Okinawa Battle Rages As U S Forces Advance On Yaeju-Dake
Allied forces push along the Yaeju-Dake escarpment as Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley’s 96th Infantry Division and the 7th Marine Regiment face heavy Japanese fire. 105mm and other artillery, flame throwing tanks, aircraft rockets, and naval gunfire batter entrenched positions. Major actions include New York division scaling steep slopes and heavy cave defenses observed along a chalky frontline.
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Guam
Okinawa
10Th Army
Yaeju-Dake
Oroku
Naha Harbor
U. S. Marine Division
Itoman Town
Chester W. Nimitz
7Th Division
Nimitz
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
New York
Poll Tax Fees Score Victory In First Round
In Washington on June 11 polls tax legislation to ban poll taxes won an initial House victory as the rules and judiciary committees were discharged from jurisdiction by a 223 to 95 vote. The measure aims to bar any state or locality from charging a poll tax for presidential or congressional elections, with seven states currently taxing voters.
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Washington
House
Rules and Judiciary Committees
Senate
Congress
Justice Jackson calls for trials of war criminals and new international tribunal
Justice Robert H Jackson plans to try Nazi leaders and organizations such as the Nazi s SS and Gestapo for wartime crimes. He argues for addressing aggression as a crime and building international law through conscience, possibly establishing an international tribunal to reflect world peace.
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Robert Hackson
Jackson
Gestapo
Ares
Interjonal Tribune
Planes Not Draft Says Daniels Air Power as Defense
Former secretary Josephus Daniels, Raleigh publisher and wartime navy head, urges peacetime policy of naval air strength with strong land and sea force. He testifies to the house military policy committee against universal draft, arguing voluntary enlistment with adequate pay and advancement can fill all services. He stresses air dominance as key to preventing enemy landings.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
House Military Policy Committee
Bam
Daniels
Stilwell Sees War With Japs Lasting Two Years
General Stilwell on Okinawa front predicts the war with Japan could extend at least two more years and may include ground action in Manchuria after home island defeat. He argues bombing alone won't end the war and praises troops' basic training to counter Japanese cave fighting.
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Stilwell
Okinawa
Joseph W. Stilwell
Japan
Manchuria
Army
Vinegar Joe
U.S. Sixth Army
Luzon
Philippines
France
Father Drowns Family in Ohio Grave Pit Tragedy
Coroner rules deaths of Alfred Stoner and his five children as self inflicted act homicide. The father, a 38 year old army dischargee, drove the family car into a water filled grave pit near Bryan Ohio. A wallet note described planned drownings. Bodies of four children were in the car and submerged. Alice May 7 and the father were found nearby. Names: Alfred Stoner, Alice May, Jane, Earl, Betty Lou, Alva.
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Bryan
C. Paul Waid
Alfred Stoner
Aid
Alice May
Jane
Earl
Betty Lou
Alva
News Exchange Meeting Favored By U S Editors
Washington June 11 The American society of newspaper editors supports an international conference to promote free exchange of news among nations The board adopted a resolution favoring a meeting in Australia when conditions permit A globe girdling committee's 40000 mile tour showed editors in most nations desire more press freedom and cooperation from governments Some pledges from leaders were described as lip service.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Australia
ASNE
Hopkins Returns To Washington From Moscow Mission
Harry Hopkins leaves Paris for Washington to brief President Truman on talks in Moscow. He travels after reaching Paris yesterday and declines comment on Stalin talks while appearing in high spirits as Congress weighs a $39.0 billion Army budget for FY 1946.
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Harry Hopkins
Paris
Washington
Truman
Moscow
Hopkins
Gen. de Gaulle
Marshal Stalin
World powers show signs of compromise at UN Conference
At San Francisco on June 11, the United Nations conference enters the home stretch with brighter hopes for world peace. A key issue remains securing small nation acceptance of the veto voting formula for an 11 nation security council as a conference committee resumes work at 4 p.m. PWT. Foreign delegates hope for consensus on a mechanism to balance big five influence.
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United Nations Today Conference Commission
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
Security Council
Japanese lower house passes wartime emergency bill amendment
The lower house of the Japanese diet passed an amended wartime emergency bill giving Premier Kanjiro Suzuki’s government power to rule by decree. Radio Tokyo expects the peers to approve the revised measure. An intense session prompted an emergency cabinet meeting and a second extra day for deliberations.
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Associated Press
Diet
Tokyo Radio
Kantaro Suzuki
Japan
Radio Tokyo
House of Peers
Domel
Federal Communications Commission
Main assault pushes 4000 yards toward Brunei from Brooketon
The report notes a major offensive drive from Brooketon advancing 4 000 yards down the peninsula toward Brunei. The action appears to be part of a broader assault with strategic significance noted by observers.
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Associated Press
Borneo
Brunei Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Brooketon
Brunei
Culpepper Senator W T Culpepper Dies of Heart Attack
Elizabeth City June 11 W T Culpepper state senator and prominent businessman died at noon from a heart attack suffered while conferring with a fellow committee member about the seventh war loan at the First and Citizens National Bank. In his early sixties he owned a hardware business, was active in the automobile trade, organized the Carolina Amusement company and directed numerous other local organizations.
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Elizabeth City
W. T. Culpepper
First
Citizens National Bank
Hoey Heads Greensboro Talk To Institute Of International Relations
Senator Clyde R. Hoey will open the 12th annual Carolina Institute of International Relations in Aycock auditorium Greensboro detailing world issues before five days of sessions at Wee Men's College. He also speaks at the Rotary luncheon and Tar Heel girls state event.
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Greensboro
Clyde R. Hoey
Carolina Institute of International Relations
Hoey
Senate
Aycock
Wee Men's College
Rotary Club
Tar Heel Girls State
Yank Drive Isolates Japanese in Luzon Valley
U. S. 37th Infantry Division advances nine miles to seize junction at Bagabag and push toward the Cagayan valley isolating a large Japanese force in the mountains. Weekly Japanese casualties total 5,911 dead and 725 captured. American losses 172 dead, four missing, 855 wounded.
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Manila
U. S. 37Th Infantry
Bagabag
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Philippines
Douglas MaceArthur
Robert S&s. Beightler
Beightler
Tiago
38Th
Philippine
Mindanao
Davao
Japanese Homeland Smolders After Worst War Weekend
The Japanese homeland endured its worst weekend of the war with four days of American air raids. B-29s and Thunderbolts struck Tokyo Yokohama area targets and factories, rail yards, and airfields, with 820 bombs dropped on Sukagawa works alone. Losses included one Superfortress and several enemy planes, while kamikazes sank a light U.S. unit and caused further damage.
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Japan
Radio Tokyo
Tachikawa
Atsuki
Tokyo-Yokohama
Tokyo
Yokohama
Hitachi
Sukagawa
Pho
Kyushu
William F. Halsey
U. S.S
Okinawa
Adm. Nimitz
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