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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
2
Officials announce an extra gasoline allotment of six gallons per coupon after June 21, replacing four, as a wartime measure. The piece urges conservation, noting California’s pivotal role in transporting war materiel to the Pacific and the need to power trucks moving troops and supplies.
Heinrich Himmler, architect of mass murder, took the easy exit revealing a swift death. His demise removes a top Nazi from the list of criminals, leaving Joachim von Ribbentrop as the remaining major figure. Gestapo efforts to capture subordinates must intensify to ensure no one with blood on hands escapes.
A radio joke claimed Tokyo would be renamed Takeyo due to air raid damage. The piece notes 4500 tons of fire bombs per raid, with temperatures near 6000 degrees, and observes Japan’s likely reaction as Allied heavy bombers continue their assault on the capital.
President Truman plans a June closing address in San Francisco and a possible European trip for a Big Three conclave, signaling an era of frequent high level travel. In Sacramento lawmakers clash over budget sales tax liquor control and compulsory medical insurance amid a heated session. Martin Dresser, who arrested Hitler after the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, reappears as a county commissioner near Munich under American control.
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