Army Plans Yearlong Delays in Releases Under New Point System
The Army outlined a 22 month path to demobilization with 2,060,000 men affected and monthly discharge targets peaking at 200,000. A new critical release score will be announced next month, based on a global survey of fighting personnel, while the automatic discharge age will not be lowered below forty.
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Stephen G. Henry
House
Callea
War Department
Henry
Europe
Pacific
IMG
Sparkman
D-Aia
Remy
450 B-29s Strike Nippon Targets Afire In Three Cities
About 450 B 29s split into three groups and bombed Shizuoka Toyohashi and Fukuoka at dawn in Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay’s second raid of the new campaign against Japanese secondary war production. Some 3,000 tons of incendiaries were dropped from low altitude starting around 3 am local time, aiming to devastate factories shops and dense housing. The three cities faced for the first time the effects of mass bombing, with populations of roughly 212 000 242 000 and 323 000 respectively on Honshu and Kyushu.
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Guam
Japan
Shizuoka
Toyohashi
Fukuoka
Nippon
Curtis
LeMay
Honshu
Tokyo
Nagoya
Kyuji Island
Last Jap Luzon Stronghold Collapses Under Artillery
General MacArthur reports the 37th and Sixth Divisions crossing the Cagayan River near Naguillan as Japanese positions fall under heavy artillery and air strikes. Advances push toward Uagan and nearby towns with continued heavy Japanese casualties and prisoners.
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Manila
Robert Saughtier
Cagayan
Luzon
Naguillan
Macarthur
S. Com Unique
Uagan
Isabele
Seventh Fleet
Borneo
Seria
U. S
Babbag
Kiangar
Bambang- Pinkian
Haminios Faron
Associated Press
Sith
Cagayan River
Eisenhower Welcomed by New York in Grand Parade
General Dwight D. Eisenhower received a hero’s welcome in New York City with an estimated seven million spectators lining Fifth Avenue and Broadway. He spoke of strength and unity for peace, received a city medal and honorary citizenship, and waved from a 25 car motorcade as crowds cheered from rooftops and windows.
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New York
New York City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Europe
America
LaGuardia Field
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Lower Broadway
City Hall
Polo Grounds
Waldert Astoria
Eisenhower
Battery
Olympia Becomes U S Capital On Truman Arrival
President Harry S Truman arrived in Olympia at 6 30 p m and stepped from Gov Mon C Wallgrens car to the executive mansion marking the city as temporary capital after a record first presidential flight from Washington D C The arrival drew crowds along Puget Sound streets as McChord Field lies nearby and the C 54 transport touched down minutes earlier in a historic cross country trip.
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Olympia. Wash
Puget Sound
Harrys. Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
Executive Mansion
State Capitol
Washington,d. C
McChord Field
Olympia
First Postwar Woman Mayor in German City
In a Thuringian city of about 23 000 residents, Irsule Meisternernst, a fair skinned brunette with a PhD from Heidelberg, was promoted by American Military Government officials from interpreter to Oberbuergermeister, the first postwar woman to hold the office. The city recalls Johann Sebastian Bach’s organist and choirmaster tenure at the Luthran Church.
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Germany
Drastadi
Paany
Irsule Meisternernst
Heidelberg University
Johann Sebastian Bach
Luthtran
Thousands of Surplus Planes to Be Scrapped
The Surplus Property Board announced that thousands of worn and obsolete Army and Navy planes will be salvaged and scrapped. Commercially unsaleable surplus aircraft and related parts will be scrapped except those needed for education, research, and a few special purposes.
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Washington CP
Army and Navy
Tears Fill Eyes Of Generals Wife
Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower, overwhelmed with pride, cried as she heard her husband speak to crowds in New York City. She said she planned to return to Kansas City after a Waldorf luncheon and a hair appointment, awaiting her husband’s next reception.
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New York
Dwight D.eisenhower
Pennsylvania Station
John Sheidos Eigenhower
Washington
Waldorf Astoria
Kansas City
Frisco Delegates Bar Spain from World Peace Body
The United Nations Conference commission in San Francisco voted unanimously to bar Franco Spain from future membership. A Mexican led effort sought to record in conference records that governments formed with Axis aid are not eligible. Key figures included Luis Quintanilla and Joseph Paul Sencour as the dramatic scene unfolded with cheers and laughter.
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San Francisco
United Nations Conference Commission
Spain
Mexico
France
Old Spain
Luis Quintanilla
Moscow
Joseph Paul Sencour
Quintana
Hitler
Berlin
Giant Postwar Fleet Urged by Naval Chiefs
Secretary Forrestal and Admiral Ernest J. King urged Congress to retain a large reserve fleet after World War II. The joint Senate and House Naval affairs session heard the Navy’s plan for a postwar policy, with Forrestal’s statement released by Senate Chairman Walsh. The proposal favors maintaining a substantial pool of combat ships rather than scrapping them.
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Washington P
Navy
U. Ss
Senate
House
Forrestal
Ernest J. King
Publc
Walsh
D.-Mass
Senate Group
Polish Army Chief Admits Preparing for Russian War
In a wartime trial, Majer Okulicki the Polish Home Army commander testified Russia aimed to absorb Poland and ordered underground activity to preserve independence The testimony links Sasakowski Sosnkowski and others to plans and actions before and after 1939 and 1944 in London and Warsaw, with earlier witnesses detailing deaths and sabotage aboard Soviet vehicles.
