Damage to carrier Sara after air attack and fires
A Navy report details a Boer waterline rupture causing widespread fuel oil spills and fires aboard the carrier Sara. The forward flight deck was battered, a suicide attack pierced the hull, and cranes guns and catapults were damaged. Firefighters and crew stabilized the ship at 25 knots, with a second raid threatening continued damage before aircrew returned. Photographs of the damage were sent to Puget Sound Navy Yard.
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Navy
Puget Sound
Broadcast reintroduces BLU network as ABC tonight
Eastern War Time New York reports the former BLU network will formally relaunch as American Broadcasting Co with a 10 o'clock program lineup headlined by Weapon for Tomorrow a documentary drama on Freedom of Information plus music and talks. James Grew and Wilbur Forrest are listed as guest speakers and a casting change brings Joseph Cotten into the dramatic portion.
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New York
BLU
American Broadcasting Co
Freedom of Information
Joseph C. Grew
Wilbur Forrest
New York Herald-Tribune
CBS
Henry Aldrich
Moore and Durante
Ray Robinson
Jimmy McDaniels
Doctor Kramer and Reyna Spark a Hollywood Plot
In a busy clinic Gail confronts Reyna about a looming trial and a struggling romance with Burke. Reyna explains Lucienne aims for Kramer, while Gail contemplates marriage as Burke unexpectedly proposes, set against hospital duties and rivalries.
Brake-Check program called a great WV success
Parkersburg Police Chief C W Hulbert state coordinator reports the brake-check drive across West Virginia a great success with regional coordinators continuing checks after June 1. He cites thousands of voluntary brake inspections and over 35 000 cars checked where stops occurred for other reasons, with about 9 percent failing.
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C. W. Hulbert
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Uylbert
Hulbert
H. N. Rexroad
Department of Public Safety
Mendelssohn Letters Show A Gentle Virtue And Music’s Pulse
The Pantheon edition edited by G Selden-Goth gathers Mendelssohn’s letters, rare in English for over 80 years. They reveal a sweet, untroubled character and a prodigy who grew into a public figure, with letters to sister, father, Goethe, and others filled with affection and decorum. The set includes photographs and sketches, presented in a neat package, despite notes of praise and context.
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Mendelssohn
Delssohn
England
Elijah
Fingal
Panny
Goethe
Ignatz Moseheles
Oldest Continued From Page One: The Saratoga's Soggy Fight
The Saratoga, severely damaged at Puget Sound Navy Yard, suffered the most extensive damage since Pearl Harbor. While launching planes toward Iwo Jima, about ten Japanese bombers attacked. four were shot down, four crashed into the carrier, and a fifth clipped the hull, creating a large hole as bombs blasted the vessel.
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Wake Island
Pearl Harbor
States
Midway
Anr
Guadalcanal
Eastern Solomons
Solomons
South Pacific
Ready
Hugh Flattop
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Iwo Jima
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Front Line Ride with Fulton Lewis Jr at Rott
The narrator recounts a trip to the German town of Rott on the war front with Fulton Lewis Jr for Mutual. After passing shell craters and a rough road, two soldiers biking 19 miles to a liberated town join the convoy. An MP encounters locals and jokes about a flashlight, then a companion retrieves a military copy to speed the journey.
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Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mutual
Rott
Truman era tariff fight and wartime manpower claims
A Central Press report quotes Rep J Buell Snyder detailing Japan’s claimed 8 million man army and possible two more years of war, alongside議 Senate leaders fearing tariff debates and two Republicans backing Truman. It notes Mrs Truman’s social return, a White House invitation culture, and a shakeup with Clinton Anderson taking over Agriculture, consolidating War Food and WIA under his leadership.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
J. Buell Snyder
Pennsylvania
Appropriations Subcommittee On
Department
Snyder
Japan
Manchuria
Senate Democratic
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
George D. Aikens
Vermont
Johnny Come
Mrs. Truman
White House
Truman
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Tia Press
Anderson
House
Andesson
Moerdott
Claude Wickard
War Food! Administration
Wickard
WIA
Marvin Jones
Ribbentrop Arrest Reveals Suicide Attempt By Poison
British agents detained Joachim von Ribbentrop in Hamburg as he reportedly sewed a poison container to his body and took it with him. He was described by captors as passive and not truculent and was to be taken to Luenberg airfield for transfer to an English prison. A wine dealer who knew him for 25 years identified him to intelligence officials.
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Reyna
Gail
Lucienne
Kramer
J. B. Adam
Paisley
England
R. C. Holloway
London
J. S. Gibson
Lancashire
Luenberg
Ribbentrop
Henrich Himmler
Hamburg
Ribbentroph
Ribbentrop Poison Plot and Himmler’s Death Clarified
Reports say twenty first army group PR officers arranged for correspondents to travel to Lueneberg where Von Ribbentrop is held but they will not be allowed to speak with him. The poison in a metal container is believed to be the same used by Himmler who died after 20 minutes. guards attempted to save him but time ran out.
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Cers
Twenty-first Army Group
Lueneberg
von Ribbentrop
Himm
Ler Himmler
Allied air leader forecasts end of Japanese industry
Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay, chief of the 21st bomber command, visiting Gen Arnold, says the Osaka raid may end the need for incendiaries against Japan. He notes Osaka burned about 15 square miles, Kobe Yokohama Kawasaki destroyed, Nagoya largely untouched, with Tokyo scorched by about 50 square miles in prior raids. Arnold confirms that operations from the Marianas since November used about 75,000 tons of bombs. May was a test month.
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Paggona
Curtis EB. le May
Osaka
Kobe
Yokohama
Kawasaki
Nagoya
Tokyo
Japan
le May
Marianas
Arnold predicts huge air lift totals and veterans placement
The speaker cites a pledged July drop of 1 3 million tons and Kenney outruns projections with 700 000 tons, claiming 166 000 tons in May and a massive July target. He notes wartime veterans placement by the United States Employment Service rose sharply in 1944. The article also warns that accidental home falls cause about 200 deaths yearly and thousands of serious injuries.
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George C. Kenney
U. S. Far
United States Employment Service
United States
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