Nagoya Fire Swarms Industrial District in Massive Raid
In a night of air raids 500 Superfortresses dropped incendiaries on Nagoya's industrial zone, triggering new fires as Allied forces press the Okinawa campaign with high casualties reported on both sides. Japanese defenses at Shuri Yonabaru and Naha face mounting pressure.
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Nagoya
Guam
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Tenth
Naha
Shuri
Yonabaru
Tota
U. S
Associated Press
Jal Copking
U.S
Lemuel C.shepherd
Sixth Marine Division
Asato
96Th Infantry Division
77Th
96Th Army
First Marine
Tenth Army
Oknawa
China
Nagoya Scene War Warnings After Massive Fire Raid
AP reports over 500 B-29s launched a huge incendiary assault on Nagoya, center of war production, igniting flames from a Monday strike. Japanese broadcasts claim 40 fighters strafed near Tokyo 12 hours later as air raids continue and heavy bombs fall on the harbor area.
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Associated Press
Nagoya
Iwo Jima
Fujis
Awa
Tokyo
Niue
Ohio House passes 291 million dollar biennial budget
The Republican controlled Ohio House approved the 291,499,969 dollar biennial budget and a 24 million dollar local government appropriation after defeating Democratic attempts to add funds. Bills head to the Senate as Democrats sought raises for old age pensions, a Veterans' Department, and a State Fair amid debate over local aid and ballot changes.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Legisature
Veterans’ Assistance Department
Veterans’ Department
Lady Himl
D-Cuyhoga
Rep. C
William O'Neill
Washington
Huml
Lausche
Truman Approves Expanded Press and Radio Policy
The White House announced that President Truman gave full approval to a news policy aimed at providing the press and radio with the complete flow of all possible information. The move signals broader government transparency in announcements and briefings.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Farm Home Looted Near Brandt on State Route 10
Sheriff Cecil T. Marshall reported the wholesale looting of the Glaser farm home near Brandt on State Route 10. About 5000 in clothing jewelry and household goods were taken while the family was away for two and a half hours.
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Troy
Cecil T.marshall
George Glaser
Brandt
Three District Men Receive Discharges
CAMP ATTERBURY Indiana. Ohio men discharged Tuesday from the Atterbury Separation Center after scoring 85 or more points under the Army adjusted service rating plan were T-5 George A. Mitchell from New Straitsville T-3 Robert E. Stivers of College Road Syracuse and T-4 Ernest Nixon of Glouster.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Ohio
Atterbury
Army
George A. Mitchell
New Straitsville
Robert E. Stivers
College Rd
Syracuse
Subsidies and Rationing Hit By Ohio Group
About 450 farmers and merchants told officials at the Cleveland District Office of Price Administration that price subsidies and rationing hinder food production. Spokesmen denounced sugar rationing and the removal of land from beet production, urging higher sugar prices and abolition of subsidies. Poultry prices and labor costs were cited as driving poultry into the black market, prompting some to reduce or quit flocks.
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Shelby
Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
OPS
Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association
L. A. Whitam
Industrial Division
J. T. Taylor
Price Division
America
George Maidment
Wood County
Agriculturel Adjustment Agency
Rolla Meyers
Attican Poultrman
Report: Ohio unemployment payments fall in April
The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports a 29 percent drop in benefit payments in April compared with March, with April payments at $66,521 and March at $93,580. The average weekly payment rose to $15.14, while six areas Bucyrus Fostoria Piqua Ravenna Troy and Wooster had no compensable unemployment. Marietta posted the state's highest payments at $38,963.
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Columbus
Ohio Bureau of
Charles H. Jones
Bureau
Bucyrus
Fostoria
Piqua
Ravenna
Troy
Wooster
Modified Superforts Do Reconnaissance Job
DAYTON Two modified B 29s known as F 13A may have flown over Tokyo to photo survey bombing targets. The operation signals potential future raids as analysts assess past bombings. INDICTED FOR SLAYING HAMILTON Tuttie 130 faces first degree murder charges in the death of Nellie 26 whose nude body was found in a ravine near Oxford Ohio March 25.
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Dayton— 2
Tokio
Hamilton
Biton Tuttie
Nellie
Oxford
Swift Reconversion of Auto Plants Is Sought
Washington reports labor seeks rapid reconversion of auto plants as 200 009 cars are projected this year. The Labor advisory committee told War Production Board executives that prolonged delay could trigger serious unemployment.
