Triple Invasion Of Borneo Announced Today
The Associated Press reports a three way invasion of northwest Borneo by Australian forces. Gen. Douglas MacArthur says 4000 yards inland and seizure of Brunei Bay entrances were achieved with negligible Japanese resistance. Australian Ninth Division stormed Labuan, Brooketon, and Maura areas.
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Eisenhower States Imies Are United For Lasting Peace
Eisenhower tells high ranking Allied leaders in Prankfurt that Soviets and Allies share a desire for lasting peace. He and Field Marshal Montgomery received the Order of Victory from Marshal Zhukov, praising Allied unity and the resolve to fight if needed to secure peace. Eisenhower called Zhukov an immortal figure for uniting Allied forces to victory.
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Grafton Sentinel Promotes Meet Me in St Louis at Strand
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. C. F. Cart to tonight's Strand Theatre showing of Meet Me in St Louis starring Judy Garland. A separate feature titled The Aa Years with Jean Lee Bowman is also advertised.
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West Virginia brief shots of crime and bonds
Huntington: George Duncan, 67, shot dead on his front porch. His wife Cora Hess Duncan arrested for slaying after allegedly firing through the door during a quarrel. Huntington: Leonard Samworth says about 35000 in retroactive wage increases will be distributed to We Ohio Valley Bus Co hourly employees after a contract dated April 1944 was approved by the War Labor Board. Charleston: state to auction 4769000 in bonds from cities counties and districts on June 20, with lots from 4000 to 240000 and most between 10000 and 50000, securities issued before the 1932 tax limit and bought by the Workmen's Compensation commission. Morgantown: twenty seven of 45 surplus planes shown today at Morgantown Municipal Airport as part of a sale by the ReSee WES Virginia page 4.
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Chinese bombard Liuchow drives toward Kweilin in rapid advance
Chinese assault forces clash with Japanese within Liuchow outer defenses and close to 10 miles from Kweilin, while two prongs of the drive push toward the border regions and the line to French Indo China. Command reports capture of towns on the Indo China highway and ongoing attacks along the Kwang border.
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Japan Braces as U S Warplanes Peak Attacks
Guam June 11 The Japanese homeland smoldered after four consecutive days of American air raids, with B 29 Superfortresses and Mustang Thunderbolt fighters hitting Tokyo Yokohama area targets. Strikes hit Tachikawa Atsuki Hitachi works and Sukagawa railway yards amid widespread factory and military targets, with reports of good results and moderate anti aircraft fire.
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Editors Back International Confab as Free News Exchange Push
June 11. The American Society of News Editors backs an international conference to promote free news exchange. A global committee report after a 40,000 mile tour found editors seek more press freedom. Directors approved a 50,000 word report and plan an Australia meeting when possible.
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Wilbur Forrest
New York Herald-Tribune
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
Carl W. Ackerman
Columbia University Graduate School
Jackson's Plan To Prosecute War Criminals Could Shape History
AP analysis notes Justice Robert H. Jackson envisions historic plans to try Nazi leaders and organizations including the Nazi party SS and gestapo. He argues the right of humanity to judge such crimes and to create new penalties when international law lags behind public conscience.
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Hamburg Abandoned Yet Defiant After Bombing Blitz
William B. Bont portrays Hamburg, second largest in the Reich, as a changed city. German soldiers direct dispatch riders amid rubble at St Paul, two smoke blackened flax towers loom, a burned theatre facade shows a dancing girl outline, and commuters spill from the ruined main station. Docks repair allows Allied coal shipments for British occupation. Some areas lie desolate with rats and coffee odors from ruined warehouses while streetcars and elevated lines operate.
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Altona
Japan May Fight Two Years More, Stilwell Tells
Okinawa dispatch reports Gen. Joseph Stilwell on a frontline inspection stating the war with Japan could last at least two more years. He warned ground action may follow bombing, disagrees with the belief bombing alone ends the war, and said mass morale could crack.
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Big powers seek workable compromise on veto plan
At San Francisco the United Nations conference moved toward peacetime cooperation as a committee resumed work on veto rules for the proposed 11 nation security council. Evatt of Australia pushes to limit the veto though Big Five powers must still agree on force, with Connally and Webster leading the opposing side amid tense debate.
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YAEJU-DAKE HOLDS CENTER OF LARGE PUSH LATE TODAY
Guam dispatch from June 11 reports the Tenth Army driving a large late push at the Dake escarpment and Shuri line. Lt. Gen. Buckner orders heavy fires, tanks, and air support to break Japanese defenses amid mortar and machinegun barrages. Naval guns and destroyers shell positions offshore to aid ground forces.
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Howe Feud Over Poll Taxes Poised In Congress
Washington June 11 partisan clash renews two long standing fights in the House poll taxes and the Employment Practices Committee FEPC. Southern opposition frames poll taxes as state rights while proponents argue they bar barriers to voting. The House faces a vote on a petition and potential committee actions as the debate runs through the week.
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