Reds Peace Table Plans Outlined At UN Conference
San Francisco AP report on postwar leadership efforts among Anglo American and Russian officials at the United Nations Conference. Russia seeks security, world leadership, and influence via permanent council seats and bases. Eden and Molotov depart. Halifax leads British delegation as talks push toward tying regional defense to a world league with World Council supremacy.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Poland
France
Britain
World Security Organization
Molotov
Argentina
World Trade Union Congress
Big Five
World Security Council
Washington
Anthony Eden
London
Bidault
Earl of Halifax
Eden
World Council
Doubt King Leopold Will Return to Throne
In Belgium today there was speculation whether King Leopold might ever return to his throne. Premier Achille Van Acker said Leopold would not come to Brussels for some time because of ill health. He had been deprived of this throne in May 1940 by an order approved by the Belgian cabinet in exile.
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London
Belgium
Leopold
Achille van Acker
Brussels
Goering To Be Tried For Murder of Lidice
London reporting from Luxembourg Radio states Nazi leader Hermann Goering held by the Allies is to face trial for the destruction of the Czech town Lidice and the mass murder of its residents.
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Goering
Lidice
London
Luxembourg
Hermann Goering
Olav Declares Norwegian Fleet Aims At Japan
Crown Prince Olav returns to a free Norway and states the Norwegian fleet is ready to enter the fight against Japan after nearly five years away. In Bowling Green, a car crash near Cygnet kills John L. Kiger 31 and injures 18 year old John Ferguson fatally.
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Olav
Oslo
Norway
England
Japan
Bowling Green
John L., Kiger
John Ferguson
Cygnet
Murray City Goes Over Top Quickly
Murray City leads Seventh War Loan Drive in the United States with total sales of 8 675 dollars and rising. Frank Murphy chairs the local committee with Floyd Stiff Horace Cunningham Louis M Seiden fel John Ayers Arthur Eck els Fred Surgen Earl Irvin Len Campbell Pearl Dixon John Maraz James Smart Theodore Langley and John Martin on the slate.
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Logan
Murray City
United States
Frank Murphy
Floyd Stiff
Horace Cunningham
Louis M. Seidenfel
John Ayers
Arthur Eckels
Fred Surgen
Earl Irvin
Len Campbell
Pearl Dixon
John Maraz
James Smart
Theodore Langley
John Martin
Texas Senator Attacks General Over Goering Dinner
Lt Gov John Lee Smith denounces Maj Gen John E B Dathquist of Minneapolis commander of the 36th Texas Division for dining with Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering. Smith calls the act un-Texan, saying breaking courteous bread with an arch criminal violates Texas traditions. General Eisenhower expresses regret over senior officers treating captured German leaders on a friendly basis contrary to orders.
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John EB. Dathquist
Minneapolis
Minn
36Th
Texas
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
John Lee Smith
Texas Senate
Smith
Eisenhower
War Manpower Commission Budget Slashed by House Panel
The War Manpower Commission faced a 36 percent budget cut as the House Appropriations Committee sent a 1.086 billion dollar supply bill to the floor for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The Labor Department received 4410 to fund emergency maternity and infant care grants for wives and children of service members, while national defense items saw a substantial reduction.
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Washington
Labor Department
Gallipolis Boy Tank Leader in Okinawa Action
Staff Sergeant John F. McFarland of Pawtucket Rhode Island with the Tenth Army on Okinawa spotted a camouflaged Japanese tank near a clump of bushes. He alerted American tank crews enabling a mobilized response as the 77th Infantry acted as artillery observers in the Chocolate Drop sector. Crew members included Sgt. James F. Eggleton of Gallipolis Ohio.
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Tenth Army
Okinawa
John F. McFarland
Pawtucket
IR. L
McFarland
77Th Infantry
James F. Eggleton
Iommander
Gallipolis
Ohio
Invalid Boy Dies After Wheel Chair Falls From Porch
Mount Vernon Ohio reports eight year old Charles H. Ladd, an invalid since birth, died today from a broken neck when his wheelchair rolled off a porch. Authorities describe the accident as a fatal fall.
