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June 26, 1945

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RENT RISE ALLOWED ON 'LUXURY' SUITES; U.S. Court Holds OPA Ceilings Are Too Low on Dwellings at $100 a Month or More Warns OPA to Raise Ceiling RENT RISE ALLOWED ON 'LUXURY' SUITES OPA Studies Ruling Wooley Sees Slight Increase

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

US Emergency Appeals Ct rules OPA should increase rents on luxury apts; upholds ceilings on lower-priced dwellings, case brought by landlords group; OPA officials comment; R V Cruikshank urges gen ceilings rise

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AMERICANS TIGHTEN TRAP ON CAGAYAN; 37th Nears Tuguegarao, Where Guerrillas' Fate Is in Doubt-- Sky Troops Push South AMERICANS TIGHTEN TRAP ON CAGAYAN Enemy Dead Litter Valley

By Unknown Author

37th Div drives to within 4 mi of Tuguegarao as airborne troops and guerrillas move down from north; Japanese lose major supply base in Balud Valley; 25th Div units land unopposed on Baler Bay shores; occupy Baler and its airfield; 24th Div on Mindanao crosses Tomogan River; is reptd within 28 mi of junction with other units; US planes hit Walde area of Agusan River valley; map

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TRUMAN ACCLAIMED ON ARRIVAL BY AIR TO CLOSE PARLEY; 500,000 Join in Great Ovation as His Car Moves Through San Francisco Streets VISITS OKINAWA WOUNDED He Goes to Hospital Near Air Field After Being Greeted by Delegation Chiefs Inspects Guard of Honor Plane Almost on the Dot TRUMAN IS HAILED IN SAN FRANCISCO Chats With Delegates Inspection of Troops Reaction of Okinawa Veteran Ticker Tape Cascades

By John H. Crider Special To the New York Times

San Francisco arrival described; ovation and 21-gun salute noted

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Notable Births

Dwight York

1945Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi (Dwight York), American criminal, black supremacist, pedophile, convicted child molester, and musician[†]

Dwight York, also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi, et alii, is an American cult leader, black supremacist ideologue, and convicted child molester, best known as the founder of the Nuwaubian Nation, a black nationalist new religious movement that has existed in some form and under various different names since the 1960s.

Notable Deaths

Emil Hácha

1945Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (born 1872)[†]

Emil Dominik Josef Hácha was a Czech lawyer, the president of Czechoslovakia from November 1938 to March 1939. In March 1939, after the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Hácha was the nominal president of the newly proclaimed German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

Historical Events

Charter of the United Nations

1945The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.[†]

The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the United Nations (UN). It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and overall framework of the UN System, including its six principal organs: the Secretariat, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the International Court of Justice, and the Trusteeship Council.