Osaka Raid Deepens Allies Strike At Osaka Arsenal
Allied B-29s hammered Osaka in heavy overcast during a ten-ship raid, with 450 Superforts targeting war industries and the Osaka arsenal. Tokyo radio claimed fires began in northern districts, while Japanese reports noted civilian shelters filling as fires spread near Osaka Castle and surrounding factories.
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Guam
Osaka
Orient
Japan
Tokyo
Ferns
Jepen
Okinawa
Kyushu
Radio Tokyo
Kagoshima
Osake Castle
Fourth Army
Iowa Briefs Roundup Aboard Des Moines AP
Iowa Briefs from Associated Press cover a tax report on cigarette purchases showing increased May consumption, a Carroll coroner’s death in his car, Des Moines OPA sugar canning permits resuming with monthly quotas, Verne BR. Martin named Newton Maytag sales manager, and a Des Moines area train collision injuring seven year old Frances Welsh at a crossing north of Oelwein.
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Canning Sugar
Des Moines
OPA
Newton — Verne BR
Deaths from Poor Ventilation Tie Blast at Iowa Plant
Des Moines report states coroner's jury found inadequate ventilation caused the April 11 explosion at Super Co. plant killing eight people. Jurors cited firing of inflammable vapors traceable to volatile solvents used in manufacturing materials at the plant. Co owners and workers died from injuries.
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Des Moines
A. E. Shaw
Super Co
Shaw
King Haakon Returns to Norway on Independence Day
Oslo reports King Haakon VII returning to his homeland at noon marking five years since he left Norway to lead the resistance from London. The occasion also commemorates Norway’s independence day and the anniversary of the monarch’s official ascent to the throne in 1905.
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Oslo
Haakon VII
Norway
London
Haakon
Captain Herring Meets President Truman in Brief Call
Capt Clyde E Herring son of ex Senator Clyde S Herring told President Truman of his 27 months in a German prison camp during a brief call. He was introduced by his father who presented the president with a pen and clock set for his desk.
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Washington
Clyde E. Herring
Clyde S. Herring
Truman
Captain Herring
Weather Outlook for Town With Cloudy Periods
Mostly cloudy tonight with occasional light showers in the east portion. Friday in the west shows partly cloudy skies while the east remains cloudy. Temperature trends remain steady with no decisive change expected.
Navy officers and officials charged in wartime secrets case
Washington reports six defendants including Lt. Andrew Roth Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen John Stewart Service and others held on charges of conspiring to violate espionage laws by unlawfully possessing and transmitting national defense data. FBI traced data from state war navy and OSS files to Amerasia editors Jaffe and Mitchell with some material printed in the magazine. Bail set at 10000 each and case postponed to June 20.
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Washington
Navy
State Department
Aken
FBI
New York
State
War and Navy Departments
Office of Strategic Services
Office of War Information
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Andrew Roth
Arlington
Columbia University
Office of Naval Intelligence
Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen
China
Office of
John
Navy Departments
Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
Bureau
Jean Hersholt Goes to Denmark for Relief Survey
New York June 7 Jean Hersholt motion picture actor and president of America Danish War Relief Inc said Denmark has ample food but needs clothing and medical supplies He noted Germans did not have time to remove hoarded food stores He is to survey relief needs accompanied by John Hansen of Davenport Iowa president of the Danish Brotherhood of America
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New York
Jean Hersholt
America-Danish War Relief, Inc
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hersholt
John Hansen
Davenport
Iowa
Danish Brotherhood of America
Atlantic Chamber Bids For Veterans Hospital Site
At a Cass County Realtors meeting in Atlantic the board endorsed the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce bid for a veterans hospital here. They voted to work with civic groups to promote the project, urging prompt action as other towns enter bids for the western Town site. Atlantic offers good light water facilities available sites and strong rail and highway access.
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Cass County Board of Realtors
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic
Ernest Grove
Hotel Whitney
Realtors’ Association
Allied control council meeting stalls on French zone
London reports ongoing Allied control council talks hindered by unresolved French occupation zone. Moscow-linked commentators blame Western Allies for delays while British and American forces seek defined zones before troop movements. In Pacific, Okinawa campaign nears completion as planners forecast major thrust from established bases. Chinese advances toward Hong Kong tighten the Allied strategic position.
