War Criminals to be Tried by Nations Tribunal
Major Nazi war criminals including Hermann Goering will be tried by a tribunal to be appointed by the United Nations War Crimes commission. Goering and Himmler are not yet indicted, with Allied approval pending. Lesser Nazis will face trials in the countries where crimes occurred as the international tribunal forms slowly.
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Nations
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Tribunal For Trials
London
Hermann Goering
Lo Groening
Moscow
Reichmarshal
Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
War Crimes Commission
War Crimes International Court
National Maritime Day Observance Calls for Flags
Gov Edward Martin urges Pennsylvanians to observe National Maritime Day May 22 by displaying the Stars and Stripes to salute the merchant marine. City workers rush storm sewer work in the public square ahead of resurfacing. A man from Clifton Flats brings in a strange bug found on the road.
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Edward Martin
City Street Department
George Edward Barris
Pennsylvania Avenue
Clifton Flats
Daily Weather Report
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 a m. today show a maximum temperature of 80 and a minimum of 44 with traces of precipitation and a river stage of 66 feet. Data from the same date last year records a maximum of 74 and a minimum of 36 with no precipitation.
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United States
Colossal Scheme Of Extermination Charged To Nazis
A 12 member congressional committee described a systematic Nazi program of torture and killing in German camps. The report presented to Congress detailed conditions and methods used on political prisoners and intellectuals who refused Nazi ideology.
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Washington
INS
Congressional
Senate
House
Europe
Good Neighbor Policy Faces Supreme Test at UN
The 12 year old Good Neighbor policy faces a central test as the United Nations conference seeks to resolve regional security. President Stettinius planned a follow up with the Latin American six committee after a session was canceled to review the situation.
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San Francisco
America
Mark
United States
Edward R Stettinius
U. S
Face Saving Shifts In Japan Reported In Naval High Command
New Tokyo dispatches reveal more changes in Japan the navy as Vice Admiral Takao Tada becomes vice minister of the navy replacing Shigeyoshi Inouye promoted to full admiral. Vice Admiral Ryozo Fukuda succeeds Kondo as commander in chief of the China Seas fleet and joins the supreme War council.
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New York
INS
Naval High Command
Tokyo
Takao Tada
Naval Affair
Shigeyoshi Inouye
Supreme Council
Ryozo Fukuda
Takaoava
China Seas Fleet
Nobutake Kondo
Supreme War Council
Colonel Gabreski Released Oil City Plans Celebration
Oil City officials announced a celebration for Lt Colonel Francis Gabreski after his release from a German prison camp. Gabreski, a top American ace with 28 kills, was missing after a 1944 mission over France and is expected to return home once his tally reaches 30.
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Oil City
Francis Gabreki
Gabreski
France
Ay Cochran
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Allied Troops Mopping Up Burma Pocket Reported
Allied forces pressed operations in Burma with a new Japanese pocket along the Irrawaddy inland north of Prome. The British 14th Army located the island pocket as warplanes attacked Japanese troops barricaded at Lelpadan on the Rangoon Prome railway.
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Nuarsw
York
Burma
Irrewaddy
Prome
14Th Army
Southeast Asia
FCC
Lelpadan
Rangoon-Prome
Last Fighting Against Reds Seems Ended
Soviet high command announced that about 1,230,000 German officers and men have been taken prisoner since Germany’s May 9 surrender, including 101 generals. The report notes a mop-up from Austria to the Baltic and lists 170,000 officers captured yesterday.
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Russia
Berlin
Austria
Baltic
Czechoslovakia
Rae
Life In Berlin Returns To Normalcy After Soviet Broadcast
Moscow radio quoted two Russian correspondents reporting that Berlin is regaining normal life. Subway stations are being rebuilt and three large sectors to be commissioned by May 25. First trains may run from Alexanderplatz to Pla nkfer Pl Platz Street car traffic to resume soon.
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Berlin
Moscow
New York
Moscow Radio
Subways
Alexanderplatz
Plankfurter Platz
Deaths and ages listed in NY and California notices
Obituaries record Michael George 70 of New York City and Mrs Larry Atkinson 36 of Stockton California along with Thomas Francis Maher Sr 62 of 105 Phillips Place and Mrs Frank Cappas 36 of K D 5.
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Michael George
New York City
Larry Atkinson
Stockton
California
Thomas Francis Maher, Sr
Phillips Place
Frank Cappas
K. D
Thermometer Unveiling Marks War Loan Drive in New Castle
A large thermometer will be erected in New Castle’s public square to monitor Seventh War Loan progress as totals are released. The ceremony, featuring the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Band, begins at 7:30 PM Saturday with a parade from Castleton Hotel to the square and a concert in front of the post office. Governor Gettings reports the Loyal Order of Moose No. 1 bought bonds worth 10000 as part of the sale push.
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New Castle
Marine Corps
Castleton
Meverrio
East Street
Washington Street
Public Square
Moose
Order of
Moose No
George Gettings
Sereran House
Solitario
Churchill Hopes For Meeting With Truman Stalin
Churchill in the House of Commons expressed a devout hope for a near future meeting with President Truman and Premier Stalin. He said it would be odd if the long and fierce war ended without any settlement among the victors and avoided confirming a London venue.
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London
Truman
Marshal Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Chief Reassigns Police Officers To New Permanent Posts
Police Chief Robert D Hanna issued an order effective May 16 eliminating alternating shifts. Patrolmen cruise drivers sergeants and lieutenants are reassigned to permanent duties with no stated reason. Previously each rank rotated days middle and midnight shifts.
