Reds To Hold Half Of Reich Moscow Says
Moscow maps show Russia occupying roughly half of Germany along a line west of Berlin including Thuringia towns Gotha and Erfurt. The plan, not authenticated by the Allies, contrasts with the allied council declaration that Berlin would be divided into four zones under joint control. London voices concern over unclear boundaries and slow setup of a control commission in Austria after the Berlin meeting.
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Reds
Reich
Moscow
London
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Tangest
Foreign Office
European Visory Council
Lei ‘ Gotha
Erfurt
Thuringia
Eisenhower
Prankfurt-on-theain
Fourer
Allied Control Council
Jenin
Marshal Zhukov
Vane
Cais
Salt and Foreignest Office
Coul
Austria
Tass
Ter
Control Council
France
United States
Greater
Tly
Some Workers To Lose Industrial Deferments
Washington officials predict a 17 percent drop in 26 through 29 year olds holding Riart deferments as war production eases. About 60,000 of 350,000 irreplaceable men face loss of deferments. some will fail physicals or be renewed in certain fields like transportation, coal mining, and ship repair.
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Washington
Frost Brings Record Cold Across West Virginia
Cooler June weather in West Virginia triggers frosts across counties. A 30 degree reading at Glade Creek Dam in Raleigh County cited by H B Thomas signals damage potential. Huntington tied its all time low for June 6 with 39 degrees, Charleston reports similar low as frost spreads statewide.
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Charleston
W. Vs
West Virg
Glade Creek
Raleigh
H. B. Thomas
Huntington
American Eighth Army lands on Mindanao to seal off Davo gulf
American Eighth Army troops landed with warship and air support at Cape San Augustin and Balut island in Mindanao to seal off the Davao gulf. Gen Roscoe Wood's 24th division advanced north of Davao city while resistance remained light. MacArthur said landings destroyed radio stations and supplied naval support as operations continued toward the Cagayan valley in northern Luzon.
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Manila
Eighth Army
Davon Gulf
Philippines
Cape San Augustin
Mindanao
Balut Island
Davao Province
Davao Gulf
Roscoe Woodruff
Davao City
Ula
Talomo- Kibawe
Wangan
Tagakpan
Douglas MacArthur
Luayon
Gous Est
Gobert
Beightler
Aritao
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Mur
No. 5
Government Seizure of Oil Plants Ordered
President Truman ordered government seizure and operation of the Cabin Creek Oil and Gas fields and the Dawes and Comfort plants of Pure Oil in Nawha County after the firm refused a war labor board order for wage agreement union dues maintenance. Economic Stabilizer Davis said the action aims to prevent further work stoppage affecting the war effort.
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Charleston
W. Va
Truman
Cabin Creek
Pure Oil Company
Nawha
William H. Davis
Washington
War Labor Board
CIO Oilworkers International Union
FBI Arrests Six On Espionage Charges
FBI announces the arrest of six individuals in Washington and New York on charges of conspiring to violate espionage laws by stealing highly confidential documents. Arrested in Washington are Lt. Andrew Roth Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen and John Stewart Service. in New York are Philip Jaffe Kate Louise Mitchell and Mark Julius Gayn.
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Washington
FBI
U. S. Navy Reserve
State Department
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Departments of State and Navy
Cas
Andrew Roth
Arlington
Office of Naval Intelligence
Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen
China
Statement Office of Far Eastern Affairs
John Stewart Service
Foreign Service
Philip Jacob Jaffe
Kate Louise Mitchell
Amerasia
Informa
Mark Julius Gayn
Ground Forces Losses Listed in Europe War Total
American ground forces suffered 1 527 daily casualties from Normandy invasion to May 9 at midnight. U S. total casualties over 337 days of fighting reach 514 534 wounded and 57 877 missing. West coast totals 252 433 for combined forces. long list notes noncombat losses and ongoing dangers.
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Frankfurt
the Main
Germany
European
Normandy
Supreme Allied Headquarters
U.S
West
Eisenhower
Hitler's Body Believed Found by Soviet Troops
London reports Soviet troops uncovered four bodies in the ruined Reich Chancellery fortress. A body thought to be Adolf Hitler was identified as almost certainly his, based on medical examination and distinguishing features. Goebbels and family were also found in the same complex, believed to have died by poisoning.
