Buckner dies as Okinawa victory nears in shell burst
Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was killed on Okinawa as victory appeared imminent. Buckner, 58, the highest ranking American to die by enemy action in the war, died at 1 25 p.m. after a shell struck his forward observation post. Maj Gen Roy S Geiger assumed command of the Tenth Army. Funeral held at Hagushi. Buckner’s survivors include Adele Blanc Buckner and three children.
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U. S
Tenth Army
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckyer, Jr
Germany
Japan
Buckner
Marine Eighth Regimental
Gen
Ryukyus
Roy
Geiger
Marine Third Amphibious
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Sbuckner
Pacific Ocean
Nimitz
Shuri
Seventh Infantry Division
Hagushi Beach
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Fort Donelson
U. S. Grant
Kentucky
Simon, Jr
Munfordville
Young Buckner
Virginia Military Institute
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Adele Blanc
Simon Bolivar Buckner III
Signal Corps
Europe
William Claiborne Buckner
Eisenhower Joins Triumphant NY Welcome Parade
New York greeted General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower with a 17 gun salute at LaGuardia Field and a 35 mile city tour after his Washington arrival. Mayor LaGuardia and Army officers welcomed him as crowds cheered through Queens and Manhattan. Mrs. Eisenhower joined at Penn Station ahead of City Hall ceremonies.
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New York
Dwight D. Hisenhower
la Guardia Field
Washington
Fisenhower
F. H. LaGardia
Eisenhower
LaGuardia
Gen
Mrs. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Station
Army
City Hall
Marcel Deat Condemned for Vichy Support
Paris reports Marcel Deat former minister of labor and internal solidarity under the Vichy regime was condemned to death in absentia by a court. The 51 year old ex professor of philosophy was known as a pro Nazi journalist and politician in France.
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Marcel Deat
VICHY
Deat
France
11 More Japanese Ships Sunk by U S Submarines
United States submarines sank 11 more Japanese ships in far eastern waters. The tally brings total Japanese losses to 1 153 ships including 138 combatant vessels and 1015 noncombatant craft.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Wave
Far Eastern
Navy
German Treasure Hoard Of Four Billions Found
American troops of the 12th corps discovered a second great German treasure cache in the Regensburg Reichsbank vaults. The haul includes Bavarian and Austrian national wealth, gold bullion, stolen jewelry, and securities from Nazi death camps. Lt. John J. Stack Jr. led the party that seized the treasure in central Germany.
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Paris
Regensburg Reichsbank
Bavaria
Austria
Merken
John J. Stack, Jr
San Francisco
12Th Corps
Forts Befounded Many Fires in Jap Homeland
Washington June 19 AP Big feet of Fortresses possibly more than 400 kindled new fires in industrial areas of Honshu and Kyushu in night raids. Targets not identified though 20th Air Force says industrial areas were in central Honshu and northern Kyushu. Previous raid hit Omuta Kagoshima Yokkaichi and Hammatsu. Bombers operated from Marianas bases.
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Washington
Honshu
Kyushu
20Th Air Force
Omuta
Kagoshima
Yokkaichi
Hammatsu
Marianas
Georgia to Slash State Debt by 1.823 Million
Georgia will reduce its debt by 1,823,000 dollars on June 30, Gov Ellis Arnall announcing 1,698,000 of the total will retire bonded debt from 1838 tied to the Western and Atlantic Railroad and 135,000 paid on the same line.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Western and Atlantic
Westerl and Atlantic
Supreme Court rules AP by laws restrain trade violate antitrust act
The Supreme Court, by 5 to 3, ruled Associated Press membership by laws restrain trade and violate the Sherman Act. The decision upholds a New York district court ruling requiring changes to membership rules while allowing other restrictions, and maintains the AP Canadian Press exclusivity and local news provisions if amended.
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Supreme Court
Associated Press
Edward H. Higgs
Washington
High Tribunal
New York
Former Hungarian Minister Captured by Allied Forces
Wiesbaden Germany June 15 AP Franz Tiso former Hungarian minister and ambassador to Moscow has fallen into allied hands and is held at Worgl near Innsbruck. Tiso was Hungarian representative in Moscow from 193? to 1941, with other officials Power ZApria and Dr Ivan Hejjas arrested then.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Franz Tiso
Moscow
Army Group
Tiso
Worgl
Innsbruck
Power Zapria
I van Hejjas
Department of Commerce and Communications
MacArthur Denies Pearson Friction Over Tydings Visit
Manila June 19 AP Gen Douglas MacArthur denied any friction during the Tydings commission visit and rejected Drew Pearson's hints of opposition. He said he welcomed the committee, enjoyed working with it, and would gladly receive any aid in solving Philippines problems. He called Pearson's statement unfounded and an attack on press freedom.
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Manila
Toaum
Sen. Millard Fs. Tydings
Polish Fifth Column Trials Reveal Train Attacks and Executions
Polish underground leaders and home army members testified in a Soviet court that they wrecked trains, blew bridges, and killed Russian soldiers. A minister urged treating the Red Army as an enemy, with witnesses claiming continued ties to the home army before and after Soviet occupation.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Home Army
Fifth Column
Poland
President Truman Heads West for Security Conference
President Truman departs for a west coast trip to Olympia Washington and San Francisco to attend the closing session of a United Nations security conference. He is greeted by Eisenhower and other officials and jokes with photographers at the rallying point.
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Bo Ernst EL Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
San Francisco
United Nations
Olympia Wash
Don C. Wallgren
Chinese Reports Cite Japanese Withdrawals Fearing Russia War
AP dispatch from Chungking reports Japanese forces pulling back along the Chinese coast, especially from Wenchow, amid fear Russia will enter the war. Amoy and Swatow are said to be abandoned while lines from Hangchow to Shanghai stay contested. Reuters notes reinforcements at Bias Bay near Hong Kong as Chinese press discuss possible American coast invasions and sea routes to China.
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J. M. Roberts. JR
Chungking
China
Wenchow
Russia
Amoy
Swaon
Hangchow
Shanghai
Indo-China
Malay Peninsula
Bias Bay
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Japan
Swatow
Canton
Formosa
Foochow
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