Bombers Reshape Pacific Commands and Hit Tokyo Bay
Allied reshuffles in the Pacific plan to expand British role from Guadalcanal to the Philippines area. Nimitz reports Nagato sunk at Yokosuka with extensive damage. USAAF B 29s hit Abe refinery in Honshu. British and American aircraft strike targets north of Tokyo and in the Bonins while typhoons hamper some patrols.
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Philippines
Mandates
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Nimitz
Associated Press
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Third Fleet
Yokosuka
Tokyo Bay
Tokyo
Nagato
Amercans
Hitachi
Osaka-Kobe
Youmiuri Hachi
Manila
Western Pacific
Pescadores
Foremosa
China
Yalta reparations dispute over Germany split unveiled
A Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin agreed to 20 billion dollars in reparations to be paid over five years with 50 percent to Russia, 20 percent each to the U S and Britain, and 10 percent to other victims. The Herald Tribune cites Stalin’s higher 39.06 billion claim and notes allied hesitancy. State Department avoids direct comment.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Europe
The
Herald Tribune
Yalta
Senate
Messrs
Higer
the Herald Tribune
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Panhandle royalty owners press for higher gas price
Independent producers and landowners push for 1.314 cents per 1 000 cubic feet at the mouth of the well for Panhandle gas arguing discrimination against Panhandle fields. They cite higher prices for New Mexico and Oklahoma gas and seek federal help after OPA rejection.
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Panhandle
Sherman
Hartley
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle
R. C. Kay
Amarillo
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
E. J. Dunigan, Jr
Pampa
Washington
O. D. Judd
Petroleum Fuel Division
OPA
Worley
Gene
Queen Puts 'B' On Her Hosts
The W. M. Randolph family in Golden Valley suburbs called police for help after a queen bee invaded their home. Bees swarmed during meals and gatherings, with the family bombarded in beds. Police offered no specific bee control in manuals and advised leaving them alone.
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Minneapolis
W. M. Randolph
Golden Valley
Randolphs
Petain on Trial for Life in Paris Proceeding
Marshal Petain arrives by bulletproof limousine at the Palace of Justice to face trial for his life tomorrow. The 89 year old former Vichy leader is held in a special apartment beside the court as his wife joins him for the proceedings amid the wartime fall of France and the 1940 regime.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Palace of Justice
Vichy
Mont Rouge
Petain
France
Louis XVI
Dutch honor U.S. Generals in London
Prince Bernhard awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of The Netherlands Lion to General Eisenhower and chief of staff Lt. Col. Walter Bedall Smith in London, Aneta reported.
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U.S
London
Prince Bernhard
The
Netherlands
Order of the Netherlands
Eisenhower
Walter Bedall Smith
Aneta
Big Three Speed Talks With Sunday Session
POTSDAM July 22 The Big Three conference held a Sunday session with President Truman Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin discussing peace problems as the American delegation stated Truman aimed to speed up deliberations Churchill wished to return to London for Thursday's election results There is little support for Truman's call for more openness and Churchill and Stalin reportedly offered no comment on the draft Japanese surrender terms cited by the Army and Navy Journal Also reports of Stimson's resignation circulate without confirmation.
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Big Three
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Churchill
Stalin
London
Gen
H. H. Arnold
Berlin
473Rd
White House
Washington
U. S
War
Thoroughbreds Ready for Amarillo Horse Show at Tri-State Fair Grounds
The annual Amarillo horse show opens tomorrow at 8:30 with more than 150 thoroughbreds arriving. Sponsor Will Rogers Range Riders present notable acts including the Starnes twins roping and riding, and James Craig from Boys Ranch attends as a film guest.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
Delbert
Will Rogers Range Riders
James Craig
Boys Ranch
Old Tascosa
Starnes
John Josey
Texas
Amarillo
Sponers
M. G. Allen
C. R. Austin
Last Wounded Due This Week
Washington reports virtually all movable wounded or sick American soldiers in Europe will be home by week’s end. Brig. Gen. Raymond Bliss notes the 90 day target after VE Day is met, with about 102000 transportable cases evacuated. May 43000, June 32000, July 27000. 14000 arrive at West Coast hospitals, May total 57000.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
Raymond W. Bliss
Bliss
West Coast
Monarchist timing in Spain debated by El Español
The Franco regime weekly El Espanol editorially argues monarchy should come only after the political panorama is fully cleared, signaling cautious stance on Spain’s future. The note reflects Falangist position amid ongoing regime consolidation.
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Madrid
el Espanol
Spain
Texas U Placed On Probation
Memphis Tenn July 22 The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools placed the University of Texas on probation indefinitely following a committee investigation of a dispute between the university regents and President Homer P Ratney ending in Ratney's dismissal. The probation lasts until the association is assured of full observance of its standards.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
University of Texas
University
Homer P. Ratney
Ratney
Association
J. R. Robinson
Texas School
Rainey
Sugar on the Way to Texas and Oklahoma
Washington officials say 85,000 bags of Cuban sugar weighing 100 pounds each are destined for Texas and Oklahoma to relieve shortages and are due in Houston this weekend.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Houston
Office of Price Administration
Prison Camps in Japan Opened for Inspection
The United States reports Japan will allow neutral observers to visit prisoner-of-war camps after three and a half years of war. Switzerland will represent Japanese interests in the U.S. and may send observers to camps holding American nationals, improving reports on their treatment.
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Japan
Washington
State Department
Switzerland
Spain
Tokyo
Philippines
U. S
United States
Japanese War Ministry
Grew
Weather Bureau list at Pittsburgh and lumber office
The Weather Bureau Pittsburgh readings listed with Oliver Wiggin Lumber Co at 1200 West 6th.
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Pittsburgh Paints
Oliver, & Wiggins Lumber Co
Horror film shown to Nazi leaders interned in Luxembourg
At Mondorf Luxembourg 52 former leaders of the late regime watched an atrocity film about Buchenwald. Nazi figures including Hans Frank Albert Wessel ring and Joachim von Ribbentrop reacted with shock. Doenitz misinterpreted remarks and asked if they should be shot.
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Luxembourg
United States Army
Buchenwald
Arthur Michaels
Hans Frank
Poland
Albert Wesselring
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Richsmarshal
Hermann Goering
New Order
Palace Hotel
Michaels
New York
Frank
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Walking Horse
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Malley Chisholm
Englewood
Wilson Allen
Dictator
Judy Allen
Franco
Russell Stationery Co
Chicago Daily News, Inc
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Julius Streicher
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B. C. Andrus
Karl Doenitz
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Fuehrer
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