Simms: Iffing
By William Philip Simms
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A flier and his exploits –
18,500 feet in the air, then suddenly a 19,000-foot peak bobs up ahead
Big transport has close call over ‘hump’
By Capt. Gen Genovese
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Navy airmen dodge Japs 179 days in Borneo jungle
Three reach safety together, fourth separately, but five of crew were executed y Japs
By Gerald R. Thorp
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Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
HOLLYWOOD – I think we should all be very grateful for the least little sign that the world is getting back to normal, so I’m glad to hear that people have the time to begin seeing those sea serpents again.
Did you notice that the two reported so far were both near Europe, one off England and the other off Sweden? I guess that California and Florida had better get busy if they want to hold their tourist trade, when transportation also returns to normal.
Probably those monsters made themselves scarce while the Nazis were in charge of Europe, knowing they could not stand the competition.
That sea serpent seen near England was certainly a whooper, 10 feet broad. It was fast, too. I said maybe Henry Kaiser is turning them out to relieve the transportation problem. George said if Kaiser was doing it, we’d see a lot more of them.
Youngstown Vindicator (July 23, 1945)
British seamen to split booty
All proceeds from sale of captured cargoes go in jackpot
By Henry B. Jameson
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Lawrence: Okinawa loss rapped again
Hanson Baldwin reveals Marines went back without landing
By David Lawrence
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World bank would serve as guarantor
In most cases will back up loans made by private banks
By James Marlow, Associated Press writer
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U.S. State Department (July 23, 1945)
Log of the President’s Trip to the Berlin Conference
Monday, July 23:
Mail arrived from Washington during the forenoon; the President signed this mail shortly after it was delivered to him.
1000: General Parks called on the President and presented him the flag that had been raised at Berlin last Friday.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace H. Graham, Medical Corps, USA (attached to the 24th Evacuation Hospital, Bremen) spent the day visiting with the President and members of his mess.
1100: Secretary Stimson called on the President.
1500: Mail was dispatched to Washington.
At 1640 the President left the Little White House for Cecilienhof where he and his party arrived at 1650.
At 1710 the seventh meeting of the conference was called to order. The meeting adjourned at 1900 at which time the President and his party left to return to the Little White House.
At 2020 the President, Secretary Byrnes, and Admiral Leahy left the Little White House by foot for the Prime Minister’s residence where they attended a State Dinner given by Prime Minister Churchill in honor of the President and Generalissimo Stalin. Those present included: The President, Secretary Byrnes, Admiral Leahy, General Marshall, Admiral King, General Arnold, Mr. Bohlen, Generalissimo Stalin, Mr. Molotov, Army General A. I. Antonov, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov, Marshal of Aviation F. Ya. Fodalev [Falaleyevf], Admiral of the Fleet N. G. Kousnetsov, Prime Minister Churchill, the Right Honorable C. R. Attlee, Mr. Eden, Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Sir Edward Bridges, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Portal, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Commander C. R. Thompson, and Major A. Birse. Music for the occasion was furnished by a stringed orchestra from a Royal Air Force band. The menu included: Cold clear soup, hot turtle soup, fried sole, roast chicken, boiled new potatoes, peas, cold ham, lettuce salad, fruit salad, ice cream, and Scotch woodcock.
The President, Secretary Byrnes, and Admiral Leahy returned to the Little White House at 2330.