Navy Shifts Commands In Pacific Carrier Arm
Washington reports a broad reallocation of naval air leadership in the Pacific as Secretary Forrestal confirms 29 major flag rank shifts within 30 days. Key moves include Rear Admiral Frederick Sherman to command a carrier division and Vice Admiral John Towers returning to Washington as deputy chief of naval operations for air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Pacific
Japan
Forrestal
Frederick C. Sherman
Marc A. Mitscher
John H. Towers
Mitchher
Wiliam F. Halsey
Naval Operations
Vie McCain
Veterans Affairs Ad
Omar Bradley
Spee
Owever
Mitscher
Sherman
Towers
Glenn
Henry K. Hewitt
Adm
Harold R Stark
Navalorces
Europe
Stark
Aubrey W. Fitch
Naval Acaemy
Severn River
John R. Beardall
Willelieve
Howard F.ingman
15Th Naval District
Panama Sea Frontier
Southeast Pacific
Bear Kingman
Pacific Fleet
Judge Johnson Quits Under Questioning
Washington July 14 Judge W. A. Johnson a former federal judge resigned his rights under the judicial retirement act ending a five day public hearing. A House judiciary subcommittee will consider impeachment action next week. Johnson quit during cross examination about income and receivership cases and renounced his $10 000 a year pension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Johnson
House
Lewisburg
Johnson
Judiciary
Italy Declares War on Former Axis Partner Japan
Rome reports the foreign ministry declared war on Japan effective tomorrow. Premier Ferruccio Parri had signaled such action would be required under armistice terms with Allied approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Foreign Ministry
Italy
Japan
Ferruccio Parri
White Man Paid Plenty Of Wampum For Lands
The article discusses European purchases of Native lands, noting the $24 ren amed amount and Ickes remarks. It cites government land bought from Indians at $1.25 an acre still on the books with no buyers, much leased for grazing at nominal rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Soan
Ickes
Strikes Idle 48,000 as Labor Walkouts Spur Disruptions
A broad wave of work stoppages hit more than twenty cities with about 48,000 idle. Key actions included 16,500 Firestone workers in Akron voting to return Monday after a CIO-UAW contract dispute, plus plant shutdowns at Spicer Manufacturing and Willys-Overland in Ohio. Other cities reported layoffs among newspaper workers and various unions over discharges, contract changes, and wage issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
CIO United Rubber
Firestone
WLB
Toledo
Cio-Uaw
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Willys-Overland Motors
Spicer
Buals
New York
Lee
Birminghedar Ala
Fovertehion
International Union
AFL
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jersey City
Bayonne
Springfield
John Marchiando
OPA
Cio-United Mine Workers
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Consolidated Coal Company
Jenkins
Cio-Umw
United Mine
Cambria Mining
Webb
Bellaire
Detroit
United Automobile
Gra - Paige Corporation
Chicago
R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company
Pressed Steel
Connellsville
Anchor-Hocking Glass Company
Trenton
N. J
CIO
United Steel
Laval Steam Turbine Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Solvay Process Company
West Virginia to Broadcast Messages for Philippine Service Members
West Virginia will provide a radio program for troops in the Philippine islands. The West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission said 48 broadcasts will air, three each week for 16 weeks, including greetings from Governor Meadows and messages from parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Philippine Islands
Army
Meadows
Philippines
Australians land seize Balikpapan base in Borneo advance
Australian amphibious forces push 14 miles up Balikpapan Bay and seize a former Japanese seaplane base as the port opens to Allied shipping. Dutch and Australian units envelop the Japanese on Smashed Stone ridge while MacArthur reports progress in the Balikpapan sector and nearby advances toward Sambodja and Beaufort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Balikpapan Harbor
Borneo
Balikpapan Bay
Big East Borneo
Sambodja
Stone Ridge
Balika
Douglas MacArthur
Balikpapan
Allied forces seize Kiangan Bontoc and Mankayan in northern Luzon
