Okinawa Battle Shifts to Isolating Shuri and Naha
Allied forces press the Okinawa campaign as marines and infantry push from both flanks to isolate Shuri and Naha. Tokyo radios admit a split defense while air and ground units advance toward Kokuba river, Yonabaru road, and the former capital Naha. At least 61,519 Japanese killed and 1,353 captured in the two month struggle, with American losses numbering about 9,602.
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Guam
Tenth Army
Shuri
Naha
Comei
Tokyo Radio
Sixth Marine Division
Associated Press War Eng
Kokuba River
Naha-Yonabaru Road
Radio Tokyo
Okinawa
Ryukyu Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Naha- Shuri-Yonabaru
U. S
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
World audience warned by fires amid Syria crisis
Long exposure to the Syrian flare up underscores how inflammable the region and Europe are, as nations discuss peace terms. Churchill and de Gaulle in Paris signal readiness for tripartite talks in London, showing powers prefer mediation over appeasement. The piece warns that private disputes can affect many lives and property across continents.
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Mediterranean
Syria
Europe
France
Britain
Tragic Drowning at Cotton Mills Reservoir
Fifteen year old Roxboro resident Frank McCabe drowned in the Cotton Mills reservoir on Redding Street yesterday afternoon near three o clock. Police and fire crews failed to revive him after recovery from the iron lung. Investigators said he had been warned not to enter the reservoir. Witnesses from the Pickett Cotton Mills district were brought in as possible bystanders and were booked as witnesses. Superintendent G P Few had barred access to the reservoir previously and mill workers had warned boys away from the premises.
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Frank McCabe
Roxboro
J. C. Hill
Pickett Cotll
Leroy Hill
Webb
Tank Street
Hazel Jones
Tank G
Thomasville Bank Hearing Scheduled Next Tuesday
Thomasville set to host a public hearing in city hall next Tuesday on an application to establish the State Industrial Bank Thomasville. A group of local businessmen led by George L. Hundley L. T. ion B. M. Berrier R. L. Pope and Lynette S. Hundley filed for state banking approval. The proposed bank would start with $40,000 in capital and a surplus of unknown amount.
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Thomasville
Oomasville
State Airing Commission
I George L. Hundley
L. T. Ion
B. M. Berrier
R. L. Pope
Lynette S. Hundley
Big Three Meeting In United States Possible
President Truman said a meeting of the big three is getting closer and could take place in the United States though not likely soon. He noted the discussed talks involve Churchill and Stalin and would be limited to the British American and Russian leaders.
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Washington
Truman
San Francisco
Churchill
Stalin
France
China
Delegates To Conference Progress On Charter Details
Fourteen committees work on charter details at the United Nations conference as signs emerge that talks may be nearing completion.
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United Nations
Prospects Rise for Early UN Conference Windup
John M. Hightower reports San Francisco June 1 delegates hope for a quick settlement of the Franco Syrian dispute and improved US Soviet relations promise a brighter path. US delegates see strong leadership by sponsoring powers as key to closing the conference.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
United States
Osaka Bombed: Osaka and Yokohama Suffer Major Fire Damage
Report from Guam dated June 1 describes heavy incendiary raids by B 29s on Osaka burning vast manufacturing districts. Yokohama also severely damaged with about 69 square miles burned. Japanese broadcasts acknowledge fires and limited air defense amid dense smoke and widespread destruction.
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Guam
Osaka
Japan
21St Bomber Command
Yokohama
Iwo Jima
Haw Haw Became German During 1940
In Lueneburg Germany on June 1 a British Second Army officer said William Joyce lord Haw Haw American born became a German national in 1940. London speculation followed seizure of the Berlin radio propagandist regarding war crimes versus treason charges. No charge has been laid against Joyce who is held for military security as his son.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Second Army
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
London
Berlin
Leu
Joyce
State Building Shows Advance In April in North Carolina
Raleigh June 1 The estimated cost of building construction in the 26 largest North Carolina cities during April was 156.0 percent above April 1944 and 29.7 above March 1945 Forrest H Shuford labor commissioner said Winston-Salem led with 247 156 of the 917068 total April 1945 expenditures Greensboro was second and Charlotte third Roanoke Rapids Lumberton and Morehead City led towns under 10 000 population in building activity
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Forrest H. Shuford
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Charlotte
Roanoke Rapid
Lumberton
Morehead City
France Refuses to Keep Soldiers in Barracks
Paris reports that France will keep troops in Syria in place, rejecting a plan to withdraw to barracks. The De Gaulle government backs its stance while ordering a ceasefire on French forces, with the United States invited to join a London conference for mediation with Britain and other powers.
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France
London
Churchill
Syria
Paris
Washington
de Gaulle
Levant
Truman
United States
Britain
Lebanon
War Agencies Suffer Cuts By Committee
The House appropriations committee sharply cut 1946 funds for war born agencies describing the move as the beginning of the end for such bodies. The bill totals 769 million with one untouched item, a 325 thousand state marine schools allotment, and urges easing wartime controls as progress allows. Continued on page two.
