Okinawa fighting shifts as U S Seventh Division drives south
Reports from Manila indicate a bold U S flanking push by the 7th division threatens to breach the southern Okinawa line. The 96th division seized Yonabaru, while the 7th advanced 1,000 yards south to command supply roads and heights near Shuti.
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Manila
Okinawa
Yonabaru
7Th
Shuti
Mindanao
Malaybalay
Luzon Island
Watebshed
Tarakan Island
Borneo
Therlands Indies
New Guinea
Cape Moem
Tasan
Wewak
Sakishima
Ryukyudai
Violent Storm Hits Quebec Ont Casualties Rescue
Two Three Rivers men believed drowned after their boat capsized while rescuing swimmers in the St. Lawrence river. Alfred Lemay and Georges Dannaud reached shore safely, while a severe thunderstorm caused extensive damage in western Quebec and disrupted communications with Ontario and the United States.
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Three Rivers
Quel
Alfred Lemay
Georges Dannaud
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Ontario
Canada
United States
Trieste Tension Eases as Settlement Nears
Trieste showed signs of calm as Western Allies and Marshal Tito moved toward a settlement. Field Marshal Alexander arrived, Lt. Gen. Freyberg hosted delegates, and inspections of New Zealand troops accompanied a reduction in Yugoslav patrols. Rome radio anticipated a communique on Trieste while Tito weighed the plan in principle.
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Trieste
Marshal Tito
Alexander
Adriatic
Bernard C. Freyberg
New Zealand
2Nd Corps
Mediterranean
Rome
Tito
London
W. J. Jordan
Jordan
Doenitz Arrest Leads to Disbanding of German Government
In Flensburg on May 23 Allied forces arrested Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz and ordered his Reich government disbanded. Col General Gustav Jodl and Admiral von Friedeberg, signers of the Reims capitulation, were also taken into custody, with von Friedeberg reportedly dying by his own hand. British tanks and ships patrolled the area as other high command figures faced possible 10 to 15 year sentences.
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Flensburg
Germany
Karl Doenitz
Hitler
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Gustav Jodl
von Friedeberg
Reims
Doenitz
Supreme Headquarters
Reuters
A.S.H
Patrua
11Th Armored Division
Dunkerque
Hitler Died in Mercy Killing Report Emerges
Reports from Russian intelligence to the supreme headquarters say Adolf Hitler died by mercy killing due to paralysis and pain in the last days of his life. An official quoted a general who said a physician injected him to end his life. Separate dispatches note Julius Streicher’s capture near Berchtesgaden by US forces, with Himmler and Ribbentrop still at large and Franz von Epp in custody.
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Flensburg
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Hitler
Streicher
Berchtesgaden
Julius Streicher
Jewbaiter
Bavarian Hills
United States
101St Airborne Division
Heinrich Himmler
Joachim Ribbentrop
Goering
Franz von Epp
Munich
Schloss Fischhorn
Zeller Zee
Plane held up in Toronto by high winds
The Royal Air Force polar Lancaster Aries, ready to depart Malton airport for Rivers Manitoba on the Yukon leg, was temporarily held up by strong winds delaying the flight.
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Toronto
Royal Air Force
Malton
Rivers, Man
Yukon
Forts Make Major Raid on Tokyo Forts
A large force of Superfortresses believed to exceed 400 bombed Tokyo with several thousand tons of incendiaries in the first major raid on the city in over a month. The Marianas based 20th Air Force announced the strike as planes return to base with details to follow. The April 15 raid burned a five mile area housing arsenals chemical plants and explosive factories. The fisheries industry normally yields about 762 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Justice Jackson Leaves for London to Aid Axis Trials
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief U S counsel in Axis war crimes prosecutions, departs for London to help set the groundwork for forthcoming trials, according to the War Department.
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London
Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
United States
War Department
Yanks Bomb Northbound Troop Trains in China
United States 14th Army Air Force planes attacked northbound enemy troop trains near Pengpu and Pengpu and Kaw trains were firebombed. Struck railyards at Hsuchow Kiangsu while Chinese forces pushed eastward toward Shaoyang as Japanese retreat continued in Hunan.