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Mount Vernon
Charles H. Ladd
Feeding of Europeans Is Felt Here
The feeding of liberated Europe becomes a housewives issue with a four point rise in ration values for lard shortening and salad oils to 10 points a pound. OPA announced 3,000 price violators have been handed to the Internal Revenue Service to probe possible income tax evasion. A Senate Food Investigators report urged a food czar and higher subsidies for meat packers and cattle feeders. President Truman pledged to share food with those in need and strengthen commitments abroad. Lend lease is under review with shipments to Europe held except for certain destinations or wartime needs. Russian grain shipments and Pacific deployment plans affect decisions.
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Washington
Europe
OPA
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Senate
Truman
Food For Freedom, Inc
Chester Bowles
Interagency Committee
United Nations
Leo T. Crowley
Crowley
Japan
Russia
Pacific
Man Hunt Opens for Himmler and Ribbentrop
London reports a European man hunt for Nazi leaders including Himmler and Ribbentrop. Allied headquarters had no confirmation of a claim that Himmler was in Allied custody after a report by Grand Admiral Doenitz.
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London
Europe
Hemneh Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Supreme Headquarters
Himmier
Karl Doenitz
Cleveland Area War Goods Output Soaring
The Cleveland Ordnance District covering 55 Northern Ohio and three western Pennsylvania counties reported $22,000,000 in war material production the day Germany surrendered, twelvefold the output on the day Nazis declared war on the US, per Col E. A. Lynn in an ordnance department anniversary message.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cleveland Ordnance District
Germany
E. A. Lynn
Ordnance Department
Lieut. Goad’s Return Sparks Hope for Missing Men
PORTSMOUTH New details from Lt Harold W Goad and his wife Ivy reveal their son Harald W Goad survived after a Rangoon Burma rescue. Parents say letters from across the US and Canada pour in from families clinging to similar hope for missing service members.
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Portsmouth
Harold W. Goad
Rangoon
Burma
Harry B. Goad
Ivy
Gead
United States
Toronto
Canada
Goad
Helen
Edwin C. Zunars
Calcutta
Thefer
Robert A. MacDowell
Navy
Saugerties
N. Y
War Department
Harald
MacDowell
Goan
Superforts and Carrier Planes Deliver Major Okinawa Blow
Allied air and ground forces surged into Okinawa as Superfortress bombers and carrier aircraft delivered heavy strikes on Naha and surrounding areas. Marines advanced near the city center while Japanese reserves and desperate counterattacks pressed under heavy artillery and air fire.
STEP UP TEMPO BY THE ASSOC RECORD BOMBING OF JAPAN
American air and ground operations intensify in a two pronged assault. More than 500 Superforts dropped 3 500 tons of incendiaries on Nagoya while a large carrier based air arm attacked southern Japan. In Okinawa Marines push inland as Chinese troops secure captured bases in western China. The combined strikes aim to cripple Japan's capacity to defend the homeland and support the invasion effort.
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ASSOC
Japan
Nippon
Amercan
Naha
Okinawa
China
Nagoya
Tokyo
U.S
Rade
Iasland
Honshu
Marianas
Mindanao
Philippines
Matasalar Bay
Tarakan Island
Borneo
U. S
New Type Bomb Drops on Nagoya As China Advances
A new six pound fire bomb was deployed against Nagoya affecting the Mitsubishi works and other targets as U S forces predict larger raids ahead. Chinese troops reported entering Foochow and capturing an airfield while Japanese withdrawal and strategy shifts were noted. Lt Gen Wedemeyer’s monthly summary says US air activity rose 15 percent in April.
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Nagoya
Honshu
Japan
Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Works
Harry S. Truman
United
Chigusa
Nagoya Arsenal
Fenchow
Chima
Formosa
Foochow
Yellow River
China
Amercan
14Th Air Force
Chihkiang
Albert C Wedemeyer
China Theater
Minesweeper YM5-103 Lost Near Okinawa Action
The Navy announced the loss of the minesweeper YM5-103 in the Okinawa area due to enemy action. Casualties aboard were reported moderate. next of kin have been notified. A separate item notes recruit Timothy Lyons, 17, injured in an automobile streetcar collision less than a day after enlisting in the Army.
