New Warnings Hit 12 Japanese Cities In Air Raids
Fleets of B 29 Superfortresses dropped evacuation warnings on 12 Japanese cities early Sunday, raising the total warned to 31. Leaflets warned that some or all of the cities would be bombed soon, with OWI broadcasting the texts from Saipan.
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Guam
U.P
U. S. 20Th Air Force
Saipan
Honshu
Kyushu
Shikoku
Hokkaido
Carl A. Spaatz
Hachinohe
Utawa
Tottori
Iwakuni
Takayama
Pukushima
Akita
Saga
Yawata
Miyakonoho
Otaru
Imabari
OWI
William F. Halsey
Mianland
Japan
Far Eastern Air Forces
Seventh Fleet
Malaya
Riouw Islands
Singapore
Chester W. Nimitz
Halsey
China
Shimushu
Kuriles
Llth Air Force
Fleet Air Wing
Shantung
Hangchow Bay
Shanghai
Spain Rejects Potsdam Denunciation
London Aug 4 Generalissimo Francisco Franco rejected as arbitrary and unjust the Potsdam declaration that Spain under his government is not worthy of a seat in the world organization for peace and security. He said Spain would not beg for inclusion or accept a conference seat not consonant with its laws, population, and culture. The regime defied the Big Three to force a change, despite pressures and ties to Axis powers.
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London
U.P
Francisco Franco
Isdam
World Organization For International Peace and
Secur
E Franco
Spain
Russia
Great Britain
Erica
France
World Organization
Taft Outlines Postwar Program For Immediate Draft Halt
Senator Taft outlines a Republican postwar program proposing an immediate halt to drafting men and an early relaxation of wartime business controls. He calls for action on employment social welfare public works agriculture and labor in response to Truman and Roosevelt proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Roosevelt
Barkley
Frightened Japan Acknowledges Possible Invasion Success
Washington reports note Tokyo broadcasts, cited by United Press, admitting an American invasion of the home islands could succeed if strong enough. Japan warned that the first invasion wave might number 800000 troops, with Tokyo counting on massive counterattacks and suicide pilots to halt the landings.
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Washington
U.P
Japan
Tokyo
United Press
San Francisco
New Diplomatic Problems Expected From Potsdam Decisions
Washington officials foresee new Anglo American Soviet tensions arising from Potsdam outcomes. Truman prepares an address after returning on the Augusta while the three powers affirm Soviet influence across eastern Europe from Finland to Bulgaria. Greece remains in British hands and Turkey access to seas through the Dardanelles remains unsettled.
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Washington
Russia
Potsdam
Truman
Augusta
Europe
Finland
Bulgaria
Greece
Britain
Turkey
Dardanelles
Yalta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Crimea
Lightning strikes Soerabaja in first long range raid
United States 13th Air Force Lightnings destroyed 37 enemy locomotives at Soerabaja during a heavy two hour attack mid day Wednesday. Gen. MacArthur announced the operation as an explosive success and noted the long range fighter’s capacity to strike far from base.
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Manila
United States
13Th Air Force
Soerabaja
Java
MacArthur
Air Force
Paul B. Wurtsmith
Singapore
Indies
Asia
Philippines
Japs Build Wooden Planes for Forthcoming Battles
Tokyo radio said Japan is producing wooden planes in increasing numbers for forthcoming battles on the Japanese main land. The broadcast claimed these planes are superior to the British Mosquito and Soviet Lagg models despite difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Japan
Ise
Radio Tokyo
United Press
Tokyo
Legion and Auxiliary Meet in Butte Aug 11 to 13
Committees from Silver Bow post No. 1 set the stage for the 27th Montana Legion convention in Butte August 11 to 13 for a two day pro am. Wright of Havre will preside. department adjutant Kibler to attend. sessions cover memorials, reports, and installation. Legion auxiliary delegates also gather August 11 to 13 with registrations, memorials, and elections on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow Post No. 1
American Legion
Montana Department of the Legion
Butte
E. R. Blinn
W. P. Donnelly
Legion
Fox Theater
Cers
Wright
George Wright
Havre
Jb Kibler
American Legion Auxiliary
Montana
Veteran Organization
State Department
Finlen
Lightning Strikes Two Rural Rooms Injuring Five Boys
Five boys about 11 years old were knocked unconscious and burned when lightning hit the Y of a two room school in an isolated Livingston area. Several other children suffered shock but survived.
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Livingston, Tenn
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana regions
Fair and warmer Sunday and Sunday night with high around 84 in Butte. Saturday high 78 and low 37. West of the continental divide mostly clear with little change. Sunday high 80 to 85. East of the divide mostly clear south and central. partly cloudy north. widely scattered mountain thunderstorms Sunday afternoon. high 80 to 85.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
U S commits to world reconstruction via Bretton Woods plan
President Truman signed three bills pledging about 6 billion dollars for a world bank and international fund to promote trade and stabilise exchange, plus a larger export import lending capacity and UN food and agriculture dues. The move aims to bolster postwar peace and economic recovery through Bretton Woods structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United States
White House
Potsdam
World Bank
Bretton Woods
N. H
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
United Nations League
Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Stabilization Fund
Point Free Status for Tomato and Juice Blends Announced
The Agriculture Department and OPA said canned tomato juice mixed vegetable juice grapefruit juice and blends of grapefruit and orange juice will become point free starting Sunday. Orange juice already is point free. The move follows lower military demands and expected larger 1945-46 production. Civilians will receive an extra 10 million cases of principal canned vegetables from the 1945 pack, with smaller amounts of canned fruits and juices set aside for government purchase.
