Weather Upsets Harvest Hopes Across Regions
Weather delays peasting and cool wet conditions hinder harvest plans from the Middle West to the seaboard. War Food Administration officials stress the 1945 harvest will shape food supply, with September and October labor needs peaking. Marvin Jones, WFA chief, denies rapid POW repatriation will jeopardize farm work. Page 2.
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Middle West
Seaboard
Fee
War Food Administration
Anderson
Shale
Momaa
Senate Agriculture Committee
WFA
War Det
Marvin Jones
Seator Wheeler
Jones
Europe
Dothan Man Drowns While Trying to Find Lost Outboard
Max Morris a 33 year old Dothan businessman drowned at Dead Lakes Florida while attempting to recover a motor detached from his boat. Companion Earl Moody said Morris descended a wooden pole into about two feet of water and did not surface. The body was recovered two hours later by Jack Pridgen. Funeral at First Baptist Church with burial at City Cemetery. Survived by wife a son and daughter, parents, two sisters and a brother.
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Max Folsom Morris
Dothan
Dead Lakes
Fla
Earl Moody
Morris
Laken
Moody
Jack Pridgen
gWewahitchka
Leon Fuller
Morsis
Etba
May's Grill
First Baptist Church
Ward-Wilson
World War II Operations Across Pacific and Asia
The World Today reports Allied advances in Okinawa with Shuri threats to Naha, Mindanao pockets near Davao, Luzon drives toward Cagayan valley, and Manila watershed dam gains. Chinese forces pressure Lunghai rail line while Japanese counterattacks occur. Burma’s 14th Army advances near Toungoo as tank supported flank actions continue.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Shuri
Naha
Philippines
Sixth Army
Wawa Dam
Manila
Santa
Luzon Island
Cagayan Valley
Eighth Army
Davao
Lalayabalay
Mindanao
Japdese
Lunghai
Jumas
Honan
Shensi
Unchon
Burma
Toungoo
14Th Army
Waddy
Violence Spreads In Levant States Damascus Fire
London AP reports Foreign Secretary Eden told Commons shelling of Damascus by French artillery caused loss of life and destruction. Disorders hit Aleppo Homs and Hama as Syrian and Lebanese officials said Damascus was bombarded. Iran demands withdrawal of British American and Russian troops and cites 1931 treaty provisions.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons Today
Damascus
Syria
Aleppo
Homs
Hama
Tehran
Iran
Sepah Badi
Small Nations Win Two Points at World Security Talks
At a global security conference in San Francisco small nations won two key advances against the Big Five. The Big Five powers and Canada agreed that nations whose armed forces are to be used by the security council must participate in the decision to deploy. This marks a step toward tempered veto power and greater collective input.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
Russia
Britain
China
France
Security Council
Canada
Solon Sees Food Rationing To 1950
Houston Countians are urged to invest more in War Bonds during the Seventh War Loan as figures will be announced Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham honoring General Courtney Hodges and his soldiers. The drive ties to First Army Day with tickets to Tokyo as admittance and notes a county total of 1,211,338 in bonds including 258,330 EY bonds.
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Houston
Robert Ramsey
County War Finance Committee
Alabama
Courtney H. Hodges
Europe
Ramsey
Houston County
Birmingham
Legion 1
General Hodges
Hodges
Tokyo
Price Controls Declared Necessary By Senator Wagner
Senator Wagner of New York said food rationing and price controls would be needed until mid 1946 and possibly another three years to defeat Japan. The Senate Banking Committee approved extending the OPA and heard from Chester Bowles and William H. Davis that the food situation would improve, with shortages tied to a meat black market as a key issue.
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Washington
Wagner
D-Ny
Senate Banking Committee
OPA
Japan
EAL To Resume Service Friday
Eastern Air Lines will resume daily service Friday after a three year halt due to wartime curtailment. Station manager Parker announced the DC-3 Silvertiner service will operate routes from Dothan with connections in Montgomery and Birmingham to Atlanta Washington and New York. Two northbound and two southbound flights daily.
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EAL
Parker
Eulshe Trogdon
V. Th McCarty
J.B. Halt
J.B. War
Ing
Dothan Air Lines
Carty
Dothan
Montgomery
Birmingham
Atlanta
Washington
New York
Arnall Attacks Succession Bill Backed by Interest Groups
Governor Ellis Arnall charged that a hostile coalition including candidates for governor railroads Georgia Power and other utilities is blocking a special session to enact a constitutional amendment banning gubernatorial succession. He spoke after adjournment and promised to highlight roll call opposition to the public.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Railroads
Georgia Power Company
Arnall
Georgia
B-29s Kill Three Prominent Japs in Tokyo Raid
San Francisco AP reports the Japanese Domei news agency said a Tokyo raid last Saturday killed three prominent men including the diplomat who helped conclude the gentlemen's agreement in 1917 on Japanese immigration. Domei named Viscount Kikujira Tami among the dead.
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San Francisco
Japanese Dome
Tokyo
United States
Domei
Viscount Kikujira Tami
Photos Reveal Heart Of Tokyo Virtually Erased
A World War II dispatch details massive air raids on Tokyo and Yokohama led by LeMay with 1,500 B-29s and 450 epic incendiary aircraft. Rec photos show scorched palaces, ash drift, and widespread destruction. Losses include 33 bombers missing, 31 lost in Tokyo night raids, two in daylight Yokohama strike, with two Mustang escorts reporting 54 enemy interceptions.
