Navy Air Force II death by own action continues
Long range Navy planes added to the destruction in Japanese home islands. Liberators and privateers sank three small cargo vessels and damaged a picket ship, a patrol vessel and a lugger yesterday. Halsey praised Superfortresses but said bombing Hirohito’s palace should be considered. Fires in Tokyo from May 26 raid spread to the palace though it was not a targeted site. Yokohama evacuation urged by officials, fortress city status debated. Genki reports to Hirohito on damage from recent raids.
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Halsey
Hirohito
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Yokohama
Genki
Four Appear In Justice Courts On Traffic Charges
Missouri justice court cases feature four defendants charged with traffic violations under a 1943 law effective Jan 1 1944. Vehicles driven by C Legg and Oscar Koelling each sustained $35 damage after a Sunday collision at Ohio Street and West Highway 50 with both cars crossing the center line. Harry Hooker and Joseph Goza were also in a crash at Miller and Mulberry streets with no damage estimate reported.
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Missioner of Motor Vehicles
Missouri
C. Legg
Washington
Oscar Koelling
Montana
Ohio Street
West Highway 50
Legg
Ohio
Koelling
Harry R. Hooker
Fort Leonard Wood
Joseph Edward Goza
Miller and
Mulberry Streets
Hooker
Miller
Goza
Mulberry
Would Cut Liquor Permit Requirement To Sixty Days
Complaints list investigations and incidents with no arrests. The American Legion auxiliary police took charge from 2 to 6 p m May 24 while policemen hosted the annual school patrol picnic at City Park. Six men under Capt. Crispy Ward reported for duty.
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American Legion Auxiliary Police
Crispy Ward
Piano Scrap Drive In New York City Tops Four Hundred Pianos
Residents in New York City donated 417 old pianos to a scrap drive in two and a half days. Each piano contained about 300 pounds of metal, totaling a substantial amount of material for recycling efforts.
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New York City
Red Hen Sets In Class at Ray Elementary
Bessie the Rhode Island red hen spent 21 days in a kindergarten class at Ray Elementary in Chicago helping 54 students learn the story of the little red hen. Children cared for her, sang, acted out scenes, and drew pictures of the hen and her chicks before Bessie and her brood were returned to a farm.
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Chicago
Bessie
Ray
Alva McCormick
Rhode Island
Ray Elementary School
Hodges Narrowly Escaped Capture in Ardennes
Gen Courtney Hodges narrowly escaped German capture during Von Runstedt's Ardennes breakthrough. On December 18, 1944, Hodges held Spa Belgium as three German columns neared Liege. He sent staff away, deployed reserves, and moved to Chaudfontaine as Ridgeway's 82nd Airborne arrived to plug the breach.
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New York
Courtney H. Hodges
von Runstedt
Ardennes
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Hodges
Spa
Belgium
Liege
Matthew B. Ridgeway
82Nd Airborn
Hodge
Chaudfontaine
Ridgeway
Boyle
Pacific
First Army
Jap death by own action fleets near Okinawa report
The Blue network reported a Melbourne overseas radiocast saying two Japanese naval task forces approaching Okinawa are on death by own action missions. Tokyo radio descriptions matched a carrier heavy force and another group with carriers and battleships, similar to American task forces cited in a FCC summary.
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San Francisco
Blue Network
Melbourne
Okinawa
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Comei
Dictators Deaths Bring A Close Shave
In Salvador Bahia AP reports Alvaro Moreira de Oliveira, a hospital attendant, recalls losing a friend when Mussolini and Hitler died. He kept a beard as protest against Nazi barbarism after witnessing 1942 torpedoings off the Brazilian coast. With the announcements of their deaths, Oliveira has shaved again.
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Salvador
State of Bahia
Alvaro Moreira de Oliveira
Hitler
Oliveira
Radio Pamphlets Campaign on Japs in Pacific War
A June report details a two way American surrender campaign by radio and half a million pamphlets daily from Superforts aimed at Japan. Tokyo warns that such propaganda toppled Germany and Italy, while Saipan broadcasts stress that unconditional surrender does not enslave or exterminate Nipponese. The effort, tied to intensified Superfort raids and Truman’s call to surrender, draws a reaction from enemy propagandists. Sugar is noted as a key industrial alcohol in explosives.
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Guam
Tokyo
Germany
Italy
Office of War Information
Saipan
Truman
Eisenhower outlines vast army education program
General Eisenhower announced a broad program to assist returning soldiers by offering study and training in unit schools, civilian institutions, army university centers, vocational schools, and correspondence courses. He said participation is voluntary, will not delay redeployment, and aims to prepare soldiers for civilian life.