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Washington
War Production Board
German Prisoners Put to Varied Jobs Across Europe
Thousands of German prisoners are being used to redeploy Allied forces and equipment in Europe. They recondition gear, crate supplies, and repair roads used by U S materiel to reach Atlantic ports. Other prisoners work in farming to boost food supplies for winter. The article also tracks top Nazis at large and recent captures including Ley, Sauckel, and Kaltenbrunner, with Doenitz and the Flensburg group designated as POWs. Tito proposes Yugoslav troops stay in Carinthia under a new command while US and UK press Trieste withdrawal.
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Associated Press
Europe
Japan
Atlantic
Britain
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Nazi Party
Martin Bormann
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Gestapo
Heinrich Himrmier
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Julius Streicher
Robert Ley
Labor Front
Otto Skorzeny
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ley
Goering
101St Airborne Division
Berchtesgaden
Fritz Sauckel
Bernard Stredele
U.S. Third Army
Germany
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Reinhard Heydrich
Kaltenbrunner
Karl Doenitz
Flensburg
Lucius D. Clay
Fisenhower
Doenitz
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Marshal Tito
U. S
Austrian
Carinthia
Harold Alexander
United States
Trieste
Venezia Glulis
Tito
Germans Unbowed by Hal Boyle About Refugees in Peace
Hal Boyle writes from a postwar scene in Germany where American troops move toward Paris and German refugees flood roads. He notes widespread hunger and displacement as civilians, including women and children, seek quiet harbors while some long for home and others flee Russian advances.
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Hal Boyle
Paris
Germany
Rhine
Manufacturers See Increase in Cigarettes Shortage Easing
New York report indicates cigaret shortages may ease in two to three months as shipments to European armed forces fall. Philip Morris & Co. Ltd plans a 50 percent civilian allotment increase starting June 4, while the National Association of Tobacco Distributors cautions civilians will still face limits through 1945.
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New York
Europe
Philip Morris & Co. Ltd
National Association of Tobacco Distributors
Liquor Ration Remains Unchanged for Five Weeks
State Liquor Director Robert M Sohngen announced no change in the forthcoming ration period beginning Monday. Cardholders may buy one quart and one fifth of two pints of whisky or domestic gin in five weeks ending June 23 while other brands remain ration free. Retail permit holders will be allowed 60 percent of their average weekly purchases for all distilled spirits during the first six months. There is no change in whisky supply and no holiday for liquor manufacture expected this year.
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Columbus
Robert M. Sohngen
Sohngen
Mississippi Rep Urges Abolition of Office of War Information
Rep. Rankin of Mississippi urged President Truman to abolish the Office of War Information. He praised Truman’s move to end the controlled news policy for Germany as announced by OWI Director Elmer Davis, calling for a full abolition of the agency.
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Mississippi Solon
Washington
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Truman
Office of War Information
House
OWE
Elmer Davis
Worst Sugar Famine Forecast Grips U S History
New York reports sugar shortages deepen with wartime rations stretched through August 31. Lamborn of Lamborn & Co warns Americans face the most critical sugar famine in history as civilian supplies drop sharply for 1945 and industrial use tightens. A Cuba drought worsens the pinch, curbing factory outputs and dessert availability nationwide.
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New York
Mother Hubbard
United States
Ody H. ‘Lamborn
Lamborn& Co
Pete
Cuba
Ohioan Reported Dead Found Alive on Island
Wooster reports Pi Ratthe Shaffer of Shreve is alive after being listed missing in action and then killed in action. The War Department now confirms he was found alive on a recently conquered Pacific island.
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Ohioan
Wooster
Ratthe Shaffer
Shreve
War Department
Pacific
Eleven Power Council plan nears final approval
San Francisco reports indicate the plan for a new eleven member security council and limited general assembly may be completed in about three weeks. Conference committees push to finish the peace charter as Big Three issues at the United Nations conference accumulate.
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San Francisco
Japan
China
Security Council
Javer
Russia
Moscow
Goebbels Deep Underground Home Reported by Red Star
Red Star describes Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels and family moving from a castle to a 70 foot deep underground quarters with a microphone for his final speeches. The dispatch omits any note of bodies found. Springfield shifts to Eastern Standard Time following Dayton's move.
