Wainwright Arrives in Japan Sees Surrender Signoff
Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, Corregidor hero, lands at Wyokohama and tells reporters the shoe is on the other foot as he joins General MacArthur for the surrender articles in Tokyo Bay. He speaks of thrills and the return as a free American soldier wearing a gun.
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Wainwright
Japan
Wyokohama
Jonathan Wainwright
Hero of
Corregidor
MacArthur
Supreme Allied
Tokyo Bay
Waintwright
Yanks Outline New Bids For Volunteers To Reduce Draft
Washington Aug 31 The armed services push voluntary enlistments while seeking to retain the draft navy and marine corps officers tell the House military committee that recruitment alone won t sustain needed strength A joint Army Navy board proposes inducements for volunteers including pay hikes reenlistment bonuses and long overseas service benefits Navy launches full scale recruitment drive and some lawmakers favor a straight volunteer force to replace the draft talks also consider President Truman explaining Selective Service and discharge rates release of aviators streamlined to 44 points for reserve officers continues flight training for 17 and 18 year olds in last high school semester Major benefits include higher overseas pay free postage more noncommissioned posts and mustering out pay for reenlistment options
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Washington
Armed Services
Navy
Marine Corps
House
Army-Navy Board
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Army-Navy
Military proposes benefits and releases for medical staff
The subcommittee will consider transportation costs for re enlistment furloughs and a guarantee of most benefits for inductees. Officers report 13,000 of the Army's 45,000 physicians to be discharged by Feb 1, with 1,000 Navy doctors also slated. The Army aims to cut nurses from 56,000 to 25,000 in four months and the Navy to release 1,000 nurses in three months. The Army plans 3,500 of 15,000 dentists released by Jan 1. Navy numbers not reported.
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Army
Navy
Allied troops widen Tokyo occupation as surrender nears
American forces extend control to Tokyo southern boundary and capture new bases. Lt General Wainwright arrives in Yokohama while delegates from Russia France and the Netherlands prepare to sign the capitulation. Mercy squads free more Allied prisoners at Ofuna and other camps amid reports of peaceful Nipponese troops.
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Tokyo
Robert L. Fichelberger
Eighth Army
Philippine Veterans
Yokohama
11Th Airborne Division
Atsugi Field
Wainwright
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Nippon
White House
Amarillo
Jonathan M. Wainwright
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Leathernecks
Yokosuka Naval Base
Tateyamahojo
Tama River
Imperial Guard
Ofuna Camp
Ofuna
U. S
Perch
Cmdr
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
F. EF. M. Whiting
Marcus Island
Guam
Truk
Caroline Islands
Eichelberger
Tokyo Radio
China
Nanking
Ho Ying-Chin
Yasuji Okamura
Truman orders first peacetime foreign propaganda program
President Truman directs Secretary Byrnes to abolish the Office of War Information and move overseas operations to the State Department. An interim international information service is created to operate through Dec 31, with a long-term program to be Congress approved. The plan aims to present a fair view of U S life and policy while aiding private enterprise abroad.
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Washington
Truman
State Byrnes
America
State Department
Office of War Information
Byrnes
United States
Foreign Information
OWI
Office of Inter-American Affairs
Latin America
International Information Service
Department
Congress
Postwar Pantex Plans Discussed by Amarillo Chamber
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce forms a committee to study postwar uses for the Pantex Ordnance Plant. Directors toured the plant and heard optimistic notes from Mayor Jenkins and other leaders. Proposals include converting land into a veteran training farm, enhancing regional industry, and using Amarillo as a key distribution hub.
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Amarillo
Joan K. Boyce
Chamber
Jenkins
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Arkansas
Jack Cunningham
John McCarty
George Autry
Pantext
Pantex
Starks
S. B. Whittenburg
Russia to conscript 445000 youths for training
Moscow radio announced that Russia will draft 445000 boys and girls ages 14 to 18 for training in industrial and railway schools.
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Moscow
The
Moscow Radio
Russia
Tokyo Rose Mystery Shrouds California Born Guide in Yokohama
A 25 year old California born guide in Yokohama claims Tokyo Rose was not a single person but several Japanese girls who spoke English. She says two of the women were born in Los Angeles and one in Canada and that she herself worked for Domei for two years. The piece questions whether the enigmatic radio figure truly existed or was a composite persona.
