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July 2, 1945

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TRUMAN APPEARS IN SENATE TODAY TO OFFER CHARTER; With Ratification of the World Peace Plan Assured, He Will Urge Speedy Vote TO SEND IN BYRNES' NAME Back From Trip, He Lauds OPA Bill, Says Fight on Inflation Must Go On After War Other Changes Expected To Map Senate Hearings OPA Measure Called Sound TRUMAN APPEARS IN SENATE TODAY

By James B. Reston Special To the New York Times

to appear in Sen to offer peace charter, apptmt of Stettinius as Security Council delegate discussed

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War News Summarized

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Borneo was invaded in a third place when the Seventh Australian Division went ashore yesterday at the oil center of Balik Papan and after an hour and a half had secured a beachhead a mile long and one and one-half deep.

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ANDERSON PLEDGES FOOD-SUPPLY RISE; STAMP OF OFFICE

By Jay Walz Special To the New York Times

tries on mailman's cap; illus

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AUSTRALIANS ASHORE AT BALIK PAPAN, DRIVE INLAND NEAR BORNEO OIL PORT; RECORD B-29 FLEET SMASHES AT JAPAN; JAPANESE RAISE THE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER AUSTRALIANS LAND NEAR BALIK PAPAN

By Lindesay Parrott By Wireless To the New York Times

Australian 7th Div lands at Balik Papan following record sea-air bombardment; wins 1 mi-long beachhead between Klandasan dist and Ketjil stream; Gen MacArthur lands with troops; repts Allied losses light; notes importance of invasion; Australians encounter heavy and accurate Jap mortar fire moving inland; map

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MAJOR BLOC FIGHTS ARGENTINE REGIME; 1,000 Radicals at Clandestine Meeting Lash Peron--Party Warned of Inspired Disunity Radicals, Argentina's No.1 Party, Declare War on Military Regime Says None Are Held for Politics

By Arnaldo Cortesi By Cable To the New York Times

Assails Argentine Govt, s to Radical party

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