Britain's labor victory could reshape postwar world order
The World Today notes Britains Labour victory signals a swing to leftist policy with potential for nationalizing coal mines and transport. Attlee faces urgent postwar needs while observers warn against rapid sweeping changes that could disrupt private enterprise and global markets.
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London Times
The
England
Cedric
Britain
John Bull
London
United States
Nister Attlee
Major Attlee
Invasion Promised by Allied Leaders To Punish Japan
Rear Adm. D. C. Ramsey Curtis E. Lemay and Gen. Spaatz announced plans for an imminent invasion of Japan with overwhelming force. They described intensified bombing and a vast B-29 program to destroy Japanese industry and cities to compel surrender.
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Guam
Japan
Adm
D. C. Ramsey
U. S. Fifth Fleet
United States
Curtis E. Lemay
20Th Air Force
Yee
Ramsey
Mutual
Lemay
American Broadcasting Company
Gen. Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Spaatz
Bright Birthday Optimism From Henry Ford At 82
Detroit July 30 Henry Ford on his 82nd birthday voiced optimism about an era of prosperity and higher living standards. He urged expanding private industry and reducing labor barriers, and noted management labor tensions would ease as opportunities grow. Ford founded Ford Motor in 1903 and built a vast empire now run with succession to his grandson Henry Ford II.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford
Ford Motor Company
German World War II losses total over four million
Berlin reports German military casualties from the start of World War II to November 30, 1944 totaling 4,064,438. The figures from Gen Hermann Reineke allege 1,911,300 killed or fatally wounded across army, navy and air force, with 1,419,000 on the Russian front.
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Berlin
Hermann Reineke
Reineke
U. S
Roosevelt II Seeks Release From Army Air Force
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, 34, son of the late President, has asked to be retired from the army air forces. He submitted the request to Gen. H H Arnold. The War Department gave no reason or date for action and said the request had not yet been acted upon.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Roosevelt
H. H. Arnold
War Department
Army Air Force
Hugh A. Drum
Empire State, Inc
Army Board of
Fifth Avenue
Army
Drum
Simi
41000 Stay Off The Job Crostey Hit
The nationwide strike graph rose to 41000 workers across 29 work stoppages affecting 5,000 plus at the Crosley plant in Cincinnati halting radar production. A conference between Crosley officials and the IBEW failed to resolve grievances as picket lines formed at US Rubber Co in Detroit.
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Associated Press
Ste
Crosley
Cincinnati
Ohio
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
United States Rubber Co
Detroit
Gaston Farmers Aim for Record Alfalfa Crop
Gaston county farmers plan to seed the largest alfalfa crop about Sept. 1. County Agent J. P. Kiser says soil tests and fertilizer plans are in place to ensure a proper planting, following two good cuttings this year led by grower Harry Barbee of Lincolnton Rt. 4 who says the two cuttings more than paid his seeding expenses from last fall.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
J. P. Kiser
State College Extension Service
Harry Barbee
Lincolnton
Rt. 4
Big Three Near Final Draft At Potsdam Conference
At Potsdam the Big Three Truman Attlee and Stalin worked on the final language of a tentative agreement after 11 days of talks. Observers saw harmony and progress toward a final communique outlining postwar Europe. No word on explicit mention of Japan in the final statement.
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Potsdam
Truman
Attlee
Stalin
Winston Churchill
Europe
Japan
Pacific
U. S. Senate
Russia
Britain
United States
Australia
Stars and Strips
Army units arrive in the United States from Europe
Units arrive today with details including New York ships bringing the 2838th and 3241st quartermaster service companies and the 646th quartermaster truck company. At Hampton Roads Virginia 734 rotational troops and 17 officers arrive as undesignated units.
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United States
Europe
New York
646Th
Hampton Roads
Herriot Recalls Events In French Crisis Trial
Paris July 30 Roland Edouard Herriot former French premier testified at Marshal Petain's trial that President Roosevelt offered material aid before Germany defeated France. Major Jean Losan-Lacau, expected to testify, did not appear and police continued their search. Herriot spoke after recovering from illness.