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Washington
House Appropriation Committee
Truman
House
The
Office of
500000 Negroes Leave South for War Industries
FEPC chairman Malcolm Ross told the House Appropriations Committee that about 500000 Negroes have moved from the South to war production centers in the East Midwest and on the Pacific coast. He warned that cutbacks in key industries may leave many unemployed and urged agencies to head off job clash as reconversion begins.
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Washington
Congress
Fair Employment Practice Committee
South
East
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Malcolm Ross
FEPC
House Appropriations Committee
Ross
Internal Revenue Collections In Sharp Decline
Greensboro reports May 1945 internal revenue receipts totaling 62 million vs 67 million a year earlier. First eleven months show 771 million this year against 791 million last year, a drop of about 20 million. Tobacco tax figures were not announced, but appear not to have declined.
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Greensboro
Charles H. Robertson
Internal Revenue
North Carolina
Acting Leader Plans To Put Down Nazism In Thuringia
Weimar, June 1. Dr. Hermann L. Brill acting premier of Thuringia vows to cleanse the administrative apparatus of Nazism and reorganize education from the bottom up. He outlined his anti Nazi program to the military government for Weimar and for the state population of about 3 million, calling for the use of an old guard.
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Weimar
Germany
Hermann L. Brill
Buchenwald
Thuringia
Social Democratic Reichstag
Hasty Marriages In S C Put 24 Hour Wait In Effect
Columbia South Carolina reports a 24 hour waiting period between marriage license application and receipt will take effect mid year. Counties bordering North Carolina and Georgia backed the measure to curb rapid marriages amid probate offices. The prior omnibus bill included health exams but was vetoed in 1944 by Governor Olin D Johnson.
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Columbia
8. C
Jane L. Carolina
Border
Gretna Green
North Carolina
Georgia
Olin D. Johnson
Jap Forces Press Southward Along Chinese Front
Chungking reports Japanese columns pushed 10 miles toward Pingyang from Jiaian as China tries to set a new anti invasion line. Pingyang lies 30 miles south of Wenchow port, 245 miles south of Shanghai, and 150 miles northeast of Foochow, with ground given in three sectors.
Tensions rise on Manchurian border with Russian and Japanese troop movements
Paris radio reports both Russia and Japan have moved forces toward the Manchurian Soviet border. The broadcast, relayed to Indo China, was recorded by the FCC from press association reports.
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New York
Russia
Japan
Paris
Press Association
Indo-China
Federal Communications Commission
Chinese forces push near Siapu and Shaoyang gains reported
Chinese divisions advance along the coast through Kukien vince as fresh enemy elements clash. A Chinese army spokesman says pursuit of withdrawing Japanese garrison units reached 19 miles west of Siapu near the coast 75 miles northeast of Foochow. Inland, gains are reported in Hunan and Kwangsi as high command says troops moved to nine and a half miles west of Shaoyang.
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Kukien Vince
Siapu
Foochow
Hunan
Kwangsi
Shaoyang
Doolittle Joins B 29s for New Tokyo Strike
Washington reports Jimmy Doolittle will lead B 29 bombers in the Eighth Air Force for intensified air war on Japan. Patton says Japan will be pounded harder and B 29 tonnage will rise. Eastern air command in India Burma theater seeks better launch sites. In three months Superfortresses dropped 58 000 tons on Tokyo Nagoya Osaka and Kobe.
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Washington
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Japan
Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Empire
Patterson
Germany
Eastern Air Command
India-Burma
George E. Stratemeyer
Burma
Nagoya
Osaka
Kobe
Truman Foresees Massive Pacific War Force
President Truman outlined plans to double the U S army in the Pacific to about 7 000 000 within a year and to deploy heavy blows against Japan as the war nears homeland proximity He praised naval aid and warned of tougher air battles as Japanese strength wanes amid expanding U S bases and submarines
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Washington
U. S. Army
Pacific
Truman
Europe
Congress
Navy
Marune
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wehrmacht
Luftwaffe
Join Chiefs of Staff
Douge
Winston Airline Plan Prompts Choice of North Carolina Airports
At Greensboro hearings All American Aviation proposes 23 southeast air mail pickup routes with Winston Salem or Greensboro High Point as bases. William B. Moore cites Winston Salem Airport for space and access, while CAB actions await final hearings in Washington with possible October decisions.
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Greensboro
Fevered Point
Winstonlem
All American Aviation, Inc
Wilmington
Del
Civil Aeronautics Board
William B. Moore
Piedmont
North Carolina
Moore
All American
Winstons Salem
Greensboro-High Point
CAB
Ross I. Newmann
Washin
Washington
All-American Aviation, Inc
Southeastern
Southeast
Textile workers win paid vacation week of July 4 in Mass
The Cotton Manufacturers association approved a paid vacation for 15,000 textile workers during the week of July 4. The request was made to six plants by the Textile Workers' Union of America CIO.
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New Bedford
Mass
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Textile Workers’ Union of America
CIO
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