Urgent Talks Under Way Over Veto Right Among Big Powers
Urgent talks in Moscow and San Francisco aim to avert a permanent big five split over veto rights. Stalin reportedly reviews insistence on veto in a world security council while Harry Hopkins and Stettinius confer with Gromiko. US officials expect a Stalin decision by week end, fearing small nations may push for conference votes if the split persists.
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San Francisco
Moscow
Stalin
World Security Council
Harry Truman
Harry Hopkins
Stettinius
United States
Andrei Gromko
Russia
France
China
Britain
Truman
Gromko
Security Council
Council
Normandy
Denmark
S. S. Winchester Victory Crew Sends Thanks to Winchester
A letter from the crew and Naval Armed Guard of the S. S. Winchester Victory thanks Winchester for the shipboard library and entertainment. They pledge to keep supplies flowing to service members overseas and credit the city for support.
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The
Star
Winchester
S. S. Winchester
United States
S. S. Winchester Victory
Notice of Sale and Thanks from Kernstown Cabin Camp
Having sold our business The Kernstown Cabin Camp we thank our friends and customers for their patronage. Mr and Mrs Clyde Logan.6-6-1p-21)
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Kernstown
Clyde Logan
Many Irreplaceables Soon To Lose Their Deferments
About 60,000 industrial workers aged 26 to 29 face potential loss of draft deferments by fall as munitions cuts reduce key workers. A government deferment committee plans to cancel six month deferments before September if workers are laid off or no longer indispensable, though some may fail physical standards.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Inter-Agency
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Accu
Annual Memorial Services Held at Stonewall Cemetery
Garland R. Quarles, superintendent of city schools, spoke at Confederate Memorial Day exercises at Stonewall Cemetery. He saluted the Confederacy’s enduring principles of social refinement and devotion to public and private duty, citing General Robert E. Lee’s letter to his son as an example.
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Garland R. Quarles
Stonewall
Truman Plea for Permanent FEPC Faces Southern Opposition
President Truman requests a vote on a permanent fair employment practices committee. Southern Democrats oppose action as Congress stalls FEPC legislation, which currently operates temporarily on executive budget funds. If not approved by July 1, Truman warns the principle of fair employment practices will be abandoned.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sabath
House Rules Committee
FEPC
Executive Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Anderson Eyes Army Contracts to Stabilize Farm Profits
Clinton Anderson proposes let the Army and foreign food claimants back farm price guarantees by signing 1946 purchase contracts. He warns current WFA funds may fail to curb price drops, urges Army written minimum prices and similar rules for lend-lease and relief programs to prevent an egg and poultry crunch. Prices for eggs and meat are under pressure as producers sell hens and supplies tighten across dairy and turkey markets.
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Associated Press
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Army
New Mexico
Julyl
House Food Investigation Committee
WFA
Army Anderson
Foreign Economic Administration
Anderson
Japs Thrown Back On Mindanao
Manila reports Japanese forces on Mindanao have been driven from all useful areas and may be trapped in the mountains east of the Sayre highway. The two veteran divisions, the 24th and 31st, press the counteroffensive as Beightler’s 37th advances toward Bayombong in Luzon. Dixie unit led by George Williams, known as Pappy’s Boys, gains ground in Mindanao’s central sector.
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Manila
Mindanao
Sayre Highway
Davao
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Eighth Army
R. B. Woodruff
Clarence Martin
Luzon
Philippines
Robert S. Beightler
Bayombong
Highway Five
Aritao
Cagayan Valley
Tcls
George Williams
Birmingham
Ala
Dixie
Lilac Creek Canyon
Southwest Pacific
Driniumor River
New Guinea
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular meeting Thursday evening June 7 at eight o'clock. All members are urged to attend. Ryland Conner, Clerk
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Friendship Fire Company
The
Ryland Conner
Russians Identify Hitler Body Amid Berlin Ruins
A high Russian source said a body found in Berlin is the likely corpse of Adolf Hitler. Four burnt bodies were found in the underground Reich Chancellery complex after Berlin’s fall. The Russians say the evidence from teeth and details points to Hitler, though they withhold final confirmation.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichschancellery
Hitler
Red Army
Moscow
Doctor Morel
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Goebbels
Site for Parley of Big Three Believed Chosen
Reports from Commons indicate a site for a future big three parley may already be set with London ruled out. Sir John Anderson said there was no chance the meeting would be held in London while Eisenhower and Montgomery returned to their headquarters after the Berlin session.
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Commons
Allied Control Council
Berlin
John Anderson
London
Austria
Eisenhower
Marshal Montgomery
U. S
Germany
Richard K. Law
Foreign Office
Vienna
Poland
Syria
Truman
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Graz
Stalin
Ivor Thomas
Sir John
London Star
Montgomery
Nephew Killed in Action in Germany
Mrs J W Crider of South Stewart street reports her nephew Pfc Carl W Weist Jr has been killed in Patchen Germany on December 11 after being previously listed as missing in action. He was son of Carl Weist Sr of Gerrardstown West Virginia and a Martinsburg High School and Shepherd College graduate who worked in his family's grocery business before enlisting. He served with the 9th Army and saw active combat.
