Yanks Move to finish Okinawa defense line
On Okinawa the 10th army breached the main Japanese defense, encircling the last 1,000 holdouts at Shuri. Tokyo reported eight American divisions massing along the east coast with two fresh Marine divisions joining the attack as U S forces close toward Naha and Yonabaru.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
U.P
10Th
Okinawa
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Shuri
Pacific Fleet
Tenth
Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru
Shuri Castle
United Press
Edward L. Thomas
Pacific
Naha
Yonabaru
Wana Ridge
U S to Halt Foreign Meat Shipments July 1
Washington June 1 The government will cancel all foreign meat shipments during July August and September and from lend lease for three months affecting the Soviet Union most. For April May June the USSR was allocated 300 million pounds of meat from lend lease. The ban aims to ease domestic shortages as civilians now receive about 110 112 pounds annually.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
Chester Bowles
Chester Bowles, an@ugar
Osaka Third Great City Of Japan To Burn In B-29 Raid
A Tucson tobacco wholesaler reported an increased cigar supply for Tucson with a 25 percent rise by one major manufacturer and anticipated 25 percent boosts from other brands next Monday. Morris Cohen of Arizona Cigar & Tobacco says prewar comparisons are hard though current orders are up about one fourth.
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Osaka
Japan
Tucson
Morris Cohen
Arizona Cigar & Tobacco Company
Cohen
20000 Nippon Troops Facing Doom on Luzon
Manila June 1. Allied forces launch a drive to annihilate 20000 to 30000 Japanese troops in northern Luzon. Filipino units push from the coast, cutting off the largest remaining enemy force in Cagayan valley. American planes bomb the front positions as Tokyo reports jelly bombs but calls them makeshift. Mindanao notes reference the 31st division.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Douglas
Aparri
Tuguegarao
Santa Fe
Comei
Tokyo
Domei
Mindanao
Philippines
Eden Succeeds Amos Betts In State Position
William J. Eden, former Phoenix labor council president and ex postal clerk, takes office on the Arizona state corporation commission appointed by Governor Osborn. He succeeds the late Amos A. Betts and plans to scrutinize light and power rates while aligning with Wilson T. Wright to form a pro Osborn bloc.
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Phoenix
William J. Eden
Phoenix Labor Council
State Corporation Commission
Osborn
Amos A. Betts
Los Angeles
Eden
Wilson T. Wright
L. G. Rees
The
Commission
Arizona Power Authority
Osaka Firestorms Rise Over Japanese Port Cities
Bombers pounded Osaka after Yokohama and Tokyo as fires burned over five miles high. Airmen reported vast flames in Osaka and port districts while Tokyo admitted central areas were destroyed and homes of Mitsubishi families burned.
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Richard W. Johnston
Guam
Suse 1
U.P
Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Osaka
Radio
21St Bomber Command
Tokyo Radio
Mitsu
Mitsubishi
Death Sentence For Mrs Louise Peete in California Case
Mrs Louise Peete aged 63 was sentenced to death in the San Quentin gas chamber for the murder of Mrs Margaret Logan. The verdict came after a retrial in Superior Court before Judge Harold B Landreth when a jury of 11 women and one man found her guilty without clemency. An automatic appeal to the state supreme court will follow.
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Los Angeles
Louise
Judson) Peete
San Quentin
Margaret Logan
Jacob Denton
Harold B. Landreth
State Institution For Women Ot
State Supreme Court
First Husband of Mrs. Peete Dies by Own Hand in Tucson
The article notes that Mrs. Peete's first husband, who came to Tucson from Denver 21 years ago, died by suicide. Details on family or date are limited in the readable text.
Pope Pius to Broadcast Worldwide Address Tomorrow
Pope Pius will speak in a world-wide radio broadcast tomorrow at 1 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. The address is to the College of Cardinals in honor of St. Eugene day, the Pope's namesake feast.
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Pope Pius
Pope Pius XH
College of Cardinals
French-Syrian Clash Clouds Parley at UN Conference
U.S. and other powers firm on keeping a trusteeship clause intact as Russia pushes to avoid freezing mandates. Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen led a three hour briefing to defend the section, while French Levant tensions loom over talks and threaten to complicate the Big Five conference dynamics.
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R. H. Shachford
San Francisco
U.P
United States
Cmdr
Harold E. Stassen
Syria
Lebanon
Stassen
Russia
Police Arrest Three Men For Theft In City
Sheriff Echols reports three armed crime suspects captured after a string of burglaries. Larry Leyda and Elwin Younes Jr. are held for New York armed robbery. Merl Skinner faces Pima County burglary charges. Younes and Leyda aided local jobs. eight burglaries cleared locally. Printed details indicate a larger statewide case and ongoing investigation.
