Slow Moving Official Surrender Reply Put in Hands of Hirohito
The article reports Emperor Hirohito receiving Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo at the Imperial Palace amid wait for the Allied terms on surrender. It notes possible transmission of Japan’s reply via Swiss transmission to Washington and details European and Tokyo broadcasts about the evolving surrender process and reactions.
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Pacific
Japan
Ister Shigenori Togo
Imperial Palace
Mr. Truman
Tokyo
Washington
Togo
United Press
San Francisco
FCC
United States
Switzerland
Red troops land on Sakhalin amid Pacific war reports
Tokyo says Soviet amphibious forces landed at Anbetsu and Esutoro on Sakhalin Island’s Japanese side, 60 miles apart, near Hokkaido. Radio Tokyo cites northern army command declaring liberation of Manchurian peoples. Earlier reports noted only recon incursions. Karafuto is the Japanese name for the southern half.
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London
Tokyoo
Sakhalin Island
Hokkaido
Anbetsu
Sakhalin
Esutoro
Radio Tokyo
Northern Army District Command
Tokyo
Karafuto
Russia
Manchuria
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Changenwun
Hsinking
Comein
Red Army
Domein
Yuki
Rashin
Seishin
Ivana S. Yumuashev
Halsey Predicts Japanese Collapse If Surrender Delays
At sea aboard the flagship off Japan Admiral Halsey said surrender would trigger rapid Japanese chaos. He mocked Tokyo’s holdouts, hinted at another fleet job postwar, and praised American servicemen while noting the broader Allied push toward Manchuria and Harbin as Soviet forces advance.
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Richard W. Johnston
Admiral Halsey
Japan
William F. Halsey
New Ration Books Ordered Stopped
The OPA halted printing of 187 million new ration books for food shoes and gasoline including war ration book five and a new A gasoline book. Distribution was set for December but stopped pending peace talks with Japan potentially making the halt permanent. Gasoline rationing may end within weeks after V J Day. other programs could run longer.
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Washington
OPA
Japan
Clearing The Decks In Postwar Production Slashes
Washington officials move to trim Navy aircraft orders by up to 2.3 billion dollars and prepare wholesale contract cancellations in anticipation of V J Day. If surrender comes soon, up to 550000 new cars could be produced this year, easing sheet steel shortages.
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Washington
Navy
War Department
War Production Board
Quitters Warned Quitters Warned
CHUNGKING Aug 13 A spokesman for Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek warned Japan they will be held to account if they surrender arms to Chinese Communists. Chiang ordered Communist leaders to remain in post awaiting further directions. Hol lington Tong said civil war is anticipated. A Ministry spokesman said Japan arms are being turned over to Communists to create disturbances in China.
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U.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Hollington Tong
China
Ministry of Information
Two Thirds of Government Workers Face Possible Job Loss
In Washington on August 13 the report states about two thirds of the government’s 3,574,672 workers, war service appointees whose contracts run through V J Day, may lose their jobs within six months of victory. The Office of Censorship is named as the first agency to be liquidated.
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Washington
War Service
Office of Censorship
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with continued high temperatures. West Texas and New Mexico show partly cloudy skies and scattered late afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures range highs near 97 to 93 with overnight lows around 72.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
New Navy Bomber PV-2 Harpoon Shown by Lockheed
Lockheed Aircraft Corp disclosed the PV-2 Harpoon bomber with speeds over 300 mph and a 2000 mile range. The craft carries 4000 pounds of bombs and can carry 1800 pound torpedoes and eight rockets, as it supports Pacific operations. It is presented as the Ventura PV-1 successor.
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Burbank
Cal
U.P
Navy
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Japanese Army in Lower Burma Resists Allied Mop-Up
The trapped Japanese army in lower Burma has suffered over 11,500 casualties during the month and continues to resist Allied mop-up patrols in the lower Sittang sector northeast of Pegu, according to the Southeast Asia command.
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Calcutta
India
Lower Burma
Lower Sittang
Pegu
Southeast Asia Command
John Welch Returns to Courthouse Stand After Fishing Trip
John Welch, blind operator of the soft drink and candy stand on the courthouse’s second floor, is back after a month’s vacation spent fishing in Colorado and Wyoming. During his absence Harley Holton, with a seeing eye dog, ran the stand. John aims to buy land along a Colorado creek to build cabins and farm a bit. He enjoys fishing, and Hubert Cole, who joined him on the trip, says he’s a great fisherman.
