Five Army Corps On Way Home From Europe
Five United States Army Corps headquarters and about 55 units totaling 32 000 men depart the Reims area for home or Pacific duty. The Third Corps under Maj Gen James A Van Fleet seized the Rhine bridgehead at Rehmen while the Seventh Corps under Lt Gen Joseph L Collins halted a Nazi counterattack at Mortain. The 13th Corps under Lt Gen A C Gillem Jr crossed the Rhine at Wesel and the 18th Airborne Corps under Maj Gen Ridgway held Bastogne last December.
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Army
Paris
United States Army Corps
Germany
United States
Supreme Headquarters
Reims
le Havre
Marseille
Pacific
James A. van Fleet
Third Corps
Remagen
Rhine
Joseph L. Collins
Seventh
Mortain
A. C. Gillem, Jr
13Th
Wesel
Matthew B. Ridgway
18Th Airborne Corps
Bastogne
Clarence R. Huebner
Army divisions listed for redeployment to Pacific and occupation duty
The report details American infantry divisions and their statuses as they redeploy within Europe or sail home. It notes the Second Corps assigned to occupation, six other corps demobilized, and five of nine divisions earmarked for transfer to the Pacific either on the high seas or already home. Several divisions are listed at sea or en route, with others assigned to SHAEF or ETOUSA for future redeployment or occupation duties.
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Normandy
Pacific
United States
High Seas
ETO
America
13Th Armored
European
USA
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Etousa
Ansbach
le Havre
Reims
Salzburg
Austria
Seventh Army
Pacific Gulf
Ingolstadt
Third Army
Winterburg
Czechoslovakia
SHAEF
Bremen
U. S
Mayen
Ulm
Kitzbuchel
Britain
Wuerzburg
Linz
Marseille
France
Leipzig
Limburg
Tist
Augsburg
Gera
Bad Wildungen
Eger
Kaufbeuren
Degeendorf
SHAFF
Mannheim
Weiden
Strakonitz
Kitzingen
Gerstetten
Gotha
Innsbruck
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Weather outlook shows widely scattered thundershowers Friday and Friday night. West Texas expect partly cloudy conditions Friday and Saturday with more scattered showers west of Pecos River Saturday. Temperatures recorded yesterday show highs near 90s and lows around mid 60s.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
Pecos River
Swene
Vest
Max Vest
Controversy Rages Over Letters Page Debate
A dispute erupts on the Letters Page about whether a farm hand should try to influence public opinion. Page 12 features extensive comment plus a thoughtful letter about the joys and heartaches of adopting children.
Rainfall Patterns Brush Panhandle Rail Route
Rainfall across the Panhandle yesterday afternoon and last night followed a northeast Santa Fe to southeast Fort Worth & Denver path. The heaviest shower hit Pampa with about three quarters of an inch and hail, while Amarillo logged about 0.37 inch and light hail.
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Panhandle
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
Higgins
Amarillo
Childress
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pampa
Clovis
Canyon
Texico
Black
Roswell
Claude
Memphis
Churchill May See Franco Before Potsdam Talks
A published report says Prime Minister Churchill would meet Generalissimo Franco of Spain prior to the Potsdam Big Three conference, but a Foreign Office commentator questioned the report’s accuracy.
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London
Churchill
Generalissimo Franco
Spain
Potsdam
Foreign Office
Suggestions for Congress Vote on Universal Military Training
Washington July 5 The House postwar military committee endorsed the broad policy of universal military training. It urged prompt and thorough consideration while only one of 22 signaled outright opposition. The panel did not draft legislation, leaving that to the military affairs committee. The plan favors a peace time draft with a year of training for youths 17 to 22, under conditions to fit national defense needs.
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Washington
House
Congress
Woodrum
Virginia
Bradley
Pennsylvania
Sheppard
California
Bulwinkle
North Carolina
Short
Missouri
Arends
Illinois
Allen
Ilinois
Military Affairs Committee
Military
Army
Navy
Veterans
National Guard
Alning
Naval Reserve
Naval Militia
Spaatz Takes Over Nipponese City Levelling Chore
War Department expands air command in the Pacific placing Gen Carl A Spaatz in charge of B 29s bombing Japan He will head the 20th and 8th Air Forces with fighter cover Deputy Lieut Gen Barney Giles and generals LeMay Doolittle under him Arnold oversees liaison to the joint chiefs Headquarters move to the Pacific theater LeMay leads the 21st Bomber Command in Saipan Tinian and Guam and Doolittle briefs for Pacific task
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Washington
Germany
Japan
War Department
Air Command
Pacific
Carl A. Spaatz
Nippon
Spaatz
U. S. Army Strategic Air Force
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Europe
Air Corps
8Th Air F
Barney Giles
Curtis E. LeMay
James A. Doolittle
America
Tokyo
H. H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Corps
Arnold
Army- Navy Chiefs of Staff
General LeMay
21St Bomber Command
20Th Air Force
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Doolittle
New Air Command under Spaatz to direct long range B 29 strikes
Undersecretary Robert Patterson announced a redeployed Spaatz command to oversee the expanded B-29 campaign from the Pacific. The big bombers have silenced six major cities and will target 40 or more secondary cities with fighter protection. The 7th Air Force is on Okinawa and may join the new HQ at Guam with Nimitz.
