Planes Aggressors Sunder Japanese Fleet Across Pacific
Allied air and naval operations rack up heavy Japanese losses in July. Adm. Halsey’s Third Fleet, with 250 British planes among carrier air, sinks or damages 1,035 Japanese ships and 1,278 aircraft. Nimitz reports 68 ships and small craft and 227 planes destroyed or damaged at Maizuru. land based forces destroy or damage many more vessels and planes as Tokyo reels.
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Maizuru
Nagoya-Osaka
Why Churchill May Decline Garter Knighthood for Dukedom
The article discusses why Winston Churchill might refuse a knighthood from King George to avoid gilding the lily. It notes his status as a statesman and author and hints he may expect a dukedom after Labour’s defeat, with doubt about accepting any lesser title.
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Order of the Garter
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Labor
Markets Ready Order Weed For Openings
Tobacco farmers were optimistic as they watched the opening of an estimated 227 450 000 crop offered for sale on sixteen auction markets of South Carolina and North Carolina belt.
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Florence
S. C
South Carolina
Northlina
Flue Cured Tobacco Markets Open on Border Belt
Florence August flue cured tobacco sold around 44.5 cents a pound on the border belt markets of South Carolina and North Carolina. Early reports say farmers pleased with receipts as sales run heavy and quality described as good.
Basis for confidence cites government ceiling and 1944 NG
The remark rests on a government ceiling of 44.5 cents and a one cent lead over the 1944 NG, with reports from officials and industry sources supporting the outlook.
Arabs Open Up Own Conference on Palestine
Arab leaders open their own conference on Palestine affairs in Amman as the Zionist World congress convenes in London. Spokesmen demand the British government bar Jewish refugee immigration to Palestine and halt further land transfers to Zionists or colonizing groups.
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Jerusalem
Amman
Transjordan
London
Palestine
Reserve Bank Textiles Plan Could Ease Urgent U.S. Industry
The Atlanta Federal Reserve in its monthly review urged government management and workers to ease textile strain. It notes rising service costs and export demand recovery, with civilian purchasing power growing while cotton output lags. Proposals include decentralizing agency authority to boost production.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Ge Bank
WPB
Two German Women Among 7 Nazis To Be Hanged
Seven Germans including two women were sentenced to death for the killing of six captured American airmen last August. The trial at Darmstadt lasted six days and aimed to model procedures for hundreds of similar Nazi war crimes cases. One defendant was acquitted. The two sentenced women, Margarete Witzler and Kathe Reinhardt, sobbed as the judgment was read.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Margarete Witzler
Kathe Reinhardt
British Women Seek Equal Rights Campaign Gains Steam
In London August 1 a mass meeting with over 1000 women and several MPs urged Britain's new labor government to secure equality with men. The Status of Women Campaign Committee pressed for equal pay and opportunities, ending the marriage bar in government jobs, and equal social insurance benefits for all women.
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London
Britain
Status of Women Campaign Committee
Leahy Comes To Defense Of Petain
Adm William D Leahy chief of staff to President Truman expresses high regard for Marshal Petain in a letter read at his treason trial. Leahy notes Petain once sought Nazis' defeat and cites inability to testify due to his post. The defense hints at another potential witness Pierre Laval. Continue on Page Two.
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William D. Coun
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Marshal Petain
France
Leahy
Potsdam
Petain
U. S
Japs Accused Of Illegal Use Of Prisoners
Washington reports Japan may still screen bombing targets with allied prisoners. The State Department awaits Swiss and Red Cross verification of a Tokyo radio claim that Americans died in Kawasaki bombing last July. The department denounces Japan for locating POW camps in bombardment zones and notes evasive replies to protests.
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Japan
State Department
Tokyo
Kawasaki
International Red Cross
U. S
Department
Japanese Claims Allied Air Raids Show Heavy Losses
Tokyo reports 1021 planes and 25 ships destroyed or damaged since June 25 with 43 large and 478 carrier planes shot down and 12 warships sunk. It notes continued industrial dispersal and intensified preparations for an anticipated Allied invasion.
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San Francisco
Radio Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Major air raid hits five Japanese industrial cities
Washington reports the largest task force of the war struck five home island industrial cities. About 800 aircraft carried a record load of 6000 tons of incendiary and high hazardous devices against Hachioji Toyama Nagaoka Mito and Kawaski the petroleum center.
