Japanese Hold On Okinawa Slips Amid Fierce Air Attacks
General Arnold asserts Japan faces utter destruction as air raids intensify. U S forces project production of 2,000,000 tons annually by July, with about 3,000 fire bombs daily targeting industrial regions. The raid pattern follows a year of escalating aerial assaults on Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard O'Malley
IAM
H. H. Arnold
U.S. Army
Ali
Japan
Arnold
Arnold Agence
China
Fid
Lawmakers Seek Testimony On Roosevelt Ford Loans
Knutson of Minnesota says he will propose summoning Brig Elliott Roosevelt and John Ford before the Ways and Means Committee for an explanation of a report that Hartford of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co lent the late president $200000. The matter centers on a claimed $4000 repayment and a listed $196000 debt for tax deduction in 1942. Chairman Doughton indicated the committee plans to call witnesses possibly Tuesday as part of an inquiry into income tax returns and whether the loan was disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashington
Knutson
R. Minn
Brig. Elliott
Roosevelt
John Ford
Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacif‘Tea Co
Presid
Knut
Doughton
D. N
Internal Revenue
House
Harford
Theatre Ticket Present at Strand or Dixie Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites TLL to attend tonight's screenings at the Stead theatre and the Dixie theatre. Features include Having Won derful Crime and The panes of the Durango Kid. Ticket present notice urges patrons to join the Friday night feature selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grafton Sentinel
TLL
Stead Theatre
Dixie Theatre
Oldest Aircraft Carrier Saratoga Returns After Punishing Attack
The Navy says the Saratoga sustained heavy damage in the Iwo Jima fight but is fully repaired and back in action. Seven direct bomb hits caused 314 casualties, including 120 killed or missing and 192 wounded. The carrier, nicknamed Sara, had twice faced torpedo damage before, with the latest blow near Iwo Jima on February 21 during a major carrier task force assault. A rapid Puget Sound repair restored her to duty.
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Pope Haley Washington
Navy
Saratoga
Iwo Jima
Jima
Islnd
Tokyo
Sara
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Chinese Pursue Retreating Nippon Forces Along Wongchow Front
Chinese High command announced rapid advance along the east China coast as forces 175 miles from Foochow attacked Wen chow in Chekiang. The garrison reportedly began retreating while observers expected Japanese evacuation once reinforcements arrived. Chinese recaptured Is tan, a Kwansi railway town near Liuchow, as fighting continued.
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Spencer Moosa Chungeing
Foochow
East China
Chekiang Province
Wenchow
Shanghai
Wu River
Isthan
U. 8
Alte
Liuchow
Ishan
Sugar allotments cut for July to September quarter
The OPA ordered sugar cuts for July through September, lowering industrial quotas by 23 to 8 percent from the current quarter. Ice cream, beverages, bakers, and cereal firms face reductions to 60 to 80 percent of base use, while pharmaceuticals move to 110 percent. Some counties see increases to offset population gains, others face further cuts for declines. Household and restaurant use also shrink with adjustments by locale and population factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
United States
Arrest of German Foreign Minister Climaxes Manhunt
Field Marshal Montgomery's headquarters reports the capture of Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop near the Danish frontier. He was found sleeping nude in a Hamburg boarding house, his disguise active until arrest. A major manhunt ends with Ribbentrop in British custody and letters to Montgomery, Eden and Churchill recovered.
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Montgomery
Joachim On
Ribbe
Hamburg
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Champaign
Rudolpf
Theyu
Third Army
A.special
Reeser Ribbentrop
Neal
Riese
Ribbentrop
Field Marshal
Anthony Eden
Vincent
Sic
Golfers start open championship push at Greenbrier course
West Virginia golfers begin the first round of prizes leading to the state open championship at Greenbrier Valley Country Club. Amateurs outnumber pros in the opening pro-amateur event with the score counting as the first 18 holes of the championship. Charleston reports concern over salvage programs and can can collection, noting WV's lag in national averages and per capita can recovery.
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Lewisburg
West Virginia
Greenbrier Valley Country Club
Simon Puros
Charleston
West, Virginia
William H. Skees
Skees
Wpbs Conservation and Salvage Division
Small Nations Battle For Revision Of Peace Charter
Small nations resentful of big power leadership push for revision of the projected world security charter as United Nations talks resume in San Francisco. Open and closed sessions accelerate work toward a June 23 wind up with possible amendments to curb veto power and avoid forcing a premature conference.
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Associated Press Commission
United Nations
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
Security Council
Big Five
Alger Hiss
Truman
Haislip Named New Commander Of Seventh Army In Germany
General Wade Haislip, appointed commander of the U S Seventh Army in Germany, describes a by the book approach and reflects on his career from West Point graduate to corps and staff positions. He notes consistent training across commands and cites Patton era drives in France. He was born July 9, 1889, in Woodstock Virginia.
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Haislip
Seventh Occupation Army
A. I. Goldberg
Augsburg
Germany
Wade H. Haislip
U. S
Hailip
15Th
George
Patton
France
Trijf Rae
Pleasant
West Point
Eigth
Coblenz
California
Giant Desert
Woodstock
General Staff School
Leavensworth
Kans
Hassip
I Haislip
7Th Army
Jacob L. Devers
12 Army Group
Ee van Syvers
A. Sen
Premier Suzuki vows grand victory with American bombing aid
The war column quotes Premier Suzuki of Japan boasting that his nation will win a vast victory with American cooperation. He claims Japan can crush and outlast U S forces, planning two million tons of bombs next year and urging a sea landing to smash Allied troops twice. Critics warn such rhetoric risks escalation and dangerous misreadings of the war’s course.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Suzuki
Japan
Okinawa
Arnold
le May
Mr. Suzuki
Makdie
Germany
Tay lor Barbour County Grocers Meet June 18
Attention grocers. A special meeting of the Tay lor Barbour County Retail Grocers Association will be held in the offices of the Musgrove Wholesale Grocery at 8:00 p.m. on Monday June 18. Your attendance is requested. J A Cunningham, President.
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Barbour County Retail Grocers Association
Yaej Peak Taken While Doughboys Increase Pressure
Guam June 15 Tenth Army forces pressed to break Okinawa defenses as 6th Division with flame throwers seized Mae Ju peak, a key point overlooking the southern plateau. The capture opens lines around Shuri, with further flank advances toward the main Japanese positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbin Coons
Guam
Tenth Army
Okinawa
Mae. Ju
Yaeju-Dake
Shuri
Australians Drive Toward Oil Fields in Borneo
Manila reports a Japanese air strike on Balikpapan and a special attack on Borneo as Australian forces press toward oil fields. Japanese radio mentions a Batavia broadcast and a new “first group” formed by natives, while Australian Ninth Division advances in the Philippines region amid ongoing combat notes.
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Spencer
DAVIS
Manila
Borneo
Balikpapan
Perate
Brunei
Baltcpapan
Boreneo
Batay
North
Anueaee
Tobruk
South
Barno
North Borneo
James Hutcheson
Philippines
Iran
Pain Er
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George S. Patton
President Truman
White House
Los Angeles
Mane
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Phambure
Conservation Commis
Gen. MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Ren. George C. Kenney
Labuan Island
Northwest Borneo
Bors
Attention Grocers
Tay
Musgrove
J. A. Cunninghamy
Yaej
Yanks
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