Single Plane Bags 20 Enemy Ships off Bandjemasin
Gen. MacArthur reports a Liberator from the Seventh Fleet sank seven freighters and set eight ablaze off Bandjemasin southern Borneo, totaling 20 ships in two days. American forces outflanked Santa Fe road junction on northern Luzon, advancing toward the Cagayan valley with strong positions north of Santa Fe. Mindanao actions continue with Americans and guerrillas driving operations in the valley area.
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Manila
Southwest Pacific
Asiatic
Dutch East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Seventh Fleet
Bandjedmasin
Borneo
25Th Division
Santa Fe
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Chinese push to breach Japanese lines across eastern China
Chinese forces pressed along the coast toward Foochow and Liuchow while Chiang Kai-shek’s troops advanced inland toward Loyuan and Tanyang. Japanese coastal landings northeast of Foochow faced counteroffensive efforts as China sought to sever the Japanese lifelines to Indo China.
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China
Siapu
Foochow
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Indo- China
Lung River
Liuchow
Federal Communications Commission
Henan
Yellow River
Pukien
Loyuan
Siam
Tanyang
Woman to Serve 30 Day Sentence in Polygamy Trial
Ruth KE Broadbent was ordered by Judge Tillman D Johnson to begin a 30 day jail term for attempting to influence a witness in a polygamy trial. The Fundamentalist group she belongs to has 39 members convicted in state and federal courts over plural marriage investigations. She was accused of trying to sway Marguerite Ford from testifying in the Petty trial in Pocatello.
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Salt Lake City
Ruth KE. Broadbent
Tillman D. Johnson
Marguerite Ford
Forlis Gardner Petty
Pocatello
Rankin Urges New Bonus Plan for Veterans
Rankin of Mississippi, chair of the house veterans committee, seeks White House backing for an immediate bonus of 1040 dollars to every service member with at least 90 days in uniform and not dishonorably discharged. He aims to start committee consideration soon, independent of a separate bill offering up to 5000 dollars overseas and 4000 for home-service veterans. The plan creates 40 dollars every two weeks for 52 weeks as a readjustment fund in addition to the GI bill.
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Washington
Rankin
Miss
House Veterans Committee
White House
Congress
Veterans Committee
Ways and Means
G.I. Bill of Rights
Army abandons nurse draft bill as war ends
The army ends pursuit of a nurse draft law as German resistance declines and nurse recruitment rises. Acting Secretary Patterson urges the Senate to drop further action, with Senator Thomas praising the disposition of the issue and calling the emergency measure resolved.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Military Affairs Committee
New Stamps Valid for Meats Fats and Processed Foods
Washington reports OPA announces five more red stamps for meats and fats and five blue stamps for processed foods become valid June 1 and run through September. Red coupons V2 to Z2 and blue D1 to H1. Earlier stamps Red Y5 75 42 to D2 blue H2 to M2 and Sugar coupon No 35 expire after June 2.
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Washington
OPA
Secret grave for Himmler found by British burial party
The body of Heinrich Himmler was secretly disposed of in a German forest after he died by poison to avoid trial. A British officer ordered unceremonious burial with three sergeants dumping the body in a shallow grave and covering it to prevent any future monument.
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Lueneberg
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Dachau
Belsen
Himmiler
Cate
Himmler
Rains Slow Okinawa Line Action Amid High Callsign Losses
On Okinawa heavy rains halted southern front operations as 10th Army cited 166 Japanese planes downed in the latest enemy airstrike reports. Thunderbolt fighters from the 318th fighter group struck three Kyushu airfields and Marine forces repelled a Japanese counterattack in the Sixth division sector.
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Guam
10Th Army
Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Kyushu
Kushira
Mizaka
Kanoya
Sixth Marine Division
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
War Bond Drive: E Series Lags While F G Do Better
Washington, D C. Savings bond sales in the seventh war loan drive show Series E behind pace by 214 million dollars though overall individual sales reach 2.394 billion, about 34.2 percent of a seven billion quota. Series F and G outperform, with F as the larger mature in 12 years, while E remains the popular bond with 85 million holders.
