Rats of Tobruk drive toward Borneo oil fields
Australian veterans known as the Rats of Tobruk move south from Brunei Bay toward Balikpapan as Allied forces pound targets there. MacArthur reports 76 tons of bombs on Balikpapan and occupation of Timbalai airfield on Labuan Island. Brunei Bay operations linked to securing Borneo oil areas.
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Asia
Indies
China
Brunei Bay
Borneo
James Hutcheson
Tobruk
West Borneo
Balikapapan
Tokyo
Balikpapan
Douglas MacAthur
East Indies
Rats
North Africa
Singapore
Sultanate
Seria
Miri
Melbourne
Sarawak
Tautong
MacArthur
Timbalai
Labuan
Spanish soldiers who aided Germans attacked in France
Reports from Paris say 12 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in a riot at Chambery as enraged French citizens attacked a train carrying members of the Spanish blue division to Spain. The train was diverted toward Switzerland with casualties aboard.
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Paris
Chambery
Lyon
Georgia and Florida Weekend Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy and warm humid conditions continue tonight into Sunday across Georgia with scattered thunder showers possible Sunday afternoon. In extreme northwest Florida, skies stay partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with moderate southeast coastal winds.
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Georgia
Florida
Cholera Outbreak Grows in Chungking Capital
In Chungking on June 16, authorities estimated over 2000 people suffering from cholera as they battled to halt spread. Eating houses and soft drink outlets were restricted for U S military personnel though no American soldiers were reported ill.
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Chungking
U. S
Government seizes Chicago trucking lines to avert drivers strike
Military police fortified Chicago to enforce government control of trucking amid a 14 000 driver unions dispute. MAJ Alexander Baxter led the seizure with 1700 lines under ORD control. 1100 seized last month. Substantial lines and routes moved by army trucks as union tensions escalate.
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Chicago
Camp Custer
Mich
Camp Skokie
Ill
Grant Park
Loop
Ellis T. Longenecker
Office of Defense Transportation
Truc Lines
Minneapolis
Alexander Baxter
Zone Transportation Corps
Sixth Service Command
A. Beadle
F. W. Harm
Washington
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Independent
Truman
Independent Union
Parade of the Purple Hearts march through New York streets
A hush fell over Fifth Avenue as a parade of injured veterans on jeeps moved past, banners listing battles such as Cassino Burma and Okinawa, with nurses aiding many and brief applause signaling a solemn, churchlike procession. The AP dispatch notes postwar tensions in San Francisco and Poland, plus observations on Berlin and allied actions in Europe and the Pacific.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Fifth Avenue
Broad Street
Cassino
Burma
Saipan
Okinawa
Aachen
Leyte
Cherbourg
Attu
San Francisco
Britain
France
Americans Advance on Luzon Plains in Cagayan Valley
American forces led by Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beighler's 37th Ohio division punched through Japanese resistance in the Cagayan valley, advancing 22 miles in 24 hours and liberating Santiago and Isabela province towns. Other units push north from the southern valley while mountain fighting continues east of Manila.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Robert S. Beighler
37Th
Ohio
Isabella Province
Santiago
Bchague
MacArthur
Bagabag
38Th Infantry
First Cavalry
112Th Cavalry
Peacetime Training Urges Readiness Against Future War
Secretary James Forrestal backed peacetime military training arguing it prepares to combat any aggressor. He cited Navy leaders Nimitz and Halsey who urged compulsory training, warning against complacency that could invite Mussolini and Hitler to dominate the world.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Navy
James Forrestal
Mussolini
Hitler
Nimitz
Warsaw
Berlin
Manila
Tokyo
Halsey
Georgia Boy Among Plane Crash Victims
Pvt. Joe J. Capes Jr., 18, of Carrollton Georgia, died in a plane crash near Vicksburg Mississippi while en route from a Texas army camp to attend his father’s funeral. His death followed the elder Capes who died days earlier as funeral plans were disrupted by the tragedy. Curtis Pritchett, family friend, contacted the White House to urge homecoming for another Capes son and brother from the European theater.
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Carrollton
Joe J. Capes, Jr
Vicksburg
Miss
Texas
War Department
Capes
Camp Hood
Curtis Pritchett
White House
Washington
J. B. Capes
Pritchett
British Second Army to depart Europe soon
Wiesbaden Germany June 16 AP authorities say Lt Gen Sir Miles C Dempseys British second army which fought from Normandy to Hamburg will wind up European operations in a few days and be deployed elsewhere Canadian forces remaining in Europe except for a composite third Canadian infantry division will be withdrawn by July 1 Permanent stations in the British zone will be occupied by Montgomerys 21st army group by June 21 The Polish armored division southwest of Bremen may face allegiance to Britain with citizenship offered if it stays away from Poland
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
Normandy
Hamburg
Field Marshal
Montgomery
21St Army Group
Bremen
Britain
12Th Army Group
Poland
Preakness Day Heat Delays Pimlico Arrivals
Extreme heat reaching over 90 degrees slowed arrivals at Pimlico for the 55th Preakness Stakes and the top turf program. Hoops Jr. remained the Derby favorite for the three-year-old race while Pavot, the 1944 Juvenile champion, drew strong support as a potential winner. A crowd under 50,000 was expected an hour before post time as conditions promised a fast track and a chance at a record day at the Hilltop oval.
