Cuban Accuses Big Nations of Moving Toward Dictatorship
In a United Nations conference committee, Cuban delegate Francisco Aguirre charged China Britain the United States and Russia with seeking collective dictatorship and tutelage over free nations. Senator Vandenberg countered that big powers must back up words with substantial contributions as the war ends and peace begins.
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San Francisco
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Francisco Aguirre
Cuba
General Assembly
Aguirre
China
Britain
United States
Russia
Vandenberg
Michigan
United Nations
Foochow Recaptured as Chinese Forces Push Japanese
Chungking dispatches report Chinese troops recaptured Foochow, with enemy remnants in flight northeastward. Separate advances say Chinese forces pursued Japanese units across Hunan foothills toward Paoching and Hengyang, narrowing on key rail links and communications hubs.
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Chungking
Toung Pao
East China
Foochow
Hunan
Paoching
Engyang
Japan
China
Hengyang
Chihkiang
Angchi
Aoching
Hengyang-Kweilin
Shanmen
Ihkiang
Chiseo
Truman Offers France Part of German Occupation Zone
President Truman expressed willingness to meet Gen. Charles De Gaulle and offered France a portion of the American occupation zone in Germany. He welcomed French military aid against Japan and urged steps to aid France and others' recovery while noting France's renewed postwar strength and its bid for a larger role in European and world peace.
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Washington
Truman
America
France
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
Georges Bidault
United States
de Gaulle
Gen
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Ruhr
White House
Rene Pleven
Far East
Missing S/Sgt James B Webster reported over Luzon
S/Sgt. James B Webster 20, native of Butte, is missing in action over Luzon the War department telegram to Mrs Claude Gibbs of Salmon Idaho said he has been missing since March. He served 2 1 2 years overseas two years and was in the 63rd bomber squadron in the South Pacific. He moved to Salmon as a youth and had many friends in Butte.
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James B. Webster
Butte
Luzon
Bion W. Hall
Phillips
Claude Gibbs
Salmon
Dlaho
63Rd
South Pacific
War Department
Gibbs
Webster
Kuhn Former Bund Leader Ordered Deported to Germany
Fritz Kuhn former Bund leader admitted to the United States in 1928 and naturalized in 1934 on fraudged oath. He faced larceny and forgery charges resulting in a 2.5 to 5 year sentence. Deported by the immigration appeals board as an undesirable alien, he will be settled in Germany with U.S. Army oversight.
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Washington
Ander
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Germany
Just Department
Kuhn
Der
U. S
United States
Crystal City
Texas
Kenedy
Fort Stanton
New Mexico
Yanks Capture Valencia on Mindanao
Manila reports Maj. Gen. Clarence Martin’s 31st Infantry Division captured Valencia and two airfields in central Mindanao after a six mile advance. American air operations continue there as other divisions press from the north. In Luzon the 43rd Infantry takes Ipo Dam and nearby waterworks with heavy air support.
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Manila
Clarence Martin
31St
Mindanao
Valencia
Douglas MacArthur
40Th
Americas
Mangima River
William H. Arnold
Americal
Philippine
Visayan Islands
Davao
Roscoe Woodruff
Davao City
Luzon
43Rd
Ipo Dam
Tarakan Island
Borneo
MacArthur
Brunei Bay
Miri
Sibu
Formosa
New Guinea
Wewak
Boram
Hitler Tried To Split Allies As Berlin Fell
Southern Germany May 18 Adolf Hitler's secretary says the Führer ordered Goebbels to spread a tale that Russians were arming 200000 Germans to fight England in a last bid to split the Allies. The plot failed and Hitler, knowing Berlin would fall, declared he would die in the capital. Herrgesell left Berlin April 22 for Berchtesgaden with pages of wartime notes.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
England
Hitler
Berlin
Gerhardt Herrgesell
Berchtesgaden
Bombing Raids Hit Nagoya and Tokyo in Large B-29 Strikes
Allied air forces report major B-29 incendiary and precision bombing of Nagoya and Tokyo areas. Over 11 square miles of Nagoya damaged or destroyed, including key aircraft plants and factories. Tokyo and Hamamatsu also targeted in concurrent raids with high explosive and fire bombs as Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay leads the mission from the Marianas.
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Guam
Hamamatsu
Honshu
Nagoya
Washington
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Marianas
Japan
Curtis LeMay
Mizuho
Aichi Aircraft Works
Osaka Machinery Works
Nagoya No. 3
Tokai Electric Company
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Misubishi Electric Manufacturing Co
Atsuta
Nagoya Arsenal
Silver Bow County War Bond Purchases Top Local Quota
Silver Bow county residents bought 91927 in E F and other bonds as part of the Sev enth War Loan drive, pushing the county total to 355245.25. County war finance chairman Max Dean said the Mighty Seventh quota is 3786700 with 976700 in E bonds, and reports show strong recent sales, indicating the county aims to lead the state in meeting its target.
