Red River dam and regional flood control plans urge action
Denison Chamber promotes the Denison dam as the nation’s largest earthen roll fill structure, 165 feet high and 15,350 feet long, creating a 220 square mile lake. Local leaders push for flood control, navigation, and regional development along the Red River and nearby towns.
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Julyon
Red River
Fulton
Denison
Red River Valley
Denison Chamber of Commerce
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas-Oklahoma
Hope and
Texarkana
Arkansas Territory
Navy streamlines casualty notices speed to next of kin
Washington reports a new navy system for casualty reporting with each overseas command designating an officer to prepare all casualty data for dead missing wounded and injured personnel. Initial reports may use radio air mail or air courier to Washington with amplifying details within one week and relayed to next of kin when allowed.
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Washington
Continental
Russia to Be Veto Question Vote at UN Conference
At the San Francisco UN conference the Big Five veto issue fuels a potential clash as the Soviet delegation heads toward a firm stand on the Yalta formula. The United States Britain France and China back a post discussion veto. Moscow opposes.
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James Thasher
Syria
San Francisco
UNCIO
United Nations Organization
Yalta
France
Middle East
Levant
Britain
League of Nations
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
John M. Hightower
World Security Council
Moscow
Stettinius
Truman
Stalin
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Harry Hopkins
Gromyko
Hopkins
Hempstead County War Bond Sales Hit 71 Percent Quota
County Chairman Syd McMath reports Sev enth War Loan sales at 44 745 25 dollars against a 624 000 quota. E Bond sales reach 197 961 25 dollars or 64 percent of the 305 000 quota. Hope city civic club standings list Rotary 30 325 00 B P W Club 24 837 50 Kiwanis 19 481 50 American Legion 7 631 25 with township results shown elsewhere in today's Star.
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Hempstead
Syd McMath
Hope Civic Club
Rotary
B. & P.W. Club
Kiwanis
American Legion
Star
War Bond Drive Urges Home Front Support by Millions
Brig. Gen. Gerald C. Thomas USMC director of plans and policies says the war bond program's fate will be decided by millions of home front fighters as progress against enemies continues. He highlights collective effort across military and civilian fronts in the June 7 message.
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Washington
Gerald C. Thomas
USMC
Arabs Resume Desert Fight Among Selves
In Syria fierce tribal warfare erupts along the Syria Iraq frontier as Shamars joined by Jabor and Sharabin clash with Aguedat forces. Syrians blame French agents for inciting feuds and accuse theft of official Syrian parliamentary seals. British observers note limited significance while preparing for further moves.
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Sam Souki Beyrouth
Syria
Iraq
Euphrates
Damascus
Levant
H. M. S. Aurora
Beyrouth
Cairo
Arab League
League
Palestine
FCC
Marines Paddle Across Naha Harbor Recon Mission Near Okinawa
Sixteen marine volunteers from the Sixth reconnaissance company returned to base after three hours of patrols across Naha harbor and into the Oroku peninsula. Led by Maj. Anthony Walker, the teams, divided into four patrols, encountered Japanese fire and mined waters but reported no Japanese soldiers seen and described challenging currents and mines during their overnight reconnaissance.
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Edward Thomas Naha
Okinawa
Naha Harbor
Oroku Peninsula
Naha Air Field
Maj
Anthony Walker
Washington, D. C
Gardner O'Brien
Beverly
Mass
John Watson
Wilkensburg
Penn
Harold H. Hayes
Detroit
Mich
Walter Curtis
Boston
China Sea
Naha
O’brien
Kagamisui
O'Brien
Pyts
Edward Zrossman
Hudson
N. Y
James K. Burkart
Charleston
N. C
Watson
Chinese Hold Coast Close to Okinawa
Chinese forces extended control over more than 100 miles of the east China coast opposite Okinawa after defeating Japanese reserves rushed to defend the area. The advance places China along the coast from Foochow to Futing, as Japan strengthens garrisons in Canton Hong Kong while preparing for possible contingencies.
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Chungking
East China
Okinawa
Siapu
Foochow
Futing
Canton-Hong Kong
Shanghai
South China
Indo-China
Malaya
Comei Agency
Hong Kong
FCC
Henyang
Swatow
Amoy
Americans Strike Mindanao and Luzon Shores
American forces seized Davao gulf mouth with two landings in southern Mindanao aided by destroyers. Navy-supported operations destroyed enemy radio stations and dumps. Northern Luzon beaches were shelled as a possible setup for future landings, while the 37th Division pushed 2.5 miles on highway 4 near Aritao with light resistance. no new reports on highway 11 actions.
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Don Caswell
Manila
Davao Gulf
Mindanao
Luzon
Tenth Corps
Cape San Agustin
Gulf
Balut Island
Aritao
Baguio
Mythic Guarded Climate Belief in Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek lore held that temperatures rose toward the south and that venturing too far would be fatal from heat. The notion linked geography with danger and reflected early ideas about climate and human limits.
