New Landing In Drive For Borneo Rubber And Oil
MacArthur expands Borneo drive with a new Australian landing on the island’s northwest coast. Ninth Australian Division troops hit Andus near Beaufort, while a 10 mile advance toward Kimanis broadens the beachhead. Air and naval units supported the surprise operation as Seventh Division advances continued.
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Borneo
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Tobruk
Andus
Beaufort
Beaufort-Jesselton
Kimanis
Seventh
Airplane Stamp No 4 to Be Valid August 1
Washington announces Airplane Stamp No 4 will become valid August 1 in Ration Book No 3. Stamps Nos 1 2 and 3 remain valid indefinitely as the Office of Price Administration reports.
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Pittsburgh
Aterday
Weather Bureau
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Daily Weather Report
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am show a maximum temperature of 83 and a minimum of 49 with no precipitation and a river stage of 4.8 feet. A year ago the high was 91 and the low 61 with 0.18 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Four Powerful Fleets To Converge On Japan
Washington dispatch says naval analysts expect at least four major American fleets to converge on Japan with carrier air power to soften defenses ahead of a potential invasion. The proposed forces include Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet and Admiral Spruance’s Fifth Fleet, along with units from the European theater, as part of a Pacific realignment.
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Japan
Washington
Pacific
Normandy
High Command
Wiliam F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Eisenhower Relinquishes Command of Allied Forces
Paris July 13 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower bids farewell as supreme commander of Allied forces in Western Europe and dissolves the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force. He thanks all ranks for their service and notes the task is finished as command ends at 12:01 a m tomorrow.
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Allied Forces In
Europe
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
United States
British Commonwealth
Wreck Kills Nineteen on Havana Express
Havana authorities opened an investigation into the Havana Santiago express wreck at Victoria De Las Tunas that killed 19 and injured 17. The eastbound train derailed as the locomotive two baggage cars and two passenger coaches overturned. British-operated United Railways officials suspect possible sabotage.
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Havana
INS
Santiago
Victoria de Las Tunas
Army Bomber Collides Midair With Airliner Over SAMAR
A midair collision near Samar South Carolina killed three aboard the Miami to Boston airliner and injured a bomber crewman. Captain G D Davis piloted the damaged airliner which belly landed in a corn field after the bomber struck from above. The 1 year old infant died, Corporal Raleigh Albaugh Jr and Robert Clapp of Oklahoma City were also killed.
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Samar
S. C
INS
Miami
Boston
Florence
G. D. Davis
A. E Williams
New York City
Corp Raleigh
Amputate Arm of Heroic Foreman At Duquesne Plant
Thomas Coates, a plucky superintendent at Duquesne Slag Products Company, had his arm crushed in a hopper conveyor. Surgeons amputated his right arm after a one hour twenty minute rescue, witnessed by crowds on a nearby bridge. He is reportedly recovering in Mercy hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Coates
Duquesne Slag Products Company
Mercy Hospital
Divergent Views on Peace Terms for Japan Unconditional Surrender
Senate debates U S practice of stating peace terms with Japan tied to unconditional surrender. Some lawmakers argue clear terms could speed surrender while others warn it signals weakness. Ben Carpenter Capehart cites Japan’s peace feelers and pushes for minimum terms. A private conference with state officials is sought. Senator Magnuson comments on timing and clarity.
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Washington
United States
Senate
A&r
Ben Capehart
Ind
Japan
State Department
The
Pacific
Capehart
Denies Rumors Japs Seek Peace in Refuted Statements
Sadao Iguchi spokesman for the Japanese board of information flatly refuted rumors that Japan sought peace. The denial followed Grew's statement that Japan had issued peace feelers as inquiries into US policy. In Brussels Queen Mother Elizabeth and Foreign Minister Spank will fly to Salzburg to meet King Leopold III.
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New York
INS
Sadao Iguchi
Japanese Board of Information
Japan
Jap Deniei Agency
Brussels
Elizabeth of
Belgium
Paul-Henr Spank
Salzburg
Leopold III
St. Wolfgang
Navy sees Japan hoarding 4000 combat planes says Ramsey
Rear Adm. D. C. Ramsey, new Fifth Fleet chief of staff, says Japan plans to field about 4000 combat aircraft to defend homeland. He notes new American jets and fighters he describes as more powerful than prior models, with carriers gaining 20 percent more striking power. Ramsey projects about 9000 Japanese planes remain, many likely to be used as Kamikazes as pressure on Japan increases. He assumes Kamikaze threat will rise with Japan's peril. Ramsey begins duties Monday at Avon-by-the-Sea.
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Guam
D. C Ramsey
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Navy
Ramsey
FTF
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Japan
Avon by-the-Sea
N. J
Adm A C_ Davis
Connally Expects Charter Approval by Committee Vote
Sen Tom Connally predicts the United Nations charter will pass a committee vote by at least 21 to 2 with few dissenters. He notes hearings close as John Foster Dulles and Norman Thomas testify, while the charter’s Senate floor fate waits after Bretton Woods proposals.
