End of War Hinges on Weather Say Allied Leaders
Adverse weather alone could delay the formal end of World War II as Allied commander MacArthur sent Hirohito delegates home with detailed instructions on occupation. Japan indicated keeping forces ready to maintain order in Japan and on the continent while preparations for unconditional surrender were outlined. The Manila talks clarified airfields and facilities needed for anticipated entry into Japan and a swift, largely American occupation led by the Third Fleet.
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Hirohito
MacArthur
Japan
Tokyo
Manila
Halsey
Richard E. Sutherland
Quisling pleads not guilty in Norway treason trial
Vidkun Quisling, Adolf Hitler’s Norwegian puppet, pleaded not guilty to treason before three supreme court judges. He denied advance knowledge of Germany’s 1940 invasion plan, blamed Britain’s mining for the attack, and argued his actions helped Norway.
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Oslo
U.P
Vidkun Quisling
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Norway
Supreme Court
Amaneus Schroedt
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Gustav Jodl
Alfred Rosenberg
Quisling
Henri Philippe Petain
Hitler
France
Paris
Britain
Norwegian
Navy and Marine draft calls cut nearly in half
Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs said September draft calls for the Navy and Marine Corps drop from 22 000 to 13 000, with Navy reducing from 17 000 to 10 000 and Marines from 5 000 to 3 000. Coast Guard unchanged, Army cut from 80 000 to 56 900. He spoke at a news conference on a new Navy discharge plan.
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Washington
Navy
Marine
Randall Jacobs
Navy Bureau of Personnel
Coast Guard
Army
Jacobs
Meat Ration Points to Be Cut in September
The Office of Price Administration plans to lower point values for many meat cuts in September. An outright end to meat and possibly butter rationing is expected to follow later in the fall unless supply issues arise.
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Washington
Office of Price, Administration
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy this afternoon with continued high temperatures. Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions. West Texas areas expect partial cloudiness and scattered showers in Panhandle and Southeast Plains, with cooler temperatures Tuesday. New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon showers and little temperature change. highs Tuesday reach 80 in the mountains and 90 to 100 elsewhere.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Southeast Plains
New Mexico
Giving Up In China
In Chungking Aug 20 Chinese forces under Marshal Chiang Kai-shek recaptured 20 towns from the enemy over the past 24 hours. Japanese commander Gen Yasuji Okamura told Chiang he will follow surrender instructions and a Japanese delegation is to arrive at Chihkiang airfield Tuesday morning for surrender terms. It is unclear if Japanese resistance continues as they mark time for terms.
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Chungking
Chiang
Okamura
Chihkiang
War Production Board Frees Gas Use From Restrictions
War Production Board removed all wartime limits on natural gas use today. Order U-7 revoked ending three years of prohibitions on new gas uses by companies. The move allows promotion campaigns to boost space heating and industrial consumption and ends emergency curtailment provisions.
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Washington
War Production Board
Agency
Office of War Utilities
U-7
Mrs Bert Steffens Wins News Tip Prize
The story of a fire found by a girl after a fire truck could not locate the blaze wins first prize for best News Tip of last week. Prizes go to Mrs. Bert Steffens and several Amarillo residents who submitted tips about the incident and related details.
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Bert Steffens
North Taylor
Amarillo
Jimmy Hamilton
Washington
J. O. Gifford
Billy Jane Clark
North East Eighth
Stationery and lumber firms advertise supply items
Loose leaf price books and memo books offered by Russell Stationery Co and Overhead garage door hardware items appear in notices. See John Maynard Lumber Co at 800 W. Sth for details.
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Russell Stationery Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Girdles and nylons soon on retail shelves nationwide
Government experts report a broad clothing upturn with nylon stockings two way stretch girdles and more low priced garments. By September to November 1945, expected increases include work clothing dresses shirts and men's suits plus better supplies of wool coats blankets and bedding as the WPB surveys production and stock.
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Washington
U.P
Milady
Klnas
CPA
WPB
Navy
War ends as Kwantung Army capitulates in Russo Japanese clash
London reports the 11 day Russo Japanese war ends with the Kwantung army surrendering sealing Japan's Asiat ic conquests. Soviet forces seize Manchuria's four major cities begin disarming about 750000 Japanese troops. Moscow delays formal victory proclamation awaiting full disarmament across Manchuria Korea and Sakhalin. Paratroops land in Mukden Harbin Kirin and Hsingking as Soviet advance continues.
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London
U.P
Kwantung
Japan
Manchuria
Moscow
Korea
Sakhalin
Mukden
Harbin
Kirin
Hsinking
Cooler Weather Headed This Way Says Bureau
A cool wave from the north will move in this afternoon bringing scattered thundershowers over the Panhandle. Temperatures will drop 12 to 15 degrees below today’s high tomorrow. Amarillo endures high heat with humidity and low wind.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Super Five Year Plan Aims Russian Reconversion
MOSCOW Aug 20 reports Russia launched a super five year plan to repair war damage and surpass pre war economic development by 1950. The program aims to accelerate industrial recovery, rebuild infrastructure, and improve living standards through nationwide measures and state investment.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Japanese protest parachute humanitarian teams to MacArthur
The Japanese general staff protested to General MacArthur over the dropping of humanitarian parachute teams to prisoner camps in Japanese held areas. They said the mission undermines a smooth end to hostilities and surrender. Dispatches from Chungking report nine teams were released with leaflets announcing the surrender and parachutists' approach.
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San Francisco
MacArthur
Federal Communications Commission
Chungking
Bevin Says Bulgaria Romania and Hungary Not True Democracies
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin declared in Parliament that governments in Bulgaria Romania and Hungary do not reflect the majority view and that totalitarianism is being replaced by another form. He warned liberated European states are fertile ground for power seekers amid postwar upheavals.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
House
Byrnes
United States
Bevin
A. M. exes to meet for weekly dinner
Tonight at seven the Former Students of Texas A and M Club gather for their regular dinner at the Capitol Hotel. The event brings alumni together to share updates and time with fellow exes and the campus community.
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A. & M. Exes
Texas A. & M. Club
Capitol Hotel
Time and Half Pay on War Work Overtime Rules
President Truman ordered time and a half for war workers on duty last Wednesday and Thursday. The order omits guidance on pay for holidays taken on the same two days after surrender. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach said the goal is straight time wages in those cases, amid earlier confusion over V J Day.
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Washington
Truman
Schwellenbach
White House
Chiang Kai-shek calls again for Mao to meet in Chungking
General Chiang Kai-shek issued a second appeal to Mao Tse-Tung, leader of the Chinese Communists, requesting a conference in Chungking to discuss terms. The item notes the appeal from August 20 in Chungking with a concise political context.
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Chungking
U.P
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tse-Tung
Cutback on Ships Cuts Navy Contract Volume At Coast
The Maritime Commission announced today the cancellation of 425 million dollars in contracts for 135 ships and three special military equipment contracts. Read lines list coastal cargo ships and Victory ships, small tankers, Liberty ships, air raft repair ships, military transports, refrigerator ships and passenger ships affected, plus Navy gear worth 70 million dollars.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Great Britain
Navy
Oil bit tip found by Amarillo police at Third and Polk
Amarillo police report recovering a drilling tool described as an oil bit tip valued at 150 dollars. The item is at the police station and the owner is asked to call to recover it. The notice lists Screen Wire and J. B. Coe Lumber Company and E. A. Resal Company as local firms.
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Amarillo
Third
Polk
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