End of World War II Victory Speeches Call for Lasting Peace
A Pearl Harbor era reflection marks VJ Day victory and costs of war. The speech honors millions who served, notes sacrifices across Europe and the Pacific, and urges unity, peace, and rebuilding as the nation returns to civilian life. It emphasizes American strength, allied efforts, and the duty to prevent future war while recalling past missteps after earlier conflicts.
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America
Japan
Europe
Pacific
Asiatic
Pearl Harbor
United States
Hitler
Hirohito
Germany
White House
Versailies
Outlawing Atomic War After World Peace
A historical editorial argues the United States should lead in renouncing atomic weapons in any future conflict. It asserts the bomb, used only as a last resort, saved lives versus brutal conditions and calls for global norms to ban its use, while noting mixed reactions from ally nations and Japan.
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United States
Japan
Bataan
England
Germany
Surrender Terms for Japan to Be Signed on Missouri Deck
The surrender terms of the imperial Japanese government are to be signed on the deck of the battleship Missouri in the presence of General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz. The supreme allied commander will be MacArthur. Armistice and cease fire orders will precede the signing, with occupation plans ready and troops to follow.
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Washington
Missouri
Truman
MacArthur
Nimitz
Army
United States
Japan
United States Navy
Bysnes
Pacific
Washington Letter On Army Medical Work In Pacific War
Douglas Larsen reports that U S Army medical men from all theaters met to swap experiences and plan the Pacific campaign. They note record admissions for battle wounds, and praise use of whole blood and DDT spraying on Okinawa. Brig Gen Earl Manwell led talks on disease decline and medical logistics amid war.
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Washington
Pacific
Europe
Army Med
Earl Manwell
Okinawa Island
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
Army Medical Corps
Maxwell
Port Clinton War Celebration Skips Usual Festivities
Port Clinton plans a subdued observance of Japan's surrender. Many residents are relatives of the 32 sailors of the 192nd Tank Battalion who fought on Bataan. Eight are prisoners, three missing, 21 presumed dead. Mrs Emil Smith receives the Purple Heart posthumously for her son Elmer. The town will hold a parade after official news and attend services. A clan of relatives from the Bataan unit may continue as an organization.
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Port Clinton
Ottawa County
Japan
Subic Bay
Ameg “de San Francisco
Smith
Agnes
Phate
Restoration of Ohio Farm Land Is Urged After War
Ohio soil study by State University conservationist J A Slipher warns land erosion at 26.3 million acres needs accelerated conservation work to replace lost fertility. He cites contour planting, rotation, terracing, drainage, and erosion control as wartime demands raised farm labor needs and sustained output through continued cultivation and soil protection.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. A. Slipher
State University
Tecom
Prayater
Grioneer
Slipher
Midwest
Washington
New Wonder Drug Aims To Supplant Penicillin
University of Illinois researchers study streptomycin, a mold-derived drug by Selman A. Waksman, as a potential successor to penicillin. Early animal tests show striking results against diseases penicillin misses, including tularemia and tuberculosis, with questions remaining about production scale.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Urbana-Champaign
University of Tilino
H. W. Anderson
Selman A. Waksman
New Jersey Experiment Station
Rutgers
University of Trnois
Anderson
Sigma Xi
Wabash College
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
French Leader To Visit Truman This Month
General Charles De Gaulle will arrive in the United States August 22 for a conference with President Truman. The announcement of the French leader's visit was made at the White House and in Paris.
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Truman
Washington
Charles DeGaulle
White House
Paris
Censorship to End With Day of Victory
Washington UPI reports that newspaper radio and mail censorship will end with V J Day as the Office of Censorship prepares to announce its shutdown when President Truman proclaims the day.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Censorship
Truman
Surrender Comes on Charter Anniversary
Japanese surrender arrived on the fourth anniversary of the Atlantic Charter, a pledge to freedom from aggression and oppression framed by President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill during shipboard conferences in the Atlantic.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Atlantic
Reversal of European troop movement after surrender
A U S spokesman said a complete reversal of present European troop deployment will occur about a month after the Japanese surrender is signed. Officials expect at least 30 days to implement the reversal with priority given to high point men on homeward ships, moving 85-pointers and above ahead of lower scores who rushed to the Pacific.
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Paris
U. S
Pacific
Jey
United States
Former Clark County Prosecutor Sentenced for Bribery
Jerome A. Nevius, ex Clark County prosecutor, received one to ten years in the penitentiary on three bribery counts. Judge Golden C. Davis ordered concurrent terms. Nevius was convicted of taking bribes from Joseph Pareisi and Ralph Schear of Dayton to permit a gambling operation in Clark County.
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Springfield
Clark County
Jerome A. Nevius
Common Pleas
Golden C. Davis
Nevius
Joseph Pareisi
Ralph Schear
Dayton
British Plan To Hold Thanksgiving Service
Tentative arrangements for a national service of thanksgiving at Saint Pauls Cathedral on Sunday afternoon if peace is certain. The king and queen would attend. Parliament opening plans progressed with two scarlet thrones placed in the House of Lords and thorough cleaning of the buildings.
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London
Saint Paul's Cathedral
House of Lords
Duke of Windsor Visits Truman at White House
The Duke of Windsor, with an aide, called on President Truman at the White House yesterday in Washington. He toured the Curtiss-Wright plant in Columbus, the site of its 5,000th dive bomber, and met with J. Balfour and Navy officials.
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White House
Washington
Duke of Windsor
Truman
Columbus
Curtiss
Wright
Lequal
J. Balfour
Navy
Secre
Curtiss-Wright
Stte Byrnes
Japanese Diplomacy and the Road to War
The piece discusses Japanese diplomacy as a master tactic, outlining a four step approach of blunt messaging, patient preparation, divide and conquer, and sharp action. It contrasts with Hitler's Germany, critiques the Foreign Office as a façade, and cites quotes on Japan s divine mission and deceit in pursuit of national power and expansion.
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Hitler
Germany
Japan
Foreign Office
Pearl Harbor
Tafa
Eastern
Asia
Claude Buss
New York
Yukii Azaki
Orient
Tadasu Hayashi
Granges Reserve Exhibits at Athens County Fair
Five Granges in Athens County including Trimble Athena New Marshfield Albany and the Canaan Juvenile Grange reserved exhibit spaces for the Athens County Fair as reported by fair manager I W Slaughter. Eighty two Courtney relatives attended the 1935 reunion at the Athens Fairgrounds with Gilbert Courtney elected secretary Aliie Bingman treasurer and Florence Pendergrass Bertha Blackburn Christine Brown as program committee.
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Athens County
Athens County Fair
Dorothy Parmiter
I. W. Slaughter
Trimble
Athena
New Marshfield
Albany
Canaan
Courtney
Athens ‘Fairgrounds
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey
Aliie Bingman
Athens
Treas
Preble County Farmer Fined and Sentenced in OPA Case
James Edgar Morrison, a Preble County farmer from New Paris, was fined 2000 dollars and sentenced to two years in federal prison for violating OPA regulations in the slaughter and sale of beef. Convicted in U.S. District Court on August 3, the case cited cattle slaughter on his farm and failure to register the act with the OPA and to collect ration points. Judge Robert R. Nevin imposed the sentence.
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Dayton
James Edgar
Morrison
Preble County
New Paris
OPA
U 34
Robert R. Nevin
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