Redeployment Calendar July 13 Paris to Le Havre movements
Redeployment timetable lists divisions and ships departing. 4th Infantry units head home or deploy to other posts while 44th and 5th infantries move to sea and Le Havre staging. 2nd Armored begins loading. 28th Infantry advances toward Le Havre. 48th and 6th armored units home or delayed. Troop shifts arrive New York and Staten Island with wounded to hospital. Queen Elizabeth to receive 44th Division Thursday.
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STH
le Havre
SND
LeHevre
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Ocean
Carin Pittsburgh
Reims
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Lth
York
New York
Embarte Tion
New Jersey National Guard
Men 26 And Over Can Shift Jobs Without Board Permit
Washington July 13 UP Men 26 and over not meeting armed forces physical standards can change jobs without local draft board permission and without induction. The reform follows a policy to focus on the fittest general service men. Starting this month draft calls drop from about 120000 to 90000, mainly from the 1 year group. Men 18 36 may still be inducted if they leave deferred jobs without board permission. army will induct no fixed number of this group lacking physical fitness.
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Washington
Army
General Anderson departs Fort Sill for undisclosed assignment
Gen Jonathan W. Anderson, longtime Fort Sill Replacement Training Center commander, leaves after six months for an unspecified post. A WWI veteran and 1942 Africa campaign participant, he assumed command Jan 9 1941 and oversaw major center innovations including a new swimming pool, off post living for married men, and adjusted training schedules. The article notes his prior roles, decorations, and World War I and II service, with further details on page two column six.
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Jonathan W. Anderson
Fort Sill
Anderson
Anderson Serted
Cen
Colorel
Leaders Back United Nations Charter Endorsement
Washington July 13 AP Leaders from diverse political backgrounds urged rapid Senate ratification of the United Nations charter to foster collective security and peace. William Green John Foster Dulles Thomas 30 Dewey Norman Thomas and Philip Murray pressed speedy approval during House Foreign Relations hearings in San Francisco.
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Senate
AN York Pres
Willam Green
Litbors
John Foster Dulles
Guy
Genale Foreigh
San Francisco
Green
Dullyy
Hovec
An Wy
United States
Arres
Association of the United Nations
Thomas
Y Cio
Philip Murray
Walter Woesner Returns To City
Walter Woesner, formerly Cal Woesner until July 28, returns to make his home with brother City Councilman Emil Woesner at 1501 Gore. He completed two years nine months and ten days of army service, received honorable discharge July 10 at Camp Chaffee Arkansas, and served in Ireland Scotland England Luxembourg France and Germany. His European theater decorations include three campaign stars for Normandy Rhineland and Central Europe. He worked in Fort Sill quartermaster construction before enlisting and now rests with Emil, who also served overseas in World War I.
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Walter Woesner
Lawtanlan
Cal
Woesner
Emil Woesner
Gore
Cpl
Fort Sill
Emil Wocanor
45th Division Due To Be Sent To Camp Bowie
Dallas July 14 The fifth serving command said today the 45th division, now in European combat, would be sent to Camp Bowie Tex for redeployment. If plans hold, elements will arrive within 60 to 100 days and the main body about 30 days later. The division trained at Fort Sill and Camp Barkeley and saw 54 days of combat in Europe.
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Fth
Camp Bowie
Tex
Fort Sil
Oklo
Camp Barkeley
Typhoon Hits Third Fleet Damages Many Warships
Admiral Nimitz announced that a June typhoon battered Adm. William F Bull Fletcher s Third Fleet in the Pacific. About 20 ships were damaged, including the Pittsburgh, Massachusetts, Indiana, San Jacinto, and Johns Redman. Several vessels have returned to action after repairs, with no confirmed deaths or serious injuries reported.
