Planes Wrecked as Tokyo Fire Rages Under U S Raid
American B-29s, part of Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay's 21st Bomber Command, firebomb Tokyo in a pre-dawn raid that left a large swath of the city in ruins and raised the push to destroy Tokyo's war production. Reports say 11 bombers failed to return and fires burned for hours as crews described a sky illuminated by the blaze.
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Elmont Waite
Associated Press
UAM
Tokyo
Kawasaki
Radio Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Kyushu
Iwo Jima
Twentieth Air Force
Washington
Possiba
Romney Wheeler
London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Ernst von Hammer
Hitler
Oder
Neisse
Eberswalde
Austria
Czechoslovakia
East Prussia
Austrian Alps
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraiian
Graz
Fuerstenfeld
Feistritz
Danube
Linz
Moravia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Bruena
Brno
Horni Bojanovice
China Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Borneo
China
Shanghai
Saigon
Philippines
Formosan
Davao
Luzon
Baguio
Invasion of Ie Island Marks Okinawa Advance
Allied forces report the capture of Ie island off Okinawa with a three-strip airfield secured as U S carrier task forces strike Kyushu. Nimitz cites 1 674 enemy planes wiped out since March 18 and 9 108 Japanese troops killed on Okinawa.
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Ray Cronin
Associated Press
Okinawa
Doughboys
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Kyushu
Japan
Ryukyus
Ie Island
Motobu
Nimitz
Jury Completed For Rape Trial In Texas Tech Case
A 99th court jury was completed at 4 20 o'clock Monday afternoon for the rape trial of Alford Homer Keeton 22 a laundry deliveryman of 1312 Seventh Street Judge G V Pardue warned the panel against innocent misconduct and ordered proceedings to start at 10 o'clock Monday Morning Ruth Jameson 20 a Dumas girl and Texas Tech arts student alleged the assault occurred Feb 23 at a tourist camp but did not attend court She had facial injuries and was reported recovering Jurors were drawn from 34 veniremen with 46 reporting out of 100 summoned each side exercised eight of 15 challenges خلال
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Alford Homer Keeton
G. V. Pardue
Ruth Jameson
Dumas
Texas Tech
Keeton
Burton S. Burks
Burks
M. H. Adkisson
Lubbock
W. J. Rogers
Ninth
W. L. Hale
West Texas Gas Companyubbock
Arnett
Truman To Broadcast To Forces And Public Tonight
President Truman will address the armed forces and the public at 9 p.m. Central War Time, a brief five to six minute speech. Col. Harry Vaughan said the talk would be short and snappy and will reach troops on every front. Networks will carry it and it will be recorded for rebroadcast at suitable hours for distant listeners.
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Truman
Washington
Harry Vaughan
Vitamin Bingo and the Beets Cabbage Carrot Debate
A War Food Administration push urges Americans to join a vitamin jag amid ample beets carrots and cabbage. Amarillo WFA agent Dan L Boyd warns of waste if purchases lag while Governor Stevenson proclaims Beets and cabbage week. The piece surveys public attitudes with humor and odd trivia about carrots.
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Randall Abernethy
Avalanche
TET
War Food Administration
Dan L. Boyd
Amarillo
WFA
Boyd
Texas
Stevenson
Junction
Hunger Riots in Berlin Rise Under Starvation
Berlin reporters describe daily hunger protests in the capital’s north and east as mothers storm bakeries and bread wagons. The unrest, growing after Allied bombing and food shortages, signals a possible hunger rebellion, with pockets of resistance expected around Berchtesgaden and other Nazi strongholds.
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Olle Ollen
Associated Press
Stockholm
Berlin
Alexanderplatz
Copenhagen
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Truman Pleads For Full Support In Carrying Out Roosevelt Plans
President Truman urged Congress and the nation to back his efforts to fulfill Roosevelt era war and peace aims. He warned there would be no terms short of unconditional surrender for the Axis and declared no war criminal would evade punishment.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Tom Reedy
Associated Press
Washington
President Truman
Congress
All Americans
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
I Berchtesgaden
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
D-Tex
House
Gromyko
White House
Stettinius
Anthony Eden
War Casualties Today From European and Pacific Actions
Official casualty releases list dead and wounded from World War II era actions. Names include Melvin C. Barron Snyder killed in action in European area. T. C. Bills Route 2 Snyder killed in action. George W. Burchell Jr. Route 3 Brownfield killed in action. Paul W. Blackwell Route 2 Littlefield wounded. Howard F. Settles Seminole wounded in Pacific. Clarence L. Anderson Levelland wounded. Roy W. Karr Crosbyton wounded. Charles L. Tapley Star Route 2 listed with page reference.
