Goering Links British Stand to Munich Settlement in 1938
Berlin dispatch details Goering’s telephoned orders to Bodenschatz to show Hitler “brown papers” while Britain blocks France from acting over Austria. He stresses England’s refusal and claims it dictated a failed action, aiming to win Hitler’s favor and undermine Anglo-French unity.
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Austria
Goering
France
Britain
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Linz
Vienna
Karl Bodenschatz
Fuehrer
Bodenschatz
England
Jawohl
Japan reshapes police with civilian boards and mass firings
Tokyo authorities fire over 5800 enforcement and surveillance staff and plan civilian advisory boards with new power to critique officers. Other occupation moves include dissolving thought and military police, releasing 507 political prisoners, and easing surveillance. Asahi cites repatriation of about 300,000 Japanese, while premier Shinahara stresses avoiding bargaining in government.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Ministry of Education
Japan Renovationist Party
Welfare Ministry
Asahi
Kijuro Shidehara
Kobe
Osaka
Paris Officials Campaign Against G I Disor ders
Paris officials and American MPs and Paris police launched a vigorous drive Wednesday to curb growing disorder among G I s and French and other nationalities disguised in G I uniforms. The campaign followed tirades in the city.
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Paris
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G.I
Girl Born After Mother's Death Surprises Doctors
In Rockford Illinois a two day-old girl born 13 minutes after her mother Hazel Sherman died of infantile paralysis was healthy and expected to survive. Army physician CaptiO A. Kearns delivered the premature baby by Caesarian weighing four pounds four ounces and the doctor hoped the mother's illness might confer immunity.
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Rockford
Ill
Captio A. Kearns
Hazel Sherman
Woodstock
RCA Plans Own Station in Reich
RCA Communications said it would seek government permission to install a station in the British zone of Germany to serve American correspondents if Britain continues to allow U S reporters in Berlin to use British lines only as a courtesy and during clear time Press Wireless warned that continued British restrictions could push American carriers to respond The statements were by RCA vice president Thompson H Mitchell and Press Wireless president A Warren Norton The British policy followed a delay in an Associated Press dispatch about Hitler's death while British correspondents stories faced quick clearance
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RCA Communications, Inc
Germany
Berlin
Press Wireless, Inc
Thompson H. Mitchell
RCA
A. Warren Norton
Associated Press
Japanese Surrender Mention Sparks Guam Surrender
At Guam, 22 Japanese soldiers and an 18 year old geisha surrendered after reading Life magazine report of Japan's capitulation. They had learned of the surrender only from the magazine pictures of the Missouri ceremony and flagged a truck to surrender, bowing and grinning, with the surrender note and magazines.
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Fleet Headquarters
Guam
Life Magazine
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