Joint Raids Tie Pacific Air Forces Closer
Philippine based Fifth Air Force and China based 14th Air Force joined in coordinated strikes that have effectively closed sea and air lanes to Japan from Saigon to Nanking. Since March 18 over 1,000 bombers hit shipping and land targets, totaling vast tonnage and vessels damaged or sunk. Leaders foresee expanded bases and future raids reaching Manchuria as Allied control grows.
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U. S. Fifth Air Force Base
Philippines
Fifth Air Force
14Th Air Force
South China Sea
China
Saigon
Indo- China
Nanking
Southeast Asia
Indies
Clarkfield
Bay
Shanghai
Swaton
Amoy
Foochow
Hongkong
Canton
Borneo
13Th
WU. S. Airforce
Netherlands East Indies
Royalustralian Air Force
Rabaul
India
Japan
21St Bomber Command
14Th
20Th Bomber Command
Manchuria
Reunion on Luzon Forms Zelazek Family Moment
After two and a half years apart, Mr and Mrs Michael Zelazek hosted a reunion on Luzon in the Philippines. Present were Capt Ray Zelazek 20 Marines Pfc Edmund Zelazek 26 Army and Pfc Henry Zelazek 21 Army, all of the Zelazek family.
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Luzon
Chicago
Michael Zelazek
Philippines
Ray Zelaek
Marines
Edmund Zelazek
Henry Zelazek
Army
Postal rules ban sending matches by mail
A postal authority warning notes that sending or attempting to mail matches is prohibited and can lead to prosecution.
State Attache Secrets Behind a Valise Acheson Case
Washington June 15 AP Acheson, Assistant Secretary of State, testified before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on Bretton Woods. The scene centered on his small blue orange boxed attache case holding pencils documents and cough drops as he argued currencies and international finance.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Dean Acheson
Bretton Woods
Anthony Eden
Gable
Acheson
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Greece
Taft
Sen
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Navajos' Trial Opens in Prescott Court
In Prescott on June 15 Judge Albert Sames presided over the trial of Capitan Benally and 14 Navajo Indians charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Roy Zweifel, a district No. 99 supervisor, testified he was beaten with a club causing a brain concussion. The club was admitted as evidence as Zweifel identified it. The case stems from a rangeland supervision dispute on the Navajo reservation.
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Prescott
Capitan Benally
Roy Palmer
Roy Zweifel
Albert Sames
Zweifel
U. S
Frank E. Flynn
Lemuel Mathews
Phoenix
Navajo
Mexicans Push Padilla For President In 1946
Campaign for Foreign Secretary Ezequiel Padilla as Mexico's next president begins with posters and handbills across Mexico City. The Revolutionary Labor party publishes ads with Padilla’s photo claiming he will govern by the people's wishes. A Guerrero manifesto endorses Padilla as the president Mexico needs.
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Mexico City
Ezequiel Padilla
Mexico
Padilla
Revolutionary Labor Party
Guerrero
Regional OPA Amends Cement Block Prices
San Francisco regional price office amended orders increasing cement block plant prices and delivery differentials in Phoenix. The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, via Sen. Carl Hayden, reported three of eight plants had shut down under regulations, with modifications allowing possible reopening of closed facilities.
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Phoenix
Office of Price Administration
San Francisco
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Carl Hayden
Japanese resolve and wartime warnings in speaker notes
The text argues that sneering at an enemy breeds overconfidence and harms war effort by reducing tank and ammunition production before victory. It warns against permanent illusions of superiority, citing Hitler, while noting Japanese mettle is serious and could grow at home. It stresses discipline among troops despite provocation.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Penney Company Backing Noted in Military Appropriations
The passage cites the Penney company and manager R. A. McKinnie as having provided knowledge substantial assistance and encouragement during the making of military appropriations.
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Penney Company
R. A. McKinnie
Bonding Concern Wins Verdict Against State
A directed verdict was issued by Superior Judge Harold R. Scoville in Phoenix on June 15 in favor of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. The bond company seeks $10 727.90 from J C Penney Co. related to the Maricopa county tax fund embezzlement case involving J D Brush the former county assessor and two deputies.
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Phoenix
Harold R. Scoville
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
J. C. Penney Co
Maricopa
J. D. Brush
Forced laborers in Germany barred from church by captors
Russians and Poles forced into labor in Germany were prohibited from attending church by their captors. In a separate note, the umbrella is attributed to Jonas Hanway, an Englishman.
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Germany
Jonas Hanway
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