Final Battle for Okinaw? Russia Concedes on Veto Question
Canadian Press report from San Francisco notes Soviet willingness to relax a strict Big Five veto interpretation at the United Nations conference. Delegates moved to a working plan after Moscow agreed to an outside range veto concession to restore harmony and speed up the talks.
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Russia
C. R. Blackburn
San Francisco
Yalta
Stettinius
Moscow
Associated Press
Stalin
Truman
Arab League warns force with force over Levant crisis
Cairo reports the Arab League council vows to resist French aggression and calls for immediate evacuation of French troops from Syria and Lebanon. The communique blames France for attacks on Syria and notes tensions could hinder the war effort against Japan.
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Cairo
Council
Arab League
France
Levant
Syria
Lebanon
Japan
Britain
United States
Russia
China
Return of 2000 more service personnel lands in Halifax
Another 2000 repatriates arrive in Halifax aboard dlendam docking today, bringing total returning service personnel to 6000 in two days. Among arrivals are over 1000 army personnel, many repatriated POWs from Dieppe, plus navy veterans, merchant seamen, Newfoundlanders, nurses and RAF trainees. Security kept homecoming subdued despite the long awaited event.
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Dlendam
Halifax
Dieppe
R.A.F
Aten June
Japanese infiltrators killed near Naha find
On Okinawa June 8 two Japanese women were among a group killed while trying to infiltrate Marine lines south of Naha. Their bodies were found with seven Nipponese soldiers at the Marine positions. The women were armed with hand grenades but had no rifles.
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U.S
10Th Army
Okinawa
Naha
Naha-Shuri-Yonapara
Oroku Peninsula
Ontario premier sets first session within a month
Premier Drew of Ontario announces the new legislature will convene within a month and a summer session will follow in the fall to handle money bills. He notes the Progressive Conservative victory with 67 of 90 seats and that unfinished business from the last session includes the budget subsidies for hogs and cheese expiring March 31.
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Toronto
Drew
Ontario
Kenora Still In Doubtful Column
In Ontario's 90 seat legislature CP reports CCF gains from six to seven with George Harvey reelected in Sault Ste Marie after 138 polls. PC majority loses one seat. Kenora remains doubtful as PC lead narrows on final civilian returns.
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Toronto
C.C.P
Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
George Harvey
C.C.F
Harvey
W.J. M. McMteken
Died in Arson Attempt Near Doukhobor Country
Mrs. Mary Nazoroff of Krestova British Columbia died in hospital from burns suffered when two unidentified attackers threw flammable liquid on her. Her husband Kuzman Nazoroff survived severe burns while trying to beat out the flames. Police investigate the arson attempt in the Doukhobor region.
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Nelson
B.C
Mary Nazoroff
Krestova
Nazoroff
Kuzman Nazoroff
British Columbia
Japs Withdraw From Strong Posts In Burma Front
The Japanese troops in southern Burma moved back from fortified positions at Milestone 18 on the Toungoo Manchi road toward Thailand. British 14th Army advances pushed along escape routes toward the Shan hills and neared 60 miles from the Thailand border. Allied patrols entered three villages northwest of Kalaw, abandoned by the Japanese.
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Calcutta
Burma
Toungoo-Manchi
Thailand
Southeast Asia
14Th
Shan
Quakers Condemn Bombing of Japan as Iniquitous
The Society of Friends peace committee denounces the bombing of Japan as iniquitous. The statement says it degrades western civilization and may impose western military power and a Christian nations standard on the Japanese people.
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London
Reuters
Japan
Peace Committee of
The
Society of Friends
Non-Fraternization Rules Shape Canadian Troops in Germany
Canadian soldiers in Germany largely accept the non-fraternization law as a necessary policy. Some feel it unnecessary, but most adhere to it under threat of up to seven years in prison. Food is plentiful. the 2nd division is near Wilhelmshaven with soldiers in ordinary beds, unlike Holland where celebrations are common.
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Allan Nickleson
Germany
Holland
Wilhelmshaven
Court Eyes Riot Pictures From V E Day Hearings
Halifax hearings reopen as amateur motion pictures of V E Day rioting may be shown. Rankin of the Halifax Herald testifies about being at Keith's brewery with civilians and servicemen carrying off beer on V E Day.
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Halifax
R. J. Rankin
Halifax Herald
Parties stress platforms in speeches across Canada
Canadian press reports wartime issues fade as the election campaign nears its end with speeches emphasizing party platforms. John Bracken in Chatham urges Canada to mature and cement ties with the United States without joining pan-American power blocs while advocating unity and domestic prosperity. George McCullagh says capitalism must be refined to combat communism. M. J. Coldwell of the CCF pushes a national food policy aimed at annual farm exports valued at 680 million dollars.
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Canada
Chatham
Ont
John Bracken
National Progressive
George McCullagh
Toronto Globe and Mail
Neepawa,Man
Bracken
C.C.F
M. J. Coldwell
Brandon
Man
Vancouver police probe theft of $2000 in hundred-dollar bills
Police investigate a report that $2000 in $100 bills was stolen from Tomiki, a shoe repairer. He said he withdrew the money from the bank, returned home, stored it in a coat in a cupboard at the shop’s rear, and later found it missing.
