[Homer_J_Simpson]

Air Blows Wreck 9 Japanese Ships in Enemy Waters (Lawrence) – 2
British Said to Clear Mines on the Route to Singapore – 3
6-Mile Gain Made from Balik Papan (Parrott) – 3
Japanese Landing Made near Amoy – 3-4
Chiang Forecasts Great Offensive – 5
China’s Women Put Stress on War Aid (by Mrs. Vera Chang Wang, first-time contributor) – 5-6
Deal with Japan on Captives Likely – 6
Race Riot on Pacific Isle Laid to Marines; Negro Leader Says They Threw Grenades – 6
Americans Bring Old Glory Closer to Tokyo – Australians Attack Japanese on Borneo (photos) – 7-8
A Carnival Staged by Marines in the Pacific (photo) – 9
Allies at Impasse with Soviet Army over Berlin Food (Daneill) – 10
Churchill Family Arrives at French Chateau; Prime Minister to Rest Till Big 3 Meeting – 10
SHAEF Dissolution Due About Friday (Hill) – 11
Pullman ‘Pinch’ to Last 5 Months – 11-12
Poles Shifted in ’39 to Get Choice of Soviet or Polish Citizenship (Daniel) – 12
British Destroyer Rammed Cruiser – 13
War News Summarized – 13
Ringleader Tells of Plot on Hitler (by L.S.B. Shapiro) – 14
10,000 Berlin Civilians Drowned when Elite Guard Flooded Subway – 15
‘This is Hitler and His War’ (photo) – 16
Screening German Prisoners in Search for Gestapo Agents (photo) – 17
The Veteran (by Charles Hurd) – 18
Soviet Pacific Role Seen a Big 3 Topic – 18
Navy Mends Men at Warm Springs – 19
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 19

The News of the Week in Review
Focal Points in Pacific War (photos and map) – 20
Fifteen News Questions – 21
Japan’s Fate as the Cartoonists See It - 22
Main Battle for Oil Now Joined in Pacific (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 23
“Beware of This Mobilization” (cartoon) – 24
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 24

The Best Selling Books, Here and Elsewhere (from Book Review) – 25

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.etherit.co.uk/month/6/08.htm

July 8th, 1945 (SUNDAY)

JAPAN: Two Twentieth Air Force fighter groups (100+) P-51s from Iwo Jima pound airfields and other targets at Hyakuri, Chofu, Tokorozawa, and Yachimata, Japan; 5 aircraft are claimed downed and at least 25 destroyed on the ground; 8 P-51s are lost.

SOUTH CHINA SEA: Dutch Submarine O-19 ran aground on Ladd Reef. Unable to free herself and deep in enemy waters, O-19 was at the mercy of any Japanese warships and planes in the area. Their situation was desperate, but responding to a coded message about O-19’s situation, submarine USS Cod made full speed for the imperilled Dutch submarine and arrived at the scene later that same day. Two days of attempts to pull O-19 free yielded no results and the captains of both vessels agreed that there was no hope of freeing the Dutch sub from the grip of the reef. After removing the 56 Dutch sailors to safety, Cod destroyed the O-19 to keep any of its equipment from falling into Japanese hands. The rescue was the only international submarine-to-submarine rescue in history.

BORNEO: On Borneo, Thirteenth Air Force B-24s and B-25s, supporting Australian forces who arelanding at Penajam, hit the Balikpapan area defensive positions, Samarinda shipyards, various targets along the Samarinda road, and warehouses at Tandjung. B-24s [including some of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)] bomb warehouses at Donggala on Celebes Island.

CANADA:

Corvettes HMCS Asbestos, Moose Jaw and Smiths Falls paid off Sorel, Province of Quebec.

HMC ML 050, 087 and 103 paid off.

U.S.A.: Opinion pollsters asked the following question:

Do you think American soldiers in Germany should be allowed to have dates with German girls?

All Men Women

Yes 30% 41% 22%

No 59% 48% 67%

No opinion 11% 11% 11%

Utah: A soldier opens fire on German PoWs, killing eight and wounding 20.