City of Ada crew survives perilous B-29 mission
Captain Jack Ambrose and the City of Ada crew recount a tense flight home from a Nagoya raid. Fuel dwindled, engine failures, and near ditching tested nerve until landing safely near Guam. Ambrose earns the Distinguished Flying Cross for a Tokyo bombing mission on May 25.
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Jack Ambrose
K. E. Ambrose
Guam
Isoshima
Ambrose
Nagoya
Japan
Iwo
Saipan
Tokyo
Truman Releases Army Navy Reports On Pearl Harbor
President Truman issued the Army and Navy investigations into Pearl Harbor outlining criticisms of top officials while preserving the option to seek court martial. The release highlights disagreements over General Marshall and Admiral Kimmel and Short, with Stimson defending war leadership.
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Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Marshall
Stimson
Gen. Short
P. H
Washington
George €.Marshall
Stimson Shaply
Harold R. Stark
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Asmirel Stark
Admiral Kimmel
United States Navy
Army Board
General Short
Hull
Nippon
Hawaiian Department
Short
Envoys Meet in Deep Gorge for Luzon Surrender Talks
In a rugged gorge 22 miles east of Manila American officers and Japanese envoys negotiated surrender terms for southern Luzon forces. General Yokoyama could not attend due to injury. six to nine days were demanded for capitulation of southern units after Tokyo signing.
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Manila
Luzon
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Sumi
Yokoyama
Tokyo
Allies name 24 Nazi leaders for Nuremberg trial
London reports four powers will try 24 top Nazi leaders in a mass proceeding in early October in Nuernberg. The list includes Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Wilhelm Keitel and Martin Bormann among others. Indictments not yet handed to defendants. defense preparation time guaranteed.
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Herman Goering
Rudolf Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Deenitz
Germany
Hess
England
Hitler
Martin Bormann
Bormann
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Robert Ley
Nazi Party
German Labor Front
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Poland
S. S
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Reich Security Department
Wilhelm Friciz
Bohemia and
Moravia
Streicher
Julius Streicher
Franconia
der Sturmer
Wehrmacht
Walter Funk
Reichsbank
Hjalmar Schacht
Richsbank
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Navy
Baldur von Schirach
Reich Youth Movement
Vienna
Fritz Sauckel
Albert Speer
Todt
S. A
von Papen
Franz von Papen
Austria
Turkey
Alfred Gustav Jodl
Constantin von Neurath
Bohemia and Moravia
Secret
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Netherlands
Atm
Frich Raeder
Hans Fritsche
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen Und
Hirach
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Robert H. Jackson
Nuernberg
Jackson
Borman
MacArthur Prepares For Thursday Flight
18 150 Allied troops to occupy Japan by air and sea with General MacArthur awaiting at Okinawa. Nimitz arrived Tokyo Bay by seaplane while Yokosuka naval base was inspected and Yokohama marine transport board building named as general headquarters for occupation forces.
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Nimitz
Tokyo Bay
General MacArthur
Japan
Yokosuka Naval Base
Tokyo Radio
Yokohama Marine Transport Board
Yokosuka
Oscar C. Badger
San Diego
Tokyo Bay Islands
Atsugi Airfield
Tokyo
Badger
Carney
Robert B. Carney
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Admiral Badger
Tokyo Stes
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Luxzreade
Pacific Islands
Old Glory
Mili Atoll
Marshalls
Morotai
MacArthur
Philippines
Halmahera
Harry W. Johnson
Southwest Pacific
Truman
Mighty Fleet in Tokyo Bay
In Yokohama and Tokyo Bay the Third Fleet anchored off Yokohama with the Missouri and Iowa. British flagship Duke of York also present as occupation plans unfold for Yokosuka. Key actions include landings at two Tokyo Bay islands and the imminent surrender ceremonies.
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Yokohama
Missouri
Admiral Halsey
Iowa
Tokyo
Halsey
America
U. S. Navy
Bruce Fraser
Duke of York
Yokosuka
Third Fleet
Miura Peninsula
Sagemi Bay
Honshu
Sagami Bay
Evacuation of POWs Begins from Thai Camps
Kandy Ceylon August 29 evacuations started from Bangkok by air carrying 300 prisoners of war. Many are noted as survivors of the U S Cruiser Houston.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Thailand
Houston
Bangkok
Three cheers for the U S Navy sign spotted in Yokohama
Warships gathered off Yokohama as a Japanese factory roof bore a public message praising the U S Navy and Army. The incident underscores wartime tensions and the delicate display of allied forces in occupied or proximate areas.
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Yokohama
United States
U. S
Oklahoma Pioneers Mourn 84 Year Mattie Bennett Death
Mrs. Mattie E. Bennett 84, an early Oklahoma pioneer who arrived at the Cherokee strip opening, died today. Also in Tulsa A B Hartman 71 editor of Mountain Music magazine for dogs died at home. In Tahlequah R K Jaggard NSU coach and PE professor granted a year leave to join veterans rehabilitation admin. program to be run by J D Steed and D C Waney.
