Mystery Blast Burns Kill Woman at Rooming House
Mrs. Faye Kuropata died from burns after a momentary flash exploded in her room at 307 North Pierce Amarillo police and firemen investigated the mystery blast. Windows melted and walls tilted as a gasless fire shattered the room while neighbors heard screams and tried to help.
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Margaret Cash
Kuropata
Jesse Goodin
C. D. Smith
North Pierce
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Pfc
Theodore Kuropata
Ger
Wainwright Honored on Return to Washington
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright arrived in Washington after four years apart and endured a joyous welcome from his wife Kitty at the national airport. The hero of Corregidor and Bataan greeted reporters and officers, then shared a quiet kiss with his wife as photographers pressed around.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Bataan
Mrs. Wainwright
Lewis C. Beebe
Wainwright
John R. Pugh
Thomas Dooley
McKinney
Tex
Hubert Carroll
Paris
Omaha
House of Representatives
Wainwright Returns Home After Release From Prison Camp
Gen George Wainwright arrives at the Pentagon amid a crowd of soldiers sailors and Marines once with him in the Philippines. He thanks Congress and the American people thanking them for the welcome and recalls the hardships of Bataan Corregidor and the prison camps.
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Pentagon
War Stimson
Philippines
Congress
Bataan
Corregidor
America
MacArthur Orders Japanese General Headquarters Dissolved
Allied commander General Douglas MacArthur orders the imperial general headquarters dissolved by September 13 and imposes press and radio censorship in defeated Japan. He reserves Japanese officials in southern Korea under occupation and warns against undue oppression. Reports surface of atrocities including alleged cannibalism of American prisoners.
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Pearl Harbor
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Tokyo
Japan
South Korea
Chungking
Indo-China
Australia
Thomas Blamey
Morotai
Millionth serviceman returns aboard Queen Mary from Le Havre
Pvt. Almon N. Conger of Tacoma Washington the millionth serviceman redeployed from Le Havre since V E Day returned to the U S aboard the Queen Mary. Conger married Aug 30 in Coventry England. General Baade and officials welcomed the 35th Division with Truman’s message of gratitude as it plans leave then reassembly at Camp Breckenridge Kentucky.
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le Havre
France
Coventry
England
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Tacoma
Wash
Truman
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Baade
B. B. Miltenberger
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Nebraska
W.N. Smith
Oxford
Miss
Bande
Pacific
Camp Breckenridge
Elvin I. Shopteese
Topeka
Kan
Quisling Sentenced to Death for Treason in Norway
Vidkun Quisling, former Nazi puppet premier of Norway, was sentenced to death for high treason and crimes against military and civil law. The verdicts were read by Justice Erik Solem, with the court confiscating about 1 008 000 kroner of his fortune. an appeal to the Norwegian supreme court is planned.
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Vidkun Quisling
Norway
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Quisling
Radio Oslo
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Germany
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Meiji Shrine
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Tojo
Asia
Jiaiji G. Kasai
University of Chicago
China
Shanghai
Saipan
Japs Massacre French After Surrender News
Report from Chungking says Japanese forces at Langson in northern Indo China killed about 100 French residents after news of Japan's surrender reached the area. No official confirmation available.
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Chungking
Hanoi
Langson
Indo-China
Britain Opposes Immediate Talk On Atomic Bomb at Big Five Meet
London dispatch reports Britain firmly opposes discussing the future control of the atomic bomb at the Big Five foreign ministers council opening in Potsdam. Molotov arrives for pre talks with Bevin, with Byrnes due aboard the Queen Elizabeth for the conference, while Britain warns against sharing the bomb secret with commercial interests.
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U.P
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Russia
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Potsdam
United Nations
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Bevin
George Bidault
France
Wang Shih Chieh
China
James F. Byrnes
Southampton
Britain
Patch
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The
Star
Byrnes
First News Tip Prize To Woodie Matheson
Woodie Matheson at 1402 Roberts wins $5 for a timely News Tip about a drowning at Buffalo Lake on Labor Day. The second prize goes to Mrs. Carl Cedeholm for a bald eagle sighting atop an apartment house.
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News-Globe
Buffalo Lake
Carl Cedeholm
Polk
A. H. Carrigan
East Seventh
E. Rollins
Maryland
Denny Plumlee
West Seventeenth
George L. Martin
East Thirteenth
J. D. Jones
Schmeling Acquitted by Allied Military Court
Max Schmeling former world heavyweight boxing champion was acquitted today by an Allied military government court of making a false statement to a member of the Allied forces contrary to military government regulations in Hamburg.
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Hamburg
Max Schmeling
Weather Outlook for Amarillo region and West Texas
Fair weather continues this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions this afternoon and a touch warmer Tuesday. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers outside the Panhandle and South Plains. Del Rio and Eagle Pass report thunderstorms while New Mexico notes widely scattered storms in mountains and warmer conditions in the northeast. Highs range 75 in mountains to 85-95 elsewhere. 24 hour readings show 92 high, 53 low, 76 at noon. New Estey Organs pianos and gifts Jenkins Music Co 1505 Ong St.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio
Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Mountain
End of meat rationing eyed by officials
Washington reports indicate meat rationing could end by Oct 1 if supplies permit. OPA banned slaughter limits to ease meat flow. Bowles backs de control and will align with Agriculture Dept. Sugar fats and oils remain uncertain while shoe rationing might lift before November.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Department
OPA
Chester Bowles
Anderson
Bowles
War Production Board
Congress
Tojo Won't Talk About Harakiri in Interview
Gen Hideki Tojo, living on a Tokyo area farm, refuses to discuss war crimes trials or his defense but comments on history's judgment. He notes Americans can name responsibility now, while historians may differ later, and recalls narrowly escaping death in a May 25 air raid.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Asia
Tojo
Saipan
Friden Calculators Add Speed for Russell Stationery Co
Friden calculators boost efficiency at Russell Stationery Co enabling faster pricing and billing. Staff report improved accuracy and quicker transactions with the updated machines.
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Friden
Russell Stationery Co
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