War Today Okinawa Battle Not By Louis F Keemle
United Press war editor Louis F Keemle assesses Okinawa fighting as not representative of future campaigns. He notes Japanese defenses, potential impacts on southern islands, and broader strategically significant theaters including China, Southeast Asia, and Burma, with implications for Allied operations ahead.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
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Burma
Thailand
Ihdo China
Malaya
China
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San Lorenzo Hosts Red Cross Blood Drive Tomorrow
San Lorenzo plans a Red Cross Blood Donor unit visit as donors are urged to keep appointments or notify Red Cross headquarters in Hayward. Mrs. Temple Crane, registration chair, notes west coast quotas rise with Europe’s victory, and type O whole blood will be shipped immediately for wartime transfusions.
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Red Cross
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Crane
Village Girl Returns After Disappearance
Patrickg Ann Watson, 14, who vanished from her father George Watson’s San Lorenzo home last Wednesday night, was found Sunday in Rudwood City and returned to her residence.
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Ann Watson
George Watson
Russell City Man Slugged as $40 Is Stolen
Joseph Layton of 20559 Washington Street, Mussell City, was attacked early Sunday in a pool hall after lights went out. Layton said he and July Anderson, of 072 Sixth Ave, were in darkness when a strike occurred and his wallet vanished. Anderson backed Layton’s account. a bystander later described hearing someone say duck before fleeing. Layton was hospitalized for injuries.
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Washington Struit
Mussell City
Hig Allot
Layton
July Anderson
Sixth Ave
Venut
Russell City
Bath
Anderson
Tayton
Washington Street
Paiement
Youth Turns Self In To Police After String Of Thefts
A youth believed to be linked to several petty thefts and a burglary surrendered to Hayward authorities Saturday. He led officers to stolen items hidden near his home and admitted to further thefts with another boy who fled to Oakland. He was taken to the detention home in Oakland.
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Hayward
Sheriff's Office
Oakland
Iy Estuary
Oakland Basin
Capwell
Benjani d. Renegar
Seaview St
Castra Valley
Mr. Renegar
Ducalyptus Grove
Renegue
Premier Arrives Paris After Liberation From Camp
Former French premier Leon Blum who was freed from a German prison camp last week arrived in Paris from Naples. He was met by General Charles De Gaulle’s personal secretary and officials at the station.
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Paris
UPI
Leon Blum
Naples
Charles Decihulle
Churchill to Lead Britain Till Task Is Done
United Press reports Churchill in a victory speech pledged to lead Britain until the war ends and the world is safe. He warned of ongoing battles with Japan and threats to democracy in Europe, urging resolve against tyranny and police states.
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Philault
United Press
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de Valens Poligy Ug
Samuel
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Pete
German Guns Believed Stilled
London reports Red armies and Yugoslav patriots believed to have crushed last German resistance in southeast Europe. British forces hold Belgoland island in the North Sea after a detachment seized the fortified outpost. eight more U boats surrendered at Londonderry. Soviet claim cites 1,000 to 400 prisoners and heavy German losses as Nazi forces fade in Czechoslovakia and Austria.
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U.R
Europe
Belgoland
North Sea
AL Sea
Londonderry
Ireland
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austein
Diehard Navis
Rifle Shooting Draws Intoxication Charge Near Reynolds Home
Hayd Reynolds reported a rifle incident near his home. Clifford Louri, found drunkenly practicing with a 30 06 rifle behind the Reynolds residence, was warned and charged with intoxication. He pled guilty and received 10 days in jail or a $50 fine in Judge Jacob Harder Jr.'s court.
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Hayd Reynolds
Chibot Ri
Reynolds
Clifford’ Louri
Bayrwood
Louri
Uilly Ag
Jacob Harder, Jr
Junil
Slowed Japanese Resistance on Okinawa Front
On Okinawa the Japanese defenses slowed the American advance along the Naha Shuri line as Marines and Army troops faced strong resistance. Japanese anti-tank weapons including Molotov cocktails stalled operations near Naha and Shuri, with Sixth Marine division holding the northern rim as 65,000 residents remained in the area.
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Adminal Turner
OTF
Okinawa
Navy Ranko
Okinawanday
Naha
Shui
Naha-Shuri Yanabaru
United Nations Indict Himmler for Mass Murder
The United Nations War Crimes Commission indicted Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler on mass murder charges for the Lidice massacre and the Jewish extermination program. At least five Allied governments filed war crime charges. Himmler named No. 1 on the Nazis list for Lidice and camp deaths. He reportedly evaded Allied capture, with reports of sightings near German High Command and Doenitz government in flux. Soviet press urged immediate arrest and trial of Doenitz, Goering, von Falkenhorst, and others.
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United Nations War Crimes Commission
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Lidice
Himmler
Schoal
Nuaxidium
Hangma
War Crimes Commission
Europe
High Command
Nhe
Karl Doenitz
Jnvestia
Doenita
Doenitz
Reichsmarshal Bermann Goering
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Bugs
UNCIO Splits Over Pan Americanism
In San Francisco Australian Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt blasted Latin American moves for autonomous Pan American security, warning such regionalism could subvert the United Nations system. He urged that regional defenses operate under the world body's security council to prevent isolationism and avert regional wars without UN oversight.
