New Super-bomber hits six Japanese cities in massive raid
Allied air forces report B-29s dropped 3500 tons of incendiaries on 11 targets across Honshu and Shikoku including Tsu Ichinomiya Ujiyamada Ogachi and the Shimotsu refinery. Northward reach extended to Aomori as the new bomber joins combat from Iwo Jima and Marianas bases.
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Associated Press
Japan
Bie
Tsu
Ichinomiya
Ujiyamada
Ogachi
Honshu
Uwajima
Shikoku Island
Shimotsu
Osaka
Aomori
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Marianas Islands
Iwo
Curtis Lemay
20Th Aaf
Senate approves United Nations charter in 89 to 2 vote
The U S Senate voted 89 to 2 for ratification of the United Nations charter after six days of debate. Most members supported U S participation in a 50 nation world organization led by the United States Great Britain Russia France and China. Senators Langer and Shipstead voted no with Hiram Johnson absent due to illness. Bailey Glass Reed and Thomas were also absent. The vote completed a historic move to establish a new world peace mechanism.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
China
Langer
RNC
Shipstead
R-Minn
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Hiram Johnson
Rcalif
League
Naval Hospital
Bailey
D-Nc
Glass
D-Va
Reed
Arians
Thomas
R-Ida
Johnson
San Francisco
New Type Bomber In Action Against Japanese
The B 32, latest American heavy bomber, is in combat with FEAF against Japan. Training for crews started last February at Fort Worth Texas. The bomber is built at Fort Worth and differs from the B 29 by design of its bomb bays and lighter weight.
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Washington
Far East
Army Air Forces
George C. Kenney
FEAF
Nathan F. Twining
20Th Air Force
Fourth Air Force
AAF Training Command
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Tex
Winston Flying Safety Probes B 25 Bomber Crash
Three division chiefs from the office of flying safety traveled to New York to investigate the B 25 bomber crash into the Empire State Building. Col. Thomas P. Ball Lt. Col. George W. West and Lt. Col. Warren E. Carey lead the inquiry as OFS probes Army aircraft accidents to determine causes.
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Winston-Salem
Office of Flying Safety
New York
Empire State Building
Thomas P. Ball
George W. West
Warren E. Carey
OFS
Tobacco Prices Higher Than Last Year
In Valdosta Georgia during the first auction week cigarette type tobacco sold heavily and brought $2 to $5 per hundred pounds above last year. The department of agriculture reported averages at $41.13 per hundred with 30,671,100 pounds sold, up from $38.97 in opening week last season. Georgia and Florida markets saw a stronger demand and higher receipts overall.
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Valdosta
Georgia
Florida
Department of Agriculture
Rail Snail To Be Cleared Says Snyder
War Mobilization Director John W Snyder announced a working agreement among government, the office of defense transportation the American association of railroads and the war department to ease bottlenecks in moving troops and equipment. The Senate war investigating committee led by Senator Mead reviewed passenger car needs and railroad manpower as it considers similar coal mining manpower issues.
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Washington
John W. Synder
Snyder
Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
Office of Defense Transportation
American Association of Railroads
War Department
ODT
DDT
J. Monroe Johnson
Senate
Potsdam Ultimatum Looms Over Tokyo War Leaders
The World Today notes Japan faces a clear surrender demand as Potsdam terms specify unconditional surrender and the timetable seems imminent. Despite the conspicuous absence of Russia in allied actions, the inevitability of Japan's capitulation is stressed.
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Japan
Tokyo
Potsdam
Russia
Chakales Heads to Near East as AP Correspondent
P L S Chakales, former Asheville High Point and Charlotte newspaperman, sails August 1 for Europe to cover foreign news for the AP world service. He joined AP in 1944, worked in Charlotte, then New York, and will go Rome Cairo and Athens to report on Greece.
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Charlotte
Soc
Chakales
Asheville
High Point
Charlottes
Europe
AP World Service
Associated Press
Attlee Joins Truman and Stalin in Potsdam Conference
The British prime minister Clement Attlee arrives to join President Truman and Premier Stalin as they resume talks on the world’s future. Attlee replaces Eden as foreign secretary and signals broad agreement with Churchill era goals. The trio expect a rapid conclusion early next week.
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Potsdam
Britain
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
Navy
Forrestal
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Eden
London
U S Housewives Warned To Expect No Immediate Relief
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics warned civilians that no significant relief from food shortages is expected within the next 12 months. Meats fats oils sugar cheese and dairy products may remain in short supply while fluid milk skim milk canned fruit juices and many fresh vegetables and fruits are likely to be fairly plentiful.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Agricultural Department
Statistical Agency
Goering Will Face Trial Even If Carried On A Stretcher
Goering, collapsed from a heart attack during a storm, will be tried when able, even if brought to court on a stretcher. The policy will apply to all former Nazi officials and war criminals. He had told doctors he fears thunder and lightning.
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Mondorf-Les-Bains
Luxembourg
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Wehrmacht
Goering
Treasury vows tough action on tax cheaters
The treasury reports scores of major cases against alleged tax chiselers are being prepared for grand jury action as of the fiscal year ending June 30. A spokesman noted the ongoing tax case against the owner of a New York restaurant chain.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
Skyscraper Sways Six Inches In Bombing Strike
A Hill and Knowlton office on the Empire State Building thirty third floor swayed six inches with a sudden explosion and fire. Secretaries Esther Bowman Beatrice Spivak Evelyn Norton describe debris, panic, and a calm exodus as they flee via the fire stairs after the alarm.
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Charles E. Harner
Associated Press
New York
Hill and Knowlton
Empire State Building
33Rd Street
Esther E. Bowman
Prospect St
Ramsey
N. J
Beatrice Spivak
Army Sergeant Burns Self To Death In Car
In Oakland California on July 28 Sergeant Charles Edelberg 24 Wilmington Delaware ignited a flaming car with matches after telling would be rescuers to go away police described the suicide as bizarre. A cardboard note found in his money belt claimed it was the hardest way to save the Medal of Honor and the man who cited him.
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Oakland
Calif
Charles Edelberg
Wilmington
Del
Eherree
Edelberg
Axis Influence Still At Work In Argentina
The state department issued a revised blacklist showing remaining axis influence in South America, especially Argentina. A policy official urged postwar effort to end fascist dictatorship governments. Speculation arose about a joint Potsdam stance on Franco Spain. 208 Chilean and 65 Peruvian names were removed. 134 Argentine names were removed while new Argentine entries were added as of high commercial importance.
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Washington
South America
Argentina
State Department
Potsdam
Spain
Francisco Franco
Chile
Peru
Propaganda Claim Uses Japanese Leader Name
A Tokyo radio speaker identified as Toyohiko Kagawa accused the United States of horrible cruelty but urged reconciliation. The English broadcast, recorded for the FCC, urged American leaders to avoid warlike perfidy if they retain Washington and Lincoln spirits.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Toyohiko Kagawa
United States
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
America
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
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