Pacific peace hopes rise as Japan to surrender on Aug 31
Allied plans for Japan include formal surrender aboard an American warship in Tokyo Bay on Aug 31 and occupation forces beginning landings within days. MacArthur orders groundings and air cover operations, ships to halt movement, and POW protections as preparations for occupation accelerate on the Japanese home front.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Peace
Pacific
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
MacArthur
Nippon
Sun- Gay
Ataugi
Sagami Bay
Atsugi Airdrome
Manila
United States
U. S
Pacific Islands
Philippines
Formal Surrender to Chinese in 48 Hours
CHUNGKING August 22 U P Japan's formal surrender of 1 09 000 troops in China appeared possible within 48 hours a Chinese government spokesman announced the agreement would be signed at Nanking Gen Ho Ying Chin would sign for Chiang Kai shek with Gen Yasuya Okamura signing for Tokyo Lt Gen Leng Chin accompanied by Japanese delegates left for Nanking to establish an advance headquarters for the final ceremony China said it would take over Formosa and the northern half of Indo China and demanded the immediate release of all Allied prisoners in Japanese occupied China and noted Nanking remains the capital pending transportation needs the most important organizations to move first
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U.P
Japan
China
Nanking
Ho Ying Chin
Chiang Kai-shek
Yasuya Okamura
Tokyo
Leng Chin
Chihkiang Air Field
Formosa
Indo-China
AAF approves officer releases under 36 to 70 point rule
The Army Air Forces disclosed that officers with 36 to 70 discharge points, depending on rank, may be released upon request. All officers 42 years or older are discharged on request. Enlisted criteria remain at 85 points, with radar and other specialists retained. Overseas and domestic officers are affected, two categories mainly.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
AAF
Fourth Air Force
San Francisco
War Department
Army
Air Force
Amarillo Army Air Field
Longest B 29 mission records set in August flight
The 20th Air Force reports a 4,650 mile round trip by a B 29 Superfortress named City of Maywood from Guam to Hokkaido with 22 hours 58 minutes in the air. The mission included 3 hours 10 minutes over enemy territory and encountered no flak or fighters.
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Guam
Twentieth Air Force Headquarters
Maywood
Ill
New York
Moscow
Hokkaido
Russians speed up rescue of Wainwright from Manchuria
Soviet authorities cut red tape delaying Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright’s departure from Manchuria where he is a prisoner. A B-24 was en route to Hsian to fetch him as Japanese guards were ousted at Mukden. Maj. Gen. George M. Parker Jr. assumed command of the camp, and internees in Peiping and Keijo were moved to safer locations with good medical care reported.
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Chungking
Jonathan M
Wainright
Manchuria
Mukden
Hsian
Wainwright
George M. Parker, Jr
Geneva Could Host New United Nations Security Organization
London officials note Geneva as a favored site for a permanent UN Security Organization headquarters. A unnamed Allied official says selection hinges largely on Russia’s agreement, with Geneva’s League of Nations palace as a potential base if Moscow concurs.
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London
Geneva
League of Nations
United Nations Security Organization
Russia
United Nations
League
Amarillo Veterans Facility Welcomes New Manager
Lt. Col. Leroy Cochran arrives as new manager of the Amarillo Veterans Hospital west of Amarillo. An application has been filed to enlarge the 156 bed facility, though timing is not certain. Cochran comes from Dallas where he led the veterans facility and succeeds Lt. Col. Oma E. Herndon who moved to Lake City Florida.
