Chinese counteroffensive nears Liuchow and Packing in China
High Command reports Chinese forces drive toward Liuchow within 28 miles and Packing within five miles, advancing along the Nanning Liuchow and Canton Hankow corridors. Japanese rail lines disrupted as Tokyo shifts war supplies northward along the Siang River while evacuating routes toward Indo China.
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Chungking
Central China
High Command
Liuchow
South China
Indo-China
Lacatedi
Associated Press
Siang
Yangtao
Canton - Hankow
Hengyang
Chai
Hankow
Hongkong
Chienklang
Chien River
Nanning
Super Fortresses Missed Air Strike Targets in Siam Test Flight
Pacific Sidelights reports Super Fortresses launched their first strike a year ago from an Asiatic base toward Bangkok, Siam. The piece notes a possible mass deployment of 1,000 bombers against Japan and mentions leadership changes in Japanese command while detailing Allied unit deployments and Burma Road work.
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Bangkok
Siam
Albert L. Warner
War Intelligence
Army
Bureau of Public Relations
Ction
Associated Press
Chinese Communist Leaders Executed in Chungking
Four leaders of Chinese Communist guerilla forces were executed by Kwangsi Province authorities on rebellion charges. General Chang Yen, former head of the 19th Route Army, was killed under high authority orders after a document outlining a plan to expand Communist held areas fell to Chungking. The document cited active propaganda to be carried out by the Kuomintang and the Chungking Government accusing officials of corruption.
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Chungking
Kwangsi
United Press
Junlinjihpao
Chang Yen
19Th Route Army
Chang
Kuomintang
War Crimes Board Ends 5 Day Session
London reports the final session of a five day war crimes conference with Lord Wright asserting progress in prosecuting criminals. He promises the meeting will foster harmony and mutual aid among national representatives and will relay the recommendations from the 16 national offices to the War Crimes Commission.
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London
Lord Wright
Crerice
War Crimes Commission
Flier Rescues His Mother Behind Japanese Lines
Manila June 5 ANS Sergeant Joseph C Stoops an AAF photographer flew to a secret guerrilla airstrip behind Japanese lines to rescue his mother whom he had not seen in seven years He had located his father Carl E Stoops of Decatur Ind in an Army hospital Manila two months earlier The family reunion occurred in a grasshopper plane piloted by T Sgt Clair W Hewitt of Holland Minn Carl Stoops immigrated 33 years ago Set Stoops born in the Philippines attended Culver Military Academy and Purdue University
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Manila
ANS
S-Segt
Joseph C. Stoops
AAF
Carl E. Stoops
Decatur
Ind
Sergeant Stoops
T-Sgt
Clair W. Hewitt
Holland, Minn
Carl Stoops
Philippines
Set. Stoops
States
Culver Military Academy
Purdue University
Sub's Daring Surface Raid on Japanese Convoy
The USS Barb under Cmdr. Eugene B. Flackey attacked an anchored Japanese convoy in shallow waters, surfacing to fight where dive was impossible. Barb earned a Medal of Honor and a Presidential Unit Citation for sinking or damaging numerous ships amid night, low visibility, and mine risks.
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Washington
Uss Barb
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Eugene B. Flackey
Flackey
Annapolis
Fluckey
Earb
Navy confirms Milwaukee loan to Russia in World War II
The Navy Department announced that the cruiser Milwaukee was sent to Russia in April 1944 for the best interests of the war effort. The Omaha class light cruiser, displacing 7,500 tons, had been the subject of prior transfer rumors.
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Washington
Navy Department
Russia
Earth submarine attacks in rock strewn waters go open sea
Fluckey led the Earth in reaching the planned attack position as Japanese ships around him erupted. Columns of smoke rose from vessels and two ships exploded. Anchored junks hindered pursuers while rocks discouraged others. Dawn broke as the Earth moved into open water. Navy did not disclose date or location.
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Fluckey
Navy
Weather forecast for Italy and major cities
The weatherman predicts fair weather across Italy with partly cloudy conditions in the Apennines by afternoon and warmer temperatures. Rome and Naples should stay fair and warm. June 7 forecast shows generally fair skies with little temperature change. City highs show Bari 83 Caserta 85 Naples 85 Rome 82. Astronomical data includes sunrise 0534 and moon phase last quarter.
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Italy
Apennines
Rome
Naples
Kkome
Bari
Caserta
Florence
Fogeia
Koch Remains Unmoved In Face Of Firing Squad
Rome June 5 Pietro Koch was executed at 2 20 PM by firing squad under High Court of Justice order for collaboration with the Nazi SS in murder and torture of Italian patriots. Scene near Rome at Fort Bravetta featured a rope bound chair, sixteen to seventeen guards, a priest, and a plain pine coffin as partisans condemned the Fascist.
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Rome
Pietro Koch
High Court of Justice
Fort Bravetta
Koch
Zhukov Receives Third Hero of the Soviet Union Star
In Moscow yesterday Marshal Georgy Zhukov was decorated with his third Hero of the Soviet Union Gold Star in a special ceremony. Marshals Ivan Koniev and Konstantin Rokossovsky received their second Gold Medals, and Generals Bogdanov and Ribalko were named Marshals of anti tank troops.
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Moscow
Georgy K. Zhukov
Berlin
Soviet Union
Ivan S. Koniev
Konstantin KE. Rokossovsky
Bogdanov
Ribalko
Eight Nazis To Be Tried For PW Executions In London
Eight German war prisoners will be tried by a military court in London for the murder of an anti Nazi fellow prisoner at Camp 21 in Scotland. Three other prisoners face charges of grievous bodily harm to witnesses. The camp inmates held their own trial, sentenced a man to death, then were stopped by guards before the hanging could be completed. During interrogation after the hanging, disturbances erupted and some witnesses were murdered or beaten.
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London
Camp 21
Scotland
Free Germany Party
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