Allied Air Chiefs Vow Rampant Bombing Of Japan
2000 ton incendiary raids target Osaka as Gen Arnold promises 2,000,000 ton yearly bombing. B-29s strike Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya Kobe Osaka. analysts predict Japan s surrender within months or protracted attrition. Okinawa offensive pushes on as Marines press to crush enemy. Del Valle notes rapid progress with heavy air support and cave bombardment.
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Leopard Milliman
Associated Press
Osaka
Gen
H. H. Arnold
Japan
Okinawa
Borneo
China
Pailippines
Washington
Rep
Cannon
D.-Ma
House Appropriations Committee
Amolt
Forcrs
Marianag
Curtis le Mey
Arnold
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
le May
Uut
Tsepine
Amaganaki
Supe Moria
Nippon
India Conference Set for June 23
In Bombay Gandhi and eight imprisoned Congress Working Committee members were brought together to urge unity and independence. Lord Wavell announced Britain’s offer of two extra executive posts to Indians as a step toward self government. Kalam Azad, released from confinement, told the viceroy he was only an adviser and not a recognized Congress representative. Azad was said to be invited to Simla to speak with authority.
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Bombay
Aenandis K Gandhi
Congress Working Committee
Asice
Laka
Plana
Lord Wavell
Simla
Britain
Executive Council
Gadi
Ward
Congress Party
Nation of
Maidana
Abdul Kalam Azad
Congress
Cron
Bafaac Azad
Kalam Azad
Three Chinese Supply Generals Executed Reported
Unclear fragments describe executions of three Chinese supply generals in Kunming China. The text appears garbled, with references to military supply services and wartime action. No coherent dates or verifiable events could be confirmed from the legible content.
Great Manhunt Ends as Ribbentrop Captured in Hamburg
Field Marshal Montgomery's Allied HQ reports Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was captured Thursday while sleeping in a Hamburg boarding house. He faced war crimes charges from at least 20 nations and was the last top official believed alive to elude capture. A poison can was found on his body, but he surrendered it.
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Daniel de Luce
Bmontgomery
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hamburg
Europe
von Ribbentrop
No Plans for Trials Involving Von Ribbentrop Public Hearing Debated
London dispatch reports that allied planners still argue over how to try top war criminals while a public hearing for Joachim von Ribbentrop remains unresolved. US prosecutor Justice Robert Jackson is expected back soon to help set up an international tribunal. Ribbentrop, using the alias Riese, sought refuge in Hamburg and then with a trusting landlady before British intelligence identified him through a merchant who first aided and then shunned the former German envoy. His sister was arrested after a tearful identification.
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London
Erc
Joachim Ver Ribbentrop
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Hivet
Hamburg
Europe
Germany
Riese
von Ribbentrop
Ace
Ribbentrop
Mehaee Waster's Pit Continues on Pare 2
Fragmentary note from page 2 hints at ongoing feature about Mehaee Waster and his pit inquiry. Limited readable words reference Pare 2 and continuation, offering no clear event or outcome to report.
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Mehaee
Six Oil Firms Seek Iowa Chain Store Tax Refunds
Six oil companies including Standard Oil of Indiana Socony Vacuum Skeely Mid-Continent Petroleum Shell and Executive Service request about 350000 in state chain store tax refunds paid in 1940. The matter goes to the state tax commission attorney for an opinion. The move cites an Iowa Supreme Court ruling and a 1945 legislature act.
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Les Moines
Commission
Mtter
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Socony-Vacuum
Skely
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Shell
Cutive Service Companies
Iowa Supreme Court
Phillips Petroleum Company
Peace Draft Backing From Eisenhower Urges Universal Training
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told a House committee that universal peacetime military training is vital for national strength and survival. Secretary Stimson supported peacetime draft proposals, arguing thorough training before war reduces casualties and boosts effectiveness based on battlefield comparisons.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Europe
Woodrum
Virginia
Stimson
Eisenhower
America
Tunisia
Italy
France
Wartime Parliament Ends as King Prorogues Session
London reports Britain's wartime parliament ends after ten years as King George VI prorogues the body. Lady Astor closes a 25 year career in the Commons. her son Lt. William Wakler Astor may carry the family name forward. Britain to be governed by Churchill's caretaker administration pending July election results.
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London
Britain
Lady Astor
William Wakler
Astor
George VI
Churchill
Labor Party
Waste Paper- To Ease Restrictions Washington UP
The weather service said families and fencers of servicemen in occupied Europe may join them when conditions permit. Clouds Friday with showers and storms in Council Bluffs area. Nebraska expects showers and thunderstorms Saturday with moderate to heavy rainfall. Temperatures in Iowa and Nebraska forecast to stay cooler, with a1n inch total precipitation around 1 inch Sunday into Monday.
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Washington
Wat
Europe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Inwa
Nebraska
Probe of Roosevelt loan sparks House inquiry plan
Representative Knutson said he will seek to compel Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt and John Hartford to testify before the Ways and Means Committee. The issue centers on a 200000 loan to the late president's son, a 196000 alleged bad debt, and a 228500 deduction questioned by the IRS as Hartford's 1942 return faces scrutiny. Hartford's attorney said the loan financed a Texas radio network, settled for 4000, while Roosevelt has not commented.