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Veterans Facility
Amarillo
Leroy Cochran
Veterans Hospital
Cochran
Dallas
Oma E. Herndon
Lake City
Fla
Herndon
K. F. E. Wegener
Jefferson Barracks
Veterans Administration
University of Texas Medical School
Rosemary
Leroy Cochran, Jr
Great Lexes
Ill
Rainfall boosts Amarillo area with cool spell and record August
Rain last night and last week soaked most farms and towns in the Amarillo region. Temperatures dropped to 53 degrees from 100 the previous day, with August rainfall totaling 5.15 inches and year-to-date 11.84 inches. Weatherman predicts more cool, cloudy days, then clearing with rising temperatures. Distribution across Panhandle stations shows varied amounts, marking August rainfall as the greatest since 1935.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Clayton
N. M
Roswell
Tucumcari
Adrian
Dimmitt
Dumas
Hereford
Lubbock
Pampa
Spearman
Stratford
County Closes Absentee Office Early After Low Ballots
The county clerk will not stay open for late absentee voting due to few ballots cast in the constitutional amendment election set for Saturday. Through noon 39 absentee ballots had been counted. The four amendments include tax exemptions for armed services members, guaranteed Legislature salaries, a nine member Supreme Court, and changes in state aid payments.
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Armed Services
Texas
Supreme Court
Cafes May Borrow Red Points End of Rationing Seen
OPA allows hotels and restaurants to borrow red points from local boards and may cut meat point values in September. Public eating places that used over 75 percent of July and August allotments can obtain loans against their next four allotment periods starting today.
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Washington
OPA
Quisling Breaks Down In Treason Trial Speech
Vidkin Quisling grew hysterical as judges pressed him on his role in Norway's collaboration with Nazi Germany. He claimed he acted to save his country amid a nightmare years. Psychiatric reports cited no mental deficiency.
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Oslo
U.P
Vidkin Quisling
Norway
Adolf Hitler
Supreme Court
Erik Solem
Quisling
Full Dress Reception Planned for De Gaulle
Washington prepared a prewar style reception for visiting France chief Gen. Charles de Gaulle provisional president. De Gaulle with nearly twenty aides was to arrive by plane this afternoon to meet President Truman and begin a week long schedule.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Truman
United States
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Cloudy and cool this afternoon and tonight with clearing Thursday and rising temperatures. West Texas mostly cloudy with scattered rains today and tonight, Thursday partly cloudy, showers in Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of the Pecos River today and tonight except Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered showers, warmer east of the Continental Divide tonight. Highs around 70, lows near 53, noon 61, precipitation .65 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
South Portion
Continental Divide
Government pins hopes on postwar recovery spark
Washington reports good news on tires radios nylon stockings and meat for civilians as authorities expect production to rise while wartime controls ease. Officials forecast 90 day tire relief 100 percent production jump and nylon stockings possibly by Thanksgiving or Christmas. CMP overhauls priorities by Oct 1 cutting wartime allocation and shifting to MM CC ratings while meat points and rent ceilings ease with war plants closing and population shifts.
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Washington
OPA
Anderson
WPB
CMP
Couple Rob Gas Station With Colt in Houston Robbery
A man and a woman robbed a Houston Oil Company attendant at North East Eighth Street with a 45 calibre Colt pistol, stealing $194. The 4 am hijack led to a pursuit as police broadcast descriptions. The suspects fled in a 1938 Oldsmobile coupe. details include a white man 30 to 35 with black hair and eyes and a woman in a gray suit.
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Houston Oil Company
North East Eighth
Whfe
Sugar Stamp To Maintain Five-Pound Ration For Four Months
Washington reports the new sugar stamp will keep the five pounds per four months ration starting September one as sugar supplies remain tight. The OPA plans to announce the ruling shortly, with total availability about 25 percent below prewar levels for households.
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Washington
OPA
Mercy Crew in Korea Faces Curfew and Kindness Amid War
An Allied mercy team of 22 Americans and Koreans landed at Keijo Korea on Aug 18 amid 50 000 Japanese soldiers. They were alternately cursed threatened and entertained by Japanese hosts before leaving with 500 gallons of gasoline. The party led by Lt Col Willis H Bird briefed the Japanese about assisting Allied prisoners and future evacuations. The visit included convivial meals songs and tense moments as contact attempts were rebuffed and a note securing safe conduct was refused.
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Keijo
Korea
Willis H. Bird
Landsdowne
Sian
Self
Junjiro Thara
Bird
Ihara
Air Force
John Wagoner
Air Transport Command
Grand Island
Neb
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