Indonesians Launch Air Assault on Java Coast
Indonesian air force in its first action attacked Semarang on the north Java coast and Salatiga south of Jogjakarta. A Dutch report confirmed a light bomb strike on Semarang. leaflets were dropped and two Dutch fighters intercepted. Dutch retaliation hit Megdewo airfield near Jogjakarta. a Dakota transport named mercy was shot down, nine killed, one injured.
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Batavia
Java
Semarang
Salatiga
Jogjakarta
Megdewo
Singapore
Ratcliffe
Radio Batavia
Jebela
Cheribon
Bandoeng
Netherlands
Sumatra
Pan Capo
Secret Top-Level Parley Signals A-Bomb Test Plans
Admiral Blandy led a secret Army Navy conference fueling speculation he may direct new atomic bomb tests. Forrestal Royall Leahy present with Blandy who led Bikini Atoll tests last year and was awarded a gold star for Bikini operation.
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Washington
H. P. Blandy
Navy
Army and Navy
James V. Forrestal
Defense
Kenneth Royall
Germany
William D. Leahy
Truman
Blandy
Atlantic
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Bikini
Congressman’s Son Arrested in Phoenix Robberies
Police report the arrest of 19 year old James Q. McDonough who says he is the son of California Congress member Gordon L. McDonough. He and two other suspects confessed to two local strong arm robberies on Sunday night. Marines absent without leave from California posts, Robert J. Beck and John R. Lake, were arrested and named in the case.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Uu.p
James Q. McDonough
California
Gordon L. McDonough
Los Angeles
Young McDonough
Robert J. Beck
Fresno
Calif
John R. Lake
Inyokern
Government Abandons Plans to Reduce Wheat Goals Next Year
The government will not cut next year’s wheat production target, despite high prices and shortages overseas. A call for another large crop is expected soon as seeding for winter wheat nears. Officials note vast prior expansion of wheat acreage and a record 1.435 billion bushels this year, about double prewar yields.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Truman Returns to White House
President Truman returned to the White House from Missouri after a family bereavement. He moved to his office to tackle about 100 bills and signed a $35.5 million supplemental appropriation for veterans housing and an agreement with Canada to develop Frasier river fish hatcheries.
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U.P
Truman
White House
Grandview
Martha Ellen Truman
National Airport
Executive Mansion
Charles Ross
Navy
James Forrestal
Defense
National Housing Agency
United States
Frasier River
Canada
Palestine Tense After Executions
Jeru salem July 29. Rumor ridden Palestine waited to see if Irgun would execute two British sergeants in reprisal for three Jewish underground hangings. Officials grew hopeful they might still be alive, while renewed Jewish appeals urged liberation.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Jewish Underground
Palestine Police
Mervyn Paice
Clifford Martin
Natanya
Irgun
Vaad Leumi
Jewish National Council
Acre
Society Matron Hears Sentence In Enslaving Case
Mrs. Alfred Wesley Ingalls was fined 2500 and placed on five years probation with restitution to Dora Jones for enslaving her. Judge Weinberger suspended a three year prison term. Dora Jones to receive 6000. psychiatrist treatment ordered. witnesses protected. max penalty five years and 5000 dollars fine.
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San Diego
Calif
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Dora Jones
Jacob Weinberger
United States
Eugene A. Tolin
Ingalls
Massachusetts
Clifford Fitzgerald
Ruth Castendyk
Chicago
Helen Roberts
Berkeley
Russian veto sinks U S Balkans peace plan at UN
The United States proposal for an 11 nation border commission to ease Balkan tensions was vetoed by Russia at the United Nations. Poland joined in opposing the plan, the council adjourned to consult home governments, and US deputy delegate Herschel V. Johnson condemned the move as abuse of power.
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Russia
United States
Balkans
United Nations Security Council
Herschel V. Johnson
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Council
Poland
Gromyko
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Johnson
Balkan
Fatal accident verdict leaves cause unknown in four deaths
Inquest into the June 22 Butte-Dillon highway crash failed to determine a cause. The jury ruled that four people died from injuries after the Higinbotham car collided with Wilbur Storer’s Ford, but said the cause is unknown. Storer testified he could not avoid the collision despite braking. The tire blowout theory was noted by Patrolman Boehme.
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Frank Tomich
Silver Bow
William E. Higinbotham
Nissler
Butte-Dillon
Higinbotham
Wilbur Storer
Philipsburg
Storer
Rudy Sayatovic
W. B. Davis
Beatrice Dower
Jessie Trevithick
John Jolly
Jane Sullivan
Edwin Lannen
William Pengelly
T. E. Downey
Archie L. Jackson
Nevada
James O'Brien
Wyoming
Tomich
Dillon
Dorothy Crence
At Least 10 Die As Beauty Parlor Blast Rocks Harrisonburg
A blast ripped a beauty shop in Harrisonburg Virginia killing at least ten people and injuring about thirty others. The explosion damaged a nearby jewelry store as firemen police and veterans cleared debris and an emergency morgue was set up at the scene. Names of the dead include Dorothy Bowman Pauline Sheffer Elizabeth Seizle Bonnie Sites and others from the surrounding area.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Higgs and
Lindsay
Dorothy Gail Bowman
Mt. Jackson
Bowman
Pauline
Pauline Marie Sheffer
Lone Fountain
Winter wheat maturing as drought bites Montana crops
Montana weather and crop reports show rapid maturity of winter wheat due to hot dry conditions while spring wheat and other crops suffer from moisture shortage. Forecasts predict little cooling or rainfall with 80 to 95 degree days and light thundershowers.
