Bunker Hill Survives Fire After Tokyo Raid
Japanese suicide planes scored two direct hits on the carrier Bunker Hill off Okianne May 1 causing 656 casualties. Vice Admiral Mitscher escaped unharmed as the ship was saved by crews and Wilkes-Barre firefighters. The ship then headed to Puget Sound Navy Yard for repairs.
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Dewey Charts Plan to Cut State Office Rent Bill
Governor Dewey announced a bipartisan committee to coordinate building new facilities in Albany and New York City to reduce a $1.46 million annual rent. The study covers 1.487 million square feet across offices, with 374000 in Albany and 312000 in New York City, reflecting crowded, multi-building offices. Continued on Page Thirteen.
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Dewey
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Buffalo
Morgenthau Moves Up In Presidential Succession
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. becomes next in line for the presidency after the resignation of Secretary of State Stettinius. Under the 1888 law the line passes to the Treasury if the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State are unable to serve. Joseph Grew acts as Secretary of State but is not in the line due to Senate confirmation rules.
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Joseph C. Grew
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House Judiciary Committee
Medal of Honor Soldier Urges War Bond Support
A wartime editorial urges readers to back bond drives as soldiers head to the Pacific. It honors a Medal of Honor recipient and asks the public to purchase war loans to fund the national effort against fascism.
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Sat. Keathies
Pacific
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Mobilized
President issued an executive order declaring about 3 006 commissioned U S Public Health Service personnel members of the military forces for the duration of the war. Action under Public Health Service Act of 1944 becomes effective July 21. The corps includes physicians dentists sanitary engineers pharmacists other scientists and nurses.
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Troy Banker on Bunker Hill
Former Troy banker William E Strege of Elmhurst Long Island aided three men to safety and rescued four others aboard the U S S Bunker Hill near Okinawa after Japanese planes attacked. Lt William M Connors a Troy native and Lt Walter Geiberhouse also reached their battle stations as bombing began. Connors previously worked as mortgage and real estate officer at Manufacturer's National Bank in Troy. his brother Martin Connors lives at 207 Pawling Avenue.
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Long Island
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Troy
N. Y
Walter E. Geiberhouse
Long Beach
N.Y
Maj Stevens S O S From Wife In Jail
Imogene Stevens, jailed on a manslaughter charge for the slaying of a young submarine sailor, requested her husband Maj G Ralsey Sterras to come home from overseas. Police say she admitted shooting Albert Kovacs and his brother James in the Milton neighbor’s home, seeking bond.
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Mes
G. Ralsey Sterras
New Hampshire University
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James
Charles Miltons
Legislature May Act On Troy Referendum
City officials explore legal steps for a referendum on postwar Troy projects. The plan would reconvert the Fifth Avenue Troy High School into a City Hall and build a Prospect Park recreation building, aiming to overcome repeated opposition. A charter and state-law review notes no advisory referendum exists, suggesting an ordinance with cost and financing details and possible statewide approval at the next general election.
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Okinawa Cost and Casualties Reported by Nimitz
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced casualty figures for the Okinawa campaign covering March 18 to June 20. American totals include 9,731 killed missing and wounded across 33 ships and 9,731 sailors and officers, with 4,907 killed or missing and 4,524 wounded through June 20.
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Restaurant-less City Faces Taxi Service Suspension
Malloon, TL reports a 27 A suspension of taxi service adds to a meatless crisis as OPA arranges import of two fur beef carcasses from Chicago to spur restaurant reopenings. The city’s only taxi line remains suspended until Saturday amid a 30 percent cut in red points for restaurants set to take effect Sunday.
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OPA
Chicago
Geners
General Gerow Praised For Prose On Doughboys In Germany
General Leonard T. Gerow, commander of the U S 15th Army, is lauded for writing the most beautiful prose about U S Army soldiers in Wiebaden Germany The piece cites a directive to unit commanders to pull GIs from kitchen police duty and allow them to sit at tables while civilians wait on the Germans
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Wiebaden
Germany
U. S. 15Th Army
Leonard T. Gerow
Luzon freed of Japs by MacArthur announces liberated island
General MacArthur announces Luzon, the main Philippines island, is liberated after a 28 day northern Luzon campaign. He cites heavy combat in the Cagayan Valley with about 113,393 enemy dead, thousands more buried, and American losses of 3,783 dead or missing and 12,251 wounded. Mindanao remains contested.
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Congress Proposes Abandoning War Food Cave Storage
A House appropriations subcommittee urged abandoning the Weather War Food Administration storage cave near Atcassor Hes and recovering as much as possible from the 2 million investment, arguing the facility is unnecessary and merits official reconsideration.
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Byrnes Silent On State Secretary Speculation
Spartanburg reports James F Byrnes who recently left public life and was linked to the Secretary of State post had no comment on Secretary Stettinies resignation on the first night of the events.
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James F. Byrnes
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Rensselaer President Honored with Stevens Institute Degree
Dr. Livingston W. Houston, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, received an honorary Doctor of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, joining five other national figures. The citation notes his 1913 mechanical engineering degree, long service on RPIs board, and leadership roles including president since 1944. He previously led Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co and held military service as a sergeant major and captain.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sievens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
N. J
Houston
R. P
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Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co
Houslon
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Army Ordnance Association
Navy Attacks Balikpapan Confirmed by Allied Lines
War report from Aneta confirms heavy Allied air and naval bombardment of Balikpapan Borneo’s oil center. Australian and American squadrons hit Japanese batteries on a hillside as ships pounded the waterfront and fire spiked into the sky.
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Igaikpavan
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Jist Neen
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Bore Faces 515 Year Sentence On 74 Counts
White Plains Westchester County Court jury convicts James Bore an AFL union official on 74 counts including forgery and grand larceny tied to 64.3575 Bore. Secretary treasurer of Local 2 International Brotherhood of Bedlamers aiding and abetting run and vice president of the international could face an aggregate 515 years in prison.
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Westchester County
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A. FL
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Smallpox Outbreak Reported in Capetown Health Authorities
South Africa Capetown health authorities said four smallpox cases signaled a breakout with a high mortality rate. The report noted epidemic charges and urged alertness among the public and medical services.
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Capetown
South Africa
President to Name Successor Next Week as Byrnes Emerges
President to name successor next week with Byrnes as a possible pick for secretary of state. Edward R. Stettinius agreed to join the United Nations as U.S. representative and will resign as secretary of state. The President said a formal nomination would be announced early in the week and that Stettinius would lead U.S. delegations at the UN pending ratification of the charter.
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Connally Warns Senate Against Stalling Peace Pact
Secretary of State Stellinius vesecrady urged quick Senate approval of the United Nations charter while Senator Counsty of Texas warned against delay. Connally, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said hearings could occur in days and warned against shilly shally tactics. He argued the charter may not be perfect but could prevent war and justify the effort.
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Stellinius Vesecrady
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United Nations
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Red Pressure For Territory Worries Turks
Ankara faces anxiety over reports of Soviet moves in the Dardanelles and Kars area as talks with Britain and the United States loom. Turkish leaders expect a cautious Anglo American reaction and possible talks in London with Churchill and Eden on a Turko Soviet pact framework.
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Churchill
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Kars
Caribbean Quake Felt Near Weston College Site
West on College seismograph station recorded an offshore earthquake southwest of Mexico City about 2,550 miles from Weston. Officials said the quake likely occurred in the ocean near shore and was felt in Weston, Massachusetts yesterday.
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