Yanks Split Okinawa Defense Ten Days Ahead of Schedule
American infantry patrols bisected Okinawa Island probing north and south to contact the main defending force. The 158th Regimental Command seized Legaspi airfield in Luzon, while Australian bombers patrolled Chinese coast. Tokyo radio claimed a Tokyo underground rise but no confirmation. Japanese were found in uniforms as forces moved toward Legaspi.
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Stroger
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Nakagusuku
Luzon
Philippines
Legaspi
Ite
Jandiniot
Ching Coast
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Impt
Scoe
Campaige
Radio Tokyo
Kume' Island
Eraspi
Seventh” Fleet
Hanford MacNider
Orer
Induction on Draft Limit Sparks Deferment Debate
Fragmentary note suggests no official announcement of a draft limit increase. Induction policy remains under discussion as to whether other industries will seek more deferments. The text hints at differing classifications and potential impacts on workers.
German Press Agency Reports Reliability Vouched
A fragment notes confirmation from the German press agency about reliability. The brief mentions trust in the agency's reports and the signing authority vouching for their dependability.
Reformatories and wartime arrests linked in bold headlines
Frazier Reams planned to open an investigation into a reformatory as Ohio soldiers’ gix were held after breaking down a dormitory door to escape within hours. Fritz Mandl, once an Austrian munitions magnate, was arrested as Argentina seized his large metal and plastics plant once placed on the Allied blacklist for six months.
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Ohio
Mandl
Buenos Aires
Fritz Mandl
Metal
Allied
Hix
Rest After Victory in Europe Will Span Months
After V-E Day most American soldiers will return home only briefly for visits. Most will go on to duties in the Pacific theater, with six months or more likely before widespread discharge. The nation faces a prolonged postwar transition as about 12 million in uniform adjust to peacetime.
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Elton C. Fay
John M. Hightower
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Europe
Len
Tokyo
France
Philippines
United States
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Pacific
Mississippi Flood Threat Expands 1554 Mile River Course
Army engineers reinforce flood defenses as the Mississippi runs at flood stage along a 1554 mile stretch from the river’s sources to the Gulf. More than 200,000 cubic feet per second diverted around New Orleans via the Bonnet Carter Spillway while the Moreanza Floodway may divert 640,000 cfs to Gut Bayou Teche. Governor Davis seeks $200,000 for emergency work as floodwaters backlog in Arkansas Texas Missouri Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee.
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Board of Liquidation
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Texas
Missouri
Tennessee
Fewer crops seen as labor shortages hit farms
Farm groups reported at a conference that crops requiring more labor, such as vegetables and tomatoes, may be eliminated first due to labor shortages. Spokesmen said misinterpretations of farm labor draft statements exist and changes would come from Washington. Representatives from Farm Bureau Federation, Ohio Grange and Agricultural Adjustment Agency attended.
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Selective Service
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Pennsylvania Ready To Join in Pollution Fight
Pennsylvania plans to join an interstate compact for stream pollution abatement in the Ohio River basin. Governor Martin signed legislation to ratify the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact, adopted by Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and New York. Pennsylvania’s participation depends on ratification by New York Ohio and West Virginia.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Dayton Doctor Dr. Alfred Farmer Dies After Stroke
Dr. Alfred Farmer 64 a Dayton physician prominent in Athens died Monday in a Dayton hospital after a stroke. He served in Panama Canal malaria work, then as post surgeon at Wright Field, later practicing in Dayton. Survived by wife Minnie Cuckler, daughter Mrs John Weeks, and his mother Mrs J M Higgins. Funeral Thursday at two at the family home with burial in Athens Union Street Cemetery.
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Athens
Moonday
Farmer
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Panama
Panama Canal
Colon
States
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Medical’ Corps
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Wright Wield
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John G. Weeks
Pegey Farmer
Minnie Cuckler
Ohio University
Week
Union
St. Cemetery
Wilcox
Largest Banking Job in U S Is Again Vacant
Washington nervously watches Capitol Hill as the third nominee in months is sought for the nation’s top banking post. Fred M Vinson is named to replace James Byrnes as director of war mobilization and to leave his RFC post. Reports for housing must be filed with the Office of Price Administration rent control by May 31 for Buckeye Lake landlords.
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Capitol Hill
Fred M. Vinson
James ¥. Byrnes
Vinson
RFC
Columbus
Office of Price Administration
Rent Control Department
Buckeye Lake
Objective Ionabaru Airfield on Okinawa Island
A Navy photo shows Ionabaru Airfield on Okinawa Island with the objective of a U S invasion forest across the island from Naha city and nearby Nakagusuku Bay. Drainage ditches keep the area dry and a hard surfaced road runs parallel to the runway. The field is shown under construction with sugar cane still growing nearby.