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Robert P Patterson
Europe
Pacific
Patterson
Okinawa
Spaatz
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Seventh Fighter Command
Iwo
Far Eastern Air Forces
Fifth Aaf
Fukoka
Kyushu
Tokyo
Japs Plot To Kill MacArthur
NBC correspondent Merrill Mueller reports seven Japanese snipers and spies were executed in Manila, among them individuals who studied General MacArthur’s office and home. The dispatch suggests a potential assassination plot tied to the general and Japan’s anger at America.
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New York
NBC
Merrill Mueller
Manila
General MacArthur
Mueller
MacArthur
America
Tokyo
Japan
Justice Owen Roberts Retires From Supreme Court
Justice Owen J. Roberts, longtime dissenter and the last non Roosevelted appointee on the Supreme Court, retires effective July 31 after over 15 years on the bench. He will receive full pay of 20000 dollars yearly for life and had served since 1950.
Retirement of a Chief Justice and World War II updates
The text notes Justice Roberts leaving the bench after long service and Truman's praise. It covers New Deal-era court alignments, dissents, and Roberts’s influence. It also reports Allied air raids in Japan, Borneo operations, MacArthur updates, shipping totals, and China campaigns with Patterson remarks on US troop deployments.
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Justice Roberts
Justice van Devanter
Truman
Unemployment Benefits Jump in Texas in June
Claims for unemployment compensation in Texas rose sharply in June as war industry cutbacks accelerated, according to the Unemployment Compensation Commission. The report links higher benefits to reduced wartime factory activity and job losses across the state.
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Texas
Austin
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Newcomb Fights Kamikazes Off Ie Jima in Heroic Stand
The destroyer Leutze aided the Newcomb after a powerful kamikaze raid near Ie Jima. The 2,100 ton ship endured two hours of battle with multiple planes, turning back six suicide attackers and saving the vessel with crew members fighting flames and loss of power.
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Newcom
Newcomb
Leutze
Pacific
Ie Jima
Ryukus
Japan
Mindoro
Lingayen Gulf
Okinawa
B. M. Harris-Warren
Coronado
Cal
Blaze Wrecks Amarillo Field Engine Unit
Fire damaged a wing of an engine test block at Amarillo Army Air Field yesterday afternoon. Pantex Ordnance Plant fire units and three Amarillo Fire Department trucks helped RAF firefighters. Training will continue with B 29s, praised as more effective than model engines. Pvt. Charles Kane sounded the alarm. Pittsburgh Paints at Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo
War Bond Race Closes Tonight With Votes Counted
The Victory Bond Flight ends tonight as last minute votes may be cast at the Paramount theater or postmarked by midnight. Mrs D Hoover leads with 393100 votes followed by Miss Tynette Wilson 373500 and Miss Dorothy Lehman 373400. Kathryn Clark 346500 ranks fourth. Eight others trail. officials warn late voting could change the outcome. Potter County nears its 2 300 000 Series FE War Bond quota with a final spurt needed. The event is sponsored by Interstate Theaters and the News Globe with nearly 3 000 000 votes cast for 12 civic group sponsored candidates.
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Paramount
D. Hoover
Tynette Wilson
Dorothy Lehman
Kathryn Clark
Potter County
News-Globe
Recognized Polish Provisional Government of National Unity
The United States and Britain recognized the reconstituted Warsaw government of Poland, calling it a step toward Yalta commitments. President Truman said the move confirms the Crimean plan for free elections and named Arthur Bliss Lane ambassador to Warsaw. A British ambassador will be sent soon.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Warsaw
Poland
London
Yalta
Truman
Arthur Bliss Lane
Truman accepts Morgenthau resignation plans successor
President Truman announced the resignation of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr and said he would name a successor after returning from the Big Three meeting near Berlin in about three weeks. He listed possible candidates and noted Harold Ickes would remain as Interior Secretary for several months.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Berlin
Fred Vinson
John W. Snyder
George Oat Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Walter J. Cummings
Chicago
Continental Ilinois National Bank and Trust Company
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
London
Edward C. Moran, Jr
Jesse Donaldson
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House Committee
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Franco
Russell Stationery Co
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kennedy
Jdapdall
Mr. Roosevelt
Leyte
Philippines
Micaddnay
Philippine Islands
Borneo
Manggar
Balikpapan
Pandansari
Balikpepan
Samarinda
Southwest
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Nagasaki
Omura
Trigger
China
Fahsien
Highway Center
Liuchow
French Indo-China
Hainan Strait
Owen J. Roberts
Comar
Ira E. McMillan
McMillian
Amarillo Field
Pittsburgh Paints
Olver & Wiggins ‘Lumber Co
W. 6Th
A En — EA Henry Morgenthalu, JR
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