Noted Banker Shoots Self At Granville Glens
International banker and lawyer Leon Fraser, 50, was found mortally wounded in North Granville with a self inflicted gunshot. Coroner W B Ingles reported two notes found at the home, one to neighbors asking forgiveness and noting long melancholy, and a suicide wish for a simple burial with no funeral flowers. Fraser had aided post world war reparations talks before enlisting as a private and serving as an officer.
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Glens. Falls
Leon Fraser
Bultett
W. B. Ingles
Fraser
North Granville
Ingles
Walter Bennett
Comstock
Beaves
James
Pai
Battle Rages On Okinawa South End Northward Push
Battle reports from Okinawa describe heavy artillery and stubborn Japanese resistance as 24th Army Corps infantry push inland toward Yonabaru air field and west toward Naha. Marines advance from Yontan and Katend fields as Second Marine aircraft operate from Katena and Yontan. Maj. Gen Hodgesons' Doushboys face entrenched pillboxes and dense rear fortifications while Maj. Gen. Hodges leads ground advances amid fierce fighting and air operations.
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Guam
Okinawa
24Th Army Corps
Naha
Yonabaru
Yontan
Katend
Adtio
Caester W
Nimitz
Moteby
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Katena
Yontan Fields
Maj
Dison
F. P. Mulcahy
USMC
Nakagustlu Bar
Prince Umberto Fires Cousin from Naval Post
Prince Umberto dismissed his cousin Aimone of Savoya, Duke of Aosta, from his role as a naval captain and admiral. The duke allegedly criticized the high court of justice for punishing Fascist crimes, saying he would have them all shot regarding Gen. Mario Roatta's trial after Hoatia's escape Merck 5 from a bes.
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Rome
Umberto
Aimone
Savoia
Aosta
High Court of Justice
High Court
Mario Roatta
Hoatia
Merck 5
Bes
Bond Drive Featured for Father's Day Event
New York says Pi-Feather's Day on June 11 will feature a father bond drive. Alvin Austin, executive director of the National Father's Day Committee, said the event honors America's fighting fathers and promotes War Bond campaign slogans: Honor Dad, He's in There, Fighting.
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New York
Pi—Feather
Alvin Austin
America
Princeton Death Blast: 229 Killed 420 Hurt On Rescue Ship
The Birmingham back section details the Princeton disaster during World War II Leyte landings. A lone Japanese plane dropped a bomb on the Princeton center deck triggering internal explosions. Capt. William Hoye Burmeatt commanded the Princeton, abandoning ship as rescuers from the Birmingham joined salvage efforts. The Birmingham, under Capt. Thomas Browsing lelis, aided in the salvage and defense as enemy air attacks continued. Continued on Page Nine.
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Washington P
U.S
Birmingham
Navy
Macarthur
Leyte
Philippines
Uyleg
Feer
William Hoye Burmeatt
Winchester
Maes
Cap
Thomas Browsing
Lelis
Houghton Lake
Mich
Birmingheas
Inglis
Nazis Use Dead End Kids in Last Stand
Report describes young Nazi recruits aged 14 to 18 pressed into battle near Paderborn to halt the U S First Army. Despite limited training these teenage fighters are noted as energetic and dangerous, with some observation by Lt. Cel Andrews Barr. About 1009 youths allegedly trained at the tank school are said to aid Allied understanding of German methods.
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Padterborn
Germany
Adolf Hitler
U.S. First Army
Courtney H Hodges
Cel Andrews Barr
Urbana
Jdeas
Rhine
Third Armored Division
Hodges
Paderborn
Tigers
fNre
Maurice Rose
Third Armored
First Army
Edward TL. Ellsworth
Vetpetan
Wyoming
Edgar Crowe
Mechanicville
Ellsworth
Schol
Limburg
U. S. First Army
Belgian Bulge
Charles Berry
Gates Mills
Leonard Nevins
Washington, D. C
Herbert Borden
New York Mills
Minn
William C. Allen
Planes Sometimes Fire On Captives By Mistake
Washington reports that American planes have strafed mass prisoner movements in Germany by error. Brig. Gen. Bryan said pilots are briefed to disrupt transport and strike German vehicles, but rapid changes in conditions make accurate briefings hard. He cited three major prisoner migrations westward due to the Russian advance and Swiss-sourced details about a 5000-prisoner group including some Americans marching near Vienna.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Len B. M. Bryan
Yrieo
Bryan
Ameg
Vienna
Toyoda Seen Key Man of Jap Cabinet
Washington experts view Adm. Teijiro Toyoda as a central figure in Japan's new cabinet guiding munitions and production. They see Prime Minister Hirantaro Soruki's administration as a home defense government contrasting with prior defense abroad policy, with Toyoda as a technocrat poised to lead Japan’s weapons and industrial efforts.
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Washington PLC
Uam
Adm
Teijiro Toyoda
Washington
Hirantaro Soruki
Keiso
Toyoda
Beis
Japan
Japan Steelworks
Oatsui
Aki
Ure
Sasebo
Tafa
Kobo
Texedo
Suzuki
Mistumasa Yonai
Navy
New Russo Turkish Pact Sought Amid Denounced Treaty
Ankara and Moscow agreed on pursuing a new Russo Turkish pact of amity after the Soviet note denounced their 1925 treaty. Turkey replied via Foreign Minister Hasan Saka, expressing desire to maintain and consolidate sincere friendship despite changed war conditions.
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Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Hasan Sakea
Chinese shops offer $2 pack cigarettes in Chongking
A fragment notes that Chungking CP a American cigarettes can be bought in Chinese shops of Chongking Chingtyu Kuinming and other cities at a price equivalent to two dollars per pack.
