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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1945
Page
1
Admiral Fitch warns in a wartime briefing that Japan's air force is greatly degraded to perhaps 5,000 planes. He notes Kamikaze use has diminished and Japanese industry is crippled by Allied carrier and B 29 raids. He calls the war the main bout and urges unity to deliver a knockout punch.
Allied carrier planes from the Third Fleet strike Japanese targets in the Inland Sea and Honshu while B 29s hammer the Nagasaki area. Nimitz reports sinking and damaging multiple ships, with Japanese air defenses shooting down several planes. Shanghai and Kiang areas see renewed bombing as Gen MacArthur announces fleet actions and ship losses.
At Potsdam the Big Three suspend talks as British leaders return to London for July election results. Churchill Eden and Attlee expect to decide Britain’s speaker for postwar negotiations Friday or later, while Truman and Stalin continue discussions only on non agenda matters. Attlee’s presence steadies tripartite talks amid the election interim.
In Washington July 2 1945 Senator Magnuson roared support for hard war aims during Wheeler’s UN Charter debate insisting unconditional surrender means complete capitulation not annihilation of Japanese people. The exchange warned against softening terms as Japanese propagandists could exploit any leniency.
Railroad Commissioner Beaufort Jester tours the Panhandle on commission business and small talk about a possible 1946 gubernatorial bid. He plans to inspect oil and gas operations in Pampa and review transportation in north and east Panhandle counties, staying Friday night with his nephew in Dalhart.
Santa Monica California July 24 an entire make believe residential subdivision is being torn down to uncover the Douglas Aircraft Company factory here. They began removing camouflage today as film studio technicians built a hill over the building to disguise wartime construction. Fake houses streets trees and clothes lines created a deceptive backdrop while a nearby dummy airfield with imitation hangars and planes aided misdirection.
In Mondorf les Bains Luxembourg on July 24 a group of Russian interrogators questioned 52 high ranking Nazis interned in the Palace Hotel. Hermann Goering initially refused to meet them and cried that the Russians were there but he eventually spoke with the Soviet aides for two days.
Sailor Willem W. Parker aged 19 from Toledo Ohio was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of Ella Mae Eames 43 wife of a former New England preacher. The judge ruled the state failed to prove a case after Parker admitted hurling a beer bottle at Eames and dumping her body from a Miami hotel fire escape into a blind alley.
A British report indicates the Ministry of War Transport charges about 100 dollars for each American soldier traveling on the liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth now used for troop redeployment to the United States. The charge mirrors what the government must pay the shipping companies operating the liners.
Washington announces continued rationing through most of 1946 with Book Five planned for distribution December 3 to 15, aiming to end wartime controls later in the year. Bowles cites tight supplies in meats fats canned goods sugar shoes. gasoline books also issued. Book Five to last 10 to 15 months with fewer stamps. no soap rationing planned though output for laundry soap to rise 10 percent.
The Army Air Forces ordered an end to B-17 bomber production after building a fleet sufficient for all foreseeable needs against Japan. Lt. Gen. Eaker announced cancellations of 44,300 airplanes since V-E Day, saving $7.6 billion in 1946 appropriations and freeing 750,000 tons of steel and 900,000,000 pounds of aluminum for other production.
New York July 24 A large majority of the public believes there is no adequate substitute for newspapers Fact Finders Associates reported after two cross section surveys taken during the 17 day strike of newspaper deliverymen The surveys were conducted July 3 5 and July 11 12 for the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association The questions asked whether radio fully replaces newspapers In the first survey 76 6 percent said no 23 4 said yes In the second survey after readers were deprived of newspapers a further week the results were 89 2 percent no 10 8 percent yes
Stop in at Russell Stationery Company today for your office supplies and related items at the Pittsburgh Paints display area near 1200 W. 6th Street, Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co.
Rep. J Edgar Chenoweth says rumor based on facts suggests the Pacific war is nearing a close. He cites expectations Truman will cut his European trip and return to address an imminent Japanese surrender. He notes a possible shift in Japan from military to civilian leadership and an early White House announcement may follow.
The Tri-State Fair Ground hosted a showcase as Rendezvous Stables of Dallas took four blue ribbons. Tonight at 8:30 the Grand Championship Stakes will crown the top show horse. Lady Louise, driven by Don Davie, won her 13th win in as many shows. Frosty Night and other entries were featured in 15 classes with special acts and a grand entry by the Will Rogers Range Riders.
Former Secretary Henry Morgenthau told a New York War Finance committee luncheon that his departure from the Treasury was not his own choosing and that the resignation had been requested by President Truman. He said he would have liked to stay until V J Day and planned to write a book on the Morgen-thau plan for a hard peace before resting at his Fishkill, New York farm.
Admiral William F. Halsey, commanding the fleet, declared the Pacific forces have opened a final plunge into the heart of Japan. In a broadcast from his flagship off Japan, he noted carrier planes hit Kobe and Kure for a second straight day, and vowed to hunt the remaining Japanese navy from its holes. He praised damage to northern steel plants and mocked Japanese prospects.
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