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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1945
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes Japan begins to feel intensified Allied pressure on air and sea fronts with looming shortages amid ongoing European warnings of food scarcities.
Japanese empire faces heavy bombardment as American and Australian forces press land and sea offensives. A U S battle fleet bombards Sakhalin while air raids devastate Japanese cities and facilities. Allied actions advance in Balikpapan and Sepinggang amid mounting Russian-Chinese diplomacy concerns.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau resigns, becoming the sixth cabinet departure under Truman. Five predecessors have also left: Perkins Wickard Biddle Stettinius, with successors installed. Associate Justice Owen D Roberts also resigns from the Supreme Court, after 15 years.
Gen Douglas MacArthur hailed the Philippines as a reborn base for the drive on Tokyo, detailing a 250 day campaign that destroyed 23 Japanese divisions and left an estimated 420000 Japanese dead. U S and allied forces reached Berlin as occupation zones formed, while Western Europe faced warned food shortages and new air routes were authorized by the Civil Aeronautics Board. A Nazi “scientific starvation” station in Bavaria was uncovered with the arrest of doctors and aides amid child killings.
The American Legion with 1.6 million members urged the Senate to ratify the United Nations charter. National Commander Edward Schieberling sent a letter stating the San Francisco charter is an honest capable attempt to form a workable association of free sovereign nations and to maintain peace.
The Navy Department reports the sinking of two American destroyers, the William D. Porter and the Twiggs, and a submarine near Okinawa in separate Japanese air attacks six days apart. Casualties totaled 244, with 183 aboard the Twiggs from a bow-shearing strike and 61 aboard the Porter from a yet unexplained dive bomber incident.
In Copenhagen authorities sentence Torben Wulff, accused Gestapo informer, for betraying Danes and causing a patriot's murder. In Munich, the famed beer hall near Berchtesgaden is set to become a G I club as American soldiers plan doughnuts in the Führer’s Eagle Nest. Frederick Carroll of the Red Cross says bomb damage repairs will begin soon.
Gen George C Marshall and Adm Er nest King urged universal military training at the 37th governors conference on Mackinac Island. They warned future war could come swiftly and urged a large national guard and reserve via universal training to keep the United States prepared without a large standing army.
The piece outlines how Nazi planned terror aimed to destroy individual initiative in Germany, detailing Gestapo methods, camp torture, and the transformation of prisoners into passive masses. It notes the broader social impact on families and the public as fear spread through Nazi rule.
The piece notes pressure to relax anti fraternization rules in the American occupation in Germany while life returns to normal in Berlin suburbs per a Moscow broadcast. A July 1 bicycle race occurred in a town. It cites 3 million barrels of petroleum products lost to strikes and 2700 Liberty ships battered beyond use, many scrapped after a fight for survival.
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