Independent Record (Newspaper) - June 18, 1945, Helena, Montana Invest in Victory Buy Bonds Today The Back the fe TO W With War Capi June Price Five Cents Okinawa Japs Cut Into Twin Forces Yanks Using 200 Guns In Mass Attack on Remaining Defenders Col. Gen. Soviet Berlin Killed By Bobbin Coons June thinning Japanese garrison southern Okinawa was into two segments of the enemy forces were treating from the teau and those in the rear were i hammered by 200 massed American Marines slashed south of nishi Japanese pockets on each and soldiers of two divisions up ers of the into scattered forcing the major At least one enemy Adm. Minoru naval base force killed His with throat was found in an elaborate underground com- mand The Japanese were dying at the rate of a said Adm. Chester announcing 12.756 had been slain in eight swelling to the ber killed since the invasion be- gan April 1. The estimated to 12.000 Japanese still fighting were ing back behind ridge at the southern end of the The marines attacked on the west flank and cut off the anese near northwest of Makabe and less than three miles from Okinawa's southern The Japanese made no attempt to break out of the apparently resigned to fight and die where they The last three important commanding all the less than eight square miles of the island in which the enemy is were seized over the The Tokyo radio declared that with the fall of Okinawa the Americans would launch an aerial offensive from the island's base in preparation for an invasion either of China or the Japanese Over the the Japanese resumed kamikaze air attacks on American shipping in Okinawa June Berlin radio announced today that Col. Gen. Nikolai Russian com- mander in the German had been killed in an The recorded by did not give any It was who ed foreign correspondents through the German capital on an inspection tour a little more than a week Attack Four More Nip Industrial Cities Surprise Raids Made By About 450 Big Yank Bombers Jap Bombing Will End About 1947 General Arnold Says Nip Homeland Will Be June H. H. head of the U. S. army air said the end of 1946, we figure there will be nothing left of Japan to conferring with Gen. George C. chief of the Far East forces at the latter's Philippines took time out to express his views at a press I Amplifying his program to three times as many bombs on Japan in the next 18 months 1 as were dropped on Arnold will do Twenty Die in Train Wreck June of jit with every airplane I can find Japan's smaller war industrial a field cities were set afire today in pre- He asserted that by this fall 1 there would be twice as many dawn raids by 450 American -n operation against japan which caught were jn when the enemy by surprise but met heavy fire raids on Tokyo anc tremely accurate antiaircraft other cities were started by fleets fire over one The cities each of 400 and 500 of the big of less Factory Busters than were Twelve thousand-pound and Omuta on Kyushu tory now in pro island and auction in the United wil TT j be used on kaichi on Honshu Results remarked that the at all four were described as in bombing Man j where many Japanese war Japanese saying I plants are the raids lasted from one to more j Okinawa we can cover than five claimed fires j half of China and all of Man started in and kaichi were brought under con- He predicted that of fue trol nearly four hours after the will drive Japan's air force from left and those on skies just as it did the luft and Kagoshima were a little more than anH hour after the all-clear Bombed admitting some Manila June said additional raiders tinned Australian patrolling in either singly or in small Brunei bay area of Borneo tions roared over the four cities bombing of after the main body of the Balikpapan on the southeast coast reported by Gen. Douglas CT tonnage of the incendiary bombs dropped in the communique did attacks was not raids were part of the 21st Allied warships had shelled The above made from a shows the wreckage of the Pennsylvania Railroad s Dominion Express which piled into a derailed ore car at with a loss of lives and injuries to an additional 39 The from Philadelphia to was traveling at high speed when the wreck derailing six of the 14 cars of the Japs Gef to Handbook for Invasion Landing By The Associated Press The Tokyo radio said today af handbook would be distributed in Japan to instruct civilians in j to methods against possible Allied air-borne The by the news said the handbook would be published by the general of army tion and would contain diagrams of defense tactics and pictures of weapons used by Allied air-borne troops as well as of their The broadcast was recorded by The Associated At the same time another nese heard in asserted that the United States air force had planes in readiness for an invasion of pan's home think we can write off for the city was blazing right to the water said Lt. George Mott of East who piloted the last over the Crews who bombed Omuta said results were to with several large no fighter opposition and meager antiaircraft Those who hit Hamamatsu de- bombing conditions as and results with fires The story was the same over where the raiders counted three large conflagrations Stilwell Believes Will Fight Hard To Retain Conquests Decorated June President Truman today ed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower an oak leaf cluster to add to his dis- service medal for his to the ples of all the United June Joseph W. seasoned campaigner against the expects the enemy to put up a determined fight to retain the territory they have The army ground forces ing program chief told ers at Gen. Douglas headquarters he believed the Nipponese would be to give they have I ex- them to fight for He implied that the Pacific campaign was more than a year ahead of schedule in obtaining troops and saying he was tremendously impressed that American forces are in the Philippines in 1945 instead of a year or more Chinese Troops Are 21 Miles From Strategic Jap Counterattacks Fail to Halt