Buckner Sees Okinawa End Within Week
Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr predicts the Okinawa campaign will end within a week as his 10th Army pushes the last Japanese positions at Yaesu escarpment. The 96th and 7th Infantry Divisions advance on the plateau while Nimitz reports heavy pressure on center and east flanks and Japanese air power absent. Osaka in flames after 3000 tons of incendiaries dropped by Superfortresses as Le May says broader raids may destroy five key cities.
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Guam
Simon Boliveruckner, Jr
Okinawa
10Th
Yaeju
James L. Bradley
Archibald V. Arnold
Chester W. Nimitz
10Th Army
Kunishi Ridge
Yuza Hill
Oroku Peninsula
Sixth Marine Division
Devildogs
Osaka
Japan
Curtis le May
A Bomber Command
Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Tokyo
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
le May
Two High Ranking Officials Resign
Washington June 15 President Truman accepted the resignations of two senior administration officials. Abner H. Ferguson will leave as head of the Federal Housing Administration on June 30 to return to private law practice. Laughlin Currie, earning ten thousand a year, cites urgent personal considerations as he quits after nine years in government. Currie led economic missions to China in 1941 and 1942 and has long been an expert in international economics. Ferguson, a Paris Virginia native and noted lawyer, joined the Roosevelt and Roosevelt administrations.
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Washington
Truman
Abner H. Ferguson
Federal Housing Administration
Laughlin Currie
Currie
China
Roosevelt
Long
Ferguson
Paris
Emrence Roosevelt
Truman to address UN parley closing session
The White House said President Truman hopes to address the United Nations conference closing session on Saturday June 23 in San Francisco. Press secretary Ross noted the president would travel to Olympia Washington next Tuesday or Wednesday to meet Gov. Wallgren before flying to San Francisco the day prior to the speech.
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Washington
Truman
White House
United States
San Francisco
Charles G. Ross
Olympia
Wash
Man C. Wallgren
U S Carrier Saratoga damaged but returns to action
The U S S Saratoga, oldest and largest carrier, was struck by enemy air near Iwo Jima on February 21 during a fast carrier group operation. Seven direct hits caused a blown hull, twisted superstructure, and fires but the ship remained afloat. Casualties reached 123 killed or missing and 192 wounded. After swift repairs at Puget Sound, she is back in service.
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Washington
Saratoga
United States
Iwo Jima
Navy
Jok
Puget Sound
Wash
Navy Yard
Sara
Hartford Tax Returns Studied Over Large Loan Loss
Chairman Doughton ordered a thorough review of John Hartford’s 1942 income tax return after reports he sought a tax break on a $196 000 loss from a $200 000 loan to Brig Gen Elliott Roosevelt. Rep Knutson backed calling Roosevelt and Hartford to testify as facts emerge.
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Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
John Hartford
Elliott Roosevelt
Coughton
Colin F. Stam
Congressional
Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Rep
Knutson
Minn
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Ublic
Appointee Confirmed to National Labor Relations Board
June 15 Senate confirms Paul M. Herzog of New York as member of the National Labor Relations Board for Millis' unexpired term ending August 27. President Truman intends to designate Herzog as chairman, succeeding resigning Harry A. Millis. Glas votes for, 0 against, for a new five year term beginning August 27.
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Weeemen
Paul M. Herzog
New York
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
Harry A. Millis
Herzog
Millis
Glas
Big Three To Meet In Berlin
Britain and the United States announce a big three conference to be held near Berlin with Churchill Truman and Stalin. Attlee will attend as observer while Labour weighs its role. Dates unclear but tied to Britain's general election vote count.
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Berlin
Attlee
Churchill
Harold Laski
Labor Party
Attleesh
Dewey to Confer With Truman at White House
Governor Thomas E. Dewey will meet President Truman at the White House at 11 a.m. on June 25. An earlier invitation to Alf M. Landon was confirmed, with both Republican leaders to discuss unspecified subjects after the San Francisco conference.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Alf M. Landon
Dewey
Landon
San Francisco
Kansas City
Independence
Great Powers Score Victory in Charter Debate
San Francisco June 15 AP Great powers won a victory as a UN conference committee rejected an automatic five to ten year revision plan for a new world charter. A Canadian Brazilian proposal for a later discussion won broad support but failed to gain two thirds. Delegates 28 for 17 against. Russia signaled possible reopening of debates on powers of the General Assembly.
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Douglas B. Cornell
San Francisco
The
World Organization
Russia
Co Assembly
Gromyko
Moscow
Stettinius
Lord Halifax
Britain
Wellington Koo
China
Romyko
OPA Tightens Sugar Allotments for Industrial Users
The OPA cuts July to September sugar allotments for industrial users sharply. Ice cream, beverage, bakery, and cereal makers face up to 372 percent reductions from 1944 third quarter levels and about 23 percent below the current quarter. Commercial fruit canners and pharmaceuticals also see sizable cuts as Bowles notes lighter syrups will replace heavy syrups without reducing total canned fruit.
