Truman Signs Partial Return Of German Occupation To France
President Truman told French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault that the United States will relinquish part of its American zone in Germany to France. Details have been informal and are being formalized. Talks covered France’s role in postwar Europe and coordination for future defense and peace efforts.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Truman
United States
France
Clermany
Vel Rune Aaa
Aseien
Georges Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
Bidault Wan
Mr. Truman
Germany
Britain
Rene Pleven
Japan
Europe
M. Bidauly
White House
San Franciscn
Haonri Bonnet
Washington
Lawton High Seniors Graduate in Wartime Ceremony
Lawton high school closes its fourth wartime senior class with 152 graduates in a capacity auditorium ceremony. Salutatorian Patricia Gerke and valedictorian Mildred Anne Miller led a program featuring awards from Kiwanis, Daughters of the American Revolution, and American Legion, plus musical numbers and a pledge to face future challenges with faith.
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Lawton High — School
Patricia Gerke
Miss Gerke
Parente
Mildred Anne Miller
Board of Education
Derke
Miss Miller
Riwanis Clan
Bill Iwold
Ninth Graders Given Diplomas At Lawton High
Lawton high school auditorium Thursday saw 242 ninth grade graduates receive diplomas. John D. Shoemaker presided as Kiwanis and band honors were presented. Beth Becker and Mary Helen Pursley received valedictorian recognition, while Donald Torbert earned the American Legion Citizenship Award and Melda Williams received the Citizenship Award.
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Lawton High School
John D. Shoemaker
Prince
Kiwanis Club
Beth Becker
D. A. Becker
Arlington
Mary Helen Fursley
Cpl
B. L. Pursley
Leo
Boll
R. L. Gilbert
Kiwrnis Club
Donald Torbert
D. H. Austin
American Legion
Toby Morris
Melda Williama
R. M. Williams
Dearborn
Freed Lt Frank Sneed Reported by War Telegram
Lawton families gain news of Lt Frank C Steed liberation from Stalag Luft 3 near Berlin after more than a year as a prisoner of war. The telegram notes military control and marks the date not reported. Other families await word for two more imprisoned men in the same camp.
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War Department
Lawton Motes
Sneed
Frank C. Steed
Lawtonian
Frank S. Sneed
Frank
Stalag Luft 3
Berlin
Perry LeFors
Jerry Vv. LeFors
Jo Pickharde
Cherry
Woodrow L. Piekhardt
Germany
Jed Johnson Praises Truman In Chamber Address
Sixth district congressman Jed Johnson spoke to Chickasha Chamber of Commerce about Washington events and Truman’s leadership. He recalled Roosevelt’s death, San Francisco plans, and his long friendship with Truman, noting the president’s practical grasp of local problems. He hinted at an eventual federal judgeship seat and said he loves his job.
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Jed Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Miles Walv
Chickasha
Johnson
Congress
Iman
Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Congressman Johnson
San Francisco
Truman
Harry Truman
Chamber
Mr. Truman
Iaspuci
Jofinson
iSee
Okinawa Front Advances Across Naha Shuri Line
The Pacific Front Today reports Leatherneck patrols probing Naha ruins and Tenth Army units tightening around the Naha Shuri Yonobaru line. First Marines reach Want town near Shuri, Sixth Marines push a bridgehead at Asato estuary, Seventh Marines engage east of Shari as cavalry move toward Port Lae. Other units drive toward Santa Fe, Mindanao as operations continue across multiple pockets.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Naha
Tenth Army
Naha - Shuri - Yonobaru
Want Town
Shuri
Sixth Marines
Asato
Naha City
Sugar Loaf Hill
Ishimmi
Shari
Osth
Marines Press Toward Okinawa City Core
Army forces push toward central Okinawa as Japanese defenses in Shuri and Naha resist. Reports say marines of the Sixth Division breach toward Shuri while attempting to infiltrate positions and the capital’s outskirts. Tokyo broadcasts note a rising American fleet presence and more land based aircraft off Okinawa.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
Okinawa
Naha
Shuri
Radio
Tokyo
Marianas
Okinawas
Mainichi
Japan
Germany
Okinawan
Asalo
Nahi Ty Nut
Fritz Kuhn Deported Former Bund Leader
Fritz Kuhn, once head of the German-American Bund, was ordered deported as an undesirable alien by the Justice Department. The Board of Immigration Appeals issued the order. Kuhn, 49, born in Manheim, had been convicted in 1959 of grand larceny and forgery related to German American bond funds. He was paroled from Danshamar prison in New York, imprisoned as an enemy alien, and sent to Crystal City, Texas, on July 8, 1943.
