Premature Victory Celebration Sparks Panic Across North America
A false United Press news flash claimed Japan accepted Allied surrender terms, triggering nationwide and international celebrations from Canada to Sydney. UP offered 5000 to catch the transmitter as authorities probe the origin, while a White House denial soon cooled the mood.
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New York
United Press
Japan
United States
Canada
Central America
Sydney
Australia
MacKenzie King
Ottawa
United Press Association
EWT
Washington
Hugh Beille
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
White House
Shortage Of Soap Fakes And Washing Powder Hits Dothan
Wartime shortages affect Dothan households with soap flakes and washing powder scarce. Shelves show reduced stock for months, with brief restocks and transfers from outlying stores. Downtown shops have largely run out, prompting heightened vigilance among housewives.
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Dothan
Discharged Veteran Named In Drinking Party Murder Case
In Jasper Alabama two men face murder charges after a woodlands drinking party turned fatal. Floyd Field, 42, was killed while Carl Fielding, 46, and Stancie Handley, 30, were wounded. Orman Upton, 26, and Edgar Jenkins, 25, charged with murder. All principals were coal miners except Jenkins who runs a grocery store near Jasper.
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Jasper
Ala
Powell Hamner
Cordova
Joe Moore
Hamner
Floyd Fieldis
Carl Fielding
Stancie Handley
Orman Upton
Wicher
Edgar Jenkins
Aft
Jenkins
Jesper
Grade 2 Truck Tires Off Rationing Friday
Effective August 17, grade II truck tires are removed from rationing and may be transferred. Officials at the Houston County War Price and Rationing Board report that grade II includes used truck and victory reject tires and such items will be reclassified.
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Houston County War Price
County Offices Adopt Saturday Half-Day Closings
County courthouse officials authorized a half-holiday each Saturday afternoon after a majority of officials and clerks favored the change. Probate Judge Saxon P Poyner noted his office was barred from closing until a legislative act allowed half holidays. The board designated Saturday afternoons as half-holiday. his office would remain open while clerks alternate the time off.
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Saxon P. Poyner
Poyner
Grateful Nation Gives $60,000 to Maimed Soldier
In Battle Creek Michigan an outpouring of gifts totaling over 90 thousand dollars was presented to Master Sergeant Frederick Hensel at Percy Jones General Hospital. The award honors his loss of both arms and legs in action and marks his third wedding anniversary. The funds, largely donated by Michigan Illinois and Kentucky residents, fund his future goal of owning a chicken farm after service.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Aps
Frederick Hensel
Michigan
Ilinois
Kentucky
Hensel
Percy Jones General Hospital
Allied Terms Now Officially In Tokyo
The Allied reply to Japan’s surrender offer was officially received in Tokyo via the Swiss legation. Domei and Associated Press reports credit a 9:04 a.m. war time broadcast in New York and note the Emperor’s subservience to an Allied Supreme Commander.
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Associated
Tokyo
Domei
Legation
Associated Press
New York
Hirohito
Japan
Washington
OPA Halts Printing Of Ration Book Five Pending War End
Washington AP report: The Office of Price Administration halted printing 137 million new ration books for meats fats dairy eggs and sugar and a gasoline book. Distribution had been planned for December and the halt depends on wartime negotiations. permanent halt possible if the talks end.
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OPA
Washington
Fanan
Finding Of Jobs Regarded Biggest Postwar Problem
Washington AP reports that employment and unemployment will be the top domestic issue after the war. The labor force includes all who hold or seek work, with projections showing 59 million in the labor force by 1950, an 11 million rise over 1929. Unemployment currently stands around 1.4 million.
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Washington
Armed Services
Theruth
Lereasing
Education Leaders To Start Conference Series On Tax Issue
Four South Alabama school districts begin a conference series on the income tax issue. Events run Aug 14 in Mobile with Rep. James E. McCurdy and Dr. E. B. Norton as speakers, Aug 15 in Selma with Sen. J. G. Bradford and Norton, Aug 18 in Ozark with Bud Boswell and Reid, and later in Auburn with K. J. Lawrence and Charles D. Norman among others.
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South Alabama
Frank L. Grove
Alabama Education Association
Montgomery
P T. A
Mobile
R. E. Hodnette
Escambia Country High School
James E. McCurdy
Flomaton
House of Representatives
E. B. Norton
Selma
Swith Baxter Collins
Selma Junior High School
J. G. Bradford
Grove Hill
Norton
Grove
Ozark
Bruce Flurry
Dothan
Bud Boswell
Geneva
Ed E. Reid
Alabama League of Municipalities
Washington Wants Yes Or No Aims For Quick End To War
AP dispatch notes growing impatience in Washington for word that Japan will surrender on Allied terms. China’s Ambassador and Dr Wei Tao-Ming offer cautious statements, while Tokyo’s delays threaten renewed Allied air pressure. The piece underscores the White House push for a prompt resolution amid ongoing atomic bomb deliberations.
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John M. Rightover
Washington
A! Ned
Japan
China
United States
Truman
Wei Tao-Ming
Staten
Britain Knighted Nimitz With Bath Order At Sea
Britain awarded Admiral Chester W. Nimitz the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in a ceremony aboard the Duke of Gloucester. Adm Sir Bruce Fraser presented the insignia representing royal recognition of Nimitz’s Pacific naval leadership for Allied victory.
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Great Britain
Nimitz
Order of the Bath
Pacific
Bruce Fraser
George
Ike Lands Soviet Attitude in Moscow Meeting
General Dwight Eisenhower said Stalin favored friendship with the United States after a Moscow meeting, insisting he did not halt Allied forces at the Elbe by Soviet request. He explained delays were to break Hitler’s southern stronghold as fast as possible, with troops split toward Elbe and southward.
