Pacific War News Indicates Japanese Surrender Likely
Reports build on both real and speculative moves in the Pacific theater. Truman authorized a broadcast surrender ultimatum to Japan while Doolittle promises his Eighth Air Force will hammer Japan within days. Allied forces push into Tokyo Bay and Chichi Jima as the Third Fleet returns to action and heavy air assaults target Osaka and other targets.
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Associated Press
Japan
Sam
Truman
Jimmy Doolittle
Pacific
8Th Air Force
Allen Turnage
China
Tokyo
Johns
McCain
Washington
Potsdam
White House
United States
Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Gic
20Th Air Force
William F. Halsey
Chichi Jima
Bonin Islands
Paramushiro
Third Fleet
Mikado
Iwo Jima
Osaka
U. S
Tokyo Bay
Borneo
Nojima Point
Chichi Island
Korea
Korean
Kweilin
Southeast Asia
Balikpapan Bay
Mass German House Searches Sweep U S Zone
Half a million American troops arrested over 80 000 persons and searched every house in the American Occupation Zone of Germany. Brig Gen Edwin L Sibert said the raid recovered guns ammunition and loot and rounded up many SS men. Col Thomas Sands led the operation and noted fewer crimes than in a comparable U S raid.
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Frankfurt ON the Main
Germany
Edwin L. Sibert
Vineyard Haven
Mass
U. S
Sibert
Thomas Sands
Cornwall N. Y
United States
Governor details Will Tucker discharge and game department row
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson disclosed that Will J. Tucker would not stay as lakes division director, citing an understanding Tucker would be appointed by Dodgen. The governor noted commissioners D. K. Martin and T.S. Reed would not oppose the appointment if Dodgen became executive secretary. He said Tucker’s resignation as executive secretary was accepted and Dodgen planned to seek Tucker’s resignation from the lakes post after one week. He offered no plan for further action.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Will J. Tucker
Game Department
Division of Lakes
Tucker
Department
The
Game Commission
Lakes Division
Howard Dodeen
Dodgeen
Commission
Jakes
Dodgen
Askime
D. K. Martin
T.S. Reed
San Antonio
del Rio
Big Three Accelerate Potsdam Talks Toward Quick End
President Truman presses the Big Three at Potsdam to wrap up the conference by midweek. Officials anticipate decisions on postwar European policy and Germany occupation with the likely priority of Japan's defeat. A news blackout shields inner deliberations as Truman aims to report to the Senate soon.
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Potsdam
Europe
Pacific
Truman
Germany
Japan
Stalin
Churchill
Washington
Senate
Go Direct To Manila Go Direct To Manila
Nearly 5 000 engineers and service troops including veterans of France and Germany have dis embarked in Manila as the first redeployment group from Europe to the Pacific. They landed yesterday after a month at sea aboard a Coast Guard transport from Marseilles in the longest over water haul in Army history. Enlisted points ranged from eight to ninety seven.
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Manila
U.P
France
Germany
Europe
Pacific
Coast Guard
Marseilles
Last Wounded Troops Coming Home This Week
The War Department announced plans to bring all transportable sick and wounded troops home from Europe within 90 days after V E Day. The August 8 deadline remains, but the evacuation is expected to finish around July 27, near the Army Medical Department’s 170th anniversary.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
Army Medical Department
American Medical Experts Speed to Chungking for Cholera Fight
A party of American experts led by Dr. James Watt of the U S Public Health Service is rushing to Chungking to aid Chinese efforts against a cholera epidemic. The group is dispatched by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration after a Chinese plea. U S Army HQ reports no cholera cases among American personnel.
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Chungking
James Watt
U. S. Public Health Service
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
U. S. Army
Fred Vinson Sworn In as Treasury Secretary
Fred M. Vinson, 55, of Kentucky, was sworn in as secretary of the treasury in Washington. He took the oath with former secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. and received high praise, with Morgenthau saying he would have chosen Vinson as his successor. Speaker Sam Rayburn presided.
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Fred Vinson
Treasury
Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Senate Opens Debate on United Nations Charter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Tom Connally opened debate on the UN Charter and urged rapid ratification. He said the charter marks a new step in international relations and will bring governments together as the San Francisco conference drafted the document.
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Washington
Senate
United Nations
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Horse Show Fortunate in Securing One of Nation's Leading Judges
Horse show enthusiasts await final preparations at the Tri State Fair grounds as Turner Young of Lebanon Tennessee arrives as one of America's top judges. He will judge both saddle and walking horses with support from announcer C T Mc Laughlin and ring master Mason King. Several horses including Mary Dictator and Rowe's Allen are entered across 23 classes, highlighting Panhandle competition in Amarillo.
