Night War actions south of Honshu and Okinawa air strikes
Naval and air updates report Japanese fishing losses south of Honshu with damaged craft. In the Pacific the United States bombs shore installations on Matsuwa Island and launches a major Okinawa air assault against Kyushu and central Honshu. Tokyo claims new bomber arrivals from Europe and a continuing long range air offensive on Japan, while Allied sources await corroboration.
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Honshu
Japan
Matsuwa Island
Guam
Radio
Tokyo
Tokyo-Yokoma
Okinawa
Kyushu
Corsairs
Chama
Tokuno
Sakishima Islands
War Bonds urged to support fighting men
Adm. Russell R. Waesche, commandant of the United States Coast Guard, says armed forces near their goal of destroying Japanese tyranny. He urges all Americans to back War Bonds in the Seventh War Loan drive as a means to provide for the soldiers and ensure deserved support.
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Washington
Adm
Russell R. Waesche
United States Coast Guard
Evacuation of French Forces From Syria Ends
British announce all French troops and civilians including Syrian conscripts evacuated from Damascus Homs Hama and partially from Deir Ez Zor with no incident The French remain in barracks elsewhere and debate over full removal continues Meharist Camel Corps Command transferred to British control after French agreed following massacres of French officers in native units
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Beyrouth
Lebanon
Damascus
Homs
Hama
Cruz
Deir Ez Zor
Syria
New Deal For India Outlined By British Government
London reports a sweeping New Deal for India proposing an almost entirely Indian executive council to advance self government. Viceroy Wavell calls it a definite step toward broader Indian participation. Amery details policy to Parliament as Gandhi is freed from detention.
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London
India
Lord Wavell
L. S. Amery
New Delhi
Indian All-Congress Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Veteran Sues for Job as Union Trouble Fears Loom
Harry Goodman, 34, a war veteran, filed in federal court to win back his plumber job with L. E. Winter & Company. The suit is reportedly the first of its kind in Pennsylvania and involves a labor union objection. Journeyman Plumbers Local had a contract with the company, with alleged fear of a strike if Goodman is rehired without union approval.
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Philadelphia
Harry Goodman
Pennsylvania
I. G. Gordon Forster
American Legion
L. E. Winter & Company
Goodman
Buchenwald Prison Camp Commander Is Arrested
Wiesbaden Germany June 14 Herman Pister former commandant of the Buchenwald Prison Camp in 1942 and 1943 and 18 staff officers have been arrested and are held in a prisoner of war pen at Fuerstenfeldbruch in the 45th Division area as announced today.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Herman Pister
Buchenwald
Fuerstenfeldbruch
To Salute Old Glory Tonight
Citizens of Amarillo will gather at Ellwood Park at 7 PM for the fourth Flag Day of World War II with all city patriotic groups represented. Mrs. Ross M. Lambdin chairs the program as volunteers assemble near the park flag pole after a morning upside down Fisk Building flag was corrected following observer phone calls.
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Amarillo
Ellwood Park
Ross M. Lambdin
Fisk
Trials of Poles Due
Radio Moscow announced that the case of Polish leaders arrested by the Red Army will be submitted to the Soviet supreme court within the next few days. Eighteen men are involved, not sixteen as previously reported. The proceedings will determine their fate in the Soviet justice system.
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London
U.P
Radio Moscow
Red Army
Hag Beam
Soldiers Return From Teeland In Warm Welcome
More than 309 soldiers returning from three years in Teeland arrive home as the Merak transports in New York bring 346 men from the Fifth Army front in Italy. Among the returnees are 40 Hawaiians, praised by Maj. Stanley Kart of New York for their combat reputation.
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New York
Teeland
Merak
Lambert Cadwallader
Fifth Army
Italy
Stanley Kart
American Units Round Up Nazis in No Man's Land
American units entered the no man s land between American and Russian lines southwest of Chemnitz with orders to round up about 15 000 German soldiers and refugees. The 12th Army Group announced the move to advance to the pocket s center and invited the Russians to meet halfway.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Chemnitz
12Th Army Group
JAPS ON OKINAWA WRITTEN OFF AS LOST
A sweeping Allied update from World War II reports Japan’s Okinawa pocket shrinking as Premier Suzuki claims Nippon plans a massive defense. U S troops crush a Nipponese banzai effort while Marines seal the Naha pocket. Australian and Dutch forces seize Tarakan airfields in Borneo amid broader Southeast actions.
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Japan
Okinawa
Kantaroe Suzuki
Nippon
U. Ss. Seventh
Sixth Marines
Naha
Borneo
Brunei
Tokyo
Tarakan
Liuchow
U. S
China
Philippines
Bataan
Yokohama
Malaya
Western
Tokyo Radio
Okinawa and Pacific Front Clear in World War II Dispatch
Allied forces push on Okinawa with 96th Division breaking a rocky 36 hour fight to widen a northern escape point. Seventh Infantry expands control on the escarpment as Sixth Division Marines seal Naha pocket after nine day battle. Australian advances in Borneo and U S forces in Mindanao press on as Japanese broadcasts claim restored order in Indo China.
