Berlin Bombed City Worst in War Says New York Times
Paris June 8 The devastated city of Berlin described as dead yet unburied shocks Western observers. Drew Middleton reports Berlin’s ruin surpasses any prior destruction with rubble hills, empty faces, and widespread power outages. Russians restore some services, but life remains provisional and grim.
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Paris
Berlin
Drew Middleton
New York Times
Middleton
Frankfurt
Mogecon Radio
Unter der Linden
Tiergarten
Okinawa advances cut south to Itoman stronghold
U S forces push deep into southern Okinawa and hold over two thirds of the island. Only Itoman on the west coast remains under Japanese control with a stout perimeter on a ridge east of the town.
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7Th Infantry
Okinawa
U. S
Itoman
MacArthur advances ten miles in Luzon drive toward Bayombong
U S forces report a ten mile advance along the main highway into the Cagayan Valley northern Luzon and say they have captured large quantities of food and medical supplies reaching four miles from the Bayombong road junction. Bambang is liberated, sixteen miles north of Santa Fe as dive bombers hammer Japanese positions and supply dumps on Mindanao.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
U. S
Bayombong
Bambang
Santa Fe
Mindanao
Anders Reinstates Polish II Corps Chief in Italy
London June 8 General Wladyslaw Anders acting commander in chief of Polish forces while Bor Komorowski is a prisoner returns to his former post as commander of the Polish II Corps in Italy. Bor Komorowski is said to have assumed active command in London of all Polish forces.
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London
Wladyslaw Anders
Bor Komorowski
Italy
Reuter
Bor
Underground Movement in Poland Remains Active
London based Polish cabinet spokesman said a strong underground movement and a shadow government persist in Poland despite Russian repression. He cited the March arrest of 16 leaders as an effort to crush the shadow government linked to Vice Premier Jankowski and promised a letter from an electric line persistence officer would be released later.
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London
Poland
Jankowski
Pankow
Radio Naples quits in row with Rome
Radio Naples ceased broadcasting after a strike against supervision by Radio Rome. About 150 artists and staff demanded rehiring of three dismissed workers and reassignment of four transferred employees, plus more Naples broadcasting hours. If unmet, Radio Naples will resume on a Naples only frequency without Rome control.
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Naples
Radio
Rome
RAL
Radio Rome
Radio Naples
Churchill's trio faces long layoff before critical talks
Big Three leaders await recovery as Churchill relies on Eden for key negotiations. Ten days more inactivity loom for the prime minister who may travel after improving. If Eden cannot go, Richard Law would stand in, while Attlee’s possible attendance draws mixed Labor reactions.
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Churchill
Eden
Richard Law
Clement Attlee
Labor
Labor Party
Solon Seeks 100 Million Aid for Starving Philippines
Senator Millard J. Tydings told the Senate that tens of thousands in the liberated Philippines lack food shelter and medicine. He urged an outright 100 million dollar U S relief grant plus reconstruction loans and tariff policy to aid independence slated for July 4 1946. He described widespread destruction water light and transport collapse and bank closures with Japanese money in circulation.
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Washington
Millard J. Tydings
Senate
Tydings
Philippines
U. S
Philippine
Leyte
Hopkins Leaves Moscow After Talks With Stalin
Harry S. Hopkins personal representative of President Truman left Moscow by plane after a series of conferences with Marshal Stalin. He was seen off at the airport by Deputy Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff.
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Moscow
Harry S. Hopkins
President Truman
Marshal Stalin
Hopkins
Maxim Litvinoff
Argentina Puts Down Revolt. 12 Sentenced
BUENOS AIRES June 8 For plotting an extremist revolt tied to Berlin’s fall General Adolfo Espindola and 11 other Army and Navy officers were sentenced by the Supreme War and Navy Council. Espindola degraded while the others received suspension and imprisonment.
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Buenos Aires
Reuter
Berlin
Adolfo Espindola
Supreme War and Navy Council
Argentina press federation calls off Journalists Day protest
The Argentine Federation of Journalists said government press restrictions made celebrating Journalists Day inappropriate, postponing any festivity.
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Buenos Aires
Argentine Federation of Journalists
Federation
North Italy Leaders To Confer In Rome
A North Italy delegation travels to Rome to press the Central Committee and six party leaders to break the deadlock in forming a new Italian government. Inter party talks fail to decide the premier amid claims from Alcide de Gasperi and Pietro Nenni. Bonomi agrees to stay as premier until a cabinet is formed.
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Committee of Nationalerusion of
North Italy
Rome
Central Committee
Liberation Committees
Rome Committee
Christian Democratic and
Socialist
Alcide de Gasperi
Pietro Nenni
Christian Democrats
Socialist Party
Nenni
de Gasperi
Ivanoe Bonomi
15th Army Group Visited By McNarney On Tour
On June 8 General Joseph T. McNarney Commanding General MTOUSA visited the headquarters of the 15th Army Group as the first leg of a flying inspection tour in the Mediterranean Theater He conferred briefly with Major General Alfred M Gruenther Chief of Staff 15th Army Group His itinerary includes visits to the headquarters of the 5th and 8th Armies.
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15Th Army Group
Joseph T. McNarney
Mtousa
Mediterranean
McNarney
Alfred M. Gruenther
5Th
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Edward Almond
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Pisa
Argentina
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