U.S. Weighs Broad Creditor Role in Postwar Aid
Washington reports note Uncle Sam may lead postwar finance with billions in loans to France and other nations. France seeks urgent credits totaling about 545 million for post lend-lease needs while the Export-Import Bank, expanded to 3.35 billion, considers a smaller immediate loan as officials debate policy.
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Shylock
Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
Lord Keynes
Lord Halifax
United States
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Japan
Export-Import Bank Board
Foreign Ministers Arrive in London for Peace Talks
The Big Five foreign ministers including Wang Shih-chien and Georges Bidault arrive in London to draft a postwar peace settlement. Molotov Byrnes Bevin and Bevin prepare to lead talks with smaller powers invited later. Italy likely to seek a separate peace as border and colonial issues are debated.
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London
Big Five
Wang Shihchien
China
Georges Bidault
France
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Moscow
James F. Byrnes
United States
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Potsdam
Wang
Italy
United Nations
Europe
Finland
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
America
Britain
Willie Willis Says Little Green Apples Cause Belly Aches
The quotation from Robert Quillen features Willie Willis noting that eating small green apples leads to stomach pain and that the fruit does not taste good, expressing a wary view of the fruit.
Yosuke Matsuoka Forwarded As Dying In Japan Resort
Yosuke Matsuoka, once Japan’s top diplomat and former foreign minister, is dying of consumption in a resort town, per a Yokohama broadcast. He led Japan’s delegation to the League of Nations when it walked out over the Chinese question in 1933 and helped secure alliances with Germany and a non aggression pact with Russia. A photo is noted as taken in Berlin in 1941.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Yokohama
Matsuoka
League of Nations
League
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Kurusu Protests He Knew Nothing Of Nip War Plan
In Tokyo Saburu Kurus asserts he was unaware of Japan’s war aims as he speaks with his American wife outside Tokyo. He rejects Hull’s charges of lying, calling the war a dagger in his heart. Their son, an Air Force captain, was killed by Japanese peasants who mistook him for an American airman.
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Tokyo
INS
Saburu Kurus
Japan
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Cordell Hull
Alice Little
Two Hurt As Car Plunges Over Embankment
Early yesterday two persons were injured in a car crash near Whitesville. Eugene Brown Jr., 21 year old sailor from Ferndale Boone County, suffered a fractured skull. Evelyn Long, 21, of Enwright Raleigh County, was treated for a back injury and lacerations to the knee and ankle at Charleston General Hospital.
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Charleston General Hospital
Eugene Brown, Jr
Ferndale
Boone County
Evelyn Long
Enwight
Raleigh County
Blamey Denounces Japanese as Not Honorable Fo e
General Sir Thomas Blamey disclaimed any notion of honor for surrendering Japanese on Morotai. Speaking before Dutch American and Australian troops, he recalled 1937 and 1941 aggressions and atrocities, warning strict enforcement of orders at the time of surrender to Lt. Gen. Toshi ma, commander of the 2d Army.
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Melbourne
Thomas Blamey
Morotai
Netherlands East Indies
Mindanao
Blamey
East Indies
British Empire
United States
Tishima
Post-War Navy Hopes Fueled by New Weapons
Washington reports naval leaders in congress warn atomic and robot weapons will shape a post war fleet of 1,079 fighting ships. Chairman Walsh and Vinson say authorizing resolutions will be introduced, with plans for a split fleet: fully manned units, reserve forces, and decommissioned ships held in readiness.
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Congress
David J. Walsh
Dmass
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Senate
House
Navy Department
Walsh and Vinson
Pearl Harbor
Department
SPB Hastes War Plant Sales To Speed Civilian Use
The Surplus Property Board issued a regulation to integrate 16.12 billion dollars worth of surplus war plants into the conversion economy at top speed. It covers 20 to 25 percent of U.S. industrial capacity across 46 states, with plant values from 25 000 to 200 million dollars, including the Geneva steel plant at Provo Utah. Veterans and small business receive priority for acquisition, with emphasis on rapid civilian production and maximum postwar employment. The War Production Board is to boost its four billion dollar line of credit.
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Washington
INS
Surplus Property Board
Geneva Steel
Provo
Utah
Getline
SPB
War Production Board
Re Marriage of Bride Stuns Freed Prisoner in Manila
Gene D. Birdwell, a 22 year old U.S. air gunner held as a prisoner of war in Japan, learns in Manila that his wife married his uncle in Kansas City while he was missing. The annulment had been granted two days before Birdwell learned the news. He awaits return to the United States for medically aided discharge as depot officials caution it is unclear when he can depart.
