Two New Destroyers Sunk Off Okinawa With Heavy Casualties
Navy reveals two recent destroyers Twiggs and William D Porter were sunk near Okinawa during air attack in late June. Potter survived with light casualties after self-inflicted damage following a separate hit. Surviving officers and crew reported heavy damage and loss on Twiggs, with command transferring to Joseph De Worocski.
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U.S. S. Newcomb
Pacific
Newcomb
Twiggs
William D. Porter
Okinawa
Navy
Washington Fr
Potter
Twiers
Joseph E. Dej Worocski
Long Beach
Comander George
Philip Jc
Rapid City
Admir
Joseph K. Taugss
Big Three May Redraw Map Of Europe
Anglo American sources say the Big Three will shape Europe’s economic future for decades and sketch a draft map at Potsdam. Churchill Stalin and Truman plan deliberations July 14 to 16 to equalize outstanding European problems including reparations, German resources, and territorial boundaries.
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London
Europe
Potsdam
Frederick the Great
Friedenskirche
Churchill
Stalin
Truman
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Germany
Allied Control Commission
Reich
Baseball scoreboard notes from multiple leagues in brief
National League results show Cincinnati 4 Brooklyn 3, Brooklyn 5 Cincinnati 2, St Louis 8 New York 4, Louis 19 New York 2, Chicago 5 Boston 3, Chicago 7 Boston 6, Philadelphia 7 Pittsburg 6, Pittsburg 13 Philadelphia 9. American League games include Cleveland 4 New York 2, New York 3 Cleveland 2, Boston Detroit 2, Detroit 3 Boston 2, Philadelphia 3 St Louis 2, St Louis 6 Philadelphia 5 in 12 innings, Washington 8 Chicago 4, Washington 2 Chicago 2 in extra innings. Eastern League scores list Williamsport 8 Albany 1, Williamsport 16 Albany Hartford 11, Elmira 2 Elmira 3 Hartford 2 Utica 4 Wilkes Bar 4 Utica 3 ten innings, Binghamton 11 Scranton 6, plus final notes for Binghamton game.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
New York
Louis
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Williamsport
Albany
Albany - i—Hartford
Elmiraa
Elmira
Hartford
I—Utca
Wilkes-Barre
Utica
i-Binghamton
Scranton
Binghamton
Paper Strike May Continue Rest of Week in New York
War Labor Board efforts to settle New York newspaper strike meet with limited progress as 1,700 strikers remain out. Louis Waldman reports to union leaders while publishers deny deadlock and push for relaxed manpower provisions. Penalty overtime payments, up to 40 percent of deliverers payroll, cited by attorney Burton A. Zorn.
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Washington
New York
War Labor Board
Mail Deliverers' Union
George W. Taylor
Louis Waldman
Waldman
Union
Welfare Land
Burton A. Zorn
New York Publishers Association
Yarn
Jts
Zorn
Woman 60 Held for Matrimonial Grub Fraud
Met. C. Mildred Hil of Washington D C is jailed on postal fraud charges after allegedly defrauding men nationwide in a matrimonial mail scheme. Bond set at 2300 awaiting removal to Washington as Postal Inspector Goldsmith and U S Commissioner Walker pursue the case.
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Chicago
Washington
Met. C. Mildred Hil
D. C
U. S
M. L. Goldsmith
U.S
Bustin K. Walker
Clu
Bonnard Condemned to Death by French High Court
Bonnard formerly Vichy Minister of Education and ally of Laval was condemned to death in absentia for treason by the French high court yesterday while in Spanish prison. The ruling ties him to collaboration allegations and the Laval regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria WM
Adel Bonnard
Pierre Laval
Treagain
Prime Minister Curtin Dies in Sleep in Australia
Prime Minister John Curtin died in his sleep at 4 am after a long illness, announced by acting PM Francis Forde. Curtin, who had heart and lung conditions, had delayed attending the San Francisco UN conference and was aged in his later years. he leaves a widow, a son, and four daughters.
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Canberra
CPI
John Curtin
Francis Forde
San Francisco
Forde
Roosevelt
Curtin
Cuttin
Creswick
Victoria
Ufe
Worker
Labor Party
West Australia
Australia
International Labor Office
Geneva
Switzerland
House of Representatives
Fremantle
Western Australia
United States
White House
Admiral Mitscher Says Japanese Navy Is Out as Fighting Unit
Vice Admiral Mitscher declared the Japanese navy nearly eliminated as a fighting force with naval air power almost non existent while warning not to count on their quitting. He spoke on Independence Day amid a huge parade led by Mitscher with thousands observing. He called Kamikaze attacks born of desperation and said ships badly damaged would still be patched up to speed the war.
