Marines Raise Flag Over Shuri Castle Okinawa Victory
GUAM May 31 The First Marine Division flag rose over Okinawa Shuri castle at 1 45 PM as Marines and Doughboys sealed a circle around the fortress. Nimitz noted Del Valle and Shepherds divisions strengthened positions while Arnold’s Seventh Infantry pressed westward toward Yonawa.
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Okinawa
Shuri
Admiral Nimitz
Pedro A. del Valle
Julius Dusenberry
Charlotte
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Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr
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Kokuba River
Naha Harbor
Archibald V. Arnold
Seventh Infantry Division
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Yonabaru Harbor
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Amami Islands
Navy warns on ship repairs as war funding shifts
Washington reports a critical delay in U S home front ship repairs as air attacks increase and manpower shortages hit West Coast yards. Officials cite 9 month overhaul delays for the Franklin and extended service for destroyers, with Mare Island 9 000 workers short and 600 net lost last month.
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Washington
United States Navy
Naval
Forrestal
Okinawa
Frederick J. Horne
Naval Operations
Mare Island
Cal
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Wash
Chinese Near Great Air Base Advance Rolls on
Chinese battle groups push along a 50 mile front toward Ishan near Liuchow as Japanese forces reportedly evacuate key outposts and burn Ke city forts. The drive targets Linchow and transcontinental routes to Indo China while war reports warn of continued Japanese withdrawals in South China.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Ishan
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
Korea
Southeast Asia
Wang Shih-Chieh
Japan
Singapore
China
Indo-China
Burma
Thailand
Malaya
British Cabinet Grapples With Damascus Crisis
Eden reports cabinet deliberations over the Damascus upheaval as French forces shell the city and Britain weighs possible actions. Eden describes danger during a prompt dispatch from Damascus with MPs demanding stern measures while Britain maintains troop presence and seeks a peaceful resolution.
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Damascus
Pittsburgh Paints Advertises at Olver & Wilkins Lumber
Pittsburgh Paints advertised at Olver and Wilkins Lumber Co located at 1200 West 6th with contact Dial 4414 and a listing for J Morris Insurance.
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Pittsburgh Paints
Olver & Wilkins Lumber Co
J Morris
Insurance
Dial
Zhukov Named To Reich Control In Postwar Plan
Reports from Moscow say Marshal Zhukov will head a commission governing Reich territories with Bernard Montgomery and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny serving. Berlin to host headquarters, with a possible start within days as Big Three talks loom. Davies and U S envoys press for progress ahead of a June 6 planned meeting in San Francisco.
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SECIS
Wien
Bernard L. Montgomery
France
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Moscow
Berlin
Joseph E. Davies
Truman
London
San Francisco
Davies
Paris
Eisenhower
Washington
U. 8
John G. Winant Con
Chiang Kai-shek resigns as premier of China
Chiang Kai-shek resigns as premier of the executive Yuan and transfers the post to acting Premier T. V. Soong. Soong's elevation could affect his attendance at Big Five talks and a Moscow visit on the return from the San Francisco conference. Chiang remains president and head of state, focusing on command of Allied forces in the China theater.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Executive Yuan
T. V. Soong
Soong
China
France
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Moscow
San Francisco
Chiang
Central
Kuomintang
Far East
Weather Summary Amarillo and West Texas
Weather report notes fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with continued warmth in West Texas. Thursday into Friday expected to be generally fair with strong winds at times. Temperature readings show highs around 86 and lows near 60 with a 24 hour precipitation total of 0.28 inches.
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Amarillo
Texas
Gallant Destroyers and Fleet Pilots Win Deadly Battle
Navy reports May 11 combat off Okinawa where destroyers Hadley and Evans, under constant attack, shot down about 50 enemy planes. The two ships destroyed 42 planes, with pilots riding enemy craft into the water and a Marine pilot shielding them at critical moments.
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Washington
of the Navy
Forrestal
High W. Hadley
Evans
Okinawa
Hadley
Navy
Moscow radio sparks unease over US press access to Germany
A Moscow broadcaster claims newspaper access in Germany fuels anti Soviet sentiment and accuses Hearst McCormick Patterson Scripps Howard and the British Catholic Herald of stirring for war. Col Robert R McCormick counters in Chicago that US papers oppose a Soviet conflict and warn of high casualties and costs.
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McCormick and Patterson
Russia
Scripps-Howard Press
Isakov
British Catholic Herald
Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
The
Tribune
Moscow
rTadio
America
June Meat Supply Shrinks and Pork Price Rises
The OPA forecast a seven percent drop in the civilian meat supply in June to curb diversion into lard. Fat pork cuts will gain 1 to 3 points from June 3, while bacon, pork sides, and fatbacks rise to eight or nine points. Cheese values in group 3 fall to six points per pound. Group three cheeses include Limburger Camembert and Liedkranz.
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Washington
OPA
Tucumcari Job May Be Tripled
The Reclamation Bureau seeks 22 000 acres of New Mexico land for irrigation in 1946 pending a 1 040 000 dollar appropriation. Tucumcari is a war food project and may expand beyond 22 000 acres if funds are provided. Labor conditions in the area are improving and more irrigation facilities could be requested.
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Washington
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
New Mexico
Senate
Kenneth Markwell
British Doctors Remove Slug From Lord Haw Haw
In Lueneburg Germany May 30 British surgeons removed a bullet from William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw. The operation was simple and Joyce is expected to be fit in days while under heavy guard at the British Second Army hospital. He will be transferred to London when able.
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Lueneburg
Germany
William
Lord Haw Haw
Joyce
Second Army
Haw Haw
London
Invasion Data For Japs Ready
Rear Admiral Leo O. Colbert announced that tides currents and other coast geophysics data are ready for assault landings. The data cover coastlines of China and Japan and support landings on Guadalcanal Saipan Tarawa and other islands.
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New Orleans
Leo O. Colbert
China
Japan
Colbert
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Tarawa
Memorial Day tribute in Amarillo honors war dead
A memorial service at the Municipal Auditorium featured Chaplain Russell L. Shay reflecting on loss and national progress. The 150 attendees included local veterans groups with ceremonies conducted by E. L. Hunter and prayers from Rt. Rev. Msgr. John A. Steinlage and Rabbi Arthur Bluhm. Stores and offices closed at noon in observance.
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Plymouth Rock
Amarillo
Russell L. Shay
America
Amarillo Army Air Field
E. L. Hunter
Horace Mann
John A. Steinlage
Sacred Heart Cathederal
Arthur Bluhm
Temple B'nai Israel
Bones Hook
530Th Army Air Force Band
Dayton W. Palmer
Jesus
Wheat price ceilings rise 3.18 cents for 1945
OPA announces an immediate 3.18 cent bushel increase in producers' price ceilings for the 1945 wheat crop calculated to reflect parity. The change applies to all wheat grades and comes with a revised formula for ceilings on deliveries stored off farm plus a 2 cent cut in the sample grade discount.
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Washington
OPA
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