Diplomats Hope Japan Accepts Allies Peace Terms
Washington reports suggest VJ day looms as Allies tell Japan they will dictate surrender terms from the moment of capitulation. Tokyo faces choice between immediate surrender with loss of imperial prerogatives or continued war. Officials cite Potsdam terms and possible retention of the emperor as key obstacles to peace. A foreign affairs expert predicts Japan may accept the latest Allied conditions.
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Washington
Tokyo
Japan
London
Moscow
Chungking
Switzerland
Bern
E.W.T
White House
Hirohito
Potsdam
Atomic discovery reshapes world power and policy
The article discusses Truman's pledge to withhold atomic knowledge until a global control system is found, warning that atomic fission could redefine global balance and economic power. It notes debate over sharing secrets and the role of the United Nations, with senators Wiley and O Mahoney weighing secrecy against peaceful use.
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Truman
United States
Rain
Canada
America
Wiley
R-Wis
O'Mahoney
United Nations Orae
Idle Work Stoppage Eases. 30,000 Off Jobs Nationally
Labor trouble subsides as 200 Detroit lumber yards reopen closing shop demands. About 700 workers return after operators granted unions a closed shop vacation pay and higher wages. The dispute had idled over 10,000 Detroit area construction workers and spread to Milwaukee bottling plants and brew firms affecting many more.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ed Thal
AFL Carpenters’ District Council
Regional War Labor Board
Blitzing Company
Milwaukee
Man A
Pabst Compa
Blatz Brew Company
Russian Armored Spearheads Break Into Manchuria
Moscow reports rapid Soviet offensives across the Tieling mountains into western Manchuria near Harbin. Three far eastern armies under Marshal Vasily converge on Harbin while advancing from west, north and east along the Chinese eastern railroad.
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London
Manchuria
Harbin
Moscow
Alexander M. Vasia
Red Army
Manchurian
Hargin
Kharbarovsk
Vladivostok
Kwantung Army
Nylons For New Year View Of Hosiery Man
New York August 1. Roy E. Tilles president of Gotham Hosiery Co predicts nylon stockings will return to stores about four and a half months after government release. If the government follows through with its pledge to release nylon immediately after the war, women can expect nylon hosiery for a victorious new year.
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New York
Roy E. Tilles
Gotham Hosiery Co
Tilles
Atomic blast reportedly hurls Nagasaki toward sea
Observers describe a smoke haze 7,000 feet high stretching 50 miles east of Nagasaki a day after the Nagasaki blast. U S forces report a new, more powerful bomb than the Hiroshima device. Lt Alfred Hageman of St Paul witnesses debris near the Kyushu coast. city damage described as a drastic, seaward collapse.
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Nagasaki
Strategic Air Forces
Navy
Guam
Okinawa
Kyushu
U. S. Army
Hiroshima
Alfred Hageman
Charles Ave
St. Paul
Minn
Far East
Japan
Sixth Army
Five Million May Be Released During One Year
Washington reports that military experts foresee five million or more U S soldiers released within 12 months after V J Day. Immediate releases target 550000 with 85 point scores, with potential extra 1 to 1.5 million discharged in 3 to 4 months after Japan surrender.
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Washington
Aug
War Department
Four House Members Headed for Soviet Union on Eight Week Tour
Four members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ion Ohio Don Ill Ryter Conn Mundt SD plan an eight week trip to Russia and the Balkans. They will depart Washington by Army plane tomorrow with stops in Paris and Berlin en route to Moscow. A second postwar economic planning committee will also travel to Europe for a general survey of economic conditions.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Balkan
Ion
Ohio
Idon
D-Ill
Ryter
D-Conn
Mundt
RSD
Moscow
Paris
Berlin
House
Europe
Wall Street Groggy After Rapid Fire Developments
Wall Street faced a volatile week as atomic bomb news Russia’s Pacific move and Truman’s warning unsettled markets. The Associated Press index rose slightly though volumes surged, with the 60-issue composite at 65.0 and industrials up 1.4 while rails dipped and utilities eased.
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New York
Wall Street
Russia
Pacific
Truman
Tokyo
Associated Press
711 Japanese Planes Are Destroyed
Admiral Nimitz said U S and British carrier planes destroyed or damaged 711 enemy planes on northern Honshu Thursday and Friday, increasing the prior tally by 188. Two days’ toll also listed 35 enemy vessels sunk or damaged, including seven destroyers and escorts. Allied losses showed seven American aircraft and crews and seven British planes with pilots.