MacArthur headquarters confirms Maj. Gen. Charles Hardis sixth infantry division captured Kiangan once an enemy headquarters in the Cordilleras, plus Bontoc and Mankayan 60 miles north of Baguio amid ongoing campaign operations. Tokyo radio claims Yamashita remains at large as remnants on Luzon number about 12 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luzon
MacArthur
Charles Hardis
Kiangan
Enem
Cordilleras
Bontoc
Mankayan
Baguio
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Tokyo
Japan
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japs Break Coastal Lines Near Amoy and Hong Kong
Chinese high command reported Japanese troops breached coastal defenses 35 to 50 miles below Amoy and west of Hong Kong in twin drives. Chinese forces allegedly repelled 3,000 enemy troops near Amoy while fighting inland toward Kweilin and Kanhsien. US 14th air force aircraft targeted Trung Khanh Phu near the Indo China frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Amoy
Hong Kong
China
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Kanhsien
Indo China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Trung Khanh Phu
Indo China- China
Hanoi
Serthanal
Caobang
Fukien
Formosa
Ae Chines Aa
Soldier Strayed to Wrong Arlington on Transfer Order
A soldier, unnamed in surviving text, arrived in Ington Mc Dowell County West Virginia instead of Arlington Virginia. Officials later corrected the transfer order with help from a draft board and Red Cross, sending him to the proper destination Aliceville Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priday
Arlington
Ington
McDowell County
W. Va
Aliceville
Ala
Red Cross
Truman Heads to Potsdam for Big Three Conference
President Truman sails aboard a cruiser toward Antwerp for a 3800 mile voyage ending with a 2 1 2 hour drive to Potsdam near Berlin. He will be met by Charles Sawyer and James Byrnes while 35th division guards the Antwerp Brussels route and no Belgian reception is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Potsdam
Antwerp
Belgium
Tnro
Birmingham
Gallen
Stalin
Churchill
AY Charles Sawyer
United States
James F. Byrnes
Augusta
OPA Cuts Ration Points For Butter
The OPA cut butter ration value by 8 points to 16 for creamery butter effective Sunday at 12:01 a.m. Farm butter stays at 12 points. Officials expect about 10 million more pounds will reach civilian supply in August. Meat shipments to shoe areas will also rise as non federally inspected processors may move meat across state lines if sanitary rules are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Problems Face Big 3 Meet in Washington
The article discusses a forthcoming Potsdam meeting among Truman Churchill and Stalin. It notes the need for a firm peace basis in Europe and questions whether a single power or a joint leadership will shape postwar order. It highlights tensions over Eastern Europe and Poland and calls for genuine cooperation among Moscow London and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Potsdam
Roosevelt Aange
Yalta
Russia
Poland
Man
Moscow
London
Action To Get Miners Out Of Army Promised
Rep Flannagan of Virginia pledged congressional action to release coal miners from the army and war plants. He said 30,000 miners are needed immediately with total relief estimated at 50,000 to 60,000 to solve current manpower shortages in mining operations. He will introduce a House resolution directing the War Department and the War Manpower Commission to act. Operators face an acute shortage as miners are drafted and shifted to war industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Flannagan
D-Va
War Department and Manpower Commission
Two Destroyers Down 38 Planes In Okinawa Battle
On May 11 off Okinawa the destroyers Hugh W. Hadley and Evans fought an hour and 45 minutes, downing 38 enemy planes and aiding 50 more from a larger attack. Evans claimed 15 planes with four assists in 73 minutes, while Hadley set a record with 23 planes in 105 minutes. Kamikazes struck Evans and Hadley, with Evans’ bow hit and Lt. John W. Gilpin lost overboard after an explosion. seaman Pat J. Macciocca aided him until rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh W. Hadley
Evans
Okinawa
Navy
Marine Corsair
Hadley
James M. Smith
New Freedom
Hull
John W. Gilpin
Windsor
Pat J. Macciocca
Fawn Street
Baltimore
Weekly coal production in districts 7 and 8
