Truman May Step In Army Size Row
Houston County farmers fear a peanut worm invasion this year though no reports reached county agent Do. M. Ling last week. Ling says the threat cannot be ruled out and field surveys will resume soon with entomologist W. A. Ruffin expected to visit for a county survey. ling notes last year saw many reports but this year is quieter yet warns danger remains uncertain.
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Houston County
Do. M. Ling
W. A. Ruffin
Extension Service
Ling
Squabble Over Forces Said Actually Needed
Washington report says President Truman may settle a Capitol Hill clash over Army size for a Pacific war. Senators Johnson and Taft attack demobilization pace while Stimson defends keeping about seven million in uniform. Johnson urges MacArthur use of all available troops, warns of mass demobilization and manpower shortages.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Capitol Hill
Johnson
D-Cole
Taft
Ohio
War Department
Pepper
D-Fla
Thomas
Utah
Military Committee
Stimson
United States
Heh
Stapp Named State Legion Commander
Albert Stapp of Birmingham was elected Commander of the Alabama Department of the American Legion in recent mail balloting as the annual state convention was not held. Otis L. Cooper was named vice commander and others named to posts including chaplain and sergeant at arms.
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Florence
James A. Lane
Huntsville
A. S. Perry
Din
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Birmingham
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Maj
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Montgomery
D.S. Mun BF
Mobile
Alex O. Taylor
E. L. Gibson
Enterwise
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Jasper
Ston Clayton
Clayton
Buses Roll Again In Five States As Strikers Return
NEW ORLEANS AP The Greyhound buses in five southeastern states resumed service after an eight day strike by 950 maintenance men and operators ended under a directive from the regional War Labor Board. Vance Greenslit said the five drivers involved were discharged for a May first walkout, members of the Amalgamated Association of Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. The strike affected service in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia and Florida.
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Greyhound
Dallas
Vthe
Vance Greenslit
Press
Egamated Association of 1, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
Louizianne
Missippi
Ala
Georgia
Florida
Huge Flying Boat Hawaii Mars Sinks in Navy Test Flight
Hawaii Mars a 72 2 ton flying boat built by Glenn L Martin Co sank in Chesapeake Bay during a routine test flight from Baltimore. One crewman injured of ten aboard. Two crew members trapped were rescued as small boats rushed to shore. Pilot William E. Coney regained partial control before crash.
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Rock Hill
Hawaii
William E. Coney
Navy
Martin
NHA Receives Request for 25 More Homes Here
Arthur Johnson of the Tiothan Chamber of Commerce said a request for 25 additional houses has been made to the National Housing Agency. The agency had just approved 23 houses to supplement the initial 25, with work already underway on 15 of the originals.
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Dothan
National Housing Agency
Arthur Johnson
T He Tiothan Chamber of Commerce
NHA
Johnson
Peacetime draft backers gloomy over prospect
Congressional backers of universal military training admit they nearly lost hope of passage. They may pursue compulsory training for all able bodied youths when Congress reconvenes, but expect limited success. The Postwar Military Policy Committee backs the plan with Army and veterans support, while educators and labor oppose. Some Capitol Hill allies expect Truman to propose a modernized National Guard instead.
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API
Congress
House
Representative Woodmim
D- Vat
Army
Navy
Veterans
Capitol Hill
Truman
More Than 20,000 Strikers Return To Jobs In U S
More than 20,000 workers returned to their jobs today as work stoppages eased nationwide. About 60,000 still idle, down from roughly 60,000 last week. Industries affected include Teche Greyhound lines in multiple states, Reynolds Metals plants in Louisville, Bath iron works welders, Pharis Tire and Rubber Newark, and St Louis car plant. A walkout lockout began at Rome New York General Cable plant.
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Associated Press
Teche Greyhound
Lamamiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Reynolds Metals Company
Louisville
Bath
Iron Works
Pharis Tire and Rubber Company
Newark
Atomic Bomb Used On Japan By U S Airmen
President Truman announced the United States Army Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The weapon surpasses 20 000 tons of TNT and is described as a revolutionary increase in destruction. The raid targeted a major depot with ordnance and aircraft plants on Honshu.
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Washington
United States Army Air Force
Truman
White House
Hiro Shima
Treman
Far East
Hiroshima
Honshu
20Th Air Force
Guam
Calculated Risk Led to Atomic Bomb Project
In Oak Ridge Tennessee Major General Richard Leake Groves and Colonel Kenneth Nichols directed the wartime atomic program. The pair oversaw operations that expanded from a plant to two more sites and built a secret city of 15,000 as the project progressed. Groves said the work involved calculated risks that paid off.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
API
Japan
Richard Leake Groves
Washington
Kenneth David Nichols
Tennessee
Groves
British Plants Directed Atomic Power Gamble Victory
British scientists studied the problem and developed two principal plants and several lesser factories for atomic power. The President disclosed over 65,000 workers in secrecy at these sites and said the 2 billion dollar expense was the greatest scientific gamble in history and won, with readiness to proceed.
Secret plant workers idolized by secrecy in Washington
Workers in a large top secret government facility near Ichland Washington helped build the new atomic bomb without knowing its purpose. The article notes the secrecy surrounding the project and the workers’ lack of awareness about what they were producing.
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Ichland
Wash
Here
Senator Hiram Johnson Dies at 79 After Illness
Washington AP reports Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 6:45 PM after a lengthy illness. A Republican veteran first elected in 1916, Johnson opposed Wilson on the League of Nations covenant and World Court and supported California reforms including initiative and recall. He co-authored the Swain Johnson Act for the Shasta Dam and helped shape California’s water and power projects. His career spanned much of the nation’s modern era.
