Allied air and sea power strikes weaken Japanese fleet
The Associated Press reports a man made Allied typhoon of air and sea power battered Japan's fleet. Mitchell bombers hit a large Japanese carrier at Kure Naval Base, leaving it listing and damaged while other planes sank or damaged ships. Clouds hid visibility preventing a direct carrier hit, and reports suggest possible identification of another carrier.
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Associated Press
Kure
MacArthur
Katsu
Haruna
Halsey
Suruga Gulf
Tokyo
Shimizu
Japan
Tokyo Bay
Hamamatsu
Schroeder and
Harrison
Nimitz
Kyushu
Korea
Shanghai
China
Honshu
U. S
Massachusetts
Suzuki
Asahi
Hengyang
South China
Kweilin
Allied Control Council Sets Plan for German Rule
Berlin report says the Allied Control Council met with Eisenhower to pursue a uniform German governance across four zones. Proposals for control machinery were reviewed for Aug 10 with rotating chairmanship among Eisenhower Montgomery Koenig and Zhukov. Reconnaissance photos show the battleship Haruna damaged but afloat as the Pacific war intensifies.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Eisenhower
Germany
Bernard L. Montgomery
Georgi K. Zhukov
France
Pierre Koenig
Alexander Gorbatov
Kommandtur
Guam the American pocket battleship in Pacific action
The Navy reports the Guam has fought off Okinawa and Japan for nearly six months. Armed with 12 inch guns the ship has bombarded two islands, helped down two planes and backed carrier strikes. Commanded by Capt. Leland P. Lovette the Guam sailed from Trinidad for duty with Admiral Nimitz after shakedown.
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Washington
Navy
Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Graf Spee
South America
Alaska
Leland P. Lovette
Amarillo Field to Display B-29 Superfortresses Tomorrow
Amarillo Field opens its gates Wednesday from 1 to 5 PM for a public display of B-29 Superfortress bombers in observance of the Army Air Forces anniversary. Thousands of troops will form a dress parade as guides lead visitors to the aircraft and crews share how the planes operate.
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Air Forces
Amarillo Field
Army Air Forces
Tokyo
Japan
Big Three Recess For Weekend
Potsdam reports indicate the Big Three did not hold a full meeting on Sunday. Censorship limits details on why the leaders did not convene, but optimism remained and a top level session may resume Tuesday to push toward final German and European settlements. The Berlin talks are the longest since the war began and cover Germany governance, food, rehabilitation, and borders.
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Potsdam
Big Three
Truman
Stalin
Attlee
Germany
Berlin
Housing Tops Attlee Plans
London July 30 The Labour cabinet drafts a domestic program for Parliament August 15 focusing on housing for the homeless. Also planned are demobilization speedups, tax relief for middle class and industry, nationalization of basics, and a social insurance scheme with government credit for homebuilding.
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London
Million Troops To Leave Europe In Five Months
General C P Gross announced the Transportation Corps will redeploy almost 200000 troops in four months to complete Europe to the United States redeployment by May 1946. He said total embarkations from Europe will reach 800000 by end of July with many to the Pacific.
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Europe
C. P. Gross
Army
Transportation Corps
War Department
General Gross
United States
Middle East
Pacific
Reds Cannot Confirm Hitler Death in Berlin Report
Berlin July 30 Russian Allied commander in Berlin Gen Alexander Gorbatov said there is no definite proof Hitler is dead and did not rule out he might be alive in hiding. He noted a rumor that Hitler’s dentist identified a jawbone but offered no further confirmation.
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Berlin
Alexander Gorbatov
Alliedkommandator
Hitler
Fuehrer
Red Army
Gorbatov
Spare Bedrooms Sought for Cadet Families in Amarillo
Amarillo Travelers Aid reports a housing shortage for transient service members' families during cadet graduations at Amarillo Field. Hotels fill weekends, and 50 to 75 bedroom requests arrive weekly for one or two nights. Local residents are urged to list available rooms by calling 2 3203.
