Realigning Air Forces for Pre Invasion Blows
Delay opening reports indicate the Big Three realign air power under US Army Strategic Air Forces designations. General Giles, deputy commander, notes a planned 1000 plus aircraft raid with consolidated bomber commands and long range fighters, shifting targets toward homeland defense and pre invasion strikes. Command changes place B29s in China and new strategic groups under USASAF.
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AW Power
Pacific
Egg Hulu
Japan
Hy Byolictle
Ute
Ceneral Giles
Dapan
Gatwy
Mr Las
Bomber Command
Gio
China
Usasaf
U. 5 Anny Strategie Air Forces
Devastating Navy Attack Destroys Steel Cities and Vessels
A wartime report notes heavy U.S. naval strikes devastate two major steel producing cities, wrecking 152 vessels and 133 aircraft. Land based planes press the air war today while Japanese forces make no immediate counterattack.
Chinese Forces Mop Up Manhsien Nearing Kweilin
Reports say Chinese forces delivered crushing blows over the weekend, destroying or damaging numerous Japanese vessels, planes, and industrial targets. Allied land and carrier aircraft massively pounded northern Honshu and Hokkaido, with key steel plants and towns struck as the Third Fleet pressed through bad weather.
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Manhsien
Kweilin
Leip Erickson
Guam
Japan
Senate panel backs no barriers on wage increases
Associated Press reports senators urge Congress to approve a resolution directing the War Labor Board to consider increases in wages for 65 workers. The move seeks a uniform stance against price controls and supports higher pay across sectors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
War Labor Board
Drivers Eligible for New Tires Under Address Change Rule
Washington July 16 Some passenger car owners including A cardholders became eligible today for new tires due to a bona fide change of address that required a special gasoline ration. This is the first time since rationing began that any A cardholders may obtain new tires. The extension of eligibility covers war workers moving cities, production shifts, discharged veterans returning home, and others moving to new locations. To apply, motorists must have used a special gasoline ration under B, T, or C.
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Associated Press
Washington
OPA
Torres
Butter Pricing Shifts Amid 16 Point Basis Change
Butter sells at 16 ration points per two pounds as government implements a key part of meal relief. A Republican food committee warns bread prices and sugar shortages may rise if administration fails to supply adequate sugar. OPA notes creamery butter drops from 24 to 16 points to curb seasonal retail shortages. Country butter stays at 12 points per pound, margarine at JA points. OFA cites a ten million pound boost in civilian butter supplies next month due to military stock reductions.
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Associates
Washington
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
OPA
OFA
Senator seeks world recognition of silver backing
The Bretton Woods plan to form an international bank and a monetary fund aims to finance rehabilitation and development with a 49.1 billion dollar bank and 4.8 billion dollar fund. Senate debate soon to begin after House approval, with Thomas proposing silver backing and a call for Treasury to issue currency tied to silver.
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Washington
Bretton Woods
Senate
Beni
Benatar Millen
Coley Wall
Chamber
United States
House
Thomas D-Ollay
United States Monetary
Thomas
Monetary Fund
Morgenthau
Treasury
Fingerprinting of all in U S Army zone in Germany
An estimated 3,000,000 persons in the American occupation zone in Germany will be fingerprinted. Col Gianda W. Wilson of Berkeley Calif, chief of public safety, said it will be a gigantic task and appealed for fingerprint experts. The War Department announced five civilian police experts and a fire department supervisor were added to the control group in Germany, including Lynn G Adams former head of the Pennsylvania State Police. Wilson said the United States will fingerprint every German deemed criminal, including Nazi party members and German armed forces officers, plus those in arrest or security categories.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Giianda W. Wilson
Berkeley
Calif
United States Group
Wilson
War Department
Fire Department
Lynnn G. Adams
Pennsylvania State Police
United States
SGT Lawson Home After Long War Service
TySgb Frank A Lawson arrived home Sunday morning from Adventows Gap after receiving an honorable discharge under the point system. The 23 year old veteran, who served over three years, logged 61 missions against Japan as an engineer-conner aboard Wakabe Force aircraft. He previously worked for Raymond Mig Company before training as a bomber crewman and is a son of Mr and Mrs C A Lawson of West Frederick Street.
