Aerial Fleet Bombs Three Japanese Industrial Cities
More than 350 B 29 Superfortresses dropped over 2 200 tons of incendiaries on Omuta Matsuyama and Tokuyama in three coordinated raids across Kyushu Shikoku and Honshu. The strikes hit chemical centers ports and oil targets amid new urban devastation figures.
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Guam
Japan
Omuta
Kyushu
Matsuyama
Shikoku
Tokuyama
Honshu
20Th Air Force
Tokyo
Devers Seeks Atomic Strike Plan for Final Blow at Japan
General Jacob L. Devers, new army ground forces chief, urged massing 7,000,000 troops for a single crushing blow against Japan. He noted retraining for furloughed soldiers and new recruits, with eight weeks minimum retraining to feed Pacific front efforts.
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Washington
Jacob L. Devers
Army
Japan
Patterson
Devers
Sixth Army
Pacific
War Casualties Climb to 1 058 842 With Weekly Increases
Washington reports total war casualties at 1 058 842, up 5 741 this week. Army losses include 196 918 killed, 569 696 wounded, 35 708 missing, 117 898 prisoners. Navy casualties reach 138 622 with 2 963 more. Patterson cites figures through July 21.
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Washington
Navy
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Patterson
Army
Burns Kill Woman in Salt Lake City Home
A 69 year old Salt Lake City woman died from burns found at her front doorway after a gas stove incident last night. Police report Mrs Natalie Baker was preparing a meal when flames enveloped her clothing.
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Salt Lake City
Natalie Baker
Yanks Hit 24 Japanese Warships in 17 Day Drive
The U S Third Fleet pressed harassment off Nippon as Adm Halsey shifted ships and pounded war plants airfields and ships. Reports said 24 Japanese vessels were damaged or sunk including carriers battleships and cruisers with continued attacks on Osaka and Wakasa bays and heavy anti ship and aerial actions throughout the home waters.
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Guam
William F. Halsey
Japan
Osaka Bay
Honshu
Wakasa Bay
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Halsey
Kure Naval
Kobe
Third Fleet
Yokosuka Naval Base
Nagato
Churchill to Retain Seat on 21 Margin
London reports show Prime Minister Churchill lost political leadership in the nation but held his Woodford seat. Independent candidate Alexander Hancock polled 10,488 to Churchill 27,688. Mrs. Churchill toasted his return as he prepared to serve again.
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London
Churchill
Britain
No. 10
Downing Street
Woodford
Alexander Hancock
Hancock
Board of Trade
Admiralty
Exchequer
The
Neville Chamberlain
Blaze follows gasoline trailer as crash spares man
Charles L. Cunningham of Salt Lake City drove a 2,200 gallon gasoline tanker one and one half miles unaware a fire trailed behind him. Wallis Nalder, 18, of Layton, rear ended the tanker west of Farmington, starting a blaze that destroyed Nalder’s car. Passing motorists rescued Nalder as Cunningham escaped with burns and bruises. gas and fire swept along the tanker line until he stopped with dust.
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Farmington
Utah
Charles L. Cunningham
Salt Lake City
Wallis Nalder
Layton
Cunningham
Here
Nalder
Eleven Being Tried for Killing Yanks
In Darmstadt Germany a trial began for eleven defendants two women and nine men charged with killing six American flyers in Russelsheim last August 26. Prosecution witnesses described a mob beating and stoning the victims over seven blocks with one defendant slashing wrists to avoid death.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Russelsheim
Josef Hargen
Weather roundup for Pocatello and vicinity
The U S Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport records for July 26 a high of 98 and a low of 60 with a mean of 79. Normal highs and lows are not specified. No precipitation in the 24 hours, total for the month 0.06 inches. Sun set 8 58 p m and sunrise 6 15 a m. Forecast calls for a clear night and Friday with similar conditions. Nearby stations report temperature extremes as listed.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Meat Points Go Down in Beef and Veal Ration Values
Washington OPA reports a definite improvement in meat supplies and lowers red point values for most beef, lamb, and veal cuts starting Sunday. August rationing aims for about 9.5 percent more meat than July, with bone less rump roasts down three points and most steaks two points.
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Washington
OPA
Eae Ta Bowles
Labor Replaces Churchill In Step Toward Socialism
The report notes Japan signals willingness to seek peace if the unconditional surrender term is softened. Tokyo radio revived peace feelers amid Japan’s two worst weeks, arguing liberal America contrasts with harsh postwar terms. The broadcast claims America’s rigidity could unite 100 million Japanese against new defeat.
