Solons Plan Hearings on Rail Jam
The Senate war investigation committee opens hearings Monday on the rail jam and improper war department planning for troop redeployment. Defense Transportation Director Monroe Johnson will explain Army redeployment details and timing. The panel aims to coordinate Army Navy and DDT plans amid tighter domestic rail travel rules.
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Washington
U.P
Senate War Investigating Committee
War Department
Defense Transportation
D. Monroe Johnson
ODT
Harley M. Kilgore
W. Va
Johnson
Army
James M. Mead
N. Y
Homer Ferguson
Mich
United Press
Navy
Charter Ratification Expected This Week
The Senate opens debate on the United Nations world Security Charter Monday and aims for speedy ratification with minimal opposition. By week’s end most expect approval, with six votes or fewer against, and only one senator, Hiram Johnson, is currently recorded as opposed.
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Washington
Senate
San Francisco
Hiram Johnson
R-Calif
Big Three Open Second Week of Conferences
The Big Three leaders Truman Churchill and Stalin met in Potsdam for an unusual Sunday session on peace problems. Truman aims to speed deliberations while Churchill plans a London return for Thursday's British election results.
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Potsdam
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
London
U S Rebuffs Indirect Japanese Peace Terms Efforts
U S officials rebuffed indirect Japanese attempts via three neutral channels to learn terms short of unconditional surrender. Empire News says Tokyo sought through Swiss officials, the International Red Cross in Tokyo, and Vatican delegates in China to discover if terms were possible. No direct overture reached Washington and Tokyo warned it would resist intimidation while seeking fair arguments.
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U.S
Washington
Japan
London Dispatches
Tokyo
London
Empire News
International Red Cross
Vatican
China
The
Congress
America
United Press
San Francisco
Montana Trails Officials Laud Pioneer Trails Association Visit
Dr Howard R Driggs praises Montana for swift organization of the American Pioneer Trails Association 1945 rendezvous in Butte The party will visit Browning Great Falls Helena Three Forks and end Friday with a Three Forks program with leaders from New York and Montana in attendance.
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American Pioneer Trails Association
Montana
Howard R. Driggs
Butte
Lewis and Clark
Montana State Council
Driggs
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Ad National
Helena
Three Forks
Association
Dr. Driggs
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Outlook
Butte and Montana forecast call for a warm spell with highs near 85 in Butte and 75 to 85 region wide. Sunday peak 86 with a cool night around 46. Monday remains fair with a slight cool in east and south central portions and a chance of a few scattered showers.
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Butte—Fair
Montana
Fighters Hit Inland Sea Tokyo Reports
Allied air and sea forces hammered Japan from the Inland Sea to Honshu and beyond. Superfortresses dropped 500 tons on a synthetic oil plant while MacArthur and Nimitz fleets damaged or sank 32 ships. Mustang fighters strafed rail yards and airfields along a 90 mile coast as 75 to 100 Marianas-based battleships hit the Abe Coal Liquefaction center. One Mustang lost. pilot rescued.
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Guam
Japan
Honshu
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Netherlands East Indies
Abe Coal
Mustangs
Tokyo
Osaka
Wehrmacht
Reich
Okinawa
Petain Goes On Trial In Paris For Life
Marshal Petain, age 89, arrives at the justice palace in a bullet proof car to face a life trial starting Monday. A 24 man jury drawn from national assembly will hear testimony from about 90 witnesses including former premiers and Albert Lebrun. Prosecutor Andre Mornet accuses Petain of collaborating with the enemies. defense says armistice actions allowed him to work with the Allies.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Palace of Justice
Vichy
Mont Rouge
Frances
Louis XVI
Petain
France
Leon Blum
Edouard Daladier
Edouard Herriot
Paul Reynaud
Albert Lebrun
Republic
National Assembly
Andre Mornet
Mata Hari
Mornet
Legal Commission
United States
Britain
Adolf Hitler
American State Department
Foreign Office
Nazi Leaders React To Buchenwald Horror Film In Luxembourg
US Army guests at Mondorf Luxembourg viewed a film on Buchenwald and Nazi cruelty. Hans Frank hid a handkerchief in his mouth, Kesselring turned pale, Ribbentrop left for dinner, Streicher and Goering reacted with mixed disbelief and recall. The 52 survivors watched at the Palace hotel during internment.
