Fighting Violence in Syria Rocks Damascus and Surroundings
Reports from Damascus say French planes bombed the city with heavy fighting around the parliament building and French barracks. British Foreign Secretary Eden announced efforts to ease the Syria Lebanon crisis as French troops advance and shelling disrupts civilian life.
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Beyrouthu
U.P
Damascus
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Syria
Lebanon
Parliament
Covernment House
Orient Palace
Hamma
Homs
Shukri al Kuwaily
Beyrouth
Kuwaty
Wheat ceiling rise prompts mixed Panhandle reaction
An immediate three cents per bushel increase in 1945 wheat producer ceilings announced by the Office of Price Administration drew varied responses in the Panhandle. Some welcome the potential price lift for the short harvest, others fault the gain for wheat already ruined by drought. Memorial Day markets closed, no national reaction.
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Office of Price Administration
Panhandle
United Press
OPA
L. H. Coffee
Coffee-Davis Grain Grain Company
Breuth
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Fair conditions with scattered afternoon cloudiness and gusty winds across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and New Mexico show partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures and isolated thunderstorms in the northeast. Temperatures range from 40 to 65 tonight and up to 80 to 100 on Thursday, with regional highs and lows noted.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Victory Bond Flight candidate Dorothy Lehman frontruns
Dorothy Lehman, sweetheart of Amarillo Rotarians, is a candidate in the Victory Bond Flight contest sponsored by Globe News and Interstate Theaters. Four contestants win trips to Mexico City or other destinations. voting credits bonds purchases at $25 per 100 votes.
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Rotarians
Dorothy Lehman
Rotary Club of
Amarillo
Miss Lehman
Mexico City
New York City
Hollywood
Paramount Theater
St. Mary's Academy
California
Globe News
Interstate Theaters
Lester Hudson
Tynette Wilson
Horace Shaw
Dick Kelly
The
Lions Club
Bertha McLellan
C. D. Hoover
Junior Welfare League
Geneva Morrow
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kathryn Clark
Kiwanis
Garner's Summons Is in Vain
In Uvalde on May 30 John Nance Garner, age 76, declined an urgent request from President Truman to return to Washington citing his wife’s illness after 50 years together. He hinted the offer could have been for a cabinet post while praising Truman and noting Marvin Jones’s return to leisure.
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Garner
Friends of the Garners
Marvin Jones
Marvin
Gagner
Uvalde
Tully Garner
Amarillo
John Nance Garner
Tully Garners
Genevieve
John Currie
Amarillo Lawyer Charles Keffer Dies in Dallas at 50
Funeral plans set for 4 pm Friday in Amarillo with interment at Llano Cemetery. Keffer, a noted local attorney, collapsed in a Dallas office yesterday while visiting a firm associate. Born near Lipscomb, he rose from farm boy to UT Law graduate and Phi Delta Phi member, serving as a captain in WWI.
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Dallas
Charles Keffer
Amarillo
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Llano Cemetery
Keffer
Austin
Wales Madden
War Labor Board
Lipscomb County
H. L. Adkins
Lipscomb
Adkins
Charles H. Keffer
Lipscomb High School
West Texas State College
Canyon
The
Buffaloes
University of Texas
Phi Delta Phi
Cracking Shuri Fortress Advances on Okinawa Amid Tokyo Bombing
Allied forces breach Shuri fortress on Okinawa as U S Marines push toward Naha and southern shores. Japanese defenses falter with mass incendiaries devastating Tokyo, Yokohama, and other targets. China reports gains on multiple fronts while Tokyo surpasses prior firebombing losses.
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Okinawa
Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
San Francisco
21St Bomber Command
Nippon
Shuri
Naha
Philippines
38Th
Wawa
Manilla
32Nd
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
China
Indo-China
Foochow
Scattered Showers Forecast Then Realized Nearby
The Weather Bureau forecast scattered showers yesterday proved accurate in parts. No rain in town but light showers were recorded east of the station with .09 inches at Claude and .33 inches at Clarendon. Fair warm weather expected today and tomorrow with occasional strong dusty winds.
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Weather Bureau
Claude
Clarendon
Police Stop Bird Terror in 30-Hour Phoenix Stunt
In Phoenix on May 30 police halted a dive bombing bird that terrorized a neighborhood for 30 hours. Officers shot the bird after it repeatedly dived at objects and people, injuring several and causing mothers to shelter children from potential harm.
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Phoenix
Ariz
War Dead Honored By City
Amarillo observes Memorial Day with 3 PM services at the Municipal Auditorium. Businesses and offices close at noon except for essential services. E L Hunter leads, with Chaplain Russell L Shay delivering the address and Rev Msgr John A Steinlage giving the invocation. Rabbi Arthur Bluhm offers the benediction as the Amarillo Field Band performs. Sponsored by American War Dads American Legion DAV VFW and Spanish American War Veterans.
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Amarillo
America
Municipal Auditorium
E. L. Hunter
Horace Mann
Russell L. Shay
Amarillo Army Air Field
John A. Steinlage
Golf Ball Manufacture Ban Lifted With Quotas Set
The War Production Board announced the ban on golf ball manufacture is lifted. Production will be limited to 224000 dozen per quarter, with about 130000 dozen available for civilians, and the remainder to military uses.
