Security Meet Not Likely To End June 26
San Francisco dispatch reports dimmed hopes for an end to the United Nations security conference by June 26 as wrangling over charter details and printing delays hinder progress. The Big Five held a lengthy session to address Russia's objections to a clause granting the assembly power over international relations, with no agreement reached and the chance of a long stalemate looming.
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R. H. Shackford
San Francisco
U.P
Truman
General Assembly Commission
Big Five
Russia
General Assembly
Britain
France
Only 1 447 Of 18 000 Yanks Are Recovered
Manila dispatch reports Gen MacArthur's staff says 1 447 Americans of 18 000 captured on Bataan and Corregidor have been freed. Another 3 260 died. 13 000 unaccounted for may be held in Japan, China, or other areas. Records on scrap paper aided recovery efforts.
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Manila
P. L
Bataan
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
the Rock
Ata
Japan
China
Adjutant General's Office
Forces of the Pacific
Camp O'Donnel
Lord Haw Haw Joyce Flown Back to Britain
English Fascist Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was flown from Brussels to London and taken to Bow Street police station to face a high treason charge. Allied agents captured him last month after a scuffle. he had been recovering in a British military hospital. If convicted, he faces execution.
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London
William
Lord Haw Haw
Joyce
Brussels
Bow Street
Avho
Germany
German Hoodlum Confesses Calmly He Shot Yank Flier
Peter Back, a 37 year old Nazi ward heeler, confessed to the murder of an American airman who parachuted into Germany last August. He described in cold tones how he fired two shots into the flier’s head after the mob beat him. He claimed orders from Nazi leaders to kill Allied fliers on sight and said the district leader congratulated him. The U S Army tribunal thanked him for his confession, with a death sentence believed imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahrweiler
Germany
Peter Back
Back
Priest
Cologne
Moscow May Kill 16 Polish Leaders
Moscow reports allege 16 Poles led by Jan Jankowski face death sentences for sabotage and terrorism as the Red Army seeks to control western Poland. The case follows high level talks in London and Moscow over a Polish unity conference with delegates Mikolajczyk and Stanczyk en route to Moscow. The trial would be the first major public mass trial since 1938 under Soviet military law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Roberts
London
U.P
Jan Jankowski
Red Army
Moscow
Poland
Vistula
Germany
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Polish Peasant Party
Jan Stanczyk
Julian Zakowski
Wincenty Witos
Witos
Foreign Office
Big Three
Jankowski
Warsaw
Mikolajczyk
Bronislaw Okulicki
Polish Home Army
Stanczyk
Army and Navy Leaders Endorse Universal Training Plan
General of the Army George C. Marshall Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King and Marine Corps commandant A A Vandergrift urged universal military training before Congress as foundational to national security. They were final witnesses before the House postwar military committee in hearings on the peacetime draft proposal.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Fleet
Ernest J. King
A. A. Vandergrift
Marine Corps
Congress
House
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Washington Dominates Red Sox For 4-0 AL Final
Washington pitchers shut out Boston 4-0 to clinch the American League baseball finals. The win features strong defense and clutch hits fueling the Capitals victory at the ballpark.
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Washington
Boston
New Comet Found In Cetus By Harvard Observatory
Harvard College Observatory announces a new comet in Cetus found by its Bloemfontein station. The faint object is invisible to the naked eye and moves south at about one degree per day, soon leaving telescope range.
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Cetus
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Bloemfontein
Harvard College Observatory
French Mob Attacks Train Carrying Spanish Blue Division
In Chamberry France a one hour battle left 12 Spanish Blue division troops dead and about 199 wounded. The sealed train carried Spaniards home from Switzerland after service with the Wehrmacht on the eastern front. Doors were ripped open and windows smashed as resistance fighters disrupted the train.
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Chambery
France
Spain
Switzerland
Wehrmacht
Blue Division
Germany
Aix-les-Bains
Grenoble
Chinese Army Attacks Japs In Kwangtung
Chinese forces attacked Japanese units on the Kiangsi Kwangtung border about 140 miles north of Canton to block new supply routes. Fighting centered near Tingnan Lungnan and Kiennan as Japanese troops moved north from Kwangtung. The clash aimed to seize a southern highway linking Canton Hankow railway with Kanhsien. A communique said Chinese stopped forces moving south from Sinfeng 21 miles north of Lungnan.
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Albert Ravenholt
Chungking
Kiangsi
Kwangtung
Canton
Tingnan
Lungnan
Kiennan
Canton Hankow
Kanhsien
Invasion risk grows as Allied fleet nears Balikpapan oil port
Tokyo reports a strong Allied fleet near Balikpapan on Borneo including an aircraft carrier and multiple battleships suggesting a possible invasion. MacArthur says heavy bombers struck Balikpapan gun positions while Australian forces clear Brunei peninsula and Labuan island.