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Washington
Fie
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Ait Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Senate
Leslie W. Biffle
Cantrees
Wilson
United States
Wes
Johnann
Frost IV
Fonpiras
Swain Johnsen
Tehnsen Adee
Roye
State Personnel Director Resigns at University Center
MONTCOMFRY Al. reports the State Personnel Director resigned after a decline in the revamped systems at the Birmingham Center of the University of Alabama. Browder said a formal announcement and plan for a successor would come later, effective Sept. 1, with partial Montgomery work starting Oct 1 to avoid department disruption.
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Browedet
Birmingham
University of Alabame
Perattont
Browder
Sai Houeser
Ty Plang
Ed Leigh McMulan Brewton
Montgomery Nn
Othe
Lidice Recalled In Japs Sack Of Kweilin
CHUNGKING AP dispatch reports the Japanese razed Kweilin and Kanhsien in six months of occupation. About 50,000 Chinese residents in Kanhsien are dead or missing. Kweilin was set afire after occupation ended, with traitors paid for destroyed buildings.
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Chungking
Kyehin
Carthage
Kanhsien
Kwada
Fomer U.S
Kweslin
Kwangsi
OWL
David Chandler
Ela
Kwellin
Chandler
GI James Newtan Dies After Japanese Prison Camp
Corporal James E. Newtan died after three years in a Japanese prison camp. His body lay in state in a flag draped coffin at a local funeral home. Funeral services were held at Fires Baptist Church at 2 pm. Newtan, who had been accorded military honors, died Friday 31 days after Army doctors allowed his return home. Messages of condolence poured in to the Newman home. Manhattan? (Note: OCR shows garbled city. included as read).
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Fort Worth
New Managrove
Newman
Dothan Man Jailed After Indictment
VAMEK Paeneees time man has been taken into custody and placed in the charity jail on an Ins teiment for ermbexzlenent and arand larceny records at the where is office revealed today Tucietchent oof Ratehelor was a ban G2 remained by the Houston County grend for which refeseed Saturday after deliberating cases for a week Approximately half of the de fendants indicted by the grand jury have been taken innto custody court records revealed.
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Vamek Paeneees
Ermbexzlenent
Arand
Houston County
Grand Jury
General Yamashita Hunted As Filipino American Forces Press On
American and Filipino troops press the Luzon campaign with a push toward General Yamashita's hideout near Baguio. MacArthur reports 4,740 Japanese dead and 444 captured in the week, while U S losses total 27 dead and 61 wounded. Counterattacks northwest of Kiangan are driven back. firebombing and trench defenses shape the advance.
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Toykur Yamashita
Luzon
MacArthur
United States
Yamashita
Malaya
Baguio
MacActhue
Philippines
Kiongan
Yamaahite
Jam Ktown
Mayayao
Mitchella
Mth Pir
Farhway
Petain Witness Tells How French Hid War Goods
Paris AP report says Gen Pico Andart testified that at armistice French troops hid war materiel under orders from Gen Weyrand. He cited concealment of 18 000 000 francs and 18 000 000 francs in sand and raw materials, and creation of machine gun components. Laval allegedly showed little interest.
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Petain
Paris
Pico Andart
Treadon
Marshal Petain
Maxime Weyrand
Ander Wud
Dories
Pierre Laval
Weyvand
Witrtse
Bombers Strike Second Time In Five Days War Strike Report
KY MARLIN SPENCER GUAM AP reports massive incendiary raids by 669 Superfortresses and 580 Mustangs across Tokyo and western Japan. Cities Nishinomiya Imubari Maebazhi Saga Ube coal liquefaction centers burn as 10,800 tons of bombs fall. Tokyo sirens warn of daylight raids. over 160 square miles scorched. General Spaatz notes Toyama destroyed. Wakasa Bay raids reported. MacArthur media spoke of a score of Mitchell medium chambers Turn To No. 6 On Page 2.
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KY Marlin Spencer
Guam
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Kanshu
Japan
Nishinomiya
Imubari
Maebazhi
Saga
Ube
Radio Tokyo
Warmege
Nvas
Spaatz
Ecord
Toyama
Hanahie
Tokyu Radio
Wakasa Bay
Honaba
Harimea Sea
Danka Bay
Sea of Japan
MacArthur
Michell
Canadian Troops Deploy In Pacific Action
Canadian Army Pacific force with 30 000 troops lands in advanced Pacific areas. Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons and Navy ships including two aircraft carriers and two cruisers follow. Col. Richard Malone says Canadians will fight with Americans using American weapons and tactics.
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Guam
Pacific
Royal Canadian Air Force
Richard S Malone
Canadian Army
Fabre Relations
World War II Update Across Asia and Pacific Fronts
AP dispatch reports heavy Allied bombing raids on Honshu targets including Bata Muetsab and Nishinomye, with Tokyo hospitals struck. Allied forces push Japanese defenses in Java and the Philippines reports 4,740 Japanese killed and 443,012 enemy campaign fatalities. Chinese forces accuse Japan of murders near Kashien and Lingling while Burma combats resistances around Nyinglbin and Abya with near destruction of the 28th Army north of Rangoon.
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Java
Philippines
Mar Arthur
China
Kashsien
Hong Kong
Kwetha
Lingling
Flying Tiger
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