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Washington (P
Treasury
Explosion at Cornhusker ordnance plant kills seven
Grand Island Nebraska reports a blast at the Cornhusker ordnance plant during an electrical storm. Seven people died, two are missing and one injured. A two story loading line building completed last week collapsed, concussion felt ten miles away. If timing differed, casualties could have topped 40 to 50. No other property damaged.
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Grand Island
Nebr
Cornhusker Ordnance Plant
Fred H. Phillips
Search for bodies continues after Liberty Lake incident
Military police detonated dynamite charges at Liberty Lake in a bid to recover the bodies of Pvt. Charles E. Neidhard and his wife who vanished May 6 when thrown from a speedboat. Earlier, the bodies of Pfc. and Mrs. Clarence O'Brien were recovered last week from the same accident site.
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Spokane
Liberty Lake
Ohio
Charles E. Neidhard
Pfc
Clarence O'Brien
Four New Members Join LDS Relief Society General Board
Mrs Belle S Spafford, president, announces four appointments to the society's general board in Salt Lake City. The new members are Mrs Blanche B Stoddard general secretary treasurer Mrs Evan Waspe Peterson Mrs Leone O Jacobs and Mrs Velma N Simonsen all residents of Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Belle S. Spafford
Relief Society of the Latter-Day Saints Church
Blanche B. Stoddard
Evan Waspe Peterson
Leone O. Jacobs
Velma N. Simonsen
Thieves Steal Hedge In Albuquerque Yard
F M Griswold found a long fresh ditch in his front yard after thieves dug it overnight and removed a hedge he had cultivated for seven years.
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Albuquerque
N. M
F. M. Griswold
Gold Miners Vote Down Pay Proposal
Gold mining men from western states voted down a resolution seeking congressional appropriation to reimburse firms for losses from the gold closing order. The proposal by Robert S. Palmer of Denver was discussed at the Western Economic and Mining Affiliates, with plans for possible federal suits mentioned by Merrill Shoup and A. H. Burroughs. Palmer said he would publish the list of directors in Denver, while officials argued over whether compensation is due for maintenance costs during the shutdown.
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Boise
Western States
Robert S. Palmer
Denver
Western Economic and Mining Affiliates, Inc
Merrill Shoup
Colorado Springs
Colo
A. H. Burroughs
Idaho Mining Association
Palmer
Shoup
Western Air Lines routes recommended in Rocky Mountain area
A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner proposed four new routes for Western Air Lines Inc and approved feeder and pickup services for Ray Wilson Inc and Summit Airways Inc. The plan includes stops in Montana Wyoming South Dakota Utah Colorado and New Mexico with Logan Utah Jackson Wyoming Richfield Cedar City and St George as intermediate points on routes 13 and 19.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain States
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
William J. Madden
Western Air Lines, Inc
Williamson Guilty In Bannock County Gambling Case
A jury of five men and one woman convicted Chet Williamson on gambling charges at the American Cigar store on East Center. The trial spanned two days in Justice Charles W. Hyde's court. Williamson faces sentencing Monday or Tuesday.
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Bannock County
Chet Williamson
American Cigar
East Center
Charles W. Hyde
Hyde
Williamson
Presbyterians to Raise Big Fund
The 157th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to raise an $18,173,140 benevolence fund. Two million dollars would be raised by women’s organizations with the rest assigned to churches. Action on a nominating committee for moderator selection and pension fund increase was deferred.
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Minneapolis
157Th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
United States of America
W. R. Galloway
Cincinnati
Tire Rationing Uplift Hits 2 Million for June
The OPA raises the June passenger tire quota to 2,000,000, up 25 percent from this month. Rationing chief Max McCullough says the rise helps but still fails to meet motorist needs due to 500,000 to 600,000 cassings backlog, low inventories, and seasonal failure spikes.
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Washington
OPA
Max McCullough
Webster pleads innocent in Spokane man slaughter case
David D. Webster, 26, pleaded innocent in superior court to a charge of manslaughter in the death of Francis Ted Allen, 43, a Spokane machinist union business agent. Trial scheduled for September. prosecution says blows on May 8 contributed to Allen’s death.
