Yokohama Fire Bombing Devastates City and Spreads Casualties
Reports from Tokyo describe American fire bombs causing massive destruction in Yokohama with 60,000 houses destroyed and an unknown number of dead and injured. About 250,000 Japanese homeless, widespread outages, and disrupted transport and communication followed the raid. Six former premiers met leaders as Emperor Hirohito received a briefing on the damage.
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San Francisco
Yokohama
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Hirohito
Genki Abe
George
Tailha
Weed
Calif
Radio Tokyo
LeMay
New York Bronx
Westbrook Pegler Gossip Row Delivers Flirty Banter
In a humorous domestic vignette from New York, George Spelvin endures a flirtatious exchange with his wife as she dramatically declares affection while he frets about leaving for work. The playful scene spirals into exaggerated innuendo before a mundane, workday interruption ends the moment.
Quarrel Led to Capture of Lord Haw Haw Joyce
In Lueneburg Germany May 30 a senior British officer said the capture of William Joyce alias Wilhelm Froehlich followed a quarrel with a 34 year old Englishwoman said to be his wife. Joyce was shot after matching a threatening pose to two British officers who recognized his voice.
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Lueneburg
Germany
William
Lord Haw Haw
Joyce
Second Army
Heinrich Himmler
Wilhelm Froehlich
William Joyous
Flensburg
Flag Raisers of Iwo Jima Honored in Alexandria
Alexandria Louisiana honors two Marine Corps flag raisers from Iwo Jima as Memorial Day events and a Seventh War Loan rally mark the appearance of John H. Bradley and Rene Gagnon. Ira Hayes remains in active duty, while three of the six from the Mount Suribachi photograph are dead.
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Alexandria
Camp Livingston
Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
Joe Rosenthal
Mount Surabachi
Alexandriens
John H. Bradley
Rene Gagnon
Pfc
Ira Hayes
Pacific
Planes Lost in Transit Overseen by Air Vice-Marshal
London May 30 report says 74 British airborne troops vanished with Air Vice-Marshal J. R. Scarlett-Streatfield on four planes on May 9 while en route to Oslo for occupation duty. The 36-year-old marshal was reported missing Monday.
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London
J. R. Scarlett-Streatfield
Oslo
Chinese Reach Ishan Vicinity in Caozhou Front Move
Chinese high command reports new success along a 900 mile front. Troops reach Ishan 43 miles west of Liuchow and contest positions from Fukien to Hunan as Japanese retreat toward coastal areas near Foochow and Shaovang.
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Ningteh
Foochow
Siapu
Henan Province
Shanhsien
Lunghan
Hunan-Shensi
Taber in Scuffle Over Expense Plan and Lip Injury
Representative Taber of New York claims House Appropriations Chair Cannon struck him after a dispute over a 2500 expense allowance. Taber says Cannon swung and Taber’s lip was cut. Cannon offered no comment.
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Representative Taber
New York
House
Taber
Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Missouri
No Appropriations
New Yorker
Taft Attacks Peace Draft At Memorial Day Speech
Senator Taft of Ohio condemned immediate peacetime draft proposals as a strike at freedom. He warned of secret propaganda and urged a voluntary system for future military forces, arguing compulsion could lead to militaristic government control. He cited Pentagon activity and hinted at organized female group involvement.
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Taft
Republican
Ohio
Ohioan
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Japan
Washington
War
Navy Departments
Pentagon
Airborne Attack Demonstration To Be Shown At Selman
Air evacuation of wounded in troop carrier planes and gliders will be shown in the Airborne Attack demonstration part of the 7th War Loan Drive. The event, lasting 1 to 5:30 pm Wednesday at Selman airport, involves Army units and is backed by the U. S. Treasury.
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United States
Selman
U. S. Treasury Department
Army Air Forces
Parole Granted for Former Louisiana Official Rankin
The Louisiana state parole board approved a June 1 parole for William G. Rankin, ex conservation commissioner, who served four months of a one year term for embezzling 3267 dollars. Rankin must return to Gulfport to resume shipyard work with his son under eight months supervision.
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State Parole Board
Angola Penitentiary
William G. Rankin
Louisiana Conservation Commissioner
Rankin
Richard W. Leche
New Orleans
W. S. Terry Jr
O'Hara
Mississippi
Terry
Memorial Day Observances Across United States
Americans observed the 77th Memorial Day with parades and services as war plants and government offices kept working. wreaths marked graves at Arlington and Hyde Park, Chicago prepared a 15 mile parade honoring Gen. Mark W Clark and 50 Fifth Army heroes, and other cities held limited ceremonies while returning servicemen sought marriage licenses.