The office of solid fuels administration reports the week ending June 30 total bituminous output in districts 7 and 8 at 3,386,000 tons, down from 3,504,000 tons a year earlier. Cumulative production since April 1 reaches 43,271,000 tons versus 48,107,000 tons in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Solid Fuels Administration
Non Fraternization Policy Relaxed in Occupied Germany
London reports the non fraternization policy for American British and Canadian troops in Germany and Austria has been eased. Soldiers may speak with adults in public, with a $65 fine for violations as Eisenhower and Montgomery announced the change amid ongoing Nazi denazification arrests, and Russians had no prior ban on talking with Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Austria
Eisenhower
Montgomery
United States Army
Berlin
House Takes Long Recess as War-Era Sessions End
Washington July 14 congress adjourns for the longest wartime recess with House members leaving the capital. The chamber will be in recess until October 1 after final war agencies appropriation and Bretton Woods talks wrap with little chance of mid summer GI Bill revisions. McCormack notes the GI Bill path unlikely in the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Capitol
Chamber
Senate
Liberalir Veterans Committee
McCormack
D-Mass
Chennault To Leave China Retire From U S Army
Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault commander of the U S 14th Air Force in China announces he will leave China and retire from the army after returning to America. He notes the Japanese are beaten in the air in China and his force has wiped out many Japanese planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kunming
China
Claire Lee Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Flying Tigers
America
Chennault
George E. Stratemeyer
U.S
Fourteenth
14Th Air Force
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
Chungking
U. S. Army
Stratemeyer
Calcutta
Eastern Air Command
Army Air Force
Cheriiault
Kresge Stores Cited For OPA Violations
West Virginia four Kresge stores faced OPA actions after improper rationed shoe dealings. Wheeling Market Street received 30 day suspension with probation, Bluefield Federal Street 60 days with probation, Charleston S S Kresge 35 days active suspension, and Charleston S S Kresge 16 days active suspension. OPA noted steps to prevent recurrences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Cleveland
OPA
Fred 8. Glover, Jr
S. S. Kresge
West Virginia
District Office of Price Administration
Kresge
Market Street
Wheeling
Federal Street
Bluefield
S. Kresge Company
Woman Injured In Glider Demonstration Crash
A glider demonstration in Hydefield Clinton Maryland today injured Betty Krause secretary to Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle during the landing when a down draft lifted a wing. Senatorial observers McCarran Cordon and Taylor witnessed the incident. Pilot William Sampson was uninjured. The Laister-Kauffmann Aircraft Corporation of St Louis conducted the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hydefield
Clinton
Betty Krause
Senate
Leslie
Biffle
McCarran
D-Nev
Cordon
R-Ore
Taylor
Didaho
Miss Krause
William Sampson
Laister-Kauffmann Aircraft Corporation of
St. Louis
Battleships Shell Muroran Port in Northern Japan
U S Navy ships led by Admiral Nimitz hammer Muroran on Hokkaido as battleships Iowa Missouri Wisconsin and escorts shell the steel port while carrier planes over 1000 strong strike northern Japan. Earlier strikes hit Kamaishi with massed ships and air power despite bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New
Japan
Guam
Hokkaido
Muroran
Honshu
Ial Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Nimitz
Kamaiship
Honshu Island
Massachusetts
Indiana
Dakota
ITU Walkout Penalty Shuts Review of Journal Agreements
The War Labor Board suspends consideration of pending voluntary deals between publishers and the International Typographical Union as punishment for walkouts at Jersey City Jersey Journal and Bayonne Times. The board demands union by law changes be accepted in contracts or risk rejection of the deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board Today
Newspaper Commission
International Typographical Union
AFL
New Jersey
Violet
Jersey Journal
Jersey City
Bayonne
N. J
Chicago
ITU
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