Defense seeks clemency in murder trial for Librada Bender
In Nogales Arizona on June 28 lawyers for Librada Lopez Bender moved for clemency on grounds of insanity. Two sisters testified to lifelong mental illness and past hospital commitment. Other witnesses described bizarre behavior and past intimate relations with Bender when she was a teenager. The trial description notes possible jury deliberation tonight and a pending witness.
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Nogales
Ariz
Librada Lopez Bender
Herman C. Bender
Ignacia Lopez Valenzuela
Patagonia
Ascension Jackson
Los Angeles
Bender
Patton State Hospital
California
Jackson
Alfred Hernandez
Miner
Calixtra Tra
Alvina
500 B-29s Of LeMay Force Make Assaults
Prague radio reported more than 1,000 Allied prisoners of war were found dead in western Bohemia after Nazi shootings or starvation. Two SS men suspected of the killings were in Czech hands, per NBC recorded broadcast.
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New York
Prague
Bohemia
NBC
7 226 Added To Casualty List Of U S
Washington reports total combat casualties since war start at 1 030 679 up 7 226 in the past week Army losses 908 025 Navy 122 654 with breakdowns by killed wounded missing and prisoners lists show 338 646 wounded back on duty Patterson adds Navy and Army figures for the week.
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Washington
Patterson
Navy
OPA Announces Four Overcharge Settlements
OPA reports four overcharge settlements in Phoenix and San Simon. Skeets tavern paid 984 for beer and whiskey sold July 1 1944 to June 9 of this year. Jack's recreation paid 267 for similar charges. Lewis' house settled 38.54 for liquor overcharges and A B Husley's store 25 for light bulbs.
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Phoen*x
Skeets
Bowie
OPA
Jack's Recreation
Lewis’ House
San Simon
A. B. Hulsey’s
Yanks Land Unopposed On 6 Islands In Marianas
American troops landed unopposed on six northern Marianas islands to search for emergency ditching spots for bombers damaged in air war over Japan. The operation covered a 340 mile chain from Saipan to near Japan, with no Japanese found.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
U.P
Marianas
Japan
Saipan
Newspapers powered by news of German surrender
New York date June 28 a report from the American Newspaper Publishers Association notes readers flocked to papers for VE day news. Publishers rushed extra copies despite paper shortages, sacrificing size and advertising to meet demand.
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New York
Germany
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Europe
Court Keeps Curtis Bond Denies Refund in Slaying Case
Judge Eva De Concini ruled in superior court that a 1500 dollar bond forfeited when Jack D. Curtis Tucson bartender convicted of slaying 16 year old Richard Caffrey cannot be returned to the bonding company. Curtis disappeared before trial, later found in Oregon, and was convicted of second degree murder with a 6 to 10 year sentence. The bond matter ends with no appeal planned by the bonding company.
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Eva de Concini
Jack D. Curtis
Tucson
Richard Caffrey
James J. Silver
National Automobile Insurance
de Concini
FBI
Curtis
Oregon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Caffrey Lad
Caffrey
East Adams Street
E. C. Hatley
East Drachman Street
Hatley
H. E. Caffrey
Isabel Greenway
Arizona
Solon
Prison Terms Given To Three Youths In Auto Theft Case
Three Tucson youths about 20 years old pleaded guilty to stealing an automobile near North Stone and West Drachman. Judge John D. Lyons Jr. sentenced Joe Montoya and Paul Gurrilee to two to two and a half years in the state penitentiary, and Richard Molina to one year to one year and one day. The offenders cited intoxication. Montoya and Gurrilee have prior auto theft records, while Molina had 105 days in county jail for joy riding.
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Tucson
Superior Court
John D. Lyons, Jr
North Stone
West Drachman
Joe Montoya
Paul Gurrilee
Richard Molina
Montoya
Gurrilee
Molina
Bunker Hill Nearly Tomb For Mitscher
Two Japanese planes attacked the USS Bunker Hill off Okinawa on May 11 in a six hour assault that produced 656 casualties including 373 killed, 19 missing, and 264 wounded. Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher escaped unharmed as his staff and crew defended the carrier.
