Massive U S strikes devastate Japanese targets in new Pacific raid
Over a weekend the Third Fleet wiped out three Japanese cities and damaged 13 more, sinking or destroying 152 surface ships. Carrier and land based air power hit Honshu and Hokkaido oil centers, with B 29s targeting Kudamatsu. Key targets included Muroran Kushiro and Kamai shi on Honshu and Kyushu airfields.
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Leif Erickson
Guam
U. S
Third Fleet
Japan
Domei
Honshu
Kokkaido
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Muroran
Hokkaido
Kushiro
Nippon Oil Company
Kudamatsu Honshu
Tokyyama
Korea
Pacific
Singapore
China
Kyushu
Nagoya
Hakodate
Esashi
Sendai
Shibetsu
Hokkaido Island
Aomori
Kudamatsu
Miyazaki
Kagoshima
Tokyo Radio
Otaru
Abashiri
Ashigawa
Obihiro
Kamaishi
Japan War Lords Ponder Future
London dispatch reports Premier Suzuki called an emergency cabinet and regional governors meeting to stabilize regions and bolster defense as enemy landings threaten the homeland. He ordered production chiefs to speed up special weapons development and urged fighting spirit nationwide.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Suzuki
Can Hurl 3 000 Planes At Japs In a Single Day
Lt General Giles says American land based air power can coordinate 3000 planes in a single day for pre invasion strikes on Japan. B 29s to be doubled in force as USASTAF consolidates units under Spaatz and Doolittle aims to deploy from Okinawa and Marianas soon.
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Guam
Pacific
Japan
Barney M. Giles
Eighth Air Force
James H. Doolittle
Giles
Strategic Air Forces
21St Bomber Command
China
India
Usastaf
U. S. Army Strategic Air Force
Doolittle
Okinawa
Navy
Carl A. Spaatz
Mnastaf
20Th
Airforce
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Seventh Fighter Command
Iwo
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry H
Hap) Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Strikes Ease as 24 000 Workers Return to Jobs Nationwide
About 24 250 workers ended walkouts today lowering idle strikers to 29 750. Akron Firestone plant led with 16 500 workers voting to resume duty, Spicer Toledo 6 500 CIO–United Auto Workers members returned, Syracuse Solvay plant 1 250 United Mine Workers ended a pay and contract dispute. Some cities faced continued driver disputes and newspapers in five cities kept publishing while labor talks continued.
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AFL Bay Cities Metal Trades
San Francisco
CID
Akron
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Toledo
Cio-United Auto Workers
Syracuse
N. Y
United Mine Workers
Solvay Process Company
New York
Birmingham
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jersey City
Bayonne
N. J
Bakers Seek Bread Price Increases Amid Food Policy
Washington July 16 The government moves to ease meat shortages by cutting butter point values and boosting supplies. The Republican food study committee warns that sugar quotas and reduced bread output may force bakers to raise prices or cease operations.
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Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
OPA
Republican Food Study Committee
Jenkins
Ohio
President Truman Tours wrecked Berlin area
President Truman began a motor tour through central Berlin passing looted ruins of Hitler’s chancellery and the scarred Tiergarten. He started the trip from guarded compounds in the Potsdam area as Allied occupation continues.
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Potsdam
Truman
Berlin
Hitler
President Truman Visits Berlin Ruins in Potsdam Tour
President Truman toured Hitler’s ruined chancellery Reichstag and Tiergarten as he met Churchill in Potsdam before the Big Three conference. Stalin and Molotov were expected for the opening talks as plans for a postwar world structure emerged amid war with Japan.
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Potsdam
Truman
Churchill
Berlin
Japan
Stalin
Molotov
Armored
Hitler
Mr. Truman
James F. Byrnes
Yalta
Prsident
William D. Leahy
United States
Byrnes
Stimson
Russia
Shangri la
Sehlendorf
Moscow
Winchester Firemen to Meet Monday
The Winchester Volunteer Firemen Association will hold a meeting Monday evening July 16 at 8 o'clock in Friendship Hall. All members are urged to attend for important firemen business to be transacted. W. E. Argenbright, Chief.
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Winchester Volunteer Firemens Association
Friendship Hall
Winchester
W. E. Argenbright
Union Workers Notice Meeting July 15 1945
The regular monthly meeting of Local 7 United Textile Workers of America AF of L is set for Sunday July 15 1945 at 2 30 p m at the Union Hall. Int Vice President Mr Herrod will attend with important matters. All members urged to attend. Signed Ernest A Carper President.
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United Textile Workers of America, A. F. of L
Herrod
Ernest A. Carper
Built-Up Roofing Crew Available in Winchester
For the next ten days a competent crew of built-up roofing applicators will be in Winchester to inspect and recommend solutions for roof problems. Ten, fifteen and twenty year bonds furnished on new roofs. Glanfe & Bro. Phone 3451.
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Winchester
Glanfe & Bro
Belgian Cabinet Reassembles After King’s Decision
The Belgian cabinet met in emergency session after Prime Minister Achille Van Acker said King Leopold would not abdicate and would not return to Belgium immediately. Rumors pointed to a message to the people about awaiting a general election, but no confirmation came. The regent Prince Charles refused the government’s resignation, so the current government would resume office after talks with the monarch at a villa near Salzburg, Austria.
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Brussels
Achille van Acker
Leopold
Belgium
Prince Charles
van Acker
Salzburg
Austria
Opposition to Peacetime Compulsory Training Proposed
House Republican Leader Martin urged before peacetime universal military training be ended by international agreement. He plans to introduce a resolution calling on President Truman Secretary Byrnes and Edward R. Stettinius Jr to press for a mutual understanding to abolish compulsory military service as nations rebuild for peace.
