Japan's Main Cities leveled by air attacks
Allied bomber fleets struck Osaka amid clouds of smoke as 450 B-29s and 150 escort fighters bombed the city and surrounding areas. Tokyo reported fires burning northwest Osaka and Amagasaki with substantial destruction in Yokohama and Tokyo in prior raids. No clear figures on losses were provided, but Japanese defenses were hampered by smoke and heavy fire.
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Mitsubishi
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Contol
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Sharon
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Robert Tucker
Grantsville
West Va
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Fort Worth
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21St Bomber Command
Saw Germans Shoot An American Airman Dead In Battle
Maj. Theodore Irwin, Dallas prosecutor, questions witness Naspe about shots fired at an American airman killed by Germans. Naspe testifies Back shot the airman twice. a bullet hit his head. The mortally wounded man struggled upright as a crowd gathered, later buried in an unmarked grave after removing clothing and ID. Drein sobbed during testimony. German civilian lawyer Dr. Franz Mehl, with Maj. Richard T. Brewster and Sant. Henry Dunck, represented the defendants.
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Dallas
Tex
Naspes
Drein
Franz Mehl
Maj
Richard T. Brewster
Kansas City, Mo
S Ant. Henry Dunck
Belleville
Daily Vacation Bible School Opens at Salvation Army
The Salvation Army announces a ten day Daily Vacation Bible School starting Monday, June 4 at 9 a.m. and ending June 15. The program, for ages five years and up, features the theme Gods Clock of the Ages.
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Salvation Army
Truman Urges Renewed War Effort Against Japan
President Truman outlines Japan’s still massive military strength with 4,000,000 troops under arms and a large air force, warns of heavier losses as American forces close in, and calls for patriotic workers to aid ship repair. He says strategic bombing will demolish enemy production, notes troop redeployment plans, and stresses careful discharges to keep the Pacific war effort intact.
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Germany
Truman
Japan
Pacific
Europe
United States
Far East
French Troops Refuse to Withdraw From Syria
French and British forces clashed as France faced pressure to end fighting in Syria and Lebanon. Paris announced a ceasefire after cabinet talks, while Gen Humboldt reportedly ordered French troops to withdraw to barracks. Talks in London sought a tripartite conference among Britain France and the United States to restore order and ease tensions.
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Damascus
Churchill
Paris
Syria
Georges Bidault
de Gaulle
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Ministry of Information
Lebanon
British Foreign Office
France
London
United States
Foreign Office
Japan
Britain
Eden
John G. Winant
Humboldt
Ninth Army
Middle East
Inet
Office of War Information
Christian Pin‘eau
Jacques Soustelle
British Press Association
Major Hoople Neah If We Steal This Project
A humorous, clipped note riffs on stealing a project to boost the economy, framing a mock warning about unintended consequences and global impact. The fragment hints at a satirical take on ambition and policy in a tongue in cheek voice.
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FATA
Dedicate New Bethel Church Near Readsville
Fulton Missouri June 1 Rev J D Randolph superintendent of Hannibal Methodist District to dedicate the new 10000 dollar Bethel Methodist Church near Readsville next Sunday. A trust fund of 10000 dollars provided by the late Alma Jackson of New York City was among the large gifts in the campaign to rebuild the church destroyed by fire in 1943.
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Fulton, Mo
J.D. Randolph
Hannibal
Bethel Methodist Church
Readsville
Alma, Jackson
New York City
Soldier praises Missouri mule in Italy campaign
Pfc. Lawrence Hatridge of Belleview Missouri, home from Italy, praises the state mules at Missouri untilted temple hospital. He says they were tough and played a big part in the war, carrying supplies and serving like soldiers.
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Mccloskey General Hospital
Temple
Tex
Lawrence Hatridge
Belleview
Italy
Hatridge
Thomp son Couple Welcomes a Baby Girl at Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Thomp son of 605 West Water Street are the proud parents of a baby girl born yesterday at the hospital.
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Robert Thompson
West Water Street
Germans Released From Mexican Prison Camps
Mexico City interior ministry said Germans held in frontier and coastal zones may return to former residences. After 179 Germans were released from Perote Veracruz, they were required to honor wartime laws and given 200 for travel. Most plan to stay in Mexico, including seamen who wed Mexicans. about 20 Nazis remained at Perote with other non German internees moved earlier.
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Mexico
Interior’ Ministry
Perote
State of Veracruz
Mexico’s
Alien. Property. Custodians Board
Thom ‘Perote
Germany
Penicillin Hits Free Market in Mexico City
In Mexico City on June 1, the health ministry announced that penicillin is now available openly with customs and border control lifted. Free transit to supplies is permitted, and the drug will sell at 2.30 per 100000 units. Adequate imported and locally manufactured stock is reported. a doctor's prescription remains required.
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Mexico’ City
Health Ministry
Mexico
Briggs to Speak in Topeka Tuesday
Sen. Briggs of Missouri accepted an invitation to address a Democratic meeting in Topeka Tuesday night. He will attend commencement exercises Wednesday at the University of Missouri in Columbia where his daughter Ruth graduates this year. Briggs was a 30 year ago graduate of the university.
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Briggs
D-Mo
Shis
Topeka
University of Missouri
Columbia
Ruth
Minister Resigns Stanberry Church for California Post
Rev Earl F Himes pastor of the Stanberry Christian Church announced his resignation today and acceptance of the pastorate at the Pacific Grove California Christian Church. He plans to leave next week.
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Stanberry
Earl F
Boy Missing In Mississippi Found In Movie
A two day Mississippi River search for Gerald Ashlock, 11, ended when observers spotted him in a movie theater. Coast guards and authorities had followed clues after he vanished near Movie Street in St. Louis on June 1.
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ST. Louis
Gerald “D
Ashlock
Coast
Mississippi
Babler, Noted Missouri Philanthropist, Dies at 75
Jacob J. Babler, 75, former Missouri Republican National Committeeman, died after a two month illness of heart disease. A wealthy philanthropist, he endowed an 1800 acre state park and a $2,000,000 trust fund for its maintenance. Babler served as Missouri national committeeman from 1916 to 1924 and helped distribute federal patronage in the state.
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ST. ‘Louis
Jacob’ J. “Babler
Missouri
Babler
Gillette to resign as surplus property board chair
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard will leave office on June 30. President Truman announced today that Gillette’s resignation as chairman of the surplus property board will take effect no later than July 15.
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Washington
Claude Wickard
Truman
Senate
Guy M
Gillette
Surplus Property Board
Rosamond Losh Dies in Kansas City
Rosamond Losh, 58, renowned lecturer and author on child welfare, died yesterday after suffering a heart attack on a streetcar in Kansas City Missouri. She served as executive secretary of Kansas City's children’s bureau since 1918 and long chaired the home safety division of the National Safety Council.
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Kansas City
Furniture Dealer Dies After Being Clubbed in Store
ST LOUIS June 1 AP Henry Finney 74 a second hand furniture dealer died last night from a skull fracture suffered when he was clubbed in his store two weeks earlier. Two other second hand dealers were beaten fatally and robbed in recent weeks. A fourth dealer attacked is in hospital in serious condition. Police hold a man on murder charges in connection with one dealer’s death.
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Henry Finney
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