Japs Given More Time to Turn Over Leaders on Wanted List
Eighth Army allows Japan to round up remaining leaders on General MacArthur's wanted list with no set deadline but a two day progress expectation. Hideki Tojo, who shot himself, was a head of the list and is described as in satisfactory condition and able to talk to reporters. Imperial headquarters was abolished in line with MacArthur's orders as Gen Walter Krueger of the Sixth Army took charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Eighth Army
Japan
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Gen
Sugiyama
Army
Truk
U. S
Senate
House
Truman
America
Whittington
Ike Rfc
HOLC
Black Dragon Society
Congress
House Committee On un-American Activities
Whl
Tojo Time of Reckoning Surfaces in Postwar Interviews
In Yokohama the first interview since the attempted killing quotes Tojo saying he planned suicide long ago but knew fate when American officers appeared. Konoye blames militarists for war and says he tried to meet FDR. MacArthur lists 47 wanted figures including Shimada and Homma amid surrenders and a dissolving Black Dragon Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Hideki Tojo
Himachi
Tojo
Saburo Kurusu
Pearl Harbor
Cordell Hall
Harry Hill
Fifth
Sasebo
Kyushu
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Konoye
Associated Press
Russell Brisies
Roosevelt
Japan
Brines
Prince Konoye
Macarthur
Shigetaro
Bataan Infamy
Black Dragon Society
Hiroshima Center Now Safe for Habitation Report Says
Brig. Gen. Farrell stated Hiroshima within a 1.25 mile radius of detonation was demolished and a two mile zone blasted with structures burned yet no postbomb radioactivity deaths were recorded among those entering the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hiroshima
T. F. Farrell
Farrell
Coshocton to get GE laminated plastics plant
GE officials announce construction of a General Electric laminated plastics plant in Coshocton Ohio to begin this fall. The facility will employ about 800 workers and is led by plastics division manager William H. Milton Jr. The project signals a major manufacturing expansion for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
Pyitsfield
Mass
General Electric Co
William H. Milton, Jr
OPA to Maintain Retail Prices Despite Dealer Protests
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will press ahead with plans to put new consumer goods on the market at fixed retail prices despite angry dealer protests. The move signals continued enforcement of wartime price controls through 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Washington
Strike Halts Radio Chains During Night
In New York the American and National Broadcasting Companies resumed at 8 a.m. but many engineers remained on strike. WEAF and WJZ started with substitutes while WEAF’s outage briefly caused dead air before programs returned on a limited basis. The union said engineers would be asked to return to work today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American
National Broadcasting Companies
EWT
NBC
ABC
WEAF
WJZ
ABS
WIZ
Ferales
Independent Engineers’ Union
National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians
Religion Work In Schools Is Taken to Court
Mrs. Vashti McCollum of Urbana files a mandamus suit against Champaign School Board to ban non sectarian voluntary religious education in city schools. She argues this conflicts with the Founding Fathers idea of separation of church and state. The case, heard by a three judge circuit court, centers on whether public school property can host religious instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Vashti McCollum
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Til
James Terry
Columbus
Ohio Coal
McCollum
Austrial
James
Terry
Mother Praised For Punishing Child Denounced by Court
In Des Moines a mother told Municipal court she must whip her child for lying. The judge issued a $10 suspended fine to a neighbor who interfered. Assistant County Attorney Anthony T. Renda hailed the punishment as overdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Anthony T. Renda
Ohio to seek hidden TB cases in mental hospitals
Ohio launches a mass survey to uncover hidden tuberculosis cases in 15 state mental hospitals. Health officials expect 900 to nearly 5,000 cases among about 28,000 patients and 3,000 staff, with x ray health service support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Health Department
X-Rav Lie Health Service
Bombardment Kills Allied Prisoners at Kamaishi
Prison stockade at Kamaishi in Central Honshu was destroyed during July and August bombardments by Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet. Set. Ben K. Kelley of El Paso, Texas, released prisoner from Kamashi, reported 18 Allied POWs killed. The fires and bombardments wrecked the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gminato
