Allied Chief Demands Immediate Peace Compliance
General MacArthur ordered Japan to “comply with without further delay” to end hostilities, rejecting Tokyo’s delays. Hirohito urged rapid armistice and told forces to lay down arms, while Japan’s leadership faced staggered moves toward surrender and Soviet and Chinese tensions mounted.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Hirohito
Nippon
Mikado
Rising Sun
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China
Naruhiko Higoore
Yashuji Okamura
Korea
Moscow
Red Army
Harbin
Portugese Timor
Portugal
Lisbon
Shanghai
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
North China
U.S
Mao Tze-Tsung
Chiang
Patrick J. Hurley
U. S
Yenan
Mao
Tajihiro Onishi
Naval General Staff
Ministry of Education
East Asia
Victory Loan Drive In October Considered
Washington reports a planned Victory Loan drive may begin in early October to fund the war’s windup. Treasury Secretary Vinson backs payroll savings with a goal of 10 to 14 billion dollars, as the government launches the 8th War Bond Drive. Also noted is delayed corn packing and a reminder that war ends officially only after peace treaties are ratified by the Senate.
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Washington
Treasury
Vinson
Russians Refuse To Discuss Fate Of Nazi War Prisoners
Washington dispatch reports Russia refused to discuss the fate of German war prisoners. Potsdam talks clouded by denial of any return plan while Americans screen prisoners for war crimes. Russians allegedly use many prisoners for postwar reconstruction work and press civilian labor from occupied areas. Continued on Page 8.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Russia
Germany
Poland
Higher Octane Gas Returns Soon As War Rationing Eases
Washington reports sufficient materials to restore peacetime octane ratings. War rationing ends for gasoline, easing tire rules to permit limited new tires for A motorists. OPA notes potential rationing finish within about three months.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration
OPA
Preparing for Jobless Period
Columbus Ohio Gov Frank Laustine conferred with C H Jones unemployment compensation administrator and state finance director H D Deffenbacher and estimated 500000 Ohioans would be thrown out of work soon and eligible for unemployment compensation. They had no idea how many would draw benefits. The governor said about 2100000 Ohioans are covered by unemployment compensation an increase of 700000 over the pre war total.
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Columbus
Frank
V. Lausthe
C H. Jones
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
H. D. Deffenbacher
Ohio
Only Slight Period of Unemployment Likely
New York AP Ira Mosher president of the National Association of Manufacturers predicted a very small percentage of the nation's industrial workers would be unemployed more than 30 days during the transition to peacetime production. A NAM survey of 1,700 of its 13,000 member companies indicated fewer than 1,500,000 workers might be unemployed beyond 30 days with most back on the job within 12 weeks from reconversion.
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New York
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Mosher
Photographic Planes Attacked Over Tokyo Bay
Four American B 32 bombers on a photographic mission over Tokyo Bay were attacked by ten Japanese fighters and intense antiaircraft fire. One bomber was badly damaged but the crew remained unharmed. Two Japanese fighters were shot down and listed as probably destroyed. Gunmen Captured Eveland. Two gunmen who robbed Cleveland’s first wartime filling station last night were captured minutes later with help from an improv power. The Geauga County Fair, claimed as the oldest in the United States, will open August 31 in Burton.
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Okinawa
Tokyo Bay
Eveland
Cleveland
Burton
Geauga County
United States
Gallia Meigs Solons Named on Commission
Gov. Lausche named nine veterans to a commission to study helping returning servicemen. Appointees include A. Z. Baker of Cleveland Harry A. Eaton of Ashland and Lucien Kahn of Hamilton with ex servicemen Craig Slagle and Thomas Jones among others. Dr Walter J Smith dies in Columbus at 67 after 15 years as head of the health department infectious disease division.
