Fourteen Hundred Tons Fire Bombs Pummel Japanese Cities
More than 4,000 tons of fire bombs dropped by almost 600 B-29s struck four Japanese cities, including Kure, Shimoseki, Abe, and Kumamoto, in a record assault that pushed the week’s destruction past 11,000 tons. Naval and air forces claimed sunk or damaged merchant ships totaling 179 in the last week, while Kyushu air fields were hit and five enemy planes were shot down.
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Guam
U.P
Japan
Kure Naval
Shimonseki
Abe
Honshu Island
Kyushu
Kumamoto
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
China
Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Marianas
Allied Bombers Strike at Jap Lifelines
Allied heavy bombers scourged Japan's lifelines and supply bases from Formosa through Indo China and eastern Java. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said raids hit the Shinchiku oil refinery in Formosa and the Mako naval base, with night and daylight strikes on targets along the south China coast and in French Indo China. Additional raids targeted airfields in eastern Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and the Celebes as part of a broad Pacific campaign.
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Manila
Japan
Formosa
Indo-China
Java
Douglas MacArthur
Shinchiku
MacArthur
Mako
Mako, In the Pescadoes
China
South China
Canton
Indo- China
Lesser Sunda Islands
Celebes
MacArthur Leads Invasion of Balikpapan in Borneo Assault
General MacArthur announced the Allied invasion of Balikpapan as Australian Seventh Division infantry landed on the Borneo coast. The assault, part of a three landing sequence, aimed to seize the oil port and push inland amid light resistance. MacArthur linked the operation to securing dominance in Borneo and broader Southwest Pacific control.
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Balikpapan
Douglas MacArthur
Borneo
Arrow
Tarakan
Brunei Bay
East Indies
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Manila
Pacific
Indian Braves to Attend Butte July 4 Celebration
About fifty Salish Indian braves from the Flathead reservation led by 65 year old Chief Charlo will join Butte’s July 4 program. They will arrive Monday night in full war dress, set up an Indian village on the high school campus, participate in the parade Wednesday morning, and perform an Indian war dance at NarAnche Memorial Stadium that night. An appeal for Pinto horses to loan for the parade was issued by observance secretary Mary McDonald.
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Flathead Reservation
Charlo
Flathead Confederation of Indians
Butte
Barry O'Leary
O'Leary
Naranche Memorial Stadium
Myles Newcomb
Mary McDonald
Chinese Forces Seize Weichow Island in Tonkin Gulf
Chinese communique reports clear of Weichow island by mopping up with militia help. Mainland operations push toward Kweilin and Liuchow as Japanese concentrate to cover Liuchow retreat. Chinese forces advance along Hunana Kwangsi railroad toward Kweilin while fighting for Pashou.
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Chungking
U.P
Weichow Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Hainan Island
Kwangsi
Indo-China
Kweilin
U. S
Liuchow
Pakhoi
Liuchow Peninsula
Chungchungfu
Indo- China
Cao Bang
China
Hunana-Kwangsi
Liuchow-Kweilin
Pashou
Kleinin
Attlee accuses Churchill of misrepresentation in election push
In London July 1 Laborite Clement Attlee denounced Prime Minister Churchill for misrepresentation as Britain nears the election. Attlee said Churchill's claims that nonparliamentary Labor leaders would leak secrets were false and accused him of using personal prestige to lead the Conservative campaign.
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Edward J. Dennehy
London
Attlee
Labor
Churchill
Conservatives
Laborites
Liberal Party
Fiery Death Engulfing Japanese War Bombing
Seattle report on U S B 29 incendiary raids over Japan describes night firestorms across Tokyo Nagoya Osaka and Kobe using M 69 fire bombs. Dr Herbert H Gowen analyzes the strategic aims and potential impact on Japan s war making capacity as air power targets industry and city centers.
