British plan new Indian executive council advances toward self rule
London reports a sweeping India reform package proposing an almost all Indian executive council as Viceroy Wavell seeks broader Indian participation. The plan aims to guide self government during wartime with an Indian majority council and external affairs handled by an Indian member. Nehru Patel Azad freed along with other Congress working committee members. 1,500 detained.
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London
India
Lord Wavell
Amery
New Delhi
Indian All-Congress
Grandhi
Mohamdas K. Gandhi
Japan
Wavell
Huerta
Dominions
Great Britain
Finance and Home
Congress Party
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Vallebhai Patel
Maulana Azad
Asaf Ali
Hitler Youth Call to Fight Appears in German Town
Typewritten posters urging continued war appeared on walls in Rottenburg near Wiesbaden. Messages read Long live the Fuehrer and young Nazis awaken. Nearby, three American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Division died when their jeep hit a minefield south of Halzhausen after markers were removed by German civilians. an investigation is underway.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S. Rottenburg
Fuehrer
Twelfth Army Group
100Th Infantry
Halzhausen
Salvation Army Officials Mark Anniversary Here
Salvation Army advisors toured Winchester headquarters last night marking Capt Clyde Koon and wife’s first anniversary in the city. Board members praised progress from youth programs to summer camping and new facilities as they viewed transients quarters classrooms and a wood shop under Capt and Mrs Koon. Brigadier Charles Dodd of the Baltimore regional office also attended.
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Salvation Army
Clyde Koon
Winchester
Winchester and
Vicinty
Salvation Army Fund
Capt. Koon
Koon
E. E. Baughman
White Rock
L. A
Powhatan
E. E. Harbaugh
Laurens Jones
A. C. Halvosa
D. L. Lupton
J. W. Rosenberger
Earl Baker
Earl Bunting
Ray A. Garrabrandt
Ed Molden
J. J. Warner
W. R. Strader
A. F. Naddeo
Charles H. Dodd
Salvation Army Regional
Baltimore, Md
Police chief mulls charge against humorous cowboy
Helena Montana reports Police Chief Arthur Parsons debated presenting charges after a cowboy rode a horse around City Hall and to the police station door. He settled on drunken riding as the filing choice.
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Helena
Mont
Arthur Parsons
Company 115 Veterans Observe Virginia Guard Anniversary
Company 115 of the Virginia State Guard will observe its fourth anniversary tonight at the Winchester Armory at 7 30 with supper talks by World War II veterans exhibi tion drill and dancing. Organized in 1941 the unit now numbers about 90 with four officers nine veterans of World War I and five other ex service members.
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Virginia State Guard
Winchester
Virginia Nation
W. A. Baker
Freeman Endorses Compulsory Draft For National Safety
Washington June 14. Editor-historian Douglas Southall Freeman urged compulsory military service as the surest democratic and economical national defense. He warned disarmament and reactive war cycles cost billions and lives, outlining a force capable of rapid expansion with minimal civilian loss. The U S Chamber of Commerce backed 12 months training and universal military education, voting in favor of peacetime draft.
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Washington
Douglas Southall Freeman
House
Richmond
Freeman
United States
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Walton Izaak Walton League Plans Fish Fry and Picnic
At a Bentonville Shenandoah River event on Saturday June 23 the Izaak Walton League's Board formed a refreshments committee and several permanent committees including Fish and Game Legislative Conservation and Education and Finance. The group condemned trespassing by fishermen on farmer property and urged respect for owners rights.
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Izaak Walton League
Shenandoah
Bentonville
Knight Bixby
Jack Brandon
Dave Kinter
Clifford Grimm
William Lawrence
L. J. Sjostrum
F. L. Glaize
Fish and Game Committee
Fred L. Glaize Jr
Harry W. Seabright
Jack R. Brandon
David L. Kinter
L. D. Arnold
Croswell Henderson
George Snarr
J. P. Arthur
W. Nelson Page
Thomas B. Byrd
Eugene W. Suber
William Sargent
Leonard B. Sirbaugh
Lee Grant
Boyd Hamman
Izaak Walton
Blame Weather For Work Stoppage
At five Carnegie-Illinois Steel plants in Pittsburgh 7000 workers were idle due to hot weather. Only 350 coke battery crews walked out, others remained inactive as gas from the coke operation halted production. Clairton by products plant workers sought summer relief crews after three days of extreme heat. The company said the weather was not excessively hot.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Clairton
Germany Done With Ruling Of People By Dictators
Dr. Friedrich Schaeffer, Bavarian minister president under Allied occupation, urged a purge of Nazis with firm justice and vowed no centralized dictatorship again. He warned of ruin from Nazism and called for restoration of law, order, and honest courts.
