Dozing Censor Delays B 29 News to U S
Guam based 20th Air Force public relations officer Finney said a staffer slept, delaying for over four hours the release of Superfortress bombing reports on six Japanese cities. Censors approved the stories but waited for bomb-spot flashes, then miscommunication and a nap delayed transmission to the United States until about 3 19 p.m. Saturday EWT.
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Guam
Frederick N. Finney
20Th Air Force
U.S
Finney
Nott
San Fram
EWT
United States
Nazis Still Holding Jobs in Occupied Area
Eighth Corps Area commander Gen Barker said Nazi officials still hold positions in Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein. He stated they are being eradicated as quickly as conditions permit.
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Pioen
Germany
Hamburg
Schteswwig-Holstein
EB. O. Barker
Eighth Corps
Quail Bait Gloucester Family Sets Up Nearby Home
Gloucester police investigated complaints of women whistling at an intersection and found a family of quail had made a home nearby. The incident was framed as a curious animal-related note rather than a human action.
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Gloucester
M. J
Four Agencies Open War On Black Markets
Washington UPI reports a coordinated federal push against black market activity and tax evasion. The Treasury Department Agriculture Office of Price Administration and Justice will align efforts. Attorney General Tom C Clark Treasury Secretary Vinson and other officials announce plans and designate T Vince Quinn to lead the Justice coordinating unit.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Office of Price Administration
Department of Justice
Tom C. Clark
Vinson
Agriculture
Anderson
OPA
James (. Rodgers, Jr
Secretary of
T. Vince Quinn
United States
Eastern District of
New York
Clark
Justice Department
War Prisoners Found in Nazi Grave
London based UP-a Lublin radio report says a mixed Polish and Soviet Commission found a mass grave in the Faikehberg Niemodlin district containing 80 000 prisoners of war mainly Russians. Medical evidence indicates starvation deaths with witnesses alleging killings by members of the Hitler Youth.
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London
Lublin
Faikehberg
Niemodlin
Sister
Layera
Hitter
MacArthur's Far East Air Force Hits Haruna in Heavy Raid
Liberator strikes from Manila reported four one ton bomb hits ripping the Japanese battleship Haruna apart amidships. The same day Admiral Ninits said parts of his air fleet hit Haruna at Kure, with a carrier air group damaging ships and bases. In all, 18 ships destroyed or damaged and 700+ sorties flown from Japan to Malaya and Borneo, as fighters hit warships, factories, air bases, and grounded planes.
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Manila
Far East
Haruna
MacArthur
Admiral Ninits
Kure
Sasebo
Kyushu
Japan
Malaya
Borneo
Pacific
U S Ballplayers Sale Alleged by Nazis in Slavery Lesson
Mainz Germany reports quote 49 Lt John Hiard of North Holi observed Cal earlier saying Nazis used the sale of U S baseball players to teach German children that slavery existed in the United States. Hillard a former student and intelligence unit member confirms the claim.
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Mainz
Germany
John
Hiard
North Holiserved
Cal
Lavers -Mill
United States
Hillard
Aary Intelligence Unit
Heidesere University
Army Probes New York Plane Crash
Army investigators searched debris in the Empire State Building after a foggy Saturday crash of a B25 bomber into the building. Eight-ton bomber plummeted, killing several aboard and trapping workers on lower floors as a hospital scramble sought victims. Brig Gen Kane led the inquiry with Gen Hane and Col Nimmons stating the probe would take days.
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New Yorkka Army Board BZ
Empire State
Army
Thomas Brophy
Betterue Hospital
Moraue
Navy
Army Board of Inquiry
C. P. Kane
Empire State Building
Toth Boor
EWT
R. OT. Nimmons
Permanent Board of Inquiry
Hane
Atlantic Overseas Air Pathttical Service Command
Senate Calls for Senate Delegation at Peace Table
The Senate urged inclusion in the peace table after voting 9 to 2 to approve the United Nations charter. Senators Langer and Shipstead opposed. Leaders say the Senate should participate given its San Francisco conference experience and the need for bipartisan understanding before ratification. Secretary Byrnes will influence nominee choices with President Truman.
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Washington
Senate
San Francisco
Langer
R-Nd
Shipstead
R-Minn
George
D.-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Austin
Vermont
Connally
D.tex
Vandenberg
Michigan
Truman
Byrnes
Mr. Truman
Missing Cape Cod Girl's Body Washed Ashore
The body of two year old Judy Geagan of Medford was found on Wollaston Beach near Marshfield after she disappeared June 1. Dr. George Dalton the state medical examiner ruled drowning. An intensive search involving a Navy dirigible helicopter state guardsmen police and search dogs followed the disappearance.
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Quincy
Mass
Judy Geagan
Medford
Wollaston Beach
Marshfield
Juix
George Dalton
Judi
Gearda
Nip Planes On Upgrade Reported By Japan
Japanese premier defended continued war effort amid claims of increased air craft production. Suzuki described underground plants and raised confidence in strategists to defend the empire. He dismissed Potsdam terms as propaganda while warning of labor health and efficiency gains.