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James A. Maclean
Seattle
Bunker Hill
Okinawa
Marc A. Mitscher
Task Force 58
Mitscher
Final Japanese Army Eliminated On Luzon
Manila dispatch reports General MacArthur has freed most of Luzon with five American divisions including the 6th 25th 33rd 37th infantry and the 11th airborne. The last pockets of Japanese resistance are in the hills around Bayombong Tuguegarao and Kiangan. Luzon now liberated the doors open for operations elsewhere.
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Manila
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Luzon
MacArthur
37Th
37Th Infantry
111Th Airborne
Cagayan Valley
Alcala
Santa Fe
Aparri
Bayombong
Nueva Vizcaya
Tuguegarao
Kiangan
Baguio
North Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Southwest Pacific
Borneo
Seria
Kuala Belait
Brunei ‘Bay
Beaufort
Slight Boost In Meat Supply In July
The office of price administration announced a five percent increase in civilian meat supply for July compared with June. The July 1 28 rationing period will see higher points for margarine and canned fish while most meats butter and canned foods remain unchanged. OPA cut hard cheeses and adjusted points on various fat pork cuts to aid distribution to shortage areas. Changes take effect Sunday as army demand declines and cattle movement rises.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Connally Opens Debate on UN Charter Ratification
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connally starts debate urging rapid ratification of the UN Charter. He warns that world peace hinges on U S participation andearly approval would spur other nations. President Truman to transmit the charter next week as administration pushes for mid August action.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
U.P
Senate
United Nations
Truman
Connally
Ciano Diary Claims Duce Betrayed Hitler To Belgium and Dutch
Excerpt from Count Ciano diary, covering December 5 to December 8, 1939, reveals Mussolini’s anger and alleged double cross of Nazi plans. Notes mention a Soviet aim document to Paris, Balbo’s anti-Communist campaign, and Italian foreign posts amid looming conflict.
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Ciano
Duce
Adolf Hitler
Count Ciano
Mussolini
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Europe
Hitler
Il Duce
Paris
Germany
Ley
Cologne
Holland
Russia
Sweden
Bessarabia
Truman open to meeting Alf Landon amid cabinet shakeup
Kansas City June 28 President Truman plans to name a successor to Stettinius with James F Byrnes as top pick for secretary of state. Charles Ross said Stettinius resignation effective yesterday and Joseph C Grew will stay as acting secretary until Senate confirmation. Truman invited Landon to call but no formal invitation sent.
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Kansas City
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius
Senate
Charles Ross
James F. Byrnes
Ross
Stettinius
Joseph C. Grew
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Kansas
Topeka
Thomas E. Dewey
Berlin
Independence
United Nations World Peace League
San Francisco
Peace League
Byrnes
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Stet
Massive B-29 Raid Hits Four Japanese Targets
A force of nearly 500 B 29 Superfortresses dropped over 3 000 tons of incendiaries on Sasebo Moji Nabeoka and Okayama in predawn raids. Maj Gen Curtis E LeMay led the attack marking a shift from Japan s largest cities to secondary population centers.
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Guam
Saseiho
Japan
Kyushu
Moji
Shimonoseki
Nobeoka
Okay
Sasebo
Nippon
LeMay
Sasebo Bay
Okayama
Honshu
Kobe
Wakamatsu
Shimonoseki Strait
Nabeoka
Strike Ends for 40,000 UAW Workers in Detroit
R J Thomas CIO UAW president announced an agreement settling the strike that had 40,000 maintenance workers idle in Detroit. Workers are to return to their posts as part of the settlement reached this afternoon.
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Detroit
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Rail Station Is Captured By Chinese Forces At Liuchow
Chinese high command announced Liuchow defense lines breached as forces seized a western Liuchow railway station and part of the nearby airfield in Kwangsi. The assault followed a ten day battle with about 1,300 enemy troops slain and hundreds more reported killed at Likao. American P 51s supported air operations against Japanese positions northwest of the base.
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Chungking
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
U. S. 14Th Air Force
K Province
Likao
14Th Air Force
Detroit 5 Washington 2 win on wet grounds
Detroit beat Washington 5 to 2 in a game played on wet grounds with Boston at Chicago listed as next matchup.
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Detroit
Washington
Boston
Chicago
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Prague Radio
U. S
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Joseph W. Stilwell
10Th Army
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