Connally Pushes Fast Ratification of UN Charter
Sen Tom Connally speaks in the Senate urging speedy ratification of the United Nations Charter. He says early approval will spur world-wide ratification and emphasizes the veto power of the five permanent Security Council members as vital to preserving peace. He predicts most senators will back the charter and warns failure endangers world peace.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tom Connally
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
United Nations Organization For Peace and Security
United States
Connally
Security Council
Huge Oil Center Raided 20 Days
A Balikpapan report states eastern Borneo oil refining center bombed for 20 straight days by air and sea. The correspondent Murakwa notes scorched earth destruction, closed roads, and widespread fires as waves of attacks span mornings to afternoons with naval bombardments every third day, suggesting a planned landing operation.
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San
Police Chief Plays Dan Cupid Role
Bloomington Illinois June 28 Police Chief S Clyde Hibbens acts as Daniel Cupid for a GI Joe overseas. A year ago he bought a birthday bouquet for the soldier’s girlfriend and again delivered flowers in person for his unknown friend.
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Bloomington
Ill
S. Clyde Hibbens
Daniel Cupid
Hibbens
Scouts Mobilize for Winchester E Bond Drive in War Loan
More than 50 Boy Scouts mobilized in Winchester and suburbs to boost E Bond sales for the Mighty Seventh War Loan. Troop 40 led Troop 2 with 159 E Bonds totaling 9,650 dollars, as city sales lag behind a 425,000 dollar county target with only two weeks left in the drive.
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Winchester
Loudoun Street
Troop 2
Troop 3
Bill Lawrence
Eddie Manuel
Philip Hunter
Wendell Barney
Frederick County
Mass Meeting Called on Rent Control in Winchester Area
Announcement of a mass meeting of real estate brokers and landlords at City Hall courtroom tomorrow at eight. Purpose is to discuss rent control in Winchester and Frederick County. Renters are urged to attend.
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City Hall
Winchester
Frederick County
Truman to name State Secretary nominee by Monday
President Truman plans to announce his choice to replace Edward R. Stettinius as Secretary of State by Monday. Joseph C. Grew will remain acting secretary until confirmation. The White House signals James F. Byrnes as the leading candidate amid a Kansas City homecoming.
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Kansas City
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius
Secrea
Senate
Monay
Ross
Stettinius
Joseph C. Grew
Landon
Alfred M. Landon
James F. Byrnes
Independence
San Francisco
Byrnes
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Little
White House
University of Kansas City
Anderson To Lift Reports On WFA
Washington June 28 Representative Anderson announces will lift reports on the War Food Administration as he prepares to become Secretary of Agriculture. A House Appropriations subcommittee report criticized WFA warehousing and records while praising overall national food efforts and urging periodic remedial updates.
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Washington
Anderson
D-Nm
House Appropriations
War Food Administration
WFA
W.F.A
Congress
Tin Can Is India's Jack-of-All Uses
Five gallon tin cans supply India in many roles from seating in theaters to shipping fuel and food. The American Can Company notes East Indians pay about 12 cents, a third of a Motive's daily wage, to obtain them. Cans discarded by the Army are claimed in local knife fights.
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New Yorkk
India
American Can Company
More Meat To Be Available But Points To Be Unchanged
The OPA says July meat supply will rise five percent yet ration values stay largely the same to aid distribution. Margarine and canned fish points rise, cheese points fall, and butter plus canned fruits and vegetables stay steady. Beef and veal rise while pork and lamb drop as army needs ease.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Army
Cammers Quality Cleaners Announces Plant Vacation
Notice to customers states the plant will close from July 9 to July 16 for employee rest and asks customers to call before July 9 to retrieve garments. Address 118 S Braddock St and dates 6 28 30 7 3 5 6 1p 51. Ward Shade to sell July 28 1945 at 2 PM of the Josiah Shade Place 204 acres near Reynolds Store on Virginia Route 522. Cash terms.
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Cammers Quality Cleaners
S. Braddock St
Josiah Shade
Reynolds
War in Brief: Pacific, Philippines and Asia Updates
American forces landed on Kume Island near Okinawa amid heavy fighting. Luzon proclaimed liberated by Gen. MacArthur with extensive mopping up. north Luzon losses tallied at 113,593 enemy dead and 3,793 American dead. Kurile entry shows surface penetration of Okhotsk Sea. Task Force sank ships. Okinawa losses: 4,907 K/M and 4,824 wounded. Balikpapan bombardment. Brunei Bay expansion. Chinese troops seized Liuchow suburbs. Burma reports village near Pegu and Sittang river clashes north of Toungoo.
