Navy Formula Aims to Release Up to 2 Million Soldiers
Washington reports that a new Navy point system could release 0.9 to 2.5 million personnel within 18 months. The Army may extend discharges, Marine Corps mirrors the system, and War Secretary Stimson emphasizes speed only after Japan accepts surrender terms. An order also speeds release for enlisted personnel and WACs over 38 if replacements exist.
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Churchill outlines Potsdam era atomic plans and foes
London AP reports Winston Churchill telling the Commons that he and President Truman did not know at Potsdam how long Japan could hold out. He praised atomic bomb tests in New Mexico as a decisive, costly victory and argued the weapon should not yet be disclosed to other nations. Churchill cited Stalin’s wartime promises and noted Germany’s surrender on May 8 and the Soviet entry on August 8 as aligned, praising Allied fidelity.
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New Mexico
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Dothan Wins WPB OK for First Postwar Freeze Plant
Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm M. Walding wins War Production Board approval for a Dothan cold storage and quick freeze plant the first in Alabama since Japan’s surrender. The $537,500 project will have 500 storage lockers, start within six weeks, and finish by December 1 after Walding finds a site and secures materials. Plans name the operation Dothan Frozen Food and Cold Storage Plant. Walding, a chemical engineer native to Opp, returns to civilian life August 20 after nine years in the Army.
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Restaurants Open But City's Stores Closed Til Friday
Stores in the city remained closed through today with openings set for Friday morning. Restaurants and sandwich shops resumed regular business while milk, bakery items, and some drugstore services appeared limited. Post office operations and many city offices were shut, with only a few county offices and tax/assessor functions active amid holiday notices after Japan’s capitulation.
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Allied Fleet With 133 Line Vessels Smashed Japan
The Allied Pacific fleet that defeated Japan totaled 133 ships of the line, including eight American and one British battleships, 16 American and four British aircraft carriers, 19 American and six British cruisers, and 62 American plus 17 British destroyers. Admiral Wirtz released the breakdown in a communique covering July 10 to the war’s end, praising service fleet units for essential work enabling sinkings against Japan.
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Admiral Halsey
Pfc Thomas Floyd Drowns in Washington Channel
Pfc. Thomas Floyd, 28, a military policeman at the Army War College, drowned last night after falling from a pier into the Washington Channel. His parents live in Gordon, Alabama. Harbor police recovered the body as two fellow soldiers attempted a rescue.
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Alabama's War Production Role Highlighted Across State
An Associated Press survey notes Alabama fueled national war effort with its natural resources labor force and federal funding. Birmingham emerged as a munitions hub while shipyards expanded at Mobile and Decatur. New blast furnaces at Fairfield and Gadsden boosted output, and facilities like Redstone Arsenal and Anniston Ordnance Depot anchored military production.
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Selma
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Farm-Market Road Paving to Start Next Week
Houston County will begin paving the Hodgesville to pine five mile farm-to-market road early next week. Equipment is ready and paving is expected to finish around October 1. The Hodgesville project is among five farm-to-market roads slated for paving soon plus five other county funded projects. Developments depend on contractor negotiations to pave the road.
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Jap Balloon Bomb Narrowly Missed Detroit Last May
DETROIT AP State Civil Defense authorities disclosed that the Detroit area nearly faced a Japanese balloon bomb last May. A bomb was found 30 miles northwest of Detroit and a second explosive near Grand Rapids. A third balloon was sighted over Sault Ste. Marie with a Navy plane attempting to shoot it down. The plane climbed to 17 000 feet but fell short, and unexplained forest fires in northern Michigan were suspected to be caused by such devices.
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Wind carries fear as bombs from Japan evade searchers
Authorities warn unexploded bomb laden balloons may keep search parties busy long after hostilities end. About 230 balloons were found drifting across the Pacific, prompting caution to prevent injury or damage from undiscovered devices.
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America
Pacific
Alaxke
Fill er Up Dazed by Unrationed Gasoline Returns
Gasoline rationing ended yesterday across the nation prompting cheerful crowds at stations in Dalhan and Pothedac. Operators report busy days with motorists filling tanks fully, planning trips and celebrating the end of restrictions. Some skeptics kept ration coupons just in case as pumps ran brisk.
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No Early Liquor Ration End Seen
MONTGOMERY Ala TAP There is no immediate prospect for the lifting of liquor rationing in Alabama. Gunn state beverage control administrator said the central board awaits offers from distillers but new supplies must be aged and an increase was anticipated soon. We may be able to raise the ration a little possibly by a quart a month but that is guess work with no definite proposal.