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London
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Moscow
United States
Presa
Control Council
Council
Foreign Office
London Times
Berlin
Eisenhower
Frankfurt
the Main
Washington
Okinawa
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Philippines
Marianas
Iwo Jima
China
South China
Japan
Hong Kong
Swatow
Haiphong
Foochow
Two Car Loads of Cattle Sold in Omaha Market
Louie Hansen of Maine marketed two car loads of cattle at 16.65 dollars per head in Omaha yesterday.
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Omaha
Louie Hansen
Maine
Okinawa Airfield Falls as U S Forces Advance
American forces completed capture of Naha airfield on Okinawa and tightened grip on the southern end of the island. Sixth and First Marine divisions linked advances with rapid preparations for air strikes on Japan, while the Seventh Infantry cleared the Chinen Peninsula securing Nakagusuku harbor.
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Guam
Okinépres
Neha
10Th Army
Naha
Saar
Japan
Sixth Marines
Comei
Ein
Okinawa
Newspaper
Asahi
Radio Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Ahe Harbor
Seventh Infantry
Chinen
Nakagusuku Harbor
Stick Candy versus Big Stick Methods
Des Moines reports John Rydford head of history at the University of Wichita says the “big stick” policy in inter-American affairs has been replaced by a “stick candy” approach. He spoke at Drake University during the Midwest Institute of International Relations.
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Des Moines
Latin America
John Rydford
Rydford
University of Wichita
Kans
Midwest Institute of International Relations
Drake University
Representative Thomas Calls for UNRRA Probe
Rep. Thomas of New Jersey urged a House Un-American Activities Committee inquiry into UNRRA, calling the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration the focal point for the Communist Party in the United States. He said he would request the investigation as ranking minority member.
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Washington
Rep
Thomas
New Jersey
UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
House Committee On un-American Activities
Stilwell Visits Manila Stir Pacific Rumors
General Joseph W. Stilwell met with General Douglas MacArthur in Manila amid high speculation on the next American ground push against Japan. The talks, kept secret, focused on plans for employing about 7,000,000 U.S. ground troops and the China coast theater as Japan withdraws.
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Manila
Joseph W. Stilwell
Army
Manilla
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
MacArthur
Ifk
Stilwell
Truman
Japan
China
U. S. Army
Churchill denies secret agreement at Yalta
London June 7 Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament there were no secret agreements made at Yalta. His words came as officials here feared the Big Three may interpret Crimea decisions differently after the last conference.
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London
Churchill
Yalta
Commons
Crimea
Fire damages Stevens shoe store in Ottumwa basement blaze
A basement fire at the Stevens shoe store in downtown Ottumwa began early today and raged until midmorning when control was established. The large stock was destroyed or seriously damaged by water, and neighboring stores suffered heavy smoke and water damage. Loss estimates were not yet available.
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Ottumwa
Stevens Shoe
Shenandoah Woman Bound During Robbery Attempt
Miss Emma Rhodes was bound and gagged in her Shenandoah home yesterday as robbers ransacked the house. She freed herself after three hours to call help. Sheriff Ed Hipsley said telephone wires were cut and the intruders left without stealing money, number of assailants undisclosed.
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Shenandoah
Emma Rhodes
Truman Saves Kidnapper From Electric Chair
In Louisville on June 7 AP reports President Truman commuted the death sentence of Thomas H. Rovinson Jr to life imprisonment at Alcatraz ahead of an upcoming execution for the 1934 kidnapping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll in Louisville. The reprieve followed Attorney General Francis Biddle’s recommendation.
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Louisville
Thomas H. Rovinson, Jr
Federal
Truman
Robinson
Alcatraz
White House
Francis Biddle
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville Society
Indianapolis
Child Asphyxiation Report From Utah Cave
In Helper Utah one child died and five were found unconscious after playing in a cave they dug near a trailer park. The dead boy was John Herbert Emms, 12, among six youngsters aged 10 to 13. County officers investigated the incident.
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Helper
Utah
John Herbert Emms
Woman Pays Court Clerk to Free Husband for Wife No 2
In Muskogee Oklahoma a woman sent the court clerk 140 dollars to cover back payments to the woman’s husband’s first wife so he could be released from jail and return home to wife number two.
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Oklahoma City
Muskogee, Okla
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