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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1945
Page
2
A damaged newspaper fragment from May 11 1945 presents garbled subscription ads and nonsensical lines about rates services and columns. It includes misread names and stray religious quotes, ending with a Bible verse and a proverb about silence.
War Department records pin the ceasefire at one minute after midnight European time on May 8 with 6:01 p.m. Eastern Time as the related moment. Stalin cites 8:00 p.m. European Time as the exact ceasefire hour, while Allies debate a one minute difference, a minor dispute amid victory.
President Truman’s recent statement on Japan is read as an easing toward unconditional surrender without extermination or enslavement of the Japanese people. The move comes as Germany and Japan’s ally accept similar terms, signaling a pivotal moment in Allied war aims.
President Truman outlines unconditional surrender as the route to end the war with Japan, promising return of soldiers to families and jobs while denying extermination. Analysts note potential peace feelers. military planners, including Admiral Nimitz, push toward invading the Japanese home islands, foreseeing a long struggle and reconversion efforts at home.
Read on the San Francisco delegation tensions as Armstrong Dulles and Stassen clash over Argentina and Soviet behavior. Quotes reveal fears of being labeled reactionary while Eden Molotov and Connally influence committees amid detective-like diplomacy.
Warship life details emerge as a correspondent aboard describes signaling flags, wreckage disposal, and daily routines. He notes crew learning to read and write, catapult fuel use, and aboard jargon from SOP to GQ. Interviews with Lieut Starbird and Isidore Silver reveal crew roles and dining.
Radio listings show WAGF tonight featuring Fulton Lewis Jr. MBS performances and various musical segments. The schedule includes orchestral acts, information services, treasury updates, and feature programs across multiple time slots and stations.
List of hourly radio programs and performances across Friday Saturday schedules includes AP News, church choirs, orchestras, comedy shows, and variety acts. Notable entries mention the Goodyear Band Review, Lou Kosloff's Orchestra, Arthur Hale, and The Grand Old Opry Show among others. The prose ends with a reflection on updating expressions to modern speech.
A wartime column surveys Hermann Goering as a dangerous, charismatic leader, ranking him alongside Himmler and Papen in brutality and influence. The piece notes Goering’s role in forming the Reich, creating the Luftwaffe, and orchestrating support for Hitler, with eyewitness detail of a Berlin gathering praising him.
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