Attlee to Join Potsdam Talks as Churchill Exit Looms
The Potsdam conference resumes with Clement Attlee arriving to replace Churchill as Britain’s premier and third partner in the Big Three. President Truman and Stalin await the new British stance as Attlee’s participation continues the talks begun a week earlier after a brief recess.
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Potsdam
Britain
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Attee
Churchill
London
Downing Street
Gourtes
Truman
Brazin
Attiee
H Here
Attlee
San Francisco
White House
Tice
Germany
Wart ‘Stimson
Greece Seen Crucial Test For Attlee
Washington diplomats watch Greece as tensions with Albania and disputes with Yugoslavia fl mare risks in the southern Balkans. The crisis tests Attlee policy toward liberated Europe and Britain’s role with Russia, amid Greek claims on border areas and Soviet influence in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
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Washington
Greece
Albania
Yugo Slavia
Belkans
Attlees
Europe
Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Churchill
Yaroslavia
Jersey Note Increase In Infantile Polio Cases
The New Jersey State Health Department reported a sharp rise in poliomyelitis during January to June 1945 with 126 cases, over four times the 33 cases in the same period in 1944. Seven deaths occurred this year, compared with 34 deaths for all of the previous year.
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Trenton
New Jersey
State Health Department
Department
Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
The scoreboard lists results across the National League with Brooklyn beating Boston 3 2 and New York defeating Philadelphia 11 innings 2 0. In the American League New York beat Philadelphia 1 0 and Detroit edged Chicago 1 0. Eastern League results include Utica over Wilkes Barre 7 2 and Scranton beating Binghamton 2 1. Only scheduled games noted.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Brookly
Boston
Louis
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland & St. Louis
I—Uties
Wilkes-Barre
s—Utica
Scranton
Binghamton
Hartford
Elmira
Pene A Taiaie Aiene
Bevin Replaces Eden In British Cabinet
Prime Minister Clement Attlee names Ernest Bevin as foreign secretary succeeding Anthony Eden as the wartime coalition dissolves. Bevin departs for Potsdam with Attlee to resume the Big Three conference while six Labour stalwarts form the cabinet core led by Hugh Gaitskell and Herbert Morrison in major postwar planning.
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London
Clement Attlee
Husky Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Winston Church
Arlee
Potsdam
Hugh Caton
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Labor
Lancashire
George VI
No. 10
Downing Street
Arties
Marine General predicts Japan may fold in six months
Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith, former commandant of Marine forces in the Pacific, said Japan could fold within six months in an interview. He cited the lack of fleet and merchant marine, destroyed cities, and crippled industry as factors, and warned his view is personal opinion, not Navy policy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Holland M. Smith
Marine Corps
Pacific
Japan
Navy Department
Smith
Eel R
Indus
Mountbatten Pointed as MacArthur Replacement
London press comments report that Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten may succeed Gen. Douglas MacArthur in command of Borneo and Java campaigns. The Melbourne radio reports stirred speculation without official confirmation.
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Mountbatten
Gen. MacArthur
London
Foreign Office
Melbourne
Louis Mountbatten
Borneo
Java
Macarthur
Attlee Paid Salaries To New English Leaders
A report lists salaries for England’s new leaders including Prime Minister at 10,000 pounds 40,000 dollars, ministers from 2007 at 5,000 pounds 38,000 dollars, and MPs at 60 pounds 2,400 dollars.
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Lenton GP
England
Ministe
Domei Reiterates Japan Will Reject Allied Ultimatum
Domei reports Japan will reject the Potsdam ultimatum and continue the war to the bitter end. The agency says Tokyo cabinet debated the proposal led by Shigenori Togo and Premier Suzuki, noting the absence of Soviet involvement and the promise of total island destruction if terms are unmet.
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San Francisco
Lpi
Domei
Whippon
Ords
United States
Great Britain
China
Tokyo
Japan
Greater East Asia
Suzuki
Shigenori Togo
Federal Communications Commission
Potsdam
Churchill
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
Reuters
Stalin
Russia
Oregon Fires Rekindled by Stiff Winds
Fire rekindled across Oregon as 14 percent drought winds fanned the Tibamook blaze. Authorities warned 150 residents near Glenwood to ready evacuation while crews fought to contain flames along Roundtop and Saddie mountains and edge of the Suslaw National Forest.
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Portland
Oregon
Tibamook
Glenwood
Roundtop Mountain
Saddie Mountain
Jordan Creek
Trask River
Siusign
Tilia
Ziz- Zag
Forest Grove
Jackson County
Rediate
Fieier Mountain
Washington
Saipan Natives Seek To Buy U.S. War Bonds
Native residents of Saipan pressed Treasury officials to allow purchase of U.S. 8S War Bonds. An army finance officer cited locals who view American bonds as sound securities after losses from Japanese bonds. Treasury blamed Captain Jack A. Sabter of Gulfport Mississippi for mediation or interference after his Saipan posting.
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Saipan
Washington
Army
Treasury
Jack A. Sabter
Gulfport
Bias
Middle Pacific
Troop Shift To Pacific On Schedule
Washington Army spokesmen said the timetable for Japan’s defeat has moved forward and 675,000 troops were returned from Europe in 18 days. Maj. Gen. John M. Franklin testified railroads can handle the task despite a threat to freight flow. The panel heard the Army planned troop deployment and said 299,000 arrivals were planned for August.