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Washington
OPA
Bowles
Eisenhower Sees Harmony With Russia After War
General Eisenhower forges optimism about allied cooperation with the Soviet Union saying individual Russians are friendly and the western alliance can work together. He reviews the war, praises air sea joint effort, and outlines plans for Germany's occupation and the control council amid pending troop movements and high-level meetings.
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Austin Bealmear
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Russia
Frankfurt
Allied Control Council
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Marshal von Rundstedt
Nude Intruder Slain By Cabin Occupant
Philippi West Virginia June 15 a nude stranger tried to force entry to a Buckhannon river summer camp. He died last night from wounds after Mrs Raymond Johnson fired two warning shots and then wounded him in the left side as he smashed his way into the cabin. The man’s clothing found nearby carried no identification. Sheriff J N Forman said no charges were filed.
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Philippi
W. Va
Buckhannon River
J. N. Forman
Raymond Johnson
Forman
Trent Attacks Board Policy In West Virginia Education Row
Charleston June 15 The state board of education refused to reemploy teachers aged 65 or older approving promotions and retirements for two college presidents and 56 county teachers. President Joseph Rosier of Fairmont College and President J Frank Marsh of Concord College were named among those affected. Trent criticized the move saying it defies prior recommendations and blocks substitutes for key posts in science and social studies.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Education
W. W. Trent
Visist
Trent
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont College
U. S
J. Frank Marsh
Concord College
Capitol
Potomac
German Mine laying U boats bottle up U S ports
Navy reports show German submarines mined the U S east coast during 1942 43 causing brief closures at New York Baltimore Norfolk Newport News Jacksonville Charleston and Wilmington. Five mines were swept from New York entrance November 13 1942 and 15 1942 closures. Chesapeake Bay area closed twice in 1942 first from June 16 to 17 and again Sept 12 to 14. Several vessels damaged or sunk by mines during these closures.
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Washington
United States
New York City
Navy
New York Harbor
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Newport News
Baltimore
Jacksonville
Pla
Charleston
8. C
Wilmington
Del
Virginia Capes
Robert C. Tuttle
Esso Augusta
Santore
Shangri-la Survivors Prepare Ten Mile Descent
Three survivors of a transport plane crash in the New Guinea mountains near Shangri-La, joined by two medical corps men and a paratroop commander, are slated to begin a ten mile trek to the valley floor today. Capt. Cecil Walters leads the rescue as radio reports indicate readiness to descend. The survivors Cpl. Margaret Hastings Sgt. Kenneth Derker and Lt. John McCollum are convalescing from burns and injuries suffered in the crash on May 12.
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Manila
New Guinea
Shangri-La
Ralph Morton
Associated Press
Cecil Walters
WAC
Margaret Hastings
Kenneth Derker
John McCollum
Allied Nabs Von Ribbentrop At Frankfurt Headquarters
British agents captured Joachim von Ribbentrop in a rented room in Germany. He was questioned by allied experts at Eisenhower’s Frankfurt headquarters, then transported to await trial in England. The arrest followed a tip from a Hamburg wine merchant’s son who suspected the visitor’s identity.
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Montgomery
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Fuerher
von Ritrop
Marie Jenke
Rudolf
England
Yanks Roll Into Broad Valley
Manila dispatch reports the 37th Ohio division driving 22 miles into the broad Cagayan valley in a single day while Australian forces capture Labuan airstrip Timbalai and clear north Borneo. Allied fronts claim heavy Japanese casualties across Luzon and Mindanao as MacArthur confirms swift advances.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
37Th
Ohio Division
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Borneo
Labuan Island
Timbalal
MacArthur
Luezon
Southwest Pacific
Robert S. Beightler
Im Valley
Santiago Echague
Comemen
Oroung Pass
Tabio
Agno River
Baguio
38Th
Pipes
Mindanao
Davao
Timbalai
Labuan
Brunei
North Borneo
Coal Association Estimates Production Decline
The National Coal Association estimates US bituminous coal production for the week ended June 9 at 11,975,000 tons versus 12,352,000 a year earlier. Year to date through June 9 shows 79,83,718,000 tons, behind 7.6 percent from 1944, with a shortfall of 21,593,000 tons.
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Washington
United States
National Coal Association
Association
Patch Presents Goering Baton To President Truman
Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch surrendered Hermann Goering and handed the diamond studded baton to President Truman. Patch said the trophy will be given to a national military museum under consideration and noted Goering gave it up reluctantly.
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Washington
Alexander M. Patch
Hermann Goering
Truman
Augsburg
Patch
Train Collision Kills 18 and Injures 30 Near Milton
At Milton Pennsylvania on June 15 the Dominion Express and a freight train collided head on after a broken journal caused the freight to be struck. The Buffalo bound 14 car passenger train plowed into the freight car, derailing 20 cars and injuring many passengers. Rescue workers battled wreckage through the night as scene described by survivors.
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Milton
Dominion Express
Section Gang
New Lee Central Water Level Limited
Amsterdam
N. v
Pandreaerae
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