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Mondorf
Luxembourg
United States Army
Buchenwald
Arthur Michaels
Hans Frank
Poland
Albert Kesselring
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Julius Streicher
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
New Order
Palace Hotel
Michaels
Col. B
Aussies Make Another Borneo Assault
Australian Seventh division troops landed 14 miles northwest of Balikpapan on Borneo after a near shore-to-shore march. Allied bombers hit Toboli in the Gulf of Tomini and continued raids on Donggala as Gen. MacArthur announced the new operation.
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Manila
U.P
Seventh Division
Balikpapan
Borneo
Celebes
Douglas MacArthur
Tempadoeng
Berangoe
George C. Kenney
13Th Air Force
Macassar Strait
Toboli
Gulf of Tomini
Tomini Gulf
Newsman Denied China Reentry By Army Policy
Har old Isaacs Newsweek correspondent returning from home leave was told by the Army that China refuses him re-entry. Isaacs claims Chungking policy targets reporters who write unfavorably about Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
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New Delhi
Harold Isaacs
Newsweek
China
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Blasts Smash Japanese Convoy as Chichi Island Is Hit
Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet targets a four ship convoy off Tokyo Bay while forces pound Chichi Island in the Bonins. Nimitz reports naval air attacks near Honshu with Nagato damaged and several ships sunk or damaged in a 10 day foray.
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Guam
U.P
William F. Halsey
Tokyo Bay
Chichi
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Honshu
Nojima Cape
Nimitz
Yokosuka
Philippines Sea
Japan
United States
Hokkaido
Nagato
Mutu
Box Score on Halsey Third Fleet Sweep Against Japan
Guam report on Adm William F Halseys Third Fleet sweeping Japan presented as a box score style summary. The piece notes the operation continuing into its fourteenth day with terse lines resembling a sports scorecard for naval actions and fleet movements.
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Guam
Adm
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Japan
Japan Braces for New Blows After 10 Day Quakes
From Chungking to San Francisco reports describe Chinese forces capturing Chaoan and pressing toward Swatow and Amoy as Japan endures a week of Allied raids. Chiang Kai-shek's troops guard Suichwan near Kiangsi while U S air bases shift the war toward China. The war's psychic toll grows as Tokyo faces surrender demands.
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Japan
America
Chungking
Wuak
Chaoan
Swatow
Hong Kong
Amoy
Chekiang
Chiang Kai-shek
Kiangsi
Suichwan
United States
Kanhsien
Kan River
Wanan
Taiho
Cheapan
War Department to Revise Point Discharge System
Soldiers with just under 85 points will be eligible for discharge within days as the Army plans a revision of the critical score before month’s end. Veterans with over 85 points complain of delayed releases while transfers, replacements, and training backlogs hinder discharges. Chief barriers cited are time to move men between services, train replacements, and shipping space.
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Washington
War Department
Labor Secretary Warns Labor Over Reconversion Conflicts
Labor Secretary Lewis P. Schwellenbach warned organized labor that public support could erode if conflicts arise in reconversion efforts. In a broadcast speech, he said labor gains over the last 16 years could be at risk due to industrial strife.
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Superior
Wis
U.P
Lewis P. Schwellenbach
Organized Labor
Labor
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U. S. Group Council
Eisenhower
Patton
Bradley
Stimson
Wil
Ernest B. Vaccaro
William F. Tyree
By Relman Morin
William C. Wilson
Chichi Island
Bonins
Yokosuka Naval Base
Edward L. Thomas
Tokyo Area
Hokkaido-Honshu
Singapore
Colombo
Ceylon
Times of Ceylon
By James D. Whi
Kuriles
Indo-China
T. V. Soong
Marshal Stalin
Asia
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