German Influences Seen In Argentina
Senate hearing cites State Department findings that Argentina has 104 Axis spearheads not yet eliminated with four more in process. Brazil has eliminated 48, Chile 22, Ecuador 19. overall results seen as encouraging and likely to reduce German economic penetration. Clayton warns not to ignore possible Nazi loot and flight capital despite Europe’s victory and notes Nazi plans to hide behind postwar fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
State Department
Argentina
William L. Clayton
Department
Latin America
Clayton
United Nations
Brazil
Haiti
Chile
Ecuador
Germany
Europe
Kilgore
D-Wva
Telefunken
For Sale Maine Grown Seed Potatoes Winchester Seed Co
Seed potatoes from Maine offered for sale by Winchester Seed Co. The notice presents a commercial listing with origin Maine and supplier Winchester Seed Co. Includes product type and vendor reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Winchester Seed CO
Winchester Day Cleaning Works closure notice
Notice to customers announces plant closure from July 2 to 7 for a vacation and urges customers to retrieve garments beforehand. Beginning June 20, cleaning will be rationed to three garments per family per week due to high workload at the Winchester facility located at 210 South Braddock Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Day Cleaning
South Braddock Street
War in Brief update from multiple theaters
AP reports America and Allied forces in the Philippines near Aparri push to help eradicate 20,000 Japanese in Cagayan Valley. MacArthur cites 9,238 Japanese killed or captured in the week, 413,084 total in Philippines. Okinawa battles. Balikpapan air strikes. China and Burma advances noted with troop movements and engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Aparri
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
MacArthur
Philippine
Chutists Hasten Clean Up Drive On Luzon Island
American and Philippine guerrillas close in on Aparri as (11th Airborne) troops push the Luzon cleanup toward a climax. MacArthur reports 413,084 Japanese killed or captured since campaign start. Japanese casualties 9,238 killed and 1,483 captured last week. American losses 223 dead and 589 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Davis
Manila
Eleventh Airborne Division
Luzon
Aparri
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Cagayan Valley
Joseph M. Swing
Camalaningan
Appari
Lal-lo
Tuguegarao
Cagayan Province
Nipponese Admit Loss of Okinawa in World War II News
Tokyo acknowledged Okinawa defeat as radio Tokyo claimed a Balikpapan landing attempt which Allied command did not confirm. Broadcasts said civilians were moved inland and Japanese propaganda inflated American casualties while Tokyo curbs on wartime actions were announced for Suzuki's government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Okinawa
Radio Tokyo
Balikapapan
Borneo
High Command
Balikpapan
Tokyo
Lend-Lease Goods Now Shipped To Russian Siberia
Lend-lease supplies to western Russia halted except for Siberia where aid continues on military request. Crowley testified that shipment is kept to finish uncompleted plants and that the policy may end after Japan is defeated. He said Siberian lend-lease benefits US strategy by pinning Japanese troops in Manchuria and that European aid is being cut back with end possible this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian Siberia
Washington, J
Russia
Germany
Siberian
Leo. T. Crowley
House Appropriations Committee
U. S
Crowley
Siberia
United States
Japan
Manchuria
Asiatic
Belgium
Holland
France
Italy
Coastal hurricane nears Carolinas. evacuations ordered
The tropical hurricane moving up the Atlantic coast skirted the South Carolina coast near Georgetown at 10:30 A M with gusts to 69 mph and 5.58 inches of rain. Residents evacuated Folly Beach and Wrightsville Beach areas while warnings extended toward Hatteras and Atlantic City as the storm heads northeast at about 20 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D. C
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
Here
Carolina
Georgetown
S. C
Weather Bureau
Cape Fear
Virginia Capes
Atlantic City
N. J
Folly Beach
Myrtle Beach
Wrightsville
Carolina Beaches
Wilmington
N. C
Carolina Capes
Hatteras
Norfolk
Cape Hatteras
Florida
Georgia
May Bring Nippons To Knees With German Inventions
Washington June 25. Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton testifies before a Senate committee that wartime inventions from Germany could help bring Japan to its knees. He says missions report substantial value from Nazi technical information aiding the Allied war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Germany
William L. Clayton
Senate
Clayton
Britain
Strikers Return to Work Reaches Some Sections
The Associated Press reports partial resumption in St Louis Carter Car buretor workers and Chicago truck ties while about 85,000 still idle across disputes. In Akron 18,000 Goodyear workers stay away despite agency pleas. Union leaders contest WLB directives, and Detroit sees 44,000 idle amid reconversion and other tensions, including 22,000 at Packard and 7,500 at Briggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Carter
Chicago
Akron
Ohio
Army, Navy and War Labor Board
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
C. V. Wheeler
10- Call
United Rubber Workers (Cio
WLB
George W. Taylor
Detroit
Afl-Cio
Packard Motor Car Company
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Ten Soldiers Die in Bus Crash Near Joplin Missouri
A bus carrying soldiers returning to Camp Crowder from a weekend in Joplin crashed after hitting a cow on highway 171 four miles south of Joplin. Ten soldiers died and 28 were injured. two civilians were killed. Rescuers worked two hours to free victims as gasoline fumes possibly caused asphyxiation.