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Washington
Okinawa
Navy
Cleveland
Timothy Lyons
Army
Reds Overrun Last German Fanatic Pockets
London AP reports the final German resistance in Czechoslovakia and Austria shrinking as four Russian armies close in. Moscow claims 360000 more Nazis captured in 24 hours, bringing total since Tuesday to 1060000 and total killed or captured to 12600000. Equipment seized includes 1258 planes and 1842 tanks as captive generals Schoerner and Woehler are not listed among those seized.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Austia
Moscow
Red Army
Austria
Poland
Russia
Ferdinand Schoerner
Otto Woehler
Four-Year-Old Injury Fatal Funeral for Richard Landers
Funeral services are set for Richard Landers aged 37 who died Sunday at Holzer Hospital after an injury at Peacock Coal Company mine four years ago. The Enterprise U B Church will host the service Wednesday at two with interment at Rocksprings Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Katherine, his parents, a brother in the Dutch East Indies, and two sisters in Mt Allo West Virginia.
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Pomeroy
Richard Sanders
Peacock Coal Company
Holzer Hospital
Enterprise U. B
Rocksprings
Landers
Mr. Landers
Katherine
John Landers
Meigs County
Oliver Landers
Dutch East Indies
Ben Phelps
Dewey Lyons
Mt Allo
W. Va
James W. Deffenbaugh Dies at Lancaster
James W. Deffenbaugh, 69, attorney and businessman, died Saturday night in a Columbus hospital. A Lancaster resident, he was counsel for Anchor-Hocking Glass Co, a director of the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette and Lancaster Hotel Co, and vice president of Fairfield Paper Co of Baltimore. Services will be held here tomorrow.
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Lancaster
James W Deffenbaugh
Columbus
Anchor- Hocking Glass Co
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Lancaster Hotel Co
Fairfield Paper Co
Ballimore
Seventh War Loan Drive Is Launched
Washington announces the Seventh War Loan to raise 7 billion dollars from individuals and 7 billion from corporations, totaling 14 billion, running through June 30. Treasury Secretary Morganthau urged continued wartime sacrifice amid ongoing Okinawa fighting.
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Washington
America
Treasury
Morganthau
Negotiate With Reds For Yank Evacuation
Supreme Allied headquarters sought to arrange with Soviet Russia for the evacuation of about 138,400 American and British prisoners of war from the Soviet zone in Germany. If all were agreed, the men could be homeward within two to four weeks.
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Paris
Russia
Germany
Explosion damages new meat market in East Liverpool
State authorities were asked to investigate an explosion believed to be caused by a bomb that wrecked the rear interior of a two story meat market recently opened in East Liverpool. Damage was estimated at 2000 dollars, Fire Chief Charles Bryan reported.
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East Liverpool
Charles Bryan
Increase in Ohio payrolls reported by state bureau
Columbus reports show Ohio industrial payrolls rose one percent from January to February and total employment edged up under one percent, while manufacturing payrolls fell five percent year over year according to Ohio State University's Bureau of Business Research.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pehuay
Ohio State University
Bureau of Business Research
Expected Surrender Of U Boat Delayed
New York reports the German U-boat 858, a modern submarine, was slated to surrender and be picked up off New Jersey but did not arrive as planned. The Navy later said the craft, which had signaled willingness to surrender, was now expected to be taken into custody on Monday.
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New York
United States
New Jersey
Navy
Churchill Pledges Britain Aid in Pacific War and Peace
Prime Minister Churchill pledged Britain’s aid to the United Nations peace organization and alongside the United States to defeat Japan. He condemned Eamon De Valera’s neutrality, warned of Nazi plans against London, and urged the world not to treat the United Nations as a shield for the strong, stressing duty to fight abroad with China and the United States.
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Churchill
Britain
Pacific War and Peace Organization
London
Brush
United Nations
United States
Japan
Eamon de Valera
Germany
Loyalts
Fendshin
North-ern
Ireland
San Francisco
China
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Asahot
Machinato
Shuri
Davao
40Th
del Monte
Philippine Island
New Guinea
Macarthur
Davao Gulf
Tarakan
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Finn
Mtd Diy
Philippine
Caroline
Indian Ocean
Indies
Darwin
G.il
Martin J. Fell
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St Louis
Fell
Jefferson Barracks
James W. Deffenbaugh
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Courchi
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