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Washington
Aug
Suever
Army Air Forces
Hachioji
Toyama
Nagaoka
Mito
Kawaski
Chinese push aims to sever parts of enemy control
Chinese forces advanced across three provinces near Chungking as they pressed to sever enemy communications and destroy strategic positions, while tactics aimed at weakening supply lines intensified.
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Chungking
Loan Rates On Cotton Fixed In Washington
The Commodity Credit Corporation sets 1945 crop loan rates for 7/8 inch middling cotton at 19.84 cents per lb, down from 20.03 cents last year, at 92.5 percent of parity. Rates vary by size and location with 15/16 inch middling at 21.63 to 20.42 cents per lb. zone differences apply in several eastern states.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Carolinas
Arizona
Cali
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Big Three Near End of Potsdam Talks
At Potsdam the Big Three signaled an early wrap to their historic conference with a possible conclusion before nightfall. President Truman plans to fly to England to meet King George VI aboard HMS Renown with lunch. Byrnes to join in earlier discussions.
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Potsdam
Mame
Plymou
George VI
United States
Truman
England
London
H.M.S. Renown
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Potsdam Big Three End Meetings With Planned Joint Communique
At Potsdam the Big Three concluded a long plenary session with Molotov and Bevin in attendance. A staff committee meeting was expected. A joint communique may announce results in London Washington and Moscow. President Truman plans a radio address on return to the United States after dining with the royal family.
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Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
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Washington
Moscow
Plymouth
Roosevelt
Yalta
Truman
San Francisco
United Nations
Augusta
United States
England
Eng
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Roosevelt Denies Father Aided His Business Affairs
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt and his son released statements denying that Theodore Roosevelt promoted or assisted the son's business interests. The son said he is leaving the air force to avoid being seen as an arm chair general and will cooperate with a congressional investigation. He urged public disclosure of all facts for his family.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Air Force
Department
Randolph Paul
The
Treasury
Propaganda Of Japs Reaches Critical Stage
GUAM August 1. Japanese propaganda broadcasts show growing tension as B 29 and navy strikes mount. Nipponese say they endure dire conditions while Tokyo residents live underground seeking minimal subsistence. Reports note tragedy behind the propaganda with glimpses of ruined wealth and loss.
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Guam
Tokyo
Japan
Hanshin Tron and Steel Corporation
Army Planes To Move Troops Across Continent
Washington reports that the war department will use army planes and pilots to move 25,000 troops monthly by air to ease railroad congestion. It will also discharge high-point soldiers with railroad experience to the maximum extent and expand furloughs for 4,000 former railroad workers.
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Continent
White House
Snyder
Washington
War Department
Secret Pier Of America Is Revealed
New York reports that a Jersey City pier was the major munitions loading point for World War II. The 1,800 foot pier at Caven Point terminal handled 2,696,811 tons of bombs and ammunition loaded from 54,000 freight cars into 1,800 ships over three years.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Caven Point Terminal
New York Harbor
America
10th Air Force Joins China's New Aerial Command
Aug 1 Chungking Lt Gen Wedemeyer says the U S 10th Air Force becomes part of Maj Gen Stratemeyer's China air command. The China force also includes the Flying Tigers era unit led by Maj Gen Claire Chennault and the Chinese American composite wing with air service, under Maj Gen Howard C Davidson.
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Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S. 10Th Air Force
Burma
George E. Stratenmeyer
Aerial Command
China
New China Command
U. S. 14Th Air
Ge Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tigers
Win
Air Service
10Th Air Force
Howard C. Davidson
Washiton
D. C
Hickam Field
Haya
Woavidson
Aubrey L
Halifax Arrives in London as Labour Government Takes Shape
Lord Halifax the British ambassador to the United States arrived in London amid speculation on his Washington post under the new labor government. He left Washington for his annual holiday before the parliamentary election results were announced that unseated the Conservative government.
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London
Lord Halifax
United States
Washington
Halifax
Army air forces record from the flying machine era to 1946
Washington notes mark 38 years since a captain and two enlisted men studied aviation for military use. The record cites 2,000,000 tons dropped on the Axis, 43,000 enemy planes destroyed, 30 to 80 percent of Germany’s top cities wrecked with Britain’s RAF, and a 2,700,009 ton planned strike against Japan’s war economy in 1946 if surrender isn’t achieved.
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Washington
Army
United States Army Air Forces
Britain
RAF
Germany
Japan
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