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Chungking
Shanghai
Manchuria
United States
14Th Army Airforce
Air Force
Pengpu
Anhwei
Pengpw
Peiping-Mankow
Hankow
Hsuchow
Kiangsu
Shaoyang
Payoang
Chihkiang
Air ferry to India to shuttle thousands ofBritish troops
The BBC announced that in a few months the RAF transport command will fly thousands of British troops to the south east Asia theatre. The men will reach India from the United Kingdom in four days and the record air ferry is expected to peak in October.
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New York
BBC
R.A.F. Transport Command
Southeast Asia
India
United Kingdom
Resignations of Key Cabinet Members Announced
President Truman announced the resignations of Agriculture Secretary Wickard Labor Secretary Perkins and Attorney General Biddle. Tom Clark to replace Biddle on June 30. Clinton Anderson to become Agriculture Secretary and head the War Food Administration. Frances Perkins to be succeeded by Lewis Schweenbach on June 30. Marvin Jones resigns as War Food Administrator returning to the Court of Claims.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture and Labor
Marvin Jones
Biddle
Tom Clark
Texas
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Rural Electrification
Clinton Anderson
N.M
Can
House of Representatives Food Committee
Lewis JG. Schweenbach
United States
Frances Perkins
Anderson
Jones
Court of Claims
Churchill resigns as Britain forms new government
Prime Minister Churchill resigns and King George VI asks him to form a new administration. Parliament to be dissolved June 15 with a general election expected July 5. Labour ministers refuse to serve until elections. Five British delegates at the world security conference resign, leaving Earl of Halifax as lone unresigned representative.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Knng
Labor Party
10 Downing Street
Ministry of Information
San Francisco
Earl of Halifax
United Kingdom
Earl Halifax
Eden
Washington
Viscount Cranborne
Dominion
Farrell Rumored Resignation Sparks Argentine Uncertainty
Unconfirmed reports from Argentine exiles claim President Edelmiro Farrell has resigned. They say the move is being kept secret as army leaders and officials discuss developments in Buenos Aires.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Edelmiro Farrell
Argentina
King on Last Lap of West Campaign Tour
Prime Minister Mackenzie King continued the western leg of his federal election tour, touring Prince Albert and Saskatoon before heading toward Winnipeg. He spoke briefly to crowds at Duck Lake and Rosthern, assured supporters he would work with the people again for five more years, and planned to address Winnipeg’s civic auditorium before leaving for Ottawa. M J Coldwell accused Liberal and PC campaign managers of using re named socialism in Vancouver meetings as the campaign heats up for the June 11 vote.
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Saskatoon
Mackenzie King
Winnipeg
Prince Albert
W. E. Brunskill
King
Duck Lake
Rosthern
Canada
Civic Auditorium
Ottawa
Coldwell
M. J. Coldwell
C.cf
Vancouver
C.C.F
Canada must seek new export markets after war
Trade Minister James A. MacKinnon told a public meeting in Edmonton that Canada rose to the world’s second largest exporter during the war and must find new markets to stay prosperous. He, seeking re election in Edmonton West for June 11, urged maintaining trade channels if war supply flows halt and praised the built trade structure.
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Edmonton
James A. MacKinnon
Canada
MacKinnon
Edmonton West
Friendly Terms With Russia New Jap Note
Moscow observers doubt Tokyo declaring severed ties with Germany means Japan is on friendly terms with the Soviet Union. No Soviet comment yet, but diplomats view the claim as provocative and not reflective of current Soviet sentiment.
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Russia
Moscow
Tokyo
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Marshal Stalin
Hitler
Making Policies Laws of the Land in Minnedosa
Resources Minister Glen, Liberal candidate for Marquette, said in Minnedosa that his government is turning policies into law and will not act in a partisan fashion on issues greater than individuals or party. He stated the government is making its policies the laws of the land.
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Minnedosa
Man
Glen
Marquette
King George V Collides With Destroyer Off Irish Coast
London May 23 The 35000 ton British battleship King George V collided with the destroyer Punjabi off the west coast of Eire in May 1942. Only a handful of Punjabi’s 200 crew survived. Naval correspondent W A Crumley of the Daily Express reported no official announcement was ever made.
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London
Eire
W. A. Crumley
Daily Express
Crumley
Curacao
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