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Paris
Roland Edouard Herriot
France
Marshal Petain
Roosevelt
Germany
Jean Losanau-Lacau
Herriot
Jackson Urges Early Action in War Crimes Trials
London reports Justice Robert H. Jackson told British Russian and French reps that an agreement on war criminals trials must be reached this week. He warned the United States may act alone if talks stall, highlighting Goering Ribbetrop Streicher Ley and other German leaders as likely defendants. The dispute centers on defining war of aggression as an international crime.
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London
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
U. S
United States
Supreme Court
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Julius Streicher
Robert Ley
Adolf Hitler
Two Die In Army Home Fire In Charleston
M/Sgt. Harry A. Talbert age 38 and his stepson John Marke Lee age 11 died in a fire that gutted an apartment at Liberty Homes in Charleston yesterday.
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Charleston
D. C
Harry A. Talbert
Charleston Army Air Base
John Marke Lee
Liberty Homes
Empire State Building Reopens After Plane Crash
Empire State Building resumes 76 floors of work after a Saturday B 25 bomber struck the 7th floor. 13 killed, 26 injured as elevators operated slowly with a 79th floor wreckage. Army inquiry, cost estimates, and official condolences reported.
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New York
Empire Building
Empire State Building
National Catholic Welfare Conference
la Guardia Field
Empire, State Building
Fifth Avenue
Intrepid Damages 300 Japanese Ships in War Run
Washington report notes the USS Intrepid damaged nearly 300 Japanese ships in 15 months of action. The carrier, now back in service after a fourth damaging encounter, has sunk 80 Japanese ships and helped sink the 45,000-ton Yamato, with additional 80 ships sunk or probably sunk and 179 damaged attributed to her aircraft.
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Washington
Intrepid
Navy
Planes Bomb Ha_Runa and Other Japanese Ships
U S army and carrier based planes attacked Japanese naval forces at Kure and Okinawa bases. They hit the Haruna mid ships and beaching reports say she burned out while other ships were destroyed or damaged in heavy strikes on the same day.
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Manila
Haruna
Kure
MacArthur
Toy
Far East Air Ocenarite
Seventh Army Air Force
Army
Navy
Colin Kelly
Admiral
Chinese drive toward Hunan border and Lingling base
Chinese troops push toward the Hunan border from Kweilin in Kwangsi as Lingling air base looms as target. Units siege Lingchwan after a 14 mile march while another force moves to Tajungkiang near the Hunan-Kwangsi line. In Beijing Wang Shih Chieh named foreign minister succeeding T. V. Soong.
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Chungking
Hunan Province
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Lingling
Lingchwan
Hunan-Kwangsi
Tajungkiang
High Command
Ingling
Flying Tigers
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Hunan
Canton- Hankow
Hengyang
Information
Wang Shih-Chieh
Britain
T. V. Soong
49 Are Seized In Italian Raid
Forty nine suspects linked to a Schio jail massacre on July 6 were rounded up at dawn in Schio by the American 34th Infantry Division. Lt. Col. Richard L. Loller led the raid at Vicenza for questioning. 47 people were killed and 26 wounded in the incident.
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Rome
Schio
34Th Infantry Division
Richard L. Loller
Alaca Place
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Vicenza
Rail City Of Hamamatsu Bombarded
Allied forces pounded Hamamatsu and surrounding airfields in a major strike as Task Force 38 delivered heavy shellfire. Carrier planes swept over central Japan destroying rail targets and industrial sites while Tokyo and other targets faced air attacks with little resistance.
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Guam
U. S. Navy
Kyushu
Tokyo
Kure
Hamamats
Sahineidion
Emeennae
Japanese Plan No Change In Their Tactics
Tokyo declares no shift in war policy after Potsdam proclamation. Premier Suzuki says imperial government will ignore the surrender ultimatum and continues prosecution of the war. He asserts confidence in strategists and notes aircraft production is above expectations.
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San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo
Suzuki
France Faces Crisis as De Gaulle Rebels Against Referendum
Paris July 30 Gen de Gaulle faces political pressure after the consultant assembly rejected his plan for a constitutional referendum by 210 to 19. The body backed a leftist counterproposal for a sovereign unicameral legislature with colonial representation, casting doubt on the government’s direction.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Consultant Assembly
France
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