British Captured Ribbentrop While He Slept In Hamburg
Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was captured in Hamburg while sleeping in a lodging house. A poison token was found on his body but not taken. He hid under the assumed name Riese with a landlady and wine merchant aid, later identified by British intelligence. He now faces trial prospects as one of the last top Nazis alive.
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Daniel DE Luce
Montgomery
Germany
Janc
Hamburg
Europe
von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Riese
Ribbentrop
Berlin
Lueneberg
3000 Tons Fire Bombs Fall on Osaka Industrial Areas Anniversary Raid
520 Superforts dropped 3000 tons of fire bombs on Osaka and Amagasaki as Gen. H. H. Arnold pledged higher production. Marianas-based B 29s attacked steel and precision plants while smaller craft aided through cloud cover. Osaka, Japan's second largest city, houses over three million people and remains a premier industrial hub.
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Associated Press
Japan
Osaka
H. H. Arnold
Amagasaki
China
Yawata
Tokyo
Okinawa
Worse punishment if Hitler alive Eisenhower says
General Eisenhower told correspondents that if Hitler is alive he faces the worst possible punishment as a hunted fugitive underground. He said the Russians doubt Hitler is dead and would prefer death to the shame of living hidden after ruling 250 million.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Adolf Thitler
Hitler
Wsenhower
Okinawa Battle Pushes Toward Final Japanese Surrender
On Okinawa signs point to a collapse of the Japanese garrison as U S forces press with 9th Division troops and flame throwers. Captain Charles Thomas reports 400 caves closed as Maj Gen Pedro Del Valle says the defense could crumble in two days or two weeks depending on luck. Marine Corsair fighters descend and bombard suspected headquarter caves with fuel and rockets.
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Robbin Coons
Guam
Okinawa
Yaeju Peak
Yaeju-Dake
Charles Thomas
Bainbridge
Ant
Pedro del Valle
Marine First Division
Kunishi Ridge
de Valle
First Marine Division
Associated Press
al Dopking
Dopking
Fortson predicts another Draft Arnall session in Georgia
Atlanta dispatch reports Rep. Ben Fortson Jr. of Wilkes County says a special Georgia General Assembly session will follow the August 7 referendum on the new constitution. He plans to revive efforts to end the governor’s one four year term limit amid his Draft Arnall Movement backing Gov. Ellis Arnall. An amendment motion failed by 10 votes in a recent House session.
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Atlanta
Ben W.fortson
Wilkes County
Georgia General Assembly
Georgia
Fortgan
Arnall
Ellis Arnall
House of Representatives
Poll tax politics stir Washington showdown
In Atlant, June 15 AP reports the House passed an anti poll tax bill but opponents expect a Senate filibuster. The piece notes the white primary in the one party South, court rulings, and varied election laws across eight states with literacy tests, and hints at broader political maneuvering beyond Congress.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
South
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Georgia
Train Crash in Pennsylvania Kills at Least 16
In Williamsport and Milton Pennsylvania a freight car derailment and collision with an oncoming Washington Buffalo passenger train left at least 16 dead and 32 injured. Officials said 21 freight cars left the tracks and crews used acetylene torches to free victims from the wreckage. Names of the identified dead were released by the railroad.
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Willamsport
Washington
Philadelphia
Sugar Quotas Cut for July to September Quarter
Washington June 16 AP cuts in industrial sugar allotments to about 374 percent under a year ago for the July September quarter. Most industrial users including ice cream and bottled beverage makers face large reductions to 50 percent of their 1941 base. Canners and bakers see smaller cuts while some industrial users in 117 counties get modest increases to offset population gains. Overissuance for home canning and a drop in world sugar prospects noted.
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Washington
OPA
Baters
Complete and Utter Destruction of Nippon in Air Attacks
General Arnold vows total destruction of Japan with 2,000,000 tons of bombs yearly by July 1. He notes 520 B-29s dropping 38,000 tons on Osaka as the Osaka raid continues. Le May says major cities Tokyo Kobe Yokohama Osaka Nagoya are largely destroyed or burning.
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Nippon
Gen. Arnold
Richard O’malley Yuam
Japan
HH. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Arnold
Osaka
China
Tokyo
Amagasaki
Nagoya
Yoko
Hama
Kobe
Curtis EB. le May
21St Bomber Command
Yokohama
Kawasaki
le May
Marianas
George C. Kenney
Eighth Air Force
Big Three Meet to Be Held in Berlin Attlee Announces
Maj Clement Attlee disclosed in a letter that the big three conference will be held in Berlin. He accepted Churchill's invitation to attend the prospective meeting in Berlin.
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Berlin
Atlee
London
Clement R. Attlee
Attlee
Churchill
Okinawa Adventure in a Cave City Escape
A Sixth Marine Division patrol explored a hillside hole near Asa Village Okinawa and uncovered a vast subterranean complex housing living and dead. Lt Col Thomas F Williams led the probe as civilians and soldiers emerged from beneath the limestone knoll. First through the entrance 2nd Lt Kenneth Baugh moved down a winding corridor revealed by improvised light from Meng Avensis.
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Asa Village
Okinawa
Sixth Marine Division
Torn Valley
Asa
Thomas EF. Williams
Denver
Colo
Naha
Kenneth Baugh
Billings
Mont
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Shamokin, Pa
Ho Stratton
Camp
Mukue
Itoman
Nakagusuku Bay
Machinatos Airfield
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Nagasuke
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Yonabaru
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Anza
Bem Price
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