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Fred Hampson
Manila
Gene D. Birdwell
Kansas City
Japan
United States
Birdwell
Balikpapan
Borneo
MacArthur's Gloved Hand Policy Lets Japs Shape Fate
Harry F. Sinclair announces Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia granted Sinclair Oil an exclusive concession to Ethiopian oil. In exchange, Sinclair Oil pledges to promote Ethiopia's welfare.
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MacArthur
Nippon
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Oil Corp
Haile Selassie of
Ethiopia
Congress Moves To Regain Power From President
Washington reports show key lawmakers seeking expanded congressional authority and curbs on wartime powers. A House judiciary subcommittee plans to review wartime powers. a government reorganization bill limits Truman’s sweeping authority. floor action looms on placing government corporations under tight congressional control.
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Washington
Capitol Hills
Buck
Trumain
House Judiciary Subcommittee
House Expenditures Committee
Truman
House
Sumners
D-Tex
Judiciary Committee
Canadians Return To Meat Rationing
Ottawa reports the return of meat rationing after six years of war plus nine months of waiving limits. The weekly allotment is about two pounds per person carcass weight, with 1 1 3 pounds of edible meat. Certain meats stay rationed while brains tripe pigs feet spare ribs poultry game and fish are exempt.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Prices and Trade Board
OPA
San Franciscans Honor General Wainwright with Vast Parade
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, pale but elated after imprisonment by Japan, led a victory parade through San Francisco. Hundreds of thousands lined Market Street and the Civic Center to salute the Bataan hero as Mayor Roger Laphant and his son joined on the reviewing stand.
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Wainwright
San Francisco
Market Street
Civic Center
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
Miyor Roger Lia
Temporary Truce Eases Gas Threat
Tension in the United Fuel Gas company strike eased yesterday under a mutual agreement whereby the union would refrain from tampering with lines if officers were withdrawn from patrols. The arbitration session, ordered by Gov. Clarence W. Meadows, aimed to settle a wage dispute involving about 1,000 strikers as gas service resumed in St. Albans and Clendenin. The pact allows gas flow from the field and small stations, with guards removed, and requires no further tampering with valves. Oliver of Local 418 criticized the governor, while thanking residents and officials for support as negotiations continued.
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Fhe
Clarence W. Meadows
Charleston
Huntington
St. Albans
Clendenin
Oliver Raps
Glen Oliver
Clendenin Local 418
CIO Oilworkers International Union
United Fuel
Oliver
Meadows
United Fuel Gas
Capitol
CIO
War Labor Board
Legislature Asked To Act in Strike
Huntington Herald Advertiser urges a special session as CIO workers strike United Fuel Gas cutting off supplies to Cabell and Kanawha counties. Gov Meadows called out state police while talks resume, editorial argues utility strikes threaten public safety and health and calls for swift government action.
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Huntington Herald-Advertiser
CIO
United Fuel Gas Co
Cabell
Kanawha
Charleston
Meadows
Gas Workers’ Union
Navy Grants Accelerated Discharge Credits For Overseas Service
The Navy liberalized its discharge rules today to award one quarter point for each month of service outside the continental United States since September 1, 1939. Effective September 15, about 423,000 more sailors become eligible, bringing total eligible to 750,000 with roughly 60 percent overseas or at sea. Secretary Forrestal forecast half the fleet would be home within six months and peace time strength at 500,000 within a year, while detailing revised scores for officers, enlisted sailors, Waves, nurses, hospital staff, and doctors. The Coast Guard cut its discharge scores as well.
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Washington
Navy
Continental
United States
Forrestal
Coast Guard
Congress
Nagasaki Havoc Greater Than Hiroshima Wreckage
Nagasaki suffered mass destruction from the second atomic blast, with about 40 000 dead and 40 000 wounded in a city of 250 000. Officials reported 18 000 buildings erased, 32 000 damaged, and ongoing deaths. The blast occurred at about 11 am above the factory district near Mitsubishi steel works, with no crater.
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Hiroshima
Vern Haugland
Japan
San Antonio
Tex
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R. I
War Department
Mitsubishi Steel Works
Americans Occupy Three Navy Bases In Japan
Gen. MacArthur announced a gloved hand occupation policy giving Japan a chance to rule under Allied orders. Base transfers included Ominato Hok kaido and Honshu northern tip as Japanese surrender the bases to U S forces. No troops visible in Tokyo yet as air and sea landings rise.
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Japan
MacArthur
Honshu
Hokkaido
Ominato
Little Empire of Korea
Korea
Nanking
China
Katsuura
Katsuama
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Capital
Robert L. Hichelberger
U. S
8Th Army of Occupation
Impartial Probe of Sneak Attack Urged in Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Sen. Ferguson urged Congress to keep politics out of the Pearl Harbor inquiry and seek facts to help prevent another sneak attack. He noted a joint 10 member committee, with Republicans and Democrats from both chambers, may be formed soon, with decisions possible by Monday or Tuesday.
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