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Joplin
Camp Crowder
J. C Schug
The
Crown Coach Company
Charles White
Glenn Teel
Sheldon
White
Crown Company
Schug
Groundwork Laid for Fight Over OPA Budget
The House Appropriations Committee recommends a 174.5 million dollar OPA budget for the coming fiscal year as a broader deficieny bill advances. The panel boosts enforcement funds to fight ration coupon counterfeiting while trimming overall OPA requests and detailing allocations for lend-lease Navy tax enforcement and other agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
OPA
House
Senate
Navy
Treasury Department
Germany
Civil Service Commission
Guayule
Rubber Development Corporation
Rural Electrification Administration
State Department
U. S
Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees
Okinawa Used as Air Base in Pacific Offensive
Okinawa serves as air base as American raids expand across Kyushu Sakishima and western Pacific. Admiral Nimitz announces extensive patrols using rifles and grenades amid ongoing efforts to locate or neutralize remaining Japanese forces.
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Guam
Okinawa
Kyushu
Sakishimas
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Aussies Capture Rich Oil Area in Borneo Campaign
Manila reports that Australian Ninth Division moved along the Borneo north coast to defend the Miri Fields and seized Seria, the empire's potentially richest oil area, while many Seria wells burned after Japanese sabotage. Bombers continued raids on Balikpapan as reports on landings remained unconfirmed and Labuan and Tarakan were said to be cleared.
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Manila
Borneo
Australia
Miri
Seria
British Empire
Dutch Borneo
Balikapan
Tokyo
Labuan
Brunei Bay
Melbourne
MacArthur
Tarakan Island
Smuts Praises New World Charter At San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO June 25 Field Marshal Jan Smuts of South Africa says the United Nations Conference has added four major improvements to the old League of Nations covenant. He notes force is necessary to maintain peace unity of great powers is essential and others must contribute forces while smaller defensive groups may aid without triggering action by the world organization. Smuts, a key link to both covenants, compares the idealistic covenant with the present charter and cites Hitler's rise as a stark warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
United Nations Conference
Associated Press
World Organization
League of Nations
Smuts
Hitler
Germany
Japan
John M. Hightower
Truman
Edward Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Mr. Truman
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Byrnes
White House
Guards Practice 2 Day Bivouac at Berryville En Campment
The 11th Battalion Virginia State Guards conducted a weekend exercise at Berryvice horse show grounds to simulate retaking Berryville from a fictional Germain force. Five companies marched in on Sunday from Winchester Charles Town Leesburg and Millwood pikes using walkie talkies to coordinate. The operation began 7 45 in the morning and ended by noon with the town secured and units returning to camp for church call and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th Battalion
Virginia State Guards
Berryvice Horse Show
Berryville
Weath Battalion
Ue Town
Winchester
Charles Town
Leesburg
Millwood
State Guards
Truman headlines Frisco meeting in postwar tour
President Truman arrives in Portland for a 90 minute celebration before heading to San Francisco for the Postwar Security Conference. In San Francisco speculation grows over Stettinius fate as secretary of state with Byrnes named as possible replacement. A Big Three meeting looms as transfer decisions appear near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Truman
Portland
EWT
San Francisco
Ratification Gains Momentum For United Nations Charter
Senate ratification of the United Nations Charter moves nearer as 52 senators are on record in support, with 5 more likely and 18 undecided. Debate over haste versus thorough review continues ahead of a possible Big Three meeting, and some fear a full floor vote cannot occur without wider deliberation. Senator Scrugham’s death is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis JJ. Kelly
Washington
Senate
International Peace Preserving Organization
San Francisco
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Thoreuin
Associated Press
Scrugham
D-New
Chinese Press Reports East Coast Pursuit of Japanese
Chinese forces advancing along the east coast 450 miles west of Okinawa reach Hwangyen 175 miles south of Shanghai as troops fight for Liuchow near the former U S air base. Guerrilla actions blow up a Japanese munitions train near Iwu as Chinese troops push toward Hangchow and Canton region amid ongoing heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Hwangyen
Shanghai
Liucow
Kwangsi Province
Railhub
U. S
Spencer Moosa Chungkking
Okinawa
Chinese High Command
Liuchow
Ywangyen
Taichow Bay
de Wenchow
Hangchow
Iwu
Shachiaochens
Chungking
Nanyang
Henan
Kiangsi
Kwangtung
Canton
Hongkong
Lungnan
Shansi
Hutao
Wensi
Tunguo
Yungtsi Puchow
Formosan Cities Wrecked After Prolonged Air Raids
Manila reports Radio Tokyo admits months of American air raids have reduced Formosa cities to cinders and driven residents to hills. MacArthur cites new weekend raids and Mitchell aircraft attacking 1500 plus junks between Hong Kong and Canton. More than 90 fighters strafed coastal areas and 30 B 24s dropped 197 tons on oil facilities.
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Manila
Radio
Tokyo
Formosa
Guardian
East China
Douglas MacArthur
Honk Kong
Canton
Greek Troops May Invade Albania
Moscow radio quoted an Athens report that a letter published in Rigzos pastis claimed Greek reaction and the military union are preparing an armed invasion of southern Albania. The broadcast said troops have concentrated on the Albanian Greek frontier and described the letter as by a high ranking officer.
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London
Moscow
Athens
Rigzospastis
Military Union
Albania
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Department of State
Tenth Army
East Borneo
Balikpapap
Dutch East Borneo
Burma
Hlelanga Chaung River
Rangoon
Luzon Island
Winchester Evening Star
Frisco
Bulletin
Portland, Ore
Olympia, Wash
McChord Field
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