Truman Reports Set Unconditional Japan Surrender Terms
President Truman reportedly carried series of recommendations on possible unconditional surrender terms for Japan to the Potsdam conference. A source said no single draft existed and any new definitions require Allied approval. A statement to Japan stressing occupation, uprooting militarism, and liberation of seized territories was anticipated, with Stalin's possible alignment unsure.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
United States
E. M. Zacharias
U.S.N
Office of War Information
State Department
Army
Navy
Stalin
Nippon Fears New Strike On Coastal Front
Japanese authorities warned of potential British and American naval strikes on coastal targets as Allied battleships could renew bombardments. Tokyo noted no air attacks against the fleet and emphasized continued crippling pressure from American land based air power on the empire and its supply lines.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Kamaseshi
Muroran
Hokkaido
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka
America
Polish Frontiers Near Berlin Define Key Polish Goal
Warsaw meeting of the Polish national council defined establishing western frontiers along the Oder and Neisse rivers in Germany within 60 miles of Berlin including the port of Stettin as Poland's top problem and urged the new frontiers be set as soon as possible per Premier Edward Osóbka Morawski statements.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Poland
Oder
Neisse
Germany
Berlin
Stettin
Baltic
Warsaw
Polish National Council
Edward Osubka-Morawski
House Ends Longest Session Since 1938 Take Weeklong Break
Washington reports the House adjourned for a record longest break since 1938 after a six month session with about 50 members present. The body approved raises of 500 to 1000 dollars for various house employees and had debates over horse meat palatability. Members head to Oct 8 return after an 11 week recess.
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Washington
House
World War II Potsdam Talks Hold Close Attention Amid War Drive
The Potsdam discussions between Churchill and Stalin draw continued attention as Allied air and sea attacks intensify on Japan. Bombardments and fire incinerations devastate cities from coast to interior while Japanese defenses offer little counteraction beyond scattered antiaircraft fire.
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Atlantic
Japan
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka
Tokyo
Yokohama
German Prisoners To Work In Coal Mines In Europe
The army will return 2 605 German prisoners of war to Europe over six weeks to work in German coal mines. They will retain allied POW status and be sent to satisfy urgent European theater needs. The schedule targets 49 officers 390 NCOs and 2 166 privates by end August to reduce domestic coal transport demands. Patterson warned Senator Thomas passage of the miner soldiers release resolution would harm the discharge merit system and delay other releases.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
Patterson
Thomas
Austin
United States
Willis
Tropical Storm Reverses Course Toward Texas Coast
A Gulf tropical storm veers southwest toward the lower mid Texas coast. Weather bureau expects landfall tonight between Port Arkansas and Palacios with winds around 35 mph and higher squalls up to 55 mph from Port Arkansas to Port O Connor. Storm warnings issued from Corpus Christi to Galveston.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
mid-Texas
United States Weather Bureau
Port Arkansas
Palacios
Port O'Connor
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Getaway Car Traced to Burlington in Bank Robbery Case
FBI agent Edward Scheidt identified a car used in a Liberty Chatham bank robbery as purchased the day before in Burlington by a man called Ward. The fugitive, 35 to 40, about six feet, 150 to 160 pounds, wore army shoes, trousers, a blue shirt and Panama hat. He matches bank employee descriptions.
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Edward Scheidt
Charlotte
FBI
Chatham
Liberty
Burlington
Scheidt
Ward
Chennault Resignation Stands Despite Pleas to Stay
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault said he cannot withdraw his resignation as commander of the U S 14th air force. He told Chinese reporters he plans to retire or return to the United States, awaiting orders from superiors after pressure from Chungking and Yunan officials to remain.
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Clyde A. Farnsworth
Kunming
China
Claire Lee Alt
National People’s Political Council
Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
The
Flying Tigers
Chennault
George E. Stratemeyer
United States
Petain testifies he ordered Laval arrested in 1940
Marshal Petain says he had Laval seized Dec 15 1940 to stop using French troops to seize African colonies allied with De Gaulle. Laval is held in Spain. Petain testifies at Micel Peyrouton’s preliminary hearing, corroborating the arrest and noting fears of war between Britain and France.
