Syria Faults France Over Levant Crisis Leader Says
Syrian Foreign Minister Jamil Mardam Bey says France instigated trouble in the Levant and offers full cooperation to any international inquiry. He asserts Syrians fired only in self defense, criticizes De Gaulle, praises British mediation, and notes no reprisals against French nationals while seeking an equal, just solution.
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Damascus
Reuter
Jamil Mardam Bey
Charles de Gaulle
Levant
Syria
de Gaulle
France
Mardam Bey
Seven Counterfeiters Convicted In Naples
An Allied Military Court sentenced seven of eight Italian civilians to prison terms from 2 to 15 years for counterfeiting, bringing total convictions to 22 in three weeks. The ring operated a printing plant from a northern hideout, using a Via Roma hosiery shop as a front, with 4,308 forged 1,000-lire notes seized.
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Naples
Roma
Criminal Investigation Division
Michele Squillace
CIP
Giuseppe Chirico
Explosions Kill 15 at MP Headquarters in Bremen
Two blasts at the U S Military Police headquarters in Bremen kill 15 Americans and Germans and injure about 80. Maj Kennedy says delayed action bombs may be the cause. The building, once used by Nazi SS troops, was shattered, with smaller blasts likely from German ammunition stored on the ground floor.
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Lremen
Germany
U. S
Bremen
Associated Press
Mb. Russell Kennedy
Roosevelt’s Peace Plan FDR Policy Praised by Wallace
Secretary Wallace at New York dinner says Truman adheres to Roosevelt aim of permanent peace through world organization. He lauds the Good Neighbor Policy, friendship with Russia, and warns that peace requires both U S and Russia. He honors Roosevelt as guiding world citizen who foresaw global peace beyond nationalism.
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New York
Truman
Roosevelt
World Organization
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Churchman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Russia
United States
U. S
America
Okinawa Opens Bay to U S Ships as Battle Intensifies
Southern Okinawa advances open Nakagusuku Bay to American shipping while 3rd Fleet carrier air groups strike Kyushu airfields. American forces push from Yonabaru, isolate Chinen Peninsula, and near Nakagusuku shores as Halsey’s carriers strike Japanese aircraft. Tokyo relays death by own action threats, countered by Allied air power.
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Guam
Okinawa
Nakagusuku Bay
3Rd
Ryukyus
Kyushu
Chester W. Nimitz
Yonabaru
Chinen Peninsula
Nakagusuku
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
United Press
Japan
Halsey
Trail Of Axis Sally Grows Hot In North Italy
Overseas News Agency staff writer reports in Milan that Axis Sally, Rita Zucca, sought by Allied forces, remains elusive amid Nazi protection. Descriptions include appearance and past broadcasts as soldiers discuss the radio traitor long sought across northern Italy.
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Sally
Italy
June Frank
North
Milan
America
U. S
Axis Sally
Rita Zucca
Broadway
Switzerland
Koch Dies Today For Aiding Nazis At Rome Trial
In Rome on June 4 the High Court of Justice condemned Pietro Koch to death after a 20 minute trial. The 25 year old SS collaborator admitted many crimes including torture and the Ardeatine massacre list, while denying responsibility for Patriot deaths. Witnesses testified to police investigations backing the charges.
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Gino Bardi
Rome
High Court of Justice
Pietro Koch
Koch
Moroni
Palazzo Della Sapienza
Basilica of
St. Paul
Ardeatine
Italy
Florence
Morazani
Marottoli
Luchino Vis
Churchill attacks Labour and Liberal aims in election rally
London June 4 Winston Churchill opened the British election campaign by accusing Labourites of seeking a Gestapo like police state under socialism. He labeled the Socialist party abhorrent to freedom and warned Liberals against costly gains in the House of Commons, urging loyalty to a government of freedom and justice.
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London
Winston Churchill
BBC
House of Commons
Hag
Socialist Party
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