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AROUND THE GLOBE: In Washington, the U.S. publicly acknowledgedresponsibility for the sinking of the Japanese relief ship Awa Maru which was travelling under an Allied safe-conduct guarantee. The vessel was sunk by an American submarine which torpedoed it in a fog about midnight April 1 with the loss of more than 1,000 lives. . . .For saving the lives of six children and an aged woman when a German flyingbomb struck a London orphanage, CpI. Chester A. Morris III, of Macon, Ga., has been awarded the Soldier’s Medal.Morris, on pass from the 9th Air Force’s416th Bomb Group in France, rescued the seven when the weakened building threatened to collapse on them. . . . First U.S. troops to be evacuated from bases in central Canada passed through Winnipeg this week on way to the U.S., Col. Jack Hodgson, commander of U.S. Army forces in central Canada, announced. . . . More than 2,000.000# tons of foodstuffs have been shipped to Europe by the U.S. Army since the liberation for the feeding of civilians, the War Department announced. . . . Swiss government hasaccepted 1,000,000 francs (about$230,000) from the Japanese governmentas an expression of its regret for thedeaths of about 15 Swiss citizens in theFar East, Swiss radio reported. . . .From Oslo: Norwegian girls who want to marry German soldiers are causing scenes outside some of the camps, but Norwegian home front guards are keeping them out, despite certificates the girls have showing that the government has no objection to the marriages. . . . RCAF formations to take part in the occupationof Germany will include two heavy bomber squadrons and three medium transport squadrons, Col. C. W. G. GibsOn,Canadian air minister, announced.
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New York Stars and Stripes
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Mon, Jul 16, 1945
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