Soviet offensive in Manchuria spurs Japanese plea to halt
Tokyo urged General MacArthur to stop the Soviet push in Southern Manchuria as Mukden nears, while Soviet radio ordered advances and a message urged soldiers to kill without mercy and pursue retreating enemies. The struggle centers on Mukden, a major Manchurian city with strategic wartime plants and a large population.
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W. H. Higginbotham
London
U.P
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Manchuia
Tokyo
MacArthur
Mukden
Manchuria
Red Army
Muk- Gen
Hirohito
Radio
Khabarovsk
Far Eastern Command
MacArthur Urges Jap Surrender Moves for Manila
General MacArthur bluntly orders Japan to proceed with emissaries and surrender talks in Manila without delay. Tokyo quibbles over the peace conference as imperial messages push for cease fire and armistice terms amid ongoing Soviet offensives in Manchuria.
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MacArthur
Manila
Tokyo
NBC
China
Manchuria
Kwantung Army
Indo- China
Hirohito
Reds mum on Nazis
Washington reports state that Russia refuses to discuss the fate of German prisoners at Potsdam. U.S. officials say few prisoners released by Russia so far and many may be used for reconstruction or forced labor in Soviet zones. Secretary Byrnes’ attempts to raise the issue at Potsdam were rebuffed.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Poland
Berlin
Byrnes
Acheson Steps Up By R. H. Shackford
Washington August 17 U P Appointment of Dean G Acheson as undersecretary of state signals a likely major reorganization of the U S foreign service Acheson 52 a non diplomat is Byrnes top aide in foreign affairs His promotion to replace Joseph C Grew begins a series of expected high level changes as Byrnes studies a budget bureau reform plan
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Washington
U.P
Dean G. Acheson
U. S. Foreign Service
James F. Byrnes
Acheson
Foreign Service
Iook
Joseph C. Grew
Byrnes
State Department
Budget Bureau
Two Hundred Thousand Vets to Return Home in September
Paris reports about two hundred thousand high point soldiers slated to go home in September. The Fifth and 14th Armored divisions have been alerted to depart the European Theater for the United States. All troops will have a one day holiday Friday in celebration with no official ceremonies.
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Paris
United States
14Th Armored
Anderson sees possible meat rationing end soon
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said rationing could terminate in the very near future possibly by September. He cited rising supplies and demand prospects with civilian meat supplies projected at 145 pounds per capita for October through December, up from under 120 pounds so far this year.
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Washington
Anderson
Promotion to Captain for Ben Pumphrey in India
Army headquarters in Chabua Assam announces the promotion of Ben Pumphrey son of Mr and Mrs William R Pumphrey to captain. He has served overseas for 16 months and is attached to the headquarters of the Northern Air Service Command.
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Ben Pumphrey
William R. Pumphrey
Ong
Chabua
Assam
India
Pumphrey
Northern Air Service Command
Nazi Sub Surrenders at South American Port
A German submarine with 45 officers and men surrendered at Mar Del Plata this morning, three months and a week after the Nazi surrender, following the first submarine surrender in Buenos Aires a month earlier.
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South American
Buenos Aires
Mar del Plata
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy today tonight and Saturday with continued warm conditions. In New Mexico partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers mostly over mountains. Temperatures high 80s in the mountains and 90 to 100 elsewhere. Highs 92 low 70 noon 85. ad for Screen Wire and Window Screens by J B Coe Lumber Co at 1009 Lincoln, phone 6271.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
J. B. Coe Lbr. Co
Lincoln
Travel Restrictions Lifted on Sports Travel
The Office of Defense Transportation announced the discontinuance of voluntary travel restrictions on major professional sports, intercollegiate and high school athletics, and bowling. Col. J. Monroe Johnson cautioned that rail travel remains difficult and urged restraint.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
J. Monroe Johnson
ODT
Better Keep Stamp Books
The Office of Price Administration urges consumers not to discard gasoline books and food ration stamps. Old A, B, C gasoline books aid tire rationing under a new system based on occupational driving needs. Green Ration Book Four stamps are tied to future meat rationing plans.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Weatherman Doubts Rain Soon Amid Drought Outlook
Weather Bureau reports showers in places but H C Winburn cautions no meaningful rain for several days. Five day forecast shows scattered afternoon showers only, Amarillo area unclear. Spearsn and Dumas recorded small rainfall yesterday while Gene Cagle fined $100 and costs for carrying knuckles and jailed.
