Yanks Puzzle Over Tokyo Jigsaw
Dora Jane Hamblin reports from Tokyo as American troops adapt to life in postwar Japan. She notes modern hotels and services, lingering war ruins, and a complex mix of hospitality and cultural gap. Americans learn basic Japanese phrases while navigating unfamiliar social dynamics and lingering war memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Jane Hamblin
Gazette
Red Cross
Tokyo
Kyo
Japan
Melbourne
Australia
Trail’s End
Nippon
Manila
Bataan
American Viewpoints From Occupied Japan During War Endgame
Sightings in Tokyo reveal cultural shocks as Americans teach English to Japanese, jokes surface in hotels, Jeep parades prompt salutes, and tailors struggle with uniforms. Civilians adapt slowly, new freedoms prompt demonstrations, while beauty coexists with cruelty in a doll-like countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Hidden cruelties behind Japan's beauty and art
An observer notes mountains erupting farms and typhoon winds, yet people suffer poverty and sweatshop conditions. Beauty of homes gardens and costumes masks slavery of Japanese women and fierce hatreds beneath politeness, urging Americans in Tokyo to solve a missing piece of dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
G.I
Tokyo
Kiwanis Fetes Founding With Anniversary Event
The Cedar Rapids Kiwanis club marks its twenty fifth founding anniversary on Wednesday November 28 with Walter Ingram Kiwanis International service manager as guest speaker. Four charter members Arthur Poe Weaver Fowler Jim Killian and Harry Hedges are still active and will receive 25 year membership certificates. District Governor Ernest H Matthias of Waterloo will install Ray Short as lieutenant governor of division two. Eight neighboring clubs Waterloo Mason City Cresco Marshalltown Iowa City Davenport Clinton and Dubuque attend the celebration with guests B L Holton and Frank B Travis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club
Walter Ingram
Kiwanis International
Cedar Rapids Club
Arthur Poe
Weaver Fowler
Jim Killian
Harry Hedges
Ernest H. Matthias
Waterloo
Ray Short
Mason City
Cresco
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Davenport
Clinton
Dubuque
B. L. Holton
Frank B. Travis
Firefight at Japanese barracks kills three Koreans
At Ogawara near Sendai nearly 200 raiders, including Koreans, stormed U S Army barracks. American MPs and Japanese police shot and killed three, arrested 53. Looted alcohol, medicines burned to deter more robberies, as food riots also hit the area north of Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Asahi
Ogawara
Sendai
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Hamblin
Frisco
Honshu
Dai-Iu
Pentagon
Vicks E
Vicks VapoRub
Red Cross Club
Ary Joan
Tom Thumb
Dey
Star Jewelry CO
Second St SE
A. V. Wallace
Merchants National Bank
Famers
Merchants Nat'l Bk
Co City
Boegel's Electric CO
Second Avenue SE
Kiwanis
Ingram
M.P
Super Service Oil Company
NEW Seiberlings
Seiberling
America
Deane Atg
Gillette Tech Razor
DRUC
May
Film Service
Onurt
Luden
JERIS
Seltzer
Upjohn
Perles
Easy Ray
CIRO
Ciro Surrender
Ciro Gardenia
Ciro Violet
Rie
Parad
Tenth Street
Parker
Trouble Etree
Seaforth
Balpine
Chen YU
Epsom Salts
Gilbert
Yardley
Bengay Ao
Mark
Kodak Film
VEL
Crisco
VICK
J&j
Bandaid
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!