[Homer_J_Simpson]

Prime Minister to Minister of Agriculture 16 May 45

If all the Germans are put to work to grow food on the land what are the crops that can be started if they begin to dig on June 1?

Have you any reports on the state of their tilth?

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Kyushu is Target (Moscow) – 2
Ten of B-29’s Crew Rescued from Sea (Jones) – 3
Grim Fight Marks Okinawa Advance – 3-4
Two Proud Fighters on Okinawa (photo) – 3
Officer Shortage Acute on Okinawa (Lawrence) – 4
Burmese ‘Traitors’ Misled Japanese – 4
90% of Mindanao in American Hands – 5
Both Sides Suffer in Foochow Fight – 5-6
Truman Lifts News Curb on Reich; Backs Eisenhower Against Davis – 6
War News Summarized – 6
Eisenhower is Cheered in London As He Returns for Tardy V-E Day (Gruson) – 8
War Crime Report Horrifies Capital (White) – 8-9
Americans Seize Mass Gas Killer – 9
General Bradley and Marshal Koneff Exchange Gifts (photos) – 9
Army Denies Coddling Goering, Bans Unauthorized Interviews – 10
Reich Marshal Goering Interviewed after Capture (photos) – 10
U-Boat Yielded Off New England (Blair) – 11
Another German Submarine Surrenders to Our Navy (photo) – 11
Midget U-Boat Packs Failed as Weapon; At Least 81 Sunk in Defeating Blockade – 12
Policy for Naval Personnel (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 13
Nominated by Truman For Rank of Full Admiral – 13
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 14