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Chungking CP
Chongking
Chingtyu
Kuinming
Stimson backs Army Navy consolidation plan
Secretary of War Stimson endorsed postwar merger of the Army and Navy, urging establishment of a single department of the armed forces with two heads and undersecretaries. He asked Senate hearings and cited joint chiefs of staff studies. Byrnes had previously urged rapid action to unify Army Navy and Air Forces into a single national defense department after the war.
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Washington DP
Army
Navy
Stimson
Bar Bet Brreau
Alabama
Lwhip
War Department
Armed Forces
Secretary of the Armed
United States Chiefs
Steff Hill
Pudue Stimson
Senate Military Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Navty
Leid
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilizer
Congress
Air Forces
Department of National Defense
British Wife of Prince Dies In Bucharest
Lady Elizabeth Bibesco, 48, daughter of the first Hari of Oxford and Asquith and aunt of the present Lord Asquith, died Saturday in Bucharest while listening to a London news broadcast. She authored several books and married Prince Antoine Bibesco in 1919, living in Washington from 1920 to 1926 where he served as Romanian minister to the United States.
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Bucharest
Elizabeth
Hari
Oxford
Asquith
Lord Asquith
Wat
London
Elizabeth Narried
Prince
Antoine Bibesco
Washington
United States
WMC Finds 85,485 Jobs for War Veterans
Washington UP reports War Manpower Commission data showing 85 485 jobs found for veterans in February. Of these placements 6 were for veterans of this war and 22 238 placements went to servicemen with disabilities.
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WMC
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Veterans group endorses Albany hospital plan in Saratoga
The Disclosed American Veterans backed creating a veterans hospital at Saratoga Springs and urged appointment of a paid veterans service officer in Albany. The resolutions were announced yesterday in Albany by the state executive committee.
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Albany
Saratoga Springs
D.A.V
Third Army Finds Reich Gold Reserve in Mine Merkers
Third Army engineers blasted through a brick wall at Merkers salt mine revealing Germanys entire gold reserve. More than four thousand bags of gold bulhon totaling about fifty tons stood in a dim chamber along with hundreds of Reichsmarks and foreign currency. Inventory work will take days as officers catalog the vast treasury once believed lost.
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Third Army
Reich
Merkers
Germany
U. S. Third Army
Hitler
Werner Wieck
Reichsbenk
Dr. Vieck
Reichsbank
Reichsmarks
Angien
T. S
Atay
Hope Fades For Soft Coal Wage Pact
Washington reports prospects for a soft coal miners contract dimmed after weekend talks between miners and operators. Subcommittee sessions yielded skepticism about immediate agreement with a looming War Labor Board decision possible if talks fail. Leaders differ over a proposed 25 cent daily increase and a royalty demand, as union and management prepare for a potential public hearing.
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Washington
John. Lewis
Miser
WLS
WLB
B 29s Strike Jap Airports Across Southern Japan
B 29 Superfortresses bombed Kanoya and other southern airfields in Japan to neutralize Japanese aerial operations toward Okinawa. Unconfirmed results and a missing plane were reported by the War Department in a communique. The attack came through cloud cover with limited observation.
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Washington
Okinawa
Kanoya
Japan
War Department
2St Bomber Command
Marianas Island
Ryuku Islands
Shirley Temple Engaged to Army Sergeant at March Field
Hollywood reports Shirley Temple’s parents announce their 16 year old daughter is engaged to Sgt Joan George Agar, 24, of the Army Air Forces stationed at March Field California. They do not plan to marry for two or three years, say her parents.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Joan
George Agar
Army Air Forces
March
Luftwaffe Pilots Flew To Safety Of Neutral Sweden
Dispatches report German warplanes landed in southern Sweden yesterday as Swedish antiaircraft gunners forced down one aircraft. Several planes carried soldiers and equipment. crew and passengers were interned at leading fields. Some Germans claimed they were en route to Bornholm rather than refugees as they travelled to neutral territory.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Malmo
Bormholm
Baltic
Portugal
Spain
Bornholm
Maviga
Holland Trap Snaps On Two Nazi Armies Front Siege
Allied forces join airborne drops over northern Holland as Canadian and U S troops drive toward Meppel and Zuider Zee. Fronts in Holland, Ruhr, and Berlin corridor push toward Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, and Goettingen, with Goering forces retreating toward the Weser. Prisoners mount as First and Ninth Armies advance, Stuttgart and Pierzheim fall, Schweinfurt pressurized, and a direct route to Berlin opens via Autobahn despite heavy fighting.
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Holland
Bremen
Berlin
U.S
Courtney H. Hodges
Cit
Goettingen
Ruhr
Ninth Army
Dortmund
Gelsenkirchen
First Army
Even &Est
Savenih
Schweinfurt
Statteat
Tadio
Wuerttemberg
Stuttgart
Reich
Ais
Black Forest
Pierzheim
William A. Simpson
U. S. Ninth Army
Tyears
Weser
Autobdaan
Brunswick
Tne
Passit
Gispatch
Bue
Berta
Roet
Rhine
Barent
Thenty
Soviets Push Three Miles Into Vienna
Soviet troops surged three miles into Vienna yesterday while Red Army forces stormed fortifications around Roenigscere. Moscow claimed encirclement of Vienna and the seizure of major rail stations as Berlin faced potential attack from multiple fronts including Danube river crossings.
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London
Vienna
Roenigscere
Moscow
Red Army
Danube
Morava
Frankfurt
Kuestrin
Berlin
Raich
Kornige
Berg
Sulletin
Vasileveke
Amaynad
Senator Mead Exhausted
Senator James Mead of New York is reported in extreme exhaustion with an intestinal disturbance, according to physicians yesterday.
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Suffalo
James Mead
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Crail
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Roetterdam
Amsterdam
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Haren
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