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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
1
Australian ninth division infantrymen entered Brunei unopposed after a rapid advance from Labuan and neighboring airfields. U S and Australian air forces pounded targets while Japanese resistance narrowed to pockets, with heavy bombers striking Jesselton and surrounding oil districts as Australian troops pushed inland.
General Eisenhower rode through Paris as over a million residents cheered the Allied liberator. He declared Berlin is destroyed and praised French resistance while receiving the Bronze Star from General De Gaulle in a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe area.
The West Virginia state board of education announced a no exceptions policy under the 1945 retirement act, automatic at age 65. It will affect eight Marshall instructors, seven at Fairmont state, three at Shepherd, three at West Virginia state, and one at Bluefield, with two college presidents and other deans retiring next fall.
Solid Fuels Administrator Ickes announced the return of 260 strikebound coal mines to private owners in Pennsylvania Ohio Tennessee Virginia Kentucky West Virginia Illinois Indiana and Alabama. Mines were taken over in April and May 1944 except two Jewell Ridge mines in Tazewell Virginia taken November 1 1943. The Jewell Ridge operation had not joined the national bituminous wage agreement amid litigation over portal to portal pay.
Weirton Steel in Elkins West Virginia faces 35 counts in federal court for violating interstate commerce commission rules by underpaying tariffs on shipments. U S district attorney filed the information as part of ongoing cases after an earlier indictment over wartime remodeling at the Williams Country club. Judge William E Baker scheduled June 29 in Wheeling to hear pleadings.
The National Labor Relations Board certifies United Mine Workers of America District 28 as the majority representative for Clinchfield Coal Corp employees in Clinchco Virginia. An election on June 2 produced 567 votes for the UMW, 40 for the Independent Union, and 127 for neither among 734 valid ballots.
Japanese broadcasts claim homeland will be an island fortress and that waves of Flying Fortresses and Liberators from Europe will strike the Philippines. Suzuki says defense plans are complete and invaders would be met by forces five to ten times superior. The reports also cite possible landings on the Japanese mainland and warned of a rising attack corps.
In Washington lawmakers clash over extending the presidents power to cut tariffs by 50 percent from January 1 rates. Senator Taft argues limited trade gains would cost jobs and raise retraining costs, while Senator Brewster cites domestic prosperity as key to trade volumes. Supporters plan to vote on reciprocal trade authority in three years.
Thirty residents of Huff Creek, Wyoming County, receive rabies treatment at Dr. R. C. Hatfield’s Oceana office after drinking milk from infected cows. The sick cow, bitten by a stray dog, was killed and its head sent to Charleston for testing. A dog quarantine, effective June 5 to August 5, is enforced by local officials per state law.
The National Labor Relations Board reports depleted funds and halted regional operations pending Congress relief. With about $80,000 in a restricted printing fund, the agency seeks transfer approval in the second deficiency bill. To conserve cash, offices cut long distance calls and travel as strike-vote workload surged after March events involving coal miners.
Chinese forces on a broad south China front have reached the suburbs of Liuchow and Ishan, key strongholds in the shrinking Japanese transcontinental corridor to Southeast Asia. American airmen aided the attack, strafing lines and destroying or damaging 21 Japanese aircraft in the Liuchow to Hengyang area.
A truck carrying about 15,000 pounds of dressed chickens from North Carolina to Baltimore caught fire north of Fredericksburg. By the time Falmouth fire department arrived, all the chickens were roasted and lost.
Gen George S Patton will lead the American Third Army and the Seventh Army in occupying Germany, with Secretary of War Stimson announcing the plan. The move surprises as the Fifteenth Army was expected to take the job, but the Third and Seventh will stay on in Europe while the Fifteenth possibly returns home or is disbanded. General Mark Clark will also return to his Mediterranean post.
Washington reports the 7th war loan drive is about 10 percent behind plan as War Finance Director Ted R. Gamble urges committees to boost activity. Individual sales total $5.51 billion, 78.7 percent of $7 billion. E bond sales reach $2.496 billion or 61 percent of its quota. The drive began May 14 and ends June 30.
New York reports a five-foot alligator wandered into a backyard chasing cats. Police secured the creature after rope and a stakeout, hauling it to the station house. Origin of the gator remains unknown.
A British radio broadcast quoted by an Australian ro ok said Hong Kong endured a major air raid by heavy bombers. The NBC monitored report claimed 25 000 gallons of jellied gasoline were dropped on port facilities and warehouses, with Saigon also targeted by allied planes during the night.
Testimony before a congressional committee accused the Northport New York veterans hospital of assigning physically unfit soldiers to care for mental patients. Col Louis Verdel said 15 soldiers were court martialed for abusing patients. several civilian staff were fired. He noted more than 300 attendants with half deemed unsuited for their jobs.
Rep. Cannon announces military belief that Japan may surrender in 90 days or the war could become a long attrition fight. He cites possible use of sea and air power and urges caution against over-optimism while Congress approves a 92 million dollar war-appropriations cut.
President Truman will fly the United Nations charter from San Francisco to Washington in hopes the Senate will ratify it before his meeting with Stalin and Churchill next month. He aims to extend travel with Missouri homecomings and may visit Olympia Washington and Oregon as part of the Northwest trip. Charles G. Ross said the charter would be presented to the Senate promptly.
Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley's 96th Infantry Division breached the Yaeju line on Okinawa center, seizing Yaeju Dake and advancing near Ozato as the 7th Infantry and 1st Marine divisions push coastal targets. SIM BN units report heavy Japanese resistance and aerial support from Marine groups. More than 100 Japanese surrendered on Oroku peninsula amid continued assaults and Senaga island landings to neutralize a naval battery.
U S forces push three miles through northern Luzon toward the Cagayan valley two miles from its entrance. Air and artillery attacks target Japanese supply lines as the 33rd Infantry Division nears Bokod near Baguio. Night raids on Sangihe Island destroy warehouses amid Mindanao mops.
President Truman and top military leaders saluted the infantryman today, honoring the doughboy as the soldier who has borne the brunt of the fighting and will be in there for the final kill.
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