Bombers Move Closer as Doolittle Plan Expands War Reach
The Army reveals that B 29s will join Lt Gen Doolittle’s eighth air force in the Pacific. Undersecretary Patterson vows harsher air campaigns against Japan with intensified B 29 incidents. American units in India Burma theater shift to bases nearer Japan, while the 21st and 20th Superfortress commands continue assaults from the Marianas and bases in India and China.
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Washington
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
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Doolittle
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Empire
Patterson
Germany
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India-Burma
George E. Stratemeyer
Burma
Nagoya
Osaka
Kobe
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Eighth
21St
Marianas
20Th Bomber Command
India
China
Army
Luftwaffe
Pacific
Big Three fail to settle Polish issue at UN talks
The Levan t crisis casts a shadow over United Nations negotiations as friction among the Big Five delays progress. France veto power and questions of sovereign equality among members fuel tensions while small nations urge urgent action to break the log jam.
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Britain
Levant
World Organization
Near East
France
Yria
Lebanon
United Nations
Little Nations
U. S
Eleven Baptist Missionaries Killed By Japs
Eleven Baptist missionaries and a nine year old missionary son were beheaded by Japanese forces in the Panay hills Philippines on December 19 20 1943. The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society announced the deaths were documented though withheld for security reasons. The group had fled to Hopevale to aid guerrillas. the nam ed victims included Jennie C Adams James H Cowell his wife Dorothy A Cowell Signe A Erickson Frederick W Meyer Mrs Meyer Francis H Rose Mrs Francis H Rose Erle F Rounds Mrs Rounds and Eris D Rounds their son.
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Philippines
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War and Navy Departments
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Page
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Athens
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Warren
Frederick W. Meyer
New Haven
Conn
Francis H. Rose
Norwich
Lowell
Mass
Erle F. Rounds
State Senator Sells Phoenix Drug Store
Phoenix June 1 State Sen. David P. Kimball announced he sold his drug store at 17th Avenue and West Washington Street to the Custer Drug Co of Phoenix. He retained the building, a familiar spot to legislators and state officials.
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Phoenix
David P. Kimball
17Th Avenue
West Washington Street
Custer Drug Co
Okinawa Riders Face Diminishing Ridge Resistance
Thomas stated that resistance on the ridge began to diminish yesterday after American planes bombed an ammunition dump on its slope. A further encirclement appeared imminent to the south as operations continued.
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Thomas
Japanese Air Opposition Dampened Over Pacific Mission
Reports from pilots say Japanese ground defenses were hampered by overcast and smoke while the Superforts operated largely unthreatened. An estimated five to twelve Japanese fighters engaged but kept at distance, allowing missions to proceed unseen by the targets. Tasmania aims to export at least 31 million bushels of apples this year.
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Tasmania
Conference Schedules Lag Behind After Delayed Work
The conference is a week behind schedule as committees miss last week’s target. Many panels remain unfinished and further delays are anticipated as work continues.
Maj Carlyle F Heney Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
The Associated Press reports in a Washington dispatch that Maj Carlyle F Heney of 338 Granada St Tucson has been promoted to lieutenant colonel. A University of Arizona graduate, his career includes engineering posts in California Washington South America and Alaska before his latest Army assignment. He is 45 and recently married in the capital.
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Col. Heney
Ben Heney
Granada Street
Associated Press
Washington Today
Col
Heney
University of Arizona
Mexico
Rufus B. von Klein- Smid
University of California
Tucson
Los Angeles County
Washington
Department of the Interior
Ickes
South America
Alaska
Bill to Help Vets Get Land Approved by Committee
Washington June 1 A bill to give war veterans a 90 day preference in acquiring lands on reclamation projects was approved today by the house irrigation and reclamation committee. Chairman Murdoch said the legislation aims to help veterans settle and avoid duplicating agricultural department guidance.
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Washington
House Irrigation and Reclamation Committee
Murdock
D-Ariz
Agricultural Department
Arab League Meets Over Syria Crisis as French Forces Land
Syria confrontation escalates after French reinforcements land in Syria and Lebanon without notice. The Levant government claims independence is violated as the French cabinet weighs troop withdrawal. Churchill’s stern message unsettles Britain. De Gaulle reportedly furious.
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Arab League
Syria
Lebanon
Levant
Churchill
de Gaulle
President Truman outlines plan to finish Japan quickly
The President tells Congress that Japan must be forced to surrender or face total destruction of its industrial capacity. He cites 4,000,000 troops and 3,000 planes, urges continued heavy bombardment, and calls for patriotic workers to repair ships as American forces plan mass redeployments and a target of 7,000,000 total Army strength a year from now.
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Congress
Germany
Mr. Truman
Japan
Pacific
Europe
United States
Truman
Far East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Adm
Nimitz
What Causes Epilepsy Free booklet offer from doctors
A promotional booklet presenting the opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy will be mailed free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept G-119.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
Dept
Paraguay Keeps Tight Control On Enemy Aliens
All enemy aliens are subject to strict governmental oversight in Paraguay, with authorities enforcing surveillance, registration, and potential internment measures under national security rules.
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Paraguay
Japs And Americans Debate Surrender On Luzon
May 20 dispatch from Luzon reports Second Lt. Harry L. Slain of Dixon Illinois leading a patrol along a northern Luzon river. After signaling surrender to four Japanese across the stream the Americans laid down rifles to communicate. The Japanese then surrendered and the patrol moved to search them for hidden weapons.
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Luzon
Harry L. Slain
Dixon
Ill
Slain
Four Japanese killed in hand to hand clash in Sheringham
An attack ended with four Japanese dead after a hand to hand fight that began when one assailant grabbed a grenade. The scene occurred as returning service members in Sheringham, England, will receive an arm chair each.
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Sheringham
England
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