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Washington
War Production Board
Final Push War Bond Appeal by Adm. Ingram
Adm. Jonas H. Ingram urges full public support for the war effort. He says the home front must tighten belts, boost production, and buy War Bonds to enable a tough, final push to victory.
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Washington
Adm
Jonas H. Ingram
U. S. Atlantic Fleet
Indian Troops Outflank Japs in Burma Action Near Toungoo
CALCUTTA May 30 Indian troops of the British 14th Army with tanks cleared 12 miles of the Manchi Road east of Toungoo and linked with forces moving to outflank Japanese retreat routes into Thailand. Other Indian units in the Irrawaddy area repulsed seven counter-attacks as the Japanese tried to keep escape routes open.
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Calcutta
14Th Army
Manchi Road
Toungoo
Burma
Thailand
Irrawaddy
Southeast Asia Command Headquarters
Father shoots daughter to stop romance with soldier
In Kansas City, Rev Davis, a furnace repairman, allegedly shot Lula Mae Davis after a heated argument with her over Pvt. David Sharp, a serviceman. Lula Mae died shielding Sharp. Mildred and Wanda Davis witnessed. Police pursued Davis who fled after the crime.
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Kansas City
Pulee
Rev Davis
David Sharp
Sharp
Davis
Mildred
Lula Mae Davis
Wilda Davis
Wanda Davis
Pete Sharp
Wanda
Lula Mac
Lula Mae
Vielio
Lake City
Insurance and Real Estate Firms Listed in Ad Fragment
W J Morris Insurance 414 Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance E A Regal Co Real Estate and Loans appear in an old classifieds fragment showing firms and services. The snippet highlights insurance and real estate loan offerings with specific business names.
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W J Morris
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
E. A. Regal Co
Balloon forecast causes Long Beach police chase
In Long Beach on May 30 Horace Mann Elementary School released a seven foot weather balloon. Residents spotted the red white and blue bag prompting police to form lines along its flight path. The balloon landed safely and the police learned the truth.
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Long Beach
Cal
Horace Mann Elementary
Iran demands withdrawal of British American and Russian troops
Tehran reports the government has pressed for all Allied troops to exit Iran. Foreign Minister Sepah Badi says identical notes were sent to the British American and Soviet embassies demanding evacuation to restore normalcy after European hostilities. Iran cites Article 5 of the 1941 treaty promising Allied departure within six months after the cessation of hostilities.
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Tehran
Iran
Sepah Badi
Germany
American air raid targets Palik Papan oil center
Tokyo radio reported 90 American bombers and fighters conducted a two hour raid on Palik Papan in the Dutch East Indies. The strikes hit fuel depots and the city area. Japanese claims said three B-25s were shot down and two damaged.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
Palik Papan
United Press
Allied control party takes Berchtesgaden air force authority
Supreme headquarters announced the formation of an Allied control party at Berchtesgaden to assume control of German air force operations in southern Germany.
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Paris
U.P
Supreme Headquarters
Berchtesgaden
South Germany
Fifty Nazi Criminals Executed in Denmark Trial Round
A Copenhagen dispatch reports 50 Gestapo guards from Troeslev camp were tried by an Allied military court and executed. Goering may face trial next week as Robert H. Jackson’s presence in London is expected to accelerate war crimes proceedings. Evidence from German archives captured by the American forces could inform future prosecutions.
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London
Copenhagen
Troeslev
Denmark
Flensburg
Germany
Doenitz
Seventh Army
Berchtesgaden
Christa Schroeder
Adolf Hitler
London Daily Mirror
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Robert H. Jackson
Goering
German
Foreign Office
London Daily Express
Harz
Red Army
Berlin
The
Daily Express
Rule for Germany
The Moscow radio said an Allied control commission will be established in Germany within a few days. May 30 report from London notes the imminent control structure by Allied forces in postwar Germany.
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London
Moscow Radio
Allied Control Commission
Germany
U S War Crimes Prosecutor Returns From London
Justice Robert H. Jackson, U S special prosecutor for war criminals, departed for Washington for consultations but hoped to return in about two weeks with staff to share the workload. He aimed to coordinate cases with British officials to avoid duplication and found no major differences on procedure.
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London
Robert H. Jackson
U. S
Washington
Paul Grobe Indicted for Attempted Assault
Potter County grand jury indicted Paul Grobe 21 and married on charges of attempted assault linked to the May 22 attack on Miss Oleta Kellum. Grobe remained jailed on aggravated assault charges after arrest on Polk Street.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
Paul Grobe
Oleta Kellum
Grobe
Miss Kellum
Polk Street
Red Army Occupies Bornholm After Western Offer
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden announced that Soviet troops seized Bornholm, a Danish island near Sweden, as the Red Army advanced along the Baltic coast. He said General Eisenhower proposed sending a detachment to accept German surrender, but the Soviets refused.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
Bornholm
Red Army
Eisenhower
Danish
Sweden
Baltic
Eden
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Mr. Keffer
the State University
Kefpfer
Associated Press
Lief Erickson
Imperial Palace
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Curtis M Lemay
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Autre Studio
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