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Kansas City
Phil M. Donnelly
North Kan
Small Nations Score Two Gains At World Security Conference
At San Francisco May 30 small nations won two key advances against the Big Five at the world security conference. They secured that any nation contributing armed forces to the security council must join in decisions, allowing Canada to participate in council votes even if not a permanent member. The second gain gave the general assembly authority to discuss any matter in international relations, overriding major power opposition.
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Associated Press
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China
France
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Australia
Syria reports new violence in Lebanon conflict
Violence spread from Aleppo to Homs and Damascus region as Syrian artillery hit the French embassy offices in Beirut. The fighting reached Deraa near the Transjordan frontier with a train derailment killing three and wounding 14. Estimates put deaths at 80 to 100 and injuries at 200 to 300.
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Syria
France
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Aleppo
Hama
Homs
Deraa
Damascus
Transjordan
Hamdanieh
Kawakeb
Jamil Mardam Bey
Tokyo Devastated by 8500 Ton Fire Bomb Raid
Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay announced that 8,500 tons of incendiaries hit Tokyo and Yokohama in daylight raids, destroying hundreds of targets. Photographs showed widespread ruin including government buildings and embassies, with tens of thousands of civilian casualties and 33 bombers missing.
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Guam
Tokyo
Curtis E
Ironpants
LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Emperor Hirohito
Yokohama
Japan
Marines breach Shuri castle as Okinawa push nears end
American Marines penetrate rockwalled Shuri castle with Company C of the Fifth Regiment leading a surprise entry into the 16th century fortress. The Sixth Marine Division completes the investment of Naha while Seventh Division patrols advance, with forecasts of major gains in three days and plans to seize remaining southern Okinawa within a week.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Guam
Shuri Castle
Okinawa
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
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First Division
Shuri
John H. Grieebel
Harteford
Conn
Grieebel
Vance
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Asato
Naha- Yonabaru
Seventh Infantry
Sixth Division
Naha
Naha Canal
Forteress Shuri
First Marine
Wana Ridge
Bite Ter
77Th
96Th
Haugland
Yonaebaru
Karadera
Yonabaru
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Sashiki
Baten Bay
Chinen Peninsula
Chan
Jackson Gillis
Archibald V. Arnold
Gillis
New York
Hollywood
Yanabara
Seventh Infantry Division
Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr
Sixth Marine Division
Tragic shooting as father kills Lula Mae Davis
In Kansas City Missouri Lula Mae Davis 21 met her soldier boyfriend after two years when her father Roy E Davis 42 shot her. Lt Charles Welch says the fatal bullet came from inside the house as Pvt David Harold Sharp arrived. Davis fled the scene as sisters Mildred 19 Wanda 15 and mother Wilda Davis rushed home.
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Kansas City
Lula Mae Davis
Charles Welch
Homicide Bureau
Roy E. Davis
Davis
David Harold Sharp
Welch
Lula Mae
Sharp
Mildred
Wanda
Wilda Davis
David
Justice Jackson Leaves for U S War Crimes Consultations
Justice Robert H. Jackson departed London for Washington to return in about two weeks with a larger staff to share war crimes work. He said talks with British officials aim to avoid duplication and show no major differences on procedure. Foreign Secretary Eden reported very great progress as 16 Nations discuss trial procedure in London with Lord Wright presiding. Lt Col Hodgson will represent the United States on the commission.
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London
Robert H. Jackson
U. S
Washington
Eden
Commons
Jackson
United Nations
Lord Wright
International War Crimes Commission
Joseph Hodgson
Commission
United States
Censorship Eased for Correspondents in Paris Theater
In Paris on May 30 1944 all censorship restrictions were lifted for correspondents in the theater except those on troop movements and matters needing Eisenhower's clearance.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Eisenhower
Fortifications of Shimbu Smashed Near Manila
After three months of fierce combat U.S. Sixth Army troops shattered the Shimbu line in the Sierra Madre east of Manila. The capture of Wawadam by the 38th Infantry Division marks the fall of the last Shimbu strongpoint. Water supply dams Ipo and Malaya seized intact as fighting continues against Japanese withdrawals east of the Marikina River.
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Luzon
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