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Leif Erickson Cuam
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Wiliam F. (Bull
Gauek Tn
Tleships
Massachusetts
Indiana
San Jacinto
Johns
Redpers
Typman
Nimitz
Craier
Pittsburgh
Government Says Soap Rationing Not Planned Yet
Washington July 13 The agriculture department says no immediate plan for soap rationing despite difficult soap buying. Officials like William A McConalogue cite lack of a proven ration scheme and voluntary distribution showing industry supplies as fairly as possible. They note city water hardness and varying use patterns affect demand and that manufacturers and dealers adjust accordingly.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
William A. McConalogue
Soape
Departments
Office of Price Adminisration
Pitalt
Situation Sons
Truman Expected To Dock Sunday
ANTWERP July 13 1941 President Truman was due to dock Sunday morning and then travel to Brussels for a plane to Berlin. Details were blacked out for security but it was likely he would drive to Brussels as Antwerp lacks an airfield. General Eisenhower may send a C-4 transport from Frankfurt to meet him.
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Truman
Brussels
Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frankfure
Eisenhower
Property Of Nazis Will Be Confiscated In Berlin Area
Berlin city council decreed confiscation of property held by Nazis and those who aided them. The move targets all active participants in Nazism, including creators of propaganda and profiteers. Authorities plan to confiscate and run confiscated assets under administrative bodies within Berlin. The policy covers property from businesses to personal items deemed connected to Nazi activity.
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London
Apian
Germany
Mie
Ber- En
Move To Curtail OWI Funds Fails
WashingtonJuly14 The War Information program won in a financial fight, with a move to reduce its current year funds to 18,000,000 defeated 146 to 58 as Republicans led opposition. A SenateHouse compromise would give OWI 56,000,000, while earlier the Senate approved 839,670,215. The dispute covered 33 items and a deadlock over employment practice fees. FEPC settlement set at 280,000, less than half requested. House debated excluding agricultural workers from War Labor Board jurisdiction amid ongoing wrangling. Representative Tahes of New York chaired the appropriations fight.
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House
Senate
FEPC
Tahes
New York
Republican Appropriations Committee
Menor
Action Slated On What To Do With Nazi Staff
General Eisenhower and Allied leaders prepare to decide the fate of the German general staff as the Supreme Headquarters dissolves at midnight. Allied officers hold informal talks about the hundreds of high ranking officers still prisoners, awaiting final disposition by five American officers.
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Col Rockaffellow Named Eighth Service Adjutant
Dallas July 13 Col Hoyt Tockafellow was appointed adjutant general lodry of the Eighth service command based in Dallas. He succeeds Col Ed win Crandell who has gone overseas recently.
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Dallas
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Hoyt Tockafellow
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Eighth Service Command
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Jap Officer Calls for Hirohito Kill by Bomb
A Japanese officer captured in the Philippines urged that Emperor Hirohito be killed by an American bomb for Japan's future. He added the Japanese blame themselves for the war and for following the emperor’s divine status. Other prisoners fear chaos if Hirohito is removed, while some favor keeping him as a figurehead.
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Fires Sweep Large Area Jap Homeland As New Raids Made
United Press dispatch from Guam reports gasoline fueled fires spreading across a 450 mile stretch of Honshu and Shikoku after 500 to 550 B 29 strikes dropped over 3,290 tons of incendiaries on five war centers. Japanese broadcasts acknowledged continued fires while Gen Kenney warned of 24 hour bombardment until Japan surrenders. The Seventh Air Force joins Fifth and other bomber commands in the final Pacific phase aiming to degrade rail and highway networks before invasion.
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Pacific
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Shikoku
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Net Tightened Around Japs Near Mount Batochapmar
Australian and Dutch troops armed with flame throwers and grenades tightened their net around the Japanese stronghold on Mount Batochapmar after linking up with forces near Balikpapan. Australian units advanced from Pandansari to seize bridges and push toward the Soomber river, while Ninth Division troops moved north from Beaufort toward Jesselton. Allied air and naval support pummeled northeastern Borneo positions as heavy fighting continued.
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Douglas Macarrthur
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Anggies
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Borneo
Jesselton
Kimanis
Ninth
Andus
Swift
PAA
Berseo Seiting
Retired Sergeant Dies in Illinois
George Flicks a retired sergeant of Lawton and Fort Sill died at Boam today at Chan noha Ih in the home of his brother William Wicks. Funeral will be in Cleveland Ohio. He was 62 and survivor includes a sister Mrs Sand of Chicago. He was a member of Masonic Lodge IOOF Rebekah American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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