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Associated Press
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Kume Island
Okinawa
Philippines
Luzon
MacArthur
Kuriles
Okhotsk Sea
Kurile Islands
Pegu
Sittang River
Toungoo
Cagayan Valley
U. S. 37Th Ohio Infantry Division
11Th Airborne
O Philippines
San A
Leyte
Robert S. Beightler
M. Swing
11Th Airborne Ward
Alcala
Shari
Comunique
Boroneo
Beaufort
Brunei Bay
Koala
Belai
Melbourne
Jobless Estimate Being Trimmed
Washington reports a slower pace of munitions cutbacks trims the wartime jobless forecast. The War Manpower Commission now sees unemployment by August 1 substantially below 2,000,000 with officials suggesting a figure not exceeding about 1,500,000. May joblessness fell to 730,000 from 770,000, as workers shift to agriculture, trade, and service sectors.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Des
Paul V. McNutt
Fresh Walkouts Threatened In Some Industries
Labor front traffic remains congested as new walkouts threaten across industries. Detroit layoffs total over 50 000 with major motor plants hit while Akron Goodyear and glass workers show no settlement indications. several plants resume today.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Aero Products Corp
Vulcan Iron Works
Wilkes - Barre
Universal Cooler Company
Marion
Houdaille-Hershey Company
Decatur
Continental Foundry and Machine Company
German PWs Escape in County
Two German prisoners of war escaped from the M. J. Grove Lime Company plant at Middletown. Identified as Bauchmahn Wolfgang 19 and Spiller Kurt 23, officers and FBI are aiding the search with local and state agencies. A Winchester Airport manager was aerially surveying the area. No word by 2 PM.
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Winchester
Dewey Taylor
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Middletown
Bauchmahn Wolfgang
Spiller Kurt
Wolfgang
Kurt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lohr
Set Woolf
Virginia State Police
Robert Dehaven
Set
Punk
Lowery
Milburn
Thompson and Borden
George Schecter
Pws
Bilbo Talks On As Senate Faces Fiscal Year End
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi locked the Senate in a long talk against a proposed amendment to fund the Fair Employment Practice Committee delaying action on a war agencies appropriation bill. He warned he would keep speaking until forced to yield the floor, saying he could run on forever.
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Washington
Bilbo
F.E.P.C
Senate
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Tennyson
For Sale Maine Seed Potatoes by Winchester Seed Co
Seed potatoes grown in Maine offered for sale by Winchester Seed Company. Includes catalog or ad snippet with date 6 22 11 and reference to printing page 8 column trade notice style.
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Maine
Winchester Seed CO
Kodak Work Reprints Now Available at Barr's Studio
Kodak reprints can now be produced, expanding services at Barr's Studio from the June 27 note. The item confirms new capability and links it to the studio's branding and offerings.
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KODAK
Barr
Luzon Liberation Is Accomplished
Governor Colgate W. Darden names David A. Harrison Jr. Hopewell attorney to the Medical College of Virginia Board of Visitors to fill Dr. Hunter McGuire’s vacancy. Harrison, a Sixth District representative at the constitutional convention, begins a two year term. He is a Prince George County native with A B from Randolph Macon and LL B from the University of Virginia.
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Rishmond
Colgate W. Darden
David A. Harrison, Jr
Hopewell
Board of Visitors
Medical College of Virginia
Hunter McGuire
Winchester
Harrison
Lsted
Prince George County
Randolf Macon
University of Virginia
Drive In Ryukyus Cost U. S. Nation Many Casualties
The Ryukyus campaign including Okinawa capture and carrier strikes cost the United States 46 319 casualties with 11 897 killed or missing. Naval losses 4 907 killed or missing and 4 824 wounded in the March 18 to June 20 period.
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Guam
Ryukyus
Okinawa
United States
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Bunker Hill
Japan
America
U. S
Nimitz
Luzon Campaign Ends Northern Luzon Major Phase Victory
General MacArthur announced the campaign to liberate northern Luzon is complete with the 200 mile Cagayan valley cleared in 28 days. The operation began January 9 at Lingayen Gulf and included the recapture of Manila and Bataan, with heavy enemy losses and Allied casualties.
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Manila
Luzon
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Comunique
Cagayan
Lingayan Gulf
Bataan
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Secure Poultry Co Op Plant To Begin Construction
Announcement that the Winchester branch plant of the Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative will be built on land partly in Winchester and partly in Frederick County. The 160 by 72 foot one story brick concrete plant aims to open by October 1 and serve a large turkey and poultry crop. The site lies near North Kent Street, adjacent to the Virginia Livestock Auction Market and the B and O Railroad. The cooperative reports over 200 members from several Virginia and West Virginia counties and more than 25 000 in preferred stock subscriptions.
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Winchester
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative, Inc
City of
Frederick County
P. W. Plumly
Virginia Livestock Auction Market
North Kent Street
Kent Street
Tom Heitz
Virginia
West Virginia
C. Irvine Cather
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Brown
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Borneo
Brunei Bay Area
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