Invasions Foreseen as Japan Faces Allied Threats
Reports from Nipponese outlets forecast Allied landings at both ends of the Japanese empire to seize air bases for a panned invasion of the homeland. Car Nicobar and Sabang are cited as targets with carriers bombing near Sumatra and Malay peninsula.
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Mikado
Tokyo
Japan
Malay Peninsula
Sumatra
Comei
Sabang Island
Indian Ocean
Car Nicobar
Singapore
Mainichi Tuesday
Mainichi Mid
Vice Adm
John S. McCain
Tseedey
Okinawa
Kyushu Island
New Labor Secretary Schwellenbach and HRB Chief Herzog urge lawful conduct
In New York on July 11 the Truman administration faced calls to enforce laws as written by Congress and stop politicized enforcement. The piece notes Schwellenbach and Herzog warning staff, recalling past abuses by the Roosevelt era and urging restraint amid prosecutions and partisan pressure.
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New York
Truman
Congress
Roosevelt
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Schwellenbach
Herzog
Cafes in three Louisiana cities fear closure
Three Louisiana cities Leesville Lake Charles and Natchitoches face cafe closures within days unless the OPA and allied agencies fix critical meat and food shortages. J K Kramer president of the Louisiana Restaurant Owners Association said relief is needed now and protests continue in Baton Rouge over meat price increases.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J K Kramer
Louisianaestaurant Owners Association
Wdnesday
Kramer
George Wallace
James H. Davis
Leesville
Lake Charles
Natchiches
OPA
Ellis Lewis
Lees
Architectes
Baton Rouge Resuvant Association
Pblic
Clinton Anderson
Agriculture
Rev J Marsh Named Pastor in Monroe Diocese
Rev John C Moran formerly of St Henry's Hodge and parish priest in Bastrop and Mansfield is reassigned as pastor of St Matthew's in Monroe. He is named dean of the Monroe diocese and consultor, succeeding the late Msgr Nicholas Van Geaer and praised for church remodeling and school work in Hodge.
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John C. Moran
St Henry's Church
Hodge
St. Matthew's Church
Daniel F. Desmond
Alexander
Nicholas van Gegaer
Marsh
Monroe
Louisiana
Alexandria
St. Mary's Seminary
Baltimore
Alexandra
van de Ven
Father Marsh
Monsignor
Vandegser
Bastrop
Mansfield
Desmond
St. Henry's
Daughters of the Cross
Four Ton Freshwater Manta Fish Found Near New Orleans
A massive manta fish weighing about 8000 pounds and estimated 18 feet across was hauled from the Mississippi River near the Amhearst Victory. Dr James Nelson Gowanloch of the Louisiana wildlife department identified it as a manta biro suris, a two horned manta, noting mantas are common in gulf waters but rare in fresh water. The creature was hooked as the vessel dropped anchor and had been tentatively listed as a blackfish or finback whale before identification.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Amhearst Victory
James Nelson Gowanloch
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Gulf
Gowanloch
E. N. Thompson Heads Ouachita Red Cross Chapter
Ouachita Parish Chapter of the American Red Cross elected new officers at the annual meeting in the Red Cross offices Wednesday. E. N. Thompson named parish chairman with PB Massey as vice chair, Mrs. DeWitt Milam secretary, and W C Oliver treasurer. A large board of directors was chosen for two and three year terms, with Clifford Strauss presiding and praising volunteers and staff of 3,400.
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Ouachita Parish
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
EN. Thompson
PB. Massey
Mre. DeWitt Milam
W C. Oliver
RO M. Brewed Jr
Harry Bieck
J. Norman Coon
R. Dewson
Fred Fudicker
Josephine M. Faulk
E. S. Girault
Grover L. Holloway
W. A. Mills
A Ff. Montgomery
L L. Price
Jack Piscogwell
J. H. Brown
F. J. Ramburg
C. K. Crandall
Charles Mitchell
W. M. Harper
FE. F. Jones
C. A. Kincaid
Austin Miller
William Mintz
F C. McConnett
Sig Masur
W. M. Mitchell
ME. Pickett
W. Q. Roberts
Forrest Seaman
J. B Young
A. D. Tisdale
Strauss
J. P. Brown
Harry Black
J. S. Marx
A. M. Kite
L. A. Laper
Two Drowned in Texas Flood Area
In east Texas heavy rain since Tuesday night caused floods that killed two people in the Jacksonville Kilgore region. Mary Elizabeth Sander and her daughter perished as they tried to escape a flooded house. volunteers recovered the mother's body near Rabbit Creek Kilgore after a daylong search.
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Associated Prees
East Texas
Jacksonville
Kilgore
Mary Elizabeth Sander
Rabbit Creek
Bradley nomination for veterans affairs chief approved
The Senate financing committee voted unanimously to approve Gen. Omar N. Bradley for administrator of veterans affairs. His confirmation moves to the full Senate for final action.
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Washington
Senate Financing Committee
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Affairs
Journalist Accuses Suzuki Cabinet Of Doing Nothing
A Japanese journalist, Ichiro Tokutomi, publicly accuses the Suzuki cabinet of inaction as Japan faces its severe crisis. Tokyo radio broadcasts report fear over military setbacks in the Pacific and warnings of Allied raids targeting Singapore and Sumatra.