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Moscow
Gorm Finenhower
Stalin
Russia
United States
Eisenhower
Elbe
Red Army
Berlin
Civilian Goods Production To Speed Up After Victory
President Trumman shifts to reconversion as war ends. A White House conference with Schnellenbach, Davis, Taylor, Bowies plans rapid civilian production, easing wartime controls, and guiding millions of workers to peacetime jobs. Government projects target consumer goods and lifted rationing with six to twelve months of wage and price control retention. About 5,000,000 war workers may leave the labor force within months after V J Day as programs unfold.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Trumman
Schnellenbach
William #. Davis
War Labor Board
George W. Taylor
Price
Chester Bowies
White House
Japan
Ehminavan
Becauwe
Soviet drive in Manchuria threatens half million Japs
Tokyo says Soviet offensive across inner Mongolia pushed toward Harbin and the Yellow Sea coast. Moscow reports Russian forces advancing 22 miles in Manchuria with Yuki and Kachin ports bombarded, while Koreas ports fall under Pacific fleet guns. Soviet lines stretch 230 miles north and northeast. Mukden area rail routes jeopardized. Page 2 mentions further moves.
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Associated Press
London
Tokyo
Manchuria
China
Asiatic
Kwantung
Moscow
Harbin
Korea
Porte
Kachin
Yuki
Sea of Japan
Iyan
Yumazhev
Red Army
Kwartung
Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Yellow Sea
Sinsi
Manchuia
Am Bare
Mangala
Linsi
China Frontier
Cesttal Ching Wall
Mukden
Bint A. Meretsk
Ninten
Manchin
Huyarhan
Petain Treason Hearing Jurors Face Threat Letters
Paris AP reports jurors in Marshal Petain treason trial received numerous death threat letters as final defense pleas opened. Twelve jurors from France's last Parliament and twelve from the National Assembly sat through testimony from Fernand Payan and others amid defense appeals against the death penalty. The panel, under strong guard, was expected to need hours to reach a verdict.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Inday
Fettere
Nofdier
Pierre Bloch
Fernand Payan
Fortier
Vichy
Petin
Fiiner
Pelain
Bern
Pagan
Petyin
Ger
Joho Prenhe
Taermberg
Fraove
Aide To County Service Officer Gets Pay Increase
The county service officer and assistant get a $25 per month raise, retroactive to August 4, with the office shifting to state control on October 1. Previously paid by the county, the salaries will be funded by the state as the office comes under state supervision.
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Sam J Pariah
Board of Revenue
Prota
Walter Land Lights
Nips Had Enough Before Atom Bomb Says Chinese Paper
A Chinese Army newspaper portrayed Japan ready to surrender before the first atomic bomb and Soviet entry into the Pacific. It cited Hsieh Nan Kuang as a Formosan Revolutionary League leader and described steps toward a pro-American, pro-British surrender cabinet led by Matsudaira. The report notes Army opposition and a Potsdam peace proposal via Moscow.
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San Tang Po
Japain
Russia
Hsieh Nan Kuang
Avader
Formulan Revolutionary League
Irewspaper
Digite
Tokyo
Japan
Thean
Adm
Kantaro Suzuki
Wrenaw Bohe
Bascawe
Whe Acelin
Marnel Ambassidor Neotwke Sata
Mancow
Kussattitude
Hesvermioent
Moncow
Bag Pheer
Potsdam
Hipahite
County Welfare Budget Fund Increased
The county welfare department budget fund was raised by 25 per month, from 1,8400 to 2,180, approved after Welfare Director Mrs. Collins presented the need. The extra funds cover old age assistance and other welfare needs as the board prepares the forthcoming budget.
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Bord of Revenue
Two Types Sausage Made Ration Free
Pyne fresh pork sausage including breakfast sausage and type 1 smoked pork sausage are now ration free per the Houston County War Price and Rationing Board. Type 4 fresh pork sausage including breakfast sausage and type 4 smoked pork sausage require six points per pound.
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Pyne
Houston County War Proce
Desperate Japanese air attack reported on fleet
Guam AP dispatch says Admiral Halsey third fleet faced a Japanese air assault amid a heavy weather window. More than 1,000 allied ships were in action as Tokyo radio claimed bombers and fighters struck targets around Tokyo. Japan reported losses while Nimitz and Halsey kept high alert.
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Morrie Landsberg
Guam
Admriral Halacy
Tokyo
Beceo
Demel Sgracy
Richard K. O'Mlley
Mert
Halsey
BOC
Nimitz
Okina
Kantoo Platty
Swiss Radio Denies Japanese Recital Of Note Handling
LONRON AP Swiss radio rejects Japanese claims they received the Allied reply to their surrender offer. The station says the reply was delivered through the Japanese envoy in Bern, not via Swiss delegation, and notes the timing differed by Tokyo time.
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Swiss Radio
Japan
Bern
Ennvoy
En Voy
Tokyo
World War II Fronts Report Across Asia and Pacific
The World Today outlines wide Allied and Soviet actions across Asia. Amer- ican carrier planes clash with Japanese targets in Honshu, Okinawa suffers hits, Red Army advances in Manchuria, Soviet marine support aids Korea incursions, Chinese forces capture Chuanhsien, and Pacific theater losses include American casualties and Japanese deaths.
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Nagasaki
Grateful Nation
Cial
Iend
Shigenoi Togo
Togo
Dome
Tokyo Witness
Switzerland
Shunichi Kase
Britain
Bath
Ike
Petain
County Welfare Department
The
TAPAN
Quaka Kobe
Honshu
Okinawa
Radio Tokyo
Miden
Red Packet
Rashin
Navhane
Vindivosio
Yuka
Chuanhsien
Kwes
Kwangsi-Hunan
Sakhalin Island
Anders
Exuters
Philippines
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