Goering May Face Trial As War Crimes Hunt Expands
London reporting notes Hermann Goering may be the first Nazi brought before a war crimes tribunal. Russians claim four charred bodies likely include Hitler. others like Goebbels and Bormann possibly identified. The hunt extends to Himmler Ribbentrop and others as Allied forces advance in Europe.
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London
Hermann Goering
Europe
International Bar of Justice
War Crimes Commission
Goering
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Himmler
Paul Joseph Goebbles
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Vidkun Quisling
United Nations War Crimes Commission
United States
Britain
Russia
San Francisco
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
War Office
Hunt
Robert Ley
Labor Front
Julius Streicher
Walther Funk
Otto Abetz
Vichy
Okinawa Front Grips Down Through Mud Amid Tide of Japanese Resistance
U S soldiers and Marines of the Tenth Army slogged through rain soaked mud toward Naha Shuri and Yonabaru as Lt Gen Buckner warned of a steady grind. American forces report heavy hand to hand fighting and rising enemy casualties amid improving firepower and reinforcements after Okinawa’s long campaign.
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Guam
U. S
Tenth Army
Okinawa
Simon Boliver Buckner
Buckner
Naha
Shuri
Yonabaru
Germany
Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Kisarazu
Tateyama Naval Air Station
Tokyo
Discharge scoring guide outlines GI eligibility
Washington May 10 A report explains the Army point system for discharge. A soldier with 36 months service earns 36 points, 18 months overseas adds 1, three battle stars worth five each add 15, a five year old daughter adds 12, totaling 91 points. With 85 needed for discharge he is set to go home barring a rare skilled replacement issue.
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Army Posts
Washington
War Department
Europe
Pacific
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
U. S. Army
G. I. Joe
36th Has Points To Spare
The War Department announced enlisted men with 85 points qualify for discharge under a 36th Division plan. Texans in overseas units could reach 78 points from mobilization and overseas service, plus five for each combat decoration and 12 points per child up to three.
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Associated Press
36Th Division
War Department
86Th
Salerno
Rome
France
Germany
Japs Forcibly Driven From Seas South of Philippines
General MacArthur announced heavy Allied air and sea actions sunk or damaged about 1.89 million tons of Japanese shipping in four months to the south of the Philippines. In Mindanao, American divisions pressed Japanese positions toward Talomo River with a bridgehead established. In Borneo, Australian troops advanced toward the Djoeata oil field as air forces hit Jesselton, Brunei Bay, Kuching and Tawao. Luzon operations near Ipo Dam reduced enemy stocks with minimal American casualties and 300 tons of bombs dropped in support.
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Manila
Japan
MacArthur
Davao
Mindanao
Philippines
Roscoe Woodruff
Talomo River
Riger
Clarence Martin
Aes
Tarakan
Borneo
Djoeata
Jesselton
Brunei Bay
Kuching
Tawao
Luzon Island
43Rd
Ipo Dam
7th War Loan Drive Told To Texas Leaders
R J O Donnell Texas chairman of the War Activities Committee spoke to Panhandle war bond chairmen and motion picture theater managers at Old Tascosa Herring Hotel Amarillo stressing Texas as a pattern setter for war bond sales and urging renewed energy despite good news from the European front. Joe Jenkins Amarillo mayor welcomed visitors C M Smith Plainview regional chair introduced county war bond chairmen and film shorts were previewed.
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R. J. O'Donnell
Texas
War Activities Committee
Panhandle
Old Tascosa
Herring Hotel
Mr. O'Donnell
Joe Jenkins
Amarillo
C. M. Smith
Plainview
Regional War Finance Committee
Weather and War Bond Drive Notes Featured in Amarillo
Weather outlooks for Amarillo and surrounding regions predict partly cloudy conditions Friday and Friday night with warmer daytime highs. The story also covers the Seventh War Loan drive led by theater managers who will promote war bonds nationwide and at Texas theaters, detailing quotas and seven campaign points. General Marshall’s report to the nation is noted in a Paramount and State theaters feature.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Texas
Geo. Marshall
Paramount
Classification By Army Starts
Supreme headquarters announced that machinery to classify all American units for redeployment in Europe, the Pacific, or home has been set up. It covers about 4,000,000 soldiers and divides units into remain in Europe, redeploy to theaters or through the U.S., breakup with part staying, or return to the United States for inactivation.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Europe
Pacific
United States
O Daniel Seeks 14 Unit Apartment Home in Washington
Texas Senator W Lee Pappy O Daniel aims to buy a 14 unit apartment building in Washington as a home for his family. He says Texans are not used to being fenced in and prefer spare beds for visitors.
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Washington
Texas
W. Lee
Pappy” O'Daniel
Straw Hat Day Announced As Summer Begins
Warm days are here signaling Straw Hat Day. Tomorrow Saturday features Straw Hat Day promotions as shops display new straw hats in various styles and at wide price ranges. Visit stores today or tomorrow to pick a summer hat and keep a neat appearance.
Czech Nazis Put Up Battle in Central Europe Pocket
London reports Moscow says German forces in Czechoslovakia refused surrender as Red Army drives a three-front offensive. Heavy fighting continued more than 48 hours after Europe’s end, with 63,000 prisoners taken over two days and armies closing a 9,900 square mile trap.
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London
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
Europe
Superforts Strike Western Japan Fuel Centers In 3,000 Mile Raid
More than 400 B 29s bombed Tokuyama Osake and other western targets around the Inland Sea. Smoke towers rose 15 000 feet as Luft und airfields on Shikoku Kyushu and Oshema were hit. Tens of thousands of tons of fuel storage and manufacturing plants were damaged and pilots reported light fighter opposition. The raid covered 3 000 miles with none shot down.
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Guam
Japan
Tokuyama
Osake
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
Oshema Island
Nippon
Tokyo
Dutch East Indies
Domiei
Loran D. Briggs
Bountiful
Utah
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Gestapo
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
Sweden
Norway
Louis P. Lochner
Fuschl
Austria
von Ribbentrop
Henlein
Werner von Schmieden
U. SS. Seventh Army
Konrad Henlein
Sudetenland
Seventh Army
Karl Frank
Milan Nedic
Serbia
Milutin Nedic
Bela Tuka
Slovakia
Anton Mussert
Holland
Hague
Oslo
Stimson
Air Force
Wacc
William F. Tompkins
War Department General Staff
Tompkins
Admiral Nimitz
10Th Army
Yontan
Vern Haugland
Adm
McCormick Co
O’donnell
Albert W. Windham
Secretary of War
Para- Mount
State
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Balete Pass
Russell Stationery Co
U. S Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh Paints
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
6Th
O'Donnell
O’daniel
W. J Morris
Insurance
Dial
Co. Lumber
11Th & Lincoln
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