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Ed Echols
Sheriff Echols
State of New York
Larry F. Leyda
Warrensburg
N. Y
Elwin Younes, Jr
Brant Lake
New York
J. Mercer Johnson
Oklahoma
Echols
Merl Skinner
Pima County
OPA
Leyda
Younes
Sheriff's Office
Glens Falls
John Niggins
Kenneth Yeater
Highway Patrol
M. W. Gilson
Herron
Petain Defends Collaboration Before Justice Commission
Paris reporters say Marshal Henri Philippe Petain told investigators there was no choice but to aid the Nazi invaders during his Vichy tenure. He said France lost in 1940 but believed Allies would eventually prevail, and he denied approving Laval’s pro-German speech.
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Paris
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
High Court of Justice
Vichy
France
Germany
Pierre Laval
Petain
Laval
Commission
French Army Cease Fire Ordered Despite Syria Tensions
London dispatch reports France refused Churchill’s demand to pull French troops from Syria but announced a cease fire. A Paris communique said French troops would stay in position, fulfilling half of the Western alliance’s push to end bloodshed.
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London
France
Churchill
Syria
Paris
Truman
France orders cease fire in Levant amid Syria unrest
Paris reports France halts operations in the Levant and withdraws to barracks, ending a brief undercurrent conflict. Syrian sources cite 400 plus casualties and one death among troops and irregulars in Demastris and Hama as British and French leaders push for restored order and negotiations with the United States, Syria, Lebanon, and France.
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Paris
U.P
France
Levant
Middle East
S Ting
Troo Perere
Demastris
Hama
Pime
Churchill
Charles DeGaulle
Inte
DeGaulle
Beyrouth
de Gaulle
Syria
Washington
London
Anthony Eden
The
Bernard C. Paget
Eden
United States
Lebanon
Dewey Accepts Truman Invitation for Washington Talks
Gov Thomas E Dewey the 1944 Republican presidential nominee accepted President Truman's invitation to confer in Washington on national and international issues.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Washington
French-Syrian Row Highlights Europe’s Fragile Peace
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes the Franco-Syrian crisis as a warning that Europe and the Mediterranean remain tinder dry. Britain acts to curb conflict with U.S. support, while Churchill and De Gaulle discuss postwar tri party talks in London.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Europe
Mediterranean
Tokyo Warns Japs Against Statement On Peace By Truman
A Tokyo broadcast denounces President Truman's pledge that Japan's unconditional surrender does not imply obliteration or slavery as enemy propaganda. The Japanese notice, carried on FCC recorded air, calls the leaflets dropped over Tokyo by B-29s a deception and warns of more such "paper bombs" and new schemes to follow.
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Tokyo
Truman
AN Francisco
Japan
FCC
Big Three Conference Planned Says Truman
President Truman announced a Big Three conference is planned in the near future and said he has been in daily contact with Churchill about the Levant crisis. He noted France has ceased firing and expected the San Francisco UN conference to finish within ten days. The plan remains a Big Three meeting only, with no Big Four or Five inclusion. He emphasized UN timing would not delay the trip and discussed the French Syrian tensions without altering the schedule.
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Washington
WUP
Truman
Winston Churchill
Levant
Churchill
Charles DeGaulle
San Francisco
France
China
Charles de Gaulle
Judge Frees Three Farmers in Aliens Case
Phoenix June 1 Judge Dave W Ling granted a directed verdict of innocence for three Yuma county farmers James E Lattie William O Seale and William C Farar on a charge of importing aliens The trial was to proceed in federal district court with jurors hearing testimony that nine nationals said the farmers instructed them on crossing the border and where to go
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Phoenix
Dave W. Ling
Yuma County
James E. Lattie
William O. Seale
William C. Farar
Federal District Court
Lattie
Seale
Truman outlines wartime surge to Japan and massive army build up
President Truman urges renewed drive against Japan and calls for an army in the Pacific that could reach nearly four million. He warns civilians to evacuate cities and details plans to reduce overall force next year while maintaining a large overseas contingent. He outlines three strategy points to pin and destroy Japanese forces.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Japan
Pacific
Congress
Pres
Hepf
Wehrmacht
Luftwaffe
Mas
Chinese Troops Take Pinyang. Press Door to Chienkiang Offensive
Chinese forces report capture of Pinyang a road junction 45 miles northeast of Nanning after day long fighting. They push toward Chienkiang as U S Fourth Air Force and Fourteenth Air Force support, bombing Japanese targets from Nanning to coastal Fukien Chekiang and striking shipping, rail facilities, and targets along the Indo China corridor.
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George Wang Chungking
Pinyang
Nanning
China
Chienkiang
Kwangsi
Suilu
Szelo
Indo-China
Paoching
Hunan
14Th Air Force
Tungting Lake
Fukien-Chekiang
Pingyang
Chekiang
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Luther P. Chunn
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