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Central Press
Seattle
Japan
Nippon
United States
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osaka
Kobe
Truman Returns to Washington
President Truman flew back to Washington after an eight day Pacific coast trip during which he addressed the final session of the United Nations conference in San Francisco. He will present the United Nations peace charter and a bill for world court participation to the Senate tomorrow. The charter’s ratification is viewed as assured with broad Senate support. He also signed a bill extending stabilization and price controls for another year to curb postwar inflation.
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Washington
Truman
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Senate
United States
Alger Hiss
State Department
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Japs Lose 16 000 Additional Men on Okinawa
Gen Joseph W Stilwell announced at Okinawa that Japanese forces suffered 16000 more dead and captured since resistance ended June 21, bringing total enemy losses to over 115000 in the Okinawa campaign. Stilwell noted Buckner Jr was killed on June 18 and credited the victory to American effort.
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Okinawa
TERS
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S. Tenth Army
I. 4
Stilwell
Simon Buckner, Jr
Brooks succeeds Johnson as 11th Air Force commander
In the Aleutians on July 1 Maj. Gen. John B. Brooks, former commanding general of the Newfoundland base command, takes over from Maj. Gen. Davenport Johnson to lead the 11th Air Force in Alaska and the Aleutian islands.
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Aleutians
John B. Brooks
Newfoundland
Daveport Johnson
11Th Air Force
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
275000 Gallons Navy Fuel Goes Up in Smoke
In Miami on July 1 a blaze at an oil redistillery plant and petroleum dump consumed about 275000 gallons of Navy fuel. Explosions rocked storage tanks as fires raged through buildings. Estimated damage reached about 1000000 dollars. One casualty, 14 year old James E. Nelson, was critically injured at City Hospital after being struck by flying debris.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
James E. Nelson
City Hospital
Major Household Appliances Continue Scarce
Washington reports that major household appliances will remain scarce for 12 to 18 months, with even higher output not anticipated until five years. An AP survey notes small items may ease before Christmas, but window screens remain unpredictable. Vacuum cleaners and other heavy labor savers are discussed as delayed.
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Washington
Associated Press
Butte Fair Weather With Warmer Monday Forecast
Montana forecast shows increasing cloudiness Monday with light scattered showers in the northwest. Elsewhere, fair and warmer with highs 78 to 85, Sunday's high 76 and overnight low 33.
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Butte
Montana
Glider Rescue From Shangri La Nearly Turns Tragedy
In New Guinea, a swooping glider pick up three stranded crew from Shangri la after 47 days among friendly natives. The craft tore fabric as it was snatched from the valley, forcing a perilous 8 000 foot flight and close passes above mountain tops. Survivors include Corp. Margaret Hastings and Lt. John B. McColom. Decker remains hospitalized. Philippine locals and Dutch photographer Al Cann helped guide the extraction.
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Hugh Crumpler
Manila
WAC
New Guinea
William Samuels
Oakland
Calif
Shangri-la
Samuels
Hollandia
Corp
Margaret Hastings
Oswego
N. Y
John B. McColom
Trenton
Kenneth Decker
Kelso
Wash
Hhe
Hastings
McColom
Decker
al Cann
Priday
Cecil Walters
Seattle
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Bo Agi
Ieee
Pee
Sete
Sear Siena
Kure Naval Base
Ube
Honshu Isle
Edward L. Thomas
New York
George Handley
Europe
285Th Quartermaster Refrigerator Company
830Th Quartermaster
Kara
Australia
Bougainville
Melbourne Radio
South China Sea
Pontianak
Kubu
Sukadona
Kohong
China Sea
Sarawak
Kapit
Island
Java Sea
Naval Station
Iran
Arakan
Equator
Samarinda
Posire
Koto Baru
Csebuko
British North “Borneo
Sandakan
Celebes Sea
Texas
Gen. MacArthur
By Spencer Davis
Macassar Strait
Macassar Straits
Tribe
George Wang
Edward R. Boone
Herbert H. Gowen
University of Washington
Gowen
Congress
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