Okinawa Battle Enters Third Month as 1000 Japs Trapped
US Tenth Army traps over a thousand Japanese fighters in Shuri as the Okinawa campaign enters its third month. Front reports say the backbone of Japanese resistance is broken and Marine and Army units close in on scattered garrisons across the island.
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Guam
Okinawa
Tenth Army
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Fleet Adm
Chester W Nimitz Siice
First Marine Division
Pedro Augusto del Valle
Shuri
96Th Infantry
Chinese Score New Victories Across Three Fronts
Chinese forces report heavy bombardments on Japanese docks and warehouses in the Yangtze port Hanes, strikes on cement works in Honan, and ground operations near Levane and Thengenay. Observers at Chungking say Japanese withdrawals and new defense lines are being prepared along the Yangtze.
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Yangtse
Hanes
Ran Cement
Honan
Levane
Thengenay
Bombec
Hwangsince
Sisakow Wine Nrishiane
Chungking
Ciel Trips
Mass Air Attack on Osaka After Yokohama Devastation
June 1 report from Guam says Osaka endured heavy incendiary raids with over 3,350 tons of fire bombs. Recon photos show about half of Yokohama destroyed while 450 Superfortresses return from the strike.
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Jap Industries
Guam
Yokohama
Osaka
Twenty-first Bomber Command
Yokonama
Twins Born At Jameson And New Castle Hospitals
Reports from local hospitals show three sets of twins born in 24 hours at Jameson hospital and New Castle hospital, totaling three boys and three girls. May births at New Castle reached 46 with 25 males, while Jamon Memorial saw two twin sets in a few hours.
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Jameson Hospital
New Castle Hospital
Stork
Jamon Memorial Hospital
1943
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 a.m. report a maximum temperature of 79 and a minimum of 46 with 22 precip. The 12-hour “feels like” metric shows 49. For the same date last year the maximum was 40 and the minimum 67 with no precipitation recorded.
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E. OK
United States
U S Ready to Aid Settlement of Syria Dispute
The United States indicated readiness to join Britain in arranging a three party meeting to settle the Syria and Lebanon issues, with France yet to respond. A French cabinet meeting followed a cease fire order in Syria, showing Gen. Charles De Gaulle weighing the Anglo American proposal.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Syria
Lebanon
Charles de Gaulle
Halt Issuing Of Sugar Certificates In Western Penna
The OPA Pittsburgh district chief Alvin J Williams ordered ration boards across 16 western PA counties to stop issuing sugar certificates for home canning. Certificates will resume only when berry and fruit crops are ready and applicants must pledge use solely for home canning.
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Penna
Pittsburgh
OPA
Alvin J. Williams
Pennsylvania
New York
District of Columbia
Williams
Allied Chiefs To Meet In Berlin In Near Future
The Allied Control Commission chiefs Eisenhower Montgomery and Zhukov will meet soon in Berlin. Earlier indications suggested a meeting of the central commission leaders, but a location had not been disclosed.
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Berlin
London
INS
Allied Control Commission For
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Gregory K Zhukov
Central Commission
New Program On Canning Sugar
OPA implements a four point plan to curb home canning sugar diversions. Applicants must pledge not to misuse sugar, report quantities stored and used, and surrender unused ration stamps. Local boards will restrict issuance by crop availability and slow processing to prevent bootleg use and other misuses.
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Washington
Insopa
OPA
Chester Bowles
Altoona Man Held in Death After Tavern Brawl
Altoona police detained George J. Robbins in connection with the death of Ralph Amheiser a 45 year old Pennsylvania Railroad employee who died at the scene outside an Altoona tavern during a dispute over a four dollar cigarette deal. Blair County coroner Daniel M. Replogle reported extensive brain injuries as the cause.
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Altoona
INS
George J. Robbins
Ralph B. Amheiser
Amheiser
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robbins
Ambheiser
Blair County
Daniel M. Replogle
Bond sales report for local district in Pittsburgh
Bond sales today in the Fort Pitt area reached 67.581 million dollars or 428 percent of the 19 county quota. Yesterdays E bond sales totaled 2.45 million dollars, or 250000 over the daily quota to meet the target.
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Pittsburgh
Fort Pitt
Expend Millions For Navy Daily
Washington June 1 The Seventh War Loan message from Vice Admiral William Ward Smith commander service force U S Pacific Fleet says the Pacific fleet service force spends millions daily to keep ships geared for action and calls for support from every American in the seventh war loan.
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Washington
INS
William Ward Smith
U. S. Pacific Fleet
President Says Biggest Army Will Face Japs
President Truman told Congress the Pacific army will exceed Europe’s peak strength, with about 39,000 in Europe at peak. He urged shipyards to repair and speed war effort, warned of ongoing dangers, and noted a German submarine blitz near the Atlantic as war in Europe ended. The message stressed finishing Japan with full mobilization and unity.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Japan
Pacific
Europe
Mr. Truman
Pacific Fleet
One Man Killed In Pittsburgh Fire
Pittsburgh firemen investigated a blast at the Colonial Biscuit refrigeration plant in Steel City that killed engineer George Bendig, 43, and forced 250 workers from the building. The explosion shattered the six story structure, flooded the basement with sprinkler water, and ruined flour stock.
