Blockade By Air Completes Japan Mine Campaign
Allied air forces report a complete blockade of Japan with mine laden B-29s sealing major harbors in Japan and Korea. Headquarters says shipping to Japan has fallen to a shadow with hundreds of thousands of tons destroyed. Mining began March 27 and expanded to key industrial centers, with Phase four starting June 7 as new lanes were closed.
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Guam
Japan
20Th
Korea
Air Force
Bomber Command
Honshu
Okinawa
Shimonoseki Straits
Kure
Hiroshima
Tokayama
Sasebo
Shinonoseki Strait
Tokyo Bay
Kobe-Osaka
Sea of Japan
China
Kyushu
Laval's Testimony Reveals Prewar Deals with Italy and Britain
Laval testified on the Petain treason trial, detailing prewar negotiations with Italy over Ethiopia and a secret pact with Mussolini. He described meetings in London urging Britain to bargain with Germany, and noted a Franco-Soviet approach while highlighting security at the courtroom in Paris.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Britain
Germany
Laval
Italy
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Petain
Samuel Hoare
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Austria
London
Pietro Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
Maurice Gamelin
Palace of Justice
Charles Luizet
Michel Clemenceau
United States
Fresnes
Pierre Mongibeaux
Russia
Play Plan On Recreation Survey For Amarillo
The Recreation Study Council will present its survey and recommendations for a tax supported recreation plan to the city commission next Tuesday night. Copies are at YWCA headquarters 501 Lincoln. A final review meets 8 pm Monday at the YWCA. the public is invited to learn details and form informed opinions.
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Recreation Study Council
City Commission
Amarillo
YWCA
Lincoln
Anderson seeks decent price for surplus cattle at farm talk
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson said liquidation of surplus cattle at a decent price is possible under current livestock rules. He outlined proposals to abolish live stock subsidies by mid 1946, with readjustment costs shared by producers and consumers, and warned postwar farm prosperity hinges on city purchasing power and employment.
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Stillwater
Okla
Clinton P. Anderson
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Anderson
American National Livestock Association
Aggie
Mundt Woman Delivers Triplets as Soldier Husband En Route
Rita Mundt 28 presents her husband Sgt. Frederick Mundt a son and two daughters, total of triplets, born Wednesday night in New York. The couple’s father, a Bronx native, serves with occupation forces in Germany.
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New York
Rita Mundt
Frederick Mundt
Bronx
Germany
Shoe rationing may end in two to three months
New York Aug. 3. Some trade quarters, citing National Footwear News and the National Shoe Retailers Association, believe shoe rationing could be lifted in two or three months. The bulletin notes improved supply and indicates objections to the rationing program have dissolved before the facts of supply.
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New York
U.P
National Footwear News
National Shoe Retailers Association
Negro Jailed for Alleged Attack on Girl
A 17 year old girl and her mother reported a nighttime assault in their North Amarillo trailer home. Police say a male Negro, employed as a porter at the same workplace, was identified by the girl and is being held in the city jail while the district attorney’s office conducts a thorough investigation and charges are filed.
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Amarillo
Greyhound Employes Calling Off Strike
O. W. Townsend, president of Teche Greyhound Lines, said Otis Page informed the Eighth Regional War Labor Board that 950 striking Teche employees would return to work by tomorrow. The notice comes from New Orleans, August 3.
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New Orleans
U.P
O. W. Townsend
Teche Greyhound Lines
Otis Page
Eighth Regional War Labor Board
Dallas
Teche
Regulars' Noise Put Truman In The White House
The Texas Regulars group, dissolved this week, boosted Truman in 1944 by backing anti-Wallace sentiment across Texas and via Chicago operatives. They helped shift support toward Truman as Roosevelt allies chose him over Byrnes, with Hannegan coordinating in St Louis and political bosses in Chicago and New York backing the move.
