Truman Seizes Rail Line As Aides Move To Normalcy
Washington dispatch reports President Truman ordered government operation of the Illinois Central to avert a strike, part of a broader reconversion push. Measures include possible end to war time rules, standard time return, 40 hour work week for federal employees, and relief steps for rationed foods. The government also holds wartime seized plants and reviews restoration to owners.
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Truman
Ilinois Central
Secretary of Agriculture
Army
Congress
Trurhan
John W. Snyder
Planes to Drop Supplies Into Prison Areas
Allied planes will begin air dropping supplies for about 32,000 Allied prisoners in seven major Japanese camps, including 7,000 Americans, with evacuations by air and sea speeding after the August 31 surrender signing. Meanwhile, Bougainville garrison reportedly will not surrender, and Interior Secretary Ickes has submitted a resignation amid cabinet shakeups after Roosevelt's death.
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Manila
IFI
Japan
Philippines
NBC
Bougainville
Washington
Thej
Interior Ickes
Tokyo
Bay
Gov
Isernment
Rangoon
Inet
Adm
Truman
Louis Mountbatten
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tvo
Interior
Roosevelt
Peace Table Seat Sought By Australia
Sydney AP Britain denies Australia equality in peace talks Evatt says Australia seeks full consultation and direct representation in surrender ceremonies and Potsdam decisions United States opposed initial Australian claims but later acceded Australia seeks greater recognition within British Commonwealth in postwar planning observers regard Evatt statement as significant for Commonwealth relations
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Sydney
Britain
Australia
Herbert V. Evatt
British Commonwealth
Evatt
United Kingdom
Thommas Blamey
Dominions
Addison
MacArthur
United States
Canberra
Japan
New Feather Textile From Chicken Feathers
New York reports that U S Rubber Company laboratories have developed a textile from chicken feathers. The process yields a woollike, softer lighter fabric with birdlike lustre that can be dyed any color. Ten broilers produce one pound of feathered goods. thirty-eight broilers make a mens suit and thirty make a ladies suit.
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New York
United States Rubber Company
World War II Vets Postpone State Meet
The state meeting of the American Veterans of the Second World War, originally set for Sunday, was postponed to September 9. In Warren County, a petition protesting employing a county farm agent as a useless expense to the people has been filed with the county commissioners.
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Columbus
Lebanon
Warren County
Board of
Warren County Commissioners
55 Points Will Hold Airmen in States
Ellington Field announces that enlisted men with a 55 point service rating will not be sent overseas unless they volunteer. The 55 point score is 20 points below the War Department exemption level. Salem report: Roger Harold Brown, 4, killed when crushed between a gate and his father’s truck at home.
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Houston
Ellington Field
War Department
Salem
Roger Harold Brown
Truman Asked To Delay Redeployment of 95th Infantry
Newark report states Rep. J. Harry McGregor of West La Fayette has urged President Truman, Secretary Stimson, and General Marshall to delay redeploying the 95th Infantry Division to the Pacific theater. The congressman cites strategic concerns and local impact as the war effort continues.
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Newark
J. Harry McGregor
West la Fayette
Henry Truman
Henry J. Stimson
George C. Marshall
95Th Infantry
Pacific
Attlee Attacks Lend Lease Termination Moves
London Prime Minister Attlee criticized the sudden end of lend lease as a severe financial blow to Britain. He told the House of Commons that cancellation halted deliveries and forced immediate cash or credit payments, estimating overseas outgoings near eight billion dollars as the war nears its end. He urged that the United States should not treat Britain harshly after its wartime support.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Truman
Britain
United States
Ohio Hero Honored by Bainbridge in Homecoming Parade
Tech Sergeant Forrest E. Everhart, 23, a Medal of Honor recipient, heads home to Bainbridge after being awarded the nation’s highest honor by President Truman. A parade and ceremonies will welcome him as Col. Stewart Giffin hands over 300 silver dollars from local business leaders. Also notes 2,200+ job applicants at the U.S. employment service since Japan war end.
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Ohio
Bainbridge
Ross
Tech
Forrest E. Everhart
Truman
Everhart
Stewart Giffin
Everhart Avith
Hamilton
U.S
James R. Hendrix
Lepanto
Ark
Congres
Washington, D. C
Hendrix
White House
Jap Communications Wrecked By Typhoon As Preparations For Occupation Go Forward
Agriculture faces a difficult reconversion to peace with parity price issues and expanding peacetime output. Wartime gains meet labor shortages and new machinery while plans for occupation of Southern Japan proceed after formal surrender, with typhoon damaged communications slowing landings near Tokyo.
