Ribbentrop Captured Alive by British Agents
Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was taken alive in Hamburg while sleeping in a boarding house. He carried a poison can, surrendered voluntarily, and was to be moved to a British prison after secret interrogations. His arrest closes a long manhunt as Britain and allies seek war crimes trials. He had long shaped Nazi diplomacy and pressured Britain and France in 1939.
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Montgomery
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hamburg
Europe
von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Riese
Ribbentrop
Ueneberg
Field Marshal
Anthony Eden
Vincent Churchill
Britain
France
Russia
Bond Sales Slump Follow Big Day In War Drive
After four record days honoring Lt. Harold Goad in Burma, bond sales in the mighty seventh 9 ar loan campaign slowed. Purchases totaled 4488 today toward 2123000, with Thursday pushing the campaign to 5973 toward 1458000 as optimism remains for a rebound in the coming days.
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Harold Goad
Burma
India
Action On A Flattop: Local Gunner Battles On Heroic 'Sara'
Gunner's Mate Second Class Eugene R. Hughes of Cole's Park served aboard the carrier Saratoga. After 28 months at sea he was wounded during a bombing near the flight deck and later repaired at Puget Sound Navy Yard. The Sara saw heavy combat from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, suffering major damage but surviving.
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Saratoga
Eugene R. Hughes
Cole’s Park
Puget Sound
Wash
Navy Yard
Sara
Hughes
Pacific Theater
Pearl Harbor
Mate Hughes
Guadalcanal
Tokyo
Navy
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Iwo Jima
U. S
Carrier Repaired After Heavy Damage At Iwo Jima
The Sara toga aircraft carrier, badly damaged early in the Iwo Jima battle, has been fully repaired and returned to service. Seven direct bomb hits caused 315 casualties, including 123 killed, missing or dead of wounds, and 192 wounded. On Feb 21 she was with a fast carrier task group northeast of Iwo Jima.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Saratoga
Iwo Jima
D” Day
Rocket bombs could reach major U S cities in six months
European war experts warned that if the conflict continued six more months Germany might bombard New York Washington Philadelphia and Boston with giant rocket bombs. Ordnance intelligence officers said mass production of rockets capable of pinpoint bombardment at 3000 miles was near. The assessment cited a month long survey of a rocket plant 800 feet beneath the Kohnstein mountains.
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Paris
Germany
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Supreme Headquarters
Kohnstein Mountains
Britain’s Parliament Ends 10-Year Tenure
London June 15 a parliament unique in British history concluded its 10-year tenure today the longest session in the nations modern annals in the midst of a bitter political campaign watched by the world as a barometer of postwar trends within the United Nations Britain will be without a parliament until the July 5 election results after July 25 in the interim the country will be governed by Prime Minister Churchill’s care taker administration.
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London
United Nations
Britain
Churchill
Two Die In Lake White Canoe Mishap Near Waverly
A Columbus father and son, William Harris aged 36 and Jimmy 5, drowned when a motorized canoe capsized on Lake White south of Waverly. The wife Sandra seven and daughter saved after clinging to the craft. Rescue efforts found the father's body at 9:05 p.m. and the boy later that night. Mrs Harris and Sandra survived. The tragedy marks the lake's first drownings this year and fifth in six years.
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Columbus
Lake White
Waverly
William Harris
Jimmy
Sandra
Harris
Governor's Point
Jesse Foster
Piketon
Columbus Coated Fabrics Co
Clay firm to build new town near Clinton Furnace road
Eastern Clay Products Co. of Elffort announced a major expansion to build a new plant on Clinton Furnace road near Lyra with a 200000 dollar-plus cost. Work starts July for a 1946 summer operation. The project includes a company town with homes, store and community buildings.
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Sciotoco
Eastern Clay Products Co
Elffort
Clinton Furnace
Lyra
N. J. Dunbeck
Jackson
Dunbeck
Eifort
Indiana
Atty
Chester P. Fitch
Kids Day Arrives With Contests and Fireworks Display
The Civic Forum plans its 12th annual Fourth of July for Greater Portsmouth kids. Activities include Municipal Stadium track and field events in the morning, bicycle races in the afternoon, and a fireworks show at night. Robert McNamara is chairman with John Chatfield as co chairman guiding the program to offer Independence Day fun and keep youngsters safe from fireworks. Adults are welcome to the night program.
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Civic Forum
Greater Portsmouth
Municipal Stadium
Stdium
Robert McNamara
John Chatfield
Mr. McNamara
Industrial sugar allocations cut by OPA for July September
The Associated Press reports that OPA ordered a national cut in industrial sugar allotments for the July to September quarter. Quotas shrink from 23 to 8 percent below the April June ration, with most users facing a 37 percent reduction overall to align with scarce supplies. Ice cream and bottled beverage makers drop to 50 percent of 1941 base, bakers and cereal manufacturers to 60 percent, continuing the wartime ration adjustments.
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Associated Press
Washington
OPA
Ohio Valley Weather Patch Sees Heat and Scattered Storms
The Ohio valley faces continued hot and humid conditions tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers. Schirrman records show 11 am temperature at 84, today's low 70, yesterday's high 94, and a year ago today high 92 with low 69.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Dwight Eisenhower backs peacetime universal military training
In a public letter to the postwar military committee chairman, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower urged universal peacetime military training to ensure fairness and survival chances in war. The remark accompanied Stimson's support for peacetime drafts, stressing that large numbers across all arms remain vital despite advances.
