Editorial: Enemy suicides
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‘United front’ rule urged for Europe
Russian gives views on democracy
By Daniel M. Kidney, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Monahan: Fulton’s Hangover Square stars late Laird Cregar as mad killer
By Kaspar Monahan
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Van Johnson’s fault if scene goes haywire?
Millions of gals will holler ‘no’ – but noble fellow takes the blame
By Maxine Garrison
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Killing Japs is a treat now for ‘killer’ Jimmy
Arkansas redhead bags 41 thus far in campaigns on Leyte and Okinawa
By Gordon Cobbledick, North American Newspaper Alliance
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Queen Elizabeth visits WACs
LONDON, England (UP) – Queen Elizabeth visited WAC headquarters in London today.
The girls gave her lipstick, face cream, nail varnish and other cosmetics they had saved from their rations.
The Queen climbed to the fifth floor of the WAC billets and chatted with the girls. Cpl. Beulah Marshall of Lincoln, Nebraska, told the Queen she had been driving in Britain for eight months, and the Queen observed:
“The blackout was very dreadful for all you drivers, but please God that is a thing of the past now.”
Olivia in hospital
Monday, May 14, 1945
BOSTON, Massachusetts – Screen actress Olivia de Havilland, who was stricken with tropical fever while entertaining U.S. troops in the Pacific, was hospitalized here today for a physical examination.
Minesweeper lost off Okinawa
WASHINGTON (UP) – The Navy today announced the loss of a motor minesweeper in the Okinawa area as the result of enemy action.
The minesweeper was the YMS-103, the 307th naval vessel to be lost in this war. The Navy said the ship suffered “moderate casualties.”
The vessel carried a normal complement of about 30 men. Next of kin casualties have been informed.