Bombing Raids Hit Tokyo Hamamatsu Industrial Centers
More than 400 U S B 29s bombed Tokyo and Hamamatsu industrial targets as 300 B 29s struck Hamamatsu near noon in the heaviest raid yet. Mines were dropped in Wakasa Bay and the Bungo Strait while Nagoya losses totaled 11.3 square miles of industrial plants and homes.
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GRUM
Japan
Tokyo
Hamamatsu
21St Bomber Command
Twentieth Bomber Command
Washington
Domet News &&Gency
Wakasa Bay
Honshu
Japan Sea
Bungo “Strait
Nagoya
Iwo Jima- Musesco
Curtis Lemay
U.S. Delegates Seek Moscow Reply This Weekend
The United States delegation hopes for word from Moscow this weekend to clear the way for United Nations regional defense plans and ease a conference jam. Latin American leaders press for Russia’s position on regional defense before approving big power veto power, with the issue postponed to Monday.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
Moscow
United Nations
J. Francisco Aguirre
Cuba
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Russia
Stettinius
Pilot of Bomber Critically Hurt In Night Crash
Captain R. Wilkerson of New York City was critically injured when his two engine bomber ran out of fuel and crashed near Hurricane West Virginia after he and two crewmen bailed out. The other crew members Sgt. Gaines of Asheboro North Carolina and Sgt. Heller, unnamed, were shaken but not severely hurt. Elton E. Alen led a search that found Wilkerson badly crushed near the wreckage on Sleepy Creek Road farm of Donald Patterson.
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Huntington
W. Va
Hurricane
Here
R. Wilkerson
New York City
Huntington Hospital
Gaines
Asheville
N. C
Heller
Baracks
Stalin defends Polish arrests in wake of Yalta moves
Moscow broadcasts quote Stalin demanding three conditions for Polish unity and reconstruction. He says the 16 arrested Polish underground leaders have no link to Poland's government reorganization and cites a wartime law as justification. The comment follows protests in Britain and the United States and reports of a Big Three meeting.
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London
Stalin
Warsaw
Yalta
House of Commons
United States
Roosevelt
Churchill
Sit
Moscow
Ralph Parker
London Times
Russia
Soviet Union
San Francisco
Red Army
Great Britain
New Guarantees Subsidies For Meat Producers
War Mobilization Director Fred M. Vinson announced a 50 cent per hundredweight subsidy to cattle feeders to finish heavier cattle for slaughter. The plan includes boosts to beef and pork subsidies, protections against price ceiling cuts, and directed packer shipments to hard pressed cities to ease civilian meat shortages.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Jong
Office of Economic Stabilization
OPA
War Food Administration
Army
Defense Supplies Corporation
Truman
Chinese Back In Foochow Defends East Coast Port
Chinese high command announced Foochow was fully recaptured with troops reoccupying the east coast port by Friday morning. Japanese withdrawals were noted along the coast toward Shanghai and possible pulls from Wenchow Amoy and Swatow toward Hong Kong amid bombing from Philippine bases.
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Chungking
Foochow
High Command
Shanghai
Wenchow
Cheking
Amoy
Swatow
Hong Kong
Japan
Formosa
Shady Rest Dances With Woody Carlisle This Week
Square and round dances led by Woody Carlisle run Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays at 9 30 PM and 12 30 PM The note includes a cryptic code 5 17 eod 1p 2 indicating event details or schedule code.
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Shady Rest Square
Woody Carlisle
Black Market Seen Running Wild In Norfolk
Virginia restaurateurs report a severe black market for meat in Norfolk as shortages threaten menus. Secretary Almer F. Hoelzie cites rampant illicit supply and warns of constant regulatory hurdles, with possible further menu reductions.
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Norfolk
Almer F. Hoelzie
Virginia State Restaurant Association Today
Hoetzle
Portsmouth
Virginia
Americans Hold Extensive Area Under Allied Occupation
The U S 15th Army will occupy about 14 000 square miles in Germany including the Saar basin Rhine valley and Ruhr with 300 000 to 400 000 troops. Major cities under command include Duesseldorf Aachen Cologne Trier Coblenz. Population in the area previously numbered eleven million but current civilian numbers are uncertain due to displacements. As of May 1 the 15th Army registered 291 437 displaced persons with an estimated 100 000 more outside camps.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. 15Th Army
Germany
Saar
Rhine Valley
Ruhr
15Th
U. S
15Th Army
Leonard T. Gerow
Duesseldorf
Aachen
Cologne
Trier
Coblenz
American Forces Seize Ipo Dam in Central Luzon Campaign
Filipino guerrillas and the 43rd Division recaptured Ipo Dam, source of a third of Manila's water, as U S troops closed a trap on encircled Japanese. The operation followed two months of mountain fighting aided by anti aircraft searchlights and air bombardment. Six 20 mm guns were captured and more than 100 Japanese killed in the advance from the south.