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TySgb
Frank A. Lawson
Adventows Gap
Sgt
Lawson
Japaneas
Pacific Zone
Conner
Wakabe
Chanute Field Air Powe
Illinois
Army Air Forces
C. A. Lawson
West Frederick Street
Raymond Mig
Vinson Named by President Vinson to Treasury Secretary
Washington July 16 Truman nominated Fred M. Vinson War Mobilization chief to succeed Henry Morgenthau Jr as secretary of the Treasury. The president also sent to the Senate Theron Lair Caudle for assistant attorney general and Harold William Judson for assistant solicitor general as others resignations are processed. Johnson Renounces Pension for Former Judge Albert Johnson waives his $10 000 annual pension amid a judiciary sub committee probe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman Today
Fred M. Vinson
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Schorule
Morgenthau
Truman
Vinson
Berlin
Senate
Theron Lair Caudle
Wadesboro
Tom C. Clark
Gaulle
Wake Forest College
United States
North Carolina
Harold William Judson
California
Missouri
Hugh B. Cox
Gas Thieves Cause Fire At Darrow Sawmill
Two youths Bernard Robbins of East Main Street and Keith Miles of Weightsale set fire to a Wrightsville sawmill by stealing gasoline and igniting it. Officers captured them later. the blaze damaged the mill but did not destroy it. The suspects were handed to Ware County authorities for processing.
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Wrightsvilts
Wilchteville
Bernard Edwin Robbins
East Main Street
Keith Henry Miles
Weightsale
Krupa
State Police
Warr County
Warr County MuEberlines One Are Beternigned In Ubatelby
Miles
Corryman
GOP Chief Seeks Pact Banning Draft in Peace Time
House Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts proposes an international agreement to bar conscription during peacetime. He said he will introduce a resolution calling on the United States to negotiate such a pact with other nations.
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GOP
Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
United States
Hotel Corry May Cut Meals Again
The Corry Hotel faces possible closure of its dining room to the public as point allowances have been reduced. If enacted the measure would limit meals to room guests and affect clubs and organizations that rely on hotel lunches and dinners.
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Corry Hotel
Worth Hammond
Telephone strike halts service at Warren and Newton Falls
July 16 local and long distance telephone service at Warren and nearby Newton Falls was halted when about 1000 operators employed by the Warren Telephone Company walked off their switchboards at 10 m to press wage increases and other demands. Only six operators remained on duty to handle emergency calls.
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Warren
Newton Falls
Warren Telephone Company
Officer Dickson Improves After Jamestown Wreck
Officer Glenn Dickson of the Gang Police Department showed slight improvement after a Sunday operation for injuries from a car crash near Sugar Grove and St Webb. He suffered severe facial fractures and ruptured internal organs. hospital officials gave a cautious recovery outlook. The crash killed Orville Barlow, a retired Susar Grove merchant, who died of a heart attack while investigating the wreck near his home.
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Jamestown General Hospital
Carty
Suger Grove
St Webb
Ine
Tatore Orville Barlow
Susur Grove
New Iwo Jima Stamp On Sale At Corry Post Office
The three cent commemorative stamp features the famous Mount Suribachi flag raising and honors the United States Marine Corps. It went on sale this morning at the Corry Post Office with local supplies arriving today. The design shows the flag raising and the words United States Postage at the top, with denomination and other text beneath.
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Iwo Jima
Four youths captured after lookout tips on planned store robbery
Four youths were nabbed after a lookout alerted authorities to a planned theft at a Washington Center Street store. The men, aged 17 and 18, from Conroe and Spring Crowns, planned to rob the stockroom of beverages and groceries. One signaled to others to prepare a receptacle, but police arrived and the suspects confessed their intent. Their jail transfer awaits county authorities.
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Wlix-Wi
Geutey Street
Ingaine
X! Erie
Flanigan
Fruit Belt
Focal
Wiig
Jenusolil
Mard
State Police Capture Fugitive Car Thief
State police wounded and captured Glenn Plowman 24 of Ernest Indiana county in western Pennsylvania after spotting him fleeing a parked car near a picnic grounds in Que hamoning township. He was shot in the hip for ignoring a halt order and taken to Somerset Hospital. Treasury report notes Receipts 116,160,245.52 Expenditures 30,816, SELBY net balance 24,500116,197.62 total debt 261,640,445,230.68 up 29,604, Vonnad.
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Glenn Plowman
Ernest Indiana County
Hetts
Pennsylvania
Howard A. Stephens
Plowman
Hamoning Township
Stephens
Somerset Hospital
Treasury
Washington
Selby
Vonnad
Potsdam Big Three Meet Under Tight Security
President Truman arrives in Potsdam to join Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill at the conference site. Secretive talks focus on Japan and the war’s next steps as American officials and Allied leaders plan strategy and news releases.
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Winston Cleanroteill
Uhe
Statin
Japan
Potsdam
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
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Sodig
United States
Great Britain
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Vie Valley
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Congress
Senate War Investigating Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
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Pace
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