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Columbus
Army Service
Frank J. Lausche
A. Z. Baker
Cleveland
Harry A. Eaton
Ashland
Lucien Kahn
Hamilton
Craig D. Slagle
W. J. Smith
Walter J. Smith
State Health Department
Tax relief gradual plan urged by Ga senator
Senator George of Georgia calls for early work on a tax bill with gradual relief for individuals and corporations. He favors removing excess profits tax in 1946 while reducing income taxes in stages over three years, emphasizing tax simplification without harming revenue. He warns against taxes destroying enterprise and urges basing changes on taxpayers’ capacity to pay.
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Vienna
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Premier Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni Takes Postwar Leadership
In Japan General Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni was sworn in as the new premier and immediately formed a postwar cabinet. He ordered the army to observe an imperial rescript, declaring the decision to fire and restore peace. Higashi-Kuni also assumed the war portfolio after General Korechika Anami vacated the position to atone for wartime failures.
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San Francisco
Naruhiko Nigashi-Kuni
Japan
Higashi-Kuni
Har-Kirk
Korechike Anami
Service Industries To Absorb Many Jobless in Ohio
Ohio service sectors such as garages restaurants and laundries that faced manpower shortages during the war will absorb many workers due to war contract cancellations. E L Keenan Cleveland regional War Manpower Commission director told a meeting of WMC directors from Ohio Kentucky and Michigan there is little prospect of long range unemployment in Ohio as war ends.
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Columbus
Ohio
E L. Keenan
Cleveland
War Manpower Commission
Keenan
WMC
Kentucky
Michigan
3 000 U S Fliers Lost In B 29 Raids On Japan
General Spaatz reported that B 29 operations against Japan during the period cost the lives of more than 3,000 American fliers and left over 600 rescued. Crews lost totaled 437 Superfortresses with an average of 11 men per crew. 106 long range fighters were lost. The effort destroyed or damaged many Japanese planes and disrupted industrial capacity across 59 cities, with B 29s flying over 32,612 missions and dropping 169,421 tons of bombs.
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Guam
Spaatz
Japan
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Eyushu
Okinawa
Iwo
Iwo- T
Spencer Rites Set for Sunday at Ewing Chapel
POMEROY Staff Special David Andrew Spencer 60 died at his Minervaville home. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 30 at Ewing Chapel with callers welcome. Surviving wife and children Helen Batey Alma Robinson Margaret Roush Daisy Frances and eight grandchildren two overseas. Also note Cleveland report: Paul L Swanson 39 principal of Willoughby Union High School and well known interscholastic official died last night.
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Pomeroy
David Andrew Spencer
Mineraville
Ewing Chapel
Helen Batey
Alma Robinson
Middleport
Margaret Roush
Daisy
Frances
Cleveland
Paul L. Swanson
Willoughby Union High School
Curzon Line Established as Polish Border
London reports Russia and Poland signed a treaty confirming the Curzon Line as the Polish Soviet boundary with minor Polish-favorable deviations. The pact also provides compensation for German occupation damages and outlines specific territorial adjustments east of the Curzon Line near the Western Bug and Solokai rivers, with final Baltic frontiers to be decided at peace talks.
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London
Russia
Poland
Moscow Radio
Curzon Line
Bug River
Solokai River
Krylow
Bialoweiz
Niemirow-Jalowka
Curzon
Baltic Sea
Berlin
Danzig Bay
Rausberg-Goldat
Lift Restrictions on Fairs and Conventions
The Office of Defense Transportation lifts the ban on state and regional fairs and loosens convention rules. Beginning immediately conventions may have out of town attendance up to 150, up from 50. The move signals relaxed wartime travel controls and easier public gatherings while ensuring limited nonlocal participation.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Truman and Congress May Clash Over End of Draft Law
Washington reports a possible clash as Congress prepares to reconvene and vote on terminating the draft law due to end next May. President Truman’s stance is unclear but many lawmakers want the law ended promptly, while some favor a slower pace with volunteer replacements. Leaders anticipate a peacetime military training program without conscription, expanding the standing army via ROTC and National Guard, with costs and troop levels under review.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Legislative
Senate
House
Varios
Mr. Truman
Capitol Hill
Civilians Get More Goods as Wartime Rules Ease
Washington reports a third postwar day with more goods released for civilians, controls lifted across oil and transport, and 4,000,000 troops returning from overseas. The Army cut coal orders though a government agency disputes the claim of solved coal problems. Meat, jeeps, and other items flood markets while rail freight congestion is expected to ease.
