Churchill Says Big Three Meet Must Happen Before Election
Britain's Churchill warned his general election must not delay a Big Three conference with Truman and Stalin. He noted he informed Truman the July election should not interfere with talks at Chequers and planned discussions on the Allied control for Germany. Churchill stressed urgent international matters requiring his attention and hinted at a caretaker cabinet pending July 5 polling.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Truman
Stalin
Loughton
Joseph E. Davies
Chequers
Allied Control Commission
Germany
Roosevelt
Jap Death by Own Action Raid Hits 11 U. S. Vessels
AP dispatch reports a Japanese air fleet damaged 11 light U. S. vessels during an 18 hour Okinawa battle, with 111 Japanese aircraft shot down. Casualties were light on U. S. ships, while Admiral Nimitz said ground fighting pressed in Naha and Shuri amid mud and rain. Overall U. S. casualties total 35,116 since March 18.
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Pacific
Okinawa
United States
Yontan
Chester Nimitz
Naha
Shuri
Nimitz
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Ryukyu
Giretsu
Kamikaze Special Attack Corps
Vern Haugland
Haugland
Katena
Capital Must Be Rebuilt After Tokyo Firestorm
Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared Tokyo must be rebuilt from scratch after fires set by incendiaries and winds nearly destroyed the capital. Emperor Hirohito and the empress reportedly safe as central government offices burned. Suzuki ordered an extraordinary cabinet meeting to plan rebuilding and mobilize a victory effort.
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Kantaro Suzuki
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Hirohito
Omiya
War Plane Output Cuts Hit 1945 and 1946 Plans
Washington reports a 30 percent cut in combat aircraft output in late 1945, with a further 10 percent in early 1946 and 5 percent in late 1946, totaling about 17,000 planes less over 18 months. Employment in aviation shrinks from 1.643 to lower levels, affecting many plants and jobs nationwide as schedules for B-32 and B-29 shift.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Marine Corps Recruit David Whittingham Killed on Okinawa
Mrs David Whittingham of Cedar Rapids receives word that her foster son David Noble Whittingham of the Marine Corps was killed in action on Okinawa May 9 He had trained in the Solomons recently and was 18 Franklin graduate He had previously tried to enlist a year earlier but the quota was filled Surviving are his mother and grandmother Mrs William Noble who lives with her mother in Cedar Rapids.
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David Whittingham
Fourth Street
War Department
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Okinawa
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Parris Island
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White House Meeting Set For Monday With Hoover
President Truman invited former President Herbert Hoover to discuss the European food crisis at the White House. Hoover accepted and will meet at 10 a.m. Monday. he is now in New York. Hoover previously led relief efforts in Europe after World War I and will be the first former president to enter the Executive Mansion since Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
White House
Europe
Hoover
New York
Charles Ross
American Relief Administration
Executive Mansion
President Roosevelt
Rockets and Baka bombs clash with Superforts over Tokyo
United States crews report heavy air battles over Tokyo as Japanese pilots deploy the new Baka rockets in attacks on the Superfortress fleet. Crews say several Baka rockets were shot down, amid barrages of flak and fierce dogfights. The weapons appear to produce erratic fire bursts resembling the observed "fire balls" in raids on Japan.
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Killed in Action Roy T Arensberg Formerly of Cedar Rapids
Staff Sgt Roy T Arensberg 25 formerly of Cedar Rapids was killed in action in the Pacific theater May 3 as reported by his sister Mrs Her bert K Staub He wife Helen Hathaway of Cedar Rapids and their son Leslie Paige born June 13 live in Los Angeles Arensberg mother Mrs Emily Arensberg of Pittsburgh Pa served five years in Cedar Rapids prior to enlistment overseas in January 1944 he took part in the Bougainville and New Guinea campaigns A brother Pfe Edward G Arensberg also in the Pacific area another brother Paul is discharged from service in Pittsburgh
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Roy T. Arensberg
Pacific Theater
Herbert K. Staub
Thirty-third Street
Helen Hathaway
Leslie Paige
Arensberg
Los Angeles
Staub
Aren
Pacific Area
Paul
Pittsburgh
Construction Man Suffer Burns at Power Plant
Oscar Anderson 38 of 1120 Fifteenth Avenue SW suffered second and third degree burns to hands and feet when a crane cable touched a live wire at the rear of the Iowa Electric Light and Power plant. He works for Abel-Howe Construction and was taken to Mercy hospital by Ambulance Service. condition not serious.
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Cedar Rapids
Oscar Anderson
Fifteenth Avenue
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Anderson
Abel-Howe Construction Company
Mercy Hospital
Index Comics Daily Record Debuts and Deaths Capsule
A compact page entry highlights daily features including editorial pieces, Marion items, profiles of men and women, movies, radio, sports, state features, and miscellaneous notes in a typical newspaper digest style.