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Weather Bureau
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo
Spearman
Dumas
Gene Cagle
E. O. Northcutt
Cagle
Viet Nam Rejects Return to French Rule Says Domei Dispatch
The Japanese puppet Viet Nam will not accept peace if it means returning to French control, declaring to defend independence gained in the Greater East Asia War. The Domei report, dated Hanoi, quotes the puppet premier and cites the Vietnamese refusal to be subjugated again by France.
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San Francisco
Viet Nam
Indo-China
Annam
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Hanoi
France
Petain Death Sentence Commuted to Life in France
Gen. de Gaulle approves a court verdict statement reducing Marshal Petain’s execution to life imprisonment by replacing the sentence with a wish for clemency. In Guam, three Navy officers amused themselves near headquarters when one fired a rock at a tree bird, missing as Admiral Nimitz lightly remarked about restraint.
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Paris
Gen. de Gaulle
Marshal Petain
Guam
Headquarters
Nimitz
Chinese Zone Commanders Order Japs To Quit Fighting
Chinese war zone commanders issue orders for Japanese troops to cease military activities immediately and await further instructions in the CHUNGKING area.
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Chungking
Army unveils plan for a giant new bomber and heat seeking rockets
Gen Henry H Arnold announced a yet unnamed super bomber with 2.5 to 3 times the B 29 range covering Asia Pacific and the Atlantic from U S bases. He described rockets guided by heat light or metal and future air power as achieved through atomic research and stressed a single defense department and broad base networks from San Francisco to Tokyo and beyond.
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Washington
U.P
Henry H. Arnold
Asia
Pacific
Atlantic
U.S
United States
Arnold
Defense Department
Army Airforces
Oak Tree
San Francisco
Honolulu
Midway
Wake
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Johnson Island
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Okinawa
Manila
Truk
Aleutians
Political Gun Play in Buenos Aires Violent Clashes
In Buenos Aires on Aug 17, Democrats and Nationalists clashed injuring twenty. A major incident saw Democrats attack the Alianza Nacionalista Building after a bomb at the door, followed by sustained exchanges lasting over an hour with rifles and pistols.
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Buenos Aires
Alianza Nacionalista
Japanese Navy Chief Takijiro Onishi Ends Life in Akashi Residence
Vice Adm. Takijiro Onishi, chief of Japan's naval general staff, killed himself at 3 AM Tokyo time after a suicide note to fellow officers. He followed War Minister Korechika Anami’s suicide by less than 49 hours, as Japan faced defeat. The Domei agency cited his act as atonement for the failed war effort under Emperor Hirohito.
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San Francisco
U.P
Takijiro Onishi
Naval General Staff
Domei Agency
Onishi
Tokyo
Korechika Anami
Hirohito
Karakiri
Adm
Soemu Toyada
Toyoda
Domei
Europe
Kiyotomi Okamoto
Switzerland
Zurich
Japan
Japanese Attack on B 32 Recon Planes Over Tokyo Bay
Four B 32 Superbombers conducted a photo reconnaissance mission over Tokyo Bay faced Japanese fighters and anti aircraft fire. Two enemy planes reported shot down, one B 32 damaged but returned to base. NBC reports pilots observed limited Japanese aggression and surprise at the mission.
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United Press
Manila
Tokyo Bay
Luzon
NBC
Robert Shaplen
Yokohama
Tokyo
General MacArthur
CIO Opens Campaign for Pay Boosts Under New Policy
The CIO launched a labor pay raise campaign as the War Labor Board gains authority to permit voluntary increases during reconversion. President Truman drafts an executive order to end the Little Steel formula and allow higher wages. CIO leader Philip Murray says unions will seek bargaining conferences for higher pay while pledging no-strike discipline.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Truman
War Labor Board
WLB
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
3,000 Men 437 Planes Lost in Superfort Attacks
General Spaatz disclosed the year long B-29 campaign against Japan cost over 5,000 American fliers killed and more than 600 rescued. Combat losses totaled 437 Superfortresses. crews averaged 11 men per loss. The United States claims major industrial damage to 59 Japanese cities and 23 aircraft factories, plus large refinery and steel plant impacts.
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Vern Haugland
Guam
Spaatz
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Japan
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