Japan
Halsey
Third Fleet
Honshu
Kamashi
Ominato
Set
Ben K. Kelley
Ecleto
Tex
Kamaishi
British Labor Leader Favors Russian Plan
Blackpool dispatch reports Sir Walter Citrine, secretary of the British Trade Union Congress, said he believed it would be excellent if the British government could plan production and consumption and general economic life as Soviet Russia does. He spoke during a period of postwar economic debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
England
Walter Citrine
British Trade Union Congress
Russia
End of Shoe Rationing by Oct 15 Urged by Experts
Washington reports that shoe rationing could end October 1 if WPB leather bureau recommendations are approved after talks between J. Ja. Krug and Chester Bowles. OPA signals possible dates October 15 or November 1, contingent on production reaching 30 million pairs monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPH
J. Ja. Krug
OPA
Jchester Bowles
WPB
Feather Bureau
Yamamoto Elimination by Lanphier Led to Japanese Loss
Lt. Col. Thomas G. Lanphier Jr of Washington DC. piloted a P-38 to ambush a Japanese bomber over Bougainville Island on April 18, 1943, killing Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and members of his staff after Naval Intelligence traced the coded mission. Additional Japanese aircraft were shot down in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr
Washington, D. C
Isoroku Yamamoto
White House
Naval Intelligence
Yamamoto
Bougainville Island
Lanphier
Staf
Army Promises to Reach 800000 Monthly Discharges by Dec 1
The Army told senators it expects to discharge 800000 men a month by December 1. Congress also weighed Navy moves to suppress details of Pearl Harbor and heard mixed feelings on surplus property and government corporations during Capitiol Hill briefings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Senators
Washington
Navy
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Captot Hill
Million Japanese Starvation Threat After Air Invasion Claim
Tokyo reports quote prominent industrialists saying American air raids decided World War II, likely causing 7 million Japanese to starve if the war continued. They claim Japan surrendered before the atomic bomb, and note mine and submarine damage crippled continent access, forecasting 8 million unemployed and food shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brines
Tokyo
Japan
Rationing May End Soon Says OPA Chief
Columbus OPA district head Robert A. Lang warned tires will remain rationed indefinitely amid rumors of early end dates. He cited reports of Sept 15 or Oct 1 as false and projected that tires for passenger cars may remain scarce while farm truck tires lose rationing first. Lang noted Washington farm groups are mobilizing to influence policy and a September 24 meeting with Secretary Anderson aims to discuss price support programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Robert A. Lang
OPA
Lang
Washington
National For Farm Organizations
Cleveland
Farm Bureau Federation
National
Grange
Sbureaus
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Farm Bureau
The
France Seeks Ruhr Barrier and Rhineland Separation
At the Big Five foreign ministers conference London reports French plans to internationalize and detach the Ruhr and Rhineland from Germany to curb nationalism. France denies annexation aims while prioritizing Italy peace treaty and border changes. Meanwhile over 5,000 American troops arrive from Europe with a Seattle-bound group of 924 Pacific veterans on another vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Big Five Conference of Foreign Ministers
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Italy
New York
United States
Europe
Seattle
Wash
Ohio Relief Load Hits New Low In War Time Aid
Welfare Director Frazier Reams reported the last month of the war saw relief cases fall to 10,592. He estimated August costs at 442,857 dollars, compared with 427,697 dollars in July on a 10,622 case load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Frazier Reams
Tiffin Celebrates Victory Day Parade and Program
Ten Northwest Ohio cities joined Tiffin for a victory day celebration beginning with a military parade and continuing with a program on the public square. Gov. Frank J. Lausche spoke during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Ohio
Public Square
Frank J. Lausche
Ex-Doolittle Raider Seeks Return as Christ Missionary
Staff Sgt. Jacob D. DeShazer, 32, one of three Raiders back in the United States, declares he must not let what happened happen again to any man. He says he hopes to return to Japan as soon as possible to spread his Christian faith. The Salem flyer endured 41 months of starvation and mistreatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob D. DeShazer