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Silver Bow County
Max Dean
Dean
Silver Bow
We Must Not Pull Punches In Seventh War Loan Drive
Rear Admiral T. L. Gatch, judge advocate general of the Navy, declares the Seventh War Loan must be oversubscribed to ensure total victory. He emphasizes the enemy is on the ropes and urges strong public support for the drive for the sake of the children.
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Washington
T. L. Gatch
U. S. Navy
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Bond Drive Urges More Purchases for Mercy
Capt. H. C. McKnight, head of the Montana Army Recruiting and Induction center, urged a Bond for Mercy appeal Friday. He said more bond purchases are needed to keep the community at the forefront among counties meeting totals and noted Army evacuation of wounded personnel is underway in this country. Continued on Page 2, Col. 2.
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H. C. McKnight
Montana Army Recruiting and Induction Center
House Committee Opens Contempt Action Against Reporter
A congressional committee moved to compel Albert Deutsch to reveal confidential sources used in PM articles criticizing the Veterans Administration. Deutsch refused, citing journalistic ethics and his oath to protect sources, signaling a potential House stance on press freedom versus compelled testimony.
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House Committee
Washington
Congressional
Albert Deutsch
New York
House Veterans’ Committee
House
Deutsch
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans’ Ad
Stalin backs Polish provisional government in unity plan
Stalin stated on Moscow radio that the Polish question could be solved only by Allied agreement and that the provisional government should be the core of a future national unity government. He tied reorganization to the Crimea decision and denied that talks with Soviet authorities occurred with exiled Polish leaders.
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London
Marshal Stalin
Moscow Radio
Crimea
Stalin
Ralph Parker
Moscow
London Times
Red Army
Weekend Weather Across Regions
Butte sees mostly cloudy skies with rain or snow showers and a cool spell. Saturday highs around 52 with 48 and 32 as Friday’s extremes. West of divide, partly cloudy with little temp change and scattered showers. East of divide, cloudier with showers and thunderstorms and cooler air. highs 50 to 60.
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Vinson Revises System for Meat Control
War Mobilization Chief Fred M. Vinson announced a price freeze and feeder subsidy plan to boost beef cattle feeding and slaughter, and improve meat distribution. Effective dates cover May 19 1945 and June 4 1945 with subsidies set per grade and weight.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chicago
Defense Supplies Corporation
War Food Administration
New Japanese Ruse Reported by Marine
Okinawa May 18 report by Marine correspondent Keith Topping says a box of wigs made from women's hair was found by Marines on Okinawa. The wigs are thought to be a Japanese ruse to disguise soldiers as women in emergencies. A wig and kimono clad wearer could evade detection.
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Okinawa
Marine Combat
Keith Topping
Hanford
Calif
Fierce Back-Line Fighting on Okinawa Deepens Battle
American forces clashed across Okinawa in three main Japanese-held strongholds while brutal action raged behind the front. Marines of the Sixth Division reported heavy combat on the west coast as Japanese forces in white uniforms held ceremonial positions atop Conical hill. Navy and Army units used airstrikes and artillery in a fierce new phase as Tenth Army advances penetrated multiple sectors.
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Guam
U.P
Okinawa
Tokyo
Marianas
Naha
Shuri
Yonabaru
Sixth Marine Division
Navy
Marine
Tenth Army
Japs Retreat in Burma Theater
Thousands of bedraggled Japanese soldiers retreat toward Moulmein as 44 000 troops take part in a wide withdrawal from near Thazi to Moulmein. In places resistance holds east of Toungoo but elsewhere no unified defense. Tokyo radio says the force will fortify Thailand’s western border.
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Calcutta
Moulmein
Burma
Thazi
Ranegoon
Gulf of Martaban
Toungoo
Thailand
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Prome
Czechs Add Field Marshal Keitel to War Crimes List
London May 18 The Czech government added Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel to a list of more than 500 war criminals. Others named include Walther Funk Kurt Dalueg Reinhard Heydrich Karl Frank and Albert Speer. A Czech commission will travel to Germany to aid evidence collection for trials before the 16 nation War Crimes conference May 31. In the British zone Gestapo files found list victims and crimes, aiding proof against Nazis.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Walther Punk
Kurt Deluege
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia
Karl Hermann Frank
Moravia
Albert Speer
Germany
Lord Wright
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Fuehrer
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Pacific Theater
Tarakan
International
Rankin
Lublin
Vinson
William F. Tyree
John Grover
Keitel
Don Doane
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