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Melvin C. Barron
Otis E. Barron
Snyder
T. C. Bills
Lela D. Bills
Pfe
George W. Burchell, Jr
Jackie D. Burchell
D. J. Watts
Brownfield
Paul W. Blackwell
Marion Blackwell
Littlefield
Howard F. Settles
Mary G. Settles
Clarence L. Anderson
William T. Anderson
Route 5
Levelland
Roy W. Karr
Pauline E. Karr
Crosbyton
Charles L. Tapley
Charlie G. Tapley
Escaped Prisoners Caught in Colorado
Pueblo officers announced the arrest of Charles Garton and R L Freeman fugitives from the New Mexico state penitentiary at Santa Fe. They said the pair were serving sentences for armed robbery and had previously been imprisoned in Texas and New Hampshire.
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Colorado Pueblo
Colo
Charles Garton
R. L. Freeman
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Santa Fe
Dewey Roberts
John Koman
Texas
New Hampshire
Private Citizens Urged to Fly Flags at Half Staff
A State department official suggested private citizens may honor the late President Roosevelt by flying flags at half staff for 30 days. Public buildings will keep flags at half staff until after Monday, May 14, while no official private guidance was issued.
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Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Truman
Soldier dies of burns at Camp Wolters incident
Staff Sgt. Jack Holt aged 26 from Frederick Oklahoma died from burns suffered while using gasoline to clean his car at Camp Wolters station hospital. He died yesterday and the incident occurred at the facility.
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Burns Mineral Wells
Jack Holt
Frederick
Okla
Camp Wolters
Immigrants Sentenced In Laredo Deportation Case
Federal Judge Allan B. Hannay sentenced 67 people to 90 days in jail suspended for five years after guilty pleas to violating U S immigration laws by illegal entry. All were ordered deported immediately to Mexico. The ad notes a diamond ring promotion from King s Jewelry.
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Laredo
Allan B. Hannay
U. S
United States
Mexico
Last Battle Launched in Italy by Allied Forces
In Italy an offensive described as the war's last battle was launched with American Fifth Army joining the British Eighth Army. 1,233 U.S. bombers pounded targets near Bologna as 25,000 bombs fell. amid heavy mountain fighting, units including the 34th Infantry Division marked their 500th day in the line.
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Maurice Moran
Associated Press
Rome
Harold L. Alexander
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Italy
U. S
15Th Air Force
Bologna
Clark
Alexander
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army Group
Avaria
Bologna-Florence
Monte Ramici
Monte Adone
Ravenna Valley
Melvin M. Smith
Waco
Tex
Furcoli
10Th Mountain Division
Marshal Alexander
Monte Pienna
Monte Sette Crocci
Casigno
Vergato
Apennines
34Th Infantry Division
President Truman Remembered as Affable Humble Missouri Son
Reporters in Washington describe Harry S Truman as affable modest and humble a Missouri farmer by birth raised near Kansas City born May 8 1884 in Lamar Barton County He chaired the Senate committee on National Defense Program in 1941 evaluated defense spending and earned a reputation for blunt scrutiny.
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James D. White
Associated Press
Ashington
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Jackson County
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Lamar
Barton County
White House
Senate
Washington
Senate Committee
Mr. Truman
Harry Truman
Strategic Air War At End Says Spaatz
General Spaatz declares the strategic air war against Germany ended in victory and US heavy bombers to shift to tactical missions. About 6 000 Allied planes joined the daylight assault as the Luftwaffe faced crippling losses and Berlin reports continued air activity.
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Spaatz
Charles. Chamberlain
Associated Press
Ee Eon
Carl A. Spaatz
Germany
U. S
Man Radio
Achtung” Service
Berlin
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Britain
Pilsen-Prague
Cosposlovakis
Eighth Air Force
Tactical Air Forces
Roosevelt Will Is Filed Monday in New York
The will of Franklin D. Roosevelt filed in Dutchess county on April 16 allows Mrs. Roosevelt to select any personal property for life. The five children may each choose one fifth of the residue. Unallocated property may be given to the United States for display at the Roosevelt library or Hyde Park main house. Executors include Col. James Roosevelt and other trustees. the estate value is undetermined.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Surrogate’s Court
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John C. Farber
O'Connor and
Georgia
Warm Springs Foundation
United States
Roosevelt Main House
Hyde Park
Weather notes for West Texas and New Mexico
West Texas forecasts show fair conditions with a slight rise in temperatures by Tuesday and Tuesday’s warmth continuing into Wednesday. New Mexico expects partly cloudy skies with snow flurries in the northern mountains Tuesday and Wednesday’s calm weather with no major temperature changes. Observations from the West company record mixed readings across times, including early morning lows and afternoon highs.
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West Texas
New
Mexico
West Company
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