Stalin and Truman hold secret Potsdam talks before big three
Stalin and Truman meet at the Little White House with Molotov before the Potsdam conference opens. Explosions in the Berlin Soviet zone heighten secrecy as Churchill attends luncheon with Stimson and Marshall tours the wrecked city.
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Potsdam
Stalin
Truman
Berlin
Churchill
War Stimson
General Marshall
U. S. Army
Stimson
Mr. Truman
V. N. Pavlov
Great Lakes liner Ha monic destroyed by fire
In Sarnia Ontario the 300 foot Great Lakes passenger liner Ha monic carrying about 350 passengers burned today. Officials say no lives were lost and most aboard escaped. Loss estimated at about 1 million dollars as smoke continued from the wreck near Point Edward docking facilities.
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Sarnia
Ont
Great Lakes
Hamonic
Canada Steamship Lines
J. H. Aitchison
Point Edward
Sainis General Hos’ Corporation
Hamonic Ship Fire Brings Firefighters From Two Nations
American and Canadian firefighters battled flames aboard the Hamonic, a large passenger ship tied at Point Edward near the Blue Water Bridge. Sarnia General Hospital treated burned and injured passengers as panic filled the top deck and survivors slid into the river amid thick smoke.
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Farrest
Hamonic
Detroit
Point Edward
Blue Water
St. Clair River
Lake Huron
Port Huron
Sarnia
Gigantic Fire Hits Forest Near Tillamook County
Nearly 1,500 men wrestled a third massive Tillamook county forest blaze in 12 years. The fire scorched over 27,000 acres as crews battled to protect green timber with bulldozers working to halt spot fires along trails. Hundreds more troops and civilians joined the effort amid high winds and a threatened timber area further south in the Iskiyous and Cascade range.
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Portland
Tillamook County
Northwest Oregon
Geiger Field
Spokane
Wilson River
Iskiyous
Cascade Range
Willamette Valley
Eastman and Westman Plan Wall on Property Line
Eastman and Westman meet to discuss constructing a wall at the rear of a Thermopolis grocery. Eastman owns the western parcel and Westman the eastern section, forming a dividing boundary between their properties.
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Thermopolis
E. V. Eastman
C. F.westman
Eastman
Westman
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Train derailment after cloud burst near Dunlap Iowa
Fourteen cars of the City of Los Angeles jumped the track east of Dunlap after a cloud burst. A diner car plunged into the Boyer River with three aboard. two conductors and a waiter escaped. Justice Frank Murphy was aboard and apparently unharmed. Several passengers were lightly injured as two coaches, two diners, a lounge car and eight sleepers derailed. Westbound tracks were washed out by renewed flooding, halting rail traffic.
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Dunlap
Iowa
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Boyer River
Frank Murphy
United States Supreme Court
C. H. Humphreys
Northwestern
Humphreys
Denison
Antelope Hunters Draw for Permits
Boise, Idaho. The state will select about one thousand hunters by Aug. 3 for the Lost river antelope hunt scheduled September 2 to 6 across Butte, Clark, Custer, Jefferson, and Lemhi counties. The commission moved drawings from 10 days to 30 days. Last year 2,000 permits were issued and 1,500 antelope were taken.
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Boise
Idaho
Butte, Clark
Custer
Jefferson
Lemhi
Idaho Fish and Game Commission
Senator Demands Probe Into Chennault Retirement
Senator Ellender urged a Senate inquiry into Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s retirement from the Army Air Forces in China. He called the replacement explanation secret and implied a major mistake by the founder of the Flying Tigers. Ellender’s resolution asks the military committee to investigate.