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Amarillo Field
Amarillo
USC Travelers Aid Service Office
Travelers Aid
War Trials Action Ordered by Jackson Seeks U S Lead
London reports Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson pressed British Russian and French reps to agree this week on Germany war crimes trials or the United States would proceed alone. He hopes trials start by late summer, but discussions exceed a week. Possible replacement of Britain's chief prosecutor David Maxwell Fyfe looms with new government.
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London
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
Germany
United States
Jackson
U. S
Britain
David Maxwell Fyfe
Churchill
Fyfe
Labor Party
Laval's Flight Slightly Delayed
Laval leaves Spain after a farewell but his Junkers plane suffers engine trouble on takeoff. Attaches say repairs will delay departure to tomorrow morning. France orders Laval to leave. Paris radio cites a formal decree to appear before the court within ten days or be judged in absentia.
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Barcelona
Pierre Laval
Spain
Laval
Junkers
Bolzano
Italy
Paris
Eire
Portugal
Switzerland
Jacques Gerard
France
Court of Justice
Lubbock OPA Office to Close in National Reorganization
The Lubbock district office of OPA will close September 15 and its 71 county territory will join the Fort Worth district. Nationally 31 districts are being abolished as part of a reorganization to concentrate staff at population centers and key production areas. The Lubbock office employs 128 people. no changes to local boards are announced.
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Lubbock
OPA
Fort Worth
Earl E. Keir
Kerr
Tulsa
Okla
Shreveport
Ickes Offered Syndicated Columnist Post After Cabinet
Secretary of the Interior Ickes has been offered a syndicated columnist job for newspapers if he leaves President Truman's cabinet. The offer arose as news broke on July 30 and concerns his future in public life.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Truman
Elliott Roosevelt to Leave Army August Fifteenth
Brig Gen Elliott Roosevelt will end his military service on August 15. The War Department announced that Roosevelt had requested release from duty and that the termination of his service is set for next month.
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Hisenhower
Montgomery
Koenig
Zhukov
Berlin
U. S
Lucius P. Clay
V. S. Sokolovsky
Cecil Bruce Robertson
Marie Louis Koeltz
Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
War Department
Roosevelt
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Outlook Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warm through Tuesday night across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees partly cloudy conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with scattered thunder showers in the El Paso area and New Mexico. Highs reach 75 in the mountains and 90 to 100 elsewhere. Temperatures by hour shown. Sunrise at 6 56 am with sunset at 8 51 pm. Curts. doors, windows and trim noted by Oliver & Wiggins Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
Eisarya Corks
LOS Erie
Caen
British Fleet Strikes Malay Japs
British carrier aircraft from the East Indies Fleet attacked enemy approaches to Singapore while land based bombers hit Bangkok. Southeast Asia Command noted naval activity July 24 to 26 and claimed a Japanese plane was shot down after a failed suicide attack as Tokyo reported two aborted landings near Phuket off the Malay Peninsula.
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Calcutta
Singapore
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Command Headquarters
Ameer
Tokyo
Phuket
Puket
Malay Peninsula
Naval report cites British mine sweepers off Malay Isthmus
The enemy broadcasts claim landings were attempted July 25 and 26 with a cruiser sunk. A naval communique says heavy units of a task force supported by British mine sweepers off the west coast of the Malay Isthmus north of the Malacca Strait. One British vessel was involved.
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Singapore
Malay Isthmus
Malacca Strait
Minesweeper L Cene Zell j Minesweeper Lost At Sea
Report says the ship Minesweeper L Cene Zell j Minesweeper was lost after striking a mine while operations to clear enemy forces continued between the Mandalay Rangoon road and the Sittang River in Burma. Japanese resistance was noted at several village strongpoints.
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Bulletin
Mandalay Rangoon Road
Sittang River
Burma
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