Marines Capture Naha Airfield in Okinawa Battle
U S Tenth Army troops completed the capture of Naha airfield and Chinen peninsula on Okinawa amid poor weather. The Sixth Marine Division pushed toward the last Japanese defenses along an east west escarpment as they press to join with the First Marine Division in the island center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naha
Okinawa
Guam
U. S. Tenth Army
Chinen
Chester W. Nimitz
Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr
Sixth Marine
Pedro A. del Valle
Japan
Naha Harbor
Oroku
Sixth
Russians Rule Out Break on Veto Issue
San Francisco June 6 The Big Five met on Russia's call but Soviet sources ruled out any break on the veto issue at the United Nations conference. Moscow maintains the Yalta formula grants any Big Five member veto over discussion and refused to discuss the veto, signaling no modification unless the others yield.
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San Francisco
Russia
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
China
World Security Council
Yalta
Stalin Pushes for Big Three Conference Soon
London reports Premier Stalin favors another Big Three meeting and Churchill is ready to travel for it during his election campaign. Graz radio cited Moscow sources via NBC saying Stalin agreed to a summit with Truman and Churchill, aided by Harry Hopkins. Sir John Anderson later said no chance of hosting such talks in Britain.
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London
U.P
Joseph Stalin
Churchill
England
Graz
Moscow
Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Truman
John Anderson
House of Commons
Anderson
Truman Plea Fails to Move FEPC Bill from Committee
In Washington on June 6 a personal appeal by President Truman did not move the FEPC bill from the House rules committee. The 12 member panel postponed a decision on clearing the measure for House debate, as sides in the split panel fought for parliamentary leverage.
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Truman
FEPC
Washington
House Rules Committee
Travel Crisis Foreseen in Postwar Armies Movement
Col. J. Monroe Johnson, DDT director, warned the next 12 to 15 months will bring the most serious travel problem in transportation history. In a letter to Mayor Edward J. Kelly he said moving victorious American armies from Europe to the Japanese front in about 10 months involves over 20,000,000 man moves plus crucial war freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. Monroe Johnson
DDT
Edward J. Kelly
Johnson
Europe
United States
Reports Persist That Japs Are Seeking Peace
Swiss radio from Berne reported Moscow has been asked by Japan to transmit peace offers to the Allies. The Blue network heard the Swiss broadcast in New York. The report cites the Russian ambassador to Japan returning to Moscow on business as giving it significance, but no source is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Moscow
Soviet Union
Japan
New York
Blue Network
Chinese Forces Capture Liuchow Air Base and Mengshan
Chinese reports say troops seized Liuchow and Mengshan in rapid 11 day advance, breaking Japanese lines in Kwangsi and threatening Singapore corridor. Japanese retreats spotted toward Kweilin as US 14th Air Force aims at Hong Kong and Canton.
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Chungking
U.P
Liuchow
Mengshan
Kwangsi Province
Singapore
South China
Kweilin
Claire L. Cheninault
United States 14Th Air Force
Hong Kong
Canton
Kweisi
Daily
Official Chinese Communique
Saipin
Laipin
Chaoping
Paeking
Hengyang
Kwantung Province
Hoyun
Restaurants to Face 20 Percent Food Cuts This Summer
The OPA ordered reductions in July and August food allotments for most restaurants and hotels. Meats and fats, sugar, and canned fruits and vegetables will be cut. Price Administrator Chester Bowles said these measures align restaurant rations with household consumption, about 20 percent less meats and fats, 12 to 15 percent less canned fruits and vegetables, and 20 to 25 percent less sugar than May and June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Mindanao landings by Yanks seal off Davao gulf
Eighth Army troops landed with warship and air support Tuesday at Cape San Augustin and Balut island to seal off Davao gulf. The operation followed a prior landing at Luayon and aimed to cut off remaining Japanese forces in Mindanao's southeastern corner.
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Manila
Eighth Army
Davao Gulf
Philippines
Cape San Augustin
Mindanao
Balut Island
Davao Province
Sarangani Bay
13Th
Roscoe Woodruff
Davao City
Ula
Talomokibawe
Wangan Village
Tagakpan
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Luayon
Robert S. Beichtler
Six Are Arrested for Espionage
The FBI announced the arrest of six people including a U S Navy reserve lieutenant two State Department employees and a New York editor on charges of conspiring to steal highly confidential documents. Arrests were in Washington and New York with named individuals identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
U. S. Navy Reserve
State Department
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
t’Departments of State and Navy
Andrew Roth
Arlington
Office of Naval Intelligence
Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen
China
Office of
Far Eastern Affairs
John Stewart Service
Foreign Service
Phillip Jacob Jaffe
Kate Louise Mitchell
Amerasia
Mark Julius Gayn
New York City
State
War and Navy
Anaconda Plans Extended Insurance for Assault Leader Employees
Anaconda Copper Mining announces an expanded group insurance plan for Assault Leader employees with higher coverage by earnings brackets. Eligible workers must submit old certificates and acceptance cards to obtain new certificates as of June 30, 1945. Nearly 32,000 total Anaconda employees stand to gain. the company subsidizes premiums with workers paying 6 per 1,000 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Company
D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana
Idaho
Named for Infantry Show to Be Held in Butte
First Lt Curtis Ivey of New Bedford Mass will command 39 veteran soldiers in the jungle assault team for the war production show Here's Your Infantry at Naranche Memorial stadium Tuesday night June 12. Capt Cecil C Rhodes announced the unit arrives Sunday noon and will tour to Anaconda Monday for the presentation.