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Japan
Okinawa
Seventh Infantry
Kunishi Ridge
Naha
Sixth Division
Tokyo
Philippines
Europe
Borneo
Protectorate
U. S. 19Th Infantry Regiment
Davao
Mindanao
Burma
Indo-China
Pinkney Packing to Begin Limited Federal Inspection Next Week
Pinkney Packing Company will start limited federal inspection next Monday allowing cattle kill and processing up to plant capacity and labor limits. The Army and Navy will take beef supply while offal stays local, boosting sausage items tongues and hearts. President Fred Miller says payroll will rise by 15 to 20 to about 105, with improved market for Panhandle fattened cattle and an extra 150 to 250 head killed weekly. Jimmy Harris will inspect and grade meat under tighter wartime rules.
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Pinkney Packing Company
Army
Navy
Fred Miller
Pinknevy’'s
Panhandle
Pinkney's
Jimmy Harris
Federal Meat Inspector of
Fort Worth
Pinkney Company
OPA
Miller
Weather report for Amarillo and region
Partly cloudy and cooler today and tonight with winds up to 25 mph diminishing tonight. Friday will be partly cloudy and warmer in the afternoon. West Texas fair this after noon tonight and Friday, cooler in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico fair this afternoon, north and east central portions this afternoon, south and central portions tonight and Friday. High Friday 75 to 85 north and 90 south. 24 hours ending 6:30 a.m. high 94, low 59, noon 73.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Treasury Bonds On Sale For Seventh War Loan
Pot ter County war bond office reports 2 and 2 8 percent bonds on sale through June 30 to meet a 6 380 000 goal. Series E F G C notes count after June 30, with July 6 end date and reporting deadlines to Federal Reserve Banks. Victory Bond Flight prize contest ends July 6 with four air trips and 100 dollar prizes, supporting war bond sales for provisions to defeat Japan.
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Treasury
Monde
Potter County
Treasury Savings
Federal Reserve Banks
Saunders
Air
Mexico City
Braniff Airways
Hollywood
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
New York
TWA
Japan
Globe News
Youth in Atlanta Theater Handling Lethal Grenade
A young patron in Atlanta was seen calmly handling a hand grenade during a Western thriller. Theater officials alerted police, who called in military authorities. The grenade, claimed by a trooper to be dead, was found to be an active explosive capable of killing 75 to 100 people.
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Atlanta
British destroyers sink Japanese supply ship off Sumatra
British East Indies Fleet destroyers supported by RAF liberators report sinking a Japanese supply ship and an escort submarine chaser northwest of Sumatra. The action was announced from Colombo Sri Lanka.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Sumatra
Potter County Opens 1948 Wheat Season With First Load
Potter County reports the first 1948 wheat delivery to the Pullman Wheat Growers elevator near Amarillo. G G Turner brought in 215 bushels at 56 test, delivering from a farm seven and a half miles south. Art Brasley notes many combines active in Randall County south of the area.
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Potter County
Rupert A. Taylor
Hayden
Pullman Wheat Growers, Inc
Pullman
Amarillo
G. G. Turner
Art Brasley
Randall County
Churchill Sees Improved U S Russia Ties and Syria Clarity
In London on June 14 Prime Minister Churchill reported improved relations among Britain the United States and Russia with no real basis for France Syria misunderstandings. He noted De Gaulle sends Herriot to London and that Britain aims not to supplant French interests. Attlee will join Churchill at a Big Three meeting before July 26. Warsaw talks aim to expand the Polish government.
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London
Churchill
Commons Today
Great Britain
United States
Russia
France
Syria
Poland
de Gaulle
Edouard Herriot
Globe
Eden
Clement R. Attlee
Stalin
Truman
Britain
Moscow
Warsaw
United
Officials Executed in China Over Military Supplies Theft
In Kunming, June 1992, three high Chinese officials were executed for theft and extortion tied to military supplies used in the continental counter-offensive against Japan, the announcement said.
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Kunming
China
Japan
Umberto Asked to Resign as Italy Proclaims Republic
Italian socialist leader Pietro Nenni urged Crown Prince Umberto to resign and proclaim a republic to avoid civil war. Nenni said the suggestion, made after a late-night talk with Umberto, did not surprise the lieutenant general who preferred avoiding violence.
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Rome
Pietro Nenni
Umberto
Nenni
Occupation Units Chosen for Germany as Ninth, Seventh Armies Stay
Secretary of War Stimson announces the Third and Seventh Armies will remain in the American occupation of Germany, with about 1 000 officers and men each, while the future of the 15th Army is not disclosed. General Patton returns to Europe, and Lt. Gen. Haislip assumes Seventh Army command.
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Stimson
Germany
15Th
George St. Patton, Jr
Europe
Alexander Patch
United States
Wade H. Haislip
Ninth Army
Pacific
Seventh Army
Sixth
12Th Army Group
Sixth Army Group
le Havre
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E. A. Regel Co., Real Estate and Loans
China Coast
Suzuki
Nakagusuku Bay
Yonabaru
Chinen Peninsula
Philipp Ve
Kunishi
Yuza
Federal
Pinkney
U. S Weather Bureau
Vienna
Berlin
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. Std
Autry
E. 4Th
Russell Staty. Co
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