Record Fire Bomb Blitz Hits Tokyo Rail Yard
Guam May 24 report says 550 550 Superfortresses dropped 4 500 tons of bombs including 750000 pounds of fire bombs on Tokyo. The Shinagawa railroad marshalling yards on Tokyo bay were a key target as Japan's rail traffic suffered amid shipping losses. Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay led the strike, which compared to two Berlin raids in tonnage.
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Guam
Tokyo
Marianas
Stal Shina
Shinagawa Railroad
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Nippon
Curtis le May
Berlin
England
Shinagawa
21St Bomber Command
Allied arrest Doenitz as Flensburg government dissolves
Allied forces in Flensburg arrest Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz and key Nazi leaders including Jodl Speer and von Friedeberg. Doenitz is taken to an undisclosed prison. Friedeberg reportedly killed himself after arrest. Keitel earlier arrested. a broad roundup follows as British and American troops seize control of the German command, dissolving the Flensburg government.
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Germany
Allied Supreme Headquarters
High Command
Karl Doenitz
Niza
Doenitz
Hitler
Fuehrer
Third Reich
Gustav Jodl
von Friedeberg
Eisenhower
Reims
Wilhelm Keitel
Jodl
Berlin
North Sea
Speer
Exchange Telegraph Agency
SHAEP
Shaef Command
Wehrmacht
Keite
Herman Brudemuller
Friedeberg
Oberkomamando Wehrmacht
Gluckborn
Tony Solomon
London
Lowell W. Rooks
Jodn
Keitel
Patria
Jodi
Maj
Wilhelm Oxenius
Nic Trussov
Suy Maund
Thies
21St Army Group
Chinese Report New Jap Plans
Unconfirmed reports from Chungking indicate Japan may abandon much of Southern and South eastern China to focus on an Okinawa type defense in North China Manchuria and Korea. The information suggests a strategic shift aimed at prolonging the war for a negotiated peace with withdrawal possibly already underway.
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Chungking
China
Manchuria
Korea
Japan
Pre-Dawn Drive in Mud Sets Up New Yank Line
U S 7th Infantry Division troops drove through knee deep mud in a pre dawn assault on Okinawa near Yonabaru and Shuri shifting 4000 yards of front. The 96th Infantry entered Yonabaru unopposed and the 184th Regiment seized the Naha Yonabaru highway. Amarillo Junior Chamber board of directors to meet at noon today at the Silver Grill.
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Shuri
Okinawa
Yonabaru
U. S. 7Th Infantry Division
Archibald V. Arnold
al Copking
Associated Press
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184Th
Naha-Yonabaru
Attu
Kwajalein
Leyte
The
Amarillo
Churchill resigns as wartime leader sparking general election
Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns forming a caretaker government as Britain heads to a general election after ten years of wartime coalition rule. King George VI accepts the resignation, with Labour and Conservatives trading sharp accusations at Blackpool. Ernest Bevin and Clement Attlee lead Labour attacks blaming the Conservatives for distrust over Britain Russia ties and urging a change in leadership.
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London
Churchill
Britain
George VI
Blackpool
Ernest Bevin
Labor
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Bevin
Conservative Party
Russia
Versailles
Infantry Team Arrives Today for Seventh War Loan Event
Infantry demonstration team touring the country for the Seventh War Loan will arrive in Amarillo this afternoon between 3 and 4. They will bivouac at the high school armory under police escort, with trucks parked between the Senior High and Elizabeth Nixon Junior High. The event caps Friday with an 8:30 p.m. program on Butler Field and a downtown equipment display. Guy Saunders says bond sales reached 2,249,364 for the Seventh War Loan, with Series E at 386,645. The Victory Bond Flight rules will be distributed in banks and war bond offices. open to civic clubs and other groups. Saunders invites questions at the Amarillo War Bond office.
