3000 Plane Raids Possible With Sufficient Targets
Allied air planners say 3,000 American land-based aircraft could strike Japan in a single day using a realigned force structure. Doolittle’s B 29s will arrive mid August and grow to full strength. new USASTAF commands consolidate 21st bomber and other groups. Northern Japan and the Asiatic mainland become key targets as operations broaden from Okinawa bases.
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Guam
Pacific
Japan
Ililae Aaid Tadaw
21St Bomber Command
China
India
Usastaf
U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Doolittle
Giles
Okinawa
Navy
Carl A. Spaatz
Bread prices rise as sugar cuts hit supplies
Washington reports butter price cuts at 16 points per pound as OPA enforces a key sugar policy. The Republican food study committee warns bread prices may rise and production fall if sugar shipments stay tight, while butter supplies expand and margarine remains at 14 points. The agriculture department pushes higher non federally inspected slaughter to boost meat use.
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Washington
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
OPA
Republican Food Study Committee
Rep. Jenkins
Ohio
Jenkins
Agriculture Department
Treasury to Monetize Free Silver Holdings
Senator Burdock says the treasury will monetize about 300 million ounces of free silver it holds beyond needs for lend lease and other uses. The plan would issue silver certificates against the amount, with no expected impact on the silver market, and would proceed despite a coming change in treasury leadership.
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Washington
Burdock
Utah
Treasury Department
Treasury
Department
Murdock
Sen. Millikin
R-Colo
Loretta Young Gives Birth To Son Peter Lewis
Actress Loretta Young and Col. Thomas H. A. Lewis welcomed a six pound boy named Peter Lewis on Sunday. The couple previously have a son Christopher Paul born August 1 and an adopted daughter Judy, age nine.
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Hollywood
Loretta Young
Thomas H. A. Lewis
Ed Forces Radio Service
Peter Lewis
Christopher Paul
Judy
Eleven Jump From B29 Over Minnesota Forest
A B-29 flying at 9500 feet dumped fuel fumes from a leaky line forcing an emergency bail out over northern Minnesota. Lt Edward J Szycher piloted the craft and last to jump buckled parachutes for Lt Keith Hudson who was revived after being unconscious. The crew reached shore after wandering about 30 miles while suffering fumes and injuries.
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Gradn’ Rapids
Minn
Min‘otas
Montana
Minnesota
Syzcher
Szycher
Keith Hudson
Highpoint
N. C
Hudson
Forest Rangers
Napoleon Lake
Senator Carter Glass Facing Dismissal Petition
Arlington county treasurer John Locke Green plans to petition the Virginia court of appeals to deem veteran Senator Carter Glass’s seat vacant amid illness. Green contends Glass has not answered a senate roll call since June 20, 1942 and may have abandoned the seat. If vacant, Gov. Colgate W. Darden could call a November election for a successor.
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Washington
John Locke Green
Teasurer
Arlington County
Virginia
Virginia Court of Appeals
Carter Glass
Senate
Green
Glass
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Truman Tours Ruined Berlin Heart on Potsdam Trip
President Truman toured the wrecked center of Berlin in a motor trip starting from Potsdam. He passed the looted Reichskanzlei ruins the Reichstag shelling and scarred Tiergarten trees as part of his postwar inspection and security zone route.
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Potsdam
Truman
Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Sixth Former Base Taken Near Kiangsi
Chinese troops reported mopping up Japanese remnants after capturing the airfield south of Kanhsien in Kiangsi. Other units closed in on former American air bases at Kwei lin and Liuchow area towns. Chinese high command said a column seized Hwangminkai on the Hunan Kwangsi railway and advanced toward Yungfu, while another captured Liukianghsien en route to Hsiujenhsien. Japanese garrison at Kanhsien retreating north. airfield unlikely for immediate use. Chinese recaptured Chenchsien in Chekiang and seized Limkong on the Luichow peninsula disrupting Indo China routes.
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Chungking
Kanhsien
Kiangsi
Kweilin
Hwangminkai
Hunan-Kwangsi
Yungfu
Liukianghsien
Liuchow
Hsiujenhsien
Hsuipenhsien
Wanan
U. S. 14Th Air Force
East China
Chenchsien
Chekiang Province
Shanghai
Hangchow
Limkong
Luichow Peninsula
Indo-China
Hainan Island
Discharge Score To Count Only Through May 12
Washington officials said the new army discharge score will be based on points earned only up to May 12. A revised total, including points since May, is expected later this year and will likely be lower than the 85 point interim total. The four factors remain service overseas combat and parenthood credit guiding eligibility.
