Fleet gives Nippon blows as U S Third Fleet presses war
Allied air and sea forces strike Japan with heavy bombings on Omuta Matsuyama and Tokuyama amid ongoing Third Fleet operations. Admiral Halsey ships engage at sea with no resistance while British air forces sink and damage units near Kobe and Osaka Bay. RITEWAY CLEANERS announce vacation closure with storage notice.
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Guam
U. S
Nippon
Mikado
Halsey
Japan
Osaka Bay
Honshu
Wakasa Bay
Radio Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Kure
Tihe
Kobe
Third Fleet
Yokosuka
Nagato
Nimitz
Probaly
Churchill Cabinet Ousted In Strong Surges To Left
Britain’s July 5 election produced a Labour landslide with 381 seats to the Conservatives 193. Clement Attlee poised to succeed Winston Churchill as prime minister after Churchill resigned at Buckingham Palace.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
Laborites
House of Commons
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Palace
Singer Sewing Machines Repaired and Parts for Singer Only
Repair shop offers full line of Singer parts and top cash for old Singer machines. Unable to secure parts for other makes. Seal's Singer Shop at 104 W Bos cawen Street Rhodes Drug Store Bldg seeks customers.
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Singer
Seal’s
Singer Shop
W. Boscawen Street
Rhodes’ Drug Store
Colonial Kitchen to Close Saturday for Maintenance
Colonial Kitchen will be closed on Saturday July 28 for annual maintenance. The notice appeared in the local calendar listing.
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Colonial Kitchen
Frederick County 4-H Fair to Be Held October 25-26
The Frederick County 4-H Club Fair and Achievement Day will take place October 25 and 26. An achievement program closes the event on October 26. Activities include site planning, rule drafting, and premium list preparation with committees meeting in late summer and fall. The program requires members to have projects completed or up to date to enter, with a county council goal of full participation.
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Frederick County
John Cole
Wendell Phillips
Nelson Carpenter
Burl Carpenter
War in Brief Highlights Allied Advances Across Asia
Allied pilots damaged 20 warships and sank or damaged 32 merchantmen while 100 Superforts attacked Japanese oil refineries. In Southeast Asia Allied forces advanced in Malaya Burma and the Philippines with actions around Banaue Manggar river and Taunggyi as U S divisions joined Filipino troops in northern Luzon.
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Japan
Shanghai
Tokyo
Philippines
Banaue
Luzon
Burma
Sittang River
Taunggyi
Manalday
U. S
6Th Infantry
Banue
Red Point Values To Be Lowered
OPA reports improved meat supply and lowers red point values for beef lamb veal starting Sunday. August rationing expects 9.5 percent more meat at retail than July and 11 percent versus June. Most cuts reduce one to two points per pound. boneless rump roast down three points. Pork canned fish fats oils and dairy unchanged. Total supplies rise to 221 million pounds with beef up 8 million and pork down 3.27 million. Bowles calls reductions good news aiding budgets.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Truman Reviews Troops As Guest Of Eisenhower
President Truman arrives in Frankfurt to inspect American troops and dine with General Eisenhower after a 268 mile 90 minute flight from Potsdam. He reviews an honor guard from the 508th Parachute Troop Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, amid allied calls for Japan to surrender.
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Frankfurt
508Th Parachute Troop
82Nd Airborne Division
Truman flies to Frankfurt to review troops during Potsdam break
President Truman left the Big Three talks to fly to Frankfurt and review American forces, including the 84th Infantry and Third Armored Divisions, aboard a four engine C-54. He planned to return to Potsdam this afternoon as the conference continued. In London, Mountbatten was reported to have attended Potsdam meetings, signaling ongoing Allied command coordination.
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Potsdam
Truman
Frankfurt
London
Eisenhower
84Th Infantry
Prestannts
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
London Daily Express
Possible Unanimous Senate Vote On Peace Charter
Senator Byrd of Virginia notes the San Francisco Peace Charter could be ratified by the Senate with no dissent. He predicts at least 98 percent approval even if not unanimous, praising world peace aims and crediting Secretary Stettinius for informing the public. The vote, he says, will be swift to show American resolve for lasting global peace.
