Warplanes Hammer Jap Oil Refinery in Latest Strike
A 50-strong B-29 force hit the Maruzen refinery near Osaka in a new attack as part of a week of sustained bombing. Allied aircrews reported sinking or damaging 32 more ships, pushing the nine day total to 211. Nimitz and MacArthur disclosed heavy tolls on shipping while Formosa oil production neared destruction.
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Guam
U.P
Japan
Maruzen Oil Refinery
Air Force
Shimotsun
Osaka
Nimitz
China
MacArthur
Asiatic
21St
Bomber Command
Tokyo
Ohio
Arkansas
Illinois
Oregon
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Far Eastern Air Force
Hello
Formosas
Formosa
Maruzen
20Th Air Force
Washington
Utsube River
Nippon Oil
Australian push at Balikpapan presses inland amid stiff Jap resistance
Australian troops from a three mile beachhead drive two columns toward Balikpapan with one column advancing nearly two miles and another capturing Klandasan suburb. Gen. MacArthur says inland progress is steady despite heavy resistance. Air support harasses Japanese forces as they flee toward the interior. one convoy of 15 trucks is wrecked by carrier planes.
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Manila
U.P
Balikpapan
Klandasan
Airme
Douglas MacArthur
Kula
Koelasambodja
A. A. D. Sample
Ninth Division
Beaufort
Sumat
Seria-Miri
Brunei Bay
Miri
Motorists Rush to Buy Stamps in Butte
Hundreds of Butte motorists rushed to the post office Monday to obtain 1945 46 federal auto use stamps amid reports internal revenue agents tagged cars without the stamp. Post office staff sold about 4 240 stamps by Monday afternoon as summons cards were affixed to non compliant vehicles. stamps must be displayed on all motor vehicles starting July 1.
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Internal Revenue
Butte
Post Office
Business District
Corporal’s Teeth Pop Out In New Guinea
In New Guinea a corporal frustrated by natives delaying quartermaster corps work had his false teeth pop out during a tirade. The army reported the incident created great concern among the natives, who then began to obey his orders with notable alacrity and respect.
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Washington
New Guinea
Quartermaster Corps
Restoration of American Liberty Urged
Mackinac Island Michigan July 2 Comdr Harold E Stassen urged the national governors conference to back the San Francisco charter as the people policy for 48 states He outlined a two point program to reinforce peace and urged active world policy to wage peace as vigorously as war A resolution backing the charter will be considered Wednesday Governors Dewey Maw O Connor Tobin Warren Baldwin discussed fiscal economic and industrial issues with decentralization and realistic views on jobs and wealth The meeting stressed restoring American liberty and reducing federal bureaus
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Mackinac Island
Mich
U.P
Harold E. Stassen
San Francisco
United States
Pacific
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Republican Party
Stassen
State Department
Senate
Herbert Maw
Utah
Herbert R. O'Connor
Maryland
Maw
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Earl C. Warren
California
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Warren
Baldwin
Theaters to Open in British Occupation Zone
Theaters and entertainment venues in the British area of occupation in Germany are reopening for German civilians, officials announced on Monday. This marks a revival of cultural facilities in the Twenty-First Army Group area.
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Twenty-First Army Group
Germany
Resignation reshapes House Un American Activities panel
Washington July 2 Representative Edward J Hart of New Jersey resigned as chairman of the House committee on un American activities on doctors orders. Rankin of Mississippi declined to succeed him, preferring to stay head of the veterans committee. A vacancy will be filled by Democratic members of the Ways and Means committee.
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Washington
Edward J. Hart
New Jersey
House Committee On un-American Activities
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
Hart
Hollywood
Rankin
Veterans’ Committee
Veterans’ Group
Veterans
un-American Activities Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Jackson
D-Wash
New York
OPA
West Coast
Senate Urged to Ratify World Charter
President Truman returned to the Senate to urge swift ratification of the United Nations Charter. He framed the choice as charter or no charter, urging immediate ratification and noting strong support in polls. He said the Charter offers the road to enduring peace with God’s help and resolve. More than two thirds of Senators appeared ready to ratify.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate
United Nations
Associated Press
The
World Organization
Truman Addresses Senate on Charter Ratification
President Truman spoke to the Senate urging ratification of an international Charter after a San Francisco draft. Senator Barkley warned of possible opposition while Senator McKellar presided. The President noted the Charter aligns with peace aims and urged consideration of its spirit and text.
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Truman
The
Senate
Capitol
Barkley
D-Ky
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
San Francisco
Extension of A. C. M. Group Insurance Plan Now in Effect
Anaconda Copper Mining announces extension of its group insurance plan with increased coverage based on earnings. Over 75 percent of the company’s 32 000 employees and subsidiaries signed acceptance cards, effective July 1. Montana workers led with about 90 percent acceptance. those absent due to illness or injury may sign upon return to work.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Company
Kelly
Montana
Butte Weather Forecast Showers and ThunderstormsLikely
Butte forecast calls for clear skies Tuesday morning, then partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, clearing after dark. Temperature expected to peak near 85 degrees. Monday saw a high of 81 and a low of 40 with light winds. Windana region also shows partly cloudy Tuesday with cooler conditions.
