Truman Hopes Conclave Will Speed Victory Over Japanese
President Truman travels aboard the cruiser Augusta en route to the Potsdam conference with Churchill and Stalin. The voyage includes a first shipboard press briefing, meetings with Byrnes and aides, and routine tours of the ship as Allied leaders anticipate a speedy victory and a lasting European peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaroo
Augusta
Truman
Berlin
Potsdam
Churchill
Stalin
Japan
Atlantic
Missouri River
sJadders
Washington
Newport News
Naval Operations
Henry H. Arnold
Army
Mr. Truman
San Francisco
Byrnes
White House
Grandmother Held On Murder Charges in Child Death
In Media Pennsylvania a grandmother, Anne E. Jaffrey, 44, is held without bail on murder charges for the death of 4 1/2 year old Sandra Lee McCann. Arrest testimony says the woman battered the girl during a bath, causing a broken neck and cerebral hemorrhage. The child’s mother Borta McCann, a plant worker in Bridgeport, Conn., was en route to Media. A separate note lists a for sale Mahogany dining suite ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Media
Sandra Lee McCann
Italy
William Toal
Anne E. Jaffrey
Sandra
Toal
Mararet H. Ward
Feed Shortages Threaten 1946 Meat Output Hopes
The Agriculture Department warns a potential live stock feed shortage could curb plans to expand meat and poultry production in 1946. Unfavorable weather and labor shortages may yield the smallest feed grain crop since 1941, affecting hog, beef and poultry output and delaying incentives for livestock producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Anderson
House Food Investigating Committee
Chicago
Polish Problem Continues One Of Much Concern
The British face a delicate Polish issue as Gen. Klemens Rudwicki pledges allegiance to the exile regime in London. His First Polish Armored Division remains with British forces in Germany, risking friction with Warsaw and Moscow. London labor fears for civilian manpower as demobilization continues. In Brussels, King Leopold dispute grows after reports of Prince Charles’s planned departure were denied by government sources.
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Tom Ochiltree
Associated Press Star
London
Klemens Rudwicki
Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
Czkiewicz
Britain
United States
Provisional Government of National Unity
Warsaw
Germany
Rudnicki
Moscow
Ministry of Labor
Belgium
Leopold
Prince Charles
Salzburg
Adolphe van Glabbeke
Brussels
Senators Call Opponents of Pact to Speak
Senators press ahead as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hears critics of the United Nations Charter. Chairman Connally kept witnesses to fifteen minutes each while Agnes Waters shouted protests before police. David Darrin claimed to represent the United Nations of Earth Association, prompting Connally to note the peculiar claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D.tex
Agnes Waters
D. C
Blue Star
Cecil Bray
Arlington
Americans United, Inc
J. Paul Cotton
Cleveland
World Peace Forum
Senate
Ely Culbertson
David Darrin
United Nations of Earth
Associated
Darrin
United Nations of Earth Association
Senator Barkley
D.-Ky
Mr. Darrin
Association
Foreign Relations Committee
Demand For Food Exceeds Supply Says Secretary Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warned that demand for food surpasses supply and called for public understanding. He said shortages stem from factors beyond mere nature and urged honesty about limits while noting stockpiles for meat poultry eggs sugar lard and canned goods are being drawn down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anderson
Advertising Federation of America
America
School Board To Hear Request For Bible Teacher
Frederick County School Board meets at 11 AM Monday to hear a request to place a full time Bible teacher in public schools next term. The hearing request comes from the Frederick County Council of Churches executive committee: Charles Staples H A Snapp B F Strother J F Wine R L Booze C G Wilkins. The group has raised about 2000 dollars to fund the salary for the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County School Board
Frederick County Council of Churches
Charles Staples
H. A. Snapp
B. F. Strother
J. F. Wine
R. L. Booze
C. G. Wilkins
35000 Soldiers Are Landing From European Zone
New York ships bring 35000 returning troops including 8642 Americans and 7000 Canadians aboard the Queen Mary and other transports. Maj Gen Frank L. Culin Jr aboard West Point as 87th Division units 345th 347th regiments arrive from Europe. Additional ships carry mufti units and support troops for U S reinforcements and redeployments in the Pacific theater.
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New York
Europe
West Point
United States
Queen Mary
103Rd General Hospital
Eighth Air Force
Pacific
America
Frank L. Culin, Jr
John Ericsson
James Parker
Andrew Hamilton
John Stevens
Thomas Page
Alfred Moore
87Th Division Artillery
87Th Cic
5Th Corps
5Th Corps Artillery
5Th Engineer Special Brigade
Aussies Complete Bay Area Capture in Borneo
Australian forces have tight control of the Balikpapan Bay area in southeast Borneo after a shore to shore advance. They report securing the port and nearby refinery area, with further push toward Manggar airfield and related fronts along highway five.