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Helena
Montana
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Federal Weather Bureau
Bureau
Glacier
Toole
Quakes Reported From Bogota Geophysical Institute
Rev. Jesus Emilio Ramirez, director of the geophysical institute in Bogota, said seismographs recorded two strong earthquakes on Tuesday. The first at 5:51 a.m. had an epicenter about 900 miles from Bogota with a strong north south wave center. A second tremor at 7:03 a.m. was recorded about 10,500 miles away near the Antipodes islands in the South Pacific.
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Bogota
Colombia
Jesus Emilio Ramirez
The
Geophysical Institute
Antipodes Islands
South Pacific
Death Toll in Brest Harbor Explosion Rises to Eighteen
In Brest France five more people died from burns and blast injuries raising the total dead to 18. Some 417 were injured with 100 seriously. damage to Brest and its harbor is estimated at 1.67 million dollars. The blast came from ammonium nitrate aboard the Norwegian freighter Ocean Liberty.
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Brest
France
Brest Harbor
Brittany
Britain May Reduce Armed Units
London reports indicate Britain could cut the size of its armed forces to curb expected economic strain this winter. Officials suggest a broader budget move may include tapping rainy day reserves as markets react to fears for Britain’s future. Field Marshal Montgomery may advise on cuts as Labour faces pressure to save costs and bolster under manned industries.
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London
Britain
Attlee
Labor
House of Commons
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
New Zealand
Pacific
Labor Party
Two Men Die in Virginia Plane Crash Near Staunton
A small single engine plane carrying a pilot and one passenger crashed near Christian Creek, about three to four miles from Staunton, Va., Tuesday, bursting into flames and killing both men. The pilot was Fred Shawker of Craigsville and the passenger John Stump of Greenville. Officials from Vernona airport said the two had taken off to circle the Harrisonburg explosion site.
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Staunton
Christian Creek
Fred Shawker
Craigsville
John Stump
Greenville
Vernona
Shawker
Harrisonburg
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana regions
Butte remains fair and warmer on Wednesday with expected highs near 88. Montana forecast calls for fair conditions with temperatures rising to 85 in the west and up to 95 in the east.
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Montana
West
Japs Recognized Atomic Bomb
Tokyo reports a long hidden Japanese memo from Hiroshima 1945 shows quick realization by scientists that the United States had used an atomic bomb and offers details on the proposed mechanism. A preserved copy surfaced via a Japanese officer who helped investigate after Aug. 6, 1945, noting radiation effects and the chain reaction concept. The document hints at how a slow neutron method or reflected neutrons might trigger a reaction after uranium oxide barriers.
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Tokyo
Hiroshina
United States
Hiroshima
Kure
Parking Meter Contract Unsigned by Butte Officials
Mayor O Leary says the 600 manually operated parking meters contract for 48000 was not signed. After July 16 the council approved the bid. public opposition grew with a letter and resolution urging automatic meters and counters. The Butte Exchange Club also opposes the council’s meter purchase and backs the inter club resolution.
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Barry O'Leary
Butte
Butte Exchange Club
General Meriweather Walker Dies at 78 in Massachusetts
Brig. Gen. Meriweather L. Walker retired U S Army and former Panama Canal Zone governor died Tuesday at the Marine hospital Vineyard Haven Mass after months as patient.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Meriweather L. Walker
United States Army
Panama Canal Zone
The
Marine Hospital
Note to F. D. R. Gets Order for Flat Tops
Henry J. Kaiser testified before the Senate war investigating committee that Admiral William D. Leahy approved a multi million dollar wartime contract for 200 ton cargo planes that never flew to counter the submarine threat. He also said a note to President Roosevelt secured a 100 small aircraft carriers and claimed the baby flat tops helped win the war. Kaiser said he did not seek White House intervention for the cargo plane contract in 1942, but Nelson asked him to obtain Leahy's approval.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Adm
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Navy
Kaiser
Hughes
Big Four discuss London talks on Germany this fall
Washington reports the Big Four foreign ministers will push ahead with another Germany conference in London this fall despite East West splits over the Marshall plan. Plans for a preliminary Oct deputy meeting in London are under discussion alongside related moves. Kenneth Royall flies to Berlin to settle US German friction. John J. McCloy says the World Bank can help finance Ruhr coal production under the Marshall plan.
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Washington
Germany
London
Moscow
State Department
Kenneth S. Royall
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
John J. McCloy
The
World Bank
Ruhr
Jewish Refugees Stall on Ships Off Port de Bouc
About 4500 Jewish refugees returned to France from a Palestine attempt staged a sit down strike. They refused to debark from three British troopships and awaited orders as British and French authorities considered next steps. A British official rejected forcing them ashore by force.
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Port DE UC
France
Palestine
Holy Land
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