Advance on Air Base June The Chinese high command de- clared today its troops had driven to within 21 miles of strategic rail center and former American air despite a inese counteroffensive and other strong enemy The Japanese it was began a week I ago and rolled to the vicinity of highway junction 55, miles southwest of in before it was The Chinese two days later pressed back and retook 34 miles southwest of the high command Chinese troops now have smashed to Vital road junction 21 miles southwest of and another column pushing east from Ishan has ar- rived within 27 miles of the high command an- The advances were made against stubborn resistance and amid in- dications that the Japanese in- ended to put up a stiff fight for rail junction and for- mer U. S. 14th air force reinforced Chinese n Kiangsi province recaptured 135 miles northeast of after a day of fighting which followed a dawn counter- attack the high com- mand The high command said the Japanese hurled from lad fled northeastward with the Chinese in hot Japs Are Surrendering By Hundreds to Yanks in Philippines June anese soldiers are ing in the valley of northein Luzon in est of the Southwest Gen. Robert S. commander of the 37th infantry said day as his men drove rapidly northward on the valley made his statement to Hamilton Press war correspondent with the 37th, after staff cers completed counting 447 prisoners taken in one 24-hour The Nipponese continued to stream into the prisoner ade the following An in- complete count added 163 bringing the total for 36 hours to 609. Faron reported the prisoners appeared glad to out of the were docile and well con- Predicts Bombings And Delay Before Yanks Invade Homeland One Week Remains In Seventh War Loan Drive June IS. The 7th war loan headed into its next to the last week today with E bond sales standing at per cent shy of the All sales to ing the were reported by the treasury day at or 81.3 per cent of the quota for individual The campaign opened May 14 and closes June 30. National Baseball Results By The Associated Tress American League Detroit at game National League New York at game Helena and Fair tonight and showers over surrounding mountains Little change in Montana Max. Mm. Billings 67 4G T Belgrade 68 39 Broadus 61 37 Butte 69 36 Ouster 66 41 T Cut Bank 72 52 Dillon 73 45 Drummond 71 40 Glasgow 68 47 Great Falls 69 51 Havre 70 4S Helena 74 47 Kalispell 76 52 Lewistown 62 39 Livingston 72 46 Miles City 62 43 Missoula SO 45 West Yellowstone 64 28 Whitehall 73 41 The ture at 2 p. m. National Max. 71 65 111........... 68 72 N. 67 S. 71 Kansas Mo. SO Los Calif. 96 Paul 70 New New N. 94 North Neb. St. Mo. 63 San Calif. 61 D. C. 94 N. 70 Pep 47 32 53 41 41 45 fiO 55 47 72 71 46 57 53 56 55 3S 71 4S Body of Unidentified Man Found in Foul Play Is Hinted June body of an unidentified ly murdered by a heavy blow at the base of the was dis- covered in the Big Hole river about 35 miles south of here by three Butte fishermen A white metal laundry and two cleaning marks in the man's clothing were the only clues cers had in attempting to identify Sheriff Lloyd Brooks of ginia directing an said the man was edly the victim of foul and I was dead before his body wasj thrown into the The sheriff said the man had been dead three to five San June The Tokyo newspaper Mainich predicted today in a recorded by the FCC that American forces would invasion of the Japanese main lend after a long period of preliminary Following a statement yester day by Premier Suzuk that decisive battle has just the said delay of an invasion give us time to prepare for the decisive battle of It surmising the nawa campaign to have been brought to a has re- called his commanders in that area and is preparing for his Mainichi said that because of long distances involved and of American will continue to resort to ous matter in which direction the enemy's next move there will be innumerable graveyards awaiting as he may have ready experienced in the the newspaper County Has Bought 87 Per Cent of Its War Bond Goal Montana Now Leads Mississippi by 7 Per Cent Margin Lewis and Clark county has at- per cent of its E bond Fred county jond drive reported day as Montana raced the home stretch of the seventh war loan campaign with a good chance of again becoming the first state in the nation to attain its A. T. Hibbard of man of the state war finance reported that tana had attained 92.5 per cents of its quota and was leading its nearest competitor for first place honors by more than seven per cent. Montana finished first in the E bond race in the fifth and sixth war he pointed Heinecke expressed confidence that the residents of Lewis and Clark county would soon purchase the balance needed to put the county's quota over the drive down the home stretch is always the hardest part of our drive but I am sure the county's fine record in past bond drives will .be maintained in the seventh war he Great Ovation Is Given Army Leader Thousands of Wildly Shouting Washington Residents Cheer Hero Of European Warfare Addresses Congress June Dwight David bower rode in triumph through the streets of the nation's capital arriving at a jam-packed capitol at a. m. and addressed a joint session of Hundreds of thousands of wildly shouting women and veterans of this war and the wounded the old and the raised their voices in a mighty tumult as the general of the army rode through their I It was one of the greatest ovations the nation's capital ever It started when the European commander left his giant plane at the national airport and continued through lines often 10 deep to the Pentagon into the city past the Lincoln down broad Constitution avenue to historic Pennsylvania and thence the seat of the lawmakers on Capitol President Truman's own sleek j one Jour big bringing the general and his party i home froin the landed on Washington's national airport at a. m. Problems of Peace Must Be Eisenhower Says Thousands of necks craned in a jammed Washington as the escorted by roared over