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Guam
Japan
Nimitz
U. S
Honshu
New Greek Cabinet Includes Voulgaris as Interior Minister
Athens reports a new Greek cabinet sworn in with Premier Petros Voulgaris as interior minister to lead postwar reconstruction. Gen. John Georgoulis serves as interior undersecretary, Basil Voilas becomes hygiene minister, George Ceconomou leads education, Gregory Kassimatis heads public works provisionally, and Michael Pesmazoglou is provisional press minister.
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Athens
Petros Voulgaris
John Georgoulis
Basil Voilas
George Ceconomou
Gregory Kassimatis
FBI Passes Required for Bomb Plant Access
The army disclosed that even FBI agents guarding the atomic bomb secrets needed special passes to enter bomb plants. The Manhattan Engineer District ran the security operation under Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, with Col. ., Jr. and Lt. Col. W. A. Consedine setting intelligence and security policies.
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Washington
Army
FBI
War Department
Manhattan
Leslie R. Groves
Army Military Intelligence Division
Cleveland, O
W. A. Consedine
Newark
N. J
Intel
267 200 Years Of Labor Are Needed In N C
A U S soil conservation service report says North Carolina’s 31 452 000 acres require 267 020 man years of labor to conserve land and water. The plan would improve land and increase employment across the state with about 43 234 000 acres in need nationwide.
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Washington
North Carolina
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
United States
Atomic Power is Natural Says Einstein
In a 30 minute interview at his summer residence in Saranac Lake Einstein said atomic energy is not supernatural or unnatural. He emphasized that atomic power is derived from imitation of the sun's rays and that no one should fear atomic energy as a supernatural product. He also stated science did not draw on supernatural strength in developing nuclear energy.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Albert Einstein
Knollywood Club
Einstein
Four Transports and Hospital Ship To Arrive Today
Four transports and a hospital ship carrying 6 641 U S troops are set to reach New York tomorrow. The Marine Angel carries 2 997 men and will dock near Camp Shanks Piermont. Santa Rosa, the largest vessel, sails into Pier 84 with 3 175 men and 158 Japanese personnel. The Thistle brings 447 patients, the George W Goethals 17 men, and the Joseph C Lincoln five.
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New York
U. S
Europe
Marine Angel
Camp Shanks Pier
Piermont
N. Y
Santa Rosa
Pier 84
North River
Harold Nisley
Ellis Island
U. S. Army
Thistle
George W. Goethals
Joseph C. Lincoln
Woman Beheaded by Sword Attack In Seattle
The sheriff reports Mrs Ida Leslie was beheaded by a sword wielding attacker as she ran into a neighbor’s yard. A man identified by the neighbor as her assailant is held for investigation. neighbor Lulu McLean recalls seeing blood streaming down Mrs Leslie’s neck.
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Seattle
Wash
Sheriff's Office
Ida Leslie
Lulu McLean
Bned
McLean
High Post in Japan Occupation Might Go to MacArthur or Marshall
Washington rumors swirl over who will lead the occupation of Japan after capitulation. If the big four’s terms are accepted the supreme commander could be Gen George C. Marshall or Gen Douglas MacArthur with Navy Adm Chester W. Nimitz also named as a possibility.
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Washington
Japan
Ao Segunane
George CC. Mar
Douglas MacArthur
Charles Ross
White House
Chester W. Nimitz
MacArthur
Pacific
Marshall
Congress To Curtail Its Vacation
Congress plans a shortened recess and will reconvene around September 4 to tackle five major postwar issues. Topics include federal unemployment benefits, surplus property disposal, a broad employment bill to create up to 60,000 peacetime jobs, and related labor and war agency legislation. Leaders from the White House and Senate agreed, with McCormack confirming by phone.
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Congress
Man
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
White House
End Of War With To Increase UNRRA Funds
London reports UNRRA chief Herbert Lehman says more than 2 billion dollars in new funds are needed to sustain relief and rehabilitation as the war nears its end in the Pacific. He warned that without unified action, famine and disease will devastate liberated peoples.
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London
Herbert Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Pacific
CBS
UNRRA
Prgram
Lehman
Unitation
York
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