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Churchill
James J. White
San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo
United States
America
Quit or Die Ultimatum To Japanese
United States Britain and China issued an eight point joint proclamation to Japan urging unconditional surrender or face utter destruction. The leaders of the three powers urged the Japanese to desert their leaders and end the war, warning of a final blow with determined military power if resistance continues.
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Potsdam
United States
Britain
China
Japan
Truman
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Boise Area Records Hottest Week With 100 Degrees In Southwest
Boise weather station reports Idaho’s hottest week with Boise and nearby cities reaching 100 degrees. Gooding hit 99 and Twin Falls 98 as weekly highs while nights cooled to the 40s and 50s. Eastern and southeast towns like Ashton and Irwin enjoyed more comfortable highs in the mid 80s to 85.
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Boise
Nampa
Weiser
Idaho
Gooding
Twin Falls
Ashton
Irwin
Grangeville
Moscow
Nez Perce
Caldwell
Movers bog down house as train and traffic swirl in Allen
Mrs. Greta Able stays in her house as the moving crew bogs the structure in soft ground. A 6:30 passenger train passes just 12 inches from the front porch while cars detour around the back door on state highway 281.
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M Allen
Texas
Greta Able
OPA Moves to Drop Controls on Minor Commodities
The controls to gradually eliminate price ceilings on a wide range of minor goods were authorized by Stabilization Director William H. Davis. The OPA said the step would clear the way for setting ceilings on civilian goods returning to production.
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Washington
Stages
William H. Davis
OPA
Bombers Add To Damage In Jap Cities
Bombers report 143 square miles of urban industrial damage in 39 Japanese cities after mid night strikes near Tokyo. Kawasaki Mitsubishi plant refinery and Hayama refinery hit. one plane lost, no intercepts. Sendai and Cho shi heavily damaged with large population impacts.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Kawashaki
Nagao Prefecture
Tsurumi Ward
Yokohama
Osaka-Nagoya
Kawasaki
Mitsubishi
Hayama
Asaishi
Tokyo Bay
Twentieth Air Force
Sendai
Chosi
Hog shipment nets 5712.34 dollars for 149 hogs
A Wednesday shipment from the Grace hog pool sold to American Packing & Provision of Ogden at a ceiling bid of 14.75 per hundredweight for tops. The consignment weighed 39,325 pounds, yielding 5,712.34 dollars.
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Grace
American Packing & Provision Company of
Ogden
Couple Obtains Marriage License in Boise
Vera Henry Miller and Bernadine Bartholomew both of Jerome obtained a marriage license in Boise yesterday.
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Boise
Vera Henry Miller
Bernadine Bartholomew
Jerome
Child Drowns in Irrigation Ditch in Utah
Three year old Thain Myler Richman drowned yesterday in an irrigation ditch near Cornish Utah. Police said no foul play is suspected and the incident remains under investigation.
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Cornish
Utah
Thain Myler Richman
Attlee Reelected in Limehouse Victory Stirs Labour Outlook
Clement Attlee, 62, secured a Limehouse seat victory over Lt. Alfred Woodard as Labour braces for possible prime ministership. Attlee spoke modestly amid cheers, described as sane and solid, balancing party factions while Churchill remains a dominant figure in wartime leadership.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
Labor Party
Great Britain
Limehouse
Attlee
Winston Churchill
London East End
Alfred Woodard
Chinese Free Metal for US Shipment
The Chinese high command announced Namyang, 155 miles northeast of Canton, was recaptured from the Japanese as the garrison retreated toward Kukong. Namyung’s recovery enables wolfram shipments to resume, with Tayu nearby also retaken in the wolfram mining district.
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Chungking
Namyang
Canton
Kukong
Canton-Haikow
Namyung
Wolfram
United States
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Tayu
High Command
Indo-China
Kwangsi Province
Caobang
Indo- China
Suikow
Shatung
Lungchow
Dong Dang
Chennankwan
Pingsiang
Pingiang
Attlee to Head Cabinet as Churchill Resigns in Landslide
King George VI commissions Clement Attlee to form a new Labor government after the July 5 election produced a 381 to 193 seat advantage for Labor in the 640 seat House of Commons. Churchill, prime minister since 1940, bids farewell at Buckingham Palace.
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London
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Churchill
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
George VI
House of Commons
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Attlee
Japan
British Press Association
Labor
Churches
Socialist Party
Conservative
Ramsay MacDonald
Liberal Party
Stanley Baldwin
Bank of England
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Anthony Eden
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