United States Pushes Western Hemisphere Defense Pact
Secretary Stettinius announces a plan to invite American republics to join a mutual defense treaty under a world peacekeeping organization. The charter amendment would preserve self defense rights if the world security council fails to act, while future treaties would operate under the international league. Uncertainty remains about Big Five support, especially Moscow.
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Jack
Mpparens Ssepsen Stettinius
World Organization
International League
New League
Security Council of the World Organization
Council
Security Council
Russia
Moscow
Savage Mindanao Fight Signs 24th Division Pushing Japs
American troops in Mindanao engage near Davao city with brutal close combat as Bayonet and hand to hand fighting intensifies. Two U S soldiers reportedly drowned Japanese troops by holding their heads under water in the Talamo and Davao rivers amid a wider 24th Division advance toward Bu kidnon province and Macalajar bay. Mindanao is described as largely liberated with populations and cities named including Zamboanga and Davao.
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Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Anila
Davao City
Mindanao
Davao
Talamo
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Zamboanga
del Monte
Davao Gulf
24Th
Leyte
Victory
Woodruff
MacArthur
Bukidnon
40Th
Macalajar Bay
Carrier Raids Hit Japanese Airfields In Kyushu Shikoku Sweep
Associated Press reports from May 16 describe carrier planes hammering Nippon homeland airfields and destroying or damaging 357 enemy planes in a raid spanning Saturday to Monday. Admiral Nimitz says fierce ground fighting continued on Okinawa as Japanese counterattacks were repulsed near Shuri. The operation, part of a three day strike, targeted Kyushu and Shikoku airfields with hits on railroad yards, oil trains, and aviation facilities, while Nagoya suffered heavy fire from a large Marianas fleet.
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Leif Erickson
Associated Press
UAM
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Okinawa
Jae Rinse Restan
Speererwmaeast
22Nd Marine Regiment
Eniwetok
Orote Peninsula
77Th Divisions
Fortress Shuri
Kyushu
Shikoku
Indio Tokyo
U. S
Marc A. Mitscher
Saeki
Oita
3Yakonojo
Kikuchi
Ashiya
Ganosu
Kofuji
USA
Izumi
Terrai
Chiran
Omura
Hitoyoshi
Kochi
Matsuyama
Kokubu
Kanoya
Kagoshima
Nea
Nagoya
Honeshu
Carerier
Sakishima
Kume Island
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Amami Group
Ryukyus
Naha
Sixth Marine Division
Takamotoji
Big powers tighten control of council in world peace talks
Great powers appear to clinch control of a projected world organization for peace as small nations lose three signifi cant test votes in the United Nations. The report notes mounting momentum toward a core decision and plans for future meetings as nations weigh the balance of power.
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Big Powers
Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
San Francisco
Great Powers
World Organization For Peace
United Na
Vinson Steps Into Meat Control Fuss
Washington officials report President Truman directed action in the Capitol Hill OPA meat price controls dispute. Senate Agriculture Committee released a critical plan urging subsidies to cattle feeding, better hog prices, removal of price controls when supply suffices, and creation of a supreme food administrator to oversee OPA and War Food Administration.
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William T. Peacock
Associated Press
Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Truman
Congressional
Vinson
OPA
Senate
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lucas
D- Ll
Ellender
D-L
Weather Pranks Sweep South Plains With Cold Rain and Snow
Unseasonably cold weather brought rain hail and a snow flurry to the South Plains on Tuesday. Lubbock received .29 inch of rain, Abernathy Slaton Leveland and Littlefield had light showers, muleshees saw heavy rainfall, while temperatures fell to 41. Forecasters predicted warmer weather but issued no substantial moisture. A separate brief notes a post season cold spell and a labor leader surrender in New York.
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South Plains
Lorenzo
Lubbock
Muleshees
Abernathy
Slaton
Levelland
Littlefield
Panhandle
Quisling Hearing Delayed Indefinitely Amid Worries
Vidkun Quisling's preliminary hearing scheduled for yesterday in Oslo has been postponed indefinitely. Sources say Quisling stays in a cell demanding treatment commensurate with his position as his fortunes shift between weeping and anxiety.
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Vidkun Quisling
Oslo
Norway
Quisling
Japan Munitions Minister appeals for faster aircraft output
May 15 in San Francisco reported by Domei and FCC dispatch. Admiral Teijiro Toyoda urged an immediate boost in aircraft production, calling for urgent expansion of wartime output.
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Togo
San Francisco
Japan
Adm
Teijiro Toyoda
Domei
FCC
Return to England as Allied prisoners leave Germany
Approximately 7,500 liberated Allied prisoners of war were flown out of Germany today. The U.S. Eighth Air Force carried 3,000 in 100 Flying Fortresses, while 4,500 rode in RAF Lancasters.
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England
London
Germany
U. S
Eighth Air Force
U-805 Surrenders in Portsmouth First surrender of a U boat here
The German submarine U-805 surrendered in Portsmouth New Hampshire marking the second U boat to surrender in a US port. The crew of seven officers and 47 enlisted men were brought ashore after an intact vessel was examined and the surrender completed amid weather delays.
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U. S
Germany
Sub
Cape May
N. J
Britain
Canada
Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Sailoe
Richard Varnardelli
Varnardelli
Swinemunze
Navy Yard
Nein
Varnardelli — Ingerman
War Casualties Tonight Official Lists Wounded and Missing
The official casualty release lists multiple service members wounded in the European and Pacific theaters, including Pie J T Ellis USMCR and Pvt Tom H Davis US Army. Also noted is missing Pte Albert Lorenz and news that Lt T J Stilbert, captive since 1944, has been freed from Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany.
