Wake Island Under Task Force Attack and Rescue
A U S Navy task force bombarded Wake Island yesterday amid shore battery fire. Admiral Nieitz said personnel casualties were light and ship damage minor. Simultaneously, a dramatic rescue of patients from a Japanese held atoll in the Marshalls was reported.
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Murray
Britain Says Laval Planned English War in 1929
A British white paper claims Pierre Laval conspired in fall 1929 with German consent to draw Britain into war with De Gaulle’s Free French regime. It cites Sir Samuel Hoare and Viscount Halifax reporting plans to use the French fleet to retake colonies, with Tangier and Madrid sources supporting the claim.
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Britain
Gemuel Hoare
Madrid
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DeGaulle
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Sir Samuel
Great Britain
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Halifax
Samuel
Tangier
Big Three May Have Set New Polish Frontiers
Diplomatic notes from Potsdam suggest the Big Three may have fixed Poland’s western frontier toward the Oder River. Britain and Russia circulated competing ideas about extending Polish borders to reach the Oder, which would place Poland near Berlin and affect German industrial regions.
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Poland
Oder
Berlin
Frankfurt
Ithe Oder
Germany
National and American League Scores Briefed
The score roundup lists Nationals with New York 9 Heaton 2 and Pittsburg 1, Chicago St. Louis 25 Cincinnati 3, and rain postponements in Brooklyn at Philadelphia. In the American League East Easton 7 New York 5, Detroit 8 Chicago 2, Cleveland 1, 1 Washington 2 Philadelphia 1, 2 Washington 3 Philadelphia 6. Eastern League Albany 6 Utica Hartford 7 Binghamton 2 in ings Scranton 4 Williamsport 2 Wilkes Barre 6 Elmira 12 in ings
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Cincinnati
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Easton
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Cleveland
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Wilkes-Barre
Elmira
Petain Trial Highlights Mull Over Wartime Choices
William D. Leahy testified that Petain often hoped Nazi forces would be destroyed, while sometimes refraining from opposing the occupiers. Churchill’s remark on the armistice was read as supporting Franco German cooperation. The ninth day featured sharp exchanges among French leaders, with jurors distracted as the trial proceeds. Pierre Laval looms as a central figure in the Vichy regime.
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Ada
William D.leahy
Truman
Henri Philippe Petain
Vichy
Leahy
France
Petain
Churchill
Alles
Britain
Germany
Fetain
Laval
Pierre Laval
Fenge
Chinese report blitz toward Lingling and Piagio base
Chinese high command says troops captured the Piagio supply base in south central China and pushed a spearhead toward Lingjing airfield near Lingling. Cantonese forces struck southeast of Siting and along the Hunan railroad, claiming over 100 Japanese killed in the opening phase of the attack.
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Piagio
China
Flying Tigers
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Ping
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Chiang Haiahek
Liuchow
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Hunan
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Hingan
New York Police Draft Plans for V J Day
New York City's police department is drafting V J Day plans. Officials said the timetable remains uncertain while districts are briefed on the nationwide program. The plan calls for readiness in the event of celebrations and potential disturbances after the war ends.
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New York
New York City
B 29s Strike Four Japanese Cities in Major New Air Raid
Allied sources report 800 B 29s blasted four Japanese cities including Mita Hachioji Nagaoka and Togan near Tokyo and Kawasaki petroleum plants. The raid hit 12 war production centers with heavy tonnage and aimed to force surrender.
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Togan
Kawasaki
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Spaatz
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Toyama
Nagoya
Japan
MacArthur Air Forces Blitz South Japan
Allied air forces led by MacArthur pounded southern Kyushu targets including Nagasaki marshalling and industrial zones at Marushina and Kagoshima. Ships damaged or sunk included a 2000 ton tanker and multiple freighters while factories producing nitrogen and ordnance suffered heavy blows.
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iThree German Prisoners Shot Guard at Camp Carson
At Camp Carson Colorado Pvt. Harold W. Gar was forced to defend himself when three German prisoners of war rushed him after refusing to work in a field 14 miles from Ovid. Gar, wounded overseas previously, fired his carbine as the prisoners advanced, killing all three according to the relations office.
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Army asked to release five million troops in 1946
Senator Johnson urged the Army to discharge 3.0.00 troops and promised rail aid from War Mobilization Director John W Spyder to redeploy personnel. Johnson challenged the War Department to state the maximum number usable for Japan by January 1 1947 and warned that 7 000 ships would govern supply lines.
