Okinawa Japs Dug Out of Caves as Cleanup Proceeds
American patrols on Okinawa push to root out Japanese snipers from cave networks amid high casualties and a record toll as Nimitz’s forces consolidate the island base 325 miles from Japan. Tokyo warns of invasion and air bases ready. extensive figures show enemy dead and U.S. losses, with ongoing ground operations continuing toward Japan.
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Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Kantaro Suzuki
Kyushu
Pacific Fleet
China
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Mikado
Imperial Fleet
U. S
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Oid
Allies Plan Collective Trial For War Crims In Europe
Justice Robert H. Jackson said the United States plans a single trial for Germany's top war criminals, aiming to start before summer's end. Britain France and Russia will discuss lists and frameworks in London early next week with each major power represented by one or two judges. No immunity will be granted to any accused regardless of rank.
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London
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Germany
Jackson
Britain
Russia
France
Lupe Velez Estate Sold At Public Auction in Beverly Hills
Lupe Velez estate including a 13 room Spanish house and jewelry worth over 100000 was auctioned in Beverly Hills. A Pasadena woman Virginia Kuppinger bought the house for 41750 after about thirty minutes of bidding. The sale drew about 500 people with Mary Pickford and Charles Rogers watching.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lupe Velez
Pasadena
Virginia Kuppinger
Lupe
Idahoans Obtain Marriage License Report
William Cornelius King, 72, of Moore, Idaho, and Sarah Luella King, 69, of Heyburn, Idaho, were issued a marriage license in Salt Lake City. The filing notes show both parties confirmed their intent to wed.
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Salt Lake City
Willliam Cornelius King
Moore
Idaho
Sarah Luella King
Heyburn
Marriege Losnae
Idaho teachers shortage threatens 1945 46 schools
Idaho Education association secretary John I. Hillman said only about one third of the qualified new teachers are in prospect for the 1945-46 school year. He warned the deficiency, plus emergency hires, could raise unqualified teachers to 36 percent of the total teaching force, risking thousands of children's welfare.
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Boise
Idaho
Prospect
John I. Hillman
Idaho Education Association
Hiliman
Witness Testimony Opens in Cascade Murder Trial
Thelma Stonebraker, dark haired widow on trial for killing her husband George Stonebraker, 52, at their Cascade ranch home last April 2, faces jurors as testimonies highlight alleged abuse and a proposed property settlement. Hired man Jess Beutel testified she shot him during a dinner party, while defense witnesses described marital strife and control. Beutel added Stonebraker mentioned a separation deal worth about 250 dollars.
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Cascade
Atractive
Thelma Stonebraker
Worman
George Stonebraker
Jess Beutel
Stonebraker
German POW mockingly cites Hitler vow of march to America
A German prisoner of war working in a beet thinning area reportedly told in English that Hitler promised a march across North America but not on their knees, reflecting wartime sentiment and disillusionment.
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Nampa
Here
Hitler
North America
Injured Star Susan Peters Walks Again
Hollywood reports Susan Peters, paralyzed from the waist down by a hunting accident, has taken her first steps in braces. She plans to walk steadily within months and may return to acting, possibly starting with radio work and later movies. She hopes to tour military hospitals to inspire others.
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Hollywood
Susan Peters
Beverly Hills
Susan
Marriage Prospects Favor Western States For Young Women
Metropolitan Life study finds early marriage more common in smaller towns and western regions. Only 6.3 percent of women aged 15 to 19 in cities over 250000 were married, versus 9.0 percent in smaller cities and 15.1 percent in towns, with the south showing the highest rates among rural non farm girls.
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New York
Horace Greeley
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Bullets Stop Burglar Suspects Near Payette
Police identified Daniel Mayfield a Black soldier from Mountain Home airfield as arrest subject after a running chase with public safety activity. Frederick Frolich also from Mountain Home evaded capture. Patrolman Parrish fired at the fleeing suspects from a stolen vehicle reported in Boise. Officials say the men are wanted for questioning in burglaries in Boise and Nampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette
Cecil Rose
Daniel Mayfield
Mountain Home Army Airfield
Rose
Frederick W. Frolich
Mountain Home
Ervin Parrish
Boise
Nampa
Nation's Hog Crop Short Echoes 1945 Production Gap
The agriculture department reports a 1945 spring pig crop of 51,687,000 head, short of the 57,500,000 goal. Combined 1945 spring and fall crops are expected to be only slightly above last year’s wartime totals, with a fall crop around 35,300,000 head and a government goal of 37,000,000. If estimates hold, 1945 hog production would reach about 87,000,000 head versus 86,753,000 in 1944 and 121,706,000 in 1943, with Idaho yielding 227,000 in spring and 305,000 in 1944.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Idaho
Truman reorganization bill stalled in House committee
President Truman’s bid for blanket authority to reorganize federal agencies seems buried in House committee pigeonhole. The expenditures panel is likely to take up a bill by Rep. Manasco that withholds over twenty departments from presidential control, but rapid action is unlikely.
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Washington
Truman
House Committee
Expenditures Committee
Rep
Manasco
D-Ala
Workers Strike Over Meat in Briggs Sandwiches
About 3,500 Briggs Manufacturing workers at the Conner Avenue plant walked off citing lack of meat in their sandwiches. Harold R. Wood, president of UAW Local 742, said the action went against union officials' advice.
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Detroit
Conner Avenue
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Harold R. Wood
United Automobile Workers
Chinese troops attack Liuchow airfield in southeastern China
Chinese high command reports heavy casualties to Japanese forces at Liuchow after an attack on the former American airfield on the Liuchow outskirts. The spokesman says most Japanese troops have withdrawn toward Kweilin and that Liuchow may be occupied within hours.