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William Frye
Paris
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Charles de Gaulle
Free French Movement
Britain
France
Spain
Micel Peyrouton
Vichy
Peyrouton
Grim Ft. Demontrouge
Mitton
Petain
Tchad
Brazzaville
Cairo
War criminals behind barbed wire at allied holding site
In Mondorf Luxembourg on July 21, Allied guards oversee Hermann Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop and 49 other Nazi leaders in a fortified palace jail. Col. B. C. Andrus states strict rules guide their detention as the once powerful figures endure bare rooms, barred views and minimal amenities.
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Mondorf
Luxembourg
Palace
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Karl Doenitz
Wehrmacht Iers
Alli War Crimes Commission
Col
B. C. Andrus
Tules
Andrus
Ribbentrop
Organized Group Rail Travel Banned by ODT
The Office of Defense Transportation bans organized group rail travel including all expense tours effective immediately. It also forbids sale of railway tickets or space on trains to travel agencies and bars agencies from making reservations.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
Governors Call ICC Order Spurs Small Southern Industry
Nine southern governors wrapped up a three day meeting in Mobile noting the ICC freight rate equalization plan will decentralize big industry and spur growth of small locally financed plants in the south and west. They foresee most postwar expansions in those regions and say trade barriers must be removed to aid the transition. Governor Chauncey Sparks of Alabama argues decentralized production favors regional assembly and local distribution.
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Mobile
Ala
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Sparks
South
ICC
Robert G. Cherry
North Carolina
Southern
Europe Faces Economic Ruin This Winter
Washington reports the big three nations are debating methods to save Europe from economic and political chaos next winter. Officials warn of acute shortages of fuel food clothing and housing across war torn Europe and expect only partial relief amid widespread suffering and unrest in the western half of the continent.
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Washington
Europe
State Department
Amer
United States Backs United Nations Food Organization
The Senate approved U S membership in the UN food organization with a $625 000 first year fund and potential $1 250 000 annual cap. Debate focused on sovereignty and an international court while leaders urged timely charter consideration and continued national freedom.
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Washington
Senate
United States
United Nations Food Organization
United Nations
Revercomb
R- Va
Willis
R-Ind
Bushfield
R-Sd
Hot Springs
Austin
Senate Democrats
Insufficient Warning of Redeployment Sparks Senate Hearing
The senate war investigating committee heard that the navy and the office of defense transportation were irked by the army for redeployments from Europe with little notice. DDT director Johnson testified the army sent 100000 more troops than forecast while railroads faced planing disruption. Senators pressed for details as positions clash over notification times and civil notice.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
Army
Europe
Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
DDT
J. M. Johnson
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
War Department
Develo
Lucas
D-Ill
Mead Committee
Kilgore
D-Wva
New York
Chandler
D-Ky
No Opposition Reported as U S Third Fleet Bombards Nojima
Light units of the U S third fleet bombarded Nojima cape fifty five miles south of Tokyo on the night of July eighteen to nineteen without encountering enemy opposition. Adm Chester W Nimitz announced.
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Guam
U. S. Third Fleet
Nojima Cape
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Rain Briefly Spurs Oregon Fire Fight Near Cochran
Rain fell today over 70 square miles of northwest Oregon where a fierce blaze, fanned by a south wind, threatened Cochran and neared the Pacific coast. About 2,000 firefighters labored for ten days as rain offered hope to check the flames. James Hamilton of the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective association noted cautious optimism if rain persists.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Roundtop Mountain
Cochran
Pacific Coast
James Hamilton
Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association
750 Aircraft To Help Police Germany
About 25 000 men and more than 750 aircraft in seven U S heavy bomber groups and three fighter groups ordered moved to the continent as part of the allied occupational air force to police Germany. Three fighter units already occupy new bases in Germany, the 55th 355th and 357th Mustang groups.
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Henry R. Jameson
London
U. S
Allied Occupational Air Force
Germany
U. S. Strategic Air Force Headquarters
Air Force
Eighth Airforce
United States
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Potsdam
James F. Byrnes
William D. Leahy
Molotov
Signal Corps
Nippon
Ci Sae
Polish Council
By Kirke L. Simpson
Gulf
Patain Savillaveal Arvrocoad
George Tucker
ODT
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Hitler
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Claude R. Wickard
Foreign Relations Committee
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