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AL Dopking
Yokohama
Japan
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
America
Guadalcanal
Foxhele
Pacific
Tokyo Rose
No ‘Neiss
Los Angeles
Canada
Downey
Cal
Domei
Fair and cloudy conditions across Amarillo and surrounding region
The Weather Bureau reports fair and cloudy skies in Amarillo and vicinity through Saturday night with partial cloudiness in West Texas and New Mexico. Warm temperatures are expected with highs from 80 to 95 across the area and southerly winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Holy Moor
Texas
Gulf Plains
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas State Guard Holds Weekend Maneuvers In Amarillo
Members of the 41st and 14th Battalions join in weekend field maneuvers in Amarillo and at the Tri State Fairgrounds. Guardsmen from Dalhart Dumas Pampa Phillips Borger Childress Memphis Turkey and Quannah gather for district encampment under Lt Col Lou Roberts and Lt Col Morris Higley with Captains Sam Davis and James Rogers commanding host companies. Problems include patrol riot control machine guns rifles tear gas and administration practiced during Thursday and Friday briefings.
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Texas State Guard
Mih
Amarillo
Texas
Tri- State Fairgrounds
Childress
Dalhart
Dumas
Pampa
Phillips
Borger
Memphis
Turkey
Quannah
Adjutant General’s Office of
Lou Roberts
Morris Higley
41St
Sam Davis
James Rogers
Parade Today Launches Rodeo Parade in Amarillo
The Will Rogers Range Riders sponsor a three day rodeo at Tri-State Fairgrounds with 2 PM and 7:30 PM show times today and Sunday plus 2 PM and 7:30 PM Monday. Parade Marshal Delbert Dalby invites horse owners to ride at 11 AM, parade starting Third and Grant. Texas riders from Lubbock and Tucumcari join cowboys, rodeo contestants, and added acts including Calgary Red and Starnes Sisters amid wild cow milking and mule races.
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Amarillo
Will Rogers Range
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Bill Jones
Arena Direectaw Hao
Annamunaael
LVI
Qammvunceu Ulrripy
Delbert Dalby
Grant
Polk
Tucumcari
Lubbock
Jones
Direc
Tors
Calgary Red
Starnes
Panhandle
Hollywood
Winks Adams
Boots
Daniel Boone
Newsprint orders cut by five percent for September
The War Production Board announced all newsprint users must trim September deliveries by five percent. The instruction affects printers publishers and related firms, signaling tighter supply management during wartime.
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Washington
War Production Board
Truman to Broadcast V J Day Proclamation on Radio
President Truman plans a nationwide radio broadcast to read the V J Day proclamation. The program will also cover the Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard the battleship Missouri near Japan. If surrender timing shifts, the address will air tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
Missouri
Top Command At Surrender Ceremonies In Tokyo
A list of senior American leaders who will attend Sunday's surrender ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo includes Generals and admirals such as Douglas MacArthur Jonathan M Wainwright Chester Nimitz Carl Spaatz Robt Carney William Halsey Curtis Lemay George Kenney James Doolittle Nathan Twining Oscar Badger Ennis Whitehead Joseph Swing and William Clement among others. The distinguished group spans the Allied command structure and key service branches from the Pacific and OA regions.
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Tokyo
Missouri
Douglas MacArthur
Jonthan M. Wainwright
Bataan
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Carl A. Spaats
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Robert B. Carney
5Th Air Force
PEAF
Okinawa
Joseph M. Swing
Lith Airborne Division
William Clement
Marine Fourth Regiment
Whisker contest opens Phillips Free Fair weekend
Phillips and Borger host a Whisker contest at the municipal tennis courts as a prelude to the Phillips Free Fair and Rodeo. The event highlights a weekend of square dancing, a street parade, and attractions with proceeds funding athletic facilities for Phillips youth.
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Pat Flynn Phillips
Phillips
Borger
Hirolito
Chungking
Phillips Municipal
Phillips Free
Lane
Borger and
Panhandle
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