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Washington
Snator Byrd
Virginia
San Francisco
Senate
United States Senate
Congress of
United States
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Mornet Pushes Speedy Trial for Petain in Paris
In Paris on July 26 Prosecutor Andre Mornet moved to speed the trial of 89 year old Marshal Petain. Witnesses include Jules Jeanneney Edouard Herriot Charles Roux and others as jurors and attorneys press to advance testimony amid a slow courtroom process. Petain mutters about cabinet lists as Daladier and Lebrun testify on France’s 1940 defeat and Fifth Column activity.
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Paris
Andre Mornet
Marshal Petain
France
Jules Jeanneney
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Herriot
Charles Roux
Edouard Daladier
Albert Lebrun
Third Republic
Petain
Bordeaux
Paul Reynaud
Final Rites Held For C. Fred Barr
Funeral services were held for Charles Frederick Barr a longtime local photographer who operated a 57 year career from his home at 221 West Boscawen Street Rev William E Eisenberg led the Lutheran service with readings from the Bible and Psalm 23 hymns were sung and Alfred Lloyd Tennyson Crossing the Bar was read at the request of the deceased
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Charles Frederick Barr
West Boscawen Street
William E. Eisenberg
Grace Lutheran Church
First Thessalonians
City Swelters Under Oppressive Heat
Residents endure extreme heat as temperatures rise to 91 degrees with sultry breezes and high humidity. The Associated Press forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies, cooler conditions, and scattered storms tonight, then generally fair and moderate Friday. Nearby West Virginia expects cloudy skies and scattered showers tonight, then fair and mild Friday. Early low is 72 degrees, the day’s high reached 91, below last year’s 95.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Bomb Damage in Japan Spreads Across Urban Industrial Areas
GUAM July 26 The 20th Air Force reports 143 square miles of urban industrial targets hit in 39 Japanese cities as B 29s strike oil plants near Tokyo Kawasaki Nissan Nagano Yokohama Osaka Nagoya and Senqi and Chosi areas. The raids tallied 625 aircraft on Osaka Nagoya mission prior 36 hours.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Kawasaki
Nagano Prefecture
Tsurumi Ward
Yokohama
Osaka- Nagoya
Mitsubishi
Hayama
Asaishi
Tokyo Bay
Twentieth Airforce
Senci
Chosi
Sendal
Russia asks UNRRA aid totaling 700 million dollars
Washington reports Russia seeks 700 million dollars in UNRRA relief with a mixed reception in Congress. UNRRA warns funds are running low and donors may be asked to boost contributions beyond the current one percent of national income for a year.
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Washington
Russia
UNRRA
Congress
Roy R. Hendrickson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
United States
Hendrickson
Tunnel
D-Del
Churchill Stays Close To Office As Election Returns Tie
Prime Minister Winston Churchill remained near 10 Downing Street after July 5 general election results showed he lost the political leadership of the nation. His own Wood constituency status was not immediately clear as reports continued.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
No. 10
Co Street
Wood
Arrest of Rev. C. W. Lowe Sparks Local Notice
The Rev. Charles Worthington Lowe of Lutheran Church of Our Saviour Winchester was arrested on a charge of writing a bad check for 60 drawn on the Second National Bank of Washington. A preliminary hearing is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. Bond is $1,000 and he remains jailed until posted.
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Charles Worthington Lowe
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Winchester
Louis H. Grimm
Rose A. Grimm
Second National Bank of
Washington, D. C
John Rice
Lowe
Valley Avenue
Borden
Montague Hall
Rev
Maryland
Montgomery County
Attlee Likely to Form Cabinet After Election Victory
Labor wins 344 of 640 Commons seats and a good working majority prompting Attlee likely to form the new government. The plan includes nationalization of heavy industry transport mines and the Bank of England with Attlee to accompany Churchill to Potsdam for foreign policy duties.
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Attlee
George VI
Churchill
Germany
Potsdam
Labor
Liberals
Liberal Nations
Labor Party
Ramsay MacDonald
Liberal Party
Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Bank of England
Laborites
Bevin
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