Arabs Demand French Withdrawal At Once Or Force Used
The Arab League Council demanded immediate French troop withdrawal from Syria and Lebanon. It warned that France would face resistance and that continued occupation harms sovereignty and war efforts against Japan. The communique followed France inviting U S Britain Russia and China to a five power Middle East talks, a move Truman questioned.
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Frederieg
Cairo
Council of the Arab League
France
Levant
Syria
Lebanon
Council
Japan
Britain
United States
Russia
China
Middle-East
Churchill
U. S
Washington
Truman
Zebra Submarine Sinks Japanese Convoy in Pacific Surf
Pearl Harbor June 8 Lt Cmdr W T Griffith led the U S S Zebra in bold war patrols in 1943 South China Sea action against a Japanese convoy. The submarine damaged and sank multiple ships after precise torpedo strikes as gunfire erupted, with the crew continuing the fight despite heavy damage.
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Marlin ‘Spencer
Pearl Harbor
Cary
U.S.S
Navy
Pacific
Cmdr
W. T. Griffith
New London
Conn
South China Sea
Orient
Griffith
Zebra
Truman Leads Move to Raise Congress Pay
Washington AP reports Senators Overton and Bridges introduced a bill to raise congressional pay from 10,000 to 20,000 a year and boost the vice presidency and cabinet salaries. The measure ties to Truman’s endorsement and would lift the speaker and senate president pro tempore to 25,000.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Overton
D-La
Bridges
Rn.h
House
Senate
Weather outlook for Georgia and Northwest Florida
Georgia sees partly cloudy warm conditions with evening thunderstorms in the north on Saturday. Extreme Northwest Florida also reports partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday.
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Georgia
Florida
Large portion of B card motorists to get more gas
Washington June 8 AP about 35 percent of the nation's 8 553 200 B card motorists will qualify for more supplementary gasoline when the ration ceiling is raised to 650 miles a month June 11. The OPA estimates about 3 000 000 B card holders need more driving than current regional ceilings.
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Washington
OPA
Max McCullough
B 29 Raiders Strike Kyushu Air Bases In Repeated Attacks
Two hundred American carrier planes raided southern Japan again, targeting Kyushu air bases including Kanoya. Japan warned that medium and small cities will be bombed more frequently as Superfortress raids continue, with Osaka still smoldering from prior blasts.
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Guam
Japan
Kyushu
Tokyo
Kanoya
Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Osaka
White House to honor Gen Eisenhower with big dinner
June 18 ceremony in Washington will honor General Dwight D. Eisenhower returning to the United States with a large White House dinner as part of official celebrations.
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White House
Gen. Iee
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia vindicated at Frisco conference shows goodwill
Article credits Russia with cooperation at the Frisco conference, arguing Moscow seeks to build world security and accepts conciliatory methods. It notes Russia’s willingness to subordinate national aims for conference success, contrasts past Allied actions, and cites improving Moscow–Washington military rapport at the soldier level.
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Russia
Frisco
Bradley says American tacticians outsmarted Germans in Europe
General Omar Bradley, speaking with Secretary of War Stimson, credited American troops with superior training, initiative, and tactics in France and into Germany. He cited quick strategic direction changes and cited German generals recognizing improved American methods. Bradley called American troops the best ever fielded.
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Bradley
Washington
Omar Bradley
France
Germany
12Th Army Group
Stimson
Russian Concession Breaks Deadlock Over Conference Issue
The 137 Japanese diplomatic personnel interned at Bad Gastein Austria say they had no choice between American or Russian custody. They were moved there April 16 by Germany to seat the capital of a new rebirth area as German staff and other legations followed. About 200 more Japanese staff arrived in Moscow. Guards include Maj. Gen. John W. O'Daniel's troops. Guards and detainees describe tense conditions and mixed feelings among the interned officials.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Russia
San Francisco
Stalin
America
France
Britain
United States
Siberia
Japan
Winston Churchill
Brita
Germany
Bad Gastein
Austria
Toshio Yamanaka
Moscow
Astoria
Kurthaus
John W. O'Daniel
Third Infantry Division
Louis P. Vivolo
Boston
Vivolo
Pfc
Charles Biddle
Rossville
Georgians Back Tax Free House Allowance Vote
The House approved an $82 500 annual tax free expense allowance for each member. For Cox Gibson Peterson Ramspeck. Against Brown Camp Pace Tarver Wood.
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Washington
Cox
Gibson, Peterson, Ramspeck
Brown
Camp
Pace
Tarver
Wood
Last Dice Roll Cost Colored Corporal Big Tax Debt
A Treasury tale from June reports a Negro corporal who gambled away 54 000 dollars in dice, later returning money to Harlem. Tax assessed then leaves him with 20 000 dollars after 18 000 in income tax.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Australia
Treasury
Harlem
Stalin Reverses Soviet Stand to Aid UN Conference
The article reports Stalin yielding on the Big Five veto stance to allow discussion in the UN security council, aided by Hopkins and Stettinius. The move aims for unanimous support to speed the conference toward finalizing the UN charter with ten days to two weeks of work remaining.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
World Security Council
Russia
Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Stettinius
Truman
Hopkins
France
Yalta
Security Council
League of Nations
League
Final Okinawa battle begins as U S forces press island
American troops launched the final Okinawa assault from Guam with ground action expected to involve grenades and flame tanks as they drive toward Naha Shuri Yonabaru lines. Japanese remnants, possibly 20 000 strong, held two entrenched pockets on Oroku peninsula and Yaeju Dake heights amid heavy machine gun and mortar fire.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru
Itoman Town
Oroku
Yaeju-Dake Heights
Itoman
Hanagusuku
Oroku Peninsula
Tokyo
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IAP
By Leif Ericson
Okinawa Airfield
Oreku Peninsula
Tmachinato. Airfield
Iyamuse Arastsrasneel
Manne
Unaha
Ishado
Yonabaru
Nakagusuku Boy
Chinen Peninsula
Yonabaru Airfield
Walohana
Philippine
Anta
Iokinawa
Naha
U. S. Marine Division
IBELG
Holstein
Holland
Denmark
Schleswig
Lippe
Hannover
Switzerland
Kassel
Jstuttgart
Wuerttemberg
Alleelitat
Emecklenburg
Bavaria
Munich
Innsbruck
Salzburg
Berlin
Berl
Saxony
Prague
Eerchtesgaden
Breslau
Sera
Cze
Vienna
Aki
Zeast Zprussia
Warsaw
Poland
Hungary
Lublin
Tass
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
London
Greater
Ardennes Bulge
Europe
Alpine
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