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Washington
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
Germany
Justice Department
Board of Immigration Appeals
Amerigna
Crimany
Dansyemara
New York
Geaeneong Hull
Bui
Crystal City
Tex
Big Ben Survives Worst U S Navy Disaster Returns to Fight
The USS Franklin, a 27,000 ton Essex class carrier nicknamed Big Ben, suffered 341 dead 421 missing and 1,000 plus wounded in a catastrophic March 19 battle in the Pacific. After 12,000 miles under her own power she returns home battered and ready to fight again, with a fiery ruin behind her.
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Big Ben
Joseph Layler
United Press
Washington
U.S
Bors
Pacific
Japan
Long
Commission Studies Filing Charges For Nazi Doctors' Work
The United Nations War Crimes Commission weighs indicting leading German physicians and scientists over deaths in Nazi human vivisection and medical experiments on slave workers and political prisoners. Czech, Slovak, and Polish investigators join Gen. Eisenhower’s invitation to probe German medics. Notables named include Otto Skorzeny and Heinrich Himmler remains at large. evidence from Buchenwald camp underpins the case.
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United Press Stalf
London
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Otto Skorzeny
Muaster
Banko
Schmeling
Crete
Himmler
Len Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
London News-Chronicle
Luenberg
Second Army
B. Reker
Roder
Dr. Bernhardt 2 Mineister
Andigtments
Eaxpietet
Hajar
Buchenwald
Ab Buchenwald
Vets
Bond Total Rises But Falls Short of Seventh War Loan Target
Comanche county continues to underperform the $2 041 million Seventh war loan quota with $141 592 50 in sales and a 615 75 increase from Thursday. County Chairman W E Curlee Tomlinson credits hundreds canvassing the city and asks for continued home and work place efforts to boost purchases including E Bonds and Series bonds amid a home front drive. Fort Sill joins the effort encouraging soldiers to buy extra war bonds alongside regular payroll purchases.
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Comanche County
W. E
Curlee) Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Good Home
Washington
Qwar N. Bradley
Twelfth Army Group
Lawton
Lena
Fort Sill
Registered Ram Sale Scheduled in Lawton Oklahoma
Lawton hosts the Registered Ram Sale on Wednesday May 23 at the Lawton national agricultural barn. Lawton Chamber official Alvin Neumann announced twenty eight rams from four breeds including Dorset Hampshire and Southdown will be auctioned. consignor Col Connie Hill of Lawton will oversee. Ram breeding status guarantees are offered with returns allowed if animals fail to breed. buyer pays expenses if the breeder proves.
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Comanche County
Lawton
Hlaxpats Borvbip
Ood
Lawlon Vounional Agricultuent
Alvin Neumann
Retary
Sp. Om
Ley’s Final Resolve as Hitler Ends Reich Strength Through Joy Leader
Ley, once a head of the strength through joy movement, told his American captors in Germany he sees no more meaning without Hitler and asked to be shot. He maintained loyalty to the Nazi cause though his health failed, showing no signs of wavering.
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Ley
Sixth U
Army Grolp
Germany
Masi
Robert
Rnplord
Hitler
Cios
Loyomer
Victory Ratio Against Japanese Climbs in Three Months
Washington reports naval air and mine avvitors achieved a rising victory ratio against Japanese craft. In the three months ending May the force claimed at least 282 Japanese aircraft while losing 188, raising the war tally to 14 501 to 2 070 overall a 6 0 to 1 advantage. Earlier the ratio stood at 52 to 1.
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Washington
Navy
Muarize Avaitocs
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