Gunner Killed In Fall On Queen Mary
A gunner assigned to the Queen Mary was killed today after a fall on the deck of the Ener moored at Bier. Tonawanda Veterans Hospital site will host a visit by Mayor Hackett and George Leber to press for a free bed for a veterans hospital. Dr Paul E Heme of RPI left for Europe as a technical adviser to the Army Air Force with colonel rank.
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Queen Mary Nesy Yoqera
N.patrica Ashburn
Ae Nay
Bier
Qsa
Tonawanda Oiers Veterans Hospital
Tonawanda
Clarence A. Hackett
George A. Leber
American Legion
Washington
Veterans’ Hospital
RE. P. I
Europe
Army Troy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Paul E. Heme
Department of
Aeronautical Engineering
Army Air Force
Nation Briefs Include Merchant Freed In Death Inquiry
Reports say Rockford merchant Bonnel was released after three days of questioning in the death of his secretary in a luxury apartment elevator. State radiotelephone service to Britain will open to the public this Saturday after wartime restrictions. A Michigan youth, William Evener, 18, was convicted of manslaughter over a $2 debt. Britain welcomed a French pact proposal for an Anglo French treaty to back the French-Soviet accord. In Rome Luigi Villari, a former lecturer, was arrested for spying for Fascist secret police.
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Merchant
Rockford
IL Caph
Ceel Bonnel
Weastihy
Roevrel
Stae
Weston Sand
U. S.-Britain
Washington
State Department
United States
Britain
Owosso
Mich
William Evener
London
Foreign Office
French Consultative Assembly
Italy
Rome
Italian High Commissariat For
Luigi Villari
Secret Police
Okinawa Battle Ends as Japanese Fight on to Last Stand
After 12 days of fighting the Okinawa battle is declared won by Nimitz. Organized resistance ceased June 21 with enemy garrisons in two pockets being mopped up. Japanese losses reach about 89,908 casualties with 2,565 prisoners, as Japan endures shortages of ammo and food while U.S. forces advance with tanks and flamethrowers.
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Teat of
Fleet Adm
Nimitz
Okinawa
U. S
General Says Tokyo Raid Not Likely Until Job In Japan Is Done
The officer who led the 1942 Tokyo raid by medium bombers from an aircraft carrier said he would not fly over Tokyo again until the work in Japan is completed. He cited inflammable targets and Japan's weaker recuperative power and noted a standing order preventing officers with future plans from placing themselves at risk of capture.
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Japan
Germany
Tokyo
Nashville Returns to Service After Damaging Plane Strike
The cruiser Nashville suffered a Japanese attack near Negros on December 13 as a single engine fighter hit her gun barrel and exploded its bomb. Fires and ammunition blasts killed many. rescuers and wounded were evacuated at Tacloban before temporary repairs and a long voyage home to the Puget Sound Navy Yard. Captain Charles E. Coney commanded the Roanoke, Virginia crew.
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Pagest Sound
Wash
Navy Yard
Charles E. Coney
Roanoke
Island of
Negros
Nashville
Nashvile’s
Leste
Tacloban
Western Pacific
Truman Set To Enjoy Vacation Amid Peace Charter Talks
President Truman plans a brief rest in Olympia while weighing the San Francisco conference agenda on peace charter talks. He may attend a news conference, then head toward Kansas City for homecoming celebrations and a possible Senate submission of the charter before meeting Churchill and Stalin. Governor Wallgren accompanies the President on the San Francisco flight.
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San Fran
Helsay
Charles G. Ross
Kansas City
San Francisco
Washington
Senate
Stalin
Churchill
Missouri
Gov. Wallgren
Capitol Steps
Set
John D. Hawk
Bremerton
Wash
Hero
Lupe Velez Estate Auction Heads to Beverly Hills
The $60,000 Beverly Hills home of Lupe Velez and its pool, garden, and three-car garage in O'Connor’s Beverly Hills sale go under the hammer. Her valuables including furs and jewels join tomorrow’s auction as Beulah Kinder, executrix, disperses the late star’s belongings.
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O’connor
Hammer
Beverly Hills
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan
Lupe
Beulah Kinder
Velez
Battle of Okinawa Ends After 82 Days of Fierce Fighting
Admiral Nimitz declares victory in Okinawa with organized resistance ceasing though pockets remain. Enemy losses total 87,313 dead and 2,565 prisoners through June 19. Stilwell named commander of the Tenth Army under Nimitz with Buckner replaced. Allied forces advance across Luzon and Mindanao as Chinese press notes northern withdrawals and Liuchow targets.
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Okinawa
Nimitz
Philippines
Joseph
Vinegar Joe) Stilwell
Tenth Army
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Ilagan Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Borneo
North Head
Bruneia
Eisenhower Heads to Abilene After European Return
General Dwight D. Eisenhower returns from Europe and travels to Abilene for a hometown celebration. He restates cadet memories and urges teamwork while calling for unity of the Army Navy and Air Force. He will meet family and friends during the Abilene visit.
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West Point
Army
D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Hane
St Field
Kansas C
Dean
Europe
Eisenhower
Navy
Air Force
Guilty in Slaying at Pawling Sanatorium
W. Donal Cquers life term parolee was found guilty in Rensselaer County Court of first degree murder in the Oct 22 slaying of Edward Simpkin at Pawling Sanatorium where both worked.
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Troy Softer Cquers
W. Donalds
Rensselaer County
Edward 3. Simpkin
Pawling
Luzon Front News From War Fronts Coast to China and Borneo
Reports say Japanese forces push toward the northern tip of Luzon Island while Filipino guerrillas and Igorot tribesmen resist. Australian units land near Brunei in Northwest Borneo as Tokyo flags mine sweeps for an assault. Chinese regulars gain 13 miles along the coast near Wenchow to Liuchow as Allied bombers sink three Japanese ships along Shanghai Canton and Hong Kong. Tokyo plans to mine bombed cities seeking scrap metal for grenades. In the Philippines, most fighting slows except in Cagayan Valley where the Buexeye Division advances ten miles, captures a provincial capital, and pushes enemy retreats with guerrillas in hills. The cruiser Nashville reportedly heavily damaged.
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Luzon Island
Brunei
Esay
Borneo
Tokyo Radio
Bornego
Balikpapan
Asiatic
Wenchow
Kanghai
Liuchow
China
Shanghai
Canton
Hong Hong
Tokyo
Phillippines
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Navy
Nashville
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Robert Geiger
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Act of
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Hare Highwatas
Walthren
Wallgren
Lupe Velez
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Port Wenachow
CG. S
Makabe
Ara Cape
Medeern
Aragachi
Nagan
Calinan
Mindanao
Naha
Nan
Benaga
Yonabaru Airfield
Chinen Peninsula
Oman
Cape Ara
Philippine
L. Bronislaw Okulteki
Diame
Adam N. Bien
Warsaw
Mescow
Okulteki
Bien
Eisentower
Kansas
Wells & Coverly
Psti
MacArthur
Wells & Coverly’s
We Lis & Coverly, Inc
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Vout Feo Mp
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Wuate-Wilson Distilling CO. Inc
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