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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
1
A jury unable to agree on damages in a Bic damage suit after deliberation. The case involved multiple jurors and a hung verdict, with reports noting uncertainty over liability and potential damages totaling around 50,000.
Office of Price Administration announced today that price controls will be removed from air prices on June 6. In other news patrols in Okinawa report beheadings and raids by Japanese soldiers, with 38 natives killed and 15 wounded, as efforts appeared to incite uprising. In Asia Chinese troops have captured Pinyang and besieged Kiang, while in Europe Laval plans to surrender to French authorities. Britain advances Burma self government talks as India Burma secretary Amery notes gradual sovereignty tied to military developments.
In 1936 the Federal government issued Adjusted Compensation Bonds for World War I veterans. They mature on June 16 and stop bearing interest afterward. Lebanon postmaster Brian W. Smith urged holders to apply at the Lebanon post office for forms to apply to the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. Full value will be paid if forms are completed now.
France directs its forces in Syria to halt hostilities following a government order amid reports of heavy casualties in Damascus and Hama. The move, aligned with Prime Minister Churchill's push for peace, comes as Britain and the United States react to the development.
John W. Donaldson an 18 year old Seaman Apprentice joins the Navy V-12 program at DePauw University and will report to Annapolis June 30 for training. A Lebanon high grad Class of 1944, he played varsity basketball at DePauw before entering the program. Son of Lt Col Fred R Donaldson and Mrs Donaldson Country Club Park his father serves overseas and earned a Bronze Star with two Asiatic Pacific Battle Stars. His brother Frank is a medical student at Indiana University.
Indianapolis June 1 Up1 One guard was killed and three prisoners wounded in a $150,000 incendiary fire at Fort Benjamin Harrison Fifth Service Command. A statement under Maj James J Collins said the incident began with stoning and involved a disciplinary baracks. Nine barracks burned, cost listed at $206,005. The affair was planned as a punishment measure for infractions. Continued on Page Four.
Washington June 1 UP Vice-Admiral William W. Smith commander Service Force U S Pacific Fleet says ships must be geared for action and the Service Force spends millions daily on supplies and equipment. He calls for every American to support the Seventh War Loan to offset the outlay and keep the fleet ready.
President Truman told a news conference that a Big Three meeting will take place in the not distant future. He said he has been in daily contact with Prime Minister Churchill about the Levant crisis and that France ceased actions following a message Churchill sent to Gen. Charles de Gaulle. He expects the San Francisco conference to end within ten days and rejected plans for a Big Four or Big Five including France or China. Continued on page three.
United Press reports that through the year 1945 U.S. civilians will rely mainly on eggs fish and grain products with pork and beef shortages persisting. Chicken offers some relief but producers lack adequate manpower and beef supplies tighten as pork output falls about 30 percent. Milk dairy products vegetables and rice vary by area as shortages persist.
Partly cloudy and warm tonight with a few scattered thundershowers in the extreme north. Saturday will be fair with cooler conditions in the northwest portion during the afternoon.
Government orders cancellation of all lend-lease and foreign relief meat shipments for three months starting August 1. Soviets received £325 million total lend-lease, mainly canned Tushenka, with April to June allocations around £0.0?00, affecting Russia most. Only July to September exports go to U S armed forces. Officials call the move a grave disappointment to liberated peoples.
Mrs. Mary E. Litton received a telegram from son Cpl. Homer D. Litton stating he is now back in the United States after thirty four months overseas. He will arrive soon for furlough as several days away.
Albany reports that Republican presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey received an invitation to confer at the White House and was understood to have accepted the invitation. The message suggests he might decline the office if necessary, but the exact details are unclear.
Report from Praswisco notes June press timing as France presses for concessions from Syria and Lebanon. United Nations tensions frame the Levant crisis amid Big Five diplomacy. French seeks bilateral defense treaty exemptions as U.S. officials urge restraint and insist on collective action within the UN framework.
In Germany on June 1 a German doctor and his non commissioned officer assistant were active in a prisoner of war camp removing SS tattoos, described as a thriving business signs of the times amid wartime conditions.
Guam reports Osaka, Japan's largest industrial hub, engulfed in fire as 450 B 29s and 150 escort fighters bombed through overcast. Smoke rose five miles high, with docks and steel mills burning. Next phase targets Tokyo and Yokohama after wide destruction.
U S submarines in Japanese waters have sunk 14 more enemy ships including five combat vessels. The Salmon, under Cmdr Harley K Nauman, engaged four escort vessels after aiding another submarine. Dueling 50 yards from convoy, depth charges damaged Salmon then rain squall broke the battle. Salmon earns Presidential Unit Citation.
Mrs. Frank Wilhoite reports the American Legion Auxiliary collected 369.35 dollars from the sale of 2,800 poppies. The poppies were crafted by disabled veterans at Marion Veterans Hospital. Proceeds fund rehabilitation and child welfare work.
President Truman delivers a near nine thousand word message to Congress calling for total national backing of the war against Japan. He outlines a Pacific army potentially over 3.5 million, larger than Europe at its peak, and urges civilians to limit travel to ease domestic rail strain.
Chinese military spokesmen report over 28,000 Japanese killed wounded or captured in Western Hunan with 15 officers and 230 men taken prisoner. They forecast the Linchow to French Indo China corridor will be cleared in days. Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault halted the continental corridor severing, calling it a decisive setback for Japan.
Calcutta June 1 formation of the 12th New British Army announced to fight alongside the 14th in southeast Asia. Savage hand to hand fighting reported at the Kama escape bridgehead east of the Irrawaddy about 17 miles north of Prome with British troops killing more than 200 of the enemy in repeated attacks.
Guam June 1. The 16th Army reports the main Japanese defense line on Okinawa breached and two more Marine Divisions added to the offensive on the southern tip. Tokyo notes eight American divisions over 120,000 men pressing the southeast front as U S forces close in on Shuri area and Yonabaru. Pacfic Fleet says Japanese losses exceed 1,000 daily with 61,519 dead in 60 days and 1,083 captured. The last 1,000 Japanese defenders encircled near Shuri await imminent attack as American forces push toward Naha and Yonabaru.
New Yorker dispatch reports eleven Baptist Missionaries and a nine year old son were killed by Japanese forces in the Philippine hills on December 19 and 20, 1943. The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society confirmed the deaths, noting missions fled inland as Japanese invaded, forming a settlement to aid Filipinos.
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