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J. W. Crider
South Stewart Street
Pfc
Carl W. Weist
Carl Weist
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Patchen
Germany
Young Weist
Martinsburg High School
Shepherd College
9Th Army
Laval Not Listed As A War Criminal
London reports that Pierre Laval, former head of the Vichy regime, has not been named a war criminal by the Allies. Richard Law said nomination must come from the French government. Laval fled to Spain, is in Barcelona, and De Gaulle’s government has condemned him in absentia.
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London
Richard Law
Foreign Office
Commons
Pierre Laval
Law
Laval
de Gaulle
Marseille
Spain
Germany
Barcelona
Madrid
Winchester Council Passes Curfew Ordinance
The Winchester Common Council unanimously passes a curfew ordinance limiting minors under 16 from being on streets alleys parks and public places during specified hours. An amendment to raise the age to 17 failed 1 to 5 as police advised the ordinance should cover up to at least 17.
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Winchester Council
Winchester Common Council
Winchester Police Department
J. T. Kremer
Fred L. Glaize
A. Lee Coble
J. H. Henry
Henry
W. W. Dellinger
A. T. Hawthorne
P. D. Miller
L. B. Sirbaugh
Sebert Smith
Glaize and
Kremer
Tokyo Forms Reconstruction Division as Kobe Burns
Tokyo created a division for reconstruction of war damaged areas to rebuild cities underground past incendiary raids. The effort centers on Tokyo Yokohama Osaka Kobe with more sweeps expected and Yoji Minobe named head, aided by advisers and engineers. Lt. John G. Hoyer reports baka rocket attack on Kobe.
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Domei
Tokyo
Yokohama
Osaka
Kobe
Yoji Minobe
Tokyo Radio
John G. Hoyer
Missoula
Mont
Weather records shattered across Virginia in June lows
The Associated Press reports new June low temperatures in Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg and Fredericksburg as a warm spell ends. Richmond hits 45 degrees setting a late season record, while Norfolk falls to 54 and Lynchburg records 40, the coolest June night since station start in 1871.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Lynchburg
S. B. Trotter
Trotter
Fredericksburg
Universal Training Urged By Hero
Washington June 6 survivor Chief Yeoman William W Tyree Jr of Richwood West Virginia called for universal military training after World War II to ensure freedom is secure. Speaking to the Citizens Committee for Military Training of Young Men at the Mayflower Hotel Tyree urged every able bodied man to be willing to be trained and ready to defend his country.
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Washington
de Franklin
Ur Sal
William W. Tyree, Jr
Maplestreet
Richwood
W. V
Citizens Committee For Military Trang of Young Men, Incorporated
Mayflower Hotel
Tyree
Force essential for world peace says Forrestal at Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal told 1 040 midshipmen at Annapolis that availability of armed force to deter aggression is key to peace and urged graduates to help educate the public about the Navy. He stressed duty to return in honorable service and to inform Americans about naval needs.
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Annapolis
Forrestal
Naval Academy
United States
Congress
Marine Corps
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy
Regimen of Mind Opposed by Education Leaders
A.J. Brumbaugh of the American Council on Education told the House Postwar Military Policy Committee opposition to a peacetime draft. He warned universal military training would regiment the mind of youths and that immediate action implies no faith in collective security.
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A. J. Brumbaugh
American Council On Education
House
Brumbaugh
Okinawa Isolated Isle Under Fierce Fighting
Okinawa reduced to an isolated isle as Japanese and American forces clash on the southern tip. Philippines reports twin columns pressing Nipponese from Davao toward Mindanao. Luzon advances by American forces in Cagayan Valley. Chinese occupation of Liuchow, a key railroad junction and former air base, cited by the Kweichow governor.
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Okinawa
Philippines
Davao
Mindanao
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
China
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
Kweichow
Guam
Japan
Okinawa Fallen In All but Name Warns Tokyo Invasion Looms
Japanese and Allied reports grapple as Okinawa nears a decisive phase with Am erican silence fuelling invasion fears. Domei and Yomiuri say Marines landed on Oroku Pen insula while Tokyo warns of imminent main land assault and calls for national preparations.
Plane Carrying Wacs Missing Over Africa
An Army transport plane with 18 WACs and three crew has been missing for a week on a 766 mile flight from Accra to Roberts Field Liberia. The aircraft disappeared near Takoradi and searches cover the Ivory Coast area along the route between British West Africa and Liberia.
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Washington
Africa
War Department
Accra
British West Africa
Roberts Field
Liberia
Takoradi
Wacs
Army Transport Command
Ivory Coast
Eye Glass Repairs by Hodgson and Brown
Local eyeglass shop Hodgson and Brown offer duplicate broken lenses from any prescription at a savings. Located at 41 West Boscayen, phone 2231.
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Hodgson & Brown
W. Boscayen
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Hamilton Faron
U.S. Tenth Army
Chester W. Nimitz
Comunique
Aka Jima
Radio Tokyo
Europe
Yomiuri Hachi
Yomiuri
Oroku Peninsula
Naha
Nimitz
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Kkume
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