Japs Prepare For Invasion Of Homeland Amid Okinawa Fighting
Wartime dispatch notes Japan promising underground warfare as U.S. forces press near Okinawa. Reports cite Tokyo claims of fierce combat and new fortifications, while U.S. and Chinese sources track advances toward Luzon and major battles in Foochow and Wuchow.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Japan
Okinawa
Nippon
Philippines
China
Liuchow
U. S
Hting
Domei
Tokyo
Reds Say Hitler Body Found in Berlin Ruins
A Russian source reports a burned body found in Berlin’s underground fortifications identified with high probability as Adolf Hitler. Four corpses were recovered after the fall, all badly burned. officials hesitate to confirm the identification while noting strong doubt is unlikely.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichschancellery
Hitler
Red Army
Goebbels
Chinese Forces Occupy Liuchow Reported By U.S. Sources
U.S. reports say Chinese troops took Liuchow in Kwangsi's rail junction area and former U. S. air base. Generals Yang Sen and Chinese high command gave mixed notes with no official army confirmation of the occupation. In Henan, over 200 Japanese were killed in a failed counterattack near Hsihsiao.
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Chungking
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
Yang Sen
Kweichow
Laipin
Henan Province
Hsihsiaow
Brazil Declares War on Japan During World War II
Brazil declared war on Japan and broke diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy. The move follows Brazil's earlier 1942 declarations against Germany and Italy and precedes Brazil's sending of an expeditionary force to Italy during the later phase of the Italian campaign.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Japan
Germany
Italy
Sixty Thousand Key Workers Face Draft Deferment Changes
Washington officials estimate about 60 000 irreplaceable workers aged 26 to 29 may lose deferments by fall as munitions cutbacks and reduced war support shrink the pool of deferred core labor. A government inter agency committee led by Paul V. McNutt will decide which cases remain deferrable and which are canceled when the workers are laid off or no longer indispensable. Some may fail physicals or shift to 2A or 2B classifications.
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Marvin L.arrowsmith
Washington
Inter
Selective Service
2-c L Lepper Drowned While Serving Navy
Lawrence Edward Lepper a 25 year old seaman in the U S Navy drowned January 28 near the Philippines according to a navy department message to his wife Virginia Mae Lepper of 1305 East Second Street He had served since May 31 1944 trained at Great Lakes Norfolk Washington and New York before overseas duty in November He was born March 1 1920 in Wabash Indiana and had lived in California for five years prior to wartime work at a Burbank airplane plant He married Virginia Heller January 11 1942 and is survived by his wife a two year old son Dennis three brothers Orville Chester Charles and two sisters Mrs Sherman Blackford a local obituary notes the family informant details remain pending
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Lawrence Edward Lepper
U. S. Navy
Philippines
Navy Department
Virginia Mae Lepper
East Second Street
Seaman Lepper
Great Lakes
Norfolk
Washington
D. C
New York City
Wabash
Ind
California
Burbank
Virginia Mae Heller
Dennis
Orville Lepper
Montrose
Calif
Chester
Charles
San Bernardino
Sherman Blackford
World Meet Faces Split Over Veto
Urgent talks in Moscow and San Francisco seek to avert a permanent Big Five split on the veto issue. Stalin reviews the right to veto, while Hopkins and Stettinius press Washington's view that no one power must block discussion in the Security Council. The dispute centers on whether a single power can force the council to ignore a notice of a dispute.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
Moscow
Stalin
World Security Council
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Stettinius
United States
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Security Council
Normandy
Denmark
Russia
Eisenhower Led Normandy Thrust Anniversary Focus
One year after the Normandy invasion Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is hailed as the Allied leader of the historic assault. An army holiday is proclaimed with no official ceremonies planned. Red Cross clubs host D-Day Night and award medals to veterans.
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London
America
Eisenhower
Normandy
Germany
Red Cross
London News Chronicle
Wayne Ind and Hazel Brownwell in Muscatine kinship notice
Mrs Hazel Brownwell of Muscatine transfers kinship claim to Wayne Indiana and Grace Lepper of Mextrose California, details incomplete in the notice.
7th War Loan Bond Box Score Series E
A compact box score listing for the 7th War Loan Bond Series E. It records the series event, bond totals, and participating units or teams as reflected in the period financial scorekeeping. The fragment emphasizes financial instruments tied to wartime funding and player-like entries in a ledgered format.
