WPB ends hundreds of production controls in reconversion push
The War Production Board scrapped about 210 production controls, lifting ceilings on auto output and removing limits on radios refrigerators and trucks to speed peacetime production. J A Krug said the move aims to ease industry transition while preventing shortages and inflation.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
J. A. Krog
Krug
WPBE
sTug
Truman
Krog
Nippon Surrender Mixed Reactions Reported By Tokyo Radio
After MacArthur predicted a formal Japanese surrender within ten days in Tokyo, Tokyo radio warned that many military officers may resist Allied control. Reports from Manila, where surrender talks concluded, said MacArthur would proceed to Japan with Allied forces and seek a bloodless surrender. The piece also notes unrest in Japan, calls for order, and mounting pressure from Burma plans and Chinese tensions in North China.
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MacArthur
Japan
Tokyo
Manila
Nippon
Asahi
Nippon Times
Chuzo Iwata
Education Ministry
Dome
Sineapore
Burma
Louis Montbatten
Southeast Asia
Juichi Terauchi
Singapore
Rangoon
Asia
China
Chungking
Taiyuan
Shanshi
Inner Mongolia
Shansi
Vacated Rail Cars to Carry Civilians After Troop Use
Rail passenger cars once used to move troops are being emptied in Washington and prepared for civilian service. Officials say the cars will be refitted to carry paying passengers as the war effort shifts.
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Washington
Death Trial Opens in Clarendon for Will Chamberlain
In Clarendon on August 20 a jury is seated for the murder trial of Will Chamberlain over the July 18 death of John Naylor. Prosecutors Sam Hamilton and James C. Mahan lead the case. defense by J. R. Porter and W. T. Link. Court recessed to 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Clarendon
Will Chamberlain
John Naylor
Luther Dribble
Sam Hamilton
Memphis
James C. Mahan
Childress
J. R. Porter
W. T. Link
Chamberlain
Naylor
Donley County
Will
Survivors recall B-29 crash near Weatherford
Two crew members of a shattered B-29 recounts of a near-fatal midair collision and a miraculous parachute escape as they battled flames and wreckage. Flight Officer Edwin F. Smith and Corporal Earl E. Wischmeier describe engine fire, a spin, a shattered window, and a tree catching Wischmeier’s chute to halt his fall. The report also covers a separate murder case involving Will Chamberlain and John Naylor in Clarendon, with motive undetermined and community reaction.
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Camp Wolters
Weatherford
Cpl
Earl E. Wischmeier
West Burlington
Iowa
Smith
Wischmeier
Truman Replaces Gun With Plow In Reconversion Display
President Truman has removed a gun model from his desk and replaced it with a plow model. The change was noted as reconversion work when members of the reconversion advisory board entered his office to view the display.
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Truman
Washington
Reconversion Advisory Board
Army Slashes Lumber Orders To Brighten Building Outlook
Washington reports shrinking military demand for lumber lifts hopes for civilian construction. Army engineers have cancelled orders for large volumes while war end reduces indirect military needs. A time lag delays lumber reaching yards as rebuilding resumes, with projections of 15 million new homes in ten years, including 500,000 in 1946.
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Washington
Central Procurement Agency
The
Army Engineers
Hugh Potter
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Full Employment Study Begins
The Senate banking committee opens debate on a full employment bill to balance the nation’s job budget. Senator Wagner and Senator Murray report White House support and promises of swift action. The plan would set an annual budget of expenditures and job estimates for private and public sectors with federal steps to fill any job deficit. The President urged rapid action and broader Social Security coverage.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Truman
White House
Wagner
New York
Banking
Murray
Montana
Reds Ratify Charter
Moscow radio reported the presidium of the Supreme Soviet ratified the United Nations Charter making Russia the third major power to approve the San Francisco pact after the United States and France. Some smaller nations also approved.