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Paul Goebbels
Moscow
Berlin
Red Star
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Springfield
Dayton
Naval engagement reportedly in Strait of Malacca
Japanese broadcasts claim five British ships fought unidentified Japanese units in the Strait of Malacca near Singapore with one British destroyer allegedly sunk. Propaganda also reports Allied bombing and Japanese reverses in China and elsewhere affecting morale.
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Strait of Malacca
Singapore
Japan
Dutch Indies
Formosa
China
B. McClure Seint
Nine Slaughterers Accused as Violators
Cleveland four one reports that nine additional Northeastern Ohio slaughterers are accused by the District Office of Price Administration of failing to observe rationing regulations. The OPA petitioned the court to stop further sales and slaughtering until compliance. The number cited in recent weeks rises to 29.
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Cleveland
Ohio
District Office of Price Administration
OPA
Overseas editions may be mailed to navy personnel abroad
The Navy said miniature overseas editions of newspapers and periodicals may still be mailed to Navy personnel overseas by friends or relatives. The ruling on restricting mailings to overseas personnel without a written request does not apply to these miniature publications, which may be sent without the service member’s own request.
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Washington
Navy P
Navy
Secretary To Hitler Thinks Fuehrer Dead
Berchtesgaden report quotes Gerhard Herrgesell claiming Hitler likely died in Berlin. He says Hitler vowed not to retreat and ordered nonessential evacuees out, while Eva Braun reportedly chose to stay with him, though he is unsure if she remained.
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Gerhard Herrgesell
Berlin
Herrgesell
Eva Braun
Herrgesel
Britain Hopes To Release 750 000 Men
Labor Minister Ernest Bevin announced a manpower re allocation plan in Parliament aiming to release 750000 armed forces members by year end. The program seeks to shift manpower to civilian needs through a broad re allocation effort.
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Britain
London
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Nazi Prisoners Save U S Million Dollars
German prisoners of war at Port Clinton Ene Proving Grounds and Camp Perry salvage yards saved the United States about 1 092 000 and reduced outgo by 92 000 in six months. Army figures show monthly savings of roughly 15 400 and fees of 182 000 to the treasury. Removal of steel ban noted with War Production Board action in Washington.
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Port Clinton
Uncle Sam
Army
Ene Proving Grounds
Camp Perry
United States
Treasury
Peace Feelers From Jap Diplomats Amid War Strife
Japanese diplomats and businessmen in neutral capitals press for a loophole in the Allied unconditional surrender formula as Manila falls and Okinawa burns. Reports note growing peace feelers, while Allied raids target Nagoya and other plants. In the Philippines, U S forces push toward Mare Island, Davao, and Ipo Dam area as 50,000 enemy troops resist.
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Washington
Manila
Okinawa
George Hancher
Johnstown
31St Division
Doughs Boys
Sayre Highway
Mindanao
Philippines
24Th
Die Vision
Davao City
Mareamag
Dist
Valencia
40Th Infantry Division
del Monte
Philippine
40Th
del Maote
MacArthur
Iday
Davao
24Th J
Ipo Dam
Effectiveness of Escort System Against Submarines Is Revealed
Admiral Jonas H. Ingram reports the Atlantic anti submarine campaign cut German U boat success from 26 760 convoyed ships to 15 sunk after escort system perfected. He notes 128 U boats sunk by Allied forces and Britain Canada other allies, plus last wartime patrols and captures near French West Africa.
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Washington
Atlantic
Nazi Germany
Jonas H. Ingram
Luftwaffe
Geman
Newfoundland
Tsoapanese
Kari Karl Shorth
Teeland
French West Africa
Ingram
Tung
Britain
Canada
Pat
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Army Air Force Weather Wing
Elkton
Asheville
N. C
Wausche
Massachusetts
Carl D. Sheppard
R Summit
Wiliam M. Boyd
Cuyahoga
Virgil E. Cramer
R-Lucas
Reymond E. Burke
R-Butler
Maurice W. Lipscher
D Mahoning
Poland
Ling
Austria
The
War’ Production Board
George Walker
Boston
Mass
Ray Karpowicz
Madison
Ill
Atsuta
Mitsubishi Aircraft Assembly
Aichi Aircraft Company
Mizuki
Atsuta Engine Company
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