Petain Backed Decision on Spanish Route to Gibraltar
Gen. Bernard Serigny testified at Marshal Petain treason trial that Hitler asked Franco in early 1941 to allow German troops to pass through Spain to attack Gibraltar. Serigny, a friend of Petain, said Franco relayed the demand and Petain's uneasy reaction before quoting the marshal.
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Paris
Bernard Serigny
Marshal Petain
Hitler
Petain
Serigny
Maxime Weygand
Spain
Franco
Petain Witness Testimony Details Armistice Talks and Spain
Testimony in the treason trial of Marshal Petain spans his stance on armistice terms and Spain. General Serigny recounts Petain's fears of a backstab, his refusal to leave Vichy, and efforts to preserve France with limited front lines and negotiations.
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Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Laval
Petain
Fresnes
Serigny
Biggest air raid draws jubilant return to Marianas bases
Reports say Allied planes bombed four industrial targets around Tokyo and Osaka while submarine and warship bombardments hit areas near Tokyo and Wake Island. B U S 29 raid carried 6 400 tons, setting records for participation and tonnage, with 9 000 airmen over homeland and 54 000 ground crew.
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Admiral Nimitz
Tokyo
Wake Island
Marshal Island Atoll
Kawasaki Petroleum
Osaka
Japan
Kobe
Radio Tokyo
Sagami Sea
Admiral Halsey
Normandy
Europe
Allied Bombardment Expands Across Kyushu and Surrounding Waters
General MacArthur reports heavy attacks on Kyushu and adjacent waters with two destroyer escorts eluding, factories, communications, and airfields damaged. Navy privateers hit railroad facilities and bridges in Korea while Marines strike the Palaus and Marshalls. Radio Tokyo cites 24,000 U.S. planes targeting Honshu cities and a Kawasaki refinery.
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Kyushu
General MacArthur
Navy
Korea
Sakishima Islands
Palaus
Marshalls
Radio
Tokyo
Honshu
Mito
Hachoji
Nagaoka
Toyama
Kawasaki Oil
Tokyo Bay
Shimonoseki Straits
Shishin
Rashin
Seishin
Texas Regulars Disband After Dissolution Notice
Officials filed dissolution notice with Secretary of State Claude Isbell for the Texas Regulars a party active last year that cast 135 439 votes for electors pledged to a president other than Roosevelt The resolution credited the party with helping Truman become president and spurring public sentiment on congressional responsibility. Merritt H Gibson Longview signed the notice with E E Townes Houston Roy Sanderford Belton and Gibson.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Claude Isbell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Merritt H. Gibson
Longview
E. E. Townes
Houston
Roy
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy conditions prevail this afternoon tonight and Friday with little temperature change. West Texas shows similar skies with scattered thundershowers mainly in the late afternoon and evening except in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico reports partly cloudy weather with scattered thundershowers over mountains and highs 85 to 95, 93 high and 68 low in the last 24 hours ending 6 30 am and noon 87.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Discharge Score Holds at 85 as 800,000 Veterans Exit
The Army said the present discharge credit score remains 85 for about 800,000 men leaving service. A new score will later discharge 700,000 more by June 1, 1946, with a total 1.5 million slated for discharge. Secretary Stimson cautioned no date for the revised score and noted a new computation will credit service after May 12, 1945 to help late cases qualify.
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Washington
Army
Stimson
War Department
Potter County Fifth in E Bond Sales in 1945
Potter County ranked fifth in Texas for E Bond sales through Schools at War committees in the 1944 45 school year, with total sales of 1 228 859 93. Harris Tarrant Dallas and Bexar counties led the state, while Fort Worth Houston Dallas San Antonio are cited as locations for those counties.
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Potter County
Texas
Harris
Tarrant
Dallas
Bexar
Houston
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Harris County
Paso County
H. ©. Hodson
Southwestern Public Service Company
End of Nippon: Red July devastates Japan in WWII blitz
Mor rie Landsberg reports from Guam on July battles that crippled Japan. American planning and massive B 29 raids left major ships sunk and cities burned, with 36 cities and eight oil refineries hit. Carrier raids and naval bombardments end Nippons major fleet.