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San Francisco
Japan
Suzuki
Radio Tokyo
Ichiro ‘Sehoi Tokutomi
Federal Communications Commission
Tokotomi
Pacific
Tokyo Radio
Adm
William F. Halsey
Yamagata
Honshu
Subang
Sumatra
Car Nicabar
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Malay
Domei
Tanahiasa Island
Tanahmasa
Chifley Named Australia’s Prime Minister in Labor Victory
Former locomotive engineer Joseph Benedict Chifley won Labor leadership in Canberra on July 12, becoming prime minister after serving as treasurer and acting leader during Curtin’s illness. He promised reforms to aid the “little man,” and outlined closer U S ties while stressing a mix of socialist aims and centrist practicality.
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Marign
Ohio
Joan Eileen Creviston
City Hospital
M Municipal Court
William E. Marks
Phillis Ann Webster
Ernest Webster
Phyllis Lanman
Estel E. Lanman
Mansfield
Webster
Phyllis
Canberra
Australia
Labor Party
Joseph Benedict Chifley
Chifley
Labor
John Curtin
Forde
Norman John Oswald Makin
Curtin
San Francisco
United States
Canada
Chif
Blocked Japanese troop convoys off Shanghai in Pacific clash
U S naval air forces reported blocking two transports carrying troops from Shanghai to bolster defenses against an American invasion. One ship resembled the former Contessa de Savoia. Transports were not sunk. none crossed the Yellow Sea toward Korea or the Sea of Japan. Convoys driven toward Tsingtao amid yellow mud. heavy AA fire, but Thunderbolt rockets sparked 20 minute fires on one vessel.
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Guam
Shanghai
U. S
John Dale Price
Contessa de Savoia
Price
Fleet Air Wing One
Thunderbolt
Yellow Sea
Korea
Korean Straits
Sea of Japan
Tsingato
Battle for control of air over Japan under way
Washington reports naval aviation victory aims and carrier force strength as Undersecretary Artemus Gates describes the air war over Japan. He cites over 17 000 Japanese planes destroyed since Pearl Harbor and 100 carriers totaling about 1 250 000 tons in the fleet.
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Japan
Washington
Navy
Artemus L. Gates
Gates
Pacific
South America
East Indies
China
South China Sea
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
Korea
Sea of Japan
Enemy Plane Toll Tops Seventeen Thousand In War Update
Allied air forces pounded southern Japan and approaches with carrier and land based planes in a major follow up to the Honshu assault. Tokyo radio reported a 12 hour carrier action with further land based air support and thousands of Japanese planes destroyed since the war began.
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Guam
Japan
Honshu
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Sabang
Sumatra
Singapore
Chester W. Nimitz
Kyushu
Ryukyus
Miyazaki
Inujo
Tanega Island
Amami Group
John S. McCain
Washington
Navy
Marine
Tokyo Radio
Australians Advance in Borneo Along Sambodja Lines
Australian Seventh Infantry and Dutch troops pressed toward Sambodja oil fields as Japanese defenses slowed them. P-38s and Libera tors bombed west coast airfields while the Sixth Division pushed inland in New Guinea. Sepinggang airfield and Manggar region saw heavy bombardment and fighting.
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Manila
Borneo
Sambodja
Balikpapan
13Th Army Air Force
Mt. Batochampar
Sepinggang Keijin
Sepinggang
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Manggar
Melbourne
Adajeranden
Fifth Air Force
Formosa
New Guinea
Army Department
Eisenhower to Dissolve SHAEF and Return to National Command
Paris July 12 General Eisenhower announces the dissolution of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force at 12:01 a.m. July 14. American British and French forces will revert to national control as Eisenhower moves to command the American forces and join the interallied control council for defeated Germany. The announcement follows his return from the United States to attend final ceremonies.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters Allied
Eisenhower
SHAEF
Control Council
Germany
Supreme Command
United States
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Explosion destroys Clark Super Gas office in Marrero
In New Orleans area an explosion of unknown origin demolished a two room office of the Clark Super Gas Co in Marrero and a fire followed. Plant superintendent Howard M Wilson said damage was about 50000. Injured were Harold Brenna 30 of Marrero a platform operator and John D Taylor 50 of Hattiesburg Miss a truck driver. Brennas clothing burned.
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New Orleans
Clark Super Gas Co
Marrero
Mississippi
Howard M. Wilson
Harold Brenna
John D. Taylor
Hattiesburg, Miss
Brenna
Taft Attacks Bretton Woods Lending Plan in Senate
Sen Taft denounces as profligate lending the Bretton Woods international bank proposal and urges postponing Senate action. He criticizes an eight point eight billion dollar fund to stabilize currencies and a nine point one billion dollar bank to back loans, proposing direct government loans instead. Barkley presses House bill for quick floor action, aiming to move ahead of the UN charter.
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Washington
Taft
Republican
Ohio
International Bank
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Bretton Woods
Foreign Relations Committee
International Fund
United States
United Nations
Polio Cases Rise Across Southeast This Summer
Atlanta reports a renewed polio season as rising cases appear in southeastern areas. Henderson county Tennessee is under close watch with 23 cases at the isolation hospital in Memphis and 13 more from eight other counties. Last year saw five cases in the same region.
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Atlanta
Henderson County
Tennessee
Memephis
West Tennessee
Caroline
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