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Texas
Truman
White House
Chicago
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
South
Middle-West
Bush
Wallace
Dallas
Wendell Willkie
Bob Hannegan
National Party
Austin
Harry Truman
James F. Byrnes
Sidney Hillman
Byrnes
City
Bronx
Jersey
Hannegan
St. Louis
Chinese Paratroopers to Lead New Drive Against Japan
In Chungking August 3 AP reports Lt General Wedemeyer says American-trained Chinese troops including parachutists will soon launch large scale attacks on Japan. Chinese forces push toward Chuanhsien near Kweilin with reinforcements arriving as U S units plan sea supply routes.
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Chungking
High Command
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Kwangsi
Chuanhsien
Kweilin
Kweilin- Hengyang
Wedemeyer
U. S
China
Kunming
Burma
Attlee Names 19 Aides Including Wilkinson to Cabinet
Prime Minister Attlee announced 19 new cabinet members after Potsdam. Ellen Wilkinson becomes education minister. John James Lawson named secretary of state for war. W Alexander returns as First Lord of the Admiralty. Emanuel Shinwell becomes fuel and power minister.
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London
Attlee
Potsdam
Ellen Wilkinson
Britain
Japan
John James Lawson
James Grigg Churchill
W. Alexander
Admiralty
Brendan Bracken
Alexander
Winston Churchill
Bracken
George Isaacs
Printing and Kindred Trades Federation
Labor
National Service
Emanuel Shinwell
Shinwell
Department of Mines
Churchill
Miss Wilkinson
Ministry of Home Security
Ben Smith
Washington
Ministry of Food
Ben
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence
India
Burma
George VI
Pethick-Lawrence
Isaacs
Bevan
Wilmot
Barnes
Privy Council
Lord Addison
House of Lords
No. 10
Downing Street
Buckingham Palace
Whiteley
Commons
Pilots Win Pay Boost From Pan American
In Miami on August 3 Fred Irons, head of the Flight Officers Association, announced a pay raise for Pan American Airways pilots after a signed labor contract. He said terms remain secret pending national labor board approval, expected in about six weeks. Both sides reportedly made concessions and are satisfied.
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Miami
Fla
Fred Irons
Flight Officers Association
Pan American Airways
Irons
National Labor Board
Washington
Big Port To Poles
A British Foreign Office commentator said Stettin would come under Polish administration as Poland’s western frontier shifted west after the Potsdam conference. The boundary runs west of Swinemuende to the Oder and Neisse, placing Stettin on the German side but under Polish control.
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London
British Foreign Office
Stettin
Poland
Big
Swinemuende
Baltic Sea
Oder River
Neisse
Oder
Germany
Szeccecin
No Secret Pacts Claim At Potsdam Conference
President Truman told reporters aboard the USS Augusta that he made no secret agreements of any kind in his conference with Generalissimo Stalin and Prime Minister Attlee at Potsdam.
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Uss
Augusta
Truman
Generalissimo Statin
Attlee
Potsdam
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy this afternoon into Saturday with little temperature change. West Texas fair this afternoon through Saturday. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers in the afternoon and evening, otherwise fair. high Saturday 36 in the mountains and 90 to 100 elsewhere. High 85, low 67, noon 90.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
No Ray of Hope Held For Dimmer Sun Rays
Weather forecast promises continued heat with no rain in sight. Weatherman H C Winburn and New Orleans forecasters predict mid 90s highs for the region over the next week. Overhead garage door hardware advertised by John Maynard Lumber Co on 800 West sth.
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H. C. Winburn
New Orleans
John Maynard Lbr. Co
E A Ragal Co Real Estate and Loans
Real estate and loan services offered by E A Ragal Co. includes property sales mortgage brokerage and financial consulting. The company operates as a local firm providing title transfers appraisals and financing options to clients seeking property transactions.
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E. A. Ragal Co., Real Estate and Loans
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Linz
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Spain
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Autry
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Tom Williams
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Alfred Barnes
Philip John Noel-Baker
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