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Moscow
Bredislaw Onulieni
London
Russia
Poland
Cal Jlegum
Supreme Court
Germany
Tte
Home Army
Okulicki
Bfarch
Kazimierz Sasakowski
Soviet Union
Sosnkowski
Warsaw
Yanks Uncover Five Billion Dollar Hoard
American troops report a vast trove in Regensburg Reichsbank vaults and Austria Bavaria securities totaling billions. The find includes gold bullion, jewelry, church property, a Moscow library in Munich, and a Van Gogh painting among thousands of books and art works looted by the Nazis.
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Yanks
Paris
Austria
Bavaria
Merkers
Hersfeld
Thuringia
Regensburg Reichsbank
Prague
Czechoslovakia
12Th Corps
Haidhauser
Munich
University of Munich
Rirchéor
Shaef
Hardei
Vincent van Goga
Rockefeller Fund Creates Columbia Russian Institute
The Rockefeller Institute grants totaling 250, a New York announcement says Columbia University will establish a Russian Institute as the first of six regional institutes. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler notes the project focuses on history and thought of major world areas. Gerald T. Robinson, OSS Russian chief, is named director. the Russian Institute and School of International Affairs open July 4, 1956.
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New York
Rockefeller Institute
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Stutler
Butler
Aress
British Commonwealth of Nations
East Asia
Latin
America
France
Gertréen
Gérald T. Robinson
Office of Strategic Services
Washington
Ruseiat Institute
School of International Affairs
Donaldson Case Goes to Jury Today
In Rensslaer County Court George W. Donaldson charged with first degree murder faces the jury after testimony in the killing at Parling Sanitarium. The defense argues insanity. the jury may return one of four verdicts, including first degree murder.
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George W. Donaldson
Parling
Edward ¥. Simpkin
Clinton Prison
Rensslaer County Court
Earle J. Wiley
Asst. Dist
Philip J. Civile
John J. Powell
Conté
Cott
Cirillo
Wier
Clinton
Donaldson
Simpkin
Queen Mary Arrives With 14326 Veterans
The Queen Mary is due to enter New York Harbor with a large troop contingent. About 12,249 Army troops head for redeployment, 610 high-point personnel and 487 upgraded troops accompany 2,200 Navy personnel aboard. Docking at Pier 90 is planned around 3 pm.
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New York
North River Terminal
Rensselaer County Edges in EB Bond Race
Rensselaer County remains second in the district EB Bond selling race, narrowing Saratoga County’s lead to about 2 percent. Current standings show Saratoga at 81 percent, with Rensselaer around 67.6 percent, followed by Albany and Schenectady in the district totals.
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Rensselaer County
Saratoga County
Saratoga
Washington
Albany
Bre
Schenectady Saz
Japanese Deny Seeking Peace Amid War Bulletin
Japanese sources reiterate that Tokyo never proposed peace talks with the United States or Britain and accuse enemies of spreading rumors. A Domei report cited by the FCC quotes officials warning against passivity and stressing homeland defenses as prerequisites for future offensives.
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San Francisco
Radio Tokyo
Japan
Sadao Iguchi
Beoerag of Information
Froily
Domei News Agence
FCC
United States
Britain
Howe! Islands
Domei
Cigarette Famine Declared Over by Industry Representatives
Fourteen New York cigarette industry representatives met at the regional OPA offices to state that the wartime cigarette shortage is ending. They acknowledged continued limits on brand availability but said the situation has improved and should continue to improve. They criticized the sale practices that caused lines and misled the public into thinking cigarettes remain scarce.
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New York
New York City
Representetive
OPA
French Move to Heal Rift With Britain Over Syria
Paris reports say France and Britain may settle the Levant dispute through a Franco British treaty. General de Gaulle proposed direct talks with Britain, urging swift unity, while Pierre Cot challenged British intervention in Syria and urged policy change amid an acrimonious assembly debate.
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Paris
France
Consultative Assembly
Dé Gaulle
Britain
Russia
Syria
de Gaulle
Assembly
Cherebiirs
Churchill
Baring & Sle
Coz
Mgr
Returned Veterans Get More Gasoline
The OPA removed the ration maximum on gasoline for furloughed servicemen and released POWs on leave. Chester Bowles said veterans will be allowed a gallon a day, replacing the prior thirty gallon limit for those on sixty day duties or returning from overseas with extended leave.
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Washington
OPA
Price
Chester Bowles
Special GE Medal Urged for Honorable Armed Forces Service
Washington urged the passage of legislation to grant a special service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the present war. The measure passed the House and awaited Senate approval yesterday.
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Washington
Pia
House
Senate
Okinawa Battle Report Sees Japanese Collapse Near Island Tip
Allied forces press coastal assault on Okinawa as Marine and Army units drive to the southern tip. Japanese remnants retreat or hide in pockets. heavy sea and air bombardment continues with occasional battles on hillside strongpoints and beaches.
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Guam
Imarvo
Chester
Niisa
Udo
Seth
Seventh
Okinawa
Japan
Amer- A
Arma. A
Onizawa
Beach Island
Clarence Wallace
Eighth Marine
Iogus
Homesy Town
Wallste
Komeru
Nagasaim
Hil Si
Faej
Fifth Marines Regiment
Sth
Mabiuni-Mura
Fourth Marine” Regiment
Ariving Dewn
Eighth Marine Combat Team
James L. Bradley
Studborn
Aragachi
Archibgld V. Areneld
Gardeais
Soie
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Rockefeller Fund
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