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San Ey
Imperial Rovernnrest
Suzuki
Jiro
Minami
Political Association of Great Japan
Potsdam
French Assembly Rejects De Gaulle Plan for Referendum
The French Constituent Assembly voted 210 to 19 against Gen de Gaulle’s plan for a national referendum on a new constitution. The body adopted a one house legislature plan to draft a new constitution and govern.
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de Gaulle
Paris
French Consultative Assembly
France
Dhuntis
de Gaille
Holsé
Nazi Records Show Four Million Troop Losses
Berlin based Nazi casualty charts seized at Gen. Hermann Reinecke’s Berlin home claim total German military losses from start of war to Nov 30 reached 4 064 438. They cover killed missing prisoners and disabilities but exclude wounded returning to service. U S casualties total 1 483 842 reported July 26.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermann Reinecke
Reinecke
Flensburg
U. S
War Department
Ardennes
Kfilea
Planes To Batters Japan In Massive New Air Offensive
Gen George C Kenney foresees FEAF numbers rising above 5000 as a vast fleet of B29 Superfortresses from Mariana bases and accompanying fighters prepare a renewed strategic strike against the enemy homeland. The high tempo operation is described as imminent with strong air power to be deployed in weeks.
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Ja mMrder
21St Bomand
Mariana
Oni
Chinese Forces Push 23 Miles Toward Lingling After Kweilin Fall
Chinese high command reports 23 mile advance northeast from Kweilin toward Lingling as Lingchwan and Tajungkiang are reached in a push from Kweilin. Lingling airfields are being retaken with fighting still ongoing around the remaining airstrips and the Li River suburbs.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Flying Tigers
Airfeld
Lingling
Lingchwan
Kwangsi Province
Chung
Li River
High Command
Yang Tong
Ightins
Truman Talks Europe Family Policy At Potsdam
President Truman told Stars and Stripes he opposed sending American soldiers wives and families overseas and favored returning troops home. He said occupation of Europe would continue until peace is secure and noted the plan to replace higher scoring men with low paid overseas personnel as part of ongoing postwar strategy. The Big Three met at Potsdam as officials reported progress on multiple agenda items and possible final documents.
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Potsdam
Truman
Europe
Stars and Stripes
Stalin
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Second Armored
Wife deceives WAC wedding with war widow claim
A Chicago woman pleaded that she was the wife of airborne Capt. Carl G. Schulz and mother of his two children, prompting Army authorities to detain the Captain and call off a Berlin wedding last night. The case involves Sgt. Koulouvaris and a Brooklyn acquaintance who married in Berlin, while the wife presses claims and a cross-checked message is sought from the Red Cross.
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Berlin
Chicago
Carl G., Schultz
Hane Tls Koulouvaris
Brooklyn
Koulouvarie
Schulte
United States
Mre
Rath
Chicace
Mra. Schulz Sai
WAC
Iedia
Nazi Sub Crew Coming Here from Argentina
Two transport planes carried about half of the crew of German submarine U-330 to the United States after it surrendered to Argentine authorities. American planes were en route to Buenos Aires for the remainder. Reports and sightings near Necochea prompted police to investigate a possible submarine in the area.
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Buenos Aires
United States
ieHman
Mar del Plata
Radeen
Xnecochea
Buenoss Aires
Henry Ford at 82 Sees Era of Prosperity Ahead
Henry Ford, age 82, predicts a new era of prosperity and higher living standards. He plans a quiet birthday at home with Mrs. Ford in Dearborn and a forthcoming Great Lakes boat trip to the Huron Mountains near Lake Superior.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Ford
Faitlans
Dear- Sort
Great Lakes
Huron Mountains
Lake Superior
You Know Who May Soon Be Fighting Japs
A London broadcast reports New Yorks Edward R Murrow says Potsdam news is scarce. He notes one principal negotiator stated that the United States will go to war with Japan, casting a somber tone on potential allied strategy.
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New York
Edward R. Murstow
London
Potsdamt
Japan
Japan Rocks Under Latest Allied Blow
Allied air and naval strikes carved heavy damage across Japanese bases including Kure in the Inland Sea. Navy reports claim 238 enemy aircraft destroyed and 145 damaged, with ships and submarines sunk or crippled while Allied losses remained unconfirmed. The offensives involved Third Fleet carrier planes and British air units, with MacArthur citing further blows on Haruna.
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Hamamatsu
Simitz
Nimitz
Kure Neval
Far East Air Force
Liberators
MacArthur
Haruna
Army
Stiké
Third Fleet
Kure
Kyushu
Heishu
Aimerican
Halsey
Roosevelt Requests Army Release From Active Duty
Zion Brig General Elliot Roosevelt, son of the late secretary, asked release from active duty. The request has not yet been acted upon according to a brief Department statement from the Army Air Forces. No explanation was given for the delay in processing.
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