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Solids Fuels Administration
The
Petroleum Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Army
Rivers Harbors Program Is Ready
A wartime go ahead from Congress will launch flood control, navigation, irrigation and river and harbor programs nationwide. Congress has authorized over five billion dollars for these projects but withheld specific appropriations until the war ends. By January 1, about half a million dollars a month will be released. The Civil Service Commission says federal job applications will be open to veterans only after the war ends.
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Washington
Congress
The
Civil Service Commisson
Truman Urges No Strike Pledge At Peace Conference
President Truman called for labor and management to honor no strike and no lockout pledges until a peace conference draft is ready. He said voluntary wage boosts may be allowed if they do not raise prices and that the War Labor Board will run a while longer, winding down after autumn talks. CIO head Murray indicated big unions will seek wage hikes under the new policy. Army officials announced 120 million tons of coal to be released in 12 months to ease shortages, but Fortas warned quantites may not substantially relieve eastern anthracite and said bituminous shortages persist. Surplus goods valued at about 121 million dollars will be sold by the Commerce Department. More surplus shipments are anticipated in coming months.
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Capitol
Truman
Congress
Duzat Place
War Labor Board
CIO
Philip Murray
Army
Fortas
Harold Ickes
Europe
Commerce Department
Rail Travel Restrictions Persist Amid System Wide Cutbacks
The government keeps railroad passenger travel restricted while some controls are dropped. Conventions may now host 150 people. Gen. Brehon Somervell says cancelling 92,000 contracts since Japan's surrender will free workers for civilian goods. Army cutbacks reach 99 percent for carbon steel and other materials, with gasoline use down 44 percent. Sixty nine government plants stay, 208 turned over to the RFC, 44 more held for now.
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ODT
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Japan
Somervell
Howard Bruce
Bruce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Army
Balloon bombs reported across 16 states and three countries
UPI reports Japan's balloon bombs fell in at least 16 states and five Canadian provinces plus Alaska and Mexico. Weather winds allowed wind carried bags to land in Washington and numerous western states including Oregon California Montana Wyoming Idaho North Dakota South Dakota Nevada Utah Colorado Nebraska Kansas Texas Iowa and Michigan.
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UPI
Japan
Canadian
Alaska
Mexico
Washington
Oregon
California
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Iowa
Michigan
Younger Ohioans Will Be Taken for Army Line
In Columbus Ohio draft boards numbered 3340 statewide have halted 26 plus classifications and are scanning lists of 18 year olds to meet quotas. Col Chester W Gobje state draft chief urged filling calls to the extent possible from registrants 18 through 25 without deferments, likely resulting in many 18 year olds being called.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Selective Service
Chester W. Gobje
Columbus Plant May Continue Operations
CIO representatives asked Gov Tausche to urge Navy to declare the Curtiss-Wright factory in Columbus a stand by plant to ensure its continued operation.
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Columbus
CIO
Frank J. Tausche
Navy
Gas Tank Strain Crashes Truck at Station
A Trinidad Colorado motorist, shocked by the sudden demand to fill the tank, saw the full gas tank buckle under strain and crash the vehicle onto the station pavement, shocking the attendant.
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Trinidad
Colo
Committees To Study Jobless Aid Bill Presented
Senate Finance and House Ways and Means panels convene August 27 to study an administration sponsored jobless aid bill. It would grant unemployment compensation up to 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks, covering about 3 million federal workers not currently insured, with costs borne to state funds. Average state benefits run about 18 dollars per week.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Berliners Ordered to Surrender All Treasure
Berlin residents were instructed to surrender all gold silver and other treasure within ten days. Allied command under Maj. Gen. Floyd Parks chaired the operation and did not announce the reason. A similar order had been issued earlier in the Russian occupied zone.
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Alliedkommandantur
Floyd Parks
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