Slump In Muscatine County War Bond Sales Threatens Goal
Purchases of Series E war bonds in Muscatine County show a slump ahead of the 1 155 000 quota in the Seventh War Loan. Today’s new purchases total 13 125 the lowest since the drive began May 14. The county has raised 434 927 about 37 percent of its goal. A special sales drive is planned for Thursday June 14 Flag Day to boost lagging interest.
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Muscatine
Bond Sales Committee
Bond drive reports near half of U S quota sold
Washington reports purchases in the seventh loan totaling 1.992 billion dollars or 49.8 percent of the 4 billion quota. Individual purchases reach 4.139 billion dollars or 59 percent of the 7 billion goal. Campaign opened May 14 and closes June 30.
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Washington
Iowans urged to buy extra E bonds on Flag Day
The Iowa war finance committee appeals county residents to purchase an additional E bond on Flag Day or earlier. Des Moines reports show the state is about 5 million dollars behind its E bond quota with total sales at 44.8 million so far. Executive manager W L Clark warns that falling short would be serious.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. L. Clark
Iowa War Finance Committee
Des Moines
Mr. Clark
Charles Rector Killed in Action On Okinawa
PFC Charles Robert Rector 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rector of this community, was killed in action on Okinawa April 22. He served with the 27th Army Infantry and helped land on Tsugen Shima. He earned the Combat Medical Badge, Asiatic Pacific ribbon with one campaign star, and the Arrowhead. Born March 30, 1922 in Drury township, he enlisted November 1942 and spent six months overseas. Surviving are his parents and three sisters Marjorie, Phyllis and Marca Lee.
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Illinois City
Charles Robert Rector
Roy Rector
Okinawa
War Department
27Th Army Infantry
Tsugen Shima
Japan
Rector
Drury Township
Ill
Muscatine
Marjorie
Phyllis
Marca Lee
Des Moines Names New Iowa War Relocation Officer
Arthur Downing of Des Moines is appointed Iowa district war relocation officer succeeding Frank Gibbs who resigned to take an insurance job in California. Downing will assume duties on June 15.
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Des Moines
Arthur Downing
Iowa
Frank Gibbs
California
Downing
Sioux City Soldier Helps Clear Japanese From Oraku Caves
Alvin J. Holmes of Sioux City Iowa served in a tank crew that helped clear 75 Japanese from caves and concealed machinegun posts along ridges overlooking landings on Oraku near Naha Okinawa.
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Naha
Okinawa
Alvin J. Holmes
Sioux City
Oraku
Commons Hears Big Three To Meet In London
The British Commons debated reports that a Big Three summit might be set in London while Berlin talks linger. Eisenhower and Montgomery left Berlin after a brief Allied council meeting, returning to headquarters, as diplomatic wrangling over Austria Poland and war crimes continued.
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Commons
Big Three
London
Ike’’ Montgomery
Berlin
James F. King
Allied Control Council
John Anderson
Austria
Eisenhower
Field Marshal
Montgomery
U. S
Germany
Richard K. Law
Foreign Office
Vienna
Poland
Syria
Truman
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Graz
Stalin
Ivor Thomas
Sir John
London Star
Educator Opposes Peacetime Draft Regimentation Fears
A. J. Brumbaugh, vice president of the American Council of Education, told the House postwar policy committee that universal military training would regiment minds and voices concern over regimentation. He cited a 1,100 presidents survey showing mixed views on draft action and urged first building an international peace structure before enacting universal service. Four of five educators want a national commission to study defense policy, with about half opposing universal training and two fifths in favor.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
A. J. Brumbaugh
American Council of Education
House
High Education
Brumbaugh
Truman Seizes Humble Oil Plants in Ingleside Texas
President Truman ordered Secretary Ickes to seize and run the Humble Oil and Refining Co plants at Ingleside Texas due to a labor disturbance. The action aims to maintain crude oil production vital to the war effort, with federal agencies cooperating under War Petroleum Administrator Ickes.
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Washington
Truman
Ickes
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Ingleside
Texas
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service System
Justice Department
War Petroleum
Davenport Lad Killed Playing In Alley By Truck
Norman G. Andre nine-year-old was struck and killed Tuesday while running from an alley where he had been playing with several other children. The incident occurred in Davenport.
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Davenport
Norman G. Andre
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Wuchow
Canton
Foochow
Nana
Joseph W. Grigg, JR
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Doctor Morel
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Karl Doenitz
Piccard
Jean Piccard
University of Minnesota
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Lawrence Lepper
Charles Rector
Frankfurt
Reich
Gregory Zhukov
Soviet Union
William Murphy
Sir William Strang
Congress
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