U.S. Army Rules 14000 Square Miles in German Occupation
May 19 report states the U S army administers about 14 000 square miles in Germany including the Saar basin and Rhine valley with a projected 300 000 to 400 000 troops forming the occupying force. Lt Gen Gerow commands the 15th Army which covers eight times the size of a district and includes Duesseldorf Aachen Coblenz Cologne and other cities. Civil population remains unsettled with 291 437 registered and 100 000 roaming outside camps as displaced nationals. The long term civil role of the 15th Army is still undecided.
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Cologne
Proposals Aim to Tighten Southern Conference Interstate Ties
The Southern Conference postwar plan committee in Birmingham proposes a paid permanent staff for the governors conference and a continuing advisory committee. The plan calls for inter state coordination of activities and a voluntary steering group drawn from governors and state officials. Proposals will be reviewed by the Southern Conference commission after approval at the meeting.
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Belgium Monarchy Struggles as Leopold’s Health, Fate Hold News
In postwar Europe the leftist tide fuels Belgium's royal crisis as King Leopold refuses return, citing health. Exiled Belgian cabinet and Brussels factions press for parliament to decide his fitness to rule while memories of King Albert and Queen Elizabeth cast a long shadow.
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Salzburg
Austria
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Brussels
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Elizabeth
Japan trains schoolchildren for future war effort
The report claims Radio Tokyo boasted that students at Minimi national school Takasaki Honshu are learning hand grenade throwing to prepare for intensified war. It cites an Okinawa example of children charging enemy positions and dying, while American dispatches describe officers leading with ceremonial dress amid Okinawa’s collapse.
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Japan
Radio Tokyo
Minimi National School
Takasaki
Honshu
Federal Communications Commission
Okinawa
Parody interview mocks war hero Rudder upon return home
A satirical homecoming piece staged in the Pentagon casts Lt. Roger Rudder as a boastful ace greeted by reporters and Col. Edgar Beaver. The skit mocks hero worship, champagne incentives, and wartime pride with sharp humor about plans to see family, medals, or a factory visit.
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Edgar Beaver
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Chinese Troops Reoccupy Foochow Port City
Chungking May 19. Chinese forces have reoccupied Foochow on the east coast, signaling withdrawal of Japanese from the coastal area. Indications suggest Japanese ships move toward Shanghai and other ports like Wenchow Amoy and Swatow prepare to retreat southward toward Hong Kong.
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Swatow
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China
Aggression Charged To Slav Leader
Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander accused Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia of forceful claims in the Italian theater and warned that Trieste and surrounding areas should be held as trustees until peace terms are settled. He said allied forces would press to retain Trieste and northeastern Italy while Tito should pursue peaceful settlement.
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Hal Tito
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Guilia
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Italy
Austria
Stalin Sets Three Conditions For Polish Question
Stalin outlined three elementary conditions for solving the Polish question. He called for recognition of the Warsaw provisional government as the basis of a future national unity government, a friendly policy toward the Soviet Union, and reconstruction work done with Poles who have ties to the Polish people. He also dismissed the arrest of 16 underground leaders as unrelated to the issue.
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London
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Warsaw
Moscow Radio
Ralph Parker
Moscow
London Times
Russia
Soviet Union
San Francisco
Front Line Fire Bombings Help Recapture Manila Ipo Dam
Filipino guerrillas and U S troops of the 43rd division recaptured Ipo dam delivering a major blow to Manila's water supply. The operation used night illumination via anti aircraft searchlights to reveal infiltrators and guide artillery as Japanese attempts to disrupt the dam were thwarted. The Lu zon campaign marked a key advance with heavy bombardment and the destruction of Nipponese resolve.
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Mayor Subject Broached To Mrs Roosevelt
The New York Daily Mirror reports that Eleanor Roosevelt was asked to accept a mayoral nomination for New York City. The paper says she declined after talks with Democratic leaders including Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan and Bronx leader Edward Flynn.
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New York Daily Mirror
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Edward Flynn
Verdict For Defendant In Libel Action
A superior court jury found in favor of defendant J H Kalte in a 70000 libel suit brought by former mayor Arnold J Koonce. The panel ruled Kalte published the affidavit and wrote the letter but awarded the plaintiff no damages after about four hours of deliberation.
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J. H. Kalte
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Taintiff
Reds Await Word On Defense Plan At U N
US delegates await Moscow word this week that could clear UN approval of regional defense plans and a conference on other key issues. Russians and small nations fear big power control of UN machinery, potentially delaying work beyond the next two weeks.
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United States
Moscow
United Nations
Roosevelt Memorial Highway proposed from Pisgah to Warm Springs
In Raleigh on May 19 plans surface for a Roosevelt Memorial highway linking Mount Pisgah near Asheville with Warm Springs Georgia. Senator Clyde Hoey backs a bill to create a southern extension of the Blue Ridge Parkway as a memorial and gateway to Great Smokies National Park, with wartime delays now easing.
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Raleigh
Mount Pisgah
Asheville
Warm Springs
Georgia
Clyde Hoey
Senate
Great Smokies National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway
Pisgah
Toxaway Country
Georgia Blue Ridge
Battle for Sugar Loaf Fortress in Okinawa Fierce
In Okinawa the battle for Sugar Loaf fortress near Naha intensifies as 30,000 Japanese defenders sap the eastern approaches. The 29th Regiment of the U S Sixth Marine Division bears the brunt, clinging to and finally seizing the northern slope after a seven day assault. The southern slope remains in Japanese hands, hindering attempts to clear Naha’s ruins.
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Japan trains children to throw grenades, radio Tokyo reports
In San Francisco on May 19 the radio Tokyo broadcast that Japan is training children to throw hand grenades for defense. The report also notes Premier Kantaro Suzuki appointing a former army leader to the privy council and Vice Admiral Ryozo Fukuda taking command of the imperial fleet in Chinese waters.
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Japan
Radio Tokyo Today
Kantaro Suzuki
Privy Council
Ryozo Fukuda
China
Marines Press On At Naha Sugar Loaf Heights
Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr notes Japanese resistance may collapse on the Naha Shuri Yonabaru line as Nipponese troops sacrifice many men to defend Sugar Loaf and other key hills. Nimitz report highlights a brutal hour long grenade clash on Conical hill by the 383rd regiment.
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Sixth Marines
Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru
Sugar Loaf
Chester W. Nimitz
96Th
Conical Hill
A. del Valle
Naha
Sugar Criticism Emerges From House Food Committee Draft
A source says the House Food Committee is drafting a sharply critical report accusing the government of mishandling sugar stocks and risking a wartime shortage. The document, planned for next week, blames OPA and other agencies, calls for reduced foreign quotas, stricter rationing, and safeguards for civilian sugar. It may cite foreign quota figures once labeled top secret.
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House Food Committee
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