Tokyo
Japan
Christ
Salem, Ore
Pay Claims Set Fourth Highest August Total in State
Columbus report shows 33 673 new unemployment claims in August, the fourth highest monthly total in state records. Benefit payments reached 313 359 dollars, up from July, with the administrator noting September totals expected to rise and most claims filed before the Japanese surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Bureau of
Goagher
BUC
Charles H. Jones
Jones
Government delays leave many 1944 tax refunds unpaid
The Internal Revenue Bureau said a few hundred thousand 1944 income tax refunds have not been paid yet and some may take time. Taxpayers missing refunds should write to their district revenue collector who will check post office records and the general accounting office for status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Internal Revenue Collector
Post Office
General Accounting Office
Fast Climbing Plane in Store for Japs
Goodyear Aircraft Corp produced a new fighter plane with a climb rate 50 percent faster than latest jets as the war ended. H. E. Blythe vice president and general manager said limited production would continue for the Navy under strict military secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
H. E. Blythe
Navy
CIOs Reds Denounced for Sabotage Acts
In Blackpool George Meany of the AFL accused CIO unions of trying to disrupt the U S defense effort before Germany attacked Russia. He cited June 21 1941 as a turning point and explained AFL refused to join the World Trade Union Congress citing CIO and Russian pseudo unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
England
George Meany
American Federation of Labor Executive
British Trade Union Congress
Germany
Russia
CIO
America
Hitler
Roosevelt
AFL
World Trade Union Congress
New World Organization
Meany
Campaign Aims Uniform Traffic Penalties in Ohio
Col. George Mingle, head of the State Highway Patrol, urged a statewide effort to standardize penalties for speeding and reckless driving. He warned that non record courts cannot revoke licenses, while other courts revoke for similar offenses. He cited fines from 11 to 47.50 dollars and costs from 2.26 to 7.09 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
George Mingle
State Highway Patrol
Lumber Controls End September 30
Washington announces end of wartime controls on lumber distribution effective September 30. The War Production Board said the change would lift price and supply restrictions as the war effort progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Whiskey ration period shortened to three weeks in Ohio
Ohio Liquor Director Robert M Sohngen announced a three week whiskey ration period beginning Monday, reducing the current four week allotment cycle. Permit holders will see increased allotments under the new schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Wiil
Robert M. Sohngen
Yanks Claim Japanese Doctors Bleed POWs to Death
A Navy physician quoted a former prisoner of war stating Japanese doctors bled American prisoners to death to obtain blood for their transfusions. Cant. Stanton Allison aboard the Benevolence said the claim came from a medical corps captain captured at Corregidor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Corregidor
Cant
Stanton Allison
Pearl Harbor Sneak Attack Called Utterly Stupid
German naval attaché Adm. Paul Wenneker in Japan in 1946 called the Pearl Harbor sneak attack utterly stupid. He said he learned of the attack only after hearing it on the radio and noted his past command of the Deutschland. John Joseph Pershing, General of the Armies, is noted as being 1885 years old today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karunzawa
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Paul Wenneker
Wenneker
City of
Flant
Ohio author urges industries to back farming prosperity program
Mansfield author farmer Louis Bromfield urged Ohio industry leaders to back a farming driven prosperity plan. He said true wealth rests in agricultural productivity and balanced growth between farming and industry, criticizing complacency and citing Britain and France as cautionary examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Louis Bromfield
Mansfield
Bromfield
Ohio Association of Trade Executives
H. A. Lyon
Detroit
Britain
Russia
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Max Hall
Ryozo Asano
Japan Steel Tube Co. Ltd
Asia
Asano
Young Atheist
James McCollum
Case
Tdle
Yanks
Senate Military Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
D'Colo
Justas
Naval Inquiry Board
Senate Naval Committee
Congressional
lAttack
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!