21.
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Ted Walker
Oracle Road
Francis T. McCarty
OPA
Phoenix
Legion Leader Urges Universal Military Training
Jack Stille, state department commander of the American Legion, addressed veterans in Winslow urging compulsory military training as the only path to prevent future wars. He argued opposition now comes from the same forces who opposed preparedness in 1917.
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Winslow
Jack Stille
State Department
American Legion
Stille
Transport Pinkney Battered By Japs
The transport USS Pinkney, damaged by a Japanese manned bomb April 28 off Okinawa, is being repaired in Alameda California. Two dozen crewmen died and 18 remain missing or dead. About 180 wounded were rescued as fire gutted the ship while 400 crewmen watched a movie below deck.
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Boruff Smith
Alameda
Calif
U.P
Pinkney
Okinawa
Navy
Frederick P. Shidler
Torrence
Robert I. Boyd
San Mateo
Harold Scoggins
Shidler
Scoggins
Pacific
Solomons
Leyte
Lingayen ‘Gulf
Iwo Jima
Palau
Airbase Taken At Liuchow By Chinese Army
Chinese forces captured one Liuchow airfield while bypassing the city which has burned for a week. Two of three airfields used by U.S. 14th Air Force remained in enemy hands as Linchow fell by time. Columns advanced north of the city and fighting continued in suburbs as Japanese attacks persisted on the Liuchow peninsula.
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Chungking
U.P
Liuchow
High Command
14Th Airforce
Linchow
South China
Muiluk
Fahsien
Liuchow Peninsula
Hainan Island
Reich Cloaked German-Owned U. S. Industry
James E. Markham testified to a Kilgore subcommittee that Germany ran a cam paign to cloak German funded U S firms in the United States after the war outbreak. He said about 60 firms were cloaked with 195 enterprises valued at roughly 164 million dollars, and most are being liquidated or sold to Americans while avoiding German reentry.
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Washington
Germany
U. S
Europe
James E. Markham
Markham
Senate
Justice Department
Japan
Congress
United States
General Aniline & Film Corp
American Potash & Chemical Co
Schering Corp
American Bosch Corp
E. Leitz, Inc
General Dyestuff Corp
American Wine Co
America
UA Bulletin Urges Date Growers Organize
The University of Arizona extension service circular notes wide date price variation due to lack of organized markets. Larger growers with advertising and salesmanship find good markets. Arizona has about 500 acres in dates. first commercial garden started in 1912, with slower growth until 1920.
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Arizona
University of Arizona Agricultural Extension Service
Wers
Harold B. Powers
Maricopa County
Powers
Captain Ernest W. Jones Believed Lost On Japanese Prison Ship
Mrs. Dona Rae Jones of Tucson, wife of Captain Ernest W. Jones, received word he was lost when a Japanese prison ship sank in the South China Sea on October 24, 1944. Jones, a University of Arizona student in 1939 and former Aetna Life Insurance employee, had been in the Army since 1940 and was a prisoner of war in the Philippines.
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Dona Rae Jones
R. M. Howard
East Third Street
Ernest W. Jones
Philippine Islands
Sun
Adjutant General’s Office
South China Sea
China
Esco
Survey Finds People Back World League
New York June 29 President Truman can attend the Big Three meeting with knowledge that the American public backs the San Francisco charter by a wide margin. First nationwide poll returns show about 90 percent favor Senate ratification while 10 percent oppose. About 30 percent lack enough familiarity to form an opinion yet.
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New York
Senate
San Francisco
Truman
League of Nations
Wisconsin grid star Schreiner dies from Okinawa wounds
Lt. David N. Schreiner 24 former University of Wisconsin All America end dies of wounds received in action on Okinawa. Schreiner starred for the Badgers in 1940 41 42 and earned AP All America honors in 41 42 and the 1942 Western Conference most valuable player award.
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Lancaster
Wis
David N. Schreiner
University of Wisconsin
Okinawa
Marine Corps
H. E. Schreiner
Schreiner
Badger
Associated Press
Mt Lemmon Lodge Plans Fourth of July Week Festivities
The Mt Lemmon Lodge atop Mt Lemmon announces a seven day July celebration with horseback rides to scenic peaks trout fishing hikes moonlight rides dances and deluxe dining. Rates are under the American Plan reservations via 7459-R-Adv. Warns guests to bring warm coats for cool nights. Newport Gazette.
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Mt. Lemmon
Bigalow Peak
Mt. Lemmon Lodge
High School Teachers To Get Driver Training
Phoenix reports that teachers attending Arizona State College at Flagstaff will receive driver training instruction this July. Instructors include Earl Campbell of the National Safety Council and H. R. from New York University, with others from state agencies and the highway patrol guiding sessions aimed at improving traffic safety education.
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Phoenix
Arizona State College
Flagstaff
Earl Campbell
Los Angeles
Tucson Daily Citizen item on June 29 1945 Page 3
A brief 1945 Tucson Daily Citizen note on page 3 signals local events and announcements for Friday June 29, with concise civic or community updates typical of the era.
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Two 40th Division Truck Drivers Capture Four Japanese
On Negros Island in the Philippines on June 16, two 40th division truck drivers Pfc. James W. Lines Jr. of Curwensville Pennsylvania and Pvt. Frank C. Dennis of New York City went out to haul water and returned with four Japanese prisoners. One prisoner commented that Americans were “too much on the head” and that they were not fighting Americans but bullets.
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James W. Lines, Jr
Curwensville
Frank C. Dennis
New York City
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Reds
Premier Soong
Legion
the Prudential Insurance Company OF America
Home Office
Newark, N. J
Benjamin van Praag
Special Agent
W. Alameda
Transport Pinkney
Kamakazes
Reich
Treasury Department
UA Bulletin
East Congress
Gallup
Wisconsin
Sion
H. J. Travis
Negros Island
Philippines
Stardust
Bulova
Gruen
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