MacArthur Eyes Brunei Borneo Moves In Pacific Drive
Allied reports indicate a push toward Brunei and Tarakan in Borneo as part of MacArthur’s plan to tighten positions for a broader strike on Japan. Securing Brunei could shorten tanker routes and aid future operations, with campaigns also advancing in Luzon’s valley and other northern fronts.
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Assault Force Hits Labuan Off Borneo
Manila reports Tokyo radio said allied assault forces landed on Labuan island near Borneo in the second invasion within 40 days. MacArthur bombers, swift torpedo boats, and light naval forces supported a bombardment as signs of Japanese demoralization appeared.
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Trieste Muddle Eases as Tito Agrees to Military Reallocation
In a three power accord London and Washington announce Tito will withdraw most Jovian troops from the Adriatic communications zone. Yugoslavia the United States and Britain assign command of the Venezia province west of a line from the Adriatic to Tarvisio Pola and Caporetto to Allied headquarters within about three days.
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British unveil bomber larger than B 29 in war effort
June 9 report from DON announces four new British war aircraft including a bomber said to be larger than the B 29 superfortress. Details released indicate the craft, named the Lincoln, would be used in the war against Japan.
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Youth Released After 2 Years In Army Because He Was Too Young
Owen True served two years in the army amassing 97 points but was discharged for being underage. Inducted in Los Angeles with an 18-year age claim for a war plant job, he later revealed he was 15 at induction. He landed on Normandy on D-Day, earned two wounds, and a Silver Star for gallantry. He now works in a war plant near Shawnee, Kansas, and will register for the draft on November 5.
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Nations Near Adjournment Of Conference
The United Nations conference moved closer to completing a new world charter with trusteeship plans nearly finished and a veto voting formula under final debate. Delegates weigh June 20 as the windup date for a possible Truman address, while small nations are expected to accept the veto framework for the world security council.
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Zhukov Says Hitler Alive Hidden in Europe Possibly Spain
Moscow broadcast cites Marshal Zhukov claiming Hitler may still be alive and hiding in Europe, possibly with Franco or Eva Braun married two days before Berlin’s fall. He urges Allied forces to find him and notes a strict occupation regime in Soviet occupied Germany.
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Homeless Japanese Reach Millions in Allied Bomb Campaign
US and British air forces report vast destruction in Japan as Superforts destroy homes in Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya and Kobe Osaka areas. Premier Kantaro Eck declares wartime losses while Okinawa fighting tightens near Yaeju Dake as Marines close escape routes.
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State V F W Leaders In Session Here
Forty five leaders from across the state attend a Veterans of Foreign Wars conference at the V F W Home on West Broad Street with state auxiliary members present. City Manager Roy S Braden welcomed delegates in Mayor Earl Phillips absence. Commander E G Kittles and Mrs Civilla Stevenson spoke for their groups. National director H W Chadwick addressed the business session. An evening music and dance program was scheduled at 8 o clock.
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Washington, D. C
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Chinese forces gain two cities on Indo China frontier
Chinese high command reports capture of Chungchingfu on the Indo Chinese border after taking Szelo in Kwangsi. Troops attacked near Chungchingfu on June 6 and chased enemy remnants toward Caohang. Militias also attacked Lung chow, 12 miles from the frontier, as four enemy counterattacks were repulsed.
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College Head In Favor Of Draft For Five Years
Edward C. Elliott president of Purdue university urged a five year compulsory peacetime draft during a House hearing. He argued current conditions make rapid peace unlikely and universal military training may be needed to address lasting stresses and strains of war.
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Mud Likely To Shape Kentucky Derby In Wet Weather
Weather dampens preparations for the Kentucky Derby as light showers began in Louisville. Old Sol and a moist track favored mud-loving runners with forecasts predicting ongoing rain and about an inch and a half of rain in the prior 24 hours.
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Daring Feat Saves British Gold Supply
London reports virtually the entire British gold stock moved abroad during the invasion threat. Ships of all types carried bullion to secret sites worldwide amid heavy U-boat danger. War years show roughly 4 billion dollars in gold moved with about 20 million lost. some recovered from sunk ships. Australian divers recovered 8 million from the Niagara wreck 423 feet deep, leaving 325 thousand dollars missing. Gold stores remained concentrated at naval bases and strategic locations worldwide.
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Pacific
Japan's Diet Grants Premier Wartime Power Grab
Tokyo's diet, in an emergency session, approves an emergency measures bill and five wartime laws transferring vast powers to Premier Kantaro Suzuki's government. Suzuki vows to fight the war to the bitter end amid plans to prepare for a possible final battle with the Allies.
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Pacific
U S Plans Use of 600000 German POW Laborers
The United States army announced plans to retain 600,000 German prisoners of war as laborers after victory. It said 2,852,000 German war prisoners were held on the continent, with additional transfers of 200,000 to 225,000 American-held prisoners to France for work under French control. Colonel Robert J. Hill disclosed the arrangements at Supreme Headquarters.
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U. S. Army
France
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Supreme Headquarters
Rescue Mission Under Fire For Glider In Hidden Valley
In New Guinea a glider expert and Royal Australian air force squadron leader Michael J. Leahy plans to land the craft to extract WAC Corporal Margaret Hastings and two soldiers after a transport crash 28 days earlier killed others. Paratroopers guard a 150 mile southwest valley camp with native spear armed watchers as they prepare the operation with supplies and equipment.
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Plan To Strip Nazis Of War Industries
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force says Germany will be stripped of war related industries to destroy future war potential. Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley announced the United States view that non removable war industries should be destroyed to prevent another war. Pauley heads the American delegation en route to Moscow for the reparations conference begun at Yalta. The delegation, after surveying the American occupied zone, plans a Moscow meeting with 18 to 20 members traveling Monday. others continue studying reparations options in Germany.
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Paris
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Yalta
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Ex-Nazi Field Marshal Blaskowitz Arrested in Germany
Field Marshal Johannes Blaskowitz, former commander of the German 25th army who surrendered to Canadian forces at Holland on May 5, was arrested Wednesday at his headquarters in the concentration area north of Aurich. The arrest was announced by the Second Canadian division headquarters which provided no charge.
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Johannes ‘Blaskowitz
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