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Robert D. Hanna
Trieste Situation Tests Allied Unity in Europe
London reports the first severe test of Allied relations as Britain and the United States demand that Marshal Tito withdraw Yugoslav troops from Trieste and nearby Italian areas. Authorities caution the matter is delicate yet seek a friendly, satisfactory resolution while Tito faces mounting pressure.
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Trieste
London
Europe
Americas
Marshal Tito
Tito
First Nazi U-boat surrenders on American shores at Cape May
The U 858, the first German submarine to surrender in US home waters since Pearl Harbor, was boarded by armed Marines at Cape May New Jersey after being escorted from 300 miles south of Cape Race. It carried 14 torpedoes and five officers with 52 crew, awaiting transport to Fort Miles and later Philadelphia Navy Yard.
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Hte
Camp Mas
Teermany Aitep
St. Chile
Bode
Bavaria
Cape May
Pearl Harbor
Cape Race
Newtounaland
Fort Mile
Hamburg
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Japan Abrogates Nazi Agreement Aborts Ghost European Ties
New York May 15 The Japanese cabinet has abrogated the Tokyo tri party agreement with the non existent Nazi and Fascist governments of Germany and Italy Following the decision the foreign office said agreements for special cooperation with European powers have ceased to be effective The action follows Germany's unconditional surrender and other recent European developments as Domei and Tokyo radio report with FCC records.
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New York
INS
Tokyo
Germany
Italy
Tokyo Radio
Japanese Foreign Office
Europe
Japan
Domei
FCC
General Mark Clark on Seventh War Loan Drive
Gen Mark W Clark, commander in Italy, urges Americans to back the Seventh War Loan. He calls every citizen to support the drive and ensure the loan goes over the top.
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Mark Clark
Washington
Mark W Clark
Italy
11Th Army
Half Of German Subs Surrender
London dispatch reports British naval authorities say all German U bombs have failed to surface and report positions by a stated deadline will be outlawed and sunk. The missing subs will be hunted by Allied warships. if captured, commanders face court martial.
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London
Ins
British Admiralty
Grand Adm
Irarl Doenus
Max Horton
Yanks Drive Inland on Mindanao and Luzon Fronts
American forces press inland across Mindanao and northern Luzon. MacArthur reports systematic reduction of Japanese strongpoints as 24th Infantry Division advances along the Balete Pass toward Cagayan and Santa Fe. U S columns close in on Ipo Dam and Villa Verde trail amid heavy enemy pressure.
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MacArthu
Ebo
24Th Infantry
Davao
Euermila
Cagatar
Wital Ch O
Masami
Orbutal
24Th Divine
Luzon
Balete
Santa Fe
MacArthur
Villa Verde Trail
Ipo Dam
Third Airfield On Okinawa Lost By Japs
American infantrymen gained a firm hold on Yonabaru airdrome on Okinawa's southeast coast after a 2,400 yard drive via the seizure of Conical Hill. The 96th Infantry overran Yonabaru, the third major airfield captured, as Japanese resistance persisted on land and from the air.
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Okinawa
Yonahara
Guam
Conical Hill
Yonabaru
96Th Infantry
British Assert Doenitz Is Real War Criminal
Lord Vansittart labeled Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz a war criminal and stated Britain aims to impose a hard peace on Germany. The claim appeared in a London Evening News summary of a British assertion during May.
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Assert Doenitz
London
Karl Doenits
Adolf Hitle
Lord Vansittart
Todas
Britain
Germany
London Evening News
Churchill Cast Doubt On Hitler Death Report
London reports Prime Minister Churchill doubts German claims of Hitler’s death and avoids details after questions. Molotov returns to Moscow from San Francisco after attending the World Security Conference, accompanied by Kuznetsov of the Soviet Trade Union Council.
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Churchill
Hitler Molotov
Soviet
London
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Tineline
Hitler
Famonn de Valera
INS
Vitcheslavy M. Molotov
United States
San Francisco
Moscow Radio
Kuznetsov
Soviet Trade Union Council
Postwar Navy Being Planned
Sen David Walsh says postwar plans call for a navy with one sixth the personnel of the present sea branch. He notes a bill to authorize four times the size of the army but maintains the current strength for the Navy, with a plan to introduce postwar legislation detailing personnel levels.
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Walsh
Washington
INS
David Walsh
Mas
Senate Nevasffits
Toa
Antaive
Sea Branch
Tess
Farmer Hears Questionable News From Fields
A garbled field note mentions a farmer asking about pests and worms affecting corn and beans along with tomato plants. The text references seeding, ground condition, sun exposure, and gardening tasks but remains unclear overall.
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Watson
International Tribunal
Kiel
London News Chronicle
Himmier
Flensburg
Karl Doenitz
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
By William Theis
Reds
Stalin
U.S. East Coast
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Mindanao
Manila
Bade
Philhopny Islands
Suim Tocar
Douglas MacArthur
Couverguin
Tre -Ull Baunur
Iaud
Spe
Narroas
Aliteia
del Monte
Cagayan
John RE. Henry
Ft Corre
Yonadiru
Shiri
Attac
Unis
Rezmen
Natal
Onis Irfie
Japs Wss
Havnen Naha Capit al Gautianea On Pace Ie
Arthur Mometer
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