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Munich
Friedrich Schaeffer
Bavaria
Schaeffer
Germany
Europe
Achaeffer
Hospital probes hearings issue citations in abuse inquiry
House Veterans Committee summons Northport Hospital head Col Louis Verdel and delays call for John H Ale manager of Dayton Veterans Hospital as investigators report patient abuse instances at Northport. Rep Ramey quotes veterans and outlines court martial abuse cases involving 15 black soldiers and five civilian employees facing charges.
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Washington
House
Veterans’ Committee
Northport
N. Y
John H. Ale
Dayton, Ohio
Rep
Ramey
Ohio
Louis Verdel
Northport Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House Group
Civilian Sugar Quotas Cut Amid Allocation Controls
The War Food Administration imposed fixed quotas on all sugar buyers including civilians for July to September, aiming for fairer distribution and alignment with agency allocations. Civilian allotment stands at 1.38 million tons, 10 thousand tons below the prior quarter, as Yakima Senator Anderson notes House committee hopes Philippine production may bolster supplies.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Army
Yakima
Wash
Anderson
D-Nm
House Food Investigating Committee
Metal Iceboxes at Grove's Furniture Co
Metal iceboxes offered at Grove's Furniture Co priced at 43 dollars and 50 cents. Store located at 125 5th Street South. Unclear additional details due to partial text.
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Grove’s Furniture Co
Tonight Company 115 Virginia State Guard Holds Annual Meeting
The community reflects on the service of Company 115 as members train and equip for emergencies. The article commends the home guard for stepping in when the National Guard was mustered into the Army and thanks the men for their time and efforts.
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Virginia State Guard
National Guard
Army
Home Guard
Com
Citizens Observe Flag Day By Purchasing Bonds
Winchester and county residents join Flag Day as War Bond sales push the Seventh War Loan Drive. The Winchester Junior Board of Trade opened with $25,500 in one hour, 232 percent of its $11,000 quota, while B'nai B'rith surpassed its $18,875 goal by 192 percent with $36,275. Elks boosted sales to $416,000 by noon, as VFW Kiwanis Masons Rotary and Retail Merchants keep the effort active with two public events planned tonight including an Elks program and American Legion street dance.
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Winchester
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Eagles
B'nai B'rith
B'nai Brith
Winchester Elks
VFW
Kiwanis Club
Masons, Rotary
Retail Merchants’ Association
The
Elks
American Legion
Lions Club
Legion
Chinese Writers Put Under Ban
Chinese journalists face strict new rules from the ministries of the interior and social affairs prohibiting any writing against national interests. From July 1 they must join local supervised Press Associations to promote national policies and Sun Yat Sen's three principles.
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Chungking
Ministries of the Interior and Social Affairs
Ministry of Social Affairs
Sun Yat-Sen
Right To Leave League Demanded By Little Nations
Associated Press reports tiny nations push to withdraw from the world league with conditions. Big powers seek charter limits and a punishing expulsions clause while advancing regional defense provisions and veto rules at the UN conference.
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League
Little
Truman seeks swift Senate ratification of San Francisco charter
President Truman plans to submit the projected international peace organization charter to the Senate for ratification immediately after approval in San Francisco. White House press secretary G Ross said Truman will fly back with the charter and lodge it at once. A Big Three meeting and possible Olympia trip are kept on schedule as progress at the conference moves forward.
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Washington
Truman
International Peace Organization
Senate
San Francisco
White House
G. Ross
Ross
Olympia
Wash
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Copenhagen
Shady Rest Proclaims Weekly Square Dance Night
Anderson and his Hilltial Boys will perform every Thursday at Shady Rest Strictly Square Dancing from 9 30 to 12 30.
