Haw Haw Captured by British Second Army in Germany
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was captured in northern Germany by British Second Army officers and taken into custody for questioning. A woman claiming to be his wife accompanied him, while Joyce used an alias Wilhelm Frohlich. Unclear jurisdiction for war crimes trial and details未 released.
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Second Army
Germany
William
Lord Haw Haw) Joyce
Rimina Joyce
Britain
Joyce
England
Wilhelm Frohlich
William Happy
Lord Haw Hlaw
Oxford
Bremen
Scar-faced broadcaster Lord Haw Haw shot and captured near Flensburg
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was shot in the thigh and captured near the Danish border at Flensburg. A British officer said Joyce was being moved to Luneburg in critical condition. Reports state Nazi figures like Ribbentrop and Dehlen were also targeted or arrested in Europe.
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Lueneburg
Germany
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Goebbel
Dansh
Flensburg
Joyce
Luénebure
Second Army
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers this afternoon in Amarillo and West Texas Panhandle and South Plains. Tonight and Wednesday remain partly cloudy and warm with more thundershowers in Panhandle and Northeast New Mexico. Temperatures range from mid 40s to mid 90s regionally with highs around 80s to 90s and lows 45 to 65. Regal Co. Real Estate and Loans.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Guilty Plea Ties Thompson in Kidnapping Case
Myron Edgar Thompson, 27, pled guilty to kidnapping and interstate auto theft in a federal case stemming from the March 12 assault near Amarillo. Co-defendant Elbert Wilburn Day, 21, also pleaded guilty, received five years for the car theft with the kidnapping sentence suspended for five years, and faces up to 99 years if future crimes occur.
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Lem Savage
New Mexico
Myron Edgar Thompson
James C. Wilson
Elbert Wilburn Day
Thompson
J. C. Bounds
Betty Jim Shelton
Cleo Taylor
Earl Moore
Veterans’ Hospital
Amarillo
Savage
Day
Shelton
Wilson
Federal Correctional Institution At
Texarkana
Largest Military Training Schedule Launched by Reds
Moscow announces the largest peacetime youth army training plan. Eighth and ninth graders aged 15 and 16 begin training June 1, with Siberian garrisons and schools sending students to summer camps on the Tom River. General Pronin envisions a higher level of military education, urging all youth to participate and citing aims of decisiveness endurance and initiative.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Red Star
Siberian
N.N
Pronin
Peoples Commissariat For Defense
Young Communist League
Sergei Kaftanov
Moscow Bolshevik
Red Navy
Knudsen Resigns After Five Years Leading War Production
Lt Gen William S Knudsen will resign as War Department director of production this Friday ending a five year stint directing conversion of peacetime industry to wartime needs and overseeing a boom in plant building He is 64 and had remained on active duty past retirement at Roosevelt's request.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
War Department
Knudsen
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt
Germany
Block Island Sunk After Hour of Battle
On May 29 a German U-boat sank the American escort carrier Block Island after a fierce hour of action that also damaged a companion escort. The Block Island, a 14 month carrier and a scourge of U-boats, became the only U S carrier lost in the Atlantic.
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Washington
Navy
Block Island
U. S
Atlantic
Stevenson Withholds Judges Pay Bill Action
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson planned to withhold action on a Texas bill raising district judges’ pay from 5000 to 6000 and supreme court judges’ pay from 8000 to 10000 pending results on judicial redistricting to reduce court numbers. The bill had not reached his desk, and district judges in large cities receive extra pay for juvenile work.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Supreme Court
Germans sentenced to death for Nazi occupation crimes
A Polish special criminal court at Katowice sentenced three German officials to death for carrying out repressions against the Polish population during the Nazi occupation, according to a Moscow dispatch dated May 29.
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Moscow
Polpress
Katowice
Returned French Prisoners Demonstrate in Paris
Nearly 5,000 returned prisoners and deportees marched through central Paris in an orderly protest against the government ministry in charge of their care. They demanded resignation of Paul Ramadier, minister of food supplies, and chanted Clothes Shoes.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Servicemen To Compete In Victory Bond Flight
An expanded field opens for nominees in Amarillo with the Victory Bond Flight contest. Entrants need only a serviceman’s name on a ballot blank filed before June 6, with bonds purchased to fund equipment and a possible homecoming vacation.
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Amarillo
Clear Way for Japan Invasion As Island Outposts Crumble
American offensives to clear southern Okinawa and northern Luzon and end Japan's defenses gained momentum. Allied air raids on Yokohama and Tokyo compounded damage as Okinawa and Luzon advances closed in. Admiral Tokoda was removed as Japan's fleet chief amid reorganizations following Okinawa landings and carrier raids.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
Luzon
Oak flooring for all grades by John Maynard Lumber Co
Oak flooring in all grades available from John Maynard Lumber Co located at 800 W. th. Contact for price and supply details.
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Crades
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Duty of All Citizens to Buy War Bonds Urged
Washington May 29 Lt General Ben Lear deputy commander European Theater urges purchase of War Bonds as the duty of every man woman and child to support the country in wartime.
