Chinese Mop Up in Two Coastal Areas
Allied forces report Chinese troops recaptured Sinchang and entered Foochow while driving Japanese forces northward toward Hangchow. Foochow near Formosa’s northern tip is listed as a possible Yank invasion point. Meanwhile, Australian forces took Wewak and the Del Monte airfield fell to the U S 40th Division on Mindanao.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
China
U. S
Foochow
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
Sinchang
Hangchow
Chungking Army
Wewak
New Guinea
del Monte
U. S. 40Th Division
Mindanao
Philippines
Tarakan
Borneo
Kantaro Suzuki
Japan
Volunteer Corps
Burma
24Th Infantry
Davao City
40Th
Philippine
Dinoa
Davao
Truman Leads Mothers Day Prayer Service at Bethesda
President Truman attended interdenominational Mothers Day services at the national naval medical center in Bethesda Maryland. He spoke of prayers for victory in Europe and peace in the Pacific while noting his 92 year old mother could not accompany him.
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Washington
President Truman
Europe
Pacific
Mr. Truman
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Missouri
White House
J. Jack Sharkey
John Weise
Draft taking men of 37 Idaho faces short April quota
Boise Idaho Lt Col Norman B Adkison said Idaho selective service furnished only 49 percent of its April quota. He urged processing men up to 37 years old to meet May and June calls. He noted quotas for Idaho remain about unchanged and show no signs of reduction.
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Boise
Idaho
Selective Service
Norman B. Adkison
Adkison
Department
Sweeper Sunk in Okinawa Area
The minesweeper YMS8103 was sunk in the Okinawa area after an action. Casualties aboard the vessel, with a crew of about 30, were reported as moderate.
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Washington
Okinawa
Navy
Churchill vows peace, Allies drive Japan to defeat
British Prime Minister Churchill pledged to perfect the peace organization of the United Nations and to join the United States in total defeat of Japan. He rejected relinquishing leadership and criticized Ireland's neutrality, noting Northern Ireland's loyalty saved Britain from close quarters with Eamon de Valera.
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London
British Empire
Churchill
United Nations
United States
Japan
Eamon de Valera
Britain
Germany
Northern Ireland
Mr. de Valera
Churchill urges world peace body to honor aims of wartime
Churchill warns that the postwar order must recognize the causes fought for and cautions that the United Nations at San Francisco must not shield the strong or mock the weak. He says allies only saved London from fall by timely action and stresses victors must earn their power.
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Churchill
London
Berlin
World Organization
United Nations
San Francisco
Idaho’s 29 Million War Bond Drive Enlists Citizens
Idaho launches its largest war loan quota to date at 29 million dollars. Governor Gossett urges steadfast support as Gowen Field lifts off Liberator bombers to start the drive across 14 Idaho cities, ending June 30. Idaho’s E bond quota stands at 13 million.
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Boise
Treasury
America
Idaho
Charles C. Gossett
Gossett
Europe
Pacific
Shot Kills Child in Rural Trailer House Accident
Grant Mayfield aged 8, son of Mr and Mrs Oliver Mayfield, died after a rifle discharge while he played with a companion in a trailer house seven miles northwest of [location]. Sheriff W W Lowery blamed the incident on the firearm as the cause of death. The shooting occurred yesterday and the boy died soon after at a Twin Pall Hospital.
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Filer
Grant Mayfield
Oliver Mayfield
W. W. Lowery
Mayfield Ao
Soviets Clear Last Pockets Of Resistance
Moscow radio reports four Soviet armies close in on German positions in Austria and the Alpine regions of Czechoslovakia. In the past 24 hours 360000 more Nazis were captured, bringing total German captives to 1060000 since Tuesday and 2860000 killed or captured since the January drive.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Moscow
Red Army
Poland
Russia
Latvia
Baltic
Danzig
Gdynia
Soviet Union Aims For Global Leadership At UN Talks
Western officials note Moscow pursues three aims at the United Nations conference. First, ensure security by frontier-friendly governments and protective treaties. Second, gain moral leadership by portraying Russia as defender of rights. Third, secure influence in future power politics including a permanent trusteeship council and veto over military bases.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Poland
France
Britain
World Security Organization
Russia
Molotov
Argentina
World Trade Union Congress
Big Five
World Security Council
Navy Names Ships After Pacific Battles
The Navy named new 45,000 ton aircraft carriers after key Pacific battles. Coral Sea was assigned to the final carrier under construction at Newport News for the May 7 1942 battle. The second ship became Franklin D Roosevelt, and the first in the trio was named Midway.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Newport News
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yoo
Poly News
Midway
Idaho irrigation projects could boost population by 100 thousand
Hu Blank, regional information officer of the reclamation department, said Idaho's postwar plan lists 22 irrigation and multi purpose projects. Completed, the program would irrigate 320000 acres and add water to 1164000 acres, at an estimated cost of 190 million dollars. Six projects are already under construction. Flood control benefits are noted and population would rise by about 100000 as five acres come into production for each new resident.
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Boise
Hu Blank
Department of Reclamation
Idaho
Blonk
Borrowed Plane Crashes Near Rexburg Area
A two seater training plane stolen from the Rexburg air field was found crashed on a hillside about a mile and a half northeast of the field. Sheriff Harold Matson said two people likely flew it, with blood at the wreckage and signs a person was thrown through the windshield.
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Rexburg
Harold Matson
Clifford Bolyard
Matson
Weather Summary for Pocatello and Vicinities
The Weather Bureau reports May 14 noon data for Pocatello and nearby airports. High 60, low 41, normal 53 with 24 hour trace precipitation. Month to date 0.7 inches, normal 0.65. Occasional rain tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. mean temperature about 50s. Nearby stations Dubois 59 36 and Salt Lake 65 40 with trace precipitation.
