Big Three Meet for State Dinner in Potsdam
President Truman, Premier Stalin, and Prime Minister Churchill fed at a state dinner the first of the Potsdam Big Three meetings. The day featured routine procedures as foreign secretaries prepared agendas and the three leaders weighed quick victory in the Pacific to aid European recovery.
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Potsdam
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
White House
Pacific
Japan
United States
James F. Byrnes
Vyacheslav Molotevy
Anthony Eden
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Moscow
Edward W. Pauley
Allied Reparations Commission
Joseph E. Davies
Charlies E. Bohlen
State Department
Cinque Ports
Lord Cherwell
Oxford
Clement Atlee
Labor Party
Alexander Cadogan
Arthur Birsh
Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Andrei Gromyko
8. A. Sobolev
Foreign Office
V. M. Lavrov
Berlin
Red Star
Army
Europe
Omar N. Bradiev
Bradilev
Veterans Administration
Circulating Money Drops Slightly in Latest Week
Washington July 19 The money in circulation fell by 831 million during the week ending Wednesday. Federal Reserve figures show continued growth during the Seventh War Loan drive ending June 30, though bond sales slowed expansion mid June. No immediate explanation for the decrease was available.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Medal of Honor award to Claude Marine for Peleliu hero
Pfc. Charles H. Roan of Claude will be posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism on Peleliu, saving comrades by shielding a grenade. The ceremony at 4 p.m. on the courthouse lawn honors the first MOH in the Panhandle, with his mother Mrs. Lillabel Roan receiving the medal. Capt. Red Morgan and Capt. J. B. Longstaff will attend, with Roan family members listed among survivors and relatives.
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Claude
Pfc
Charles H. Roan
Peleliu
Lillabel Roan
Armstrong County
Roan
Panhandle
Amarillo
Red Morgan
Europe
J. B. Longstaff
Eighth Naval District
New Orleans
Joe Bacon Roan
Train- Truck Collision Hurts Driver at Vega
L. L. Ledbetter aged 68 suffered cuts and bruises after his cattle truck was struck by an eastbound Rock Island freight at Vega crossing at 5 PM. He was treated in Vega and taken to St. Anthony Hospital in Amarillo. The trailer was demolished. the truck was lightly damaged. Train crew uninjured. Engineer L. J. Gorman and conductor W. M. Clark were aboard. An engine was dispatched to move the stalled train into Amarillo.
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Vega
L. L. Ledbetter
St. Anthony
Ledbetter
Rock Island
St. Anthony's
Boxwell Brothers
L. J. Gorman
Parker
W. M. Clark
Harrison
Amarillo
Helicopter Flights Over Paricutin Volcano Reported
U S Army BIA helicopter and a team of Mexican and North American scientists conducted test flights over Paricutin Volcano. Capt George D Coldiagoff said conditions resemble those in the China Burma India theater and data gathered will aid Wright Field engineers. Prof Fred M Bullard of the University of Texas was among weekend passengers.
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Mexico City
Paricutin Volcano
U. S
U. S. Army
Paracutin
China- Burma-India
George D. Coldiagoff
Toledo
Ohio
Wright Field
Fred M. Bullard
University of Texas
Amarillo area remains partly cloudy with mild temps
U S Weather Bureau forecasts for Amarillo and vicinity a mix of partly cloudy skies Friday and Friday night with little temperature change. West Texas and New Mexico show similar partial cloudiness with scattered thundershowers in mountains, light to moderate winds, and highs ranging from the mid seventies in mountains to around one hundred in lower elevations.
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U. S
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Senate Approves World Bank Plan
The Senate passed legislation for American participation in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The vote was 61 to 16 and House approval of two Senate changes will send the bill to President Truman. Once international action expands, a $9.1 billion bank for reconstruction and a $8.8 billion fund for currency stability are expected.
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Washington
Senate
House
World Monetary Fund and
Reconstruction Bank
Bretton Woods
Truman
Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Munich wreck kills 110 in train disaster
Hamburg radio quoted Munich radio reporting 110 dead in a train wreck near Munich today. No further details were provided. Saute Paints ne Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co., 1200 W. 6th.
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Munich
London
Hamburg
Saute Paints
Olver & Wiggins ‘Lumber Co
W. 6Th
Daughter of Slain Woman Sees Sailor In Miami Jail
In Miami on July 19 an 18 year old daughter of Ella Mae Eames visited William W. Parker, a 19 year old U S Navy seaman accused in the death of her mother. The visitor voiced sympathy and hope he will be released as Parker faces a manslaughter charge. Parker was freed on $1000 surety guarded by Navy officials and later remained with his attorney.
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Miami
Fla
Ella Mae Eames
Elaine Eames Kalt
William W. Parker
U. S. Navy
Clarence Pope
Pope
Parker
Navy
Red Cross
WAC
Toledo
Donley Farmer Shot to Death
Clarendon July 19 Special mystery surrounds the fatal shooting of John Naylor a 42 year old farmer in the Rowe community five miles northeast of Clarendon Will Chamberlain 44 years old is held in Donley County jail on a murder charge he made no statement Sheriff Guy Wright said Naylors body was found in the front yard of the Will Chamberlain farm home with wounds to the back and head a 12 gauge shotgun was found near Naylors car Naylors friends since childhood the Chamberlains and Naylors lived on adjoining farms Chamberlain a former county official has a wife and three children Naylor is survived by three daughters funeral services will be in the Baptist Church burial in Clarendon Cemetery.