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Manila
Ipo Dam
Luzon
U. S
43Rd
Marcus Augustin
Fifth Airforce
Pingley and Carper Cleaners impose three-garment limit
The cleaners announce an immediate policy restricting each customer to a maximum of three garments per visit. The notice is signed by Pingley and Carper.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Rustic Tavern Dining Room Closes Today
The Rustic Tavern dining room will close today May 19 with no conditions to reopen. Mr and Mrs Baker are the proprietors.
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Baker
Sailor recounts rescue after USS Franklin attack
Clayton Bucher, Gunner's Mate Third Class, one of three local men aboard the USS Franklin when struck by bombs on March 19, describes the moment the ship was hit and his escape in icy seas about 60 miles off Japan. He was later hospitalized in Guam for pneumonia and has returned home to Winchester on a 30 day cave.
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Clayton Bucher
Franklin
Pacific
Bucher
Mae West
Marine Companion
Japan
Guam
San Francisco
Winchester
Sugar Loaf fortress battle anchors Okinama push near Naha
By Jim Lindsley Guam May 19 one of the crucial Okinama battles centers on Sugar Loaf a 150 foot hill guarding Naha and Shuri. The 29th Regiment Sixth Marine Division bears the brunt seizing the northern slope in seven days while Japanese hold the southern slope and pour reserves into the fight. Maj Gen Lemuel C Shepherd Jr says resistance could be broken by current line as Nipponese sacrifice men and ammo to hold key heights.
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Guam
Okinama
Naha
Shuri
U. S. Sixth Marine Division
Sugar Loaf
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Sixth Marines
Naha-Shuri-Yonabara
Agreement With Tito Fails Says Gen Alexander
London reports Marshal Tito called by Belgrade radio for Yugoslav army to honor country and army. Sir Harold Alexander said Tito's aims in northeast Italy and southern Austria violated past Allied understandings and attempted to enforce by force.
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London
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Britain
United States
Istria
Trieste
Rome
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Italy
Austria
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Tito
Venezia
Guilia
Fiume
Alexander
Art Treasures In Quisling House Amid Looted Gallery Findings
Norwegian officials catalogued immense stolen art found in Vidkun Quisling’s former mansion. A preliminary hearing for treason charges was expected within a week as authorities speed the trial. Original paintings by Rembrandt and Rubens were among the valuable treasures. Meanwhile Himmler’s location remained under search in Hamburg, with no confirmed capture. Keitel was added to Czechoslovakia’s war criminal list.
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London
Vidkun Quisling
Terge Wold
Hitler
Wold
Quisling
Reubens
Rembrandt
Heinrich Himmiler
Hamburg
Gestapo
Himmler
Czechoslovakia
Wilhelm Keitel
Cech
Invasion Battles Raged as Marines Press Naha City
On May 19 in Guam observed by Jim Lindsley the Tenth Army met fierce resistance from an estimated 34 000 Japanese troops defending Naha on Okinawa. Maj Gen Lemuel C Shepherds Sixth Marine Division pressed west along the Asato river, while Adm Nimitz reported a brutal close quarter grenade clash by G Company 96th Division. Resistance remained stubborn atop strategic hills and a 150 foot sugar mound overlooking Naha highlighted the ferocity of the campaign.
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Jim Lindsley
Guam
Naha
Ryukyu Island
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Sixth Marine Division
Asato River
Yorenene
Chester W. Nimitz
96Th di
Pedro A. del Valle
Old Destroyers Prove Worth
Nine of the 50 U S destroyers built for World War I era have been lost in action. The remaining 41 served in commando raids, guarded convoys on the Murmansk route, escorted troops on D Day, and helped hunt submarines in the North Atlantic. Nine were loaned to Russia and seven last reported in Royal Navy use.
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London
United States
Germany
Britain
Murmansk
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Okinawa
U.S
By Leif Erickson
Goering Doffs
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering
Augsburg
International
Edward J. Dennehy
Ollie C. Cooper
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Jane Benaunt
Nipponse
Spencer Moosa
Restaurant Group
WFA
Virginiste
State Restaurant Association
Mnear
Philippines
By Dean Schedler
Aerie
State Aero
Sugar Loaf Hill
Tack
Gen
Quisling House
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