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U. S&s. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Vici
Dubois
AP Disaccredits Kennedy Gudebrod in Germany Story Breach
Supreme headquarters announces the disaccreditation of Edward Kennedy and Morton Gudebrod of the Associated Press for premature release of the Germany surrender story. Both ordered to return to the United States. Robert Bunnelle reinstated. Kennedy says he acted from duty and holds Gudebrod responsible. Gudebrod granted extension due to pneumonia hospitalization.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Morton P. Gudebrod
Kennedy
Gudebrod
United States
Robert Bunnelle
United Kingdom
Allen
SHAEF
Morton Gudebrod
Bunnelle
London
Press Demands Doenitz And Generals Face Prisoner Status
London papers call for Doenitz and generals claiming Reich authority to be sent to concentration camps. The London Evening Star urges immediate transfer of Doenitz to a war criminal camp and condemns Busch over Schleswig Holstein command. Eisenhower warns against friendly handling of German leaders as Goering and Himmler reportedly elude capture while Goering faces war crimes charges.
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London
Karl Doenitz
Reich
London Evening Star
Doenitz
Ernest Busch
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
the Star
Naai
Eisenhower
United States
London Evening News
Flensburg
Busch
Schleswig-Holstein
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Menouead Staal Ten
Stedt
Heinz Guderian
Franz von Papen
Guderian
Seventh Army
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Luxembourg
Goering
Lidice
Walter Darre
Associated Press
Howard Cowan
U. S. Seventh Army
Cowan
Tee Io
Eeeng An
Marines Press Northward In Okinawa Assault Near Naha
Japanese reserves pour in as U S troops push toward Naha Okinawa with heavy artillery and mine defenses. Marines advance into Naha's outskirts while Maj Gen James L Bradley's forces attack a hill position near the center of the island's front.
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Guam
Naha
Okinawa
James L. Bradley
Japan
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr
Ryukyu Island
Asato
William T. Clement
Richmond
War Manpower Commission funding slashed by House panel
Washington reports the War Manpower Commission faces a deep budget cut as the House Appropriations Committee sends a 1.086 billion request to the floor for the fiscal year starting July 1. The panel trims WMC by over 30 percent, setting the agency at 62.099 million under McNutt.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Germany
War Manpower Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Labor
Federal Security Agency
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Labor Department
Office of Education
National Defense
Unemployment Compensation Administration
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
M K gets contract for Union Pacific traffic control work
Morrison Knudsen Co of Boise awarded a 115000 dollar contract for grading track extensions and construction on Union Pacific centralized traffic control system between Pocatello and Glenns Ferry. System promises to save over three hours on freight runs in the region.
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Boise
Morrison- Knudsen Co., Inc
Union Pacific Railroad
Pocatello
Glenns Ferry
Harry Morrison
Sub Surrenders 8T. JOHNS Bay Bulls Surrenders German Sub
A German submarine surrendered today at Bay Bulls ten miles south of St Johns prompting Allied control near Newfoundland. The vessel yielded to forces on site after prolonged contact near the coast.
LDS Church Head Suffers Relapse
SALT LAKE CITY President Heber J. Grant of the Latter Day Saints is seriously ill, his counselors J Reuben Clark Jr and David O McKay say in the Deseret News that he suffered a relapse over the weekend and was not so well today. Grant, 88, has been ill for several weeks.
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Salt Lake City
Heber J. Grant
Latter-Day Saints Church
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
David O. McKay
The
Deseret News
Gill Richards
Grant
Final Trends Push on Japs Assumes Two-Phase War
The piece argues World War II may split into two phases the assault on Japan proper and the China-Manchuria campaign. It notes Churchill's pledge to fight alongside the Allies, questions Russia’s eventual role, and weighs the difficulty of forcing Japanese surrender on the mainland versus defeating troops in Asia. It also contemplates the emperor’s godlike status and its influence on soldier obedience.
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Japan
China
Churchill
Britain
Pacific
Russia
Manchuria
Wedemeyer
Tokyo
Jao
Yankees Wait On Russians
At Reims SHAEF reports half of about 200000 British and 76000 American prisoners in Germany may be in the Russian zone. Requests for a meeting to arrange return have gone unanswered to Marshal Ivan B. Konyev. Recovery chief Col Straub says a meeting may occur soon to enable direct airlift of prisoners to the United States within one to two weeks.
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Reims
SHAEF
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Ivan
Koney
21St Army Group
Moscow
BE. F. Straub
Prisoner of War Recovery Branch
United States
Record Nagoya Fire Raid By Vast B 29 Fleet
Nagoya Japan endured the largest incendiary raid of the Pacific war as 500 B 29s and returning crews dropped 3 500 tons of fire bombs on the city 1 5 million residents. Japanese reports claim 400 planes over Nagoya for 90 minutes and 1 165 000 fires started with many extinguished within hours.
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Guam
Nagoya
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Honshu
Marianas
Tokyo
Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Works
Harry S. Truman
United States
Nagoya Raid Highlights 500-Plane B-29 Assault
Captain C. M. Wells reports Japanese fighters avoided action as 500 B-29s bomb Nagoya on a 3,500 ton fire raid. Crews describe extensive damage with smoke seen rising 17,000 feet, while pilots note reluctant enemy opposition and a city appearing ablaze.
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Guam
C. M. Wells
Decatur
Miss
Japan
Nagoya
Tokyo
Wells
Eugene Hammond
Sacramento
Calif
Murray Sack
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