Senator Downey Calls Serious Look at Atomic Secret Sharing
U S Senator Downey proposed that Congress consider making the atomic secret available through the United Nations. He warned the U S could become a third rate power in 15 to 20 years if industrial use of atomic power is not developed. He noted other nations will likely discover the secret within five years and urged careful handling to avoid an arms race.
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Washington
Sheridan Downes
California
Congress
United Nations Organization
America
Downey
Senate
Worl
Russia
Sweden
Belgium
Pink Slip Absent as Ickes Remains in Cabinet
President Truman denied plans to dismiss Harold S. Ickes from the Interior Department confirming he will stay. Ickes, Roosevelt era appointee, will travel to London to assist renegotiating the Anglo American oil agreement.
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Washington
Secretary of Interior
Harold S. Ickes
Truman
Ickes
Roosevelt
Trumsen
London
Five new red ration stamps become valid September first
The OPA announced that red stamps Li M1 Nl Pl and Qi will be valid on September 1 for meats and fats, each worth 10 points, valid through December 31. Existing validated red stamps V2 W2 X2 Y2 Z2 Al Bi Cl Di El Fl Gi Hi J) and K1 will also be usable in September, while Q2 R2 S2 T2 and U2 expire after September 1.
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Washington
OPA
Liquor Stores May Stay Open Tomorrow
Amarillo liquor stores will not be required to close for the special constitutional amendment election. D. W. Lowe, liquor control officer, said instructions from the State Liquor Control Board allow stores to remain open as in general elections.
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D. W. Lowe
Amarillo
State Liquor Control Board
Austin
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon. Tonight and Saturday see little temperature change. In the mountains of New Mexico widely scattered showers possible with warmer conditions east of the Continental Divide. Highs range from the 80s in the mountains to mid 90s elsewhere. 24 hour high 82, low 59, noon 79.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Real Estate and Insurance Firms Listed
E A Rees Co real estate and loans. Neeley Greenhill Lowndes insurance.
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E A Rees Co
Neeley
Greenhill-Lowndes
Insurance
Communists Grab New Chinese Bases Amid Hong Kong Warning
Mao's representative Gen Chou En Lai is noted as a key figure in groundwork for a constitutional government. American-trained Chinese paratroopers were alerted to reoccupy Hong Kong and Nanking after disruptions.
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Mao
Chou En-lai
Chiang
Generalissimo
Chou
Hong Kong
Nanking
Mao Seeks Peace With Chiang As Airfields Bog Down
Mao telegraphs Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek urging national unity and a peaceful solution to China s internal crisis. Japanese surrender talks proceed as Chinese airborne units move toward Nanking Shanghai Hankow and Peiping with an expected million plus Japanese capitulation signed after MacArthur agreement.
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Chou En-lai
Chungking
Mao
Chiang
China
Ho Ying Chin
Chihkiang
Nanking
Shanghai
Sixth Army
74Th
18Th
Hankow
Peiping
Douglas MacArthur
British in an uproar over end of lend lease
Prime Minister Attlee and Opposition Leader Churchill condemned the United States move to terminate Lend-Lease but urged restraint and sought ways to soften the impact. Attlee said Britain faces a heavy bill for non munitions while negotiating with Washington for continued aid. Churchill questioned if this is the last word from the U S and urged no rash replies.
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London
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
United States
Attlee
Commons
Viscount Halifax
Washington
Britain
Churchill
Ington
London Evening Standard
Truman
Mr. Truman
Quotas Lifted as WPB Ends Passenger Car Production Limits
The War Production Board removed all quotas on passenger car production enabling factories to build as capacity allows. Cars arriving on lines lack spare tires, with spare tire control shifting to the Office of Price Administration. Restrictions on tan taxis ambulances and heavy trucks were also lifted as reconversion accelerates.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Office of Price Administration
Truman
Ilinois Central
Soviet advances push toward Korea and Manchuria gains
Soviet forces completed Manchuria liberation and moved against Korea with airborne units preparing to occupy Hokkaido. Stalin announced surrender of the Kwantung army in Manchuria and the capture of Kurile bases Shumushu and Paramushiro along with 35,000 more Japanese prisoners.
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United Press
Honshu
Manchuria
Moscow Radio
Red Airborne
Hokkaido
Radio
Khabarovsk
Far Eastern Command
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Baikal
Fusan
Korea
Tsushima Straits
Russia
Port Arthur
Dairen
Kurile Islands
Attu
Aleutians
Stalin
Kwantung
De Gaulle Dinner Eases Tensions After Truman Critique
A nine toast dinner for General Charles de Gaulle in Washington aims to soften U.S. concerns over French press fairness. De Gaulle plans a press conference to outline a path to better Franco American relations and address questions between France and the Big Three.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Truman
United States
de Gaulle
France
Navy unveils radar controlled gun to repel atomic threats
The Navy reports a radar controlled gun able to fire on any hostile aircraft within fifty thousand feet of a battleship. Secretary Forrestal says it could shield the fleet from atomic attack if war resumes. Future tests may assess effects of underwater atomic blasts near ships.
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Washington
Navy
Secre
Rent controls in eight Dallas areas set to lift by Sept one
Dallas August 24 A. A. White of the regional OPA rent division said controls in eight areas under the Dallas office will be lifted by September 1 barring unforeseen conditions. He refused to name the areas though each was said to include an Army camp noting premature announcements could cause confusion if later conditions kept controls in place.
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John W. Snyder
Snyder
Truman
Lee Gally
Montgomery Ward
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
White House
Dallas
A. A. White
OPA
Quisling’s Own Voice Haunts Trial With 1940 Speech
In Oslo the prosecution played a wax recording of Vidkun Quisling from April 9 1940 urging Norwegians to lay down arms. Quisling conceded the speech was his own as the treason trial proceeds.
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Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Quisling
Urge O Daniel For Governor In Texas
Senator W Lee O Daniel says he has received many letters from Texas seniors urging him to run for governor next year He notes his U S Senate term ends in 1948 and cites opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment capping old age pension spending He praises President Truman and calls for a similar house cleaning in the legislature
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Dallas
U.P
W. Lee O’daniel
United States
Washington
Texas
O’daniel
Truman
Legislative Branch
Liberator Bomber Calamity Kills 10 at Eniwetok Field
Navy reports a Liberator bomber on a takeoff from Stickell Field at Eniwetok Atoll veered off the runway on Aug 9 1944, killing 10 and destroying or damaging 140 parked aircraft. Pilot Lt Romane C Anderson and most crew perished. one survivor was Alvin F Burkhartzmeyer.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Pacific
Stickell Field
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Romane .C. Anderson
Houston
Anderson
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Aviation
Alvin F. Burkhartzmeyer
Faribavit
Minn
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Rangoon
Truk
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Mukden
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