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Greece
MacArthur to Invade Jap Homeland
Gen Douglas MacArthur believes Japan will surrender only after an invasion of the Japanese mainland. He outlines a Pacific approach relying on heavy air bombardment followed by infantry assaults and credits Allied naval and air cooperation, with victory seen when American infantry reach Tokyo.
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Frank H. Bartholomewanila
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Pacific
New Guinea
Australia
Brisbane
Milne Bay
Buna
Port Moresby
Leyte
Ormoc
Tokyo
Income Tax Installment Due June 15
About 10 million people must pay the second installment on their 1945 income taxes by June 15. If you filed an estimated tax declaration by March 15 and paid the first installment, you likely received a bill showing your remaining balance and the installment option. You may amend declarations by June 15 if your circumstances changed, though most will simply pay the installment.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Reds Issue Ultimatum Over Soviet Prisoners in Occupied Germany
General Golikov, heading repatriation of Soviet POWs, accuses British and German authorities of starving and mistreating Soviet prisoners in Norway and western Germany. He cites reports of hunger, disease, and poor jails, and cites cases from Dachau Alcha and Neidenau camps.
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Robrt Dowson
London
Red Army
Germany
Philip I. Golikov
Richard K. Law
Golikov
Norway
Dachau
Alcha
Neidenau
Japs Concede Okinawa Is Lost to Them
The Okinawa battle nears end as American forces take Naha airport and tighten control over the island. Japanese reports admit a deteriorating war situation and Kamikaze attacks, with 15,000 troops confined to a 25 square mile southern holdout.
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Okinawa
Leif Erickson
Guam
Tokyo
Naha
U.S. 10Th Army
Japan
Domei
Rising Sun
Asahi
Radio Tokyo
Yomiuri Hochi
Yomiuri
Border Counties May Not Observe Marriage Notice
Clay County Clerk Fred Cox believes the three day marriage law effective in Arkansas will not greatly cut marriages in border counties. He expects waivers on the waiting period to be readily signed by county circuit probate and chancery judges.
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Arkansas
Border Counties
Clay County
Fred Cox
Cox
600 B-29s Hit Osaka for Second Time
The United States air offensive against Osaka intensifies as nearly 600 B-29s and supporting fighters attack Japan’s largest industrial city for a second time in a week. Tokyo reports major fires across eastern Osaka amid fog and cloud cover limiting visibility.
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Osaka
William F. Tyree
Guam
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Okinawa
Kagoshima
Kyushu
Tokyo
Osaka Arsenal
21St Bomber Command
Paul Revere Led First American Board of Health
Paul Revere served as president of the inaugural Board of Health in American history, guiding early public health efforts and municipal sanitation.
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Paul Revere
Board of Health
General De Tassigny Nominated for Best Actor in All Armies of France
George Tucker profiles General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny as the ideal French leader for Berlin talks. Described as the consummate actor of the French army he captivates reporters with commanding presence precise gestures and vivid operational explanations.
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Gen. de Tassigny
Tucker
France
George Tucker
Hal Boyle
Paris
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Berlin
Sixth Army
Riviera
Vosges Mountains
Germany
Soviet Demands Western Allies Withdraw From Germany Occupation
Izvestia attacked reports of the four power pact claiming it ends confusion in Germany and urged Britain and the United States to quit the Soviet zone. Zhukov pressed Eisenhower Montgomery and de Lattre to withdraw before any Control Council moves. The Times and Daily Herald noted Moscow disclosed zone boundaries and questioned the move.
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W. R. Higginbotham
London
Russia
Germany
Izvestia
London Times
Berlin
the Times
European Consultative Commission
Gregory K. Zhukov
Allied Control Council
United States
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Control Council
Red Army
The
Aborite Daily Herald
Moscow
Flet
Six Held by FBI in State Secrets Theft Case
Six people including two State Department employees and a navy lieutenant are jailed as part of a broad security probe into illicit use of confidential government information. Officials say the arrests stem from an Amerasia article exposing a secret OSS report and indicate ongoing investigations into other incidents.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
State Department
Navy
U. S
Amerasia
New York
Office of Strategic Services
National Defense
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Philip Jacob Jaffe
Kate Louise Mitchell
Jaffe
Miss Mitchell
Mark Julius Gayn
Liberty
Andrew Roth
Office of Naval Intelligence
Emmanuel Siguard Larsen
China
John Stewart Service
Foreign Service Office
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Murphy
Patch
Peter Arno
Philippines
Reds
Reich
Frankfurt-on- Main
Dwight Eisenhower
Kozulia
Neustadt
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House of Commons
Archibald Clark Kerr
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Tass
Anthony Eden
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