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Tom H. Davis
U.S. Army
Maggie Davis
Ave. B. Lubbock
Pte
Albert
Lorens
Martha M. Lorenz
T. J. Stilbert
Earlaine Stilbert
Berlin
Stalag 7A
Moosburg
Germany
Stilbert
Red Cross
Truman Hopes For Early Big 3 Meet
President Truman expressed hope for an early Big Three meeting with Churchill and Stalin to discuss the coming peace program. He did not specify time or place and noted no immediate plan, adding talks with Eden about prospects and emphasizing conditions for postwar terms.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Eden
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
San Francisco
War Production Board dampens civilian goods hopes
Washington May 15 The War Production Board says materials will be insufficient for mass civilian production until after September. J A Krug, in his first news conference since V E day, says the WPB will stay in business to safeguard the war program and civilian economy. He proposes a one week summer vacation for war workers and notes over 200 B 29 bombers are built monthly with 2,000 delivered, while armament cutbacks are smaller than expected and consumer item manufacturing will be revved up before July 1 with substantial production in July August and September.
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Washington
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
WPB
Krug
Japan
Nagoya
Knockout In Italy Done Under Handicap
Gen. Mark W. Clark praised the Italian campaign for achieving victory with no reserves and limited ground superiority while presenting the U S Legion of Merit to Maj Gen W H E Poole commander of the Sixth South African Armored division in Rome on May 15 1944.
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Italy
Rome
Mark W. Clark
W. H. E. Poole
Two Brothers Die Within Hours in Midland
Basil Mims 63 was found dead at his home after his brother Percy Mims 53 who died earlier of heart disease. Percy, an insurance man, led Midland school board and belonged to the Baptist church and Rotary club. Basil lived alone near Percy’s home.
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Midland
Basil Mims
Percy Mims
The
Baptist Church, Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
BalticStates Demand Clarity On New World Organization
The American Lithuanian mission told Secretary of State Stettin ous that the Baltic states' position in the new world organization must be clarified. The note was sent from San Francisco on May 15 and reflects concerns over regional status and recognition.
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San Francisco
Stettinous
New World Organization
War Surpluses To Be Shifted Across The Pacific
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS Paris May 1 Brig Gen Morris W Gilland deputy chief of staff for supply outlines redeployment of American war material from Europe to the Pacific theatre. The plan shifts equipment and supplies as troops move, with most items shipped directly to the Pacific. Europe ends with over 5.5 million tons of cargo including 700000 tons of ammunition and a million items from locomotives to watch tools.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Paris
Europe
Pacific
Morris W. Gilland
European
Gilland
United States
European wanderers repatriated swiftly as Army shifts task
The Ninth Army has repatriated about 120000 French Dutch Belgian and Luxembourger displaced people from east of the Rhine in recent days with an average of 16000 nightly. Western Europeans lead the flow while eastern and southern Europeans await transfer pending Soviet routes.
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Europe
Dixon Associated Press
Germany
Ninth Army
Rhine
George Morgan
Durham
N. C
Capt. Morgan
Chinese Fight Heavy In Foochow Seaport As Japs Suffer Losses
Chinese high command reports continued heavy casualties on both sides in Foochow coastal fighting after recapturing Chenghsien and Sinchang. In Hunan, Japanese drives are stalled with two regimental commanders killed and their 109th regiment decimated. US 14th Air Force claims over 1,100 Japanese troops killed across Hunan Honan and Hubei.
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Foochow
Chungking
Tierce
Chenghsien
Chekiang Province
Fukien
Shanghai
Sinchang
Hunan
Chihkiang
Kaosha
Paoching
Shanmen
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Europa Okay But Bremen Is Total Loss In Allied Report
SHAEF announced the German liner Europa is in relatively good condition while the Bremen is a total loss. At Kiel, German sabotage left the Hipper cruiser sabotaged and the Emden stranded and burned. A dozen submarines were scuttled and a large haul of ships and small craft, including submarines and minesweepers, was reported.
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Europa
Bremen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
SHAEF
Kiel
Hipper
Emden
House approves postal pay raise with one dissenting vote
The House passed legislation increasing postal employee pay with only one member dissenting, sending the bill to the Senate. President Truman signed a securities act amendment permitting exemptions up to 300000 dollars, while unrelated ad copy mentions a 17-piece Fireking ovenware set retailing at 2.00.
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House
Washington
May
Senate
Truman
Japan Cut Loose From Axis Pact
SAN FRANCISCO May 15 Japan cut loose from Germany and other European nations denouncing all treaties including the tripartite pact. The cabinet acted with civil approval and informed Heinrich Stahmer the German ambassador, as broadcasts from Domei and Radio Tokyo relayed the decision.
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San Francisco
Japan
Germany
Radio Tokyo
Shigenori Togo
Heinrich Stahmer
Domei
FCC
Toge
Jiro Minami
Weather summary for West Texas and New Mexico
West Texas shows mostly cloudy to partly clear skies with a few frontal showers in the area and warmer temperatures. New Mexico reports partly cloudy conditions with light scattered showers over mountains and warmer eastern portions through Wednesday and Thursday.
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New Mexico
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