What Japs Face In Fire Bombs
DETROIT (UP) An incendiary bomb campaign against Japan will sear a target with 28,000,000 fires in a single raid. Chrysler announces production of 2,000,000 bombs per month at Evansville Indiana. Each 10 pound bomb carries magnesium and petroleum to generate 40 flames, with 500 pound units releasing fire throwers.
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Tokyo
Press Censorship Eased Further by Allied HQ
Rome AP Allied headquarters lifts censorship on nearly all press copy with exception of Japanese war coverage. Brigadier General Arthur McChrystal, chief of information and censorship, announced the broad easing of censoring rules on news reports.
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Arthur McChrystal
Press Censorship Talk Highlights Allied Controversy
A press conference notes that censorship could be reimposed if troops resume operations, but for now reporters should use good judgment to avoid inflaming feelings. He warns correspondence may provoke dissent among Allies if mishandled.
Americans Set Smallest Berlin Patrol Zone
The American occupation zone in greater Berlin will cover five southern and southwestern districts and be the smallest of the three zones. Russians take the largest eastern zone including the business district, while the British occupy the west and northwest. The American First airborne army under Maj. Gen. Floyd I Parks will control the zone, with HQ at Halle 90 miles southwest. The march into Berlin was slated for June 21 but delayed.
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Floyd I. Parks
Halle
War Department reports 1 861 000 separations 1941 1944
The War Department released figures showing 1 861 000 total separations from Dec 7 1941 to March 31 this year. The total includes 219 000 deaths and 1 412 000 honorable discharges with 132 000 prisoners of war and 97 000 other separations.
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INS
War Department
Japan to Bring Captured Diplomats to United States
The state department announced that 132 Japanese diplomats and their families captured as Germany was overrun will be brought to the United States. They will be lodged at the Bedford Springs hotel in Bedford Pennsylvania and are to remain there until an exchange with the Japanese government can be arranged.
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State Department
Germany
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Bedford
Ninth Air Force Split New Jobs for Pacific and Europe
The United States Ninth Air Force, the world's largest tactical air force, is being split with units headed for the Pacific to fight Japan while others stay in Europe as a core occupational force. Early departures include the 50th, 373rd and 358th fighter groups plus several bombardment and reconnaissance units and the 67th tactical reconnaissance headquarters.
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10Th Reconnaissance Group
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