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John Shandler
Pimlico
Hoop Jr
Walter M. Jefford
Pavot
Case Ace
F. W. Hooper
Hilltop Oval
Edda Mussolini Ciano Diary Braved Gestapo Theft
The Chicago Daily News reports Edda Mussolini Ciano risked her life posing as a pregnant woman to stop the Gestapo from seizing the diary of Count Ciano. She allegedly smuggled five notebooks out of Italy while alternating visits between Verona prison and Lake Garda, using help from a priest and risking discovery by Nazi authorities.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Edda Mussolini Ciano
Gestapo
Count Ciano
Mussolini
Italy
The
Daily News
Berne
Switzerland
Ciano
Ciana
Novabbano
Tessin
Edda Ciano
Rome
Chigi
Edda
Ramiola
Parna
Verona
Lago di Garda
Man Credits Mongrel Dog With Saving His Life
Moscow Idaho June 16 Charles Corey 22 credits his mongrel dog Said with speeding his extrication after being pinned under a tractor bulldozer. Corey recovering from a compound fracture of a thigh bone wrote a note on a gasoline receipt tied to the dog's neck. The dog delivered it to a nearby house where Corey’s father Dwight Gorey summoned help.
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Moscow
Idaho
Charles Corey
Corey
Ladd
Dwight Gorey
Ribbentrop Grilled for Information by Allied Interrogators
Captured Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was questioned at Eisenhower's Frankfurt headquarters as Allied investigators pressed for state secrets. He was arrested in Hamburg after a transit from Lueneberg and later searched by a Belgian and two British sergeants, who found a poison phial hidden on his person.
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Daniel DE Luce Montgomery
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Gen. Eisenhower
Frankfurt-on-the-Main
Supreme Command
London
Ribbentrop
Lueneberg
Europe
Hamburg
Herr Riese
J. B. Adam
Paisley
Scotland
Adams
Headquarters
SUGGESTION FOR FDR MEMORIAL TO RECEIVE ATTENTION
Basil OConnor of New York, chairman of the Roosevelt memorial committee, urged Georgians to hold off on memorial plans until the national group reviews numerous suggestions. He wrote Gov. Ellis Arnall saying those close to the president know the kind of memorial desired by the late president.
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Atlanta
Basil O'Connor
New York
Roosevelt National Memorial Committee
Roosevelt
Ellis Arnall
O’connor
Okinawa push nears final Japanese stronghold on Hara Kiri plateau
Amid heavy fighting on Okinawa, three American divisions press toward the last Japanese heights on the Hara Kiri plateau. Lt. Gen. Buckner reports 10,000 Japanese remain, with Tokyo radio admitting heavy losses as U.S. sea and air forces intensify bombardment and ensuing battles.
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Hara Kiri
Okinawa Island
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Tokyo
Bny
Okinawan
U. S.S
Japan
Buckner
Tenth Army
Georgia considers year round school plan with voluntary summers
Atlanta reports a proposal to place all Georgia schools on a year round basis with summer sessions optional. Students would study nine months while summer terms focus on recreation citizenship or military training if laws allow. The plan aims to broaden the program and cut juvenile delinquency.
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Atlanta
Georgia
L. M. Lester
State Department of Education
Education Board
Regents
M. JD. Collins
S. V. Sanford
Army Transport Crash Kills 17. Sole Survivor Narrates
An Army Air Corps C 46 transport crashed near Vicksburg Mississippi killing 17 military personnel. Sgt R L Bullock the only survivor told from his hospital bed how the plane hit air pockets after refueling and plummeted despite the pilot’s efforts. Names of the dead include a WAC and a WAVE. the aircraft was based at Lawson Field Georgia.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Army Air Corps
Lawson Field
WAC
R. L. Bullock
Somerset
Shrevepeet
Sgt. Bullock
Laredo
Texas
Bullock
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VETS
Parade OF the Purple Hearts
Polish Telegraph Agency
Lidice
Krupps
Andre Vienot
French Consultative Assembly
Middle East
Associated Press
Guam
Edda Mussolini
Himmler
von Ribbentrop
Man
Hari Kiri
BY Robbin Coons
96Th Infantry Division
James L. Bradley
Yaeju Hill
Big Apple
Yuza Hill
Robert Geiger
Pedro A. del Valle
Kunishi Ridge
Seventh Infantry Division
Archibald V. Aroid
Nakaza
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Milton
Buffalo
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