[Homer_J_Simpson]

This audio recording is a special NBC broadcast of General Eisenhower’s appearance at a stadium in Abilene, Kansas (2:41).

Ben Grauer

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Isle Declared Won (Moscow) – 2-3
‘Vinegar Joe’ in Command of Okinawa’s Conquerors – 3
Okinawa War End as Eerie as Start (Lawrence) – 4
Okinawa Capture Said to Split Foe – 4
Okinawa Costliest of Pacific Battles – 4
Australians Seize Borneo Oil Plant – 5
Chinese Press On for Hangchow Bay – 6
450 B-29’s Smash Targets in Honshu – 6
Our Carriers Have New Job in Pacific (Jones) – 7
Destroyer Abele Hit by Baka Bomb – 7
Filipino Guerrillas Split Japanese in Two by Crossing Cagayan River – 8
The Pacific Army Chief with Sulu Rulers (photo) – 8
U.S. Assures I.L.O. of Continued Aid (Philip) – 9
Fire on Franklin Interrupts Decoration of 139 of Crew for Heroism in the Pacific – 9
War News Summarized – 9
Home from the Wars (photos) – 10-11
SHAEF Aides Sure Hitler Died May 1 (Sulzberger) – 11
Japan’s Industrial Power (Baldwin) – 12
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 13