Big Three Berlin conference must shape postwar policy
The Berlin talks of the Big Three aim to establish common policies for Europe and resolve differences between the Soviet Union and Anglo American allies over Berlin's food, fuel, and German affairs. Moscow worries Britain and America are too repressive while communism seeks power across Europe.
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Berlin
Dent Truman
Europe
Germany
Moscow
Britain
America
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Poland
Roumania
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Russia
Belgium
Labor Disputes Push Strikes To 43000 Nationwide
Labor unrest grows to about 43000 idle workers as disputes spread from a Birmingham Alabama plant to Detroit and Akron Ohio. The large Food and dairy stoppage hits Detroit Creamery and Dearborn plants, while a Dodge truck body unit joins the walkout after a painters strike. Union involvement spans the IAM, IML, CIO unions, with the Firestone 16 500 striking Rubbers ordered to show cause before the National War Labor Board.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Alabama
Motor City
National Cast Iron Pipe Company
Birmingham
Ala
International Association of Machinists
International Moulders and Foundry Workers
AFL
Detroit Creamery Company
Ebling Creamery Company
Dearborn
Pontiac
Russell Ballard
United Dairy Workers, Cio
Ballard
Dodge Truck
CIO
United Automobile
Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
United Rubber
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
National War Labor Board
Washington
Tuttle Receives Legion of Merit for Mediterranean Service
Commander Magruder H. Tuttle of Le Noir North Carolina and a 1932 Annapolis graduate is awarded the Navy Legion of Merit by the Sixth District Naval Headquarters in Charleston. The honor covers meritorious conduct as commander of the headquarters squadron Fleet Air Wing 15 from January 15 to August 15 1944 in the Mediterranean area.
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Charleston
S. C
Sixth District Naval Headquarters
Navy
Magruder H. Tuttle
Lenoir
N. C
Annapolis
Fleet Airwing 15
Mediterranean
Bright Future Seen by Kentucky Banker at Carolina Meet
Elbert S Woolsey vice president of Louisville Trust Co told 125 bankers at the ninth annual Carolina bankers conference in Chapel Hill that natural economic forces will bring full employment and strong business for years. He noted bank deposits rising from 65 billion to nearly 150 billion in five years, mainly from government debt, and added that interest rates will hold steady for some time.
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Chapel Hill
Elbert S&s. Woolsey
Louisville Trust Company
Louisville
Two
Carolinas
University of North Carolina
Woolsey
Security Pact Quiz Inaugurated
Senator Brooks questions why the United Nations Charter lacks a defined act of aggression. Dr. Leo Pasvolsky testifies as Senate committee hears about the San Francisco conference avoiding a full list, with Chairman Connally noting difficulty in tabulating every potential aggression and preferring interpretation by individuals.
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Washington
Brooks
United Nations
World Security Council
Leo Pasvolsky
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Illinois
Pasvolsky
Connally
D-Tex
Five Nazi POWs Hanged for Murder in U S Disciplinary Barr
Five German prisoners of war from Rommel's Afrika Korps were executed at the U S disciplinary barracks in an unprecedented U S military action. Convicted January 25, 1944, at Camp Gruber Oklahoma for the murder of Johannes Munze near Tonkawa Oklahoma, they were Walter Beyer Berthold Seidel Hans Demme Hans Schomer and Willi Schulz. Beyer was the first to die at 12:06 a m following a priestly prayer.
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FT. Leavenworth
Kas
U S
United States
Camp Gruber Okla
Johannes Xunze
Tonkawa, Okla
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Walter Beyer
U. S. Army
Berthold Seidel
Hans Demme
Hans Schomer
Willi Schulz
Beyer
William S. Eley
John Sagar
C.W.T
Willi Scholz
Halsey Leads Massive Carrier Strike On Tokyo
Admiral Halsey returns to the western Pacific with the third fleet for a dawn Tokyo raid. Vice Admiral McCain's task force accompanies a 1000-plane assault from four carriers, four battleships, four cruisers, and 14 destroyers as airfields near Tokyo face extensive bombardment and neutralizing raids.
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Guam
William’ F. (Bull) Halsey
Western Pacific
Third Fleet
Tokyo
Mikado
John S. McCain
Adm
Chester W. Nimitiz
Norman Paige
American Broadcasting Company
Paige
Senate Civil Aviation Aid Bill Stalled In Inter-Committee Tug
A 500 million federal aviation aid bill is blocked in a Senate dispute over which committee should handle aviation legislation. The Interstate Commerce Committee led by Senator Wheeler and the Commerce Committee led by Senator Bailey claim jurisdiction, delaying action until after the UN charter and Bretton Woods talks.