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London
Adolf Hit'er
Berlin
Reichs Chancellery
Hitler
Joseph Grigg
Reuters
Grigg
Allied Control Commission
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Russia Asked Transmit Peace Offers Report
New York dispatch reports that U S observers heard a Bern radio broadcast claiming that reports persist in Moscow of peace offers being transmitted. No source was provided for the unconfirmed claim.
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Russia
New York
Bern
Moscow
Soviets Rule Out Break On Veto Deadlock
The five powers met in San Francisco on Russia's veto issue but Soviet officials refuse any break. Russia maintains the Yalta formula grants veto rights to any big five and rejects discussion, trapping the conference in stalemate as Truman Churchill and Stalin may decide on the veto authority.
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Soviets
San Francisco
Big Five
Russia
United
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Truman
Churill
Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Zamens
Churchill
Woman Married 15 Times Halts Divorce
Richmond Virginia June 6 Mrs Pauline Conlon a dancing teacher who has been married fifteen times and who sued for divorce claiming her husband a dental technician beat her with one of his artificial legs today obtained permission to withdraw her suit She said she wished to forego and ordered the suit dismissed
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Richmond
Pauline Conlon
Plane Carrying 18 WACs Reported Missing
A missing army transport plane carrying 18 WACs and three crew is being sought by air and surface craft over the Ivory Coast and West Africa. The aircraft disappeared on May 30 during a 766 mile flight from Accra to Roberts Field, Liberia, with First Lt. Alfred R. Ellis of Cedar Rapids Iowa piloting.
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Washington
Ivory Coast
West Africa
War Department
Accra
British West Africa
Roberts Field
Liberia
Takoradi
WACS
Army Transport Command
Eng
Alfred R. Ellis
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Voters Fail To Show Up At Polls In Putnam County
In Buffalo West Virginia on June 6 the citizens of Putnam county town with a population of 338 did not vote as there were no announced candidates. The mayor and five councilmen were not on the ballot and ballots were blank. The state attorney general said the current administration must govern until the next regular election in June.
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Buffalo
W. Va
Putnam County
Chinese claim recapture of Liuchow bases in South China
Reports from Chungking say veteran Chinese troops may have retaken Liuchow, a major former American bomber base in south China, after months of occupation. Confirmation was lacking from Chinese high command, with U S air force raids also targeting the city.
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Chungking
Liuchow
China
Beename
Pnngh
Chiangaher
Kwangsi Province
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Yang Sen
Kweiyang
Kweichow
Peacetime Draft Proposals Face Strong Critique
Washington voices from educators and university leaders condemn peacetime conscription plans. A J Brumbaugh and William J Miller warn universal training risks regimentation and mistrust among allies. They urge postponement and focus on character building.
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Washington
House
Milvellicy Committee
Copes
American Council On Education
A. J. Brumbaugh
Weeden Committee
William J. Miller
University of Detroit
Michigan Council
Chaplin Denied New Trial in Paternity Suit
Los Angeles June 6 Charlie Chaplin was denied a new trial in a bitter paternity case in which a jury found him father of Carol Ann the baby of Joan Berry The judge refused to alter the jury verdict Chaplin must pay 75 a week for support and 5000 in attorney fees The defense argued prejudice due to the courtroom scene with the child present.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Carol Ann
Clarence L. Kincaid
Charles B. Millikan
Chaplin
Miss Berry
German War Prisoner Escapes Near Salem
Hans Metz a 30 year old German prisoner of war escaped today from a road gang on route 11 ten miles west of Salem Roanoke County Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters identified him Metz 5 feet 9 inches 140 pounds brown hair brown eyes ruddy complexion wearing POW clothing at time of escape
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Richmond
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hans Metz
Salem
Roanoke County
Sweden Secretly Armed Danish Patriots Confirms Danish Delegate
Danish delegate Erik Husfeldt in San Francisco reveals Sweden supplied the Danish underground army with thousands of automatic pistols and grenades under an alliance with Britain and the United States. He says ships delivered arms from Stockholm to Denmark's 43 000 patriots despite Sweden's neutrality, with arms passing as Swiss goods to deter German questions.