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London
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Russia
United States
France
Farm Implement and Industrial Tires Freed from Rationing
Washington Aug. 20 The Office of Price Administration announced that all farm implement and industrial type tires will be ration free after midnight tonight. Truck tires and passenger car tires remain on the ration list. Price Administrator Chester Bowles said the WPB advised ample supplies of all sizes including tractor tires, though passenger and truck tires remain in short supply and must stay rationed.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
WPB
Sightseers Win Halt on Ban From Defense Transit Office
Washington reports the Office of Defense Transportation lifted the sightseeing and charter travel ban. The ban ends August 31, allowing tours and charters to resume.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Hale Farmer On $2500 Bond In Murder Case
Hale County farmer Austin Simmons posted a $2500 bail after waiving preliminary examination before Justice W J Lewis on a murder charge. Simmons is linked to the fatal shooting of Cole W Anthony a 45 year old Levelland oil well driller. Anthony had faced an assault with intent to murder charge arising from a Dec 23 shooting at Simmons farm, 14 miles northwest of Plainview. He was shot three times with a .38 pistol last Thursday at 5:30 pm and died Saturday afternoon on a Plainview street.
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Naylor
Will Chamberlain
Lavada
Clarendon
Chamberlain
Will
John
John Naylor
Wright
Plainview
Austin Simmons
Hale County
Justice of the Peace
W. J. Lewis
Simmons
Cole W. Anthony
Levelland
Anthony
Stork Chooses Historic Days To Land at Otfo Wald Home
In Torrington Connecticut Mr and Mrs Otto Wald celebrate births of five children Lena born December 7 Pearl Harbor Day Ruth June 6 Normandy D Day Kenneth May 9 V E Day and Franklin August 14 the date Japan quit.
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Stork
Otfo Wald
Torrington
Conn
Otto Wald
Lena
Pearl Harbor
Ruth
Normandy
Kenneth
Franklin
France Grants Subsidy to U S Service Members in France
The French government will pay 850 francs monthly to U S armed forces in France starting Sept 1, about $17, doubling take home pay. The subsidy, announced by Treasury War Department and French government, revalues the franc for servicemen and is paid outright to the U S government, separate from lend lease.
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Washington
United States
France
Treasury Department
War Department
Treasury
Cials
Henry Morgenthau
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Report
The Weather Bureau predicts mostly cloudy skies for Amarillo and nearby areas with scattered thundershowers and cooler temperatures. West Texas should see partly cloudy conditions with isolated thundershowers Tuesday and Wednesday, and a cooler Panhandle on Wednesday. Temperatures yesterday ranged from the mid 60s to high 80s with eight 9s and 4s noted in the data, sunrise at 7:11 a.m. and sunset at 8:29 p.m.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
T. Kues
Navy Cuts Draft in Clearing Decks for Demobilization
The Navy reduces September Selective Service requisitions by 9,000 to 13,000 total including 10,000 for Navy and 3,000 for Marine Corps as demobilization accelerates. Admiral Randall Jacobs says volunteers may be recruited soon and up to 1.5 to 2.5 million personnel could be discharged in 12 to 18 months.
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Navy
Washington
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Personnel
Ally
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Army
Admiral Jacobs
Truman
Jacobs
Navy detains combat credit in discharge math due to record gaps
Admiral Jacobs says Navy will not count combat time toward discharge points because records are incomplete from ships in action transfers and mobile personnel. Demobilization could be delayed 60 to 90 days without this adjustment as veterans move to staging centers at Pearl Harbor and other bases then to 20 U.S. receiving stations and separation centers across the country.
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Army
Marines
Navy
Jacobs
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Saipan
Leyte
Hollandia
Manila
Manus
Lido Beach
Long Island
N. Y
Bainbridge, Md
Navy Pier
Chicago
Minneapolis
Admiral Jacobs
Peace Plane Has Accident
The second of two Japanese surrender planes delayed by a ground collision left Peace Island at 8 07 A M for Tokyo after an overnight wait. The first plane carrying Lt Gen Takashiro Kawabe and eight envoys departed yesterday without incident.
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TE Island
Tokyo
Takashiro Kawabe
Manila
Harry M. Strauss
Birmingham
Ala
Gordon W. Burke
Blanchard
Okla
Carrier Hancock Hit by Japanese Dive Bomb April Attack
Navy confirms Hancock suffered 140 casualties on April 7 after a Judy dive bomber struck the flight deck near Kyushu. The attack damaged the hangar deck and destroyed 16 aircraft, with fires controlled within four hours. Captain Robert F. Hickey commanded the vessel during its Pacific service.
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Washington
Navy
Hancock
Okinawa
Kyushu
Robert F. Hickey
Montague
Cal
Pacific
Leyte Gulf
Tokyo
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