Konoye details failed talks with Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor secrecy
Tokyo reports Prince Fumimaro Konoye, former Japanese vice premier, says he tried in 1941 to meet President Roosevelt to prevent war but military opposition and government deceit blocked it. He recalls his resignation after a dispute with Tojo, and claims Pearl Harbor was planned secretly by a small group under Tojo.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Roosevelt
Konoye
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Imperial House
Japan
Prince
Pearl Harbor
Josef Meisinger
Gestapo
Shanroku Hata
Fumimaro Konoye
Prince Higashi-Kuni
Army Gears Machinery To Release Eligibles in 40 Days
Washington Sept. 13 AP The War Department says the Army will discharge men faster than expected and aims to clear the backlog of eligible personnel within about 40 days. Maj Gen S G Henry testified the September release could reach 400,000, up from 250,000, with December targets growing toward 800,000 monthly capacity at fully staffed separation centers.
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Washington
War Department
S. G. Henry
Senate Military Committee
Henry
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Johnson
B. F. Caffey
Caffey
Caffrey
Pacific Theater
George C. Marshall
Army
Europe
Marshall
Pacific
Patterson
Rogers
Bandoeng
Java
Singapore
Burma
Japan War Crimes Roundup Raises Manhunt Across Asia
Weather notes differ across Texas towns as a cold snap lasts through Sept. 13. In a separate dispatch, General MacArthur orders Japanese leaders, including Tojo, placed on a wanted list for possible war crimes trials. Authorities report Tojo recovering slightly after a suicide attempt and describe rising pressure on Japanese mil leaders and cabinet figures.
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Japan
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Eighth Army
Tojo
Soldiers Pin Bayonet Lawn Duty at Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir soldiers led by Pvt. George Mark testify at a Senate military committee hearing. He says about 600 men must cut grass with bayonets weekly because lawnmowers are broken and repaired hindered by a manpower shortage.
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Washington
Wpp
Senate Military Committee
Fort Belvoir
George Mark
Cleveland
Mark
Spanish cabinet moves to authorize elections after civil war
In Madrid the Spanish cabinet abolished the fascist salute and prepared a bill of rights while taking a tentative step toward authorizing the country’s first elections since the civil war. The report notes record accounting forms of all types from Russell Stationery Company.
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Madrid
U.P
Russell Stationery Company
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair this afternoon and Friday with cooler tonight. West Texas mostly fair and cool, Friday partly cloudy and warmer in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico fair tonight and Friday. Warmer today and tonight east of the Continental Divide. High Friday 75 in the mountains 85 to 95 elsewhere. 24 hour high 69, low 44, noon 62.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Soldier summoned for jury duty requests transportation
Seattle story notes Corporal A C Kline Jr stationed on Guam requests transport to return for jury duty, telling Sheriff Harlan S Callahan it is the most wonderful offer he's had in a long time.
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Seattle
Wash
Cpl
A. C. Kline, Jr
Harlan S. Callahan
Kline
Guam
Two Tragic Deaths From City Blasts and Asphalt Death Trap
A note found at Mrs Faye Kuropata’s room after a fatal explosion is sent to Washington for handwriting analysis. She died from burns suffered in Amarillo early Monday. Separately seven year old James Douglas Pearson suffocated in a forgotten asphalt pool at a rooming house area, with the discovery prompted by a dog’s whimper.
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Faye Kuropata
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratories
Amarillo
James Douglas Pearson
Jeepy
James J. Pearson
Lamar
W. H. Gower
Keep Men In China Keep Men In China
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer said American troops could occupy major Chinese ports and cities to maintain order and aid central government control. Peiping and Manchuria might be included, with U S Marines possible in Shanghai until stability returns.
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Chungking
U.P
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Wedemeyer
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Manchuria
U. S
Shanghai
County Judge Northcutt Heads to West Texas Meet
County Judge E. O. Northcutt departed for Abilene to attend the regular convention of the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association, which will convene tomorrow and Friday.
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E. O. Northcutt
Abilene
West
Lost Battalion Soldier from Texas Dies in Japanese Prison Camp
War Department notified Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carney of 310 Mississippi that their son Pvt. Wendell D. Carney born Sept. 11 1922 in Texas died July 22 1943 in a Japanese prison camp. He served with the Lost Battalion of the 131st Field Artillery and Texas forces before capture in Java in 1942.
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Frank Carney
Mississippi
War Department
Wendell D. Carney
Carney
Col
Blucher Tharp
National
Webster Is Freed After Lost Battalion Rescue
An Amarillo family learns Pvt. Oscar C Webster was liberated from a Japanese camp in Thailand and is now in an American hospital. Other Lost Battalion members from Texas, including M L Rea Miley Dove Jesse Butler and Humbert Griffith, are reported freed. Raymond Bowley of Amarillo died in a Siam prison camp January 26 1944.
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Amarillo
O. S. Webster
Mississippi
War Department
Pvt
Oscar C Webster
Thailand
Java
131St Field Artillery
Webster
Red Cross
Calcutta
India
Army Post Office
M. L. Rea
Miley D. Dove
Plainview
Lockney
Jesse W. Butler
Humbert Griffith
Sammy C. Jackson
Hillsboro
Guam
Ackson
Wake Island
A. C. Bowley
Amarilo
Raymond Bowley
Siam
Texas
Indictments Return Murder and Assault Charges in Potter County
Birney Moore and Virgie Lee Parish named in indictments by the Potter County Grand Jury. Moore, described as a negro, charged with murder. Parish, a negro woman, charged with assault with intent to murder. Arrests followed by sheriff's officers. three others charged with burglary and jailed on bond. three more indicted but not arrested.
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Birney Moore
Virgie Lee
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