Attlee Names Six Labor Stalwarts to Cabinet
London July 28 Clement Attlee and six senior Labor cabinet members were sworn in after Churchill’s government departed. Ernest Bevin becomes foreign secretary with Morrison as lord president of the council. The six stalwarts form the nucleus of a new government guiding a Labor majority in Parliament. Bevin and Morrison are expected to lead government policy as Attlee stays abroad at Potsdam.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Clement R. Attlee
Morrison
Attlee
Tages
Aiton
George VI
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
Winston Churchill
Labor
Commons
Bevin
Potsdam
Edward Bridges
Hastings Ismay
Ministry of Defense
Joseph Davies
U. S
Moscow
Alexander Cadogan
Anthony Eden
L. O. Lyne
Britain
Mr. Attlee
Andrei Vishinsky
Vyashaslav Molotov
Joseph Stalin
V. N. Pavlov
Andrei Gromyko
Admiral Williamey
James F. Byrnes
Truman
Charles E. Boltflen
U. S. State Department
AP Rephoto
Big Three Conference Nears Climax
The Big Three conference neared a climactic stage as Attlee and Bevin prepared to rejoin. Attlee’s return eased fears of prolonged talks on Germany and postwar Europe with a likely conclusion by next week. Truman reportedly aims to return home without a England visit due to time constraints.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Potsdam
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Attlee
Germany
Europe
Churchill
United States
Soviet
Truman
England
Mandel Murder Brings Mandel Case Into Petain Trial
Paris reports Michel Clemenceau testified at Marshal Petain’s treason trial alleging Mandel’s 1944 killing. Clemenceau recalled a fortress visit to Mandel’s prison cell and challenged guilt, noting Mandel’s defiance of armistice and his fate after capture by Petain’s regime.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
Georges Mandel
Marshal Petain
France
Michel Clemenceau
Mandel
Clemenceau
Eduard Deladier
Sante
al Petain
Petain
Reynaud
OPA Boosts Local Meat Allocation Amid Shortages
The OPA raises local meat quotas to about 65 000 pounds for the final two workdays this month. Seward Brothers gain 23 000 pounds of beef and 3 500 of veal, G. E. Hutchens 18 000, and S. W. Horne 19 000, with some smaller partners also receiving limits.
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OPA
Seward Brothers
East Commerce Street
G. E. Hutchens
North Main Street
S. W. Horne
Ennis Street
Kansas City
Virginia
Greensboro
Discharged Vets to Relieve Labor Shortage
Senator Mead predicts enough soldiers will be discharged to ease manpower strains, especially on railroads, though the army resists releasing men by vocation to avoid disrupting the discharge point system. Royall testified daily discharges under the point system run about 4,000, as the War Investigating Committee probes railroad strain from Europe redeployments.
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Washington
Senator Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mead
Truman
Kenneth Royall
Army General Staff
Europe
Pacific
Ultimatum Rejected By Jap Leader
San Francisco reports Gen. Jiro Minami, head of Japan's mass political party, rejects the unconditional surrender ultimatum from the United States Britain and China. He says Japan will not yield and insists the nation will endure unless faced with national extermination. He suggests allied leaders are in a difficult dilemma due to war weariness and the heavy costs of defeat.
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San Francisco
United States
Britain
China
Japan
Totalitaria
Radio Tokyo
Jiro Minami
Political Association of Great Japan
Bomber Crashes Into Empire State Building In Thick Fog
An army bomber crashed into the Empire State Building at 9 49 am amid dense fog. At least 15 people died including nine civilians in the building and six soldiers believed to be crew. Fire fought for 40 minutes, with 12 bodies recovered by noon, including 10 civilians. An emergency morgue was set on the 79th floor.
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New York
F.H. la Guardia
Booming Prices Of Cotton Tobacco Cause Concern
The agriculture department warns that rising farm real estate values in the cotton and tobacco belts threaten long term land use shifts. Nationally values rose three percent in four months to July 1, 53 percent above 1941 levels, and 11 percent over the prior year, while remaining 25 percent below the 1920 peak.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Chapel Hill Tankers Set Pace As Two Swimming Marks Fall
Two swimming teams from Chapel Hill led the Carolinas A.A.U. meet as UNC men and the Carolina Swimming Club women gained commanding early scores. Bob Merrick set a new 300 meter medley district record with 4 32, while Frances Kenney lowered the 800 meter freestyle record to 13 24 8.
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Chapel Hill
Edward V. Mitchell
Ya Hill
University of North Carolina
Carolina Swimming Club
Carolinas
A.A. U
Bob Merrick
Charlotte Y.M.C.A
Billy Kelly
Raleigh
Frances Kenney
Ag Perritt
Tarboro
Randy Hudson
Charles Stapleton
A.A.U
Jack Zimmerman
U.N.C
Bo Jenkins
World War II tactics show Japan’s precarious hold
The article describes Japan pressed to surrender after Potsdam demands and Allied psychological warfare. It cites Lt General James Doolittle predicting heavy bombing of Japanese cities and notes Tokyo seeks openings while fearing unconditional surrender and total destruction.
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James Doolittle
Domei
Nippon
Japan
Tokyo
Japan's two pronged drive to sow discord in China
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Japan's propaganda aims to split China by freeing distrust between Chungking and Yenan and portraying Chiang Kai-shek as a puppet of American interests. Japanese claims condemn Yenan as an obstacle to foreign interference. Allied leaders vow to intensify bombing to force surrender.
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Japan
Tokyo
China
Chungking
United States
Soviet Union
Okamura
Jimmy Doolittle
Truman Seeks Majority Approval For UN Military Pacts
President Truman announced he will seek majority votes in both houses for any military agreements under the United Nations charter, rather than a treaty requiring two thirds in the Senate. He emphasized congressional approval via legislation when such agreements are negotiated.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Potsdam
McKellar
D-Tenn
United Nations
Security Council
United States
Congress
World Security Council
Frederick Brown Harris
Wagner
D-Ny
Hyuga Sunk in Inland Sea After Heavy Carrier Attacks
In Guam on July 28 a Japanese battleship Hyuga was reported sunk at Kure as U S and British carrier planes struck the Japanese fleet. Allied raids left Japan without a heavy warship fit for duty after successive strikes that damaged or destroyed multiple ships.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Guam
U. S
Kure
Mikado
Associated Press
Richard O'Malley
O'Malley
Mnry
Halesey
Chinese Forces Capture Kweilin Air Base in Kw angsi Province
Chinese high command announced recapture of Kweilin, a major air base city in Kw angsi, last night after a coordinated attack from southern and western suburbs. Pursuit of Japanese garrison proceeded as other units retook Pinsiang near the Indo China border and fighting continued at Shukow.
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Chungking
Kweilin
U. S
Kwangsi
Pinsiang
Dong Dang
Shukow
IndoChina - Kwafigsi
Caobang
Liuchow-Kweilin
Yunkfu
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