the capital at a. en route to the Cries of word now known in all meaning a fighting from hundreds of General Pays Tribute To Leaders of Britain and America June Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told the nation's lawmakers and rists today that the soldier throats as the 54-year-old believes the son of a Kansas farm family stepped from the huge flying of peace can and must be He flashed his famous grin in Met at Airport Gen. George C. chief of and Eisenhower's petite and vivacious wife rushed to meet To the the eral declared in an address pre- pared for his appearance before a joint session of congress and the supreme problems him as the door of his plane peace can be no more difficult A flight of more than tne one you to solve 30 bombers and fighters than three years and bolic of the might that jn one battle has now German and Italian arms brought to a successful escorted the Allied supreme commander's plane from the At- con- i coast to the airdrome Virginia just across the Potomac from Mrs. Eisenhower ran to the passionately believes that the same the same optimistic resolution and the mutual allies that marshalled in Europe general as he came down the steps from the plane and embraced and I kissed him of the problems of Scores of who Allied Bombers Slash Japanese Rail Line leading to Singapore June heavy bombers cut the railway in several places yesterday and knocked out a quantity of rolling stock while lighter planes maintained patrols over thp Burma southeast Asia command headquarters an- missed the first shot as the I ran down the J about another the general Martial Music Eisenhower then snapped to a salute as an army band struck up with martial peace can and must be Referring to the Pacific General Eisenhower for the American men and women I have been so honored to command in our minds and hearts there is no doubt that our people's spirit of which has buoyed us up and driven us for- Jap Officer Who Held Out on Guam for 10 Months Surrenders Eisenhower wore a light ward in will continue to mcr On his breast were fire this nation through the the deals of battle numerous ribbons telling graphic story of he Jed through France and Ger many to the very gates of After the greetings from hower and his the general began an drive over Memorial bridge along bunting and streets lined with hundreds of thousands yet to the campaigns i Though dream of return to North our loved we are as we have always to do our duty to our no matter shat it may j General Eisenhower made these other j The late president and Prime j Minister Churchill were God-given to whom the of j world owes lasting In tors and friends of the men he Roosevelt a thy who had led his try through its blackest hour in I T This data for 24-hour period ending a. furnished by U. S. weather tonight and except few afternoon ers or thunderstorms over Warmer east and north portions Continued warm Supreme Court Refuses To Reconsider fts Nevada Divorce Ruling June The supreme court refused to re- consider its recent decision a North Carolina supreme court finding that a pair of vada six-week divorces was in- The North Carolina court the six weeks spent in Nevada by the people involved in the case did not make them bona fide residents the western Truman Thinks World Security Meet Will End Saturday June The White House reported today that President Truman is ing on adjournment of the San Francisco United Nations ence as Press Secretary Charles G. Ross announced that the president will leave by plane at 6 a. m. tomorrow for for a brief vacation before flying into San Francisco Friday Ross said the president's plans still were based on the assumption that the conference will end and that he will address the closing session that Ross said that plans for the president to address the governors conference at Mackinac Island July 3, were up in the last word I had was that the Michigan trip is still Ross By Richard K. O'Malley June field officer who held remnants of his command gether for 10 months until lie had become a of ance to them has surrendered with 33 of his The officer made a formal surrender on a hillside of this island as of 11 marine battalion Parleys between the officer and Marine Col. Howard preceded Hie which was reported as a fine example of American psycho- logical warfare against holdout The Japanese officer ed the parleys in nn open aroft which was surrounded carefully by n marine guard but lie brought down his own well-fed appearing troops with As he n subaltern wiped perspiration from his and another fanned off the The Japanese said they had had plenty of food and They appeared fit despite their months In the led in Fellow Soldiers With the general were 53 low a private first British and Americans class to differences in customs and with national Among the officers and devotion to a common with Eisenhower was his I First Lt. John Sheldon The campaigns of the Red U was a double reunion an resistance in the for Mrs. who decisive part in the de- imr nri nr QJ The banners of victory cannot hide from sight these sacrifices in which victory has been The hard task of a commander is to send men into knowing not seen her husband or son for many As the general embraced his wife he been a long As Marshall walked he clasped Eisenhower's hand and I'm glad to see Lord Haw Haw Faces Formal Charge Of High Treason June IS. liam the Lord Haw who taunted the British over the German was formally charged with high treason today in ancient Bow street some of many T- must be killed or wounded in der that necessary missions may be To Vole on OPA June OPA's future swung in the ance today as the house banking committee met for determining voles on how long and In what form wartime price controls shall be Coal Goes Up June A hike in the price ot hard coal to householders became effective today to cover mine wage AP Is Loser June 18.. The supreme court today affirmed a lower court finding Press membership lays violate the Sherman antitrust act. Justice Black high