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Anderson
Hill Tial Boys
Shady Rest
Dancine
War in Brief: Air and Ground Actions Across Asia-Pacific
Air war continued with Okinawa based planes attacking Kyushu airfields and installations for a sixth straight day. Aleutians struck Kuriles, Australians pushed toward Brunei’s capital as they overran two airfields. On Okinawa, U.S. forces expanded flank advances and mopped up on the Oruku peninsula. In the Philippines, Americans broke through near the Cagayan Valley and Mindanao. China reported heavy fighting near Ishan and Liuchow. British 14th Army pressed from Toungoo toward Thailand.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Kyushu
Japan
Kuriles
Aussies Press Through Jungles to Labuan and Brunei Airfields
Australian Ninth Division troops advance through swamp and jungle to seize Labuan and Brunei airfields near Brunei Bay. Labuan is already in use by artillery spotter planes and developing as a bomber base within 800 miles of Singapore. Brunei airfield lies near Victoria town as troops tighten their grip against Japanese mortar and machinegun fire. Mines and booby traps complicate efforts on Labuan and the mainland.
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Brunei Bay
Borneo
Ninth Division
Northeo
Labuan
Singapore
Brooketon
Brunei
Timbalal
Victoria Town
Jesselton
Air Pounding Of Japs Continues From Okinawa Assaults
Guam June 14. The 10th Army Tactical Air Force dispatched fifty planes the largest force from Okinawa against Japan marking a sixth straight day of bombing. Marine Corsairs struck the Kanoya airfield on Kyushu with over 12 tons of bombs and rockets destroying parked aircraft and buildings. On the return flight raids hit Kushira and Tokuno air fields. one plane and pilot were lost. Kyushu has been targeted by B 29s from the Marianas and by Third Fleet carriers.
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Guam
10Th Army Tactical Air Force
Japan
Okinawa
Navy
Marine Corsairs
Kanoya
Kyushu
Kushira
Tokuno
Marianas
Carrie
Adm
William E. Halsey
U. S. Third Fleet
MacArthur Expands Air Strikes Across Asia Pacific
In Manila today General MacArthur announced expanded air operations beyond the Ryukyus to Formosa the China coast and toward Java. Jets from Shanghai attacked an arms plant at Canton and raiders hit rail lines industrial targets and the Kingran airfield at Shankhal.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Ryukyus
Formosa
China Coast
Puth
East Indies
Java
Aong
Asiatic
Shanghai
Canton
Kingran
Shankhal
Wanted child to learn optical trade ad
Wanted boy or girl to learn optical trade. Apply 47 S. Lou doun.
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S. Loudoun
For Sale Tomato and Sweet Potato Plants
Winchester Seed lists tomato and sweet potato plants for sale with catalog code 6-14-1p-3t.
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Winchester
Escarpment Line Is Further Dented On Okinawa Fight
Marines shattered a major Japanese pocket on Okinawa as U S troops drove two 400 yard wedges into the last 13 square miles. Casualties were reported light despite fierce fighting near Hanagusuku. Maj. Gen. Lemuel Shepard led the Sixth Marine Division in rout of Japanese on Oroku peninsula, tallying 3 500 enemy killed in nine days. Tokyo broadcasts admitted dire conditions for survivors and President Susaki acknowledged the island’s loss as strategic focus shifted to possible peace.
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Guam
Okinawa
Tokyo
Kantaro Susaki
Japan
Buckner
Dallas D. Thomas
Shawnee
Okla
Torrington Wye
Associated Press
al Cooking
Hanagusuku
Yaeju
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Sixth Marine
Oroku
U. S. Tenth Army
No Man's Land
Archibald V. Arnold
Dodgers president vows protection for players against abuse
Branch Rickey said the Brooklyn Dodgers will shield players from unfair abuse at the park and may eject hecklers. He defended Leo Durocher amid charges of felonious assault by a fan after an Ebbets Field incident and pledged team unity and public apologies for negligence If needed.
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New York
Leo Durocher
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Rickey
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Council
Mrs. Koon
U. S
Gant
John M. Hightower
Diplomatic News
Britain
Russia
France
China
Big Five
Conference Commission No. 3
Brazil
Security Council
World Organization
Brunei Protectorate
Brooketon Landing
Island
Oruku Peninsula
Philippines
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Davao
Mindanao
Ishan
Liuchow
Burma
14Th Army
Toungoo-Mawchi Road
Thailand
Robbin Coons
Homeland
Radio Tokyo
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Brooklyn
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