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Chungking
Liuchow
Kweilin
Robert B. McClure
Kunmin
McClure
Ishan
Tatang
Pinsiang
Indo- China
Kiangs
South China
Anyuan
Canton
Lungnan
Kiangsi
Tatung
Sinfeng
Local youths enlist in Navy from Idaho towns
Among 17 year olds who enlisted in the navy here yesterday were Kenneth William Corbin Gerald Nord Pearson and Garland Calvin Tunks all of Pocatello William Edward Phillips of Inkom Bud D. Lloyd of Central Howard Macklyn Crouch of Aberdeen Charles Gilbert Turley of Conda Darrell William Windley and Mark Edward Wuthrich of Montpelier and Stanley Duane Jenkins of Rexburg.
Secret Line Carried 3000 Passengers From Sweden In War
The U S Army ran a secret airline carrying over 2000 important passengers out of neutral Sweden in 1944. Disguised as civilians, crews faced Gestapo scrutiny as they shuttled interned airmen, diplomats, and officials between Scotland and Sweden.
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London
Sweden
U.S. Army
Scotland
Harl S. Hoag
Air Transport Command
Stockholm
Swe
Guerrilla Drive Advances in Luzon Caagan Valley Fight
Filipino guerrillas block Japanese retreat in Cagayan Valley near Tuguegarao as the 37th Ohio Infantry presses toward the highway. Japanese tanks and forces facing a key oil region in Seria, Borneo, amid Australian advances and a fresh airstrip seizure.
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Manila
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
37Th Ohio Infantry
Taguegarao
37Th
Aparri
Tuguegarao
West Borneo
Ninth Division
Seria
Cagayan River
Cagayan Province
Jagan
Borneo
Lutong
Ite
Associated Press
James Hutcheson
Hutcheson
Fall Injures Eisenhower in Homecoming Parade
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, limping from a fall on a Topeka platform, joined a homecoming parade in Abilene Kansas after greeting purple heart soldiers. He slept aboard a private car and attended the parade at 10 a.m. with relatives and Abilene’s crowd in attendance. Mrs Ida Eisenhower, aged 83, did not appear in the procession.
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Topeka
Eisenhower
Kansas City
Abilene
Lamer Hotel
Ida Eisenhower
Virginia Sapp
Fort Smith, Ark
Walter A. Sapp
Wickard Wins Senate Confirmation to 10-Year Rural Electrification Post
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard gains a ten year term as rural electrification administrator by a 56 to 6 Senate vote. He succeeds Harry Slattery who resigned December 1. Rep. Clinton P. Anderson will assume Wickard's cabinet duties.
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Washington
Claude Wickard
Senate
Wickard
Harry Slattery
Clinton P. Anderson
D.N. Mex
Smokeless Engines and Stoves Forward in Coal Industry
E R Kaiser of Bituminous Coal Research Inc announced smokeless coal stoves and rail locomotives at a meeting of the eastern states blast furnace and coke oven association. He cited more than five air jets enabling smokeless railroad operation, developed with Louisville and Nashville and in use by fourteen railroads and one barge line. Kaiser also noted a smokeless stove being developed at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
E. R. Kaiser
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
Kaiser
Eastern States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Association
BCR
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Dead Soldier Pleads for World Peace in Imagined Letter
Stars and Stripes in Paris publishes a fictional soldier’s plea against war and a critique of Gen Patton’s wartime rhetoric. Eisenhower backs peace-time training as Russia touts restraint yet expands reserves. The piece argues for universal security via the UN, while warning peace requires civilian and military alignment and patience.
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Stars and Stripes
Paris
Gen. Patton
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Europe
San Francisco
United Nations
Weather report for Pocatello and vicinity forecast
U. S. Weather Bureau at Pocatello Airport shows June 22 24 hour period highs 90 lows 53 mean 71. Normal 63. Precipitation 0.97 inches month to date 0.85. Sunset 8:12 pm sunrise 5:51 am. Forecast scattered thundershowers tonight and Saturday cooler. Nearby stations Idaho Falls Dubois Butte Burley Boise and Salt Lake City report varied highs and lows.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Butte
B-29 Raid Hits Osaka Nagoya Kobe Industrial Complexes
Four hundred fifty B 29s attacked Japan with 3000 tons of demolition bombs hitting Osaka and Hiro arsenals and five aircraft plants including Kagamigahara Awashi and Tamashima. Tokyo said 26 planes downed as six-target demolitions mark a shift to secondary industrial areas.
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Guam
Japan
Osaka
Hiro
Kure
Mitsubishi
Kawasaki
Kagamigahara
Nagoya
Kwanishi Aircraft
Himeji
Kawasaki Aircraft Plant
Awashi
Kobe
Mitsubishi-Mishima
Tamashima
Tokyo
Amagasaki
Shizuoka
Yokohama
Peace Report On San Francisco Conference Tied To Senate Vote
The US senate will receive a full report next week from two members on the nine week San Francisco conference creating a united nations peace charter. Delegates expect ratification but acknowledge hearings may begin only in July after detailed conference debates are available. Chairman Connally and Senator Vandenberg plan to depart shortly after President Truman’s closing remarks.
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San Francisco
United States Senate
United Nations
Senate
Truman
Berlin
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Disease rises among U S troops in Europe report
A Paris dispatch cited by Stars and Stripes reports venereal disease among U S army ground forces in the European theater climbed over 300 percent from early April to the week ending May 25. The rate among allied troops rose about 60 percent since V E day, with Germany showing a notable rise amid enforcement of nonfraternization.
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London
Stars and Stripes
Paris
Germany
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A.P. Foreign Affairs
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