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Ike
Associated Press
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Europe
Woodrum
Virginia
Stimson
Eisenhower
America
Small Nations Press for UN Charter Revisions
San Francisco June 15 small nations resentful of big power leadership may rally UN conference votes to force revision of the projected world security charter within 5 to 10 years. Behind the scenes they doubt the veto voting formula will work as it would grant the big five full control of Security Council actions and allow any one to block actions it dislikes.
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San Francisco
Security Council
Eisenhower and Stimson urge universal military training
General Eisenhower argues that peace time training builds leadership, manpower, and public obligation readiness for war. Stimson backs prompt enactment, warning that disbanding then rebuilding the military would cost more than continuing universal training to deter aggression and preserve peace.
Unified Force Praised For Victory Over Nazis
Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower credited the invasion of Europe last June to a single coordinated effort by air, sea, and ground arms. He spoke at a press conference noting success depended on unity among all Allied forces.
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Associated Press
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Plane crash kills 17 naval personnel near Vicksburg
Seventeen naval personnel including two WAVES died when a large transport plane exploded and crashed in woods 16 miles northeast of Vicksburg Mississippi. A navy lieutenant was seriously injured as eyewitnesses described a fall from about 5000 feet after the aircraft appeared to strike an air pocket before breaking apart.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Here
Owen W. Baldwin
Jackson Funeral Home
Baldwin
FHA Head Resigns. Ferguson Leaving FHA July First
President Truman accepted Abner H. Ferguson's resignation as administrator of the Federal Housing Administration, effective July 1. Ferguson will return to private law practice in Washington.
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FHA
Washington
Truman
Abner H. Ferguson
Federal Housing Administration
Mr. Ferguson
U S Hammers Osaka in Massive 3000 Ton Raid
U S planes firebomb Osaka in a 3000 ton incendiary raid as Gen H H Arnold forecasts 2,000,000 tons of bombs yearly to crush Japan. LeMay notes Osaka destroyed, Tokyo heavily burned, and targets Kobe Yokohama and Kawasaki largely gone. Arnold and Kenney outline July 1 drops totaling 1,300,000 and 700,000 tons respectively. Allied forces press Okinawa as Japanese resolve weakens with mass surrenders and desertions.
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H. H. Arnold
Japan
Okinawa
Borneo
China
Philippines
Washington
Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Arnold
Marianas
Tokyo
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Curtis E. LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Gen Arnold
Kawasaki
Gen. LeMay
Gen. Arnold
George C. Kenney
U. S. Far Eastern Air Forces
Germany
Europe
WPB approves fancier feminine footwear styles
The War Production Board approved a return to fancier feminine shoes, lifting bans on two tone spectators and reptile shoes, huaraches, and shoes with fancy stitching and decorative lacing. Leather remains in short supply, but no major leather-saving measures are removed.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Blind in One Eye To Be Called For Draft
Ohio selective service headquarters announced that draft boards will refer men aged 18 to 26 who are blind in one eye for pre induction examinations. Previously registrants with this disability were rejected as unfit for general military service. The order targets only loss of vision in one eye, not the loss of an eye.
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Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
Selective Service
Motorist Killed In Hamilton Crash
June 15 Arthur West 59 of Hamilton died when his car hit the rear of a trailer truck shortly before midnight.
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Hamilton
Arthur West
Gandhi steps aside as eight Congress members freed
June 15 Gandhi announced the freeing of eight imprisoned Congress working committee members and said he would step aside to let them lead independence efforts. Field Marshal Wavell announced the releases. An Indian British conference is set for June 25 at Simla to discuss two extra Indian executive posts. Kalam Azad, the Congress president, was released and his name was initially omitted from the Simla invitation list.
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Associated Press
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Working Committee
Lord Wavell
Simla
Britain
Executive Council
Gandhi
Wavell
Congress Party
Maulana
Abdul Kalam Azad
Congress
Kalam Azad
Lt Alexander Bruce Dies on Okinawa
Lt. Alexander Bruce 33, son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Bruce of St Paul Ky, was killed May 5 on Okinawa. Survived by son Thomas of Pittsburgh two brothers Bennett Ashland Orville Detroit a sister Alta Wright Kingsport Tenn and relatives in Portsmouth Sciotoville. Born March 6 1912 in St Paul he lived most of life in Ashland and graduated from Ashland High and the University of Kentucky. He volunteered Feb 26 1943, trained at Fort Benning, went to the South Pacific with the 77th Division last January and was recommended for the Bronze Star for bravery.
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Alexander Bruce
Charles E. Bruce
St. Paul
Okinawa
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Bennett Bruce
Ashland
Orville Bruce
Detroit
Alta Wright
Kingsport
Tenn
Portsmouth
Sciotoville
St. Bruce
Ashland High School
University of Kentucky
Bruce
Army
Ft. Benning
South Pacific
77Th
When Conditions Permit Join Families of Servicemen
The War Department pledged that families and fiances of servicemen in occupied Europe may join them when conditions permit. The statement, issued in Washington, underscores that relocations will be allowed only as military and security situations improve.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
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