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Butte
Wientana
Evacuation of Singapore Planned by Japs
The Japanese announced plans to evacuate civilians from Singapore as Allied forces push near the naval base. Non essential civilians would begin leaving in mid July while Allied air bases and Australian patrols advance toward Kuching. Tokyo radio warned of homeland defense and promised new planes to attack invasion fleets.
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San Francisco
Singapore
Borneo
Great Naval Base
Java
Brunei
Kuching
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Forrestal Visits Mare Island Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal made a surprise inspection at Mare Island Navy yard in California. He spoke with workers about the importance of their roles, visited Pacific Fleet units under repair, and talked with wounded sailors at the Navy hospital returning from Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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Mare Island
Calif
U.P
Secretary of the Navy
James V. Forrestal
Mare Island Navy Yard
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific Fleet
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Navy Hospital
Butte War Time July 4 Observance Planned
Butte will suspend all operations on Wednesday to honor local service members. Banks stores and offices close except for law enforcement, with a public street dance at Granite and Montana streets starting at 9 pm this evening. The parade of colors forms at 9:30 am Wednesday on West Granite, led by Assistant Chief Jack Duggan, with 50 local organizations and bands in the procession. A notable feature will be 50 Salish Indian braves visiting for the parade.
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Butte
Butte Hill
Silver Bow County
Montana
Granite
William Pickthall
West Granite Street
Jack Duggan
Barry O'Leary
54 000 Workers Out on Strike
Unprecedented action by the War Labor Board targets large strike groups amid a nationwide idle workforce. In Akron 33,000 Goodyear workers have had shifts and vacation pay suspended since June 16, while 17,000 Firestone strikers are ordered to resume production. New York deliverymen were ordered back to work amid newspaper outages, and glass industry progress neared a return to normal as most plants ended strikes.
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Associated Press
War Labor Board
Akron
Ohio
WLB
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
New York City
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Company
Lincoln
Neb
Valuable Mercury Cache Found Aboard Captured Nazi Sub
Portsmouth Herald reports five million dollars worth of mercury found in the U-234 submarine drydocked at Portsmouth Navy Yard. Water tight containers in 18 mine wells reportedly contained this liquid metal ballast from Italy. Navy officials would not discuss cargo details, saying information would be released from Washington.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Portsmouth Herald
Japan
Washington
Nav
Navy Department
the Herald
Italy
Chinese Pursue Fleeing Japs
Chinese high command said free China forces advanced up to 35 miles along the Hangchow bay industrial basin and reached an area 132 miles south of Shanghai while other units withdrew from Trung Khan Phu Chungchingfu inside French Indo China. The Japanese were withdrawing along the Chekiang coast after linking with a relief force at Ninghai.
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Chungking
Free China
Teeming
Hangchow Bay
China
Shanghai
Indo-China
Trung Khan
Phu
Chungchingfu
Knudsen Rejoins GM Board After Government Service
General Motors directors elected Lt. Gen. William S. Knudsen to the board on Monday. Knudsen had resigned from the board on September 3, 1940, to join the government defense program and returns to corporate duty.
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Knudsen
New York
General Motors Corporation
William S. Knudsen
American Forces Enter Berlin
Paris reports advance units of American occupation troops have entered Berlin to establish communications and billet veterans of World War II. A mobile radio transmitter has been sent ahead with an advance party, and Press Wireless announced a station in Berlin to handle the files of about 200 Allied correspondents due to enter Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Paris
Berlin
Supreme Headquarters
Press Wireless, Inc
New York
Richardson Now Commands Middle Pacific
U S Army Headquarters in Honolulu disclosed that Lt Gen Robert C Richardson Jr was named commanding general of the middle Pacific by Gen Douglas MacArthur in preparation for the final assault on Japan. The move creates two large command pipelines to supply and train all Army troops in the Pacific.
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U. S. Army
Honolulu
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Middle Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Wilhelm D. Styer
Western Pacific
Richardson
Pacific
Asia
Medal of Merit Awarded to Ernie Pyle
The Army Navy and State department announced a posthumous Medal of Merit for Ernie Pyle, the war correspondent. It will be presented to Mrs. Pyle in Washington after a National Press Club film preview of Ernie Pyle’s Story of G I Joe at the Palace theater.
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Washington
Ernie Pyle
Army
Navy
State Department
Pyle
Denver
National Press Club
Palace Theater
FEPC Out of Funds After Hectic Capitol Hill Day
Washington July 2 FEPC finished a dizzy legislative day on Capitol Hill moneyless and technically out of business. House committees rebuffed two loans, Rules five to five and Appropriations 20 to 11, leaving FEPC and 16 war agencies on a merry-go-round. House action on the new war agencies bill is due Wednesday.
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Washington
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Capitol Hill
House
Rules Committee
Senate
Appropriations Committee
FEPC
Congress
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Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Francis J. Kelly
Hirohito
Coast Guard
Coast Navy Yard
By Spencer Moosa
By Frank Tremaine
Fleet
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S. Tenth Army
Ryukyus
C. H. Cobb
U. S. Navy
Lewis E. Woods
F. G. Wallace
Third Fleet
J. B. Oldendorf
Medal of Merit
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