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Clarendon
John Naylor
Will Chamberlain
Rowe
Donley County
Guy Wright
Chamberlain
Wright
Naylor
Chamberlains
Naylors
Donley
AAA
Jon
Sara
LaVada
Carl Naylor
G. B. Kettle
Wichita Falls
Baptist
Hal Upchurch
J. Perry King
Clarendon Cemetery
Blackburn- Shaw-Buntin Funeral Home
Guardhouse Beatings Reported At English Depot
An American infantryman in Stars and Stripes accuses guards at the 10th Replacement Depot in England of beating soldiers including four clubbing incidents. He says officers and jailers punished prisoners, and he describes being beaten four times himself. An Army spokesman says the charges are under IG investigation.
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London
U.P
Army
Stars and Stripes Today
England
Stars and Stripes
U. S
10Th Depot
310Th Infantry
United Press
Inspector General
Rankin Renews Charge of Communist Army Officers
Rep Rankin of Mississippi accuses that Communists have been commissioned in the U S Army and calls for resignation of Secretary Stimson and aides Patterson and McCloy. He urges President Truman to act and purge the War Department, amid a House subcommittee report listing officers with Communist backgrounds.
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Washington
Rep. Rankin
Mississippi
U. S
House
Stimson
War Department
Rankin
Robert P. Patterson
John J. McCloy
Army
Truman
H. Ralph Burton
United States Army
Patterson
McCloy
Congressional
House Committee On Non American Activities
Woodward Girl To Honor Show At Elks Rodeo
Miss Virginia Mae Reger of Woodward is named queen of the 15th annual Woodward Elks Rodeo set for August 17 18 and 19. The 17 year old rider weighs 105 pounds and is known for saddle tricks roping and car-top hops performed for war veterans at regional hospital centers.
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Woodward
Okla
Plains
Oklahoma
Virginia Mae Reger
Monte Reger
Southwest
13th Armored Embarks from Le Havre for United States
The 13th Armored Division's main body sails from Le Havre today en route to the United States and then the Pacific, with advance units having sailed June 30. The Ninth Air Force lists redeployment totals and a long roster of units headed to clearance and discharge, all expected to clear Reims by August 1.
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Paris
13Th Armored Division
le Havre
United States
Pacific
Ninth Air Force
Reims
386Th
Second Service Area Command
19Th Air Depot Group
19Th Depot Repair Squadron
19Th Depot Supply Squadron
480Th
489Th
498Th
499Th Air Service
898Th
41St
96Th
103Rd
Air Operations Chemical Companies
878Th Signal Depot
393D Signal Company
Ninth Army
New York
20Th Armored
Car Arrives in Station After Door Falls, Plymouth Crashes
Tiny Fogle Service Station manager Al Welch arrived at the station to start a stalled car yesterday afternoon. His driverless 1939 Plymouth rolled through the drive, broke a door and plate glass, ending inside the station. Welch was unhurt. damages were estimated at 300 dollars.
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al Welch
Fogle
West Sixth
Welch
More Shoes for Fall in Washington as Demand Drops
Washington reports a 20 percent rise in civilian shoe production for the final quarter of the year due to reduced military demand. The War Production Board and OPA caution on liberalizing shoe rationing and timing of any new shoe ration stamp. The shoe ration order remains flexible to adjust with supply changes. Airplane Stamp No 4 in War Ration Book 3 becomes valid on August 1.
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Washington
War Production Board
OPA
Prime Refinery Target for Huge Force of B-29s
Australian Seventh Division troops pushed five miles to seize the Sambodja oil field and refinery center in southeastern Borneo. The Japanese fled, leaving fires amid the field as MacArthur announced the advance.
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Associated Press
Sambodia
Borne
MacArthur
Sambodja
Borneo
Balikpapan
Samarinda
Japan
Shanghai
China
Seventh Air Force
East China Sea
Kiangwan
Inghai
Chu Shan
Taishan
Seventh Aaf
Fifth Air Force
Okinawa
Kaegoshima
Kyushu
Kagoshima
Miyazai
Ryukyu Islands
Nipeon
Honshu
Ghoshi
Fukui
Okasaki
Hitachi
Nippon Oil Comespany
Amagasaki
Osaka
U. S
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
Manila
Adm
Lou Mountbatten
East Asia
India
Pacific
Army
Navy
Air
Kweilin
Indo- China
Indo-China
Kwangsi
Tinpak
Canton
14Th Air Force Headquarte
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Daniel DE Luce
Claude Hero
South Pacific
Henry C. Roan
North Alabama
Henry C. Roan, Jr
Larry C. Roan
H. Roan
Philippines
The
Chicago Daily News. Inc
Thomsen
A Polk
World Bank
Sailor
Springfield
Mass
Eames
Donley Farmer
Russell Statonery Co
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