11 Jul 1945
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1945
Page
1
The Seventh War Loan, totaling 26.315 billion dollars, set new records for sales in each category. Individual buyers contributed 8.681 billion, corporate sales reached 17.632 billion, with quotas and previous records cited. The drive ran May 14 to June 39, ending with strong public participation despite shortfalls in E bond quotas.
Allied forces report capture of a new position four miles north of the prior location at Cape Penadjam along the bay's west shore. Dutch troops are believed to hold Cape Telektenant as air support from Thirteenth Air Force Liberators and Mitchell bombers continues to aggressively strike enemy positions.
The Big Three plan a Berlin visit within days and expect to discuss Russian demands on revising the Dardanelles and Montreux conventions. Britain signals support for Russia's security needs while calling for a broad international agreement. Observers anticipate eight other territorial issues, including Poland's claim to all Eastern Germany to the Oder and Neisse rivers.
The report details Allied strategic realignments in the Pacific with three new air commands forming under MacArthur and Nimitz. It notes air forces from Okinawa to Iwo Jima reorganized to establish broader striking distance against Japan. British forces push inland near Mandalay while Japan suffers scattered counterattacks.
Jean Eileen Creviston, a blue eyed daughter of Set and Mrs John L Creviston, was abducted from a Marion hospital nursery. Mrs Lanman confessed the baby theft after claiming multiple miscarriages. She took the infant to a rooming house, altered its diaper, and sought to destroy evidence before alerting authorities.
Churchill lives in a private compound near Marrakech guarded by six plainclothes detectives. 5600 curious French spectators line the beach as he rests in Morocco. He sleeps late and reads London papers while Spitfires ferry news from England. Brigadier General Torr visited, Basque festival planned, statue unveiling proposed.
President Truman plans a Potsdam meeting in Germany with Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall and Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King likely present. The delegation may include Gen Henry H. Arnold and diplomat Joseph E. Davies, with other State, War, and Navy officials.
Brookins, a Syracuse resident, confessed to raping and strangling Miss Caputo in a vacant lot near the Yates area. Investigators linked him to earlier assaults and noted his military discharges and prior rapes in multiple jurisdictions. Authorities pursued leads across Rochester and Syracuse as the case unfolded.
Mrs Imogene Stevens a 21 year old Texas matron charged with slaying a submarine sailor was to appear in a Connecticut court to seek a bail reduction from 50000 dollars. Her husband trooper George Stevens pledged to raise funds and her father promised 25000 dollars toward bail.
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