Sensational Soviet Advances In Manchuria Reported
Moscow dispatches describe Stalin tanks infantry and cavalry breaking through Manchurian defenses with multiple gates opened and gains up to 33 miles. Soviet Pacific fleet units are in action as Outer Mongolia declares war on Japan and attacks spread toward Hulun Beilun Harbin region.
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Red Army
Manchuria
Moscow
Tokyo
Korea
Sakahlin Island
Moscow Radio
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Inner Mongolia
Japan
Lupin
Manchouli
Lake Bor
Sugari River
Khabarovsk
Hulun
Hailar
Beiping
China
Martime
Vladivostok
Fu Yuan
Harbin
Japan’s War End Seen Near as Emperor Status Uncertain
J M Roberts Jr argues Japan may have folded and faces a face-saving exit. The Tokyo declaration signals an inability to continue the war, with the emperor’s prerogatives in flux. U.S. policy and Potsdam influence guide possible outcomes as the puppet emperor narrative persists.
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Japan
Tokyo
Potsdam
United States
Potsdam Neement
New Bus Line for Winston and High Point
The utilities commission grants Greensboro-Fayetteville a daily round trip bus line between High Point and Winston-Salem via U S 311 and another between Rockingham and the South Carolina line via U S No 1. The order cites a 1932 agreement with Camel City Coach and its 1939 confirmation, amid a dispute over Interstate Commerce Commission rulings.
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Raleigh
The
Utilities Commission
Greensboro - Fayetteville
High Point
Winston- Salem
U. S. Highway 311
Rockingham
South Carolina Line
Greensboro-Fayetteville
Camel City Coach Company
Winston-Salem
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
Barricades Around White House Erected Amid War-Week Tension
Barricades were thrown up around entrances to the White House as the end of the war atmosphere gripped Washington. Pedestrians were barred from the Pennsylvania Avenue sidewalk and former military police returned to patrol duty there. Knots of onlookers gathered in the morning, kept to the far side of the avenue and Lafayette Park across the street.
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Washington
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive Mansion
Avenue
LaFayette Park
Boyle's War Notes on Nazi Blunders and the Battle of the Bulge
In San Francisco an American operations expert assesses Nazi missteps in World War II. Col. Russell Akers argues the Battle of the Bulge hastened Nazi collapse by months and suggests a delay of the outcome if the Roer River dams had been defended longer.
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San Francisco
Belgian
Bulge
von Rundstedt
Col
Russell
Red” Akers
Nelson County
North Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Roer River
Belgium
Roer
Head Of Grange Gets New Post
Washington August 10 Caldwell master of the North Carolina state grange is named secretary treasurer of the American plant food council by Rep Woodrum Caldwell who lives in Greensboro has held several civic posts Woodrum also announced the opening of the fertilizer industry's council offices in the Union Trust building here.
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Washington
Harry B. Caldwell
North Carolina State Grange
American Plant Food Council
Rep
Woodrum
D-Va
Caldwell
State Planning Board
Farmers’ Cooperative Council
Allied Church League
Greensboro
Union Trust
Pacific Fleet reports huge carrier raid destroys Nipponese planes
United States and British carrier pilots reported destroying or damaging 259 Nipponese aircraft and gliders on northern Honshu in a preliminary Halsey fleet count. Eleven enemy planes fell to antiaircraft and fighter action during raids from Misawa to Matsushima as part of operations aligned with Russian entry into the war.
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Japan
Lupin
Hutou
Hunchin
Honshu
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Guam
Honshu Island
Admiral Halsey
Halsey
Misawa
Matsushima
Damn Emperor Says Senators Split Over Japanese Surrender
U S Senate reaction to the Japanese surrender offer shows divisions. Senator Stewart of Tennessee calls for hanging the emperor if needed, while Senator Mitchell of Washington favors acceptance if within Potsdam terms. Chairman Vinson supports retaining the emperor with controls, and Senator Langer backs unconditional surrender.
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Washington
Stewart
D-Tenn
Mitchell
D-Wash
Vinson D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Langer
R-N
Chinese Capital Puts On a Wild Demonstration
Jubilation swept Chungking tonight as reports spread that Japan accepted terms of Potsdam. Crowds ran through streets shouting and cheering as American GIs were hailed and fireworks flared. Similar celebrations were reported across free China amid the war’s turning moment.