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Jones
Okla
Mattie E. Bennett
Cherokee Strip
Tulsa
A. B. Hartman
Mountain Music
Ohio
Hartman
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tahlequah
P. R. K. Jaggard
Northeastern State College
Veterans’ Rehabilitation Administration
J. D. Steed
D. C. Waney
Two Automobiles Damaged in Wreck
Duard Williams of 500 Cab Drive was fined in Municipal court for reckless driving after a Tuesday evening accident at Oak and Eighth. Chapman of Pregue, driver of the other car, contributed to the crash with about $450 in total damages reported to both vehicles.
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Duard Williams
Dad Lester
Oak and
Eighth Street
L. J. Chapman
Pregue
Eighth
Oak Ware
Axi
Chapman
Legion Head to Speak at Oklahoma City Convention
Edward N. Scheiberling national Legion commander will speak at the one day state convention in Oklahoma City. State Commander J. B. Koch Norman said about 1500 to 2000 delegates are expected.
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Legion
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion
Edward N. Scheiberling
National Legion
J. B. Koch. Norman
Small Boys Find Car Crash Victim
Four boys walking along a highway near Snyder Oklahoma heard a horn and found an overturned automobile. The driver Claude Thomas Hale a 48 year old Oklahoma City tavern operator lay crushed beneath the car. Highway Patrolman Jack Craig was riding in a patrol car that ran off the road into a ten foot ditch and overturned, throwing him from the vehicle.
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Snyder
Okla
Here
Claude Thomas Hale
Oklahoma City
Jack Craig
Craig
Brink of a New Era Push Weighs on All
Statement highlights collective readiness for change and the sense that decisive action will start a new era with momentum and determination. It frames optimism and urgency for forthcoming efforts.
Thrill To Talk To Americans From Yokohama Shore
A blinker from near Yokohama signaled to the minesweeper Hambleton as Allied POWs met U S forces. Admiral Badger prepares to liberate prisoners after landings. The message quoted "Lieut. Sherry" and listed 131 prisoners from multiple nations, noting good food and awaiting arrival.
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U. S. Iowa
Tokyo Bay
Yokohama
Hambleton
Adm
Oscar C. Badger
Admiral Badger
Lieut
Sherry
More Than 10,000 Troops Arriving on East Coast Ports
More than 10,000 troops from Europe were set to arrive at three East Coast ports today. Seven transports would reach New York with 6,951 GI's. Boston received three ships with 3,544. Newport News, 101. Ships named include the Abraham Lincoln and N.Y. A. Victory among others, with detailed troop counts per vessel.
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New York
Europe
Boston
Newport News
Abraham Lincoln
John Dickinson
N.Y. A
Marine Pfc Jarees Slocum Reported Missing In Action
Mrs H C Guinn of 901 S Johnston revealed that her son Pfc Jarees Slocum has been missing in action since the old Houston vanished. She notes radio bulletins first announced Tuesday evening and that friends called through the night seeking any word, though direct word remains unforthcoming amid long, dimming hope for survivors.
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Pfc
Jarees Slocum
U. S. Marine
H. C. Guinn
Houston
Prisoners Found in Thailand After Java Sea Battle
About 122 former prisoners released from Petburi camp near Bangkok will be evacuated by air starting tomorrow. They are described as generally in pretty good condition and will be flown to Calcutta. The cruiser Houston had not been heard from since 1942.
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Houston
Java Sea
Thailand
Petburi
Bangkok
Calcutta
Allied Fleet Off Tokyo Bay Sees Nimitz Halsey In Victory Reach
In Tokyo Bay top Allied naval leaders gather aboard flagships within sight of Tokyo as Admiral Nimitz arrives from Guam and Admiral Halsey anchors the Missouri off Yokohama. Battlefleet includes the Iowa and South Dakota, with Badger’s Task Force 31 nearby at Yokosuka as residents endure arrival warnings.
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Falulion W. Fabon
Yokahama
Pacific
Tokyo Bay
Nimitz
Guam
Admiral Halsey
Missouri
Yokohama
Tokyo
South Dakota
Iowa
Oscar C. Badger
Yokosuka Naval Base
Pearl Harbor
Halsey
Yokosuka
Oklahoma Weather Outlook Tonight
The Red River valley area of Oklahoma may see scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight. Elsewhere the state should have clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow.
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Red River Valley
Oklahoma
Pipe Line Company Is Raising Wages
The Interstate Oil Pipe Line company announced a five percent base pay increase for 1,200 employees across Oklahoma Arkansas Illinois Mississippi Kentucky Wyoming and Montana effective Saturday. The move accompanies a return to a 44 hour week from 48 hours and includes time and a half for four overtime hours. Carter Oil Company, a Standard Oil of New Jersey subsidiary, said it may adopt a similar plan.
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Tulsa
Okla
Interstate Oil Pipe Line Company
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Illinois
Mississippi
Kentucky
Wyoming
Montana
Carter Oil Company
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Mangosteer Described as East Indian Delicacy
The mangosteer is an East Indian delicacy about the size of a mandarin orange.
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Deenitz
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