Australians To Strike For Oil At Miri and Seria
Australian forces push toward the Seria and Miri oil fields on North Borneo as mines are cleared and air and naval support advances. PT boats exchange fire with coastal batteries near Lutong while an American destroyer shells caves along the coast. Thirteen AAF planes strike Miri airstrips, with six planes believed destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Caswell
Manila
A.P
Seria
Miri
North Borneo
United Press
Richard Harris
Borneo
Lutong
13Th Air Force
Tokyo
South Borneo
Balik Papan
Brunei
Sultanate
Tutong
Harris
Brunei-Tutong
Bruneis
Clifford Bridge
Brunei Bay
10 Year Parliament Ends In Britain
A historic decade long session of Parliament ends in Britain with Parliament to be absent until after July 25 election results. Churchill’s caretaker government will rule. Labour refuses representation though Attlee is invited to attend. The unity during WWII is now fractured domestically, with no major foreign policy shifts indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. King
London
United Nations
Britain
Churchill
Labor Party
United Political Front
Only One B-29 Is Lost In Big Raid
A U P report states 520 B-29 Superfortresses bomb Osaka with 3 000 tons of incendiaries. Only one aircraft was lost as Gen Henry Arnold forecasts a year of intensified bombing on Japan. Japanese forces on Okinawa suffer limited gains as Allied advances continue in Borneo oil fields drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Osaka
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Gen. H. H. Arnold
Germany
Okinawa
10Th Army
Yaeju-Dake
Pedro del Valle
North Borneo
Brunei
Seria
U. S. Homestead Projects Wind Down With Losses
Washington reports the government is liquidating 31 subsistence homestead projects begun in 1933-34. Eighteen non farm projects are fully disposed, many houses sold to residents, and public housing authority plans to finish liquidation. Sixteen of the liquidations were bought by cooperative associations. two homes were bought by residents. Loss to the government totals about half the build cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Public Housing Authority
Arizona
Destroyer Hazelwood Returns After Okinawa Battle
The destroyer USS Hazelwood arrives in San Francisco for Mare Island repair after a fatal Okinawa attack. A Japanese pilot crashed his plane into the bridge area, killing or missing ten officers and 67 men. Cmdr. Douw and Lt. Cmdr. Hering are among the dead or missing. The ship saw action from Gilberts to the Philippines and faced multiple enemy planes during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobuff Smith
San Francisco
U.P
Hazelwood
Okinawa
Navy
San Francisco Bay
Mare Island Navy Yard
Cmdr
W. P. Douw
USN
Abingdon
Walter Hering
Atlanta
Pacific
Gilberts
Philippines
Japs Surrender Talks Follow Extended Aircraft Program
Representative Richard F. Harless of Arizona reports that the Consolidated aircraft program will run until about August 15. It is likely that the Air Technical Service Command will use the equipment and some or all of the personnel after that date, though final decision is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard F. Harless
Arizona
Consolidated Aircraft
Air Technical Service Command
Nations Argue Over Changes In World Pact
In San Francisco on June 15 U S Soviet Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitri Z Manuilsky accused several small nations of trying to force the Big Three to violate the Yalta voting formula for the proposed world security council His remarks at a United Nations conference session targeted Jesus M Yepes of Colombia who opposed the Yalta plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dmitri Z. Manuilsky
World Security Council
Jesus M. Yepes
Colombia
Okinawa Battle Rages as Japs Massacre Own Men
United Press reports a brutal Okinawa phase where Japanese officers killed hundreds of surrendering troops on the Oroku Peninsula while American forces, led by Maj. Gen. Pedro Del Valle and the 96th Division, press toward final victory. Marines shell, flame throwers and incendiaries devastate Japanese positions as civilians cross to American lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Okinawa
Pedro del Valle
Oroku Peninsula
United Press War
E. G. Valens
96Th
7Th Army
Saipan
James L. Bradley
Leyte
Yaeju- Dake Hill
Hill 167
Suzuki Vows Victory At Any Cost Despite Japanese Casualties
AP analyst J M Roberts reports Premier Suzuki of Japan says he will win a great victory even if no Japanese survive. He claims American cooperation will aid this, as Gen Arnold and LeMay plan two million tons of bombs next year. Suzuki envisions victory by overwhelming moral resolve rather than greater material strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts, JR
Premier Suzuki
Japan
Okinawa
Gens
Arnold
le May
Mr. Suzuki
Suzuki
British Capture Ribbentrop While Asleep in Hamburg
Former Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was seized by a British lieutenant and two sergeants in a Hamburg boarding house where he slept nude in bed. He had posed as an ordinary guest, carried letters for Churchill Montgomery Eden, and was taken for questioning by Allied authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hamburg
Ronald Clark
Germany
U.P
Ribbentrop
Lueneberg
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Adolph Hitler
London
Britain
Brooklyn and New York Triumph in NL Finals
In the National League finals Brooklyn defeats Boston 9 to 8 while New York overcomes Philadelphia 7 to 5. Both games showcased tight offense and late-inning heroics as the pennant race narrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Foe's Stronghold Chosen Attlee Reveals Berlin Meeting Site
In a letter of acceptance Clement Attlee disclosed that the Big Three conference with Churchill Truman and Stalin will be held in Berlin. He noted unity on main policy lines despite election bitterness and said he does not anticipate any differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Berlin
Churchill
Clement R. Attlee
Atlee
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Attlee
Germany
Mr. Truman
Britain
Big Three to Meet Near Berlin
The White House confirmed the forthcoming Big Three meeting will be held near Berlin after a British disclosure from Maj. Clement Attlee. Press secretary Charles Ross declined to provide a date, noting he could not release timing.
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White House
Berlin
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Maj
Clement Attlee
London
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Germany
Ross
U S Case Against 15 Navajos Opens in Prescott
U S prosecutes 15 Navajos charged with ambushing and capturing Rudolph Zweifel and Roy Palmer, a rang e supervisor and rider, plus Zweifel’s wife. Victims describe the assault at the office and abduction to the Hogan club on the Navajo reservation before police freed them. Attorney Lemuel Matthews plans a constitutional defense on property protection grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Ariz
Indian Service
U. S
Albert M. Sames
Tucson
District 9
Rudolph Zweifel
Roy Palmer
Zweifel
Hogan of Slocum
Navajo
Palmer
Lemuel Matthews
Phoenix
Rock Island Official Marcus Bell Dies At 65
Marcus Lafayette Bell, 65, vice president and director of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad since 1918, died today in Darien Connecticut. He led railroad operations and governance for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darien, Conn
Marcus Lafayette Bell
Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad
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Saratoga
Iwo Jima
U. S. Navy
Ey Frank Tremaine
R. H. Shackford
Harless Forecasts
Army
Consolidated Plant
William F. Tyree
Victory
MacArthur
Nimitz
By Philault
Rock Island
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