Allies pound Japan with massive air and naval assault
Allied forces hammered Japanese air defenses and rail links near Tokyo and across the main island. Carrier planes struck 3500 miles of targets while fleets shelled Hamamatsu and surrounding rail hubs. over the weekend 148 Japanese aircraft were destroyed and 145 damaged as 600 B 29s raced from Okinawa.
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Japan
Pacific
Hamamatsu
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Kure
Pearl Harbor
China
Singapore
Okinawa
MacArthur
Guam
Mountain Trap Scenes Last Stand in Northern Luzon
In Northern Luzon Allied forces trap Yamashita’s remnants in rugged mountains about 32 miles north of Baguio. Through July 27 a total of 12 226 enemy dead signaled fierce combat as 1 545 troops surrendered including 982 Japanese soldiers and 485 civilians. The high terrain and frequent cloud cover hinder visibility and fire.
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Russell Brines
U. S. 14Th Army Corps
Luzon
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Oscar W. Griswold
14Th Corps
Griswold
Yamashita
Singapore
Baguio
Sempsip
Kiangan
Russell W. Volckman
Philippine Army
32Nd
U.S
Sixth Infantry Division
Jackson urges swift agreement on war crimes trials
An American source says Justice Robert H. Jackson told British Russian and French reps that an agreement on war crimes trial plans must be reached this week. He warned the United States may act alone if talks stall and action does not begin.
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Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
U. S
United States
Looters Steal Thousands From Empire State Building Office
In New York on July 30, looters robbed the Catholic Welfare Office in the Empire State Building after it was damaged by a B 29 bomber on Saturday. The building management disclosed the theft today.
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New York
U.P
Catholic Welfare Office
Empire State Building
Tokyo Raiders On Review At Amarillo Field Exhibition
Amarillo Field hosts an Army Air Forces open house marking 38 years of growth with a display of B-29s including The Flagship. The event runs from 1 to 5 PM with a parade, tours, baseball, and a film on B 29 flight engineering. Visitors can tour hangars 740 and 730 and view survival gear.
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Panhandle
Amarillo Field
Tokyo
Army Air Forces
Army Air Field
College Park
Army
H. H. Arnold
Black Bear Attacks Worker at Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago July 30 Anthony Rausch was clawed and chewed by a 500 pound black Tibetan bear while cleaning a cage in the Lincoln Park zoo bear pit. Park policeman Jack Lanning killed the animal with three shots. Rausch was taken to Columbus Hospital in serious condition.
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Chicago
Anthony Rausch
Lincoln Park Zoo
Jack Lanning
Columbus Hospital
Rausch
News Tip Prize Won By Mrs Henry Brodie
Mrs Henry Brodie of 411 North Fillmore won the News Tip contest last week for information about a dog run over by a truck and receives five dollars. Second prize goes to W A Hunter Route 1 for an airplane crash tip near City Lake. Third prize to David Knox 103 West Central for a baby head entrapment tip.
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Henry Brodie
North Fillmore
W. A. Hunter
Route 1
City Lake
David Knox
West Central
Overhead garage door hardware sale notice
Repair notice lists John Maynard Lor Co at 800 W South Street offering overhead garage door hardware and related parts for sale.
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John Maynard Lor, Co
Assembly Rebuffs De Gaulle Over Constitutional Referendum
In Paris on July 30 the consultative assembly rejected General De Gaulle’s plan for a constitutional referendum by 210 to 19. It approved a leftist counterproposal for a sovereign unicameral legislature with colonial representatives, by 186 to 45, prompting speculation De Gaulle may resign or dismiss cabinet members.
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Paris
General de Gaulle
Consultative Assembly
Third Republic
de Gaulle
France
France to Control Berlin Sector Allocated by Council
The Allied Control Council in Berlin held its historic first meeting. It announced a Berlin sector would be allocated to France with General Eisenhower presiding. Attendees included Field Marshal Montgomery, Marshal Zhukov and Lt Gen Pierre Koenig.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Russia
Georgi K. Zhukov
France
Pierre Koenig
Amarillo Weather Outlook and Thunderstorm Potential
Partly cloudy conditions persist today tonight and Tuesday across Amarillo and vicinity with a little temperature change. Highs near 94 and 89 at noon with a low around 68. West Texas and New Mexico show similar partly cloudy trends and scattered afternoon evening thundershowers mainly in mountains.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Regal Co Real Estate and Loans Firm Adverts
An E A Regal Company listing promotes real estate services and loans. The notice highlights property sales, mortgage offerings, and financial assistance for buyers and investors in a period newspaper style.
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E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
Allied leaders press near end of Potsdam talks
Reports from Potsdam say Truman Attlee and Stalin work on final language of tentative wartime agreements as Big Three push toward a harmonized communique. Gorbatov cautions on Hitler fate while noting underground activity in Berlin. U. S. soldiers to be brought home gradually to avoid compromising peace.
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Gorbatov
Berlin
Hitler
Potsdam
Truman
Attlee
Stalin
Europe
Japan
Pacific
Stars and Stripes
U. S
Top Nazis Break Down Under Interrogation at Mondorf
German war leaders at Mondorf grapple with fear and confinement as they await war crimes trials. Goering remains terrified of death. Ley disintegrates physically and morally. Streicher clings to a lone friendship. Doenitz protests photos. Keitel pleads about his baton. Frank bursts into tears and declares I am a criminal.
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Mondorfp
Luxembourg
Hermann Goering
Robert Ley
Julius Streicher
Adolf Hitler
Streicher
Ley
Hans Frank
Poland
Mondorf
Wilhelm Keitel
Eisenhower
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Hitler
Sgt
Robert Bock
Milwaukee
Wis
Goering
Albert Kesselring
New Job For Soong
Chungking reports Wang Shih Chieh named minister of foreign affairs, taking over from Premier Soong who had held the post since December 23 1941 while serving as premier since December 4. Soong recently returned from Moscow after talks with Premier Stalin and Soviet officials.
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Chungking
Wang Shih Chieh
Britain
T. ¥. Soong
Soong
San Francisco
Stalin
Moscow
Ten-Gallon Still Found In Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City July 30 A ten gallon whiskey still and seven 50 gallon barrels of mash were found behind a secret bakery ceiling panel at the Missouri penitentiary. Warden T E Whitecotton called it the biggest and best discovery yet. Old coffee urns from a former officer’s dining room were used to distill, with bakery heat and odors hiding fermentation.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
T. E. Whitecotton
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Fifth Fleet
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Kweilin
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Last Stand
London
Tokyo Raiders
C. M. Anderson
East Fourth
Bobby Erwin Hibbs
North Hayes
Pat Milligar
Georgia
G. P. Williamson
Hayden
H. E. Garrison
Pleasant Valley
D. W. Allen
East Thirteenth
C. R. Konkle
Tyler
Earlene Miller
Fairmont
O. L. Belle
Assembly
Alexander V. Gorbatov
Kommadantur
Gorbatev
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Autry
Russell Stationery Co
George Tucker
Bock
Col. B. C. Andrus
Denver
Colo
Admiral Doenitz
Sergeant Bock
Walter Warliment
Missouri
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