Allied air and sea strikes devastate Hamamatsu and Tokyo area
American and British carrier planes launched dawn strikes against airfields and military sites around Tokyo after Allied battleships, cruisers, and destroyers shelled Hamamatsu on Honshu. Nimitz reported heavy damage to Japanese ships at Kure and many enemy aircraft destroyed as fleets remained unscathed.
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Guam
Tokyo
Hamamatsu
Honshu
U. S. Third Fleet
Adm
Nimitz
Kure
Haruna
Ise
Aoba
Oyodo
Kure Naval Yard
Far East Air Forces’ Liberators
MacArthur
Tragic collision claims Kennedy as bus and car crash kills 52
Chester A. Kennedy 52 a Butte carpenter dies after head on crash on the Butte to Dillon highway near Apex hill 15 miles north of Dillon. Dr W J Sullivan seriously injured as eight bus passengers and driver are hurt. Police report a cow jumped onto the road causing the collision.
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Butte- Dillon
Dillon
Chester A. Kennedy
Butte
W. J. Sullivan
Intermountain Lines
St. James Hospital
Sullivan
Charles R. Burns
West Broadway
Brundage
Kennedy
Cahill-Mooney Company
Frances Kennedy
Colorado
Robert E. Wright
Apex Hill
Burns
Louise Bhrner
Wright
W. H. Stephan
L. G. Dunlap
Anaconda
Beaverhead
Mr. Kennedy
Dr. Sullivan
Attack on Black Market Planned by U S Agencies
Four federal agencies including Treasury and Agriculture plan a coordinated assault on wartime black market activities and tax evasion. Attorney General Clark and Treasury Secretary Vinson will meet with OPA and DOJ leaders to discuss enforcement steps.
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Washington
Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Office of Price Administration
Department of Justice
Tom C. Clark
Vinson
Agriculture
Anderson
OPA
James G. Rogers, Jr
Army Bombers Blot Out Japanese Battleship Haruna
Liberators of the Army's Far East Air Force scored four one ton bomb hits on the Japanese battleship Haruna and ripped it apart amid ships. Allied air forces also damaged or destroyed multiple ships and bases from Japan to Malaya with more than 700 sorties and heavy strikes on Kure, Sasebo, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Yoshima.
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Manila
Far East Air Force
Haruna
MacArthur
Adm. Nimitz
Kure
Sasebo
Kyushu
Japan
Malaya
Borneo
Far East
Seventh Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Okinawa
Fifth
Seventh Air Forces
Kagoshima
Yoshima
Formosa
Seventh Fleet
Army vows full probe into Empire State B 25 crash and 13 deaths
Army Air Forces officers pledged a complete inquiry into the B 25 bomber crash into the Empire State Building killing 13 people. The bomber’s three aboard and 10 in the building died as the craft struck the 79th floor causing fires. Brig. Gen. Kane said the investigation would run without interruption until all facts are explored. The Empire State Building remained closed to the public on Sunday.
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New York
U.P
Army Air Force
Empire State Building
Navy
Albert G. Perna
Brooklyn
Ira C. Baker
Army Air Forces
F. H. la Guardia
C. P. Kane
Intrepid Sinks 80 Enemy Ships and 650 Planes in War Surge
The U S S Intrepid destroyed eighty enemy ships and 650 aircraft with guns and planes, suffering heavy damage herself. Navy reports say the Essex carrier faced more hits than any other carrier, yet returned to action after multiple battle damages in Pacific operations. The Yamato helped by air strikes fell to Intrepid air and torpedo attacks. The latest action occurred April 16 near Japan, causing fires and casualties on deck and hangar, but the crew contained the damage and kept fighting.
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Washington
U. S. S. Intrepid
Navy
Intrepid
Pacific
Japan
Senate seeks role in peace talks after UN charter vote
Washington July 29 The Senate GOP and Democrats urge inclusion in postwar talks following the Senate's 89 to 2 ratification of the United Nations Charter. Senators George Langer Shipstead Austin Connally and Vandenberg demand Senate representation at negotiations to shape the peace settlement.
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Washington
Senate
San Francisco
Langer
R-N. D
Shipstead
R-Minn
Sen
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Austin
Vermont
Connally
D-Tex
Sen. Vandenberg
Michigan
Republican Conference
Weather Outlook for Montana and Butte Region
Butte area shows partly cloudy to cloudy conditions Monday with scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Warm trend continues with a high near 82. Montana-wide forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies Monday, isolated storms possible, cooler temperatures ahead, with highs around 83 and a low near 44.
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Butte
Montana
Chinese Troops Advance 20 Miles Near Kweilin
Victorious Chinese forces pushed 20 miles beyond Kweilin and trapped about 15,000 Japanese troops. Chinese units pressed from Kiangsi into an isolated enemy group fleeing northeast of Kian while another corps moved beyond Chihing toward Kukong on the Canton Hankow rail line. Rescue and mop-up actions followed the fall of Kweilin as Chinese spearheads continued along the rail corridor.
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Chungking
U.P
Kweilin
Kiangsi
Kian
Chihing
Kwangtung
Kukong
Canton- Hankow
Canton
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin- Hengyang
Sichuan
Invasion of Japan Planned by Overwhelming Forces
Rear Adm. Dewitt C. Ramsey announced from Guam that the invasion of Japan will use the most overwhelming forces ever concentrated in history. He said the enemy invited this fate by rejecting the Potsdam ultimatum and noted Allied preparations including Europe-sourced troops and armor for further amphibious operations.
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Guam
Japan
Dewitt C. Ramsey
Fifth Fleet
Pacific Fleet
Potsdam
Ramsey
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Pacific
Truman
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Interisland
Europe
Every Major Jap Warship Sunk or Damaged in Carrier Blitz
The Third Fleet’s carrier plane strikes at Kure on Saturday left Japan with no major warships in operational condition. Task Force 38 damaged Haruna Ise and capsized Oyodo while Aoba burned. many ships of the once-feared fleet were crushed as weather favored the raid off Japan.
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Adm. McCain
Japan
Kure
Haruna
Ise
Oyodo
Pacific
Aoba
Roosevelt seeks release from active Army duty
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt son of the late President has asked release from active duty. The War department said the application had not yet been acted upon. The inquiry into his financial affairs has been under way for weeks after reports he received a large loan which was settled for a lesser amount.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
War Department
Army Air Forces
Roosevelt
John Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Rep. Doughton
D.-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
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