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Morrie Landsberg
Guam
Japan
Okinawa
Luzon
Nippon
Admiral Halsey
Only Fifth of Air Force Men In Europe Going to Pacific
Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Anderson said in a broadcast that only one in five Air Force personnel from the European and Mediterranean theaters will be reassigned to the Pacific. He noted most moving to the Pacific have not seen combat and 80 percent stay in the United States.
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Air Force
Europe
Pacific
Washington
European
Mediterranean
United States
Frederick L. Anderson
Anderson
Grand jurors to convene as term ends this Saturday
Potter County grand jurors meet tomorrow for the last time in the current district court term. A new grand jury will be sworn in next Monday when the fall term starts. A petit jury for civil and criminal cases is set for Tuesday at 9 o'clock.
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Potter County
Industrial Peace Conference Proposed by Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan proposed a national conference of top labor management and government spokesmen to seek industrial peace. He sent the plan to Secretary Schwellenbach who endorsed it. He cited San Francisco where 50 nations faced problems at the council table.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Schwellenbach
San Francisco
David Niven Discharged From British Army
Lt Col David Niven film star is discharged from the British Army. He plans to make one British film before returning to Hollywood.
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London
David Niven
Hollywood
Truman Flies to England to Meet King George VI aboard Renown
President Truman, sailing from Potsdam, met King George VI aboard the Renown in Plymouth as the Big Three prepared a Berlin declaration on Europe’s reconstruction. The two leaders shared a cordial, two hour exchange with the King boarding the Augusta before Truman’s departure.
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Truman
George VI
Plymouth
Augusta
Berlin
Europe
England
Woodrow Wilson
Potsdam
Britain
Wilson
Mr. Truman
H.M.S. Renown
King George VI
Germany
Truman Arrives in Britain After Potsdam Conference
President Truman aboard the U S cruiser Augusta arrives in Britain for the Potsdam Big Three talks. Crowds gather at Plymouth as flying conditions force a plane landing eight miles north of the port at 9 40 A M Amarillo Time.
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Potsdam
Tru
Man
Raf
Plymouth
Amarillo
Isolation of Japan In Month
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chenault, former 14th Air Force commander, said Japan will be isolated from the Asiatic continent within a month. American planes based on Okinawa can strike Korea and Southern Manchuria, and Okinawa crews were preparing a vast air power effort. He expects a coast port on the China coast to open within five months to shorten supply lines.
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Chungking
U.P
Japan
Claire L. Chenault
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Okinawa
Korea
Manchuria
Chenault
China
Unruffled At Demand Unruffled At Demand
Washington demands from Senator Johnson of Colorado to reduce the Army from 8 million to 3 million draw silence from the War Department and Selective Service. Officials cite a May 5 War Department statement urging about 6.96 million to defeat Japan quickly with minimal American casualties. Johnson calls his Senate speech a hopeful prompt for action.
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Washington
War Department
Selective Service
Johnson
Colorado
Senate
General Staff
Japan
General de Gaulle to visit Washington within three weeks
A highly placed source said General de Gaulle would visit Washington within three weeks, signaling a possible high level diplomatic engagement between France and the United States.
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DE Gaulle
Paris
General de Gaulle
Washington
Truman Tours Plymouth Port and Mayflower Steps Visit
President Truman inspected bomb damage at the port then boarded a barge to Augusta. He met the King and Earl of Halifax at the Royal Navy base and chatted with the monarch for 20 minutes before luncheon aboard the Renown. Secretary Byrnes and Admiral Leahy accompanied him aboard.
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Truman
Augusta
America
Byrnes
William D. Leahy
Earl of Halifax
United States
Mr. Truman
Royal Marines
Guard of Honor
A Death for a Life in Germany Very Minor Item
A brief notice in a German context reports a death as part of a life story with implications cited for broader hope. The item notes a person and place while suggesting wider significance beyond the local event.
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Germany
Weimar War Rescue Showed Shared Humanity Across Enemies
An American Second Armored Division unit and British troops in Weimar together save a German boy from a deep pool. A British driver dives to rescue the child as others search the pool. the rescuer drowns. A German mother thanks the British officer, highlighting kindness amid war. No medals, but a hopeful act.
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Py Bill Cunningham
Weimar
Germany
Berlin
His Majesty
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Charles Trochu
Maj
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Ohio
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Jaluit
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