France seeks gain with Britain and United States in postwar world
Tarry Boyd notes France must stay on good terms with Britain and the United States to regain major power status. He argues Anglo American backing is key for restoring French prestige, especially in the Far East, and suggests Syria policy is aimed at preserving goodwill from allied powers for future aid. He cites Jack and Heintz workers leaving amid wartime pressures.
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Far East
Great Britain
United States
France
Europe
Britain
Asia
Near East
International Seccurity Council
Yanks Smash Enemy Line on Okinawa Ring
American forces net draw around Shuri area as 10th Army closes on Okinawa southern end. Tokyo reports eight American divisions, possibly 120,000 men, pressing the last Japanese holdouts with Second and Seventh Marine Divisions entering the focal point on the east coast. Encirclement of 1,000 defenders completed near Shuri. 61,519 Japanese dead in 60 days with 1,353 prisoners taken.
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Guam
Okinawa
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Shuri
10Th Army
96Th Infantry
Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru
Shuri Castle
Edward L. Thomas
Pacific
Naha
Yonabaru
Wana
Thomas
Sixth Division
Naha-Yonabaru Highway
Kokuha River
Seventh Army
Ewared
Kokuba_ valley
Shun
Sakishima Islands
War workers may stay employed after the war says Mezerik
A. G. Mezerik argues that many women war workers will prefer to stay in gainful jobs after the war rather than return to household drudgery. He cites surveys and Elmo Roper predicting two of three women will seek continued employment, noting seniority and postwar competition could complicate gains.
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See
A. G. Mezerik
Atlantic
Jack and Heintz
Mezerik
Elmo Roper
Mezerink
Sister Kenny to Stay in United States
Sister Elizabeth Kenny, the Australian nurse famed for her polio treatment, says she will remain in the United States after reconsidering her decision to leave. She cites the American people's urgent appeal and appreciation as key factors in her choice to stay.
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Minneapolis
INS
Elizabeth Kenny
Kenny Institute
United States
America
Truman and Dewey confer on White House invitation
Governor Thomas E Dewey accepted an invitation from President Truman to meet at the Rue House. The conference was learned on Friday in Albany New York.
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Albany
Thomas E Dewey
Truman
Friay
Silver Star for Capt Charles E Parks Jr Leyte action
Capt Charles E Parks Jr son of Charles E Parks 2207 Ridge Way Drive San Francisco was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry near Colosion Point on Leyte. He directed artillery from an exposed position despite heavy fire and continued until darkness, then again at dawn aiding infantry as they advanced. He enlisted in 1940 and served in 10 major engagements from New Guinea to Luzon.
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Charles E. Parks, Jr
Charles E. Parks
Ridgeway Drive
Leyte
Parks
Colosion Point
Australia
Owen- Stanley Mountains
New Guinea
Luzon
Nazi Boss Behind Lidice Destruction Caught by British
Col. Gen. Kurt Daluege chief of the Bohemia Moravia SS police who ordered Lidice razing has been captured by British forces. The report notes his capture by units of the British Second Army. Daluege’s capture ends a long manhunt for the orchestrator of the wartime atrocity.
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Second Army
Kurt Daluege
Bohemia-Moravia
Lidice
Liberation of Italian POWs Reported by AP
The Associated Press reports that the American station in Europe said Rome announced on Friday that the Allies notified Italy of their plan to liberate Italian prisoners of war.
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Associated Press
Europe
Rome
Italy
Conference Near Berlin Promises Big War Leaders Meet
A British foreign office spokesman said a high level conference of General Eisenhower, Field Marshal Montgomery, and Marshal Zhukov is likely “any day now,” probably in Berlin. The meeting would align Allied strategy as Berlin is targeted.
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London
British Foreign Office
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Gregory K. Zhukov
Berlin
Truman Won't Accept Rosenman's Resignation
President Truman refused to accept the resignation of Samuel S. Rosenman as special counselor to the President, signaling Rosenman would remain in his post.
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Truman
Rosenman
Washington
Samuel S. Rosenman
France Rebuffs Churchill on Syria Policy in Split Offensives
Paris confirms France will not withdraw troops from Syria to the Barracks, while ceasing fire is ordered. Britain and the United States push for a tri partite talk on Syria and Lebanon with the aim of stabilizing the region and safeguarding Pacific routes. Beyrouth reports say Damascus quiet, casualties exceed 400 dead and 500 wounded.