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Pittsburgh
Colonial Biscuit Company
Steel City
Mercy Hospital
George Bendig
Bendig
Child Drowns In Ohio River At Neville Island
Coast Guardsmen recovered four year old Walker Hough of Pittsburgh after he fell from the wall of old Lock No 2 at Neville Island and drowned in the Ohio River. His mother Mrs Grace Hough was visiting his wounded sailor father in a New Jersey hospital when the accident occurred.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Coast
Walker Hough
Ohio River
Neville Island
Grace Hough
New Jersey
Von Ribbentrop Said to Be in Spain
London dispatches report former Nazi Foreign Joachim von Ribbentrop may be in Spain. The morning papers carried the claim as a possible development in postwar diplomacy.
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von Ribbentrop
Spain
London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Syria Hostilities Halted as Britain Seeks Settlement
Paris announced a cease fire order for French troops in Syria while they stay at their posts in line with Churchill's note to De Gaulle to withdraw to barracks. Eden said Britain secured French compliance and Paget's forces would supervise order in the Levant, with no major troop moves from Palestine or Egypt expected.
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Paris
INS
Syria
Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
London
Renchn
Britain
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Middle East
Bernard Paget
Tranquil
Croton Honor Roll Dedication Planned Sunday
The dedication ceremony for Croton Park new honor roll will occur Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Principal W A Hoffmaster presides as master of ceremonies with Judge W Walter Braham as principal speaker. Local veterans and clergy will participate as bands provide music from the Croton school and Pennsylvania State Guard.
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W. Walter Braham
Croton
Crass
Croton Avenue
Tom Malizia
Eastbrook St
Cascade St
New Castle
W. A. Hoffmaster
Croton School
W Walter Braham
Deshon Annex
Owen Shields
Croton Avenue Methodist
Albert Inteso
St Vitus
16Th Infantry
Pennsylvania State Guard
Harry Wright
Robert Sheehy
Three Germans Put On Trial With U S 15th Army
The first trial of German civilians accused of war crimes was set to begin in Ahrweiler court. Three Germans face possible death sentences for allegedly murdering an unidentified American airman who parachuted from a burning plane on August 15, 1944, following evidence of shooting and clubbing.
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U. S. 15Th Army
Germany
Ahrweiler
Navy Flying Armada Brings War Veterans To New Castle Bond Tour
The Navy’s Flying Armada arrives in New Castle for a two day air bond show at the airport. Seven officers and seven enlisted men, veterans of the Mediterranean Atlantic and South Pacific, highlight the group’s first postwar bond tour. Lt Chris Fink of Wyoming, a holder of the Silver Star the Distinguished Flying Cross the Air Medal and seven stars for Pacific actions, leads the lineup.
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New Castle
Navy
Mediterranean
Atlantic
South Pacific
Res
Chris Fink Ianky
Wyoming
Pacific
Conference debates Syrian crisis at United Nations summit
At a 49 nation UN conference in San Francisco the Syria Lebanon incident and Anglo American Levant intervention dominated nine weeks of talks. The Big Five delayed a veto issue as Russia urged finalizing a world security charter with days of committee work and no clear adjournment in sight likely delaying completion to June 8 to 15.
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San Francisco
Toda Ge&s
Bigge
Wwilecal
Levant
Russia
Middle East
France
Britain
United States
Kidnaped Baby Found Dead in Philadelphia
Police prepare to question local girls after three month old Thomas Valentine Ripley Jr is found dead in a clump of bushes behind a vacant house in west Philadelphia. The infant, son of Mrs Barbara Ripley, was abducted from a yard and died of exposure. witnesses described two 12 year old girls seen with a baby resembling the Ripley child.
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Philadelphia
INS
Thomas Valentine Ripley Jr
Barbara Ripley
Ripley
Human rocket bomb born of desperation in Tokyo lab
New York June 11. The human rocket bomb used by Japan in the western Pacific emerged from Japanese airmen driven by desperation as anti aircraft defenses grew harder to break. The Tokyo radio, reported by the FCC, said the idea was conceived to attack American ships and developed at Emperial University before becoming the weapon.
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New York
Western Pacific
Tokyo Radio
FCC
Aeronautical Laboratory
Tokyo Emperial University
Honor Roll Dedication Set for Sunday in Neshannock
The Neshannock Township Honor Roll will be dedicated Sunday at 4 PM at Walms School on Maitline Lane. Mrs O J Shannon leads the program with assistance from Mrs R R Kevlander and others. William Pauty is coordinating outreach to include all listed names.
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Neshannock
Nestvariin
Bonor
Walms School
Maitline Lane
O J Shannon
Charlie
R R Kevlander
Lyle Hughes
Judee
William
Pauty
Mr Tarnyv
Cancellations Of War Contracts To Be Increased
Washington reports a plan to cancel war contracts at a rate of two billion dollars per month in the second half of the year. Acting Director Ros Putnam told the House Appropriations Committee that mostly Army Navy and Maritime Commission contracts will be affected. He cited mid April estimates of contract value and outlined anticipated reductions.
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Washington
Jate
Ros
Putnam
Fhethouse
Patra
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A garbled OCR passage lists scattered phrases and misread words. The fragmentary lines reference people, places, and quotes but do not present a coherent event or identifiable entities with reliable context.
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