Rescue of 500 Prisoners From Blackest Hellhole Near Yokohama
Rear Adm. Carney announced a special naval task force freed 500 prisoners from a brutal camp near Amori, north of Yokohama. Comm. Roger Simpson led the operation with ships San Juan Gosselin Reeves Marygold and Benevolence. prisoners were treated aboard hospital ships and given atrocity cards.
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Simpson
Ofuna
Boynton
Halsey
Navy
Benevolence
Rabaul
Boyington
Amori
San Juan
Gosselin
Reeves
Marygold
NBC
New York
Occupation of Nippon Begins as Allied Forces Land in Japan
Thousands of troops flood into Japan as American minesweepers clear Chinese ports and British fleets reoccupy Hong Kong. Maj Gregory Boyington and Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright are named among prisoners and observers as MacArthur arrives at Atsugi ahead of surrender ceremonies aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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Hong Kong
Orient
China
Japan
Tokyo
Shanghai
Yokosuka
Maj
Gregory Boyington
Okanogan, Wash
South Pacific
Jonathan Wainwright
Bataan
Manila
Chungking
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Nippon
Atsugi
MacArthur
Fourth Marine Regiment
Guadalcanal
Guam
Okinawa
Old China Regiment
Philippines
Corregidor
11Th Airborne Division
Nichols Field
Yokohama
Yokosuka Naval Yard
Admiral Halsey
Yokosuka Naval Base
Robert Carney
Halsey
Vargas
Philippines Reime
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Atsugi Airfield
Imperial Hotel
OPA Increases Rations As WWC Reports Job Losses
The Office of Price Administration expands meat cheese and butter shipments starting Sunday with rationed tires possibly lasting longer. While 2,000,000 war workers lost jobs since Japan's fall, some have been rehired. states hit hardest include Detroit New York Chicago Los Angeles Cleveland and Newark.
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Washington
OPA
War Manpower Commission
Japan
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Newark
WMC
Tokyo Rose described by NBC reporter in Tokyo broadcast
Merrill Mueller, NBC correspondent in Japan, said in Radio Tokyo that downtown Tokyo remains insolent among Japanese. He described the Tokyo Rose broadcaster as a modest nondescript woman who watched as he tried to reach the Tokyo studio past sentries.
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San Francisco
Merrill Mueller
NBC
Japan
Radio
Tokyo
Tokyo Rose
Fire at Kaiser Oregon shipyard causes massive damage
A fire at the outfitting docks of the Kaiser Oregon shipyard in Portland Oregon burned six newly completed ships and caused an estimated 25 million dollars in damage.
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Portland
Ore
Kaiser Oregon Shipyard
Monument to Shattering Power By James F McGlincy
Tokyo reporters recount entering a bombed capital after the war ends. Describes ruins, mixed Japanese reactions from gratitude to hostility, and personal accounts including Ambassador Jorge Vargas and a former parliament member. Notes food shortages, occupation money, and limited transport with Tokyo still functioning amid destruction.
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China
Shanghai
Tokyo
Truman says country slept through Pearl Harbor blame
President Truman defended Henry L. Stimson’s defense of Cordell Hull and echoed Stimson against Army criticisms of General Marshall. He argued the nation bore responsibility for unpreparedness before Pearl Harbor, and said no court martial is planned though trials could be allowed to tell the officers’ side. Page 20.
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Henry L. Stimson
Army Board
Cordell Hull
Truman
Army
Navy
Walter H. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Truman backs renewed drive for Armed Force Union merger
President Truman voiced support for uniting Army and Navy command during a news conference. Supporters said evidence of coordination gaps emerged from Pearl Harbor reports, and campaign plans for early action by the postwar military policy committee will proceed this fall.
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Armed Force Union
Washington
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Army
House
Air Force Plans Large Cut in War Strength
The Air Force outlines a plan to trim strength to about 600000 personnel and 6000 front line planes within a little over a year. Discharges will begin with enlisted over 38 or with over 85 points, then lowering points to 80. Officer retention will depend on points efficiency and desire to stay.
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Washington
Army Air Force
AAF
Europe
Pacific
Air Force
Army and Navy Liquidation Commission
Weathercast for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Mostly cloudy with occasion rain and cooler conditions today and tonight. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures. In West Texas expect scattered showers this afternoon and tonight, with Friday partly cloudy. New Mexico shows widely scattered mountain showers this afternoon tonight and Friday. Highs reach about 80 in the mountains and 85 to 95 elsewhere. Sixteen eighty? No.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Jenkins Music Co Appointment Books and Piano Listings
Catalog snippet lists pianos and organs with overhead garage door hardware and references Jenkins Music Co 1505 Ong J. John Maynard Co 9800 W Ltd and Russell Stationery Co Neelys Greenhill Lowndes Insurance among items. Fragmentary supply listing implies a local business directory page.
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Jenkins Music Co
Ong &J. John Maynard Ltr. Co
W. Ltd
Russell Stationery Co
Neelys Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
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Central Station
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Hull
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Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Caribbean
Air Transport Command Foreign Service
United States
E. A. Regal Co. Real Estate and Loans
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