Industrial Targets In Tokyo Area Blasted By Task Force
Allied naval forces bombarded Hitachi copper smelter and aircraft plants near Tokyo as part of a large air sea assault. Admiral Nimitz reported 1,500 planes in the two-day operation and a week of strikes across northern Japan.
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Tokyo
Guam
Japan
Hitachi
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Iowa
William F. (Bull) Halsey
Muroran
Kamaishi
St Swithin's Day superstition linked to 40 rain days
Reader recalls the ancient belief that weather on St Swithin's Day July 15 dictates the next 40 days. The tale ties to St Swithin a Winchester bishop who died in 862 and whose body relocation is linked to lasting rain. Campers picnickers and fishermen are warned.
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England
St. Swithin
Winchester
Premier Suzuki Carries Report on Jap's Emperor
Premier Kantaro Suzuki met Emperor Hirohito at the Imperial Palace at 5 p.m. to deliver a report on general administration. Tokyo radio, recorded by the FCC, notes ongoing Allied air raids and naval actions including Halsey's Third Fleet bombardment and frequent carrier-borne strikes.
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San Francisco
Kantaro Suzuki
Imperial Palace
Hirohito
General Administration
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Suzuki
Hideki
the Razor
Tojo
Kantaro
the Tiger
Koiso
Amon
Japan
Adm
Willima Halsey
Third Fleet
Invasion talk from Nimitz and Barbey amid Pacific war outlook
Fleet Admiral Nimitz described the current bombardment of the Japanese homeland as the pre invasion stage and outlined two main strategies: tightening the blockade of Japan and shelling key industries. Vice Admiral Barbey warned that invasion timing could extend beyond typhoon season, with possible landings in Japan or China and 30 to 90 days of preparations.
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Leif Erickson
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Washington
Daniel Barbey
Japan
China
Radio Tokyo
Nimitz
United States
U. S
Tokyo
Honshu
Hokkaido
Pacific
Barbey
Seventh Amphibious
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
NBC
Rain Delays and Yields Good Despite Heavy Rains
County agent I Fred Stine reports uneven rainfall with some areas needing sun to cut hay and thresh wheat while others like Middletown fared better. Wheat and barley yields run 21 to 30 bushels per acre with corn prospects strong. hail damaged western sections but overall crops hold soil moisture and alfalfa third cut is promising. Potatoes suffer from excess rain but gardens and greens move to market as fruit sizes and early apples appear.
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I. Fred Stine
Winchester
Middletown
White Post
Stine
Month's Rain Nears 8 Inches
Winchester rainfall increased to 7.52 inches for the month and 27.07 inches year to date after an additional .24 inch. The forecast called for more rain tonight in eastern central and western Virginia with scattered showers continuing. The five day outlook shows a rising then cooling July period with showers at the start and again later.
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Winchester
Virginia
District Four
Ballot On Union At O Sullivan Rubber Plant
At 10 30 this morning 351 votes were cast in a National Labor Relations Board election at the O Sullivan Rubber Company to decide if United Mine Workers or American Federation of Labor will represent production and maintenance workers. Balloting began about 6 45 and runs until six tonight with results not expected until late tonight. About 700 eligible voters include production and maintenance staff excluding foremen supervisors assistants clerical workers and lab chemists.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Company
National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Newspaper Union Votes To Return To Work At Once
The union at 1,700 striking newspaper workers voted to resume duties immediately after Louis Waldman announced a satisfactory settlement with New York publishers. Waldman cited a War Labor Board telegram promising an immediate hearing on issues if workers returned to the job. Meanwhile national labor unrest added 39,123 idle workers across industries, with shipyards, coal, and meat shortages influencing new stoppages.
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Louis Waldman
War Labor Board
Pennsylvania
Beaumont
Tex
Metal Trades Council
AFL
San Francisco
A. P. Bartholomew
Bay City Metal Trades Council
Springfield
Ill
John Marchiando
Progressive Mine Workers
Carter Jenkins
OPA
Illinois
War Food Administration
Kentucky
Army Train Travel Restricted to Real Necessity
Brig. Gen. T. B. Catron announced tight limits on army rail travel in the Third Service Command covering Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Only absolutely necessary journeys for duty and redeployment are allowed. hospital patients may use sleeping cars, while POWs and personnel must travel only in day coaches.
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Baltimore
Third Service Command
T. B. Catron
Catron
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Japan
For Sale Giant Gladioli By Mrs J W Rees
For sale giant gladioli 1.50 a dozen delivered. Mrs J W Rees lists phone number 15070 for orders. Local notice notes delivery service and pricing.