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Washington
Knutson
R.-Minn
Elliott Roosevelt
John Hartford
House
Ways and Means
Martford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Doughton
Hartford
Internal Revenue Bureau
Coughton
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Roosevelt
Patman
Texas
Fort Worth
R. Ko Han
Hanger
Chander
Piliett, Jr
David Seynlen
Wreck of Passenger Train in Williamsport Claims 16 Lives
A freight car derailment near Milton caused a passenger train to derail, killing at least 16 and injuring 32. Fire and rescue crews freed victims as ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals. Authorities diverted east and westbound trains, estimating completion by night.
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Milton
Pfe
Lester Calvert
Buffalo
Wilhamport
Sunbury
Reading Company
Industry Given Deep Sugar Cut
Washington reports deep sugar allotment cuts for the July September quarter under OPA policy to match scarce supplies. Industrial users face reductions from 23 to 8 percent below prior quotas, with canners and bakeries also scaled back. Some counties receive modest increases to offset population changes while others suffer further cuts. Bowles cites world shortages and past over use, noting essential outputs like bread and drugs must continue, even as fancy fruit grades and syrup use are trimmed.
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Washington
OPA
Birras
Bakers Ardhereal
Bowles
Man Dies in Okinawa Ward: Frederick N Jessen Killed June 8
Special to The Nonpareil Exira State Rap Mia Pete Jessen received word Thursday their son Frederick N Jessen 20 was killed June 8 on Okinawa He is survived by his widow Velma of Lake City his parents and one sister.
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Okinawa
Pete Jessen
Frederick N. Jessen
U. S. Arena
Velma
Lake City
Rain Barrage Swamps City Sewers and Streets
Heavy rainfall drenched the city, reaching 2.35 inches at the Broadway gauge and 1.54 inches at the airport by early afternoon. Sewers overflowed, manhole covers popped off, and basements flooded as traffic slowed on Broadway and Twenty-sixth Street. Water ran down hills, dirt and debris filled streets, and streetcar service halted on Fifth Avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets. Local officials reported widespread flow issues and repeated cover replacements.
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Alles
Council
Clyde McLaughlan
Broadway
Omaha
Indian Creek
McLaughlen
McLaughlin
Twenty-sixth Street
Avenue B
Twentieth
Fifth Avenue
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Big Three to Meet in Berlin Planned by Attlee
London Prime Minister Clement Attlee disclosed Friday that the Big Three meeting will take place in Berlin. The statement signals continued Allied discussions on postwar plans and German terms, with leaders expected to discuss occupation policies and stability measures.
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London
Clement Attlee
Berlin
Unified Allied Force Key to Victory Eisenhower Says
Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower told a press conference that European victory in June came only because air sea and ground forces fought as a single unified force. He recalled doubts among Allied generals, praised interservice cooperation through VE Day, and cautioned that no separate sea or ground war existed. He noted close Soviet relations but urged readiness to compromise for peace and confirmed plans for Berlin and troop movements were not yet final.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Porch
Eisenhower
Europa
Europe
All Arma
Fisenhower
Marshal von Rundstedt
Ardennies
Eifel
Sarr
Air Medal for 13 Iowa B-29 Crewmen on Saipan
Thirteen Iowa airmen from a 21st bomber command unit on Saipan receive the Air Medal for sustained combat aerial missions over Japan. The group includes officers and sergeants such as 2nd Lt. John M. Carpenter of Blaketown and Lt. Mauren J. Bittner of Solon, among others from towns like Dubuque, Davenport, Des Moines, and Mason City.
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Saipan
Iowa
21St Bomber Command
John M. Carpenter
Blaketown
Maurlen J. Bittner
Solon
Donald
C. Hetrick
Atlantic
Leo E. Tippe
Dubuque
Donald L Johnson
Massena
Late Weeks
Des Moines
Repairs Made Saratoga Is Again in Line
The USS Saratoga, oldest carrier in the fleet, sustained heavy damage at Iwo Jima on February 22 but has been fully repaired at Puget Sound and is back in action within two months. The ship endured seven direct bomb hits, multiple fires, and casualties, with heroic crews containing the damage as planes and fuel ignited across the hangar and flight deck.
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Saratoga
Iwo Jima
Pugent Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Padget Sounal
Pope Haley
Washington
Jina
Tokyo
Navy
Sara” An
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Pearl Harbor
Ian
I N. Moon
Plang
Jess
Ware Nayer
Vultee Plans Peacetime Planes After War
Detroit edition reports Consolidated Vultee Air craft plans to build personal air craft from two place low cost models to a four place executive transport. Division plants at Stinson and Nash will assemble the planes with production starting within days after war production board authorization. speed around 128 miles per hour and range near 580 miles.
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Detroit
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Personel
Stinson
Nash“le
J.C. Welsch
Aules
War Production Board
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del Valle
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Jong
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India
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Tyrese Army Supply Service
Abn Riaieshek
Exhortion Ag
the Marine Past
Eald Priday
Jonse
England
Sen. Knudson
Russia
Hisenhower
Elsow
Allied Control Council
Control Council
Muldé
Peper
Vultee
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