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Alabama
Gunn
Gaid Y Toda
Central Board
Fair ban lifted. defense rules eased on events
Washington AP report states the Office of Defense Transportation removes the ban on holding state and regional fairs and relaxes restrictions on conventions. The move aims to ease travel and commerce while maintaining safety guidelines.
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Washington
Defense Transportation
General Income Tax Reduction Is Forecast
A Washington report outlines expected moderate personal income tax cuts starting January, with payroll withholdings easing for many but larger gains for higher earners. It notes possible repeal of the wartime “victory tax” and automatic reductions in taxes on items like alcohol and theater tickets six months after hostilities end, subject to final Congressional action and presidential declarations.
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America Had More Atom Bombs Ready
Spokane report quotes Col Franklin to Matthias stating the United States had more atomic bombs that could have been dropped if Japan delayed surrender. He notes ongoing production and that workers at the Richland plant would be ordered to prepare additional bombs.
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Japan
County Offices To Close Half Day Starting Saturday
Probate Judge Saxon P. Poyner said county courthouse offices will close half a Saturday afternoon, a policy adopted by the county Board of Revenue. The probate office will operate with half-holiday staffing by alternating schedules while other offices close on Saturday afternoons as readopted.
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Saxon P. Poyner
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Reconversion Warnings Shape Postwar Controls
Washington officials warn that lessons from 1918 to 1920 justify maintaining price and wage controls during reconversion. Officials say inflation sparing prices are essential to avoid wrecking industry and government plans as wartime restraints crumble. The public discarded gasoline coupons and ration points, signaling a shift as policy statements outline unfolding postwar aims.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
No. 10
Peacetime military training urged by Truman
President Truman said he will ask Congress to enact a peacetime military training program not tied to conscription. Draft will continue to bring in young men as replacements for veterans while Germany and Japan remain occupied. He cited Potsdam talks and said no fixed end date for occupation, stressing rehabilitation of defeated nations.
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Truman
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Japan
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Europe
Two Autos Collide Injuring Two on Headland Highway
Two men escaped serious injury when their cars collided on the Headland highway near Ramney and Sonn Livestock Company. Drivers Cartan Smith and Billy Parrigh, both of Dothan, reported by Police Sergeant P C Burdeshaw and Patrolman Tain Halland. Vehicles damaged in the impact.
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Nippon Says Orders Reach Troops In 8 to 12 Days
General MacArthur said Japanese emissaries could not reach Manila today and that surrender terms would take 8 to 12 days to reach troops in front lines. The notice cites delays due to ghostage and outlines plans for the Imperial family to verify a cease fire.
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Japanese Force In China Reported To Have Surrendered
Chungking AP report says General Yasuge Okaimure commander of Japanese forces in China radioed to Chiang Kai shek agreeing to surrender. Okamura was gunned as the bulk had withdrawn from Nanking. Chen Kung-po, acting puppet premier, claimed to hold the Nanking Shanghai Hangzhou corridor for the national government with 300000 puppet troops. He apologized for Chow Chi Hai’s execution and opposition to supporting Chungking.
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Yasuge Okaimure
China
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Chen Kung-po
Nanking
Alligator Invades Police Station Moves to Zoo
In Montgomery Alabama at 4 20 am a young alligator wandered into a police station during a victory night celebration. Police believe it escaped from the Alabama River a few yards away and called it V 3 before transporting it to the zoo and Osh Park.
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Joe Seaman
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Osh Park
Carrier Planes Fight in Self Defense Near Tokyo
GUAM AP crack pilots of Admired aleey fleet engaged in self defense after orders to cancel operations and return to base They had just begun the first of six or seven strikes on Tokyo area when the cancellation came On the way back they shot down 26 Japanese fighters bringing their total this past week to 1175 enemy planes destroyed or damaged Several comrades did not return from the early morning post surrender clash near Chofu ten miles west of Tokyo Lt Ted W Hansen said they were between Always and Tokyo Bay when the message came
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Truman Rules Japan Won't Get Revenge Fate
President Truman said in his first peacetime news conference that Japan will have no chance for revenge after surrender. He noted atomic bomb science could aid mankind if Congress agrees. MacArthur to announce surrender signing, no need for occupation zones, wartime draft to end by Congress action.
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Pacific
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Dale County Youth Shot In Accidental Firearm Incident
A 13 year old Dale County boy was accidentally shot with a .22 rifle by his older brother at their home on the Dothan Ozark highway two miles from Ozark. He was rushed to a Dothan hospital at noon for emergency surgery. Ambulance crews said the boy did not know the rifle was loaded. The victim is described as son of Red Benton and his first name was not learned.
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