Japanese raid prompts emergency talks in Tokyo
June 9 dispatch reports that 15 Japanese homes were destroyed by air raids as B 29s pound Nagoya and Kobe Osaka areas. Tokyo claims 4 930 000 Japanese left homeless, while other figures cite 72 000 000 in population. News notes Tito agrees to withdraw most Yugoslav troops under a two year pact and the U S plans to keep 600,000 German POWs after the war.
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Suneroft
Tokyo
Japan
Nagoya
Osaka
Suci
Kobe-Osaka
Oshka
Yokiapan
Washington
Joseph Broz
Tito
Vane
Allied units land on Labuan Island off Borneo
Manila reports Allied forces landed on Labuan Island near Borneo after a convoy of battleships cruisers and destroyers accompanied by 50 small warships. MacArthur says air bombardment cratered runways destroyed coastal installations and damaged oil facilities while ground troops advanced west of Mindanao. The report also notes ongoing cleanup drives and steady gains near Davao and Ilagan.
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Richard Berghols
Manila
Tokyo
Labuan
Bor
Douglas Macarthur
Borneo
MacArthur
Litch
Oat
el Radio
China Sea
Tarakan
Australia
Ee Ang Mindanao
Davao City
Grafton Theatre Invites Mrs Clara Hurst to Attend Shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Clara Hurst to tonight's screenings at the Strand theatre showing Meet Me in St. Louis with Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien or Pan Am Stage Coach with Jayne at the Dixie.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Clara Hurst
R. N. Grafton
St. Louis
Judy Garland
Margaret O'Brien
Strand Theatre
Pan Amerae
Jayne
Dixie
Hitler believed hiding in Europe or Spain says Zhukov
London June 9 NBC Moscow dispatch quotes Marshal Zhukov telling reporters Hitler married Eva Braun two days before Berlin fell. He said corpses found may not be Hitler and that Hitler probably hid in Europe perhaps in Spain with Franco, leaving it to American and British troops to locate him. Reuters saw a similar report noting no identifiable Hitler corpse.
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Europe
Spain
Eva Braun
London
Marshal Zhukov
NBC
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Hey
Berlin
Robert Magidoff
Zhukov
Franco
Reuters
Jhukov
Senate Heads For Vital Vote On Price Control Extension
Administration forces seek return of absent senators for a crucial Monday vote on extending price controls. They aim to defeat two profit sparing amendments Bowles says would spark inflation, while supporters rush back for the showdown. Thomas says votes are secured. Barkley schedules a 11 a.m. start and 40 minutes debate per senator. Taft amendment would restrict ceilings to protect a reasonable profit above cost. Senate page 6.
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Senate
William T. Peacock
Washington
Chester Bowles
Thomas
D. Okla
Barkley Ky
Callwet
Sermate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Chinese Troops Seize Indo China Border Town After Offensive
Chinese high command announced that forces captured a town on the Indo-China frontier after an attack on Chungchingfu on June 6. The communique said enemy remnants fled toward Coabang as militia struck Lungcow near the border and Japanese counterattacks from Ishsin were repelled. The report mentions threats to Mingkam and movement along the Kwangsi-Kweichow railway corridor.
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Spencer Moos
Chungking
Chungchingfu
Coabang
Mingkam
Korea
Southeast Asia
Lungcow
Indo-China
Wwangsi
Ishan
Kwangsi - Kweichow
Liuchow
Ishsin
Nankang
Lags Province
Infeng
Japanese reports hint at Brunei landings and Borneo oil gains
The War Today notes Allied reports of an approaching Brunei operation in north Borneo with Tarakan, Balikpapan, and Java oil fields in play. MacArthur may personally supervise a push to secure Brunei installations for a faster Pacific oil supply, while Luzon advances continue in the Cagayan valley amid Japanese resistance.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Brunei
Borneo
MacArthur
Japan
Pacific
Borheo
Tarakan
Sanless
Balikpapan
East Borneo
Celebes
Java
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Answrt
Paratroopers Work Glider Field in ShineriLa Rescue Effort
Paratroopers in a hidden valley near Hollandia work on a swampy strip to set up a glider field for a dramatic rescue. An aerial adviser, Michael J. Leahy of the Australian Air Force, and Capt. Cecil A. Walters of Oregon coordinate the operation. Nine days after a transport crash killed several sightseers, the team moves amid native guards and red white army tents housing survivors and medical technicians.
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Ralph Morton Hollandia
NEW Gtener
Jung 9
Fhee
shineri-La
Michael J. Leahy
Fantastic
Hollandia
Cecil A. ‘Walters
Oregon
Philippines
Walters
George Gardner
Cleveland
Lack of medical aid blamed for death of tax accountant
Charleston June 9 A physician testified the failure to obtain prompt medical attention contributed to the death of 47 year old tax accountant Wirt Stone Jr in Charleston city Jail. Ernest H. Anderson assistant jailer faces involuntary manslaughter charges. Also indicted are former chief jailer L Allen Koontz and another assistant John Kelley. Stone died February 1944 after lying unconscious since February 23 entered jail on a minor charge. A doctor was summoned only after a fellow prisoner urged action.
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Charleston
Wirt Stone, Jr
Bernard M. Hutchinson
Ernest H. Anderson
Anderson
L. Allen Koontz
John Kelley
Stone
Cyrus W. Hall
Kelley
Phil E. Trout
Ana
Dyie Peent
West Virginia delegates eye June 20 for world conference windup
West Virginia briefs report plans for a postwar hospital merger and a county health unit, a rail incident delaying a Pittsburgh bound train, and the West Virginia open golf tourney as veterans and locals pursue events. The international talks near completion with a veto formula for the security council and trusteeship details, with June 20 eyed for a Truman address.
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Associated Press
John M. Hightower
San Francisco
United Nations
Truman
World Security Council
Russia
United States
Britain
China
France
Flame throwers defend position on Okinawa coast
In the Okinawa battle, Marines of the First Division advanced 1,600 yards westward to seal off an escape corridor for Japanese forces around Naha and Yaeyama air area. Heavy naval and aerial fire supported infantry moves as the siege tightened.
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Guam
Denon
Arma
Naha
Girfield
Pouthert
Jag
84Th
Seventh Infantry
Nahagi
184Th
Berna to Lose All Industrial Holdings in Germany Policy
Supreme headquarters in Paris announces plans to strip Germany of key industrial assets to undermine wartime potential. Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, head of the American reparations delegation, says assets unsuitable for rebuild will be destroyed to prevent future wars. He notes the goal is to remove equipment while avoiding the desire to benefit from it. The American team prepares for the Moscow reparations conference following the Yalta decisions.
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Germany
Ambasador
Edwin W. Pauley
Truman
Personill
Pauley
United States
Moscow
Yalta
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