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J. W. Rees
Big Luxury Ship Fire Blazes At Canadian Pier
A large luxury liner burst into flames at a Canadian pier injuring many. Simultaneous reports note extensive burns among passengers and crew as firefighters battle the blaze and evacuate the vessel. Authorities investigate cause as chaos and smoke envelop the harbor.
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Canadian Pier
Japs Cleared From Burma District
British forces have cleared Japanese troops from the Heho Taunggyi road area two miles northwest of Taunggyi, 100 miles southwest of Mandalay, with fleeing elements toward Thailand. To the south, resisting Japanese hold positions near the Pegu Sittang canal and the Sittang river near Muthru.
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Cailutta
Heho- Taunggi
Thailand
Taunggy
Mandalay
Southeast Asia Command
Pegu-Sittang Canal
Sittang River
Mrthru
Fire In Dock Sparks Hamonic Liner Destruction At Sarnia
The 360-foot Great Lakes liner Hamonic with 255 aboard burned after fire spread from a dock shed at Point Edward near Sarnia Ontario. Firefighters from both sides battled flames, many passengers injured or burned, with at least 150 treated by 11 a.m. Officials reported no lives lost.
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Sarnia
Ont
Great Lakes
Hamonic
Canada Steamship Lines
J. H. Attchison
Point Edward
Sarnia General Hospital
Polymer Corporation
First Aid Hospital
Detroit
Blue Water
St. Clair River
Lake Huron
Port Huron
General Hospital
W W. Walke
Isas Pikes
Bates Weelsh
Buffalo
N. Y Dr
J. ©. Creen
Susan Green
Dr. Green
President Likely To Have Broad Policing Powers
Senate Republicans forecast congressional authorization for the president to exercise peace keeping police powers at high discretion. Senators Vandenberg and Millikin say the Foreign Relations Committee report guiding UN Charter ratification supports a flexible approach. A proposal for advance congressional approval in each case would violate the charter’s spirit, they contend.
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Washington
Congress
World Security Council
United Nations
Vandenberg
Michigan
Millikin
Colorado
Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Council
Bushfield
R.S. D
U S to Look Into New Hitler Report
A State Department spokesman said the U S Embassy in Buenos Aires will investigate claims that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are in Argentina. The report, via a Chicago Times correspondent from Montevideo, states they arrived by submarine at a remote stretch of the Argentine coast and reached a German-owned Patagonian estate, while Argentina assures allied governments it will not harbor axis war criminals.
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Anderson
Washington
U. S
Buenos Aires
Adolph Hitler
Eva Braun
Argentina
Chicago Times
Montevideo
Patagonia
Mary Lee Hat Shop Clearance Sale Spurs Bargain Blitz
Hats in white or color priced 49¢ to 3.95 with a large variety of bags fabrics and leather from Mary Lee Hat Shop. Sale note lists 7-16-1 and highlights discounted prices.
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Mary Lee Hat Shop
Conference Prep As Big Three Open Talks Potsdam
Stalin and Molotov met Truman at the Little White House in Potsdam before the Big Three conference. Churchill dined with Byrnes as Berlin unquietness and delayed start lingered. Discussions veiled. Land ordered to Germany to aid postwar shipping plans.
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Brussels
Belgium
Potsdam
Germany
Churchill
Stalin
Truman
Little White House
Soviet Union
Vyacheslav Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Prime M Churchill
Berlin
War Stimson
Gen. Marshall
U. S. Army
Stimson
V. N. Pavlov
Mr. Trueman
Charles E. Bohlen
Generalissimo
Paviov
Doter
Bohlen
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Yalta
Moscow
Crimea
State Department
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Russia
Great Britain
Land
Emory
U. S. Maritime Commission
Henry L
Special Notice Italian Spaghetti Dinners July 19 1945
Italian Spaghetti Dinners served between 5 and 7 30 by appointment only Thursday July 19 1945 Call Red Wing Restaurant 3561 Sale two new metal ice boxes 65 pounds 43 50 J W Grove Furniture Co 125 S Loudown
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Red Wing
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun
Special pillows offered by J. W. Grove Furniture Co.
Special price pillows at 75 cents each on a first come first served basis from J. W. Grove Furniture Co located at 125 S Loudoun St. Also note wanted help: high school white or colored to cut grass apply at 326 Amherst St.
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun St
Amherst St
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