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Washington
Sen
Ellender
D.-La
Claire L. Chennault
Army Air Forces
China
Chennault
Senate
Plying Tigers
Military Committee
Hitler and Eva Braun Said to Live on Argentine Farm
A U S state department spokesman said the Buenos Aires embassy will review reports that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are in Argentina. A Chicago Times correspondent in Montevideo sent word they reached a remote Patagonia estate by submarine and are living on a German-owned farm. Argentina had pledged not to harbor Axis war criminals.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Buenos Aires
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Argentina
Chicago Times
Montevideo
Patagonia
World powers redraw zones of influence in postwar Europe
The article argues that Europe now rests on a new balance as Russia rises and Germany and Italy wane. It notes shifting spheres of influence, possible friction between Britain and Russia, and the tension between protecting small nations’ sovereignty and great power aims. It calls for frank discussion to preserve unity among the big three.
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Frank
Exof
Europe
Russia
Germany
Italy
Poland
Fire Fighters Train at Fort Lewis for Western Forest Fires
Ten fire fighting companies are training at Fort Lewis engineer training section to assist in fighting forest fires across the western states. Comprised mainly of returned army ground forces troops, the units are equipped with trucks and bulldozers and can operate in independent sections and platoons.
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Fort Lewis, Wash
Fort Lewis
Prison Guards Given Monthly Raises by Board
The state board of prison commissioners authorized salary increases of 10 to 25 dollars per month for about 25 employees at the state penitentiary.
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Roise
State Board of Prison
State Penitentiary
Japs Send Up Planes to Meet Raiders
Guam reports heavy air activity as 53rd B 29 fire mission against Japan. Interceptors return after dog fights with Japanese fighters near Hiratsuka Numazu Kuwana and Oita targets along Tokyo inland sea corridor. Cloud cover forced instrument bombing and 450 Super forts involved in raids.
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Guam
Tokio Radio
Hirohito
Army Air Force
Tokyo
Hiratsuka
Numazu
Kuwana
Nagoya
Oita
Kyushu
Japan
Marianas
Boards Short Of Draftees In Idaho Move
Idaho selective service withdraws 25 percent of deferments for registrants under 30. Lt Col Norman B Adkison notes the pool of less essential men will grow, while WPB district manager Raymond J Briggs says the change, to take effect before Aug 1, targets mining logging lumbering and manufacturing workers.
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Boise
Idaho Selective Service
District War Production Board
Norman B. Adkison
Selective Service
Raymond J. Briggs
WPB
Adkison
Soong Returns to Chungking After Moscow Visit
Premier T. V. Soong arrived in Chungking from Moscow where he spent over two weeks meeting Premier Stalin and other Soviet leaders. He was accompanied by Apollon Petrov, the Soviet ambassador to China.
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Chungking
T. V.soong
Moscow
Stalin
Soong
Apollon Petrov
China
Three Motormen Refuse Help on Injured Rancher Mongrel
Claud L. Young, 46, San Juan county rancher, died after a horse accident near Monticello Utah. He lay two hours in a rainstorm pleading for aid as three motorists stopped then drove away saying they could not help. He later died from pelvis fractures and pneumonia.
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Monticello
Utah
Claud L. Young
San Juan County
Young
Police Power May Get US Approval
Washington reports two Republican senators forecast congressional approval for the president to wield peace keeping police powers at discretion. They said the foreign relations committee’s report on the UN charter supports allowing the American delegate to vote on police actions without prior congress approval in each case. Vandenberg urged reporting the decision to Congress while preserving war declaration powers.
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Washington
Congress
World Security Council
United Nations
Vandenberg
Michigan
Millikin
Colorado
Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
U.S
War in Pre-Invasion Stage As Yanks Dominate Pacific
U S and British Pacific fleets pursue carrier strikes on Honshu and Hokkaido as Navy leaders declare a pre invasion stage. Nimitz cites blockade and industrial bombing while Barbey warns invasion could come before season’s end. Typhoon limits noted but not halting, with potential landings in Japan or China within 30 to 90 days.
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Pacific
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Washington
Daniel Barbey
Japan
China
Radio Tokyo
Nimitz
United States
U. S
Tokyo
Honshu
Hokkaido
Barry
Seventh Amphibious
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific Islands
Philippines
NBC
Slo
Barbey
Food Scarcity To Remain For Many Months
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warned Americans face food shortage for months to come. He said progression to improve supply will be slow, with reduced diets likely and relief delayed beyond the 1945 production season as the department seeks to curb black markets and trim nonessential demands.
