Tokyo and Swiss clash over Japanese surrender note
Tokyo Radio reported an Imperial message accepting Potsdam would arrive soon and the Japanese reply was en route to Switzerland, while the Swiss foreign office said no surrender communication had been received. Later broadcasts claimed the message was long and under translation, with officials in Washington awaiting confirmation.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Potsdam
Switzerland
Foreign Office
Japan
Paris
Washington
Bern
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Emperor Hirohito
United
London
Chungking
Moscow
White House
Ross
NBC
EWT
FCC
Feed shortage heats Panhandle dairy crisis
Secretary Anderson told Rep Worley of plans to rush soybean meal to ease the dairy feed shortage in the Panhandle. A Dallas meeting of crushers and CCC officials was set, with Anderson aiming to visit dairymen and ranchers soon to discuss production and cost impacts amid drought and cottonseed limits.
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Anderson
Panhandle
Gene Worley
Commodity Credit Corporation
Dallas
Worley
Washington
Amarillo
Chinese Situation Is Grave
The central government and northern Communists clash over future surrender ceremonies with Gen Hsu Yung Chang named to head the Chinese delegation. Chu Teh leads the Communists moving toward Shanghai and Nanking as Beijing readies airborne troops to protect ports after Japan surrenders. In another note, Mrs. B. T. Ware, in Amarillo, remains critically ill after a prior stroke.
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Chungking
Chiang Kaishek
China
Hsu Yung-Chang
Board of Military Operations
Chiang
Chu Teh
Yenan
Shanghai
Nanking
Geestal
Japan
Roundup Efforts Under Way Against Japanese in Pacific
Australian Army reports about 71 000 Japanese troops remain in the Southwest Pacific. Large camps are rising in war zones as officers plan surrender terms verbally with emissaries. Fighting slows to wait and see with sporadic fire and leaflets declaring defeat. Estimated enemy counts include 13 000 in the Solomons 9 000 in New Guinea 4 000 in New Britain and 9 000 in New Ireland.
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Melbourne
Southwest
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
New Britain
New Ireland
Hook and Eye Fasteners Given War Priority
The War Production Board announced that hook and eye tape for women’s clothing will receive priority assistance. Cotton fabric for this purpose must be purchased by Sept. 30 and used to produce tape by Oct. 31.
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Washington
U.P
War Production Board
WPB
Midway Carrier Joins Fleet Amid War Talk
Newport News report that the USS Midway, a 45 000 ton super carrier, will join the fleet soon though she is unlikely to see combat in this war.
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Newport News
Midway
Idleness Facing Millions in Postwar Unemployment Outlook
Washington observers forecast 7,000,000 unemployed by Christmas as industry returns to peacetime. Temporary mass unemployment likely, could rise to eight or nine million next year without action. Economists from separate agencies warn timing of recovery uncertain, with shrinkage possible late 1946 or early 1947.
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Washington
End Draft Calls Would Halt After Japan War Ends
Chairman May of the House Military Committee urged an immediate stop to further inductions once Japan falls and pressed for releasing drafted men at once. He plans to introduce legislation next month to end all draft calls, with Senator Langer backing similar action in the Senate. May also seeks a presidential declaration to end hostilities for Selective Service Act implementation, aiming for discharged inductees within six months of the date. The Duke of Windsor and an aide visited President Truman at the White House.
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Washington
May
House Military Committee
Japan
Congress
Langer
Indiana
Senate
Truman
Emperor Hirohito expresses concern over calamity caused by United States
Domei News Agency transmitted a message from Emperor Hirohito to Japanese editors in the Orient stating extreme concern over the calamity caused by the United States. The monitor said the message was for release and addressed to people gathered before the Tokyo palace grounds, linked to wartime rescript in 1941.
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Sublime Palace
San Francisco
Hirohito
United States
Orient
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Great Britain
Espionage Plot Thwarted at Oak Ridge Bomb Project Site
A planned attempt to spy on the American atomic bomb program at Oak Ridge was foiled by Army counterintelligence. Military agents protected key scientists and guarded vital information, with rumors traced to their source.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Army
Counter Intelligence Corps
United States
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with not much change in temperature. A few scattered thundershowers expected in Panhandle and South Plains. Cooler northwest today spreading to southeast and central portions by Wednesday. Highest Wednesday 80 to 95, 24 hour high 99 low 72 noon 87.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Mad Russians In Dead Run Press On In Manchuria
Soviet radio ordered three Red Banner Armies to crush Japanese forces in Manchuria as Moscow reported rapid gains from the west and north. Soviet units crossed western Manchuria advancing about 120 miles with flanking moves near Harbin while attacks along the rail hub Wagyehmiao and other targets widened the pincers on Manchuria.
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London
Russia
Tokyo
Khabarovsk
Red Banner
Manchuria
Sakhalin Island
Rian Wall
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Transbaikal
Kingan Mountains
Mientuho
Harbin
Petain Tricked Germans Not Allies, Payen Claims
Fernand Payen, attorney for Marshal Petain, told the high court that Petain constantly and scientifically tricked the Germans but never tricked the Allies as the treason trial nears its verdict. The verdict will be handed down by 12 parliamentary jurors and 12 jurors from resistance groups.
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Paris
Fernand Payen
Marshal Petain
High Court of Justice
Superforts Strike Japan in New Demolition Attack
Morri Landsberg Guam reports that B-29 Superfortresses carried out a 5 009 ton demolition raid on Japan and will continue bombing until the Potsdam terms are declared. Tokyo radio signals indicated enemy acceptance of Potsdam but no decisive surge followed. The U S Third Fleet and a British carrier task force remained offshore after air strikes on Tokyo.
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Guam
Japan
U. S. Third Fleet
Tokyo
Allied Air Forces Hit Japan Amid Weathered Attacks
US and British carrier airmen blanks parked Japanese planes and struck ground installations despite rain. Four days after surrender overtures, Strategic Air Forces launch heavy onslaughts with 430 B 17s and 176 fighters from Iwo aiding attacks on Southern Honshu near Hiroshima. The Domei Tokyo broadcast claimed Japan would accept Potsdam ultimatum as Marifu rail yards were hit.
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Nimitz
Spaatz
Strategic Air Force
Marianas
Iwo
Honshu
Marifu Railway
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Polk
R. C. Ware
Charles T. Ware
Arthur H. Were
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Amarillo National Bank
Duke of Windsor
W. ER. Higginbotham
Seishin
Nomonhan
Outer Mongolia
Menchuan
Solun
Wagyehmiao
K. A. Meretskov
Yinkow
Vladivostok
Maxim Purkavev
Sungari
Assyria
Petain
Y Morrie Landsberg
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
U. S
Kurile Islands
Navy
Hiroshima
Neely-Greenhill-Lowness
E. A. Regal Co
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