Germans pledge united front to fulfill Potsdam terms
Berlin officials from four parties announced a public united front to rebuild Germany. They backed Ernst Lemmer’s resolution calling for continued collaboration, rejecting militarism and Nazism, and aiming to honor Potsdam decisions. Leaders Curry, Pieck, Grotewohl, and Hearmes urged renewal, openness to Jews, and a warless nation.
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Berlin
United Front
Ernst Lemmer
Germany
Potsdam
Wilhelm Kuelz
Weimar Republic
Arthur Werner
Wilhelm Pieck
Otto Grotewohl
Social Democrats
Andreas Hearmes
Waldemar Koch
Liberal Democrats
Bombs Renew Air Attacks as Japan Debates Surrender Terms
Washington reports renewed bombing of Tokyo area by carrier planes and land forces from Kenney and Halsey as Japan debates Allied surrender demands. Nimitz notes a damaged major vessel near Buckner Bay Okinawa while Byrnes and Truman confer amid ongoing war.
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Tokyo
U. S
Buckner Bay
Okinawa
Nimitz
Japan
Halsey
George C. Kenney
Far East
Great Britain
Russia
China
Kenney
Kyushu
MacArthur
James F. Byrnes
Truman
Byrnes
State Department
Surrender Rumor Stuns UP Circulation Tonight
A mysterious flash claiming Japan had accepted Allied surrender terms disrupted United Press wire traffic. Washington dateline but unsourced, triggering FBI and FCC inquiries to find the origin. White House denied any Truman surrender announcement as officials awaited possible Japanese reply.
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Washington
Tokyo
Charles G. Ross
White House
New York
U.P
Japan
United Press
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications System
Truman
Ross
Potsdam
Bern
Jap Badoglios
Badoglios
Mussolini
Singapore
Korechi Anami
China
Federal Communications Commission
Boy Drowns While Swimming at Buffalo Lake
Billy Freeman aged 17 of Dumas drowned in Buffalo Lake around 6 30 last night. The body had not been recovered at a late hour. He and companions were swimming between boats near the dam when he disappeared. Mrs Jerry Autry, lake manager, reported.
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Billy Freeman
Dumas
Buffalo Lake
Jerry Autry
Prisoners of War Data Linked to Australia
The Prisoners of War Association disclosed that 18 718 Australian prisoners are held by Japan with about one third in Malaya one third in Siam and the remainder in Japan proper and the Netherlands Indies.
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Sydney
Australia
Prisoners of War Association
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook with Warm Temperatures
The Weather Bureau reports Amarillo and vicinity will have partly cloudy conditions Monday and Monday night with little temperature change. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies Monday and Tuesday with isolated thundershowers. temperatures ranged high around 97 yesterday with lows in the 60s. Sunrise is 7 05 AM and sunset at 8 30 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
What Now on Home Front
Washington outlines the postwar home front picture as the conflict nears an end. Cost of the war runs toward 300 billion dollars with over 1,063,216 casualties and more than 250,000 fatalities. Congressional actions, tax outlooks, and draft and unemployment shifts frame a rapid reconversion plan.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Russians Seize Rashin and Yuki Ports in Korea
Russian Marines with Pacific fleet support captured Rashin and nearby Yuki in Korea after bombarding the bases. The moves come as Tokyo reports a new Soviet drive in Manchuria threatening to trap large Japanese forces and sever lines to Manchuria and Japan.
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Moscow
Harbin
Rashin
Yuki
Sea of Japan
Ivan Yumashev
London
Korea
Vladivostock
Tokyo
Manchuria
China
Red Army
Kwantung Army
Outer Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Yellow Sea
Peiping
Linsi
Wuchumintsin
Central China
Mukden
Poset
Vladivostok
Japan
Biggest Bomber Fleet Massed for Knockout
GUAM August 13 The Japanese surrender offer came as the U S Strategic Air Force expanded its Superfortress power toward a potentially threefold size by September. The article notes the rapid buildup could deliver sustained devastation, with atomic weapons looming as a looming threat to Nippon.
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Guam
Kyushu
Okinawa
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Eighth
15Th
Germany
Usstaf
Sched
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