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San Francisco
Sweden
Oceanaes University
United States
Great Britain
Husfeldt
Stockholm
Denmark
University of Ctt
Britain
America
Denma
Switzerland
Superforts Strike Osaka Area Again
Washington reports B 29 bombers conducted another incendiary raid on Osaka Japan, targeting industrial zones. Officials say several hundred aircraft participated, following a prior attack last Thursday that burned about three square miles of the war production center and left 11.5 square miles damaged overall.
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Washington
Osaka
Japan
War Department
20Th Air Force Oera
Truman Commutes Death Sentence for Kidnapper
President Truman commuted the death sentence of Thomas H. Robinson Jr. from the electric chair to life imprisonment following the Attorney General's revised clemency recommendation. Robinson, who abducted Louisville socialite Mrs Ice Speed Stall for a $50,000 ransom in 1934, had been slated for execution next Friday.
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Washington
Truman
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Louisville
Justice Department
Francis Biddle
Department
Biddle
Jason
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Ice
WLB Approves Coal Contract Amid Labor Tensions
The War Labor Board unanimously approves the new anthracite contract affecting about 68,000 workers with a $1.37% daily wage rise and underground travel pay for the first time. Modifications cover overtime for pump operators and motor runners, with coal operators and United Mine Workers urging continued approval across eastern Pennsylvania.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Office of Price Administration
Lewis
George W. Taylor
WLB
Taylor
Pennsylvania
Meat Supply Is Reshuffled in July September Rationing
The War Food Administration and the Office of Price Administration announce steps to reduce military meat allocations and cut restaurant and hotel food allotments to align with civilian households. Chester Bowles warns many meals will be meatless and heavy meat service could invite black market scrutiny. Public hopes lean on increased fall meat production and possible return of foreign shipments. Rep. Anderson signals changes as he nears secretary role at center and war food admin.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Rep. Anderson
DN. M
House Food Investigating Committee
Centre and
War Food Administraor
Forrestal Addresses West Point Graduates
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal urged graduating naval academy midshipmen to keep the public informed about the need for a strong navy as a peacekeeping force. He warned that without citizen understanding government support for naval spending would wane, citing postwar needs and wartime expenditures. The commencement at Annapolis featured the traditional cap toss and wartime farewell week.
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Annapolis
Navy
Forrestal
Naval Academy
Bheers
Bond purchases pass half way mark in war loan drive
Washington reports individual purchases of E bonds in the seventh war loan drive reached the halfway point. Treasury data show sales at 2 billion toward a 4 billion quota, totaling 4.398 billion or 63 percent of the 7 billion overall target. The drive began May 14 and ends June 30.
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Washington
Treasury
Japs Squeezed Into Small Area
United States forces pressed on in Okinawa as the Tenth Army closed in on the Naha airfield and surrounding escarpments. Marines from the Sixth and First divisions cleared caves and strongpoints, advancing toward the Yaeju escarpment while contending with heavy rain and mud that slowed moves.
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Leif Erickson
Guam
U. S. Tenth Army
Okinawa
Naha
Chinen
Campa Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr
Pedro A. del Valle
Swamp Land Farmer Held In Slaying Of Two U. S. Rangers
Oliver Thrift, 64, of Waycross Georgia, admitted shooting and killing U. S. Rangers Andrew Bryant Crews and Joe Daniel Martin at the 700,000-acre Okefenokee refuge. FBI agent D K E Brown said Thrift, resentful over government protection of bears harming his cattle, said he fired after officers surprised him. Thrift faces murder charges in federal court.
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Waycross
FBI
D. K E. Brown
U. S&s
Oliver Thrift
Andrew Bryant Crews
Joe Daniel Martin
Brown
FSI
Savannah
Thrift
U. S. Interior Department
Okefenokee
South Georsay
Min’ Martin
Bears
Edge
Etna
Ft . & Aera
Saxton
U. S
Alma F
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Oroku Peninsula
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Chinenpe
Yaeju
Tris
Pacific Fleet
Amerin
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