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Washington
INS
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tod
United Nations
Connally
John Foster Dulles
San Francisco
Social Party
Norman Thomas
Myron C Taylor Reaches New York
Myron C Taylor personal representative of President Truman to Pope Pius XII arrived at LaGuardia Field aboard an Air Transport Command plane. He declined comment on visit purpose or Vatican affairs and was accompanied by his wife. Earlier they flew from England after visiting Paris and London. City firemen answered a still alarm at 504 South Jefferson Street where rubbish burned on a vacant lot at 9 30 p.m. Thursday. Fire Chief James B E Thomas reported the fire was extinguished by booster tank.
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New York
Myron C. Taylor
Truman
Pius XII
la Guardian Field
Air Transport Command
United States
Vatican
Taylor
England
Paris
London
South
Jefferson Street
James BE. Thomas
More Japanese Cities Are Targets In Bomber Raids
The Tokyo radio said 500 to 550 B 29s raided Ogaki Kagamihara Tsurumi Kori yama Inchinomiya Tsu cur a and Utsunomiya before dawn plus Uwajime and Kawasaki center. Mines sown in Wasaki Bay were reported. fires were quickly extinguished and damage deemed negligible.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Ogaki
Kagamigahara
Tsurumi
Koriyama
Tokyo
Inchinomiya
Tsugura
Utsunomiya
Twenty-First Bomber Command
Uwajime
Honshu
Kawasaki Petroleum Center
Tokyo Bay
Wasaki Bay
Fukui Prefecture
Marianas
Allargets
Pittsburgh heavy cruiser duels typhoon tale reaches Guam
Staff correspondent reports the USS Pittsburgh broken in two by a western Pacific typhoon on June 5. Captain John E Gingrich guided the stern into calm waters and then docked at Guam with all hands safe, five days apart. The navy released the account to confirm the sea’s power as wartime foe.
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Guam
Pittsburgh
John E Gingrich
Dodge City
Kan
Gingrich
Truman Expected To Land At Antwerp Sunday
Reuters dispatch reported President Truman should arrive in Antwerp soon after 8 am Sunday on his way to the Big Three meeting. He would motor to an airfield near Brussels and then fly to Berlin.
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London
Reuter
Brussels
Truman
Antwerp
Berlin
Brig Gen Stackpole to be released for state duty
Gov. Edward Martin announced the War department grants Brig. Gen. Edward J. Stackpole release for service with the state military affairs department. The move takes effect October 1 to prepare the postwar National Guard and improve the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation.
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Harrisburg
INS
Edward Martin
War Department
Edward J. Stackpole
Harrisburg Telegraph
State Military Affairs Department
U. S. Minesweeper YMS-39 Reported Lost
The navy reports Minesweeper YMS-39 lost in the Borneo area during enemy action. Five casualties include three dead one missing and one wounded among enlisted crew. Skipper Lt Alfred Vaughn of Kenbridge Virginia survived. next of kin notified.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Borneo
Alfred Vaughn
Kenbridge
Typhoon Damages Fleet Report From Third Fleet
Guam July 13 authorities disclosed that Adm. Halsey s Third Fleet suffered heavy damage from a June 5 typhoon between Okinawa and the Philippines. More than 21 US warships were battered though none were lost, with carriers and battleships sustaining topside damage as crews repaired ships and returned them to action.
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Guam
William F. Halsey
Okinawa
Philippines
Adm
Chester W Nimitz
Halseys
Pearl Harbor
Chicago Gambler Shot To Death
Chicago gambler Ma rice Margolis, 30, was found dead in a car on Racine Avenue. Police said two bullets struck him in the head while the car was stationary. his sister identified the body and fingerprints confirmed the identity. the car was registered to his sister, Mrs Mollie Cossidente.
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Chicago
Ma Rice Margolis
Margolis
Racine Avenue
Mollie Cossidente
Cossidente
Death notices brief in Ellwood City area
Friday obituary blurbs report deaths of Annie Quinn aged 61 of STS Vegan street Elica Round aged 85 of 6t Centen nil street Theodore James Menerice age nine in Ellwood City and Prank Smith aged 78 of 615 Oak street.
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Annie Quinn
Sts
Vegan Street
Theodore James Menerice
Ellwood City
Prank Smith
Oak Street
Round The Clock Bombing Of Japan Near At Hand
Manila dispatch notes American military circles pledge that bombing Japan will run 24 hours daily. General Kenney asserts homeland bombing will be continuous, while the enemy claims already achieving a 24 hour pace.
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Japan
Manila
INS
George C Kenney
U. S. Far Eastern
Domet
Comet
Therapeutic fishing cure for nerves and worry
A quirky note suggests fishing as a cure for nervousness and irritability. It promotes taking time to fish and loaf, claiming it calms nerves and makes one feel fit and fine despite any spot or weather.
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Mervous Lemston
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