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Amarillo
Elizabeth Nixson
Butler Field
Guy Saunders
Potter County War Finance Committee
Agen
Hopkins Goes to Moscow as Aide to Truman
The White House announced Harry S. Hopkins left for Moscow on a special mission to discuss mutual U. S. Soviet interests with Stalin. Joseph Davies also heads to London to consult with Churchill on matters of common interest to the United States and Great Britain arising from the war. Hopkins travels with Averell Harriman. Davies’ London duties will integrate with the embassy there. President Truman said lend lease to Russia will continue through May and may be adjusted after the protocol expires.
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White House
Harry S. Hopkins
Truman
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Joseph E. Davies
London
Davies
Churchill
United States
Great Britain
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Tim
Averill Harriman
U. S
Russia
Charles G. Ross
Hopkins-Davies
Stalin
Soviets
Japan
Gasoline Rations Increased for Civilians June 22
The Petroleum Administration for War and the Office of Price Administration announce higher gas allotments for civilian motorists. A coupons rise from four to six gallons on June 22, with A-16 validity. ceilings raise to 650 miles per month nationwide. B ceilings stay limited by individual need. those with sufficient B rations won't gain more. Citizens must apply to local War Price and Rationing Boards after June 11 to request additional fuel up to the 650 miles monthly limit.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration For War
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
OPA
Petroleum Administration
Hitler reportedly killed by physician in mercy injection
Russian SHAEF sources report Adolf Hitler died from an injection given by a physician at Berchtesgaden after five days of pain. Doenitz, named successor on April 21, announced death May 1 and produced cables claiming authority to surrender Germany and the army.
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Hitler
Doenitz
Flensburg
Supreme Headquarters
Adolf Hitler
SHAEF
Morrell
Berchtesgaden
Fuehrer
Supreme Headquarters Control Party
Lowel Rooks
Germany
Borman
Truman reshuffles cabinet names key resignations
President Truman announced a major cabinet overhaul naming a new attorney general and new secretaries for labor and agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Wickard resigns to lead the Rural Electrification Administration while Labor Secretary Perkins and War Food Administrator Jones also resign. Clark named attorney general to succeed Biddle.
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Wickard
Biddle
Perkins
Washington
Truman
Labor
Marvin Jones Biddle
Tom Dirk
Texas
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Rural Electrification Administration
Rep
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
House Food Committee
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
United States
Washington State
Frances Perkins
Jones
Anderson
Marvin Jones
Court of Claims
State Department
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Judge Jones
War Food Administration
Agriculture Department
Texan Attorney General Makes Enviable Record
Dallas May 23 Tom C Clark named today by President Roosevelt to be attorney general built an enviable Texas legal record. As assistant district attorney of Dallas County he never lost a case and he holds a long career in the Justice Department including anti trust work and wartime assignments on the West Coast and in Los Angeles. He was born in Dallas Sept 23 1899 and is 45 years old.
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Frank C. Walker
Robert FE. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Biddle
Clark
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Labor
Telsh Guvetiat
Europe
Dallas
Tom C. Clark
Texas
Washington
William
McCraw
Justice Department
California
Department of Justice
John L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
Pacific Coast
Sawyer
New Orleans
Los Angeles
University of Texas Law School
W. H. Clark
W. H. Clark, Jr
Mary Jane Ramsey
Cleburne
Texas Supreme Court
W. F. Ramsey
Federal Reserve Bank
Clarks
Ramsey
Mildred
Dallas County
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Roosevelt
Thurman Arnold
Arnold
United States District Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Chutists Capture Streicher in Bavarian Hills
Julius Streicher, famed anti Semite, was captured on a Bavarian farm by officers of the 101st Airborne Division. Leaders Goering Himmler von Ribbentrop and von Epp were reported in custody or under seizure in the same area after Germany’s surrender.
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Berchtesgaden
Julius Streicher
Bavarian
101St Airborne Division
Streicher
Henrich Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Goering
Franz von Epp
Munich
Jear
Fischhorn
Zeller Zee
Weather Outlook and Local Temperatures Across Regions
Cloudy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with 25 to 30 mph winds and little temperature change. Thundershowers expected late Thursday afternoon and night. West Texas will be partly cloudy with cooler temperatures in Panhandle on Friday and scattered showers in Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of Pecos river Friday.
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West Texas
Panhandle
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
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