Prague Broadcasts Appeal for POW Help From Camp
A Prague radio appeal requested aid for British and American prisoners at Theresienstadt, 40 miles north of Prague. David Graham broadcast the plea describing severe typhus, dysentery, and growing deaths among 25,000 inmates, calling for food, medicines, bandages, doctors, nurses, and relief supplies.
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Glasses Join Beer Shortage in Britain
London tavern keepers face a new problem as a glass shortage hits due to Londoners smashing glasses after War Day toasts. In other news, sixteen students will be confirmed at Agudas Achim synagogue during Shavuot festivities.
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Cigaret Prices Rise In Mexico
In Mexico City on May 16 prices for cigarettes increased. U S brands now cost 35 to 40 cents, downmarket Mexican brands up from 4 to 5 cents, and similar Mexican varieties rise from 10 to 11 cents. Import declines blamed. supplies remain adequate.
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Gal Gets Second Soldier Printed Gal Gets Second Soldier
A 26 year old veteran wounded in Germany and another soldier with a Purple Heart and numerous decorations were with two women when a dispute led to a pistol firing. The veteran was shot in the groin and a hostess with a police record is jailed after a prior similar shooting with a soldier.
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B-29 Mines Menace Jap Shipping Tale From Tinian
May 16 dispatch from Tinian reports B-29 mine laying around Japan described by crewmen as an Easter egg hunt that threatens enemy trade. Instrument operator McFann and pilot Kish discuss tactics, speed, and avoidance by Japanese fighters while reconnaissance planes monitor mine sweeping. story continues on page 2.
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Okinawa Front Bloodiest Night As Marines Hold Naha
Marines battle brutal close quarters near Naha while a Pacific fleet communique claims 357 enemy aircraft were knocked out in the southern Japan theater. Reports say Okinawa’s defense tightened around Davao and central China as Japanese assaults faltered under U.S. counterattacks.
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Eisenhower Receives Warm London Welcome During Holiday Visit
In London May 18, General Dwight D. Eisenhower greeted cheering West End crowds on his first night in three years. He spoke briefly after Sid Fields and thanked Londoners for bearing the war’s burden, saying he was back among friends and enjoying a holiday. Bradley joined for the appearance and Eisenhower later met the cast backstage before continuing to a dinner in Ciró.
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U S and British Generals Map Path to Defeat Japan
London briefing shows Eisenhower Churchill and top Allied leaders in talks on war ends in the Pacific. Bradley, Patton, and Montgomery discussed postwar roles and German war-crimes, with London likely to coordinate British Far East structure and possible command changes.
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Ike Lees wn Snowdrops in Musical Strike It Again
London May 16 Police nickname Snowdrops was mentioned by General Eisenhower during a brief London theater visit to see the musical Strike It Again. He referred to past actors dressed in white helmets gloves belts and leggings and joked about his own snow drops on stage.
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Russian Films Shown in Berlin Broadcast States
London May 16. The Moscow radio disclosed that Soviet films have already been shown in Berlin cinema houses. The broadcast cited Lenin in 1918 and Peter the First as examples of titles shown.
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Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Forecast notes fair, cool Wednesday afternoon and night with partly cloudy, warmer Thursday. Wednesday high around 82, Thursday low near 48. Winds fresh from the east, partly cloudy in the south portion and continuing mild through night. additional data on Page 2-A.
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Clay Pledges Strict Rule In Germany
A Reuters report quotes Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay saying the Allied government in Germany will be military and that Germany will be kept under occupation for a long period. He outlines aims: crush Germany’s war potential, suppress Nazism, and punish war criminals. He notes zones of occupation and limited industry for relief and transport. Goering and other war criminals will be confined in prison areas as ordered.
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Okinawa Fighter's Nest Egg Stolen
Corporal Wilbert Cook, recently serving in Okinawa, sent home seven thousand dollars to invest in postwar property or business. The funds were stolen from his home in Fors Park, Tacoma. A separate break involving a massive explosion at the Du Pont munitions plant near Tacoma killed at least one worker.
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Army Posts To Ration Cigarettes And Tobacco
Washington May 16 Cigarets cigars and smoking to bates will be rationed in army posts and prisoner of war camps nationwide effective June 3. Military personnel their dependents and authorized civilian employees may buy six packs of cigarettes 24 cigars or four ounces of smoking tobacco weekly. Ration cards to be issued. Italian service units restricted to half the amount allowed military personnel. POWs may buy two ounces of tobacco weekly and cannot buy cigarettes or cigars.
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Yanks Give Germans Cold Shoulder in Occupied Germany
Frank Connife reports from American-occupied Germany on May 16. He notes German civilians show fear of the Russians, seek to curry favor with U.S. troops, and largely praise Hitler’s regime while blaming the war on others. Civilians cooperate with occupying authorities yet reveal moral and political confusion amid the presence of American forces.
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Conference To Be Held In London
An international conference on German war crimes will start in London May 31, with European governments sending liaison officers to assist German investigations. In Washington, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson announced Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan and two assistants to prosecute Europe’s war criminals, saying they are experienced trial lawyers.
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May Cold Wave Grips Texas Temperatures Dip Across State
A late May cold wave hit Texas with many towns in the thirties. Dalhart 33, Amarillo 35, Lubbock 36, Clarendon 38, Pampa 41. Dallas logged 48 the coldest May 16 in the record, while other cities ranged from 45 to 64. The Weather Bureau warned of continued cool conditions with gusty winds and rainfall across the state.
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