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Washington
Ben Lear
Victory Bond Flight Promises Prizes for Ballot Votes
Series E War Bond credits a candidate for correct ballot casting. Globe News and Interstate Theatres sponsor Victory Bond Flight with four prizes for top vote getters before July 6. First place can choose a Braniff Mexico City flight, a Transcontinental and Western Air Hollywood trip, or a TWA New York trip. Second through fourth receive remaining trips. two to Mexico City, one to Hollywood, one to New York City. Trips awarded after victory over Japan when skyliners resume service.
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Globe News
Interstate Theaters
Mexico City
Braniff Airways
Hollywood
New York City
Japan
House Veterans Group Rescinds Contempt Charge
The House veterans committee rescinded its contempt charge against Albert Deutsch of New York for refusing to name Veterans Administration staff who provided information on veteran hospital care. The earlier citation followed his refusal to disclose officials who said patients received poor care.
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Washington
U.P
House Veterans Committee
Albert Deutsch
New York
Veterans’ Administration
Deutsch
Veterans
Die Hard Japs Attack British in Burma
In lower Burma Japanese forces pressed a night attack in the Mokshawa area northwest of Pegu but were repulsed by the Fifth Indian Division. Pegu lies about 75 miles north of Rangoon on the road to Mandalay. Farther northeast, 19th Indian Division forces forced retreating Japanese troops to abandon 60 bunker positions north of the Kwachi Road east of Taung Boo.
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Calcutta
Lower Burma
Mokshawa
Pegu
Fifth Indian Division
Southeast Asia Command
Rangoon
Mandalay
Thailand
19Th Indian Division
Kwachi Road
Toun
Churchill Silent On Russia War Crimes Trials Plan
In London May 29 Prime Minister Churchill said great powers favor inter Allied military tribunals for war crimes. He named Sir David Maxwell Fyfe as UK prosecutor alongside Robert Jackson of the United States. France and Russia had not yet named representatives. Churchill avoided commenting on reports of Germany repatriation and rebuilding actions, noting questions required advance notice. The Commons reopened after Labour split from wartime coalition, with opposition pressing for timely justice but Churchill insisting trials must be properly arranged and agreed by major powers.
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London
U.P
Churchill
David Maxwell Fyfe
United Kingdom
Robert Jackson
Russia
France
Investigation of Court Martial Sentences Demanded
In Washington on May 29 a two year sentence given Pvt. Joe McGee of Worcester Massachusetts for punching German war prisoners prompted calls in Congress for a full inquiry. Rep Barry Democrat of New York urged a special five member committee to review all Army and Navy court martial sentences since Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Congressional
Pearl Harbor
Rep
Barry
New York
House Fame
Navy
Congress
War Department
Joe McGee
Worcester
Mass
France
Tokyo Fire Raid Victims Allocated Millions
SAN FRANCISCO May 29 The Tokyo fire raid victims were allocated 56,444,000 ven equivalent to about 13 million dollars at pre war exchange rates, announced by Domei News Agency in a broadcast heard by the FCC.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Domei News Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Miss Jennings Secrecy Over Nylon Gift During U S Tour
New York May 29 Miss Margaret Jennings an English hosiery firm employee visiting American mills as a guest of the AFL and CIO said she would take home two pairs of nylons. When asked where she obtained them she called the location a military secret.
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New York
Margaret Jennings
AFL
CIO
Jennings
Netherlands appoints cabinet for reparation and renewal
Queen Wilhelmina asked Prof. Willem Schermerhorn and W. Drees to form a new Netherlands cabinet to replace the resigned Peiter S. Gerbrandy. The plan aims at reparation and renewal.
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Eindhoven
Holland
Aneta
Wilhelmina
Willem Schermerhorn
W. Drees
Netherlands
Peiter S. Gerbrandy
Tempers Flare at UN Conference Over Yalta Formula
San Francisco May 29 The United Nations conference sees sharp exchanges between big and little nations over the voting formula for the world body. Tensions rise over the big power veto and delays in starting work. Secretary Stettinius defends admitting Argentina and predicts charter completion in June.
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San Francisco
United Nations Conference
Yalta
New World Organization
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U.S
Argentina
Japan Warns Over Treatment of American Prisoners
The United States warns Japan against reprisals toward American prisoners after a U S submarine sank a Japanese supply ship under Allied safe conduct. The sinking, now under Navy court martial proceedings against the submarine commander, concerns the Awa Maru sunk April 1.
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Washington
United States
State Department
U. S
U. S. Navy
Eden Urges France to Back Down Over Levant Crisis
Eden urged Commons that France should withdraw its demands in the Levant as 500 French troops reinforce Beyrouth. He warned the situation could affect the war with Japan and called for caution. Fighting spread from Syria to Homs and Hama with casualties and reports of French armoured cars destroyed.
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Eden
Commons
Syria
Lebanon
Japan
United States
Beyrouth
France
Levant
Associated Press
Damascus
Jamil Mardam Pery
Homs
Hama
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Sir Oswald Mosley
Weather Bureau
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Outer Mongolia
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Toungoo
Soemu Tokoda
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Yama
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Toyoda
Naval General Staff
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Naval Staff College
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Rus‘ield Stationery Company
W. J. Morris
Dial
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Neeley-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
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Eitheher
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