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Washington
Johnson
Japan
Europe
Pacific
Franklin
MacArthur
Nimitz
William J. Brennan
Seasion
Army Service Forces
Mead
Grace Moore Urges Shaving Heads of Cheating GI Wives
Grace Moore after a USO tour in Europe called for severe punishment of unfaithful military wives. She said wives who divorce and remarry while husbands fight are the greatest criminals and urged shaving their heads as a deterrent. She also blamed such behavior for undermining morale and fueling brutal stereotypes about American women abroad.
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Grace Moore
New York
Europe
Theuropean
Mise Moore
Moore
Germany
Allies Resume Air Attack Against Jap Shipping
B 29s list next targets as eleven cities slated for destruction in Japan. Gen Curtis LeMay warned that at least four cities would be raided within days, citing Hakodate Ichinomiya Tsu Ryuk.urume Ogaki and others across Honshu Hokkaido Kyushu.
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Guam
America
Japan
Map
Curtis LeMay
Hakodate
Ogaki
Hokkaido
Honshu
Ichinomiya
Tsu
Liyamada
Nagoka Nishinomiya
Aomori
Ogakima
Jima
Ikyushu-Rurume
Uwajima
LeMay
United States Pacific Fleet
MacArthur Plans to Ground Flights Amid Weather and War
General MacArthur reports weather grounds hundreds of American Piangs on Okinawa while pin point bombers keep harassing shipping and air installations in the Southwest Pacific. Seventh Fleet Liberators destroy railway equipment water craft at Toutane and Phan Rang in French Indo China. A Navy plane destroys a freighter and another airfield at Ruantay is strafed by a Liberator.
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Manila
Japan
Shanghai
Formola
Okinawa
Pacific
MacArthur
Seventh Fleet
Toutane
Phan Rang
French IndoChina
Ruantay
I Navy
Liberacor
California Pearl Harbor Vet Survives Attack and Losses
The battleship California endured a Japanese suicide plane crash at Lingayen Gulf on January 3 causing 203 casualties. Six officers and 26 enlisted men were killed, 13 missing, 158 wounded. The ship later fought through further battles at Saipan and other Pacific theaters.
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Washington
California
Lingayen Gulf
Navy
Lingayee Gulf
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Saipan
Tinden
Philippines
Tre
Ona
Cali
Goering Suffers Heart Attack Amid War Crimes Trial Uncertainty
Reports from Luxembourg describe Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering suffering a heart attack during an electrical storm at the interrogation center. Army Surgeon Captain Clint L. Miller reported stress and fear as factors, noting Goering's emotional instability and fragile health may affect any trial. The same dispatch touches on Petain’s Indo China defense and testimony from Charles Roux about French collaboration, with Petain accepting Roux’s statements while Indo China policy looms over the proceedings.
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Slandort-Les- Bains
Luxembourg
Reichemarshal
Hermann Goer Iing
Clint L. Miller
Summit
Goering
Miller
Ing
Col
Burton €. Andrus
T Center
Czechs Oust Germans From Border Village
Prague reports Czechoslovak troops ordered Germans from a border village after a sabotage explosion at a machine factory. Seven guards and seven Germans were killed, with bomb materials found on a German body. The incident underscores heightened tensions along the Cotyne border.
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Prague
Czechoslovak Mili.é
Czechostovak Serv
Cotyne
Ig Wirguery
OPA Violator Sentenced in U S Court on York
Federal Judge Arthur D. Hessey jailed Alexander Buyer for three months and fined him $90 after a guilty plea on a 60 count charge. The case involved 1273.8 wards of piece goods and an excess of 3500,000 over ceiling prices.
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York 2
Arthur D. Hessey
Alexander Buyer
Buyer
Alcoholism Fourth on Nation's Death List
A fragment notes alcoholism rising nationwide drawing public health concern. Mrs Leigh D Colvin of New York City and Evanston, president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, comment on the trend and its impact.
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Leigh D. Colvin
New York City
Evanston
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Chastacquea
Army to discharge about four thousand daily by point system
Washington UPI reports the Army plans to discharge roughly 4 000 soldiers daily under its point system while inductions under Selective Service run about 3 000 a day. Brig Gen Kenneth Royall of the Army General Staff provided the figures to the Senate War Investigating Committee yesterday, noting there are other medical or other discharges beyond those tied to the point system.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Kenneth Royall
Army General Staff
Sénhate War Investigating Committee
Navy Claims 25 Japanese Warships Sunk In Repeated Raids
The Allied air and sea forces under Admiral Halsey intensified attacks near the Sante area, claiming 25 enemy warships damaged or sunk across two days. Reported wrecks include battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and substantial ground destruction, with merchant losses and rail targets also noted amid weather hampering operations.
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Hare-Kohe
Fend Sea
Agm
Nimitz
Mtaeks
Sante
Third Fleet
Plahes
Halsey
Iiob
Nimix
Haruna
Amagi
Aoba
Oyodo
Kuma
Retieu
Katsuragi
Ninite
Ighore
Hatamaateu Nt
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Emmy Utica
Holden
Eden
U. S
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Wangen
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Yangso
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Bweilin
U.S. 1Éth
Sele
Kantangku
Ining
Lingchwan
Koweilin
Kiweilin
Imiog
Yungfu
Namyang
Canton
Howeilin
Kuo Chi-chih
Kuo
North China
Shansi
Honan
Hopeh
Marine General
Harold Laski
University of London
Labor Party
Conservative Party
Laski
North Broad Street Presbyterian Church
MacArthur Flyers
Petain
Paris
Marshal Petain
IMG
Malaya
Singapore
Charles Roux
Foreign Ministry
France
Paul Bernard
Roosevelt
Bate
Rioux
M. Roux
Jacques Tsirny
Roux
Gerarzes Cairoux
Jean Decouxt
Pétain
Vichy
Cairoux
Ves
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