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Curtis Ivey
New Bedford
Mass
Hawaii
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
New Zealand
Samoa
Midway
Tonga Tahu
Naranche Memorial Stadium
Massachusetts
Butte
Ivey
Cecil C. Rhodes
Kalispell
Victory Labor Management Production Committee
Rhodes
Billings
Anaconda
Reds to Occupy Half of Reich
Moscow maps published Wednesday show Russia occupying about half of Germany along a line west of Berlin. The plan would take in Leipzig Gotha Erfurt and all of Thuringia, reaching within 60 miles of Eisenhower at Frankfurt. British and American zones were said to be under discussion by the European advisory council with no decision on boundaries.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Berlin
European Advisory Council
Leipzig
Gotha
Erfurt
Thuringia
Eisenhower
Frankfurt
Main
Allied Control Council
Marshal Zhukov
Gen. Eisenhower
Field Marshal Montgomery
London Star
Mont
Missoula Mayor's Son Dies of War Wounds
Missoula on June 6 reports the death of Daniel Mason 18 naval radarman third class son of Mayor Dwight Mason and his wife. He died of wounds from action in the Pacific. He is survived by two brothers also serving in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Dwight Mason
War Department
Daniel
Pacific
B 29s Blast Osaka in Second Weekend Fire Raid
A fleet nearly 600 B 29s and Mus tang fighters hit Osaka in a second raid within a week. Eastern industrial districts were set afire as 2 500 tons of bombs and incendiaries struck, following prior attacks that already devastated large portions of the city.
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Guam
URI
Japan
Osaka
Osaka Bay
Tokyo
Shin Yodo River
Opponents Attack Peacetime Draft on Moral Racial and Educational Grounds
Washington observers including A. J. Brumbaugh of the American Council on Education and Rev. Dr. William J. Miller oppose peacetime universal training. They warn of regimentation and fear among allies, urging postponement after the war and favoring universal health and character education. Various Church and education leaders press for delay and critique racial segregation in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
American Council On Education
A. J. Brumbaugh
William J. Miller
University of Detroit
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
William H. Hastie
Gould Wickey
National Commission On Christian Higher Education
The
Association of American Colleges
John L. Davis
Indianapolis
Board of Higher Education
Disciples of Christ
China
Britain
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Cloudy with intermittent light rain on Thursday and Thursday night. Temperature little changed. In Butte expect a high near 50. Montana west of the Continental Divide remains cool and cloudy with scattered showers and a Thursday high 50 to 60. East of the divide also cloudy with showers and a Thursday high 45 to 55.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Radium Found in German Mine Hidden Near Hallein
Maj. John Darrah of Cody Wyoming, a surgeon in the U S Third Division, removed 1.7 grams of radium from a hiding place in an old magnesium mine near Hallein Salzbury Germany. The radium is said to be about one third of Europe's total supply.
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Salzburg
Germany
Europe
Hallein
John Darrah
Cody
Wyo
U. S
Invasion of Jap homeland seen by Tokyo shakeup
San Francisco dispatch reports a 67 person purge in the Japanese munitions ministry following sharp editorials on production. Tokyo radio says the move aims to strengthen local production management as Okinawa is labeled an isolated island and enemy air raids intensify.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Yomiuri Hachi
Federal Communications Commission
Okinawa
Yomiuri Hochi
Domei
Sweden secretly armed Danish underground against Nazis
Erik Husfeldt, a Danish underground leader, says Sweden secretly shipped pistols and ammunition to Danish resistance with Allied approval. Arms were manufactured in Sweden under an accord with the United States and Great Britain and sent via disguised fishing boats from Danish ports to Swedish ships off the coast.
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San Francisco
Sweden
Erik Husfeldt
Denmark
United States
Great Britain
Husfeldt
Stockholm
Switzerland
D'Ewart Declares State-Tired Of Bureaucrats In Victory
In Helena on June 6 Republican Wesley A. D Ewart hailed his Tuesday special election win in eastern Montana. He argued voters oppose federal overreach and a Missouri Valley authority pushed by Senator James E. Murray. D Ewart credited a clean campaign by Leo C Graybill and warned against further centralized power. Murray’s MVA bill faced a Senate Commerce committee review.
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Helena
Wesley A. D’ewart
Montana
Missouri Valley Authority
James E. Murray
Congress
D'Ewart
Leo C. Grayebill
Great Falls
Murray
Leo C. Graybill
Graybill
Senate Commerce Committee
Butte Fire Chief Vacancy Persists After Martin Resigns
Butte city council accepted Fire Chief Fred Martin’s resignation effective June 15 after 47 years with the department. No successor named before the vacancy. council also awarded four contracts including garbage removal from Ray J. Kelly and a Scoopmobile loader from Hall Perry Machinery.
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Butte City
Martin
O'Leary
Lindquist
Ray J. Kelly
Hall-Perry Machinery Company
Butte
Avdies
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