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Joh
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Germany
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Veterans Affairs
Aemy
Air Forces to keep 80 percent of veterans at home
Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Anderson disclosed that 30 percent of combat veterans from Europe and the Mediterranean will be assigned to duty in the United States while 20 percent head to the Pacific to mentor airmen and ground crews. The AAF seeks 2,130,000 men for the Japanese campaign, disputing claims of downsizing.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Europe
Mediterranean
United States
Frederick L. Anderson
Pacific
Anderson
AAF
Eighth Bomber Command
Germany
Court bans mother in law from Nagy home
East St. Louis city court granted an injunction banning Mrs. Hatherie Burie from Nagy and his family home. Judge David Cook ordered the restriction after Nagy testified his wife’s mother warned she should leave him and threatened to kidnap their six month old baby.
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Eesti St. Louis
Alexander Wary
David Cook
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Nagy
Spies condemned in Istanbul court martial
Yesterday a Turkish SP and A court martial condemned 25 persons accused of acting as German spies in Thrace to death. Seven sentences were commuted to prison terms due to the defendants’ ages.
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Istanbul SP
Turkish Thrace
Big Three End Talks with Joint Communique Planned
The Potsdam conference closed at 12:30 a.m. after two hours of final deliberations in Cecilienhof. A terse statement said a joint communique detailing the deliberations would be issued tomorrow in Washington London Moscow and Berlin.
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Germany
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Toman Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Truman
Army
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Moscow
Beri
Truman to Visit King in Plymouth Ride Aboard Renown
President Truman and King George VI will meet in Plymouth to exchange greetings symbolizing wartime allied ties. Truman travels from Potsdam via a C-54 to board the Augusta then the Renown for lunch, with the King aboard, followed by departure to the United States. Queen Elizabeth does not accompany the King.
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England
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George VI
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Moscow
Britain
Buckingham Palace
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Augusta
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George
Wilson
Tokyo Reports Halsey Shelling Homeland Again
Tokyo radio says allied ships shelled O Island off Honshu and Cape Erimo on Hokkaido. Report notes three destroyers and cruisers in bombardment group, potentially marking a sharp swing back to home bases in a wartime action.
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Halsey
San Francisco
Ladlus Firm Expands Buffalo Foundry Plant
Buffato CM The Allegheny Lad lum Steel Corp announced yesterday a $15,000 expansion of its Buffalo Stainless Star Foundry. The project will increase plant space by 50 percent and boost productive capacity by about 40 percent. The plant produces high grade stainless steel castings.
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Buffalo Stainless Star Foundry
Queen Mary Due Today With 14 698 More Veterans
The Queen Mary is due to dock at a North American pier carrying 14 698 more veterans from the European theater. The ship will bring back troops including units of the Armor Division Ninth Air Force and Navy personnel. Returning force will be concentrated mainly in former enemy liners now serving as troopships.
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Hermitage
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Edmund B. Alexander
Hnet Amerika
Hatioran General Hospital
Veteran barber retires after 63 years of service
Louis W. Pept Schaefer, famed as Shortsville New York states longest time barber, closed his shop Tuesday signaling retirement after a 63 year career. The popular barber spent decades serving the local community and will be missed by longtime customers.
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Shortsville
Louis W.pept Schaefer
New York States
Ha Ie
Senate Quits After Seven Months of Work
The Senate adjourned at 2 09 pm eastern wartime last night for a vacation until October 8 after seven months in session. Lawmakers debated UN Charter Bretton Woods and a broad agenda, with nine hours of speeches and tempers rising as few members remained in the chamber.
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Senate
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D-Ny
New Yorker
Congress
Senator Downer Proposes Postwar GI Travel Abroad
Senator Downer of DC proposes government funded free postwar trips abroad for GIs starting a year after Japan's surrender. Families could travel at half rates, with the government paying the fees. Planes of America would cut rates by about 24 percent for these passengers. A jet bureau in the Commerce Department would handle the program and help other countries buy American goods.
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Downer Dcals
Japan
Downer
Commerce Department
Storm Center Develops in Atlantic Near Barbados
Tropical storm activity grows southeast of Barbados as the center and path of the storm remain uncertain weather officials report. The Caribbean region watches closely for potential movement toward the Lesser Antilles and nearby nations.
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Barbados
Lesser Antilles
The
Nations] Observatory
Budget Talk on War Costs and International Finances
A report outlines how war spending and new international finance measures shape the 1934 budget. It cites Harold Smith and President Roosevelt, notes a balance between one front war production and overall output, and details funds for the IMF, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Export-Import Bank. National income is projected to fall from prior year receipts.
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International Fund
Exchange Stabilction Fund
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
International Bank
Congress
International Fvance
Navy Develops Mosquito Dope After 2 000 Tries
Washington reports the Navy has developed a skin repellent for mosquitoes after nearly two years and more than 2,000 trials. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery announced encouraging results against the Anopheles mosquito, noting the formula is colorless, water like, and easy to manufacture for practical use aboard ships.
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Bureau of Men and Surgery
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