Allies Push Foe Back On Band Fronts
Allied forces report renewed pressure on multiple fronts as the Osaka raid burns 86 square miles of Nippon war plants. 600 aircraft plus 150 escorts hammered Osaka, with Yokohama and Okinawa ground gains cited alongside a Chinese promise of a broader counter offensive.
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Leonard Milliman
Osaka
Japan
Nippon
Ignd
Yokohama
Okinawa
China
Chungking
South China
Indo-China
Philippines
New Guinea
Rangoon
Asia
Burma
Thailand
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Okinawa battle nears end as Jap resistance wanes
United States forces close on Shuri as radio Tokyo acknowledges rising Japanese losses. Sixth Marine Division mop up Naha and press patrols to cut off pockets, with Adm Nimitz reporting 61 519 Japanese killed and 1 353 captured out of 85 000 initial garrison.
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Osaka
Tokyo
Imprias
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas Islands
War Department
Okinawa
Guam
Tenth Army
Rising Sun
Shuri
Radio Tokyo
Naha
Sixth Division
Domei News Agency
Tokyo Radio
Sixth Marine Division
Associated Press
al Copking
Kokuba River
Naha-Yonabaru Road
Ryukyu Island
Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru
U. S
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Guard Killed in Riot at Fort Benjamin Harrison Barracks
A guard was shot and killed and three others wounded during a riot and fire Thursday night at the U S army disciplinary barracks at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Major General James L. Cols reported fires in two locations, estimating $100,000 in damage as nine barracks buildings burned and the incident appeared planned.
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Indianapolis
U. S. Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
James L. Cols
Fifth Service Command
Fort Harrison
War Department
U S May Suspend Meat Shipments For Part Of Year
The United States may suspend shipments of meats to lend lease countries in the July September quarter due to extremely tight supplies. War Food Administration sources say tentative third quarter allocations do not provide for lend-lease supplies. Britain and Russia have been main lend lease recipients with 325 million pounds allocated for the period.
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Washington
United States
War Food Administration
Great Britain
Russia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Plane Collision Kills Lt Pierson Near San Angelo
San Angelo Texas dispatch reports Second Lt. Philip R. Pierson 24, instructor and son of Mr and Mrs Henry Pierson of Shenandoah Iowa, was killed when two training planes collided in flight fifteen miles east of San Angelo on Thursday.
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San Angelo
Tex
Philip R. Pierson
Henry Pierson
Shenandoah
Crack Down On Chiseling Of Sugar Ordered
Washington reports an aggressive effort by the Price Administrator to curb sugar chiseling tied to home canning. Chester Bowles announced a four point program requiring pledges from sugar applicants and threat of enforcement to ensure sugar is used only for canning.
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Washington
CPA
Chester Bowles
Suspend Issuance of Canning Sugar
The Muscatine board received word from Robert M. Harper director of the Quad Cities OPA district that home canning sugar issuance is halted until quotas are reestablished. Local boards must report issued certificates and pending applications to district HQ. Applications will still be accepted but held for screening.
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Muscatine Board
Robert M. Harper
Quad Cities
OPA
Iowa
Illinois
Bowles Moves to Curb Home Canning Sugar Racket
Bowles warns report may be used for future sugar ration issuance and vows to stop sugar diverted to home canning. He orders local boards to suspend certificates where crops are scarce, grant breathing space to process files, and dispatch investigators to combat sugar diversion to bootleg liquor and illicit bottling.
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Bowles
OPA
Seeks Furlough Learns He Will Get Discharge
Tonopah Nevada report: M Sgt Otto Vanek of Berwyn Illinois obtains a permanent furlough after the Tonopah army air field personnel office indicates his overseas service makes him eligible for discharge. A clerk notes the initial delay and then confirms the discharge furlough.
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Tonopah, Nev
Otto Vanek
Berwyn
Ill
Tonopah Army Air Field
Omahan Arrest Sparks Probe of Large Black Market
OPA officials predict a vast black market ring after Omahan barber Odis J. Ray is arrested with 50,000 red ration points 1500 pounds of sugar coupons and some gasoline coupons. Ray faces federal charges with potential further arrests as authorities estimate millions in meat and gasoline coupons involved. Ray was arraigned before U S Commissioner M O Cunningham and bound over to the grand jury on a 1500 bond.