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Paris
Eisenhower
United States
Army
Tiny Village Invasion Center Built For Britain War
AP reports a quiet French village near Vregny was prepared as a German invasion center for Britain. A vast 35 by 45 mile fortified area was abandoned after Allied advance, with Himmler headquarters at an old chateau and camouflaged shelters and pools used by GIs.
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Vregny
France
Axis
Germany
Britain
Hitler
U.S
Heinrich Himmler
John Steiner
Penn St
Huntingdon
Himmler
The
G.i.’S
Ramsgate Opens Tunnel Hotel With Bargain Bunks
Room service in Ramsgate introduces a tunnel hotel offering adult visitors a bunk and blankets in a two or three bunk cubicle with hot and cold water for 56 cents. The odd venture plans to repurpose an unused railway tunnel as the new lodging space.
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Ramsgate
England
Required Permission In World War I
In World War I no American soldier who died overseas was buried abroad without the express consent of his next of kin. The policy ensured that final resting places remained with families whenever possible, reflecting the era’s emphasis on family wishes in wartime casualties.
Army Pilot Back With Wife Who Married Ensign
Lt. Harold W. Goad returned to Portsmouth Ohio with his wife Helen after the War Department announced he was not dead. The 27 year old officer endured 18 months in a Japanese prison camp near Rangoon. Helen, 23, had married Ens. Robert A. MacDowell last December in Long Beach California. Details of the legalities of her second marriage were not discussed.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Harold W. Goad
Navy
War Department
Rangoon
Helen
Long Beach
Calif
Ens
Robert A. MacDowell
Lt. Goad
Warns Against Farm Loans Debacle of 32 in Missouri
The piece cautions Missourians against repeating the 1932 34 farm loan disaster while noting gains from a smarter appraisal system and stronger farmer finances. It stresses that agriculture must remain prosperous and warns against selling Missouri short as land values stay high.
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Missouri
Okinawa Battle Advances as Japanese Defenses Breached
Allied forces tighten grip on Okinawa as the Seventh Division pushes toward Naha after a bold south coast advance. Tokyo radio signals a grave situation while American units plant the flag on the southern shore, amid muddy relief and hastily abandoned Japanese positions.
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Kagusuku
Bay
Naha
Okinawa
Tokyo Radio
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo
Seventh Division
Chinen
Edward J L. Thomas
United Press
Dragonfly Folds Legs into Net During Flight
In flight the dragonfly folds its six spine fringed legs to form a net shape. This helps stabilize and capture air currents as it glides. The behavior showcases precise wing and leg coordination in aerial movement.
Mutual Radio Schedule June 4 1945 Across Day Parts
Radio log lists KWOS program lineup affiliated with Mutual for Monday June 4 1945 from 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM including Chick Carter Superman House of Mystery Tom Mix Fulton Lewis Jr Symphonic Swing Musical Sports Page Roddy Kilowatt sizing up the news Curt Massey Gabriel Heatter Real Stories from Real Life The Better Half Leave It To Mike Eddy Stone s Band George Barry s Band Mutual Reports the News Earl Roth s Band The Feeling Is Mutual Earl Roth s Band Mutual Reports the News Goodnight All. The following Tuesday June 5 1945 continues with Farm and Home Hour News Homespun Harmony Hall etc. Also notes insect fact about taste organs on legs.
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Chick Carter
Tom Mix
Fulton Lewis Jr
Roddy Kilowatt
Mutual
Curt Massey
Broadway
Bertram
Gabriel Heatter
Mike
Eddy Stone
George Barry
George Stearney
del Courtney
Earl Roth
Lanny
Ginger
William, Lang
Morton Downey
U. S. Marine Band
Lopez
Paula Stone
Phil ‘ Brito
Dick Brown
Anita Ellis
Cedric Foster
Griffin
Walter Compton
Superman
Tom
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Musical Sports Page
Frank Singiser
the News
Dave Elman
Parade of Sports
Chicago
Glenn Miller
Mutual Reports
Bob Strong
Buddy Franklin
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Arthur Gaeth
Elsa Maxwell
Merle Pitt
Madison
High & Main
Midni
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Vyoli
THES
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King OF the Royal Mounted
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DR. Wings
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Otto
Boots
Rodnen Roggles
Peculiar Grove
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Sikang
Rita
Wing
Wenner
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