Hal Boyle Remembers Ernie Pyle and Dana Roots
In Dana Indiana Hal Boyle recalls Ernie Pyle's boyhood home and family. Aunt Mary Bales keeps the farmhouse and memories alive while sharing stories of Pyle's humble beginnings and lasting humanity. The piece contrasts Boyle's and Pyle's war reporting paths and notes Pyle's death in the Pacific.
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Supers Attack Homeland Burns Japanese Cities In Raid
Guam August 6 Four more Japanese industrial cities faced mass fire as 580 B-29s attacked Nishinomiya Maebashi Imabari and Saga with incendiaries and demolition bombs. Pilots reported light opposition though one Jet fighter was sighted near Maebashi. The raid, paired with earlier attacks, burned about 160 square miles of war production districts and signaled Japan's surrender pressure.
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Gordon P. Marshal
Sacramento
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Nishinomiya
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Radio Tokyo
Spaatz
MacArthur command expanded as allies plan final push on Japan
The World Today notes Gen. MacArthur's Pacific army now includes Okinawa and Ryukyu lands as preparations for Japan's final conquest. The piece says the move boosts MacArthur's stature and signals Allies will not delay surrender pressures. It emphasizes continued bombing and naval assault targeting Japan and warns Nippon's navy is impotent and air power fading.
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Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
America
Britain
Tokyo
Manila
Germany
Europe
Nippon
Kweilin Sacked by Japanese Amid Reports of Mass Dead
Dispatches from Chungking and Kanhsien detail the sacking of Kweilin by Japanese forces with 50 000 Chinese dead or missing in six months of occupation. Other reports cite over 1 000 civilian deaths in Ichang and alleged poisoned injections.
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OWI
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Ichang
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Truman Nears Shores of His Native Land
President Truman sails toward the U S coast aboard the USS Augusta after the Potsdam talks. The party speeds home at 26 knots as Chaplin Kenneth Perkins leads Protestant services for the group, including Byrnes and Skipper James H. Foskett, with Truman in a light brown summer suit joining in hymns and prayers.
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President Truman
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Potsdam
Truman
Chaplin Kenneth Perkins
Savona
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Defeat Admitted For Universal Training
Congressional backers of universal military training admit they have almost lost the fight. They may try to push a compulsory training plan when Congress reconvenes in October, but expect little success. The House postwar military policy committee chaired by Rep Woodrum recommends the program, backed by the army navy and veterans groups, but opposed by church leaders educators and organized labor.
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Five Die in Detroit Orphanage Fire
A Sunday night explosion and blaze at the Evangelical home for orphans and old people on West Grand Boulevard left five dead, including two seven year old brothers, and one inmate critically injured. Over 120 residents were saved by staff and firefighters. victims identified as Albert and Alfred Cade seven Christine Lenth twenty Elizabeth Berch eighty two Ida Albrecht eighty five. Helene Kreutz ninety is listed in critical condition from shock and smoke inhalation. Inspector George W. Smith of the Detroit fire arson squad investigates the basement laundry fire.
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Alfred Cade
Christine Lenth
Elizabeth Berch
Ida Albrecht
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Helene Kreutz
George W. Smith
Detroit Fire Department
Evangelical Home For Orphans and
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Counterattacking Japs Beaten Back By Americans
Manila reports Japanese counterattacks repelled as MacArthur notes 4 740 dead and 444 prisoners in the week. Yamashita still eludes capture in Luzon as American and Filipino forces press the siege north of Bagio with air raids and ground advances aided by the 32nd division bounty offer.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Luzon
MacArthur
United States
Yamashita
Malaya
Baguio
Philippines
Kiangan
Mayayao
Sierra Madre
13Th Air Force
William Gill
Snake's Alive Cultists Plan Further Rites At Virginia Site
In St Charles Virginia Aug 6 A group calling themselves Stone Creek snake cultists resumed rites after state troopers seized a copperhead. About 3000 witnesses saw the reptile removed and later another snake shown. Rev Leroy Sanders and Rev Oscar Hutton defended their faith pledging to persevere despite governor orders to confiscate poisonous snakes.
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Leroy Sanders
Harlan County
Oscar Hutton
Landon Foresees Third Party Rise In United States
Topeka Kansas August 6 Former presidential candidate Alf Landon said the labor party victory in Great Britain signals a coming third party movement in the United States. He urged focus on reform and warned of shifting political tides influenced by international events.
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Kas
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Great Britain
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New Weapon Is Revealed By Truman
President Truman announced in a White House statement that the first atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima unleashed power surpassing 20,000 tons of TNT. He warned of further powerful forms and urged Congress to consider a commission to control atomic power.
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United States
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Winston Churchill
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Senator Hiram W. Johnson Dies at 80
Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California, longtime opponent of the league of nations, died today at Navalre at age 79 after a thrombosis of a cerebral artery. A veteran Republican in the senate since 1916, he opposed Wilsons covenant and later US adherence to the world court. His wife was present. Senate President McKellar announced a funeral committee.
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Hiram W. Johnson
California
League of Nations
San Francisco
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Navalre
Robert E. Dunecan
USN
Senate
Congress
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League of Nations Covenant
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World Court
McKellar
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Connally
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Principle Of New Atomic Weapon Explained By Sun Power
Science Editor explains President Truman's statement that the atomic bomb derives its force from sun like power. Sun heat results from atomic disintegration not ordinary fire, with atoms and subatomic particles releasing vast energy. The article notes unknown inter atomic forces and the concept of smashing the atom as a source of massive explosions.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Truman
Tobacco sales exceed mark set in 1944
The Carolina border belt tobacco markets opened for three days selling over nineteen million pounds. Flue cured leaf fetched three cents per pound higher on average than 1944. The USDA reported a weekly average of 44.04 dollars per hundred pounds, up from 43 last year, with a season to date average of 40.90. margins varied by leaf quality and region across Georgia and Florida markets.
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Georgia-Florida
USDA
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Valdosta
Georgia
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