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Washington
Anderson
Rail passenger cars pooled for Army use across nation
All railway passenger, baggage and express cars excluding Pullman sleepers are placed in a pool to support the armed services. The action likely reduces civilian train space and may suspend some regular trains. DDT Director J Monroe Johnson says military needs will be met and urges avoidance of nonessential travel during the war. The order starts immediately and lasts until war end unless ended earlier.
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Washington
Armed Services
Office of Defense Transportation
DDT
J. Monroe Johnson
Seagoing Cop Wears Bathing Suit at Coney Island
New York reports a seagoing policeman patrolling Coney Island in a swimsuit. Philip Franchini observed a swimmer approaching his motorboat waving damp paper, a summons for motorboat intrusion near the swimming line.
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New York
Coney Island
Philip Franchini
Edward A. Sen Serverino
Massacre in Infanta Luzon Suppresses Filipino Natives
Report from Infanta Luzon describes a Japanese massacre of about 2000 Filipinos in scattered districts two months earlier. Lt Col Jaime Manzano cites raids, killings in beds, and looting after Japanese found American canned goods and guerrilla activity. Mayor Puastino P Juntereal confirms the killings and resulting carnage.
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Infanta
Luzon
Manila
Filipinas
Jaime Manzano
Puastino P. Juntereal
Chinese forces seize Moncay amid Indo China border actions
Chinese high command announced the capture of Moncay in the northeastern Indo China border area after puppet troops across the border mutinied in Tung Hing. Japanese forces retreated as Chinese troops pursued them into Indo China and seized Moncay the same night.
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Chungking
Moncay
Indo-China
High Command
Tung Hing
Kweilin
Liuchow
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Hunan - Kwangsi
Chouhsien
Hengyang
Hsinganhsien
Tinpak
South China Sea
Canton
Luichow Peninsula
Hainan Island
Raid by Carrier Fleet Opens Second Week of Tokyo Bombardment
Unprecedented naval air and sea bombardment targets Hitachi copper smelter and aircraft plants near Tokyo. A task force led by the Iowa moved within 80 miles of Tokyo to shell industrial sites as 1,500 American and British planes bombed the area. The operation, part of a broader pre invasion strike, involved Adm. Nimitz and Adm. Halsey with multiple ships and aircraft pounding Nipponese targets.
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Japan
Tokyo
Iowa
Hitachi
Guam
Withe
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. (Bull
Halsey
Six Democrats Expand Unemployment Benefit Plan in Reconversion
Six Democratic senators led by Kilgore and including D Utah moved to broaden unemployment benefits and raise payments to veterans as part of reconversion. They frame the measure as a sincere effort to fulfill President Truman's May 28 plea for decent benefits to guard against postwar deflation, with administration backing noted by Rep. Coughton who described his related bill as at the administration’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas D
Utah
Truman
House
Sen. Kilgore
W. Va
Dancer Mary Almond Placed on Probation in L A Court
Hollywood dancer Mary F. Almond, 24, fined 75 dollars and put on a year of probation after police testimony that during arrest for erratic driving she claimed to have been drinking a buttermilk from her cow. Officer N C Wiggins testified.
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Los Angeles
Mary F. Almond
Hollywood
N. C. Wiggins
Apples Short In West
The department of agriculture forecasts a harvest well above average for Idaho Oregon and Washington with a strong wheat crop of 130 504000 bushels and corn oats barley and rye at 56 634000 bushels though apples are notably limited in the forecast. Potatoes rise 4 percent in Oregon 19 percent in Washington and 14 percent in Idaho.
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Portland
Ore.p
Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Agricultural Statistics Division
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Soviet
Uman
Hitler
DeWitt MacKenzie
ODT
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Associated Press
Coughton
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