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U.A
World Organization
Herbert V. Evalt
Evatt
Australia
Security Council
The
Ofieit
One Dead in Bay Bridge Auto Crash
In Oakland, 60 year old W A Mac Donald a Marine engineer died in a head on collision on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. His wife Anne was seriously injured and two merchant seamen were detained by police. The crash followed a pursuit by state patrols of Harold T McCabi 30 and Walter Rogers 28 who allegedly drank and traveled at 65 to 70 mph before crossing into the MacDonald car.
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W. A. MacDonald
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San Francisco Bay Bridge
Harold T. McCabi
Walter Rogers
MacDonald
Four Draw Fines on Intoxication Charges
In Judge Jacob Harder's court this morning Mrs Theda Simots on was fined 25 dollars or 10 days in jail for intoxication. Stephen Stanley Paschke, Coast Guard radioman third class, James John Delaney and Arthur L Boyden were fined 50 dollars for operating an automobile while intoxicated.
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Theda Simotrson
Stephen Stanley Paschke
Coast Guard
Ulsis
James John Delaney
Arthur L. Boyden
Police Seek Parson Over Glove Compartment Theft
Police search for a suspect who rifled the glove compartment of a car parked near Bret Harte School. The victim, Mrs G A Whitehead, a teacher, reported a black Morocco leather case with a 3A card, an operator's license, an identification card, and miscellaneous papers stolen, found later by a school pupil.
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G. A. Whitehead
Bret Harte School
Hayward Soldier Led Italys Summit Breakthrough Scout Valor
Private First Class Waller E. Gordon of Buffalo New York spotted two Germans in a dugout and captured them as part of a mountaintop assault that cleared Brento on the Po valley front. Hayward’s Sgt Wilfred Boltini and other scouts backed the advance, aiding a key push by Companies F and G toward Bologna with heavy German resistance overcome after dawn.
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Japan
Formosa
Pitth
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Po Valley
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Rabe
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Kansas
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Chicago
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Medford
Oregon
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Summit
N. J
Willam K. Dougan
Cleveland
Donald Kaiser
Dubuque
Iowa
John E. Fuwter
Grand Junction
Colo
Schumme
Wilfred Boltini
Hayward
Bottini
Lundberg cites manpower and equipment as cause of poor area service
Key System president T Lundberg testified before the State Railroad Commission that manpower and material shortages cripple bus service to Hayward Oakland and San Francisco. Warren Transportation Co witnesses supported the plan to franchise the line to improve routes and enable focus on transit between Hayward and Oakland.
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Ladty
Ime
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Lundberg
Warren Trainsportation Co
Marjorie Ducat
Vietory Drive
Tay Wire
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Hayward
California Railroad Commission
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Hnd
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My. Koerner
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Gallige
Resist
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Warren Plan
Jhoorner
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Arres Improvement Wii
Warren ‘Vratspartition Co
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Casino Valley
Tex Wears
Cutie Valle
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Hie Ashhinel School
Antiles
Ean Nevies
Lhe Carey
Trom
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Dresbach
Schoah
Etnnery
Dreshaeh
Dreshach
Castro Valley Boy Killed In Action
Mr and Mrs Arthur W Phillips of 5860 Sidney Way Castro Valley received a War Department telegram confirming their son Private Duck Phillips was killed in action on Okinawa April 23. He served four years in the Seventh Division Amphibious Forces overseas two years and two months. He fought in Attu Kiska Marshall Islands Okinawa and later trained at San Luis Obispo. He is survived by brother D Robert Phillips a night flyer with a Black Widow unit in Sarin. The two brothers graduated Hayward High School in 1939.
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Sidney Way
Castro Valley
War Department
Pte
Duck Phillips
Pech
Sarin
Big Lend-Lease Cut In Prospect
Nationwide cut in lend-lease aid looms as shipments to Russia are halted except for supplies to nations fighting Japan. Officials say the move aims to pressure allies while keeping support for areas redeploying American resources. President Truman expected to announce Russia lend-lease changes soon.
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U.S
Britain
Counley
Soviet Union
Russia
Truman
Meanouth
Leon S. Crowle
Europe
Japan
Stolen Car Recovered By Deputies Sunday
A Plymouth sedan reported stolen from Niles on May 2 was recovered by sheriff's deputies Sunday morning. The vehicle was found parked on Fifth Street in Decolo with the fog light removed. Ernest T. Santos of Rt 1 New ark Calif claimed the car, saying his only son is somewhere in the South Pacific freight fra y and he had no knowledge of the theft report.
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Rt 1
Newark
Calif
Niles
Santos’ Son
Fifth Street
Decolo
Santos
Car Missing From Mrs. E. Wi Law’s Vehicle
A car owned by Mrs. E. Wi Law of 523 Castro Street was taken early Saturday, driven a short distance, and found parked near the Chinese market on A street. Eight dollars were stolen from a purse in the car.
Ike Sets Drastic Measures Over Nazi Enmity
Paris reports quote General Eisenhower denouncing friendly Nazi treatment by some American officers. He says strict orders forbid such actions and that punitive steps will follow any violations. He notes most cases stem from poor judgment, not Army policy, and vows enforcement.
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T. Eisenhower
Yoneyweud
Eisenhower
Reichnarshal
Hernan Goering
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