Italy Surrender To Face Army Command Says Allies
Washington reports quote that the United States and Britain will accept Italy's unconditional surrender only from the Italian army high command. Roosevelt and Churchill reportedly agreed in White House talks. Mussolini and fascist leaders are deemed unacceptable to hand Italy to the Allies. Some officials doubt invading Italy soon, preferring air power and occupation to open the Mediterranean.
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Kingsbury
Suyeil T
Washington
United States
Britain
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
Italy
Mussolini
Germany
Panderrin
Sardinia
Selly
Mediterranean
United Nations
Convicts Enlist for Parole Tests at Stateville and Joliet
In Joliet Illinois June 7 convicts aged 18 to 38 at Stateville and Joliet prisons underwent fitness examinations for army service with promised parole or conditional release for those who pass. Warden Ragen says all examinees are eager to enlist and convicts convicted of larceny robbery or burglary may be released if deemed fit. Similar testing will be extended to inmates at Fontige reformatory and Menard.
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Toliet
Ill
Stateville
Joliet
Joseph] Ragen
Dwight H. Green
Parole Board
Fontige Reformatory
Menard Nelson
Bombing Raids Hit Mandalay and Several Jap Installations
Large formations of American medium bombers attacked Mandalay and other Japanese positions. British planes struck Kalemyo while Allied crews reported all planes returned safely. Rail tracks, trains, ferries, oil works, a water filtration plant and barracks suffered damage across Mandalay Monywa Yawataung Chak A area.
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New Delhi
lPi
Mandalay
Kalemyo
Sagiang
Yawataung
Monywa
Iort
Chak. A
Oll
Pukkan
Weiler
20 Soldiers killed in two maneuvers accidents
NASHVILLE Tenn June 7 INS Twenty deaths in two separate accidents involving soldiers over the weekend today brought to 47 the number of fatalities in the first seven weeks of the Second army maneuvers. A truck crash killed eighteen soldiers and eight injured when it plunged 25 feet. Two soldiers were killed and one injured after being struck by a train four miles south of Gallatin Tennessee. Names listed include Staff Sgt James W Atkinson Morehead City NC Staff Sgt Benjamin B Odell Miami hedy Kas Tech 4th Gr Bryce K Dixon Connellsville Pa Tech 4th Gr Fredertel Peterson Boston Mass Cpl Robert C Cook Chicago Cpl Cecil S Dennis Princeton Mercer County W Van Cpl Theodore W Houston Philadelphia Pa Cpl Chalmer D B Poor Edinburg Ill Leroy K Williams Derry Pr Tech Lth Gr Joseph R McLaren Pittsburgh Pa Pie William A OK Rear New Orleans La Pvt Pearl M Benne Tidlote Pa Pvt Jay O Hammond Reston Pa Pvt Fredy Wilkins Joplin Mo Pvt Forest F Mersill Preston Md Pvt Dean K Rosman Muhlen Pa Pic James Allen Jr Kansas City Mo and Second Lt Frederick R Nourse Jr Dedham Mass critically injured include Capt Gordon B Free Bainbridge Ohio and Cpl Raymond R HL Greencastle Ind others listed. The two train fatalities were coast artillery soldiers Pvt Ralph A Ano Albuquerque N M and Pvt Slaughter trial begins in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Nashville
Tenn
INS
Second Army
Gallatin
Tenny
James W. Atkinson
Morehead City
N. G
Benjamin B. Odell
Miami
Heudy
Kas ‘Tech
Bryce K. Dixon
Connellsville
Tech
Predertel Peterson
Boston
Mass
Robert C.cook
Chicago
Cecil S. Dennis
Princeton
Mercer County
W. van Cpl
Theodore W. Houston
Philadelphia
Chalmer DB
Poor
Edinburg
Lerroy K. Williams
Derry
Pr Tech
Joseph R. McLaren
Pittsburgh
William A
New Orleans
Pearl
M. Benne
Tidlote
Pay
Jay OW
Hammond
Reston
Fred y._ Wilkins
Joplin
Forest F. Mersill
Preston
Dean K. Rossman
MU Helm
James Allen Jr
Kansas City
Frederick R. Nourse Jr
Dedivan
Gordon B. Free
Bainbridge
Ohio
Raymond R
Greencastle
Ind
Richard A. Gagnon
Lawrence
Joseph Errante
New York
Solomon Toubin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clyde L. Johnson
Richland
Collin P. Guidry
Biloxi
Miss
Forteretti S
Kitterman
Whitewater
Worth
Howard
Texas Prices Move Up Amid May Market Shifts
A USDA report shows Texas price trends for May end with gains in grain prices and eggs at 32.5 cents a dozen. Sorghum rose to $1.00 per 100 pounds, beef slipped to $11.90 per 100 pounds, hops eased to $12.60 per 100 pounds, while chickens and ducks held steady.
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Austin
Texas
Faom
USDA
Iran
Former Light Employee Receives Silver Star Honor
Donald E. Ball a motor machinist mate second class and former paper carrier for The Light is awarded the silver star for gallantry in action. His parents Mr and Mrs E M Ball reside at 18 East Hut Avenue.
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Donald EB. Ball
Ught
E. M. Ball
Rast Hutf Avenue
Lochner Urges Postwar Plan for Germany's Peaceful Rise
Allentown Pa June 11 Louis L Lochner former Associated Press chief in Berlin urged a postwar program to help Germany become peaceful democratic citizens. Lochner who won the 1939 Pulitzer for distinguished correspondence received Muhlenberg College's Doctor of Laws at its 76th commencement. He said those who argue eliminating all Germans risk welding the nation into despair and prolonging costly victory.
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Allentown
Germany
Louis L. Lochner
Associated Press
Koreau
Berlin
Lochner
Muhlenberg College
Frito
Lachner
Why V Mail Form From Your Post Office
A brief note explains the Gee V Mail form available at post office stations or drugstores. It outlines where to obtain the form and how to use it for mail services.
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Gee
Allied Scientists To Study Sunspots
New York June 1 Allied astronomers will study the new eleven and a half year sunspot cycle as part of war work observers will track sunspot numbers and sizes for half the cycle while peace may come in the latter half. Observations at naval observatory and Mount Wilson show sunspots migrating southward and magnetic polarity reversing from the old cycle.
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New York
Park
Sehart Lin
Avice Science
Aditar
Naval Observatory
Washerington
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
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