Americans Make Greatest Okinawa Advances
Americans sent carrier planes against Kyushu and Japanese land based bases as Okinawa operations continued. Admiral Halsey described kamikaze aircraft as a damned nuisance while resuming sea duty as head of the U S Third Fleet. Nimitz said 26 enemy planes were shot down with no further damage details.
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Guam
Okinawa
Nippon
Kyushu
William F. Halsey, Jr
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Halsey
Pacific
Coal Output Slowed by OPA Policy Fails Says NCA
Washington reports the National Coal Association blames the Office of Price Administration for slowing coal production nationwide. It cites rationing rules, price controls, and depletion allowances as factors, noting mine shutdowns in West Virginia and Kentucky. The association also criticizes OPA for admin details on miner rations and gas rationing.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
National Coal Assolon
West Pirate
Kentucky
Association
Pal
Ott
DPA
OPA
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Invite at Strand
The Grafton Sentinel invites tonight's presentation of two women at the Strand theatre with Bing Crosby. Identification may be required for admission.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
Van
Strand Theatre
Bing Cros
U S Seeks Way Out Of Veto Issue But Insists On Right Of Discussion
The United States seeks a way out of the veto deadlock on the right of discussion in a world security council while refusing to yield on no veto for discussion. Big Five meet at the United Nations as Russia Britain China and France clash on this point. Ambassadors report Moscow may soften if its veto interpretation is changed. Another Big Five meeting was called today as progress continues on other charter issues.
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U. S
United Nations
Associated Press
John M. Hightower
San Francisco
United States
Russia
Britain
China
France
Guillermo Belt
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Hal Boyle Describes First Army Return to America
Hal Boyle reflects on the First Army Headquarters homeward voyage from France. He recalls staging areas near Rouen, weary troops, dreary camps, and the emotional pull of returning from war as a vast, impersonal process before docking in New York.
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Hal Boyle
States
First Army
New York
U. S. First Army
France
America
Rouen
le Havre
Sonal
TG ‘Vai
Britain Orders Calm as Syria Tensions Persist
The Daily Mail reports Prime Minister Churchill will define Britain's Syria policy in Parliament this week while Damascus dispatches show Levant affairs remain critical. De Gaulle proposes an international conference on Arab issues but gains little traction.French troops and families under British protection are evacuating in Syria as curfews and guarded evacuations continue in Damascus, Deraa, and Hama amid mounting tensions.
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Associated Press
London
Daily Mail
Churchill
House of Commons
Syria
Damascus
Levant
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
Ona
Kuni
Hama
Deraa
Soueida
Jamil Mardam Bey
West Virginia health study advisers named by governor
West Virginia's governor Meadows appointed eight of twenty five men to advise a legislative interim committee on public health hospital service and medical education. Appointees include Dr. D A MacGregor Wheeling G G O Martin Martinsburg Dr B E Trinket Weston Dr R J Wilkinson and Dr Ray M Bobbit Huntington Dr N H Dyer Bartley Dr R O Rogers Bluefield and Dr George F Grisinger Charleston. D day veterans benefit events planned for June 6 marked the war’s first anniversary with proceeds aiding Army and Navy relief funds and local CANteens.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Meadows
D. A. MacGregor
Wheeling
G. G. 0. Martin
Martinsburg
BE. A. ‘Trinket
Weston
R. J. Wilkinson
Ray M. Bobbit
Huntington
Europe
Army
Navy
Cemen
Japs Claim Balloon Bomb Attacks Likely on U S
Japanese propagandists told the Comet News agency that the United States would be attacked soon by balloon bombs manned by pilots. The claim, reported via Domei and recorded by the FCC, said countermeasures were being prepared after successful tests and that large scale attacks would follow.
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United States
Comet News Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Shozo Nakajima
Nipponese Armed Services
Nakajima
U.S. Army
America
Japan
Americans Advance in Heavy Fighting Northwest of Davao Mindanao
Americans clash with Japanese as Maj. Gen. Roscoe Coodruff's 24th Infantry Division pursues the ousted Davao garrison toward Mt Apo. Units under Col. William Herbeck seize villages Alhambra Mulig and Ula while Col. Thomas Clifford's men move west of Panacan. The 31st Infantry's Col. Edward Starr attacks east of Malaybalay aiming to trap remaining Japanese with the 24th. The 40th Division is active in central Mindanao.
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Russell Brines
Manila
Davao
Mindanao Island
Roscoe B. Coodruff
Apo
Wengen Fortis
Bra
Mulig
Ula
24Th
Thomas Clifford
Panacan
Mindanao
Edward Starr
31St Infantry Division
Malaybalay
Skeletons Found in Davao Penal Camp with Allied Dead
Reports from the deserted Davao penal colony show skeletons in hospital beds and on porches amid overgrown grounds. Authorities estimate about 1500 bodies and many identified as Americans or Filipinos, with deaths due to neglect rather than violence. They urge changing 800 missing in action to dead or prisoners of war.
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Davao
Richard Bergholz
U. S
Davo
Mindanao
P. I
Philppines
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa and Japan at War Its Darker Days Ahead
The War Today analyzes Okinawa as a preview of a broader struggle with Japan. It notes that Truman warned the job will require more than Germany and that navy losses already exceed land gains. Estimates suggest Japan preserves seven to ten battleships, a dozen carriers, and about twenty cruisers, with vulnerable destroyers. The main threat centers on home-force concentration and potential future battles in open combat.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Okinawa
Japan
Ead
Truman
Germany
Okinesto
U. S. Pacific
American Forces Drive Two Miles Into Okinawa In Rain
In a historic one day advance the U S infantry pushed two miles through heavy rain to the southeastern shore of Okinawa, sealing the Chinen peninsula and cutting off Nipponese troops. Allied fleets entered Nakagusuku anchorage as Japanese reports claim task forces reappeared in Okinawa waters. A stalled convoy and a fiery unidentified craft were noted, with Komer battles described amid rippling mud and combat action on Oroku and nearby peninsulas.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Guam
Okinawa
Chinen
Tolgo
Sota
Phibius
Nakagusuku
Fee
Tokyo
Okiawa
Oroku Peninsula
Ryukyu
Chinese Close In On Former United States Air Base
Chinese columns report two Japanese held former air bases in south central China were approached today while one recaptured the important highway junction near Chunaing. Chinese troops threatened Linghow and Shaoyang as U S air forces backed the advance by bombing supply depots. Japanese forces were said to be moving war supplies toward the Yangtze and destroying the Canton Hankow railroad in the Hengyang region.
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Spencer
Téinkong
Shaoyang
Liuchow
U.S. Ath Air
Hengyang
Indo-China
Kow
Hongkong
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