Five GIs Rebound From Love Hill After Surviving Japanese Hunt
Five U S soldiers including two wounded crawled back to own lines after four days on Love hill near Yonobaru Okinawa. Sgt Williams and privates Cochran Boynton led the risky return guiding wounded comrades, dodging shells and Japanese patrols while sustaining themselves with scant water.
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Okinawa
U.P
Love Hill
Yonobaru
Keith E. Cochran
Ipswich
S. D
Kenneth A. Boynton
Grammercy Park
Rochester
N. Y
Donald B. Williams
Monroe
Wis
Williams
Solon Criticizes Russian Stand
Senator Taft contends Russia’s veto over force in a world body hinders international law. He criticizes Moscow’s eastern Europe boundaries as based on power, not justice, and warns of intent to dominate Poland and others. Continued on Page 2.
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New York
Taft
Ohio
Russia
Europe
Poland
Yalta
Big Five Agree on Text of Amendment
The United States United Kingdom Russia China and France reached agreement on regional arrangements under a world organization. The amendment allows self defense actions until the security council can restore peace and will be presented to Latin American ministers. The five powers met after Russian input shifted language and aim to speed up the conference’s work.
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San Francisco
Stettinius
United States
Britain
Russia
China
France
Security Council
Harold E. Stassen
Great Britain
Moscow
Kremlin
Start of peacetime goods awaits release of metals
The War Production Board aims to release enough metals by July 1 to restart peacetime production in U S industries. Automobiles, stoves, radios lag but big metal users like cars and refrigerators are expected to roll in late 1945. WPB views 200,000 cars and 500,000 refrigerators as attainable goals.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
America
War Production Board
WPB
Yankees Drive Northward From Davao
American troops on Mindanao have driven five miles north from Davao port to capture Sasa air drome and approach Malaybalay as reports of Philippine campaign casualties mount. Filipino guerrillas also make an amphibious move on Luzon while a Liberator destroys a Japanese convoy near Formosa.
Yanks Envelop Shuriin Fortress City in Okinawa Battle
Tokyo reports a new U S Navy task force on the prowl in the western Pacific as Allied air power presses southern Okinawa defenses. Tokyo warned the force may be aimed at Kyushu while Nimitz said carrier planes hit Kyushu and Shikoku, sinking small craft in the Ryukyu islands.
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Washington
U.P
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Western
Pacific
Kyushu
FCC
Marianas Islands
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Adm
Nimitz
Japan
Shikoku
Guam
Ryukyu Islands
American Troops Withdraw From Trieste Amid Supply Fears
American units pulled back from Trieste to prevent supply problems if fighting erupts with Yugoslav forces under Tito. Tito agreed to evacuate Carinthia, while Allied notes and replies shaped a tense standoff over Trieste and the Austrian border.
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Trieste
London
U.P
Marshal Tito
Tito
Carinthia
Goering’s Private Art Collection Shown to U.S. Troops
In Berchtesgaden the Goering collection valued at about 200 million dollars went on display to American G I s and officers. The rustic inn housed centuries old paintings tapestries and gold and silver items from European museums seized by Goering. Walter Andrea Hofer Goering’s chief curator led tours as the 151st airborne division oversaw the exhibition.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Hermann Goering
Europe
G. I
Luftwaffe
151St Airborne Division
Goering
Walter Andrea Hofer
Japanese Cruiser Reported Sunk in Malay Straits Action
A Southeast Asia command communique said a 10,000-ton Nazi class Japanese cruiser was sunk in the Malacca Straits on May 15, with two dead and three wounded aboard the British destroyer Somarez. A Japanese destroyer was damaged in the engagement.
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London
Southeast Asia Command
Malacca Straits
Saumarez
German S S Obers t r umfuehrer Denies Brutality at Buchenwald
In Germany Karl Voelkner, an SS Obersturmbannfuehrer and commander of the guard at Buchenwald, admits the camp tortured prisoners and carried out cremations and medical experiments. He tries to cast himself as kind and gentle as CIC officers press for truth.
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U. 8S. 30Th Infantry
Germany
Karl Voelkner
Counter-Intelligence Corps
C.I.C
Buchenwald
Voelkner
Prague streets quiet after liberation as Benes returns
Prague endures sporadic gunfire as Russians and Czechs press Germans from cellars and attics 11 days after liberation. A cemetery skirmish interrupted a burial while partisans and citizens aided in tearing down barricades for President Eduard Benes's May 15 return from exile.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Konrad Henlein
Benes
Chinese Forces Exploit Foochow Capture Eastward Drive
Chinese troops punch east along both sides of the Min river after taking Foochow, advancing up to six miles to clear the shipping route to the East China Sea. Columns reach Kushan and face strong Japanese resistance near Diongloh as 200 Japanese troops are reported killed.
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Chungking
U?p
Foochow
Min
East China Sea
Kushan
Diongloh
Min River
Yingchien
Montana West of divide Monday weather outlook
Weather forecast calls for cloudy skies west of the divide with widely scattered showers and little temperature change. Highs near 50 to 60. East of the divide expect partly cloudy skies and a warmer day with highs from 55 to 65.
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Montana
Divide
Liberator wipes out five Japanese convoy north of Formosa
A U S Navy Liberator destroyed a five-ship Japanese convoy 15 miles north of Formosa during a Friday night patrol. The attack, lasting 75 minutes, sunk the largest ship and destroyed three freighters totaling about 17,000 tons. Adm Nimitz said search planes also sank or damaged several targets off Korea and Japan as carrier and shore forces supported Okinawa operations.
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Guam
Formosa
Kuriles
Okinawa
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Japan
Keeling Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet Airwing
Korea
Asiatic
Barker Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross in India
Headquarters announced Captain George R. Barker of Livingston Montana has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He is among officers of the pioneer 20th Bomber Command B 29 Fortress group honored for actions in the Pacific theater.
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29Th Bomber Command
India
George R. Barker
Livingston
Mont
Barker
20Th Bomber Command
Pacific
Three Columns Smash to Edge of Town Shuri Drive Reaches Edge
American forces enveloped Shuri in southern Okinawa as three U S divisions pierced defenses and advanced to the town outskirts. The First Marine, 77th and 96th divisions pressed from northwest, northeast and east, with gains up to 1 600 yards and a push to within 200 yards of Shuri, amid intense combat and counterattacks.
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Guam
U.P
Shuri
Okinawa
77Th
96Th
Dakeshi
86Th
77Th Infantry
Shur
Western Solons Demand Program for Veteran Reclamation
Western senators push for a planned development program to create farming lands for returning servicemen. Senator O'Mahoney urged against cutting interior investments and called for a Bureau of Reclamation survey to assess veteran settlement on western projects, with coordination with the Budget Bureau. Montana Senators Wheeler and Murray join the push.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Germany
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate Appropriation Committee
Interior Department
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Bureau of the Budget
Montana
Wheeler
Murray
Truman Eyes Plan for Federal Employes General Manager
President Truman is reported to be very interested in a plan to appoint a general manager over all federal employees. The official would oversee efficiency and economy, overrule procedures on operations and personnel methods but not set policy, with duties to organi z e government paperwork and reduce red tape, projected by Ramspeck.
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Washington
Truman
Ramspeck
D-Ga
House Civil Service Committee
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Bukidnon
Philippines
Leyte
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Luzon
Infanta
43Rd
Novaliches
Ipo Dam
Keelung Harbor
Shuriin
Harry Wilson Sharpe
Santa Fe
Brooklyn Navy Yard
U.S. Navy
United Press
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Gorizia
New Zealand
Austria
Belgrade
Borba
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Italy
Harold Alexander
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