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Washington
Japan
Tokyo
Kyushu
Kanoya
Takasu
Pennsylvania Sinks in Night Japanese Torpedo Attack
Guam reports the battleship Pennsylvania struck by a Japanese torpedo bomber during a sneak attack on Aug 12, 33,100 tons, 20 killed or missing, yet expected to sail again. Koroff of NYU warns Ohioans not to confuse new stratospheric balloons launched from Chicago with wartime Japanese balloons, noting 50 balloons carry cosmic ray detectors.
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Guam
U.S.S.S
Pennsylvania
Newport News
Chicago
Ohio
Serge A. Koroff
New York University
Stage Field
University of Chicago
Plane attack fails to sink mine layer after suicides
Washington reports six suicide plane crashes aimed at the fast mine layer Aaton Ward. The ship, damaged with 96 casualties including 42 dead, survived the attack by 10 kamikaze planes off Okinawa on May 3 and returned 12,000 miles to Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. Work stopped after Japan's surrender.
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Washington
Aaton Ward
Okinawa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Japan
Rep Slagle Elected To Head Ohio Vet Program
Rep Craig D. Slagle of Gallia County was elected temporary chairman of the Ohio War Veterans' Program Commission created by the legislature to study laws aiding World War II veterans in reestablishing themselves.
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Rep
Slagle
Ohio Vet Program
Columbus
Craig D. Slagle
Gallia County
Ohio War Veterans’ Program Commission
New Stamps Valid Sept 1 for meats and fats
Washington announces red stamps Li M1 Ni Pi and Q1 become valid Saturday September 1 for four months through December 31. Each stamp is worth 10 points totaling 50. Stamps Q2 R2 S2 T2 U2 will be invalid after August 31. Future details on meat purchase value slated for next week.
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Washington
OPA
Census confirms U S population up eight million in five years
The Census Bureau reports the United States population has risen to about 129,642,000 over the last five years, an increase of more than eight million and nearly twice the rise seen in the prior decade.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Manufacturers To Get Electronic Equipment
Chicago reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced that about 225 radio manufacturers nationwide will offer military electronic and radio communications equipment for commercial use. The amount anticipated ranges from 33 900 000 000 to 5 006 900 000 in view and used assets for armed forces production.
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Chicago
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Draft Workers Asked To Stay
COLUMBUS Ohio state director Col Chester W Goble urged all 330 selective service boards to remain on duty, paid and unpaid, during the war to peace transition. He said the first phase is complete and the transition period requires maintaining the organization to resume duties for returning servicemen.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chester W. Gable
Goble
Red Victory In East Complete End Of War With Japan
Stalin proclaimed complete victory after two week war as Soviet forces celebrated with 24 gun salvos across Manchuria Sakhalin Korea and two Kurile Islands. Reports detail Tokyo’s surrender attempts and allied moves including MacArthur arrival plans Atsugi airfield with 7500 troops. Casualties and looting claims surge amid postwar upheaval as Shanghai Mao Tse tung seeks unity pact.
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Moscow
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Korea
Kurile Islands
Russia
Japan
Stalin
Atsugi Airfield
General MacArthur
McArthur
Okinawa
I¢ Shima
MacArthur
Imperial Command
Hokkaido
Tokyo
Umpesiai
Inner Mongolia
China
Mao Tse Tung
Cleveland
George —_I
Petit
Doylestown
Chiang
National de
Assemblyfense Council
Central Executive Line
Kuomingtang Ap
OPA
Ohio
Ten Die In Freak Navy Bomber Crash At Eniwetok Atoll
The Navy reports ten men killed and many planes damaged when a four engine Consolidated Liberator veered off a runway at Eniwetok Atoll on August 9, 1944. The disaster involved destruction of 85 planes and damage to 55 others during a bombing and recon mission. Also noted are draft deferment renewal notices requiring employers to file by September 13.
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Washington
Navy
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Eameegpe
Tokyo
Jane
Truman promises veterans a right to jobs after war
President Truman assured veterans at a news conference that they will not lose their legal right to old jobs due to technicalities. Maj. Gen. Hershey warned the current Selective Service law could end job guarantees if hostilities end, unless Congress or Truman acts to preserve them. Truman expects Congress to address any needed changes quickly.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Boston
Aluminum Ware Return to Shelves After War Halt
The Monarch Aluminum Co. resumes heavy cast aluminum cookware shipments to distributors nine days after the war end. Pots pans and appliance parts return to counters as Raymond Deutsch reports on first postwar production. Cincinnati tragedy: George F Braeger 6 dies after being struck by a trailer truck.
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Cleveland
Monarch Aluminum Co
Monarch
Raymond Deutsch
Cincinnati
George F. Braeger
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