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Selp
Ericason Guamap
Tokyo
Ge Curtis E
Lronpants
LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Emperor Wurok
Los
Yokohama
Japan
Move For Reading Of Bone Dry Law Blocked In House
In Montgomery AP: Senator Vincent Kilborn of Mobile led a vigorous battle to kill a controversial sterilization bill. He read the Bible to stall and proposed amendments while aiming to recommit the measure to finance. The Rules Committee rejected moves to lower calendar status as Kilborn spoke at length. Rep Deason pressed for second reading. Speaker Norman ruled the bone dry measure not properly before the House. The day followed a Senate wrangle that postponed a similar bill. On page 2 further details.
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Montgomery
Vincent Kilborn
Mobile
Senate
Kilborn
Kilbom
Finance Committee
Rules
House
J. H. Deason
Benson
Desson
Dine Sulivan
Momle
Norman
Pivot Of Japanese Line On Okinawa Taken
The forces on Okinawa report major progress as Marines of the Fifth Regiment, First Division, breached Shuri Castle and advanced through rock fortifications. Other units pushed toward Naha and Yonabaru while Seventh Division efforts extended south. overall, claims suggest substantial gains with half the southern area potentially falling within a week.
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Okinawa
Ly Hamilton W. Faron
Guam
Short Castle
Gayesa
Leif Erickson
Shur
Cal
John H. Griebel
Hartford
Cann
Griebel
Fith
Agato
Naha-Yonabaru
Shuri
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
First Marine Division
Wana Ridge
Shurl
Vth
Mth
Haugland
Gaina
Seventh Infantry
Yonabaru
Karadeca
Sashiki
Baien Bay
Chinen Peninsula
Seventh Division
Chan
Ti Cal
Jackson Gillis
Archibald V. Arnold
Git- Tin
Seventh Infantry Division
Naehz
Zand
Sixth Massine Division
al Copking
Adm
Cheater
Japanese Balloons Launched From Home Islands Details
Washington AP reports Japan has sent bomb delivering balloons from its home islands toward the United States. Balloons travel up to 125 mph and take 80 to 120 hours to reach. systems release sandbags to ascend and trigger bombs upon arrival, with occasional landings in the western U S causing property damage.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Lyle F. Watts
Cnet
U.S. Forest Service
Blue Network
Forest Service
Wade
Watts
Army
Navy
Poll Tax Fight Threatens Harmony in Congress
AP dispatched report notes a renewed poll tax dispute in the House that could split the Democratic majority. The issue hinges on whether states may require poll taxes for voters in primary or general elections for federal offices. Southern and Northern Democrats appear divided as the battle lines form.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Democrate
Tristan Tank Offier
Young
Monty Wanted No Acclaim Until Nazis Were Finished
Paris dispatch recalls Montgom ery under Arc de Triomphe as crowds hailed him after Tripoli raid. George Tucker notes the soldiers’ view of Monty’s first major push two and a half years earlier, when the British broke into Tripoli amid Rommel’s forces, marking a pivotal moment in Africa campaign history.
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Monty
George Tucker
Paris
Apr
Desert Carte Paigners
Marana
Bernard L. Montgomery
Africa
Tripali
Highland Division
Sixth Army Troops Smash Shimbu Barrier Ends Invasion Trail
Manila AP report says after three months of fierce fighting U S Sixth Army breached the Shimbu line finally capturing Waswa Dar with 3rd Infantry Division in the Sierra Madre east of Manila. Allied forces note further operations as Japanese retreat into eastern ranges. Ipo Dam now secured, cutting Manila water and clearing the Caraballo mountains and Santa Fe area near the Cagayan valley.
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Manila
U. S.S Sixth Army
Ipo Am
Ipo
Darwon
Santa Fe
Caraballa Mountains
Douglas MacArthur
Cagayan Valley
Taft Opposes Peacetime Draft in Gettysburg
Sen Taft opposes compulsory peacetime military training arguing it could push the nation toward militarism. He warned that peace depends on a method to provide forces and reserves, while Congress studies compulsory training as a possible path to national defense. The piece notes related remarks at a Memorial Day observance and references the San Francisco Conference.
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Gettysburg
Tar Orliy Wed National Cemetery
Tip
Washington
Taft
Japanese Believed Ready To Evacuate Liuchow Airbase
SPENCAHR MOOBA reports from Chungking that Chinese forces have reached Ishun near Taiuchow and indicate Japanese may evacuate the Liuchow airbase. Chinese high command says fighting spans a 900 mile front from the Yellow River to French Indochina with gains around Shaoyang and Fukien. Indian forces meanwhile clear routes east of Toungoo and push outflanking moves as Japanese retreat toward Thailand.
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Spencahr Mooba Chungking
Ishun
Taiuchow
Field Teparta
Yellow River
Fukien
Ningten
Hinnan
Shaoyang
Guipouata
Wwangal - Kwelchow
Tresha
Locheng
Chungas
an-Kwangat
Leuchow
NETO
Calcutta
Manchi
Toungoo
Jupo
Nee
Ruri
Thailand
Irerawaddy
Southeast Asia Command
Officer Relates Horrors of Dachau
American soldiers who captured Dachau recount horrors of punishment and executions of SS guards. Chief Warrant Officer WT Floyd, husband of Migs Mavis Crockett of Dothan, wrote relatives that 50 boxcars held about 3,000 prisoners including Russians Poles Jews and others. Some victims starved as the camp was overrun.
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Dachau
Germany
Floyd
Mavis Crockett
Dothan
Censorship Eased by SHAEF After V-E Day
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force lifts most censorship for correspondents in the theater, aside from troop movements and matters referred to General Eisenhower. The surprise move follows post V-E Day directives tightening reporting standards, with officials unable to fully explain the shift.
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Supreme Headquarters
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Claude Auchan- Jeck
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