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Okinawa
Laind
Naha City
Nakagusuku Bay
Navy
Food Cut at Home Needed for Civilian Relief
Lt. Col R W Olmstead chairs the War Food Administration committee and says a broader civilian food cut in the United States and Canada hinges on feasible controls. He tells the Senate Agriculture Committee that discrepancies between supplies and needs are widening and urges equitable distribution of reduced supplies.
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Lt. Co
R. W. Olmstead
WFA
United States
Canada
Olnstead
Senate Agriculture Committee
Fae
Enrollment Drop Reported in Hillsboro County Schools
Hillsboro reports rural school enrollment declined over three years. The county system had 2,723 pupils early 1942 and 2,239 enrolled at the start of 1945, with families moving to war industry areas cited as the main cause. A separate item notes the death of 4 year old Bert May from poison ingestion in Troy, 21 July.
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Hillsboro
Redson
Nazis Prepare For Last-Ditch Stand in City
Russian spearheads have reached the Baden area about 10 miles south of Vienna and fighting rages in Werner Neustadt 25 miles south of the capital. British American and Canadian forces press to within 25 miles of the Zuider Zee and 60 miles of the North Sea, trapping German Army Group H in Holland while US First and Ninth Armies tighten the Ruhr noose on as many as 410,000 Nazis. General Eisenhower says the Ruhr trap is ripe for annihilation.
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Zolder Gee
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Thine
Amsterdam
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Slaarlem
Arnhem
General Maurice Rose Killed by Nazi Tanks Near Paderborn
General Maurice Rose, commander of the Third Armored Division leading the First Army’s push into Germany, was shot near Paderborn on March 30 as he began to surrender. Allied forces reported rapid advances across Thuringia, Ruhr reductions, and close approaches to major German cities, with Berlin still distant.
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Rhine River
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Paderborn
Roosevelt advisers in London amid Vienna defense talks
Two of President Roosevelt's top advisers, Bernard Baruch and Edward Flynn, were seen in a London hotel amid war news. Soviet and German forces clashed near Vienna and Bratislava as Ukrainian and Soviet units pressed from the Danube toward Austria. Moscow reported tanks near Semmering Pass and a redoubling of defenses in Vienna as German forces prepared a last stand.
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Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Ee Emclee
Werewolves Threaten Bernard Baruch's Life
A German broadcast claimed the Werewolf group, tied to Nazi resistance, would assassinate Bernard Baruch if Roosevelt’s envoy visited Germany. In Cleveland, Vernon Stouffer bought a 57‑foot yacht once used by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor for Bahamas trips. Greene County Coroner probes death of Denzil Patrick, 25, Springfield, fatally wounded during a traffic-arrest attempt.
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Werewolf Organization
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Baruch
Roosevelt
Germany
Cleveland
Vernon Stouffer
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Xenia
Greene County
H. C. Shirk
Denzil Patrick
Springfield
Return of World War II dead to U S cemeteries plan
The War Department seeks 122.9 million dollars from Congress to fund burial of World War II dead in 79 national cemeteries. A Senate study says a policy will return all war dead to the United States from theaters when 70 percent or more of next of kin request it, otherwise individuals will be honored and remaining bodies buried in theater cemeteries.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Quartermaster General's Office
Senate Military Affairs Committee
United States
Legislature Adopts Eastern War Time In Ohio
The Ohio Legislature, unable to fix its own schedule, convened on Eastern War Time. Two years earlier it enacted a law designating Central War Time as official Ohio time, now affecting session timing.
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Legislature
Columbus
Ohio
Sufficient Support To Reenact Ross Act
In Columbus officials reported enough backing to reenact the Ross Act as war plants work beyond 45 hours weekly without legal authority since the act’s expiration Saturday night. Proponents expressed confidence, noting the ceiling removal under the legislation.
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Columbus
Hitler Tops the List of Axis War Criminals
The United Nations War Crimes Commission reveals Adolf Hitler leads a roster of Axis war criminals. Chiefs of state will have no immunity from prosecution as five lists are drafted, with other names withheld to avoid forewarning suspects and reprisals against civilians.
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London
Adolf Hitler
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Desperate Nazis Report False Allied Atrocities
Nazi propagandists push fictitious Allied atrocity stories to spur resistance as war wanes. German front pages trumpet hate campaigns while core war news hides inside pages. A Stuttgart dateline cites alleged abuses by Negro and American soldiers to inflame public sentiment.
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