Stalin Truman Talk In Potsdam Before Big Three Meet
Prime Minister Stalin and President Truman met for about an hour at the Potsdam White House with top Soviet and American foreign affairs officials. The session preceded the opening of the wartime three power conference amid secrecy over Berlin area explosions.
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Potsdam
Stalin
Truman
Little White House
Soviet Union
Vendhausen Molotov
Dent
Ames F. Byrnes
Nat Ean
Berlin
Mr. Truman
V. N. Pavlov
New European balance shifts power among the Big Three
The article argues that postwar unity of the Big Three faces tender spots as Russia emerges as the dominant power in Europe. It notes Germany and Italy are weakened, altering spheres of influence and urging frank discussion to maintain alliance cohesion.
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Europe
Russia
Germany
Italy
Army units to arrive today from Europe at Hampton Roads
Army units arriving in the United States today include elements at Hampton Roads Va with the 319th engineer base depot 871st ordnance assembly unit and headquarters company 4th battalion. Late tonight or tomorrow morning arrivals also include elements of the 770th air squadron 765th 766th 777th bomb squadrons 527th air service group 946th 958th air engineer squadrons 154th reconnaissance squadron 18th air depot group 90th depot repair group 17th medical supply platoon 520th headquarters and base service squadron and first veterinary detachment.
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Associated Press
United States
Europe
Hampton Roads
319Th Engineer Base Depot
770Th Air Squadron
527Th Air Service
18Th Air
Truman backs single administrator for surplus property
President Truman urged Congress to remove the three man surplus property board and place disposal in one administrator. He cited Secretary Byrnes’s 1944 advocacy for a centralized approach as the wartime need for quick decisive action. Guy Gillette has resigned and William Stuart Symington was confirmed to replace him.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Germany
James F. Byrnes
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Surplus Property Board
Senate
William Stuart Symington
St. Louis
Examination For High Point Flier Today
Grand Rapids Minn July 17 Search continued for a B 29 abandoned by its nearly asphyxiated crew The pilot Lt Edward J Szycher of Bayonne N J said that before bailing out Sunday night he set the automatic pilot and headed west The plane carried a large fuel supply and might fly hundreds of miles before tanks emptied or it crashed into a mountain The crew were to be taken to Wold Chamberlain airport Minneapolis for a flight surgeon examination before returning to Pyote Texas to resume the non stop round robin flight to Duluth.
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Grand Rapids
Minn
Army Air Forces
Edward J.szycher
Bayonne
N. J
Szycher
Wold-Chamberlain
Mineapolis
Pyote
Texas
Duluth
Ship Hamonic Destroyed by Fire on Great Lakes Cruise
Fire swept the 360 foot Great Lakes liner Hamonic at Point Edward near Sarnia after it left Detroit on a cruise. Some 150 people were treated for burns and injuries by 11 am. Fire fighters from both nations fought the blaze as the docks were levelled and all passengers reportedly escaped.
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Sarnia
Ont
Great Lakes
Hamonic
Canada Steamship Lines
J. H. Aitchinson
Point Edward
Sarnia General Hospital
Polymer Corp. First Aid Hospital
Detroit
Bluewater
St. Clair River
Lake Huron
Porturon
New York Newspaper Strike Ends After 17 Days
Louis Waldman announced that the 17 day strike against New York city publishers is settled and 1,700 workers will return to work within an hour. A telegram from Robert K Burns to the War Labor Board prompted immediate hearings if workers resume duties.
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New York
Louis Waldman
Newspaper and Mail Deliveries Union
New York City
Robert K. Burns
Daily Newspaper Commission of the War Labor Board
Supers Fire Four More Jap Cities
Guam July 17. Aerial action reports a flight of B 29s striking four Japanese war centers with heavy bombardment and many enemy fighters engaging Mustangs in a long dog fight ending with about 40 planes downed. Tokyo radio notes Hirohito sent a court councillor to the army air force HQ.