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Washington
War Department
Fifty Fifty Decision Under Sage in Thermopolis
Kenneth Watson, resting after work with his sheep in Thermopolis Wyoming, found a coiled rattlesnake under him. He chose not to kill it, asking why harm it if it did not harm him.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Kenneth Watson
Watson
Crane Official Samuel D. Cunningham Dies in Salt Lake City
Samuel D. Cunningham age 48, Intermountain division manager for Crane Co., died at his home yesterday from a coronary occlusion. He was a local executive with the firm.
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Salt Lake City
Samuel D. Cunningham
Intermountain
The
Crane Company
Reds Decentralize German Industry
The Moscow radio said German industry in the Russian occupied zone would be broken up and parcelled to small farmers. It quoted Councillor Mattern of Dresden that big estates in Saxony would be broken up for small owners by autumn, with confiscation of estates of Nazi militarists.
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London
Moscow Radio
Mattern
Dresden
Saxony
Five Italians Face Trial Before Allied Tribunal
Five Italian youths in their twenties faced possible death penalties as their trial before an allied military tribunal concluded. They were accused of arms possession, looting and robbery with firearms, and the killing of two civilians. The tribunal, composed of American British and Canadian officers, heard the case. The defense argued youths were shaped by fascist rule and wartime partisan life, while the prosecutor noted arms possession violated an allied proclamation.
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Milan
Italy
Louis G. Greenfield
New York City
Democrats to End West Coast Cementout Rules
Western defense command will terminate all west coast cimout regulations on August 1 and has advised eight western states governors that blackout rules are no longer required.
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San Francisco
Western Defense Command
Western States
Sewing machines for home use restrictions lifted
Restrictions on the production of sewing machines for domestic use were removed today in Washington. The move ends all limits on domestic sewing machine manufacturing.
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Washington
Three Islands Fall to Marine Units
Marine units of the Eighth regimental combat team landed on Thiya Island in Okinawa's vicinity on June 3. They found no armed resistance as the nearby garrison on Aguni surrendered its 156-strong force after observing the barrage. Accidents cost two marines' lives and 12 were wounded. about 3000 locals surrendered after the preinvasion fire.
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Robert Geiger
Thiya Island
Okinawas
Eighth
Kyushu
Chester W. Nimitz
Ihiya
Aguni
Okinawa
Leroy P. Hunt
Berkeley
Calif
Thiya
Boise Woman Named Assistant Director of Occupational Guidance
Wilma Hughes of Boise was appointed assistant director of occupational guidance in the Idaho state department of education. James V. Fowler of Priest River remains director of the bureau, appointed at the board’s last meeting.
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Boise
Wilma Hughes
State Department of Education
James V. Fowler
Priest River
State Board of Education
Railway Express seeks 50 percent tariff hike in Idaho
The Idaho public utilities commission set a hearing for July 28 in Boise to review Railway Express Agency's request to raise tariffs by 50 percent on feather comforts mattresses pillows and quilts in Idaho shipments.
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Boise
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Railway Express Agency
Idaho
Truman and Churchill Await Stalin for Potsdam Big Three Meet
In Potsdam President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill await the arrival of Premier Stalin to open talks on postwar Europe and Japan. The conference, possibly lasting three weeks, was shrouded in secrecy as U S and British leaders gather with Byrnes and Leahy while Stalin and Molotov approach.
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Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Potsdam
Japan
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
William D. Leahy
Europe
United States
State Byrnes
War Stimson
Molotov
Berlin
Antwerp
Shangri-La
Sehlendorf
Superforts Attack Four Japanese Cities In Large Raid
More than 2,500 tons of incendiaries dropped on Oita Hiratsuka Kuwana and Numazu in a predawn operation covering a 460 mile stretch. The 53rd firebomb mission from Marianas bases marked the first raid under Gen Carl A. Spaatz command, with Kuwana Numazu Hiratsuka Oita all key war production or naval centers.
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Guam
Oita
Kyushu
Hiratsuka
Tokyo
Marianas
Kuwana
Nagoya
Numazu
Mount Fuel
United States Army Strategic Air Forces
Carl A. Spaatz
Spaatz
Washington
Big Three Unity in Berlin Conference Tests for Peace
De Witt MacKenzie analyzes whether the Big Three Truman Stalin and Churchill can maintain unity at the Berlin conference to rebuild a shattered Europe. He notes blunt talk may occur but mutual confidence and respect are essential for a successful peace, with each power contributing to the war partnership.