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Donald Dare
Borden Rea Barfield
Amarillo
Dallas
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Children’s
Herbert, Cretney and Maxor
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Turner Young
Lebanon
Tenn
Panhandle
America
Judge Young
South
Atlanta
Birmingham
Lexington
Shelbyville
C. T. McLaughlin of
Snyder
Mason King
L. C. Becker
W. T. Walker
Vera Walker
L. M. Griffin
Malley Chisholm
Inglewood
Mary Dictator
Wilson Allen Dictator
Judy Allen L
Rowe's
Allen
W. E. White
Clovis
Blue Eagle
J. H. Thompson
San Antonio
Susie Ruth Allen
Foster Presley
Lubbock
Cindy Sue
Frank Butler
Strolling John
Pickens Burton
Ama- Lee Horse Show
Weather Report for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair with hot afternoons today tonight and Tuesday. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers in the mountains otherwise fair today tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. High Tuesday 75 in the mountains 85 to 95 elsewhere. High 95 low 65 noon 38.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Impossible To Meet Rail Needs
Army defense transportation head Col J Monroe Johnson said the redeployment program cannot be met by American railroads if vital war freight is to move. He testified that the Army drafted a 10 month plan without ODT input and troop returns from Europe have begun without notice to ODT. The western railroads face congestion and added war freight, making redeployment with rail capacity impossible. ODT announced new curbs on civilian rail travel, banning sale of tickets to travel agencies, effective immediately. organized group travel is banned but athletic teams are unaffected.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
Army
Senate War Investigating Committee
Europe
ODT
Johnson
Western
Government may extend Pullman sleeper ban to 700 miles
Washington officials said the 450 mile limit on Pullman sleepers could be raised to 700 or 750 miles if Army needs are not met. An official noted it was not yet certain the current emergency steps would suffice, but no hesitation was expected to take further action.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Idle Workers Across Nation Near Fifty Thousand Mark
The nationwide idle figure held near 50,000 as 4,500 Cincinnati aeronautical workers returned and 3,500 Chicago area foundry workers went on strike. Wright Aeronautical resumed full operations with 500 foremen back, 4,000 idled. Chicago area dispute affected 39 foundries in Chicago and suburbs. Detroit idle total fell to 21,200 with several settlements.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati Aeronautical
Chicago
Graham-Paige
American Metal Products
Occupation Air Force to Field 2500 Planes for Zone
Paris dispatch says the American Occupation Air Force will have 2500 aircraft and 100000 personnel. It will police the occupation zones in Germany and Austria from the air, built around the U S Ninth Air Force with units from the Eighth Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces. Over half of Ninth Air Force personnel of 200000 will be repatriated or reassigned to the Pacific.
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Paris
Germany
Austria
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Eighth
12Th
15Th Air Forces
Ninth Air Force
Peresonnel
Pacific
New Discharge Figure Promised by August
The War Department will announce before month end the extent of the promised cut in discharge points. Soldiers now need 85 points for release under the point system. the revision will lower the figure slightly. Congress members denounced and supported the discharge plan and its operation.
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Washington
War Department
Conegress
Hancock Wins News Tip Award for Snake Electrocution
City Manager A. P. Hancock takes first prize in this week’s News Tip contest for reporting that a snake electrocuted itself and knocked out five city water wells. He earns $5 with second place going to Joella Carter for uncovering a hidden prohibition era corn liquor hoard.
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A. P. Hancock
Hancock
Joella Carter
Pierce
Duane Howard
Louisiana
Garnet Reeves
Monroe
J. E. Baggs
North Bu
Photographs Live Forever Autry Tastefully Yours Dinner
Local notice lists restaurant and photography studio details for Stud ie at 116 E Fourth with phone number 2-1922, describing offerings and contact.
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Thomas’.Studie
E. 4Th
Russell Stationery Co Seeks Estimate for Business Printing
Local printer Russell Stationery Co invites business customers to request an estimate for printing services including brochures, business cards, and letterhead. The firm emphasizes quick quotes, competitive pricing, and tailored solutions for small to mid-sized companies.
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Russell Stationery Co
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Petain
Marshal Petain
Lie Snemivy Anu Piauline
General de Gaulle
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Mornet
Jacques Isoray
Verdun
National Assembly
Vichy
Paul Mongibeaux
Paris Palace of Justice
Hee Petain
S&s Weather
Occupation Air Force
News Tip Award
Glenn Burgess
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P. L. Rogers
Lamar
W. E. Hawley
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Bill Bogard
Taylor
Dolores Price
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