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Spokane
David D. Webster
Francis Ted Allen
Webster
Allen
Tree Kills Foreman in Forest Company Camp
Foreman Fairley J. Walrath, 43, of Potlatch Forests Inc Camp No. 54, was killed when a falling tree struck the back of his head early Saturday. The incident occurred at the company camp.
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Orofino
Fairley J. Walrath
Potlatch Forests, Inc
Camn
Idaho Pilot Flew Goering as Unwanted In-Flight Passenger
Captain M Y Foster of an L 5 transport recounts a letter describing Reichsmarschall Herman Goering as a pompous, creepsome passenger during a wartime flight. Foster said he contemplated tossing him from the plane while Goering gestured toward Munich. He noted Goering’s comment on Germany’s jet aircraft timing.
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Mullan
Idaho
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
M. Y. Foster
Goering
Munich
Gorring
Foster
Germany
Army Cuts Warplane Production Heavy Reduction in Planes
The army plans a 17,000 aircraft cut, the largest wartime slash since V E Day, potentially saving $3.5 billion and freeing 450,000 workers by year end. Officials say cuts shift toward B 29 dominance, limit B 32 production, and ease material bottlenecks for civilian goods.
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Washington
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Army Air Forces
Weather summary for Pocatello and vicinity
The U S Weather Bureau reports for the 24 hours ending 6 30 p m May 26 high 70 low 45 mean 57 normal 56 departure 59 for the month to date 197 normal this month 144 precipitation 01 total this month 197 sun set 857 rise 557 Forecast partly cloudy with afternoon showers and little temperature change nearby airports report similar max min and precipitation figures.
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Ceeesee
Nornal
Pocatello
Cultists to Work Salt Lake City Prison Garden
Fifteen Salt Lake City men sentenced to the Utah penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation were assigned to work in the prison garden on Saturday. The men, tied to a sect accused of consorting with 55 women, are among 39 members convicted in a federal state probe of plural marriages. Each received sentences of up to five years.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Penitentiary
Imperial Palace Damaged in Tokyo Fire Raids
American B-29 formations blasted Tokyo in raids that damaged parts of the Imperial Palace and surrounding government and business districts. Reports say the palace suffered, with conflicting Japanese communiques about the extent. The attacks killed and wounded in fires that raged through the city, as 500 Superfortresses took part from Marianas bases.
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Guam
Tokyo
Japan
Imperial Palace
Suzuki
20Th Air Force
Washington
Marianas
House
Churchill hints at meeting Truman and Stalin before election
Prime Minister Churchill said he might leave his campaign to attend a post war big three conference with President Truman and Premier Stalin. He told voters at Woodford he has informed Truman and that a meeting with the three leaders could address Poland Syria Trieste Austria and Germany. His wife would stand in for him as he pursues reelection in an unopposed campaign.
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London
Churchill
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Woodford
Joseph Davies
Europe
Trieste
Austria
Germany
Truman Seeks Hoover Talk on European Food Aid
President Truman invites Herbert Hoover to a Monday meeting on European food relief. Republicans speculate Hoover could join an international food agency in an advisory or executive role. Hoover previously led wartime relief operations aiding Belgium and global grain distribution.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Truman
Hoover
Wiley
R-Wis
Relief Commission
United States
Idaho to Hold Memorial Day Observance
Gov. Charles C. Gossett asks Idaho to set aside next Wednesday Memorial Day as a day of prayer and tribute to those who died for freedom. Memorial Day becomes a legal holiday statewide with graveside services and parades planned by veterans groups in Boise and other cities.
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Boise
Charles C. Gossett
Idaho
Gossett
Private Who Punched Nazis Receives Official Release
Army Pvt. Joseph McGee of Worcester Massachusetts was released from confinement after congressional protests over a two year sentence for striking German POWs. He is restored to active duty and a dishonorable discharge is voided despite a court martial verdict.
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Washington
Joseph McGee
Robert Patterson
Worcester
Mass
Patterson
Congress
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
le Mans
France
Motes
Diass Seintakes
McGee
James D. O'Brien
McCormick
Col
Peyton Winnock
Fort Harrison
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Mindanao
U. S
Kakeroma Shima
Amami Group
Ryukyus
Western Air Jets
Tree
Foreman
Army
U. S. Weather Bureau Office
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Burley
Salt Lake
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