Ohio Walkouts During War Effort Hit Four Cities
Seventeen bodies recovered after Empire Builder wreck near Fargo as two sections collided. In Ohio, more than 3,000 workers idle with strikes at Cincinnati Norwood Chevrolet division, Portsmouth Wheeling Steel, Youngstown Briar Hill, and Springfield Thompson Grinder. CIO President Philip Murray urged Youngstown workers to return. disputes center on War Labor Board directives and contract terms.
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Ralph Baldenhofer
Loss of Mikado Japan Ultimate Disaster to Readers
Washington dispatch notes readers in Japan fear emperor removal would be the ultimate disaster for the nation. The piece cites belief in the Tenno as Son of Heaven and in the emperor as a divine figure, descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu, with the dynasty described as unbroken and eternal.
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Japan
Amateraen
Sister of Jesse James Killer Dies at 90
Amanda Frances Siegel, 90, sister of Bob Ford who killed Jesse James, died yesterday in the 124 year old log cabin where she began housekeeping in 1877. Her brother shot James at his St. Joseph home in 1882. Bob and Charles Ford were sentenced to hang but pardoned.
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Navy Casualty Totals Rise Amid War Strain
Army losses total 922,139 with 1,068,216 combat casualties nationwide as Congress faces possible reconvening. No plan to recall lawmakers before the anticipated end of the session, even if Japan surrenders soon.
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Japan
Bombing Restriction Committee protests atomic raids in England
London reports show messages protesting the atomic bombing of Japanese cities were sent to President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee. The Bombing Restriction Committee, founded in 1941, is led by Prof. H Stanley Jevons and opposes indiscriminate city bombing.
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Attlee
Japanese Envoys Stay Put in Moscow Embassy
Fragmented report says Japanese ambassador Naotake Sato and staff remain inside the Moscow embassy amid chaotic images from Lebanon. Clashes and fire seen near diplomatic precincts as authorities scramble to secure the area. several youths reportedly detained amid unrest.
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Abassador Naotake Sato
Lebanon
Forts to Tote Heavy Load in Next Raids
Okinawa based Superfortresses will carry a 15 ton bombload on every strike to Japan, Lt James Doolittle announced as B-29s from the Eighth Air Force arrived at their new base. Near target distance and tech changes permit the heavier loads, up 50 percent from the 10 ton limit of Marianas aircraft. Albert Arko, 18, drowns in Lake Erie after leaving a rowboat. Irvin E. Hankel, 64, beer distributor co-owner, found dead in Mad River.
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Japan
James Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Nagasaki Bomb Reports From Distant U.S. Aircraft
Airmen 70 to 250 miles away described the Nagasaki bombing as extraordinary and cited flames and smoke columns rising to 20,000 feet. General Spaatz called the results good, though smoke hindered immediate damage assessment. Additional raids hit Tokyo arsenal and Amagasaki refineries near Osaka.
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Honshu
Quit or Die Japs Told by White House
President Truman warned the Japanese people to quit their doomed cities and flee for their lives or face destruction of Japanese industry to shorten the war. He stressed the atomic weapon’s grave dangers and promised safeguards to prevent future wars while pursuing victory in Japan.
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Allies Await Official Japanese Surrender Offer At War’s End
Washington AP report details White House stance as Tokyo seeks to retain emperor sovereignty under Potsdam terms. London diplomats weigh consent of Big Four, with Russia and Britain skeptical over emperor retention and pace of consultation among allies. The Potsdam declaration’s 11 points outline demilitarization, occupation, and a postwar order while awaiting Japan’s official proposal and Allied response.
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Draft in Ohio Will Continue Says Goble
Coll. Chester W. Goble state selective service director announced that inductions for military service will continue on schedule until instructions come from National Selective Service Headquarters. The remarks came after reports of a Japanese radio announcement that Japan was ready to accept unconditional surrender.
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Chester W. Goble
State Selective Service
National Selective Service
Family Market Basket Cost Rises Two Percent
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a two percent rise in the retail cost of the family market basket of farm goods from May to June, lifting the index to 468 for June, the highest for that month since 1943. Four killed and 18 injured in an explosion at the Milan ordnance plant.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Milan
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U S Offers Vessel To Japan For Mistake
The State Department proposes an 11 758 ton ship to Japan to replace the relief ship Awa Maru sunk by an American sub. The plan requires a Pacific transfer point for exchanging enemy and Allied civilians, wounded prisoners, surplus protected personnel, and mail funds for POWs.
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Washington
States Department
Pacific
Fort Attacks Continue as Superforts Hit Tokyo Arsenal
Guam based Superforts delivered a fifth straight day of air strikes on Tokyo area targets with 2,000 pound bombs, supported by more than 60 Mustangs and Thunderbolts from Iwo. B‑29s struck visually and with instruments, targeting military and industrial plants, while Kyushu factory and rail targets were pounded by Ninth Fleet planes. Amagasaki explosions lit the area as 90 Superforts attacked Amagasaki refinery and nearby facilities.
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Japan
Tokyo Arsenal
Iwo
General MacArthur
Seventh Fleet
Kyushu
Amagasaki
Nippon Oil
Japs Say They Are Ready To Quit War
A Moscow broadcast reported Japan’s prime minister informed the Soviet ambassador that Tokyo is ready to accept the Potsdam terms. The disclosure signals possible Japanese willingness to end hostilities, aligning with Allied demands for unconditional surrender.
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London
Moscow
Japan
Potsdam
Soviet Drive Into Korea and Manchuria Reported by Tokyo
Soviet forces invaded Korea along a wide front and pushed into Manchuria from multiple directions in a massive assault. Moscow claimed swift gains with patrols across the Amur and Ussuri basins as air and ground forces prepare for a broader clash with Japan’s Kwantung army.
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Karafuto
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Manchuria
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Japan
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Kwantung Army
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Japanese leader retained desired by senator in war terms
Senator O Mahoney urged accepting surrender terms that would retain the Mikado on the throne saying religion is a matter of the mind and spirit and should not be stamped out. In Warren Ohio a chamber survey found at least 35 percent of about 4900 World War II veterans in Warren and Trumbull County want to return to their former jobs after the war.
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O'Mahoney
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Chamber of Commerce
Sugar Shortage Sparks 16 Inch Gunpowder Link
New York report cites sugar from one acre of cane or beets as supplying alcohol for gunpowder in a five-16 inch salvo. Dr. Robert C. Hackett of the Sugar Research Foundation says sugar aids synthetic fires by producing alcohol for butadiene, highlighting a factor in the sugar shortage.
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Robert C. Hackett
Sugar Research Foundation
General Electric Science Forum
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