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Dtene
Vancouver
Tomiki
Judge J A Jackson Resigns From Lethbridge District Bench
LETHBRIDGE June 8 CP Judge J A Jackson announces resignation effective July 1 and sends the letter to Justice Minister St Laurent in Ottawa from Calgary where he attends a judges conference. A 32 year Lethbridge resident in poor health, he will retire to Vancouver. Born 1875 in Edmondville Ontario, he helped found western sports and led the Canadian Amateur Athletic Union.
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Lethbridge
J. A. Jackson
Lethridge
St. Laurent
Ottawa
Jackson
Calgary
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
Edmondville
Huron County
Ont
University of Toronto
Osgoodo Hall
Toronto, Mail and Empire
Canadian Amateur Athletic Union
Canada
Horace Harvey
Alberta
Brown
Saskatchewan
Ponoda
Alta
Trieste settlement expected under Anglo American control
British foreign office sources said an agreement with Marshal Tito would sign tomorrow placing Trieste and all communications with Austria under an Anglo American military government. The Belgrade accord aims to end a long threatening dispute as Yugoslav troops withdraw from the Adriatic port.
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London
Foreign Office
Marshal Tito
Trieste
Austria
Belgrade
Adriatic
Germany
Americans Prepare To Blast Japs Out Of Their Foxholes
American troops surge into the final Okinawa battle with hand to hand combat likely and flame throwing tanks anticipated. In Luzon Bayombong falls as forces push toward last stand Japanese in the Cagayan valley while Okinawa casualties rise past 66 thousand with large entrenched Japanese remnants. Tokyo radios mix signals about the battle's significance as the conflict continues.
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Manila
Okinawa
Japan
Luzon Island
Philippines
Cagayan Valley
Bayombong
Guam
Tokyo Radio
Japanese Fire On Australians At Truce On Bougainville
Australian 3rd division forces crossed the Peperu river in southern Bougainville after heavy air strikes and artillery. The Buin road advance from Hongari and Pororei rivers progresses amid stiff Japanese resistance. No casualties reported after Japanese 75 mm shelling timed with truce.
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Melbourne
Australia
Tarakan Island
Army Department
Peperu
Bougainville Island
Buin Road
Hongari
Pororei
Zebra Sinks Two Japanese Ships in Convoy Encounter
U S S Zebra surfaced in the South China Sea amid a Japanese convoy and for a time sailed with two ships on each side and one astern. The submarine then attacked and sank two convoy vessels. The Zebra’s true identity remains a navy secret.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S.S
South China Sea
Italian Premier Bonomi to Stay On Amid Cabinet Deadlock
Rome reports Prime Minister Ivanoe Bonomi agreed to remain in office at a cabinet request while the liberation committee seeks a successor. The six-party group remains deadlocked with Communists, Socialists and Actionists opposing Bonomi and possibilities including Pietro Nenni and Alcide de Gasperi discussed.
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Rome
Ivanoe
Bonomi
Council of
Committee of Liberation
Italy
Committece
Pietro Nenni
Christian Democrat
Alcide de Gasperi
Bonomis
Far East air force claims heavy 1944 air and shipping raid
The 5th bomber command of the Far East air forces destroyed or damaged 1,584 Japanese planes and 518,750 tons of shipping during 1944 at a cost of 358 planes.
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Washington
5Th Bomber Command
Far East
Chinese Battle to Retake Liuchow City Amid New Offensive
Chinese high command said forces fought into Liuchow's northern suburbs and appeared to recapture the former US airbase site in Kwangsi. An army spokesman warned Kweilin could fall next as about 200000 Japanese troops in Burma and neighboring regions were said to be cut off by the Chinese drive. The report tempered earlier claims Liuchow had already fallen and noted heavy Japanese defense around the base as the battle for the city intensified.
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Chungking
High Command
Burma
Thailand
Indo-China
Malaya
Kwangsi
Liuchow
Urges Stronger Action in Japan
San Francisco June 8 The Japanese government controlled Domei agency urged rule by imperial decree without Diet approval. Premier Kantaro Suzuki's cabinet, in two months tenure, faced intensified enemy air raids and calls for stronger measures in munitions, transport, communications, and rehabilitation of war-ravaged areas.
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San Francisco
Domein Agency
Japan
Diet
Kantaro Suzuki
Domei
Suzuki
King George to preside over Isle of Man Tynwald
King George as Lord of Mann will preside over the Isle of Man’s ancient Tynwald parliament for the first time since 1423 during a July 3 to 6 visit with Queen. It will mark the first sovereign welcome since 1920 and is held at Tynwald Hill in St Johns.
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ST. Johns
Isle of Man
Reuters
George
George V
Tynwald Hill
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Treacherous Japs Shell Aussie Group
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