Allied Navy Presses Assault On Tokyo In Big Carrier Action
Carrier fleets from the United States and Britain unleash a massive strike on Tokyo as 1,500 plus planes and 450 to 500 B 29s drop thousands of tons of bombs. Fleet Admiral Nimitz declares the Allies control the approaches and begin a new phase aimed at breaking Japan’s war effort.
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Guam
Tokyo
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
William F. Halsey
Britain
Japan
Pacific
U.S
Pacific Ocean
U. S
Shirika Yawaya
Honshu
American Broadcasting Company
Chinese Drive Ahead Clear Airport Cities
Chinese armies press along the east west corridor through Paoking toward Kweilin and Kanhsien as they seize air bases in Kwangsi and Hunan. U S planes hit targets around Liukianghsien Hsiujienhsien and Yungfu while bombers disrupt the Formosa Amoy route and support ground troops near Paoking and Kanhsien.
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Chungking
Japan
China
Paoking
Kweilin
Kanhsien
U. S
Southeast Asia
Formosa
Amoy
Tea
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Hunan
Kwangsi Province
Liukianghsien
Liuchow
Hsiujienhsien
Hwangminkai
Hunan-Kwangsi
Yungfu
Hong Kong
Suichan
Miles City to Get Veterans Hospital Site
Rep. Mike Mansfield said President Truman informed him Miles City Montana was chosen as the site for a veterans hospital and that authorization for construction had been signed. Mansfield noted recommendations were made by the veterans administration and the federal hospital board and approved by the bureau of budget on July 13 after a conference with the director. The recommendation was sent overseas to the President in Potsdam, Germany.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Truman
Miles City
Mont
Montana
Veterans Administration
Federal Hospital Board
Bureau of Budget
Potsdam
Germany
Pioneer Montana Man Summoned
DARBY July 16. J. W. Shockley 86 longtime Darby resident died Monday after living in the western Montana community for over 50 years. He came from Missouri and was a former horticulturist. Surviving are three sons C. W. Shockley Darby Orie Shockley Darby Wade Shockley Seattle and two daughters Mrs. E L Sargent Darby and Mrs. Dave Stout Paradise.
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Darby
J. W. Shockley
Montana
Missouri
C. W. and
Orie
Wade Shockley
Seattle
E. L. Sargent
Dave Stout
Paradise
Potsdam Scene Hosts Big Three Meeting Today
Potsdam the cradle of Prussian militarism hosts the Big Three talks expected to open today. The city near Berlin rose from a Slav fishing village to a military capital under Frederick William I, with the palace as its chief historic landmark.
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Potsdam
Berlin
Frederick William I
Big Three Potsdam Conference Delayed By Stalin Absence
President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill spent Monday in Potsdam awaiting Marshal Stalin who failed to appear on schedule delaying the conference. They toured Berlin ruins while advisers planned the program and possible Soviet entry to the Pacific war loomed large in talks.
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Potsdam
Truman
Emory S. Land
War Shipping Administration
Washington
Josef Stalin
U.P
Winston Churchill
Berlin
Stalin
Russia
Germany
Europe
Middle-East
Churchill
White House
Secret Service
Army
James F. Byrnes
Adolf
Minority Opens Fight on Finance Plan Storm in Senate over Bretton Woods deal
Senator Taft challenges administration on Bretton Woods finance plan asking if Roosevelt pledged 3 billion dollars in postwar lend lease aid to Britain and if a Russia loan is included in a 3.5 billion export import bank bill. Chairman Wagner says Ruffing left war aid and Russian report is false.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
U. S
Britain
Russia
Roosevelt
Wagner
D-N. Y
Banking Committee
Quebec
Bullet Scarred Automobile Held as Crew in Colorado Shooting
An abandoned sedan scarred by four bullet holes linked to a gunman, believed to be a Wyoming convict who shot Oak Creek Night Marshal Isaac Tex Roark, was found by searchers. Two more cars were stolen in Steamboat Springs early Monday as officials pursue the escaped suspect, with Roark still in critical condition and odds of recovery described as fifty fifty.