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Chungking
China
Japan
Free China
Atomic blast over Nagasaki seen from 250 miles away
Allied pilots far from Nagasaki describe the fireball rising 8 000 feet and smoke columns to 20 000 feet, with General Spaatz calling the damage good though partially obscured. Hiroshima reports say the city was 60 percent destroyed and radio Tokyo notes widespread destruction.
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Guam
Nagasaki
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
Okinawa
Kyushu
Spaatz
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Hiroshima
Radio Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo Arsenal
Goldsboro Man Named Head of School Board
Dr. R. J. Rose of Goldsboro was elected president of the North Carolina state school board association by mail ballot. J. A. Overton of Sanford was elected vice president and J. Temple Gobbel of Chapel Hill reelected treasurer. New directors include J. H. Carpenter of Rutherfordton and N. C. English of Thomasville. continuing members are S. Hutchinson, F. M. Patterson, and R. L. Noblin.
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Chapel Hill
Guy B. Phillips
R. J. Rose
Goldsboro
North Carolina State School Board Association
Dr. Rose
T. E. Powell
Eton College
J. A. Overton
Sanford
J. Temple Gobbel
J. H. Carpnter
Rutherfordton
Truman Warns Japanese Citizens To Leave Their Cities
President Truman warned Nippon that unless surrender comes, atomic bomb campaign will destroy Japanese industry city by city to shorten the war. He urged Japanese citizens to flee doomed cities and saved for peace. The radio address tied Berlin Big Three decisions to securing peace and building US bases on captured Pacific islands. He said no next war and no secret commitments beyond current military arrangements.
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Truman
John M. Hightower
Washington
Tokyo
Nippon
Berlin
Attlee
Russia
Japan
Stalin
Japan Offers Surrender if Hirohito Remains Power
The Stockholm radio reports Japan has sent a note via Sweden offering surrender under the Potsdam declaration if Emperor Hirohito can retain power. The White House says no official received yet and fighting continues. Britain and allies weigh the offer as Tokyo broadcasts claim possible immediate acceptance through official channels.
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Associated Press
Japan
Hirohito
White House
Domet
United States
Downing Street
Britain
Russia
China
Sweden
Switzerland
Moscow Radio
Tokyo
Shigenari Togo
Potsdam
Ritain
U. S. Office of War Information
E.M. Zacharias
U. S
FCC
Domei Agency
Army units arrive in United States from Europe officers report
Today 85th infantry regiment of the 10th mountain division and signals battalion detachment sail to New York aboard Marine Fox with other units aboard Luther Martin Samuel Livermore George W. McCrary and ships. Boston sees 850th and 849th air engineer squadrons aboard John Harvard. Hampton Roads receives elements of the 86th mountain infantry aboard Blue Ridge Victory.
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Associated Press
United States
Europe
New York
Marine Fox
85Th Infantry
10Th Mountain Division
51St Signal Operating Battalion
Luther Martin
Infantry
Samuel Livermore
Ninth Air Force Advance Depot Area Command No. 1
George W. McCrary
498Th Air Service Group
Boston
John Harvard
Hampton Roads
Blue Ridge Victory
86Th Mountain Infantry Regiment
Okinawa Celebrates Possible Japanese Surrender
Okinawa soldiers celebrate a possible Japanese surrender with fireworks and gunfire on the American held island near 325 miles from Japan. The celebrations followed unofficial word that Japan might quit and sparked fears of a late attack as air raid sirens wailed and supply depots received requests for gas masks.
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Okinawa
Japan
Truman Heads Cabinet Session Amid Pending War News
President Truman convened his cabinet at the White House for a 2 p.m. meeting as Pacific fighting continued and no official surrender confirmation had reached Washington. Byrnes and others awaited a formal Japanese surrender proposal amid intense press interest.
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Washington
Truman
Pacific
Potsdam
White House
Byrnes
Hyatt Awarded Custody of His 3-Year-Old Child
Arthur J. Hyatt a discharged soldier was awarded custody of his three year old daughter Ann Lessie by Judge William M. York in Greensboro juvenile court. The mother Cynthia Grace Hyatt was acquitted of murder charges in the death of their 14 months old son Tommy and did not contest the case. Hyatt said he and his wife would separate.
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Greensboro
Arthur J. Hyatt
Ann Lessie
William M. York
Cynthia Grace Hyatt
Tommy
Hyatt
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