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Washington
Agriculture Anderson
Bowles
OPA
Agriculture Department
Department
Jap Positions Along Vital Rail Line in Burma Wiped Out
British troops in Burma have wiped out Japanese positions along the Pegu Marataban rail line near Abya and inflicted heavy casualties on a trapped unit near Nyaung Lebin. Allied planes bombed depots north of Kunzeik and Shwegywin. a railway bridge in Abya area was destroyed.
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Calcutta
U.P
Burma
Pegu- Marataban
Abya
Nyaung-Lebin
Southeast Asia Command
28Th Imperial Army
Sittang
Kunzeik
Shwegywin
Two Casualties Reported In Butte Family
Pfc. Earl F. Paffhausen, butte marine wounded on Okinawa, on convalescent furlough at his mother’s home. His brother in law Pfc. Daniel Bowser seriously wounded at Mindanao and evacuated to Madigan General Hospital. Bowser and Paffhausen both from Butte area. other relatives include Sgt. Mickey Paffhausen serving in the Pacific.
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Earl F. Paffhausen
Butte
Okinawa
Lois Paffhausen
Missoula
Centerville
Daniel Bowser
Mindanao
Madigan General Hospital
Tacoma
Wash
Paffhausen
22Nd Marines
Naha
Earl J. Paffhausen
Anna May Eickmeyer
Naval Hospital
Farragut
Idaho
Pfc
Joyce
Bowser
Donna Lee
Butler
Mickey Paffhausen
Luzon
Warden Lashes Three Robbery Youths at Workhouse
Wilmington Aug 4 Warden Elwood H Wilson at the Newcastle county workhouse gave 10 lashes to three youths under court sentences for robbery Francis Coston 18 Ernest Watson 19 both four year terms and George Butler 19 three year term
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Wilmington
Del
U.P
Elwood H. Wilson
Newcastle County Workhouse
Francis Coston
Ernest C. Watson
George Butler
MacArthur Extends Pacific Command to Ryukyus
Gen. MacArthur announced extended command of his Pacific Army to the Ryukyu Islands linking with the Philippines to form a base for the final conquest of Japan. Doolittle’s Eighth Air Force will be based on Okinawa under Spaatz, while Stilwell’s 10th Army and Kenney’s Far East Air Forces move up.
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Manila
MacArthur
Pacific Army
Ryukyu Islands
Tokyo
Ryukyus
Philippines
Japan
Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Okinawa
Spaatz
U. 8 S. Army Strategic Air Forces
MacArthur Command
Stilwell
10Th Army
George C. Kenney
Far East
Gen. Stilwell
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Adm
Nimitz
Sen. Johnson
D-Colp
Stewart
D-Tenn
Washington
Pacific
Gen. Doolittle
Formosa
Fewer but Larger Farms Reported in Three Counties
Silver Bow county shows 161 farms in 1945 with 134,233 acres and an average 834 acres per farm, up from 430 in 1940. Deer Lodge lists 167 farms with 202,941 acres and 1,215 acres per farm. Ravalli records 1,392 farms with 349,749 acres and 251 acres per farm. figures preliminary and subject to correction with final census by the Bureau of Census.
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Silver Bow County
Leo V. Massman
Massman
Deer Lodge
Ravalli County
Deer Lodge County
Bureau of Census
Washington, D. C
Solon Continues Fight on Size of Army
Sen. Johnson challenged Secretary Stimson to refute a calc ulation that only 3 000 000 American soldiers can be deployed in the Pacific by year’s end. He warned of a manpower and transport crisis, demobilization issues, and ongoing unemployment as consequences of a too large army. Taft likewise urged a reduction from the post V E Day force, noting Japan war aims and logistics limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Johnson
D-Colo
Stimson
Pacific
Senate
United States
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Congress
War Department
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Japanese Pillage River Hong Kong Area Near Nanchang
Japanese columns have swept a 130 mile path through Kiangsi rice bowl region toward a junction west of Nanchang. Chinese counterattacks blunted a spearhead near Chuanhsien. A Chinese column moved toward Sinning and Kaoan as Japanese relief efforts pressed from Nanchang toward Fengsin.
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Chungking
Kiangsi Province
Nanchang
Chuanhsien
Flying Tiger
Lingling
Sinning
Tungan
Fengsin
Restored to Homelands as 2.17 Million Displaced Remain
Army statistics disclose that 4 August 1946 in Frankfurt and across western Europe shows many nationalities cleared from American British and French zones and restored to home lands. The figure remaining to be moved totals about 2,174,182 displaced persons.
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Frankfurt-On-Main
Geremany
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nimitz’ War Bulletin
Third Fleet
William F. Tyree
By Philault
By John M. Hightower
By James Hutcheson
American Legion and Auxiliary
Silver Bow Post
Fred A. Lehn
Ghtning
Charles P. Gerry
Associated Press
U. S
Gen. MacArthur
Ryukyu Isle
Neil Dodds
Neil
Joseph Dodds
Johns
Camp Lowlands
Jim Leslie
Noah Stroup
Frank Silvey
Anaconda
Solon
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