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Comics Daily Record
Fea Marion
Ration Calene Sports State
Japan to Face Bomb Increase in Coming Year
Washington reports from a closed session with Gen. Marshall show House appropriations committee members expect Japan to receive more than twice as many bombs as Europe last year. Rep. Snyder said in the fiscal year ahead more than two and a half times as many tons will be dropped on Japan. The panel foresees a longer, tougher war and continued high war department spending to support Pacific transport needs and increased munitions production.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
House Appropriations Committee
George C. Marshall
War Department
Europe
J. Buell Snyder
Dpa
Snyder
Synder
Marshall
Pacific
Nurse Draft Plan Dropped
Washington AP The War Department dropped its demand for a nurse draft law noting changing circumstances over six weeks ended the need. Acting Secretary Patterson told Senate Military Committee Chairman Thomas the move reflects relief from delayed plan. Increased volunteers cadet nurse graduations and lower losses in Germany reduced demand.
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War Department
Patterson
Department
Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
House
Senate Committee
Senate
Germany
Attempt to Trace Children of Lidice
London AP reports the Prague radio urged all people of goodwill to help locate Lidice’s children. No sightings had been reported since the village was razed and its men killed while women were sent to concentration camps in reprisal for Reinhard Heydrich’s assassination.
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Prague
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
OPA to relieve coal mining area shortages says Revercomb
Senator Revercomb reports steps promised by the OPA to ease fuel and coal shortages in mining regions. He spoke Saturday, noting assurances from federal officials on relief measures for miners and communities dependent on mining output.
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Washington
Sen
Revercomb
R-W. Va
OPA
Tariff-Cut Power Upheld by House
In Washington the Democratic majority blocked a Republican bid to limit President Truman’s tariff-cutting authority. The 197 to 174 vote quashed a plan to modify trade law for extending reciprocal trade pacts, with a roll call to follow. The party line division continued as a 152 to 135 vote denied prolonging the program two years instead of three beyond June 12.
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House
Truman
Rayburn
Texas
Tellers
Turbine Explosion at Penick Ford Plant Causes Heavy Damage
A turbine exploded in the Penick and Ford plant engine room at 10:20 a.m. Saturday, causing heavy damage but no injuries. The plant shut down for four hours and resumed operations with aid from Iowa Electric Light and Power. Damage was confined to equipment with no loss estimate given.
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Penick and Ford
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
J. Max Widmer
Widmer
Service Band to Play for Drive Tonight at Memorial Coliseum
The United States Coast Guard Band of the St. Louis Ninth Naval District performs tonight at 8 in Memorial Coliseum to support the Seventh War Loan Drive. Payroll savings plan purchasers gain free admission with tickets from their employers. others may buy an E band at the door. The four hour program features dance music and vocals led by Chief Bandmaster George Radford, with former members of top bands including Harry James.
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Cedar Rapids News
Memorial Coliseum
United States Coast Guard
St. Louis Ninth Naval District
Cedar Rapids
George Radford
Harry James
War bond speech by Brig. Gen. Woods urges steadfast sacrifice
Brig. Gen. Louis E. Woods, commanding general of the Fourth Air Wing U.S. Marines, says war bond purchases are a temporary sacrifice and that a soldier’s life or limbs cannot be regained. He asks Americans if they will be unmoved by the difference during the seventh war loan.
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Louis E. Woods
Fourth Air Wing
U. S. Marines
Local band lineup boosts war bond drive in Linn County
Kay Kyser Teddy Powell Joe Richman Tommy Tucker Bobby Byrne Vincent Lopez and Lawrence Welk are listed. Linn County war bond committee hopes for a sales surge and tallies weekly transactions to be announced Sunday in the Gazette. An outstanding Saturday could ease fears the $3,490,000 E bond quota may fall short.
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Kay Kyser
Teddy Powell
Joe Richman
Tommy Tucker
Bobby Byrne
Vincent Lopez
Lawrence Welk
Linn County
Arsenal Blast at Edgewood kills 11 women workers
The Third Army service command investigated a loading platform explosion at the Edgewood arsenal. Eleven women workers were killed and about 50 injured when a building was wrecked.
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Edgewood
Third Service Command
Army Arsenal
Christmas at Berry Home on Park Avenue
Edward H. Berry returns from 20 months in the Pacific aboard a navy ship to a 30 day leave at the William Berry home 1812 Park Avenue SE. His brother Robert, discharged from the army due to infantile paralysis, is also home. Edward will report to Oakland after leave.
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William Berry
Park Avenue SE
Edward Berry
Pacific
Cook
Edward H. Berry
Robert
Edward
Oakland
Calif
Secret $1,000,000 Himmler Cache Found Near Berchtesgaden
London Evening Standard reports American Seventh Army troops unearthed a secret cache near Berchtesgaden containing 26 countries bank notes totaling about $1,000,000 hidden by Heinrich Himmler. The find is described as a private nest egg believed buried by the Nazi official.
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London Evening Standard
Seventh Army
Berchtesgaden
Heinrich Himmer
Himmler
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