Yanks Raise Flag Over Shuri Castle
The American flag flew over the shattered Shuri Castle after a Marine unit breached the fortress amid mud and shelling on Okinawa. Marines of Company A, 2d Battalion, killed about 50 Japanese as they raised the banner in the abatised fortress.
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Shuri Castle
Shuck Castle
Okinawa
China
Roort
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Indo-China
Allin
Philippines
New Guinea
Burma
Rai
U.S
Shuri
First Marine Division
Company A
FIC
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Short Town
Seventh Army
Sixth Marines
Nala
Capitol
Navy Blamed in Labor Shortage
Senator Morse says West coast navy yards suffer a 20 000 worker shortfall due to navy labor policies. Officials report shortages while calls rise to remedy repairs of damaged ships.
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Washington
Morse
h.-Ore
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Protests Over Bus Route Changes And Ration Shifts
Northside residents led by the Beacon Mill group protested proposed Transit company bus reroutes, delivering a 700-name petition to Mayor Mauermann. City officials said route changes require ordinance and noted the company plans adjustments to North Flores, Blanca, and San Pedro lines to reduce manpower use. Also reported are OPA ration revisions raising tomato and some juice point values while juice totals drop in 48 ounce containers due to slow supply.
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OPA
Ward
Ryu
Northside
Beacon Mill
William D. White
Mauermann
Counels
James Turner
North Flores
Blanca
San Pedro
North Flores Streck
Turner
Ot Dubt
Mavermann
Tls
Tommy Dobbs Jr
Franahi. Company
Bel Alamo National Bank
Weather and meat price changes in San Antonio area
Forecast notes upward adjustments in meat values for San Antonio and vicinity. Prices for fat backs bacon and pork rise slightly with warm winds. temperatures reach 94 degrees Thursday, 70 degrees in the morning. Market terms indicate minor shifts in regular bacon and cheese prices with no overall reductions. more weather details on Page 2-A.
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San Antonio
Weady
Jap Balloon Bomb Kills 6 in Oregon
A Japanese balloon bomb killed a woman and five children near Lake View Oregon on May 5. The blast occurred in mountainous Lake County, and the Rev Archie Mitchell reported his daughter Joan spotted a white object before the explosion. The victims hailed from Ely,Gre.
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Lake View
Ote
Here
War Department
United States
Lake County
Else Mitchell
Christan Alliance
Wey Gifford
Eddie Engen
Joan Pateke
Dick Patzke
Shevyuan Shoemaker
Ely
Gre
Archie Mitchell
Isuvivor
Tranedy
Joan
Mera
Michell
Right to Keep Troops in Iran Cited
London May 31 Allied troops may stay six months after Japan’s defeat under a treaty nations note says but could be withdrawn sooner if Tehran requests. A British foreign office spokesman indicated identical notes to Britain the United States and Russia demanding immediate evacuation would be considered in London.
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London
Tran
Japan
Ian
Britain
United States
Russia
Million American combat deaths in World War II reported
The War Department released figures showing U S combat casualties surpassing one million with Army at 800 019 and Navy at 122 868 totaling 1 002 887. The report covers 41 months of fighting with 309 646 wounded returned to duty and 10584 war prisoners in the Mediterranean. Red transfers planned between Allied and Soviet forces aim to repatriate prisoners and extend air and sea returns to the United States.
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Navy
Patterson
Kilied
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Africa
Italy
France
Wounda
Mediterranean
United States
Yank Uses Hammer to Fight Nazis on Buckley
In a World War II account from Washington, Gunner’s Mate Bernard Finch grabbed a hammer aboard the destroyer escort Buckley when it rammed a submarine. He used the hammer to strike Nazi crewmen who boarded, knocking several from the ship while the Buckley’s sailors repelled the attackers. The report ends urging war bond support.
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Turena Washington
Bernard Pirch
Desktroyer
Buckley
Finch
Intervention Aimed to Stop Further Bloodshed
London May 31 Prime Minister Cuilehill urged De Gaulle to withdraw French troops from Syria to their barracks. Britain ordered armed forces in the Middle West to intervene to prevent further bloodshed as fighting between French and Syrian forces continued in Damascus. The United States had urged France to review its Syria policy. Damascus reported heavy shelling and fires as civilians were evacuated. Eden said an armistice was arranged with French authorities and that the center of the city had been subjected to intense shellfire. Churchill sent a message to General Be Gaulle requesting immediate withdrawal to avert a collision between British and French forces and proposing tripartite talks in London once order was restored.
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de Gaulle
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ITV
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Levant
Eden
Damascus
Ould Galve
F Eden
United States
Cty
Uid
BeGaude
Middle East
Japan
Truman
London Evening News
Atlantic Charter debates ripple through Middle East tensions
The article traces how the Atlantic Charter idea reappears in conflicts around Syria and Persia. It notes Persian demands for troop withdrawal, past Allied interventions, and fears of renewed domination by Britain and Russia, with America urged to act as a neutral mediator. It recalls historic Persian tensions from 1900s to postwar power rivalries shaping current anxieties.
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Dewitt Annodated Vrei
Syria
Middle East
Far Fist
Trea
Persia
Tulsa
Britain
England
Persian Gulf
Russia
Heliconters Save 3 Yanks in Rescue of Crashed Plane
Three helicopters joined a rescue effort at Yuanklang in the Red River valley to save three surviving American crewmen from a Sikorsky R-6 crash. The transport plane carried five crew and eight Chinese soldiers. two died, the rest bailed out. Military pilots Capt. Knute Flint of Kent Ohio, S/Sgt. Joseph D. Phillips of Dallas, and 2nd Lt. Granville H. Wright Jr of Roscoe California led the operation under a German Lutheran missionary.
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Mary
Cini
Yuanklang
Red River Valley
Hugo Brunner
Knute Flint
Kent
Ohio
Sienk
Joseph D. Phillips
Dallas
Texas
Granville H. Wright Jr
Roscoe
Calif
Philippines Switches to Right-Hand Traffic
The Philippines ended a 40 year custom by adopting right-hand traffic on streets and highways. The changeover, ordered by the American army, aimed to conform with U S practice. Signs were posted for the public while military police reported some initial trouble as drivers adapted.
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Manila
Philippines
United States
U. S. Army
Australia
New Guinga
Philppines
Faa
Angry Solons to Probe Courts Martial
Washington May 31 The military affairs committee ordered an Army explanation of court martials and discharges. Representative Thomason of Texas urged a full review of policies after reports of discharges for nerve exhaustion. He cited a Texas lawyer denied benefits due to a stigma and urged scrutiny of review boards and related sanctions.
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m—Zee House
Thomason
Texas
Adjutant General's Office
Appa
Thomson
Yexan
Hays
The
Texan
Joseph Mctire
Worcester
Mass
McGee
Aa Army
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