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OPA
John G. Aldrich
Odis J. Ray
Ray
Aldrich
Currency Protection Branch
Chicago
U. S
M. O. Cunningham
Meeting of Big 3 Getting Closer
President Truman said the Big Three meeting is drawing near after delays at the San Francisco conference. He ruled out a Big Four or Big Five expansion and affirmed only a heads of state meeting between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Truman
San Francisco
Churchill
Stalin
France
China
Legion asks Iowa WWI vets to buy Series E bonds
Des Moines based American Legion urges veterans cashing in their World War I national bonus bonds to reinvest in Series E war bonds. Iowa adjutant R J Laird says bonds can be cashed until June 15 and interest payments stop in mid June.
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Des Moines
American Legion Today
Iowa
R. J. Laird
Bond Sales Here Are Boosted To 896 496 Total
Bond issues for the Seventh War Loan show a boosted total of 896 496 with series E bonds contributing. Local officials report steady demand across regions as investors purchase through public offerings and banks.
War Bond Purchases Rise in Muscatine County
New buys in the Seventh War Loan raise Muscatine County totals to 896,496 dollars. Today’s sales include 15,900 dollars in series E bonds, boosting that category’s purchases.
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Muscatine County
Need Cash to Maintain Fleet War Bond Appeal
Washington AP report quotes Vice Admiral William Ward Smith urging support for the Seventh War Loan. The county quota stands at 1 155 000 with 352 112 or 30 percent raised so far. Bond purchases show 544 384 in other classes and 802 888 in series E with 879 616 more needed to hit goals.
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Washington
William Ward Smith
United States Pacific Fleet
Ceiling Prices On Poultry By OPA
Maximum ceiling prices on poultry by grade, effective next Monday, are set by the Office of Price Administration. Prices vary slightly with freight, and a 1 to 2 cent per pound surcharge may apply when sellers deliver live poultry to the retail point. Local ration boards receive copies of the new rules.
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Des Moines
Office of Price Administration
War Agencies Face Deep Cuts in 1946 Budget Bill
The House appropriation committee slashed 1946 funding for war born agencies, calling the bill the beginning of the end for such bodies. With only the state marine schools untouched, most agencies trimmed below Truman’s previous reductions. OPA FEPC and FEAI funds withheld pending legislation.
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Washington
House Appropriation Committee
Truman
House
Office of Price Administration
Foreign Economic Administration
Fair Employment Practices Committee
OPA
FEPC
Congress
FEA
White House
War Shipping Administration
Wickard to Leave Agriculture Post June 30
President Truman announced that Claude Wickard will end his tenure as secretary of agriculture on June 30 even if the Senate rejects his nomination as administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration. He spoke after a reporter question about Wickard’s status if the REA post is rejected.
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Wickard
Washington
Claude Wickard
Truman
Senate
Paris Rejects Syrian Barracks Pullback Amid Mediation Move
Paris refuses Churchill request for French troops in Syria to retire to barracks. French troops ordered to cease fire while remaining in position. United States agrees to participate as mediator with other powers to avert broader Arab unrest.
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Associated Press
London
France
Churchill
Syria
Paris
Truman
United States
Britain
Lebanon
Beyrouth
Damascus
Middle East
Bernard C. Paget
de Gaulle
End of Meet Hopes Rise at United Nations Talks
Prospects for settlement of the Franco Syrian dispute and signs of improved American Soviet ties lift delegates. U S Britain Russia China and France seek early agreement. Hopkins helps ease Moscow relations as Big Five issues loom. Damascus and Beirut report heavy fighting subsiding amid French led pressure and plans for a London conference.
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San Francisco
United States
Russia
Stettinius
Moscow
World Security Council
Eelco van Kleffens
Netherlands
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Marshal Stalin
Washington
Berlin
Austria
Churchill
Stalin
Levant
Damascus
France Holds Line on Syria Deal Without Outside Interference
Paris reports that France answered the American Syria note by reaffirming its position to handle Syria with no outside interference. The De Gaulle government insists France should deal with the Levant country independently.
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Paris
Syria
Washington
de Gaulle
France
Levant
Tractor overturns. boy dies in Britt incident
In Britt Iowa a fatal accident occurred when a tractor driven by 14 year old Allen Doughan overturned on a rain softened road shoulder. Larry Doughan, five, was pinned beneath the machinery and died. The older brother was thrown clear.
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Britt
Larry Doughan
Allen
Here
Allied Generals Plan Berlin Conference Near Future
A British foreign office spokesman said a meeting between General Dwight Eisenhower, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, and Marshal Georgy Zhukov in Berlin is likely “any day now.” The plan reflects Allied high command coordinating strategy from the German capital.
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London
Foreign Office
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Gregory K. Zhukov
Berlin
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