Superforts Drive Tokyo War Centers In Atomic Bomb Blitz
Allied air fleets pummeled Japan with 680 B 29s and Mustang fighters striking six war centers from Tokyo to Kyushu. Incendiaries and high explosives burned Nishinomiya Imabari Maebashi Saga and Abe Coal Liquefaction Company while Tokyo warned civilians as 150 Mustangs attacked the Tokyo area. In Washington Secretary Stimson predicted the atomic bomb will shorten the war with Japan and said uranium ore is essential to production.
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Guam
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Kyushu
Japan
Nishinomiya
Imabari
Maebashi
Saga
Abe Coal
Radio Tokyo
Dap
Spaatz
Toyama
Honshu
Japan Sea
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Osaka
Takasaki
Shibukawa
Tokyo Radio
Wakesa Bay
Harima Sea
Osaka Bay
Sea of Japan
Strategic Air Forces
20Th Air Forces
Waishinomiya - Bfikage
Maehishi
Ima‘bari
Shikoku
Kure Naval Base
Washington
Stimson
Germany
Illness Fatal To Senate Vet Hiram Johnson
Senate veteran Hiram W. Johnson of California died at 79 in Naval Hospital after two and a half weeks confinement. Physician Capt Robert E. Duncan cited a cerebral arterial thrombosis as the cause, noting his death ends a long career and his wife known as "The Hoss" was present. Senate leadership planned funeral arrangements with Senator McKellar to appoint a committee.
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Washington
Hiram W. Johnson
California
League of Nations
San Francisco
United Nations Organization
Naval Hospital
Fovert E. Duncan
USN
Senate
Congress
Wison
United States
World Court
Robert E. Duncan
the Hoss
Truck Injures Mason-Dixon Lines Mechanic
Attendants at Holston Valley Community Hospital reported Huguley a Mason-Dixon Lines repair shop mechanic in only fair condition after a truck accident Sunday night. Ed Tucker chief dispatcher said Huguley was working on a truck when a jack slipped, pinching his head between the bumper and another vehicle.
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Holston Valley
Japs Ransack Kweilin City Amid Chinese Casualties
OWI reporter David Chandler notes Kweilin’s destruction by Japanese forces during six months of occupation. About 50,000 Chinese residents in Kweilin were killed or missing, with fires burning through the city after its reoccupation and traitors allegedly punished by mass executions. Simultaneous reports cite civilian deaths at Ichang, and atrocities linked to forcible meningitis inoculations.
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Caungking
Kweilin
Carthage
Kanhalen
Kwellin
Kwangsl
OWI
David Chandler
Kanhslen
Hingsi
Yangtze
Ichang
China
Chandler
Senate Discusses Security Delegate For World Council
Washington reports Senate leaders plan to create a World Security Council delegate without curbing presidential power to deploy troops. The move, discussed by Democratic leaders Barkley and Connally, would defer clear authority until a later conference with Secretary Byrnes.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
World Security Council
Barkley
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Vanidenberg R-Mich
Stettinius
Veterans Go Into Training For Japs Inaugural Ceremony
President redeploys combat divisions from Europe for the war with Japan with witnesses including Robert P. Patterson and Jacob L. Devers. Oklahoma Governor Kerr will attend as the Blackhawk 86th Infantry Division stages a formal training ceremony for the public.
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Robert P. Patternm
Jacob L. Devers
Army
Oklahoma
Robert Kerr
Japan
Blackhawk 86Th Infantry
United Stage
Truman Faces Row Over Army Size For War Then and Now
Washington notes a growing dispute over how large the U S Army should be for a one front war with Japan. Senators Taft Pepper Thomas Johnson challenge War Secretary Stimson while demanding a bigger force and arguing that demobilization lags. They cite transport and supply limits and press for clarity on the 7 090 000 versus 3 000 000 figure as of June 4.
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Washington
Truman
Prch
Japan
Capi
Colonal Hill
Johnson
D-Cole
Taff
R-Chio
War Department
Taft
Pepper
Thomas
Utah
Stimson
War and Navy Department
Blountville Trusty Arrested Here Twice In A Month
John Lollis a Sullivan County jail trusty in Blountville was arrested twice in a month by Kingsport police. He and a Negro companion were picked up at 9 15 a.m. on charges of reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle without a license. Lollis had forfeited a $50 bond July 5 for drunken driving. In City Court Monday he forfeited another $25, split $15 on reckless driving and $10 on no license. The companion remains jailed until a $10 fine is paid. Lollis is already serving a four month sentence for possessing whiskey, with two months added to the original term.