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Seattle
CPI
Japan
Mare A. Mitscher
Admiral Mitscher
Ben Francisco P
Karifuto
Cone
Tokra
United States
FCC
Karamio
Sashalit
Russia
Shikuki
Bay of
Tarika
Shikuka
Tokyo
Kaih+o
Alaska
Vice
Adm
Frank Jack Fletcher
Ninth Fleet
Hurile Island
Berlin commander named for American forces in Berlin
Maj. Gen. Floyd Le Parks, former chief of staff of the Allied First Airborne Army, has been designated American commander in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Floyd le Parks
First Airborne Army
450 000 Jap Troops Killed In Philippine Liberation
Japanese broadcasts claim massive casualties in Philippine actions while noting air raids on the mainland. U S reports describe naval activity near Karafuto and Sakhalin, with American forces penetrating the Okhotsk region and targeting Japanese convoys. Moscow-Tokyo lines indicate continued fortification and food shortages amid naval blockades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Liberation
Navy Chiefs Plot Strategy For Pacific War Progress
Navy disclosed that Secretary Forrestal and top naval officers from Washington and the Pacific conferred in San Francisco on the Pacific War with Japan. Participants included Fleet Adm Nimitz, King, Ingersoll, Spruance, Jacobs and other staff, with details withheld for national interest.
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Washington
Royal E. Ingersoll
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Randall Jacobs
Aéer
Pacific
Forrester
Yanks uncover Nazi murder plant still doing big business
U S Army authorities report a Bavarian extermination station near Kaufbeuren operated as a murder and drug experiment site. Nurses and doctors confessed to killing hundreds of children and adults using injections and toxins. Bodies found in the morgue show victims died within days of the experiments.
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Munich
Bavaria
AMG
Worle
Olga Ritter
Kaufbeuren
Austria
Zack
July Fourth Death Toll Tops Ninety Six in Nation
Pennsylvania led total holiday fatalities with 96 deaths on the Fourth, largely from traffic incidents and drownings. no fireworks deaths were reported. Indiana ranked second with four traffic deaths and two other fatalities, while prewar patterns showed high totals across categories.
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
Sré
National Safety Council
Say Leopold to Defer Abdication Decision
Le Soir reported King Leopold III proposed delaying abdication decision until after Belgium elections. After consultations, the plan aims for about six months before ruling. The suggestion drew reactions from anti Leopold coalition and socialist groups.
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Leopold
Dade County Ends Civil War Spirit in Georgia
Voters in Dade County voted by show of hands to return to the Union ending a 35 year legend of Independence. Judge Townsend framed the vote at Trenton with a telegram from President Truman praising the county’s decision to celebrate the Fourth of July by rejoining the United States. An American flag was raised atop a new six foot pole in front of the courthouse.
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Seaton
Georgia
Dade
County
Bob Tatum
Tatum
Washington
Trenton
New Salem
Cotton's, Gulch
Cooper Heights
Rising Fawn
New England
Wildwood
J. M. C. Townsend
Sudge Townsend
Harry S. Truman
Dade County
Scientist scoffs at Nazi sun ray weapon claim
Washington astrophysicist Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot, once secretary of the Smithsonian, ridicules German scientists' Sun weapon theory. He notes a 5.5 mile platform would need immense mirrors and rocket support, and asserts their premise could not burn cities from such distance.
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Washington
Charles Greeley Abbot
Lsu
Makling
Dr Abbot
Smithsonian Insxiru
Har
Scitantisis
Abbot
Army Fighters Roam at Will Over Japan
UPI reports Seventh Army Air force fighters swept over Japan roaming hundreds of miles and striking six Tokyo area airfields. Four hundred bombers hit three homeland cities with massive bombs. Mustang squadrons failed to engage Japanese fighters as airfields, hangars, and supply depots were attacked.
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Guam
Upi
Japan
Yellow Sea
Nippon
Empire
Ares
Hell
Tokyo
Imsba
Nodara
Hunt, Plane Wreckage Found After Missing Search
Canadian press reports that four planes were found wrecked with three men missing and another aircraft search continuing. Wreckages sighted near Vancouver indicate a U.S. plane and other craft involved, with crews scouring the area since June 25.
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Vancouver
Vance
Famed Nazi Beer Haus Becomes Red Cross Club
Frederick Carroll, American Red Cross commissioner, said repair on the bomb damaged hall would start soon. The venue, once linked to Hitler and the Nazi regime, is to become a Red Cross facility with new amenities at Berchtesgaden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beer Haus
Red Cross Club
Munica
Hitler
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Frederick Carroll
Red Cross
Berchtesgader
MacArthur Declares End Of Campaign And Assaults
General MacArthur hailed the end of campaign aggression and reported Allied gains in Borneo and the Philippines. An Australian advance near Balikpapan pressed through refinery disruptions while remaining Japanese forces in Mindanao Luzon and Leyte were described as decimated or destroyed.
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Balikpapan
Macarthur
Aussia
Balikgapat
Borneo
Balapapas
Mindanao
Lexon
Marakina
Manila
Philippines
Japan
Leyte
Luzon
Bataan
Baguio
Bogatio
Balete Pays
Cageyan
Ska
Mindenac
Bukidnong
Agusan
Davao
Daxaggulf S . Stith
Secretary of State Works on Holiday
Secretary of State services during Independence Day. new appointees listed include HLT Andrews and Sophanopoutis. Greek minister and Dr. Davia Castro among figures mentioned. session extended into afternoon with appointment requests and a 4:30 deadline noted.
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Washington
James F. Byrogg
State Department
Taek
Saemestra
Hlt. Andrews
South Aeriea
Gonn Sophanopoutis
Porgizn A
Aits
Greece
Davia Castro
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A. €. Rastouseen
Robert Stratton
Woodford
Naval Chiefs
THE
Associated Press
Hunt
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Gimalay
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