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Don Caswell
Manila
U.P
Tokyo
Balikwanan
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Balikpapan
Manggar
Seppinggan
Tarakan
Brunei
Labuan
Brunei Bay
Tutong
Seria
Miri
Baram Point
George Frederick Wootten
North Borneo
Philippines
Luzon
37Th
Santiago
Echague
Cagayan Valley
Highway Four
Bagabag
Highway Five
Gold Mining Ban Lift Expected July First
Washington June 16 Rep Case announced the war production board will lift its ban on gold mining operations effective July 1. WLB said a formal announcement was expected momentarily.
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Washington
Case
R-Sd
War Production Board
WLB
Count Ciano’s Diary Serial to Run in Daily Citizen
The Daily Citizen will publish exclusively Count Ciano’s diary starting Monday. Ciano, Mussolini’s son in law and foreign minister 1936–43, was executed by order of Mussolini for treason. The diary opens January 1, 1939, with 30 installments to follow.
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Count Ciano
Daily Citizen
Axis
Mussolini
Italy
Gang of Boys Arrested For 3000 Thefts
A 16 year old Spanish American youth led a juvenile gang in burglaries totaling about 3000 dollars and in street attacks. Six other Spanish American juveniles are jailed while two await property recovery efforts. The leader was confined for a time but returned to Tucson and guided the crew then.
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Arizona
Bill Nixon
Daily Star
Fox-Tucson
Pima County
Los Angeles
Tucson
Ralph Marmion
Edward Hendricks
Santa Rita
South Scott
East 12Th Street
Nixon
Matt Gonzales
Azteca
Bernie Weinstein
Legion
Tommy Smith
West Congress Street
North Meyer Street
Smith
Tucson-Fox Theatre
B 29s Make 3300 Mile Lift To Japan In Latest Raid
U P reports say Superfortresses mined waters off Niigata 160 miles north of Tokyo in a deep penetration. Ten more B 29s mined Kanmon Strait while 800 B 29s were based in the Marianas. Osaka sustained heavy damage with 15 of its 72 square miles burned. fire bombs may have expanded devastation to over 20 square miles.
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Guam
Niigata
Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Saipan
Radio Tokyo
Sagami Bay
Kanmon Strait
Kyushu
Suwa Sea
Marianas
Okinawa
Osaka
Infantry Day Parade Honors Crippled Veterans
A slow Fifth Avenue parade features one million New Yorkers silent as 200 Army jeeps roll at two miles an hour. Soldiers with Purple Hearts display battle names like Cassino Burma Saipan Okinawa Attu Cherbourg and Aachen amid bandaged appearances and roses from spectators. The scene is solemn, nearly churchlike, with polite applause and little cheering as veterans pass the reviewing stand.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Associated Press
Fifth Avenue
Broad Street
Cassino
Burma
Saipan
Okinawa
Aachen
Leyte
Cherbourg
Attu
Girls Lead Boys In Seeking 21 Year Old State Liquor Cards
Phoenix reports show seven of nine applicants for birthday cards were women. The cards grant young looking drinkers access to liquor under state control. The program, created by the legislature at the liquor department’s request, aims to prove buyers are over 21 despite youthful appearance.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
State Department of Liquor Licenses
Arizona
Polynesian Wins 55th Preakness at Pimlico
Polynesian ridden by Wayne Wright wins the 55th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico by two and a half lengths over Hoop Jr. Darby Dieppe places second in a photo finish for show. Pot O Luck and Pavot unavailable for Derby rivals. Final purse reaches $64,170 with Polynesian paying $26.00.
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Baltimore
WUP
Hoop, Jr
P. A. B. Widener
Wayne Wright
Hoop Jr
Darby Dieppe
Widener
Churchill Downs
Fred W. Hooper
Florida
Hoop
Pavol Polynesian
Pavot
Withers
W. G. Lewis
Detroit
Pot O’luck
Tokyo Reports Yanks Massing For Assaults
Radio Tokyo described American preparations for new landings in the Ryukyus as Okinawa defenses near collapse. Buckner said conquest was near complete with 85 000 Japanese casualties projected and western and eastern flank divisions repelling banzai charges as prisoners increased.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
U.P
Ryukyus
Radio Tokyo Today
Okinawa
Tenth Army
Amami
Radio Tokyo
Amami Island
Japan
Ryukyu Island
Tokyo
Kerama Islands
Naha Harbor
Unten Harbor
Kyushu
Buckner Seeond
Simon Bolivar Buckner
10Th Army
Buckner
Judge Lyons Delays Ruling On Stilwell Case
Superior Court Judge John D. Lyons took under advisement the request by County Attorney J. Mercer Johnson that a qualified physician be appointed to examine Catherine Favour Stilwell the private school proprietor charged with contributing to a minor's delinquency. Gerald Jones attorney for Mrs. Stilwell filed an affidavit from Dr. Benson Bloom stating she is ambulatory only due to arthritis and other ailments and has been treated by him.
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Superior Court
John D. Lyons
J. Mercer Johnson
Catherine Favour Stilwell
Gerald Jones
Stilwell
Benson Bloom
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Yank Flier
Army
Oource
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Asia
Indies
Japan Home Islands
William G. Helis’ Rounders
Pimlico
Edgehill Stable
He Rolls
Judge Lyons
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