Americans In Surprise Attack Crash Okinawa Last Defenses
Pre dawn American attacks on Yaeju plateau breached the Japanese last line on Okinawa. Marines and sailors climbed cliffs with flamethrowers and rope ascents while heavy shelling and counterattacks followed. The battle raged with fierce close combat and high casualties as U S forces pressed the seizure of the plateau.
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Okinawa
U.S
Tokyo
Japan
Nippon Times
U. S. 10Th Army
Roosevelt loan to Elliott Roosevelt settled for four thousand
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. counsel says a $200000 loan to Brig Gen Elliott Roosevelt from John Hartford was settled for $4000. Hartford confirms the story, noting it is substantially correct, and the deal was closed in 1942 after Roosevelt family request.
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New York
Hartford
Ewing
Danville
Ill
Roosevelt
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Elliott Roosevelt
Texas
Jones
John Hartford
Pegler
Elliott
Treasuries
United States
President presses for vote on FEPC legislation
President Truman urged the House Rules Committee to bring up permanent federal Fair Employment Practices Committee legislation. He commented after the committee deadlocked 6 to 6 on placing the bill on the House Calendar and noted he asked Chairman Sabath to act as quickly as possible.
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Washington
Truman
House Rules Committee
House
Rules Committee
Tle
Sabath
Norton
D-Ill
FEPC
Roose
Powerful Suzuki cabinet may resign after Okinawa falls
Washington observers note Suzuki’s government holds unprecedented decree power but may still resign as in past pattern after Okinawa. Rumors persist of a possible peace bid involving Konoye in Moscow, though officials doubt such plans and see Paris reports as unreliable.
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James D. White
Washington
Tokyo
Suzuki
Okinawa
Tojo
Saipan
Koiso
Iwo Jima
Kantaro Suzuki
Diet
Paris
Domei
Fumimaro Konoye
Moscow
American
Britain
Konoye
Southern filibuster blocks poll tax bill clash next in Congress
Southern Democrats vow a filibuster to defeat the house voted poll tax repeal. FEPC bill stalls as Norton appeals to Republicans to move it from the rules committee. Sabath says he will sign a discharge petition while urging GOP aid to advance FEPC.
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FEPC
John Chadwick
Washington
Senate
House
Bilbo
D-Miss
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Norton
DNJ
Rules Committee
Big Five veto plan cleared for UN consideration
The United Nations Conference Committee moved toward approval of the Big Five demand for total veto power over security machinery. An Australian amendment to limit veto to force was defeated 20 to 10 with 15 abstentions and five absences. Meanwhile small nations sought a future veto rights amendment about ten years hence, a move opposed by the Big Five.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Chinese In New Gains As Japs Withdraw
Chinese troops recaptured Jiaan near Wenchow after winning Pingyang, as reported by the Chinese high command. Hoyan was recaptured northeast of Canton while Ishan near Liuchow was regained before Japanese withdrawal left Amoy as Fukien’s remaining pocket.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Foochow
Jaian
Wenchow
Pingyang
High Command
Hoyan
Canton
Ishan
U. S
Liuchow
Stassen and Evatt Clash Over Liberal Struggle
The report notes Harol d Stassen of the United States and an Iraqi delegate pressing France as Evatt exits a committee room with a statement on defeat. The text reflects on the liberal struggle amid diplomatic exchanges at a international gathering.
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Mander Harold Stassen
United States
Evatt
New U. S. Air Fields Planned in China
Kunming June 12. Major General Chennault announced the 14th air force will install new air fields in China to exploit Japan’s withdrawal in southeast Asia. He called the move part of a new strategic plan and said 200,000 Japanese troops in China Thailand and Malaya have no chance of retreat or outside supplies.
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Clyde Farnsworth
Kunming
China
Clayre Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Chennault
14Th Air Force
Yungning
Nanning
East Asia
Thailand
Malaya
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Burma
Buckner
Okinawa
Oginawa
Suzuki
Japanese set Seria oil field ablaze in Borneo raid
Brunei Bay reports the Japanese firing Seria oil field storage tanks destroying hundreds of thousands of gallons. An Allied amphibious push near Seria and Labuan island aims to outflank Japanese positions as they burn wells to deny the field. Gallery of infernos lights the China Sea as tanks blaze through the night.
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Brunei Bay
Borneo
Seria
Brunei River
Brunei Town
Brunei
Labuan
China Sea
Weather forecast for Georgia and Northwest Florida
Partly cloudy and hot today and tonight with scattered thunderstorms in Georgia coastal areas this afternoon and north portion Thursday. Northwest Florida also partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday.
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Georgia
Florida
Hopes for Early Big Three Conference and Polish Settlement
President Truman announced a definite Moscow meeting starting June 15 with the Big Three and Polish factions. He praised Hopkins and Davies for successful diplomacy and said Stalin seeks better US relations and a free Polish election as part of a path to a durable peace.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Marshall Stalin
Churchill
Stalin
United States
Poland
Moscow
Warsaw
Harry Hopkins
San Francisco
Hopkins
Joseph J. Davies
London
Davies
Japs threaten invasion as allies may aid China
Japanese propagandists warn of an imminent invasion and prepare civilians for new attacks while predicting Allied help to China. The piece notes monsoon season, ongoing Indies activity, and likely British Burma actions, with Java recapture uncertain and Allied strength looming.
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China
J. M. Roberts, JR
Germany
Okinawa
Southeast Asia
Indies
Java
Borneo
Tokyo
California private killed 30 Japs to clear path in Okinawa
Private Clarence B. Craft of Santa Ana California led a 450 foot hill assault on May 31 during the Okinawa campaign. He single handedly destroyed trenches and a machine gun nest, driving enemies into a hillside cave and sealing it with a demolition charge. Craft killed an estimated 25 Japanese with rifle fire and grenades, with two platoon mates wounded.
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California
Okinawa
Pfe
Clarence B. Craft
Santa Ana
Calif
Craft
96Th Infantry Division
Genades
Patton Says He Is No Politician At Capitol
Gen George S Patton arrived at the national airport after an overnight flight from Los Angeles He refused to smile for a photographer and stated I am no politician He planned a White House visit with President Truman that afternoon and was greeted by his wife two daughters and four grandchildren on the Capitol steps
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Washington
George S. Patton
National Airport
Los Angeles
Patton
Truman
White House
Third Army
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John M. Hightower
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New Zealand
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Herbert V. Evatt
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