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Washington
Senate
Bretton Woods
Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
Dmont
Commerce Committee
Bailey
D-Nc
Dutch Help In Borneo Campaign
Dutch and Australian units extended their grip around Balikpapan bay as Dutch forces seized Karango and Telaktebang peninsulas after overwater crossings from Cape Baroe. Australian troops fought near Pandansari refinery in Balikpapan town while Japanese withdrawals lag in southern Asia.
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Manila
Balikpapan Bay
Southeast Borneo
Balikpapan
Douglas MacArthur
Soember
Wainbesar
Karango
Telaktebang
Cape Baroe
Bay
Pandansari
Agreement Reached On Feeding Berlin
Berlin officials announced that the Allied powers have solved the Berlin food crisis for about 3,000,600 civilians. An official statement said Soviet Marshal Zhukov American Lt Gen Clay and British Lt Gen Weeks agreed Berlin’s food would be supplied by contributions from all occupation zones in Germany.
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Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Lucius D. Clay
Ronald
Germany
Bell From Luzon Sent To Washington Amid War Losses
Manila in July reports one of four ships sunk by Japanese near the Manila breakwater. Commodore Sullivan ordered divers to retrieve the bell, noting the effort to locate and preserve church flags and relics.
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Bell
Luzon
Washington
Manila
W. A. Sullivan
Sullivan
Mining Town Captured by Chinese Forces Near Canton
Chinese high command said Tayu in Kiangsi province near Canton's area has fallen to Chinese troops. Spearheads pushed beyond Tayu toward Kanhsien, cutting Japanese links and isolating the town from Kukong. Simultaneous advances from Lieuchow toward Kweilin and along the Luichow-Hengyang line were reported as charges continued in the region.
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Chungking
Tayu
Wolfram
Kiangsi
Canton
Kanhsien
High Command
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kukong
Lieuchow
U. S
Bad Rails Blamed On Southern
Rep. Engle of Michigan accuses Southern railroad of unloading 60 pound rails for Camp Blanding, underweight for army use and harming taxpayers. He cites contractors renting machinery and selling crushed rock at excessive profits and questions how long lighter rails will last under shifting army equipment.
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Washington
Engle
R-Mich
Southern Railroad
America
Camp Blanding
Congressional Record
Michigander
Southern
Blanding
Yanks Return Home After European Duty
Units arriving in the United States from Europe include at New York configurations of the Fourth division headquarters company Eighth infantry regiment and 29th 42nd 44th and 20th artillery battalions Third cavalry reconnaissance squadron mechanized 86th chemical mortar battalion 838th ordnance depot company 3463rd ordnance medium maintenance company 77th ordnance battalion headquarters 6840th quartermaster drivers detachment. At Boston 309th tank destroyer battalion 32nd cavalry reconnaissance squadron mechanized 18th cavalry reconnaissance squadron 394th field artillery battalion 1661st engineer utility detachment headquarters and headquarters company 1055th engineer port construction and repair.
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Associated Press
United States
Europe
New York
Fourth Division
Eighth Infantry
Third Cavalry
86Th
77Th Ordnance Battalion
Boston
Cavalry
18Th Cavalry
Field Artillery
1055Th Engineer Port
De Gaulle Not Expected To Seek New French Assembly Seat
Paris July 10 Two government officials say Gen de Gaulle will not run for the new national assembly in October elections but may be drafted for head of government. The election will test France's drift left and the fate of the 1875 constitution as voters choose 600 representatives and a president who may appoint a cabinet.
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Paris
de Gaulle
National Assembly
France
Chamber of Deputies
Gen. de Gaulle
Council of Ministers
Senate
Massive Pacific Air Blitz Hits Tokyo and Western Japan
Allied air forces from Halsey’s third fleet and the 20th Air Force bombed Tokyo area airfields and five industrial centers in sweeping strikes. B-29s from the Marianas and Iwo Jima launched a paired assault, with 3,500 tons of bombs on Sendai Wakayama Saka and other targets. Jets reported flames and fires across multiple cities as Japan faced its heaviest dawn attack to date with additional strikes targeting Osaka Kochi and Honshu.
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Guam
Japan
Adm
William F. (Bull
Nae
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Osaka- Kobe
Okinawa
Kyushu
Federal Communications Come
Chester W. Nimitz
Curtis E. Lemay
20Th Air Force
Honshu
Shikoku
Plans Made To Market A New Tobacco Crop
ATLANTA July 10 In a detailed briefing officials describe preparations to market another tobacco crop. U S growers sold 1 950 000 213 000 pounds of tobacco last year earning 814 956 000 dollars at 41 8 cents per pound, a record. The industry notes a cigarette shortage despite large crops due to aging processes, increased consumption, and wartime demand including armed forces.
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Atlanta
United States
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U. S. Fleet
Halsey
Pacific
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P c. Chester
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Borneo
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