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Washington
House
Martin
United States
Massachusetts
Truman
State Byrnes
Edward R. Stettinius
United Nations Organization
Half of Canning Sugar Coupons Mailed
The Frederick County Rationing Board reports 10 517 pounds of canning sugar mailed last week. Volunteer workers from the Winchester Quota Club are preparing and sending out coupons. Work is over half done and expected to finish by week’s end. Sugar issued at four pounds per person with no planned quota increase.
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Frederick
Soviets Rebuilding Warsaw Districts
A Pravda report by David Zaslavsky states Soviet republics bordering Poland Ukraine White Russia and Lithuania cover half the cost of rebuilding Warsaw districts and Red Army soldiers aid reconstruction. He notes over 400000 residents in Warsaw and warns of a worker shortage urging Polish emigrants abroad to return.
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Moscow
Pravda
David Zaslavsky
Poland
Ukraine
Russia
Lithuania
Warsaw
Red Army
Zaslavsky
Riteway Cleaners Vacation Closure Notice
Riteway Cleaners will close for vacations with no deliveries from July 30 to August 4. Call for clothes before vacations. Items left over 30 days may incur storage charges with a minimum 25 cents.
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Riteway Cleaners
Mary Lee Hat Shop Clearance Sale Ends Soon
Clearout at Mary Lee Hat Shop offering hats in white or color varieties from 49c to 3.95 and bags fabrics and leather from 29c to 4.95. Includes multiple merchandise lines and a dated catalog line.
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Mary Lee Hat Shop
Dracula man terrorizes London bedrooms in series of break‑ins
London police hunt a so called dracula man who sneaks into northwest London homes by night gripping women and girls by the throat. A dozen homes reported entries with no serious injuries. Victims describe a flashlight blinding them as the intruder pauses to ask for a kiss.
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London
Scotland Yard
Daily Mail
New Army Discharge Scoring Changes Planned
Washington July 16 The War Department outlined a new discharge scoring system to replace the interim 85 point standard. The revised total will cover service through May 12 and include post May points later this year. Four factors remain service overseas combat and parenthood with monthly service earning one point, combat decorations earning five points, and 12 points per child under 18 up to three.
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Washington
War Department
Equal Rights Amendment Battle Opens in Congress
Washington July 16. The House judiciary committee filed a majority report urging Congress to propose an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. It cites discrimination in pay and job exclusion as reasons and faces seven minority reports arguing the amendment would strip existing protections and raise issues of marital and financial duties.
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Washington
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Pickets Guard Metal Plant in War Work
Pickets were reported on guard today around the Electro-Metallurgica Co. plant at Alloy after a CIO union strike. The plant, a subsidiary of Union Carbide, produces ferrous alloy vital to steel making. About 2,500 workers are employed at Alloy, with no disclosed number participating in the strike.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Electro-Metalolurgica Co
Alloy
CIO
Union Carbide
CIO United Gas and Coke Workers
Arlington treasurer seeks court ruling on Glass senate seat
John Locke Green plans to petition the Virginia Court of Appeals to declare Carter Glass seat vacant over prolonged illness. Green argues Glass has not answered a Senate roll call since June 20, 1942, and says the seat is abandoned or vacated. If vacant, Gov. Colgate W. Darden Jr. could call a November election for a successor.
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Washington
John Locke Green
Arlington County
Virginia
Virginia Court of Appeals
Carter Glass
Senate
Green
Glass
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Bishop Peele Calls for Prompt Charter Ratification
Bishop W Walter Peele of Richmond urges rapid ratification of the San Francisco Charter in a nationwide Methodist bishops poll. He links U S UN Charter duties to this action and responds to Bishop Charles C Selecman's request as part of the church council crusade.
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New York
N. Y
San Francisco
W. Walter Peele
Richmond
Methodist Church
Virginia
North Carolina
Peete
United States
Peele
Charles C Selecman
Dallas
Texas
Council
Japs' Resistance Seen Melting Near Sambodja Oil Center
Allied reports say Japanese resistance is weakening as Australian troops advance within five miles of Sambodja in the Sambodja Balikpapan area. Five miles gained in two days follows two weeks of hard fighting. Balikpapan refineries were wrecked and a ridge near Samarinda is now swept by artillery.
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Manila
Borneo
Sambodja
Douglas MacArthur
Sambodia
Balikpapan
Samarinda
Rii
Senators press wage relief for 65 cent standard
Five senators urged no barriers to wage rises up to 65 cents an hour and asked Congress to direct the War Labor Board to consider under 65 cents as substandard. They called for amending the Fair Labor Standards Act to raise the minimum wage and broaden coverage. The Wagner Act currently sets 40 cents an hour minimum for interstate firms. The subcommittee members were Pepper, Thomas, Tunnel, La Follette, and Aiken. Pepper, La Follette, and Johnston introduced the resolution.
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Washington
Congress
War Labor Board
WLB
Pepper
D.fla
Thomas
D.-Utah
Tunnel
D.-Del
la Follette
Wis
Aiken
R.-Vt
Fugitive Slayer Caught Wounded in New Jersey Woods
Ernest Rittenhouse 30, of Orange, captured at Martin's Creek after fatally shooting a state trooper and wounding another while resisting custody in the Orange axe murder case. He had bullet wounds to chin forehead and arm and had surrendered on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River before recapture.
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Phillisburg
N.J
Washington, N. J
Orange
Martin’s Creek
Ernest Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Frank Perry
Cornelius O'Donnell
Perry
O’donnell
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