Navy Submarine Hits Japanese Harbor In Daring Night Attack
Commander Eugene Fluckey aboard the submarine Barb led a daring night raid into a Japanese harbor crowded with ships. Surfacing under enemy guns, the crew torpedoed multiple vessels and escaped, earning the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Unit Citation for the mission. The attack unfolded amid shallow waters, mines, and fishing junks as the Barb broke through to open sea at dawn.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Comdr
Eugene B. Fluckey
Barb
Fluckey
Several Australian Brides to J S Only To Divorce Yankees
Melbourne AP report says several brides of American servicemen plan to travel to the United States solely to obtain divorces. One wife cites husbands moved to forward areas and later found with another. a Perth bride has heard nothing for 18 months. a Sydney bride says there is no glam in the trip and she cannot return quickly after divorce. Courts in the United States will have jurisdiction for alimony and settlements.
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Melbourne
Australia
United States
America
Perth
Sydney
Communist Party Criticizes Cooperating With Capitalism
The Communist Political association admitted faults in the past year and issued a resolution marking a shift in line while sparing Earl Browder who cast the sole dissenting vote. The critique parallels Jacques Duclos criticism over Browder abandoning class struggle since 1944 amid wartime ties to American capitalism.
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New York
Communist Political Association
Earl Browder
Browder
Jacques Duclos
Cahiers du Comunisme
Duclos
Pluto Project Drove Fuel To Allied France
Special cable laying ships moved through the English Channel after D-Day to feed the Allied invasion. Since August 1944 about 120 million gallons of fuel were pumped from covert stations in a fort, an amusement park, and an ice cream factory to Europe. Spearheaded by Mountbatten, aided by four American cable makers including General Electric which produced 3 inch diameter pipe rated at 1200 psi in 26 000 foot lengths at Schenectady N Y.
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English Channel
France
Europe
Pluto
Lord Louis Mountbatten
General Electric
Schenectady
General Electric Company
N. Y
Hamilton Divorce Filed by Mrs John D M Hamilton
Mrs John D M Hamilton sues for divorce in Chester County Court court records show the wife of former Republican national committee chairman filed the suit in West Chester Pennsylvania.
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West Chester, Pa
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Chester County
Imperial Throne For Germany Urged By James W. Gerard
James W. Gerard former U S ambassador to Berlin urges restoring the Hohenzollerns with a grandson enthroned as constitutional monarch. He calls for a government like England with real power in parliament and a clearly defined loyal opposition. He argues a constitutional monarchy could stabilize Germany.
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Germany
James W. Gerard
New York
INS
U. S
Berlin
Gerard
Christian Scientists Praise Frisco Conference Efforts
The San Francisco peace conference is praised for seeking a practical basis to outlaw war for all time. The Christian Scientists praise divine laws as the root of lasting world peace, while Mrs Myrtle Holm Smith becomes president of the Mother Church succeeding Paul Stark Seeley. Roy Garrett Watson is re elected treasurer and Mary G Ewing clerk. Directors honor chaplains and wartime ministers aiding armed forces.
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Boston
Message
Myrtle Holm Smith
Waban
Mass
Paul Stark Seeley
Roy Garrett Watson
Mary G. Ewing
Yanks Execute Two German Hitler Youth for Espionage
At Wiesbaden a firing squad executed two German Hitler Youth members three days ago after an American military court found them guilty of spying for the German army behind Allied lines last February. The tribunal president warned Nazi leaders and officials against using women and boys to shield their activities, saying the Allies would met out inexorable punishment.
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12Th Army Group Headquarters
Hitler Youth Movement
Wiesbaden
Missouri Valley Authority Bill Hearings Postponed
Washington congress postpones hearings on the Missouri Valley authority bill for nearly four months as senators adjourn to revisit the proposal.
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Washington
Missouri Valley Authority
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