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Manila
Borneo
Balikpapan Bay
Pandansari
Balikpapan
Mt. Batochampur
Manggar Airfield
Highway Five
Taritip
Manggar
Milford
Djinabora
Cape Pendajam
Split Bottom Chairs and Rockers Sold by Grove Co
Just received split bottom kitchen chairs porch rockers and metal utility cabinets from J. W. Grove Furniture Co located at 125 S. Lou doun St. Ad indicates sale date 7-10.1p-2t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Grove Farm Co
Loudoun St
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun
Chinese Push Toward Another Former Air Base
Chinese forces recaptured Sincheng in Kiangsi and advanced toward the former Kanhsien air base 210 miles northeast of Canton. Lincheng and Nankang were liberated, part of a drive reclaiming former American air bases including Suichwan Yungning Liuchow and Tanchung. In Kwangsi Chungtu near Liuchow fell as forces moved toward Wuchow while Kiangso counterattacked toward Kanhsien.
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Chungking
Sincheng
Kiangsi
Kanhsien
Canton
High Command
Nankang
Kiangsi-Kwangtung
Lincheng
Claire L. Chennault
Suichwan
Yungning
Nanning
Liuchow
Tanchung
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Chungtu
Liuchow-Kweilin
Tengyun
Wuchow
Kwangtung-Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Kiangso
Ban On Shipping Racing Horses
Washington reports an Office of Defense Transportation order prohibiting rail transport of race horses and show animals to speed war efforts. The Interstate Commerce Commission issued the ban at J Monroe Johnson's request with a 6 PM today start and 12:01 AM July 1 1946 end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
O.C.T
J. Monroe Johnson
Johnson
S.C.C
Lc.c
War in Brief Japanese Air Losses and Pacific Gains
Japan reports 154 planes destroyed or damaged after a day of intense aerial combat as Allied forces withdraw to the south. In Borneo Australian forces capture Balikpapan and Pandansari refinery area. Burmese fighting sees retreating Japanese pressed by British near the Sittang river bend. Chinese forces isolate Kanshien and attack enemy beachheads below Amoy on the invasion coast.
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Thailand
Burma
Nicobar
Singapore
Borneo
Balikpapan
China- Thailand
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Lower
Sittang River
Rangoon
China
Kanshien
U. S
Hong Kong
Amoy
Rent Control Regulations to Be Explained
Lunsford L Loving district read executive in W today announced a public meeting at 7 30 Thursday evening in City Hall courtroom to explain OPA rent regulations. He seeks landlords and others to attend and will distribute registration forms for rental properties in Frederick and Shenandoah counties with an August 15 deadline. Tenants subleasing must register. noncompliance can bring federal injunctions under the Emergency Price Control Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunsford L. Loving
W Today
OPA
Loving
Winchester Defense
Winchester
Civil Service
Strasburg
Frederick
Shenandoah
Invasion Talk Grows As War Chiefs Speak
United States and Japan exchange statements on possible invasion moves after a large carrier air strike near Tokyo. Admiral Nimitz notes growing American air power and a blockade while Tokyo radio raises the likelihood of amphibious operations and memory of Iwo Jima landings.
Razing North Loudoun Buildings Near George Washington Garage
Workmen will begin tearing down the structures at 214 16 18 22 and 24 North Loudoun Street next week adjacent to the George Washington Garage owned by Mrs. Gertrude A McCormac. Some occupants were told to vacate including Charles M Barrett George W Clowser Turner B Senecadiver Oates Barbership 222 Clarice C Oates and Jas Swanson 224 N Loudoun. George Clowser plans to move his transfer business and Senecadiver Auto Repair to 21 Clark Street after July 15. Joseph F Bayliss Jr signed to level the building and will likely start Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Loudoun Street
George Washington Garage
Gertrude A. McCormac
Charles M. Barrett
N. Loudoun
George W. Clowser
Turner B. Senciadiver
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Concord
N. H
Barrett
Barretts
Cpl
Chester J. Barrett
War Department
Aero
Eimespeles
Winchester Evening Star
205Th
CIC
U.S
Spencer Moosa
The
Associated Press
Great Oil Bay
Aussies
By Lief Erickson
Guam
Chester W. Nimits
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Ice
Iwo Jima
Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Kobe
Honshu
Fleet Headquarters
Adm
Johns. McCain
Ryukyus
Far Eastern
MacArthur
George C. Kenny
Seventh Air Force
Loudoun
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