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John Lollis
Sullivan County
Blountville
Kingsport
Lollies
J. ¥. Harkleroad
H. H. Crumley
Louia
Australians Fight To Encircle Japs In New Guinea
Melbourne radio reports two Australian columns closing in on the remaining Japanese defense forces in New Guinea. One column advances south from the Prince Alexander Mountains, another moves across the Torricelli ranges within 18 miles of a juncture to enclose the enemy. The move aims to cut off all further援aid to the isolated force.
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San Franvisco
New Guinea
Melbourne Radio
American Broadcasting Company
Prince Alexander Mountains
Torricelliountains
Red bid as Mediterranean power seen as strengthened
Diplomatic reports from Potsdam indicate Soviet move for a voice in Mediterranean affairs and a push to place former Italian possessions under trusteeship. Tangier and Pantelleria are highlighted as key flashpoints while Western Mediterranean interests grow. A September council will draft Italy’s peace treaty terms.
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Red
Washington
Stalin
Potedam
Russia
Italy
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Axim
Tangier
Gibraltar
Dardanelles
Turkey
Western Mediterranean
Potsdam
Truman
Attley
Oak Ridge grows from rural to city under Army project
The Army discloses Oak Ridge’s rapid rise to a city of about 15,090 population amid wartime secrecy. Clinton Engineer Works spans 59,000 acres with eight square miles of town site, housing nearly 10,000 family units and 13,000 dormitories as Maj. Gen. Groves and Col. Wichels supervise a vast, hush job creating the Manhattan Project in Tennessee.
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Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Washington
Clinton Engineer Works
CEW
Knoxville
Manhattan Engineer District
Clinton Engineer
Residanta
Leslie R. Groves
Kenneth D. Wichels
Clinton Engineer Worky
Divisiona
Bee Dok Ridge
Truman Returns In Record Time On USS Augusta
President Truman travels aboard the USS Augusta in record time returning from the Potsdam meeting. He attends Protestant services led by Chaplain Kenneth Perkins, with Byrnes and others aboard. He plans to report to the nation by radio on Berlin talks with Attlee and Stalin, en route to Washington.
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Truman
Uss
Augusta
Augusca Waith
United States
Potsdam
Well Deal
Kenneth Perkins
Savona
Europe
Japan
State Byrne
Atomic Bomb Blasts Japan. Power Hidden Factories Named
President Truman announced the first use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, developed in Tennessee, Washington, and New Mexico with 65,000 workers secrecy. The note warned of more powerful forms and urged Congress to consider peacetime atomic power.
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Washington
Truman
Tennessee
New Mexico
Oak Ridge
Knoxville
Tenn
Richland
Paseo
Wash
Santa Fe
N. M
Japan
White House
Hiroshima
War Department
Congress
United States
Stimgon
Principias
Hlaetory
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wineston Churchill
Butt
Mr. Truman
Lwat
Far East
Honahu
20Th Air Force
Guam
Isome
Counterattacking Japs Hit Luzon Stonewall
General MacArthur reported Japanese counterattacks on Luzon were beaten back as Filipino American forces pressed toward Yamashita’s last hideout north of Baguio. The 42nd Division offered a bounty of live generals, while air strikes cleared paths for ground advances and inflicted heavy losses.
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Manila
Goa
Tomoyuki Yameshita
Luzon
MacArthur
United States
Yamashita
Malaya
Baguio
Jann
Smorthwest
Kiangan
Lusoneleanuy
Sierre Muuire
13Th Air Force
William Gill
42Nd Division
Congress backers concede defeat on peacetime draft delay
Washington reports that supporters of universal military training concede they cannot win this session. They plan to push compulsory training when Congress reconvenes, but fear limited odds. Army backing remains strong, yet opposition from church, education, and labor groups grows amid turbulence with Truman and Capitol Hill.
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Congressional
Washington
Congress
Siz
House
Representative Woodrum
D-Va
Army
Navy
Veterans
Capitol 411
Truman
Capitol Hill
Tlong
Sha Army
Street Scene Fireman Aids Mall Boy After Incident
A chaotic urban scene unfolds as firemen administer first aid to a boy amid a mall disturbance. The report notes a stray dog pursuing a car, with bystanders reacting to the unusual chase in a residential area.
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Roosevelt
Hanford Engineer Works
Washington State
Hanford Engineer Warke
Rthwest
Pasco
Robert Oppenheimer
U. S
Hiram Johnson
Blountville Trusty
New York
Halifex
N.S
Philippines
Capitolil
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Amy
Mongrel Pup
Positiva
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