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John Welch
Colorado
Wyoming
John
Harley Holton
Hubert Cole
President Turns Eyes to Reeconversion Move
President Truman set a conference with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach War Labor Board Chairman George W. Taylor and Price Administrator Chester Bowles to align postwar plans on employment and labor as the end of war nears. Emergency plans were ready and agencies awaited the White House signal to steer the economy toward civilian production.
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Washington
Truman
A. M
Schwellenbach
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
George W. Taylor
Chester Bowles
White House
Hirohito May Quit Abdicating For Akihito Rumors
Reports from San Francisco say Japanese broadcasts floated Emperor Hirohito possibly abdicating in favor of Crown Prince Akihito with Prince Nobuhito Takamatsu as regent after Japan’s surrender. The broadcasts praised Akihito and Takamatsu, signaling potential change amid surrender talks.
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San Francisco
U.P
Hirohito
Akihito
Nobuhito Takamatsu
Japan
Takamatsu
Giving Up In China
Radio Chungking reported that Japanese troops in Chekiang Province on China’s east coast had ceased fighting amid Japan’s surrender offer. A Japanese liaison officer was sent to tie Chinese first ground division to negotiate surrender and troops were being disarmed in the province as of the broadcast.
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San Francisco
U.P
Chungking
Chekiang
China
Japan
FCC
Chekiang Province
Shanghai
High Command
Japanese claims of sinking carrier off Okinawa surface
Japanese Domei Agency reports a large aircraft carrier sunk off Okinawa without confirmation. The same source cites a meeting between Emperor Hirohito and Foreign Minister Togo amid peace talks hints, and earlier claimed a seaplane tender was sunk off Okinawa. Japanese planes were said to attack the U S fleet off Honshu east of Tokyo later today.
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Domei Agency
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Hirohito
Togo
U. S
Honshu
Tokyo
Col James Roosevelt Receives Medical Release
Col James Roosevelt, eldest son of the late President, is granted release to inactive status after five years of service due to a recurring stomach disorder. He was admitted to U S Naval Hospital in San Diego on orders from his amphibious group in the Philippines after a medical survey deemed his ailment aggravated by combat fatigue.
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San Diego
U.P
James Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
U. S. Naval Hospital
Philippines
Hodges Held on Forgery Charge After Suspended Sentence
LeRoy Hodges, who received a four year suspended sentence on forgery last week, faces another forgery charge. The 47th District Court jury earlier sentenced him, and today the district attorney filed a new forged check case connected to Furr Food No. 6. He is jailed without bond.
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LeRoy Hodges
District Attorney's Office
Hodges
Furr Food
New Jury Wheel Cards Ready for Next Panel
Courthouse stenographers copied names from poll tax records last week and District Clerk Ben Smith placed the names in the jury wheel today, filling it with new cards ready to draw the next panel.
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Ben Smith
Secret in U S Only salt The Lac Ottawa Aug 13
Munitions C D Howe stated that the United States alone holds details of atomic bomb manufacture while Britain and Canada share the knowledge. Canada provides essential raw materials and has not sought manufacturing details. Soviet Russia is aware experiments are under way but not involved in development.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Howe
United Kingdom
Soviet Russia
Clocks to Return to Standard Time After Japan Surrender
Washington Aug 13 Japan's surrender expected to trigger quick shift from war time to standard time. Clocks may be set back one hour soon after Congress returns to pass a resolution. War time had been adopted for power conservation. Clarence Cannon, House appropriations chair, said he intended to end it when war conditions permit. E A Regal Co Real Estate and Loans.
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Japan
Congress
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
News Tip Prize Winners Named for Quick Reports
Glen Hatfield Jr. wins first prize for speed on a tip about a girl struck by a taxi. Hazel Husted earns for detail two minutes later with a fuller story. Mrs M F Taylor takes third for reporting atomic bomb raid relation to Amarilloans.
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West Tenth
Hazel Husted
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