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Truman
America
Britain
Russia
Europe
Ninth Victim Succumbs in Utah WWII POW Shooting
Fort Douglas Utah reports the ninth death among German POWs sprayed by a guard at a sleeping work camp. Pfc Friedrich Ritter, 49, died in Kearns from wounds from the July 8 incident. Ritter will receive a military funeral at Fort Douglas with a Salina camp delegation present.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
Ninth Service Command
Friedrich Ritter
Kearns
Clarence V. Bertucci
New Orleans
Salina
Ritter
Ogden
Bertuce
Bushrell General Hospital
Brigham
Uncertain Chennault resignation rattles Chungking
Bulletin items note officials in Chungking expect untold facts behind Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault resignation as commander of the U S 14th air force in China. Separate dispatches report the CPA lifting rationing on 1942 model cars effective Wednesday and new tire eligibility for address changes with special gasoline ration. Senator O Mahoney proposed a 50 million dollar annual subsidy to lamb producers via the Commodity Credit Corporation to raise prices two cents a pound.
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Washington
Sen. O'Mahoney
D. Wyo
Commodity Credit Corporation
Patron of Parking Meter Insists On Right to Space
Vernon B. Van Duyn, cited for intoxication, allegedly blocked a West Center curb zone claiming a meter space for himself after paying. Police report state he sat on the curb refusing parking for others and refused officers’ requests.
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Vernon B. van Duyn
van Duyn
West Center
Weather Summary for Pocatello Area July 16
US Weather Bureau reports 24 hour period ending noon July 16 at Pocatello Municipal Airport with high 86, low 57, mean 72. Normal high 71. Precipitation 0.04 inches this month to date 0.41 inches. Forecasts scattered thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Nearby stations list Idaho Falls 83/61, Dubois 85/48, Burley 85/52, Boise 53/29. Local sunset and sunrise times noted.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Scrap Lumber Available at Naval Ordnance Plant
Scrap lumber, some usable for small buildings and some for kindling, is available at the naval ordnance plant. Capt. J. A. Berg says material will be given to persons willing to haul it away. Haulers should apply to Sergeant Trego.
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Naval Ordnance Plant
J. A. Berg
Trego
Slayer Takes Two Lives and Escapes Capture
Police said Ernest Rittenhouse, 30, fatally shot state trooper Frank Perry and wounded Sgt. Cornelius O'Donnell during a botched arrest for questioning in the axe slaying of his wife in Orange. He was captured later at Martin's Creek with gunshot wounds after a dramatic river chase.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Washington, N. J
Orange
Martin's Creek
Ernest Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Frank Perry
Cornelius O'Donnell
Perry
O’donnell
O'Donnel
O'Donnell
Warren Hospital
Orange Memorial Hospital
Benjamin Trocone
Strikers Back to Work as Labor Woes Ease Nationally
The Associated Press reports about 24,250 workers ended idle time as 29,750 strikers remained. Akron Firestone plant resumes after 14 days, 16,500 workers voting 3-1 to return. Spicer Toledo also back, 6,500 CIOUAW members return. Syracuse Solvay walkout ends with 1,250 UMW members returning. Overall labor scene less dire but still unsettled.
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AFL Bay Cities Metal Trades
San Francisco
CIO
Akron
Ohio
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Toledo
Cio-United Auto
Syracuse
N. Y
United Mine Workers
Solvay Process Company
OPA Sues Six Idaho Seed Growers Over Prices
The Office of Price Administration filed federal suits in Boise against six southcentral Idaho seed growers for selling seed above maximum OPA prices. This follows prior actions against 22 growers and four seed processors in the same area. Named defendants include Prank Zack Mark Collins Ray Blimburg and Ross Davis of Buhl B A Brown of Shoshone and Elmer Parrott of Twin Falls with additional names listed from nearby towns.
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Boise
Office of Price Administration
Idaho
OPA
Pa Nomee
Zack
Mark Collins
Ray Blimburg
Ross Davis
Buhl
B. A. Brown
Shoshone
Elmer Parrott
Twin Falls
Allen Atkinson
Ro Dsa
Duteon
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Saiki
USA
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Miyakonojo
de Witt MacKenzie
Associated News
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CPA
U. S
Third Fleet
Dome
Associated Press
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