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Medal Of Honor
WASHINGTON, May 21—C/P)—
'President Truman told Congress
American forces are preparing to
strike the Japs with “overwhelm-!
ing” power. Speaking at Ceremon
ies in which he awarded the Con
gressional Medal of Honor to
Tech. Sgt. Jake W. Lindsey of
Lucedale, Mississippi, the Presi-1
dent asserted “this is a proud
and moving occasion to every
American. It follows the complete
victory of Allied forces over a
powerful enemy in Europe. It
finds us striking devastating blows
in the Pacific. We are preparing to
strike them later with overwhelm
ing force.”
Lindsey is the hundredth infan
tryman to receive the nation’s
highest award for valor in battle, j
The President, in making thej
presentation personally before a j
joint session of Congress set a
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precedent for such ceremonies. J
The President said that since,
the war started 223 medals of
honor had been awarded members
of the armed forces; 162 to the
Army; 33 to the Navy and 27 to j
the Marine Corps, and one to the
Coast Guard.
Of one hundred infantrymen so
honored fifty died in permorming
the acts for which they were cited.
During the action near Hamich,
Germany, on November 16th,
Lindsey killed twenty Germans
Japs Evacuate
Chinese Ports
CHUNGKING, May 21—(IP) —
Chinese troops’ sudden offensive
in the Kwangsi province recap
tured Hochih, an important Japan
ese bastion on the Kwangsi-Kwei
chow railroad, ninety miles west
of y^e rail junction at Liuchow the
Chinese Command announced.
On the East China coast the
Chinese troops are hammering
eastward from the captured city
of Foochow, possible American
invasion port, and occupied Ma
moi, eight miles distant. Other
Chinese reached the vicinity of
Lienkong, twenty miles northeast
of Foochow, the high comand said.
In the coastal successes scored
in yesterday’s fighting the Chinese
forces on the East Coast also1
seized another port in the Foo
chow area. Rumors persisted thatj
enemy troops are evacuating nu
merous China Coast positions,
which they feared might be
turned into death traps in the;
event of an American invasion..
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raise in salary, three other com
panies are after me.”
Employer—Name them.
Employee—The light company,
the phone company and the water i
company.
and wounded an untold number
and captured three. He was 24
and he enlisted five years ago.
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Boston 2, Chicago 0. St. Louis 4,
• New York 1.
National League
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Brooklyn 15, Chicago 12. St.
Louis 11, Philadelphia 8.
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 1, San Francisco 0. Port
land 8, Los Angeles 1. Sacramento
9, Oakland 3. San Diego 12, Hol
lywood 4. Portland 10, Los An
geles 2. Seattle 3, Son Francisco
3. Tie called at midnight.
SATURDAY GAMES
American League
St. Louis 4, New York 1.
Pacific Coast League
Oakland 8, Sacramento 1. San
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8, San Diego 6. Los Angeles 5,
Portland 2.
SUNDAY GAMES
National League
St. Louis 6, 6; Philadelphia 2^7^
Chicago 4, 4; Brokolyn 2, 1. Cin
cinnati 10, 4; Boston 8, 9. Pitts
burgh 1, 4; New York 5, 0.
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Yoork 1, 2; St. Louis 10, 5. Phila
delphia 4, 2; Cleveland 0, 4. Wash
ington 1, 1; Detroit 4, 0.
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 5, 16: Oakland 4, 1.
San Diego 3, 1; Hollywood 0, 10.
Seattle 10, 3; San Francisco 3, 1.
Los Angeles 12, 6; Portland 5, 0.
Yanks, Fighting
Bitterly, Slowly
Encircle Shuri
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GUAM, May 21— ifi*) —Maj.|
Gen. Bruces, veteran Seventy-'
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Seventh Division infantrymen,!
repulsing three counterattacks I
captured a strongpoint nine hun
dred yards northeast of Shuri yes
terday. The Tenth Army’s slow
encirclement of that Okinawa
fortress city continued with fierce
resistance.
The First Marine Division
pushed to a point eight hundred
yard* "south of Dakeshi, a town
close to Shuri from the northwest.
Admiral Nimitz in his commun
ique today said the Tenth Army
is gaining against stiff resistance (
“as it enveloped the enemy cita
del of Shuri.” His report on Yank
positions gave no indication that
the city had yet been surrounded.
The east flank of Maj. Gen.
Bradley’s. Ninety-Sixth Infantry
Division is fighting eastward from
the bitterly contested conical hill j
under intense fire and reached an!
elevation sixteen hundred yards
east of Ishimmi town.
On the west flank the Sixth
Marine Divis'on held Sugnrloaf
hill, which was gained for the
fifth time by the Yanks on Satur
day. ’ c.
Frontier Night
Huge Success •
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ter Schroeter won a Silver Fox;
Nels Swanberg, Jr., won 6 bottles
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of Brandy, Johnny Beltz won 0
bottles of Liquor; Pvt. James W.
Gibbs won an ivory watch band;
Mrs. E. A. Torgerson won two
Gold Nuggets.
Many colorful “Characters”
were in evidence throughout the
evening; the lady known as “Lou”;
“Belle of the Yukon”; Klondike
Kate; Diamond Lil; and many
others too numerous to mention
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The hard-working committees
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forts in producing such a highly
enjoyable evening.
Two Loans tnis year, but need j
as much as three last year.
! Bishop Crimont
Dies In Juneau
SEATTLE, May 20—</P) —One
of the oldest and most colorful
members of the Roman Catholic
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Church Hierarchy in America, His
Excellency Joseph R. Crimont,
Bishop of Alaska died at his resi
dence in Juneau at 2:00 p.m. to
day, it was announced here.
The pioneer Jesuit, 87, was sue
ceeded to the Bisphoric by the
Most Rev. Walter James Fitzger
ald, bishop coadjutor, and military
vicar, of Alaska.
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my husband’s trouble arises from
his nose.
Doctor—I guess you’ve hit it.
Mrs. . Brown—Oh, yes, many
times!
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