Third Fleet air attacks press Tokyo with heavy losses
Allied forces struck deep into the Tokyo area as Third Fleet aircraft blasted airfields and submarine bases. Reports say 17 planes shot down, several ships damaged, and Japanese defenses weak. Tokyo warned of possible invasion while fighters attacked Okinawa targets and coastal airfields.
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Guam
Ge Third Fleet
Tokyo Arcs
Totya Yelons
Biya
Choish Ra
Nagase
Tokyo
Yama
Kisara
Raaz
Exchange
London
Broadeast
Leyte
Philipsiaas
Adam
William
Halsey
Japa
Shimoda
Sagemi Bay
Francia Yarrell
Winthrop
Mass
Kirou
Nagano
Anc Cnored
Buckner Bay
Okinawa
Easter V Day Services Planned at Pawling Ave Church
East Side plans for V E Day services at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church with Third Presbyterian Church members and attendees. If President Truman announces V Day before 6 pm the service will be at 5 pm that day. if after, the service moves to the next day. The Sacred Heart Church and Francis de Sales Church announce Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with timing based on the V Day declaration. Local notices list residents William H Fitegerald Desson Avenue and others vacationing, plus bakery owner Repro Prietor and family at the same address.
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Pawling Avenue Methodist Church
Third Presbyterian Church
Truman
Church of the Sacred Heart
Edward T. Reilly
Sa Francis de Sales
William H. Fitegerald
Desson Avenue
Ethel Favreau
Saranac Lake
Robert W. Ridgeway
Robert
Margaret
Richard
Griswold
Saratoga Lake
Wiliam E. Gauthier
Brerge
Iam Gauthier
Eucid
Adolph Finbacher
Bird Daughters
Gertruide
Shirler
Eleanor
Brespending
Lorraine
Repro Prietor
Seine
Finland and U S Expected to Renew Ties
Reported early diplomatic moves hint at immediate restoration of relations between the United States and Finland, with Moscow and London likely to follow. Maxwell M. Hamilton serves as the U.S. representative in Helsinki while Finland relies on Sweden for protection of its interests in Washington. American-Finnish friendship noted as robust and pro-American sentiment cited in Washington.
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Insi
Republic of Finland
United States
Moscow
State Department
Waa
Finland
America
Helsinki
London
Council of Foreign Miinisters
Britain
Russia
China
France
Potsdam
Italy
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
United Nations
Maxwell M. Hamilton
Washington
Taivela
Pro
Greenwich Local News Highlights of July Events and Veterans
The article notes Greenwich figures in a series of items. Serfina and the Father win a game with a four point score cited. Mise Jost Deienbee returns home after a three week visit with relatives. Shipments of Swedish sulphite pulp disrupted by war in 1998. Ashton Maxwell leads the Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement Association for July with an average of 2 pounds fat and 821 pounds of milk. John Petteys and sons Guerheys place second. Clarence L. Howe, son of Mrs. Minnie Howe, is honorably discharged from the Army after overseas service on the Mount Vernon in Naples Italy lasting two and a half years.
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Greenwich
Serfina
Mise
Jost Deienbee
Chaves Dolan
Ashton Maxwell
Jersey
Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
John. Petteys
Guerheys
Clarence L. Howe
Minnie Howe
Howe
Naples
Italy
Ver
Unclear Postwar Relations Between Nations
Fragmentary OCR notes describe strained postwar ties after World War I as two nations fell and avengers relations between Washington and Helsing became tense, with emphasis on German interests and repayments.
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Washington and
Helsing
Restrictions on Coal Delivery to Be Lifted
The Fuels Administration announced that coal delivery restrictions will be eased to allow households and industrial plants to obtain their fair wartime needs. The action targets a percentage of normal consumption but notes some dealers may lack fuel to meet demand and second fuel may be rationed in those areas.
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Washington
Sid Fuels Administration
SFA
Allied Commanders In War on Japan
Allied leaders in the Pacific and Asia include General of the Army Douglas MacArthur commander of U S Army forces in the Pacific and allied Southwest Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz head of U S naval forces in the Pacific General Carl Spaatz leads U S Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific Lord Louis Mountbatten commands Allied forces in Southeast Asia Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek heads Allied forces in China Marshal Alexander Vassilevsky coordinates Red Army forces in Manchuria
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United Press
Japan
Douglss Macarthur
U. S. Army
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Chester Wnimitz
U. S
Carl A. Spaatz
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Four Jap war criminals named by officials for Pacific crimes
Official sources list four major Japanese leaders as chief Pacific war criminals. Fielt Atarshals Hata Terauchi Uchiyema and General Oshima linked to pact with Axis powers. other figures including Yamamoto and Yamashita noted among those previously named or feared for trial. The report mentions allied capture, death, and ongoing pursuit of suspects.
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Washingtton
Hirikiri
Axia
Germany
Italy
Fielt Atarshals Hata
Terauchi
Uchiyema
Oshima
Jop
Berlin
Lester
Bedford
Page
Lhokuryu Dan
Slack Dragon Society
Japan
Mitsuya Toyama
Black Dragon Society
Admiral Yamamoto
Imperial Deet
Yamamoto
White House
Texic Radio
Yamashita
Singapore
Navy flyer invades Jap homeland with Admiral Halsey fleet
Italianized report recounts Corsair pilot Vernon T. Coumbre of Lombard Illinois as the first American rescued from Nippon proper after a mid morning August 1 crash off Onimato Bay. He described a daring ditching and survival amid surf, shore batteries, and fighter escort as Kingfishers later guided by Lt. Ralph Jacoby made a controlled landing.
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Halsey
INS
Naval
Hongha
Giga
Vernon T. Coumbre
Lombard
Nippon
Onzinato
Conmbre
Ominato Bay
Ralph Jay Jacoby
Chicago
Tragic Kingfisher Rescue Near Omiari Station
Crew members Jacobs and Moore perish after a crash near the Okumai area as a Japanese barrage closes in. Kingfisher pilot Almion Oliver, 21, of Hayward California, is hailed for courage after steering his craft through the battle to reach safety, earning the Alt Medal for valor.
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Stryprea
Jacobs
Pio
Thies
Almion
Oliver
Hayward
Cal
Herolam
Ivo Hota
VARES DAVGHTER ROAXD Saverford Pauly Reairinn Vere Shaw
Saverford reports the death of Pauly Reairinn Vere Shaw at 42. She was the daughter of the late William and Vare, a former Republican leader in Philadelphia, and widow of Jobs J. Shew, who served as health secretary.
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Vares Davghter
Saverford
Pauly ~ Reairinn
Vere Shaw
Willian &. Vare
Philadelphia
de. Jobs J. Shew
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Iwo Jima
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