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Guam
Eensunda
Army Air Force
Deputies Bar King Leopold From Reassuming Belgian Throne
Belgian chamber votes 98 to 6 with 32 abstentions to stop King Leopold from returning without parliamentary consent. The bill, from Prime Minister Achille Van Acker, heads to the senate likely tomorrow amid calls for a plebiscite. King Leopold remains in Batavia as Catholic ministers resign.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Leopold
Achille van Acker
Senate
van Acker
Batavia
pro-Leopold
Edmund Ronse
Adolf and Eva Reported to Be in Argentina
A state department spokesman said the U S embassy in Buenos Aires would investigate reports that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were in Argentina. The Chicago Times despatch claimed they reached Patagonia by submarine and lived on a German estate. Argentina has pledged to refuse harboring Axis war criminals.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Buenos Aires
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Chicago Times
Montevideo
Patagonia
Argentina
Chinese Close In Upon Japs At Kweilin
Chinese forward elements close in on Kweilin outskirts near the former American air base city 90 miles northeast of Liuchow as Chinese high command reports advances from LiuChow and along the Hu Nan Kwangsi rail.
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Kweilin
Chungking
Liuchow
High Command
Hunan-Kwangsi
Aoe - Kweilin
No. S. 14Th Air Force
Premier Soong Returns to Chungking After Moscow Visit
Premier T. V. Soong returned to Chungking from Moscow where he met with Premier Stalin and other Soviet officials. He was accompanied by Apollon Petrov, the Soviet ambassador to China, following more than two weeks in the Russian capital beginning June 30 and four meetings with Stalin.
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Chungking
T. V. Soong
Moscow
Stalin
Soong
Apollon Petrov
China
Petain’s Influence in French Command Debated by Gamelin
Paris July 17. General Gamelin reflects on Petain’s role as supreme commander. He says Petain never openly opposed him and consistently approved actions while noting Petain favored defense over offense, influencing tactics and policy.
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Marice-Gustave Gamelin
Paris
Marshal Petain
Petain
Joffre
Foch
Riom
France
Marshal Foch
Marshal Joffre
Poincare
Peace with Honor Propaganda Leaflets Reach Japan
On Guam July 17 a new leafleting campaign promises peace with honor under unconditional surrender. Leaflets bearing President Truman’s image urge Japanese leaders to choose between death and a peace of honor. Millions are dropped daily by superfortresses to undermine confidence in Japan’s war leadership.
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Guam
Japan
Juman
Truman
Alto
Harry S. Truman
United States
Tinian
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Invasion Warnings Rise as Pacific Push Presses On
Navy leaders stated the current bombardment of the Japanese homelands marks the preinvasion stage of the war. Admiral Barbey warned that invasion of Japan or China may not wait for typhoon season. Radio Tokyo predicted early landings and called the decisive battle the defining one of all.
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Guam
Eet
Chester W. Nimitz
Washington
Daniel Barbey
Japan
China
Radio Tokyo
Nimit
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific Islands
Philippines
NBC
Hitachi Plants Targeted in Japanese Coastal Bombardment
Allied forces led by Adm Nimitz and Adm Halsey resumed heavy bombardment of Tokyo area including Hitachi copper and oil plants. The third fleet joint operation with British forces struck amid a weekend of air and sea attacks across northern Honshu and Iwate coast.
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Guam
Third Fleet
Iowa
Tokyo
U. S
Adm
Nimitz
Hitachi Engineering Works
Histachi
Combi
Third
Bomba
William F. Halsey
Japan
Hokkaido
Kamaishi
Muroran
Gardner Calls For Big Boost In Income
Spindale July 17 Max Gardner chairman of the advisory board of the office of mobilization and reconversion calls for a national income of 125 billion dollars a year after war. He says postwar conditions require new measures and a higher income than prewar benchmarks, noting 1929 prewar income was 83 billion and asserting 125 billion may be needed to avoid economic difficulty.
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Spindale
Max Gardner
Visory
Office of Mobilization and Reconversion
Spindale Rotary Club
North Carolina
Gennor
Suich
Gardner
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Takaoka
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Fukui
Sanio Nagaoka
Shonshu
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