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Steamboat Springs
Colo
Wyoming
Isaac
Tex) Roark
Oak Creek
Routt County
J. T. Kelton
Roark
Jim Connant
Kelton
Mountain
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Rawlins
Psychological Blows Are Aimed at Japan
Washington dispatch reports that the Potsdam meeting may deliver major psychological blows to Japan. President Truman hopes to shorten the war, potentially more by psychology than military action. Experts say redeploying European troops to the Pacific likely won’t be hastened by Potsdam decisions, and Soviet moves at Yalta or Berlin may not speed Tokyo’s fall unless they push surrender sooner.
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Washington
Potsdam
Japan
Truman
Europe
Pacific
Russia
Yalta
Berlin
Tokyo
Aussies Make Gains in Borneo Fight
Australian Seventh division troops push through wooded hills east of Mount Batochampar facing strong resistance. Ninth division advances along the Jesselton railway in Brunei bay. In New Guinea the Sixth division captures the last Japanese stronghold near Wewak. Air actions include Mustangs destroying tunnel areas and a rail station near Tombunco. Fleet activity hits two masted junks southeast of Hong Kong.
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Manila
U.P
Seventh Division
Mount Batochampar
Douglas MacArthur
Brunei Bay
North Borneo
Beaufort
Tenom
New Guinea
Prince Alexander Mountains
Wewak
Yamil
Kuching
Borneo
Fifth Air Force
Tombunco
Formosa
Tinchi
Army
China
Seventh Fleet Mariner
Hong
Indo-China
Bongsen
Quinhon
Hughes Hercules Seaplane Unveiled as World’s Largest
Culver City Calif July 16 The Hughes aircraft plant unveiled the Hughes Hercules poised to be the world’s largest seaplane It will weigh about 425000 pounds cost over 20 million and feature a 320 foot wingspan with eight engines producing 24000 horsepower for its first flight next year Delivery of engines starts January The Hercules can haul a 60 ton tank or three light tanks serve as a hospital ship for 350 patients and transport 750 infantry from Honolulu to Tokyo nonstop.
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Culver City
Calif
Howard Hughes Airplane Manufacturing
Honolulu
Tokyo
Fire Spreading in Oregon Area
The Wilson river forest fire in northwest Oregon had burned over 25,000 acres by mid afternoon. About 1,000 people, including 415 sailors from Astoria, fought flames spreading north east and south with rain unlikely to halt the blaze.
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Portland
Ore
Wilson River
Oregon
Astoria
Nels Rogers
World-Wide Ban on Compulsory Training Proposed in Peacetime
Washington July 16 Congress debate centers on Martin plan for a world wide anti conscription pact before any United States peacetime service. Critics say universal peacetime training remains essential for national security and a trained citizen reserve militia.
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Washington
House
Martin Monday
Massachusetts
United States
Woodrump
D-Va
Postwar Military Committee
Martin
Manpower Shortage Strains Western Railroads
President Truman said western railroads face grave delays in moving supplies to the Japanese war due to severe manpower shortages. About 65,000 workers are needed immediately, with 17 western railroads given top priority for inter regional recruitment and new authority to refer qualified workers to lines.
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Washington
Truman
Western
Western Railroads
War Manpower Commission
WMC
West
War Department
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Tuesday
Butte: clear to partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night with little temperature change. Montana: considerable cloudiness with scattered thunderstorms Tuesday, slightly cooler with highs 70 to 80 and conditions including a Monday high near 80 and a low around 39.
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Butte
Montana
Three Forks to Sponsor Gala Pioneer Program
Three Forks plans a Lewis and Clark Day gala as the sponsor for the American Pioneer Trails association national rendezvous climax. Scores of Butte residents will travel to Three Forks on Friday July 27 for an all day event near the Missouri river headwaters marking the expedition celebration.
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Butte
Three Forks
American Pioneer Trails Association
Civilians Must Wait Until 1946 for Food Improvement
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warned on July 16 that civilians face no material relief in the 1945 food situation. He cited limited 1945 supplies, with only milk, wheat, potatoes and fresh vegetables seen as bright spots, and projected shortages in meats fats oils sugar and dairy. He outlined four government actions to address shortages and noted improvement in meats depends on 1946 production.
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Washington
Anderson
American Broadcasting Company
South America
Sec
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George Wang
Merriman Smith
Wheeler and Taft
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Dmont
Colorado
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Manggar Airfield
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