Okinawa Is Last Island in Pacific Campaign
Military observers say the Okinawa conquest marks the end of the island hopping era begun with Guadalcanal. They anticipate a major Pacific thrust from bases in the Philippines, Marianas, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima toward China or the Japanese home islands.
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Associated Press
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Guadalcanal
Pacific
Philippines
Marianas
Iwo Jima
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Insular
Osaka
Nippon
Osaka Castle
Japan
Bare Fists To Fight For Raise
House members prepared for a showdown over a $2,500 yearly tax free expense allowance. The Senate declined to block the House move, leaving the body seen as isolated. A belated record vote effort by Rep Tarver was not to occur today.
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Washington
House
Capitol Hill
Senate
Rep
Tarver
Georgia
Amendment sought to extend servicemans dependents allowance
Congressman Lyle of Texas urged extending the death benefit for dependents beyond the wounds of war, proposing an amendment to preserve the allowance through the war's end and to cover a child born after a service death. He cited delays in insurance payouts and urgent needs of widows with children.
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Washington
Anzio
Rep
Lyle
Texas
Stilwell Meets MacArthur in Pacific Briefing
General Stilwell visited the Southwest Pacific for talks with General MacArthur and staff. Details of the mission were not released as American forces plan next stages of the campaign toward Japan with Okinawa near completion and Luzon clearing Japanese remnants.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Stilwell
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Pacific
Japan
Radio
Tokyo
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Luzon
Cagayan Valley
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Burma
India
Chiang Kai-shek
Southeast Asia
Zones In Muddle Delays German Occupation Plans
London reports further Allied Control Council talks stall over the French occupation zone. A British Foreign Office informant says no definition of the French zone yet and that absent agreement has delayed outlining British and American zones. The French zone will be carved from their territory.
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London
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Moscow
United States
Photographs Live Forever At Autry Stucco Studio
Short notes indicate Autry Stucco at 116 East 4th offers photography services with a public contact number 2-1922.
Bevan Attacks Lady Astor in Commons Rail
Aneurin Bevan called Lady Astor an old gas bag in the Commons as he protested subsidies for house building. Lady Astor, replying with “Shut up” and asking the presiding officer why Bevan expects silence, retorted that the old gas bag gobbles away.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Lady Astor
Commons
Virginia
Plymouth
Bevan
Caution in Draft Urged by Parents and Teachers
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers urged that peacetime draft legislation not be enacted at this time. Mrs. Hastings of Madison Wisconsin led the group in opposing immediate compulsory military training while supporting readiness through education and fitness. The Federal Council of Churches joined in opposition, urging delay on any action changing historic policy.
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Washington
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
William A. Hastings
Madison, Wis
House
Comac- 244
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Herbert J. Burgathaler
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
Justice Jackson urges strict punishment for Nazi war criminals
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson told President Truman that war crime defendants must face severe penalties to honor the dead. He said the United States will keep likely accused Nazis in close confinement as it prepares a broad case, even ahead of an international tribunal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
United States
Truman
War Department
United Kingdom
Soviet Russia
France
France invites Big Five to discuss Middle East crisis
Paris reported that France formally invited other Big Five powers to a conference on the Middle East. Embassies in Washington London Moscow and Chungking were instructed to deliver the invitation with a brief rationale. A source noted no note accompanied the invitations. Churchill criticized De Gaulle over Syria and urged immediate mediation by the United States Britain and France.
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Middle East
Washington
London
Moscow
Chungking
France
Churchill
de Gaulle
Syria
Commons
United States
Britain
Finalists Chosen for Victory Bond Flight Voting
Twelve candidates backed by twelve sponsoring groups compete in the final phase of Victory Bond Flight. Four winners will receive round trip flights to Mexico City New York City and Hollywood plus $10 expenses once Japan is defeated.
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New York City
Hollywood
Globe News
Interstate Theaters
Japan
Braniff Airways
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
Nazis Developed Jet Plane To Bomb America
Paris reports Alexander de Seversky told reporters Germany planned round trip transatlantic raids with a four engined jet bomber. He quoted Hermann Goering saying a Me 264 would strike the United States if the war continued. De Seversky is a War Department consultant after studying in Germany.
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Paris
Alexander de Seversky
Europe
New York
United States
Carl A. Spaatz
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
de Seversky
France
War Stimson
Germany
Desert tribes clash in Syria border fighting
Desert warfare flared along the Syria Iraq border as the Sham mari tribe of about 7400 fought the Aquedat with 13000 members. Syrians accuse French agents of inciting the feuds while British observers downplay the fighting amid repeated clashes along the Euphrates frontier.
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Syria
Iraq
Aquedat
Iran
Euphrates
Hutson Named Likely Successor to Under Secretary Hill
Washington June 7 J B Hutson agriculture adviser to War Mobilizer Fred M Vinson was reported as the probable successor to Grover B Hill under secretary of agriculture Hill a Texas cattleman resigned and the White House was to announce the move soon authoritative sources said Hutson would fill the post once approved by President Truman
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Washington
J. B. Hutson
War
Fred M. Vinson
Grover B. Hill
Hill
White House
Truman
Churchill Denies Secret Yalta Deals in Commons
In London June 7 Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons there were no secret engagements at Yalta beyond publicly known decisions. He noted the discussions covered broader issues including Poland and San Francisco votes for Russia, while refusing to provide verbatim disclosure of every topic.
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London
Churchill
Commons Today
Yalta
Russia
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Crimea
Moscow
Warsaw
Tehran
United States
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions with cooler air tonight. Friday brings a slight warming in the afternoon across Amarillo and surrounding areas.
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Amarillo and
Vicinity
OPA Offers Separate Price Control for Meat Groups
The OPA plans to regulate cattle and calves hogs and lambs separately on a profitable basis to ease Senate concerns. Chester Bowles promised in a letter to Senator Kenneth McKellar that meat products from the three main groups would be considered independently. The move aims to replace the existing overall profit basis and addresses packers complaints about shortages amid a price control extension debate.
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Washington
WPI
Senate
OPA
Chester Bowles
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Bowles
United Press
Bible Conference Ban Protested by Churchmen
Wilkinsburg Pa June 7 An official of the American council of Christian churches in a letter to President Truman protested that the Office of Defense Transportation lifted its ban on horse racing but still imposes restrictions on Bible conferences.
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Wilkinsburg
American Council of Christian Churches
Truman
Office of Defense Transportation
He Won't Wear Them Just Turn About
A lone man stood in a line of women to buy a pair of 51 gauge hose for his wife in Pittsburgh. He explained she stands in cigarette lines for him. Advertisement notes oak flooring options from John Maynard Lumber Co., 800 W. 5th.
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Pittsburgh
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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