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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
5
In a major air assault 450 B 29s struck Osaka Japan's leading industrial city for three hours. Fire started in northern industrial districts and near the Shin Yodo river. Tokyo admitted 200000 displaced as factories burn and authorities claim flames are under control.
Tokyo radio charged a new US aerial strategy in two days of raids on Osaka Kobe and Kyushu. The report said 10 B-29s over Osaka drove civilians to shelters and started fires with incendiaries while air defenses slowed. It noted 18,000 tons of fire bombs have fallen on Japan in two weeks.
AP analyst argues Moscow will join the Allies against Japan, likely delaying until late summer or autumn as Soviet forces move from Europe to Siberia. He cites Russia’s historic losses to Japan, expanding Japanese control in Manchuria and Korea, and growing East Asian threat as motives.
Americus Ga June 7 AP strong winds of near cyclonic velocity struck the city causing widespread property damage in residential and business areas. Power and telephone lines were damaged, trees toppled, chimneys and roofing torn from homes, signs blown down, and the Manhattan shirt factory roof partially peeled with many shirts damaged. The Windsor Hotel sustained damage.
London reports that Prime Minister Churchill told the commons there were no secret engagements at Yalta beyond agreed to give Russia three votes at San Francisco. He noted the conversations were intimate and could not be fully narrated, amid debate over Polish governance and San Francisco decisions. The Big Three were Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin.
Regional Forester Joseph C. Kircher reports that fires destroyed about 96 473 acres of timber on southern national forests in 1944. He notes this was only slightly more than half the loss in 1948 and that the south saw fewer fires while the nation rose from 7 982 to 8 372 fires from 1943 to 1944.
Lt. Comdr. Chester C. Smith led the Swordfish in the Pacific war’s first U S submarine attack on Japan. The Boise Idaho native commanded the sub from Pearl Harbor as Japanese forces struck, sinking an enemy ship and earning early war firsts for his crew.
Washington June 7 AP Price Administrator Chester Bowles announced public eating places will see July and August meat allocations reduced by 20 percent. Hotels and restaurants must cut heavy meat services, moving away from steakhouse offerings to meatless meals. May and June levels for canned fruits and vegetables drop 12 to 15 percent. sugar rations fall 20 to 25 percent to align with consumer quotas.
Reports from Chungking dated June 7 state Chinese authorities captured Mengshan a key highway and river junction about 200 miles northwest of Canton and 80 miles east of Liuchow. The advance signals a growing western southwest and southern push toward Kweilin and Liuchow as Chinese and American forces recapture bases and push Japanese units north along the Fukien coast toward Foochow.
Boston greets General George S Patton Jr commander of the third army arriving from Europe to a downtown parade and reception at the Hatch Memorial Shell followed by a state dinner at the Copley Plaza Hotel for Patton and his 46 officers and guests.
Washington June 7 AP The house rules committee will vote next Tuesday on creating a permanent fair employment practices committee. Chairman Sabath said the panel delayed today due to Rep Slaughter being absent and to allow all members to attend. The session was the third in two days after a request from President Truman for action.
Secretary Morgenthau announced the Treasury has collected about 2.3 million dollars in two months from 12,000 delinquents and 338 amended returns. He noted some 18,000 tips on possible evasion are now with investigators, up 8,000 from the prior week.
The report notes that once Japanese forces are driven beyond the frontier, the sole remaining Japanese enclave in Fu kien would be Amoy 300 miles northeast of Hong Kong, highlighting a strategic pincher on the coast.
Allied advances on Okinawa accelerate as U S troops seize Naha airport and press toward remaining Nipponese strongholds. Kamikaze losses mount while Dai 6 Marine Division tightens grip, with Naha harbor prepared for American use and renewed air raids planned from the island’s southern tip.
The regional War Labor Board ordered United Steel Workers to end a strike at Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. in Birmingham that disrupted war production. About 700 blast furnace workers walked out, with 10,000 more later involved, while the case proceeds before the National War Labor Board. Frank Stout assisted negotiations in Birmingham.
Thomas H Robinson Jr the kidnapper of Alice Speed Stoll received a presidential commutation from death to life imprisonment. Truman acted hours before the scheduled execution at the Kentucky state penitentiary. Warden Dewey Ward described him as cool and unmoved by the reprieve.
In San Francisco on June 7 the Soviet Union called for another Big Five meeting to discuss the veto issue at the United Nations conference. Moscow suggested no new word on the Yalta voting formula, which grants each major power a veto. US delegates warned the dispute could shift to open UN debate if Moscow remains silent. The Big Five gathered but did not discuss the veto, focusing instead on minor items and a French amendment to strengthen charter protections.
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