Army to release 7 million men in 12 to 18 months
Washington AP reports victory over Japan prompts demobilization plans. About 3,000,000 soldiers may be released in 12 to 18 months as the draft ends or tightens. Draft calls cut to 50,000 monthly. only men under 26 will be drafted. Navy demobilization and occupation force estimates are discussed. Banks closed in Ohio but will reopen Thursday. San Francisco Bay Area peace celebration ends in five deaths and hundreds hospitalized.
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Gas Ration Ends Today As OPA Announces Termination
Washington OPA announced immediate termination of gasoline canned fruits and vegetables fuel oil and oil stoves rationing. Bowles says meats fats oils batter sugar shoes and fires remain on the ration list.
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Washington
UF Opa
Chester Bowles
Navy Orders Big Cutback on Core Contracts
Washington reports the Navy canceled nearly 6 billion dollars in prime contracts, adding to a 1.2 billion cut in shipbuilding. The Navy says cancellations realign production with postwar needs and free manpower materials and capacity for civilian goods.
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Washington
Navy
Warship Is Lost in July By Torpedo
GUAM AP report details the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis after a torpedo strike July 30 off Leyte. 883 dead and missing, 500 crewmen survived the initial sinking. five days later 5 survivors found, 10 officers and 305 enlisted men survived. Captain McVay and Lt Commander Haynes provided accounts of the disaster and desperate pleas for rescue.
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Peleliu
Charles Butler McVay
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Lewis L. Haynes
McVay
John Hopkins Janney
Baltimore
Call Congress To Meet Sept 5 To Discuss Peace Transition
Washington report states Congress is reconvening on September 5 under urgency to shift the nation from war to peace. Senate Democratic Leader Barkley urges harmony and outlines tax adjustments as a sixth major point on the agenda.
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Congress
Senate
Barksley
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Truman announces Japan surrender and Potsdam acceptance
Mr Truman holds a two minute news conference declaring the Potsdam declaration accepted and Japan to surrender unconditionally. He names General MacArthur supreme commander and orders hostilities to cease. The Japanese government is to communicate surrender through Switzerland and emissaries meet MacArthur. Allied forces halt offensive operations as V J Day nears. Guam actions by Admiral Nimitz follow suit.
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Wild Bullet Kills Girl At Peace Celebration
Cleveland report of Migs Fran tes Erzen a 19 year old killed at a small party celebrating Japan’s surrender when the estranged husband of another guest opened fire on his wife. Police described the event as a domestic shooting at a peace celebration venue.
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Migs Frantes Erzen
Japan
New Era of Peace Begins With Japanese Surrender
The world enters a peace era as Japan capitulates in World War II. President Truman calls the moment an emergency as great as December 7 1941, with the truce to pave the way for formal surrender following the Potsdam declaration under General Douglas MacArthur.
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Douglas MacArthur
Hard Future for Japs After Surrender Declared
A wartime dispatch describes Allied terms for Japan including occupation controls and a new national government under Allied supervision. It notes Emperor Hirohito's radio address urging unity and reconstruction, Japan’s likely internal purges, and statements from Halsey and MacArthur on ceasing hostilities.
Aftermath of World War II Reconversion Efforts Begin
The piece notes immense global and U S losses from the war, with near 1,000,000 U S dead or wounded and costs around 300 billion dollars. It cites the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis and outlines steps under Truman for peacetime reconversion, including reduced army inductions, demobilization estimates of 5 to 7 million troops, end of labor controls, planned dissolution of the War Production Board, cessation of censorship, and cancelling 6 billion dollars in war contracts.
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Navy
Indianapolis
Truman
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Office of Censorship
Japan
Potsdam Terms Narrow Japanese Road to Peace and Disarmament
The Potsdam surrender terms demand stern postwar controls and disarmament for Japan. The agreement limits sovereignty to Honshu Hokkaido Kyushu Shikoku and minor islands, with occupation zones to secure basic aims. War criminals face stern justice while Japanese forces return home to peaceful lives.
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Potsdam
Honshu
Hoki
Kaido
Kyushu
Shikoku
Truman outlines postwar plan and surrender statement
President Truman predicts unemployment nearer 10 million by next June and outlines a domestic program aimed at minimizing joblessness by Christmas. He announces Congress will reconvene September 5 and pledges peace through the United Nations. In the Oval Office he confirms Japan has accepted surrender while detailing draft, demobilization, and holidays for government workers.
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Congress
Truman
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Cordell Hull
James F. Byrnes
Adm
William D. Leahy
War Toll in Greater Cincinnati Is High
The toll of victory weighed heavy on the Greater Cincinnati area including Hamilton County and Northern Kentucky as 2,108 servicemen lost their lives in World War II.
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Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Kentucky
Jap Planes Shot Down by Third Fleet Near Guam
Five Japanese planes were shot down around the U S Third Fleet since noon today Japanese time four hours after Emperor Hirohito's surrender announcement. No damage to American ships was reported.
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