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London
France
Churchill
Syria
United States
Britain
Pacific
Beyrouth
Lebanon
Damascus
Eden
House of Commons
Paris
John G. Winant
Riot in Fort Benjamin Harrison Guardhouse Leaves 2 Dead
A guard was shot and killed and a fireman died as fires and unrest swept the disciplinary compound at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ninety hundred prisoners, many court martially for serious offenses, were involved in the riot sparked by extra duties.
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Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Fifth Service Command
James L. Collins
Columbus
Ohio
Everett Jackson
Elton Hendrix
Paducah
Collins
Hendrix
Joseph McGee
Worcester
Mass
McGee
Truman says he backs British troop dispatch to Syria
President Truman told a news conference on Friday he was in constant contact with Prime Minister Churchill over the French-Levant crisis and fully approved sending British forces into Syria. He said there was no agreement on a tripartite meeting to discuss the situation, though he thought the government might welcome one.
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Washington
Truman
Churchill
Syria
Great B-29 Fire Attack on Osaka Rages Five Hours In
Report from Radio Tokyo says Osaka industrial center ablaze five hours after Friday raid. B 29 bombardment with 450 bombers and 150 escorts created wide fires, some pilots calling it a fiery bath. Tokyo claimed 47 bombers shot down and 83 damaged while fires spread from dock areas toward harbor facilities.
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Guam
Osaka
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Marianas
Tokyo
Amaga-Osaki
Shingu
Kii Peninsula
Yokohama
21St Bomber Command
Osaka Harbor
Shin Yodo River
Osaka Steel Works
Mitsubishi Smelting
Nippon Aluminum Works
Sakurajima, Aiwaga, Fujinagata
Kizugawa
Kakuichi Rubber Company
Ujigawa Electric Power Company
Canadian Vet A W O L Four Years From U S Army
Canadian Army veteran Joseph Roskup, once with Battery A, 185th Field Artillery, was arrested in Cedar Rapids after four years as an A W O L from the U S Army. He had enlisted in Canada in 1941 and served with the Cameron Highlanders after leaving Camp Claiborne. Roskup, resident of Winnipeg, was held for military authorities following a tip from MPs and the FBI.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Roskup
A.W.O.L
Roskup
Iowa City
Winnipeg
Man
Union
George Cannell
Leonard Stusak
Ray Conner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Camp Claiborne
185Th Field Artillery
Cameron Highlanders
Fort Fracis
Ont
Canada
FBI
Killed on Luzon Pfc Engledow 27 of Shellsburg
Pfc. Raymond P. Engledow 27 of Shellsburg with the 32nd Infantry was killed in action on Luzon May 8. He married Evelyn of 912 Tenth Avenue SE and worked at Honeymead Products before enlisting in March 1944. He had been overseas since November and wrote from rest camp predicting action on May 6. Survived by wife two sons parents four sisters and a brother.
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Raymond P. Engledow
32Nd Infantry
Luzon
War Department
Evelyn
Tenth Avenue SE
Shellsburg
Engledow
Honeymead Products Company
Clarence
Kenneth
George Engledow
Doris
Bernadine
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy
la Porte City
Mildred
New London
Wis
Wilbur
Vinton
Asphalt Fire at Hargrave Construction Damages Equipment
A storage tank at Hargrave Construction sparked a fire that damaged trucks, a boiler, a retort, and other equipment worth between 10 000 and 15 000 dollars. Winds carried flames away from the shop as firemen fought the blaze for hours.
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Hargrave Construction Company
Hargrave Company
Thirty-third Street
Five SE
Kenwood
Hargraves
Hargrave
Truman proposes larger wartime army and Pacific force buildup
President Truman outlines a plan to nearly double the U.S. army to about 7,000,000 and expand Pacific operations led by General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz. He emphasizes concentrating force, maintaining supply, and shifting veterans under 30 into active service while leveraging air and naval power to defeat Japan.
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Pacific
Sand
M& Ina
Ducharie Durag
Weil Ad Tee
Truman
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