Eisenhower Visits Moscow for Short Soviet Greeting
Gen. Eisenhower and Marshal Zhukov arrive in Moscow and are greeted by a large ceremony at the airport. Eisenhower says it is a pleasure to visit the capital of a country that aided wartime victory. He is to review a massive physical culture parade the next day with Soviet and allied officials in attendance.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
Georgi Zhukov
Ger- Eisenhower
John Eisenhower
Red Army
S. A. Antonov
Lucius D. Clay
Ear and Control
P. J. Davis
Nations face a choice of peace or peril in atomic age
The article cites Sen Burton and Sen Hatch urging united action on world energy and law. Sir John speaks in Britain about atom power as a potential weapon or progress tool, warning statesmanship is needed to keep science peaceful. It contrasts democracy and fascism in guiding humanity amid atomic threats.
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Sen. Burton
R-Ohio
United Nations Economic Social Council
Sen Hatch
D-Nm
Britain
Sir John
Soviet Pacific forces press north of Harbin amid 85 mile front advances
The Baikal army led by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky moved through the Khin range and along the eastern railroad, reaching within 280 miles northwest of Harbin. Soviet bombers attacked Japanese rail lines as ground forces and air units pushed forward, with 15 towns captured on an 85 mile front linking Mulingchan to Panchiehho. The Red Banner Pacific reported under Ivan Yumashev.
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Aria
Khin Range
Baikal
Marshal Rodion
Malinovsky
Budapest
Ander
Ukrai
Harbin
Vladivostok
Mulingchan
Mutankiang
Rashin Seishin
Panchiehho
Vostok
Moscow
Red Banner Pacific
Ivan Yumashev
Remnants of City Burned Amid Raid Reports
Staff details describe extensive fire as 95 percent of the city burned after a raid. Lt Hageman notes bombs struck near sixth army positions while destroyer escorts and raiders sustained damage. Gunner Guy Troyer and others report aircraft actions and lingering dangers in the area.
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Hageman
Sixth Army
Guy L
Fort Madi
Kyushu
Troyer
Weather Forecast for North Carolina Weekend
Partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change expected Sunday and Monday. Scattered showers and possible thunderstorms appear Monday afternoon and in the far western portion Sunday afternoon.
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North Carolina
Allied air action reports heavy damage to ships and ground targets
The report details enemy losses including ships sunk and damaged, ground installations struck, and rail facilities damaged. It notes 391 enemy planes destroyed and 320 damaged over two days, plus ongoing cautions from MacArthur and Spaatz that hostilities may not have ended, despite hopeful statements.
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U. S
Murume
Kyushu
Far East
MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Spaatz
Allied radio dispatch from Swiss legation on Japanese surrender terms
The United States and allies sent a surrender offer via radio to Bern where Japanese Minister Shumishi Kase transmitted it onward. The message states that after surrender the emperor’s authority will be subject to the supreme commander of the Allied powers with Japan to decide its future government under Allied supervision. The supreme commander will be American, per Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross.
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Bern
State Department
Political Department
Shumishi Kase
Kase
Real
Pacific
Agen Ete
Hirohito
Washington
London
Charles G. Ross
Office of War Information Tonight
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Japan
FCC
Domei
United States
Russia
Land Use Plan Proposes Woodland Grazing Shift in State
A report calls for converting 267 200 years of cropland to woodland or grazing and suggests using 118 509 000 acres for grazing and 2 934 000 acres for woodland to support crops. It outlines methods such as contour planting cover crops residue management rotation green manures and terracing. The current cultivated land totals 16 288 000 acres with 9 687 000 for occasional cultivation and 11 476 000 for grazing or woodland use.
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Carolina
Radio Tokyo Surrenders Echoed in U S Debate
In Washington officials discuss reconversion plans as Senate leaders hint at early return. Senator Walter F George cites Truman talks and interprets the Allied surrender terms as unconditional yet dictating the emperor’s subordination to an Allied commander, signaling a stark choice for Japan’s war leadership.
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Radio
Tokyo
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Congress
Georgia
Walter F. George
Truman
Japan
Wall Street Week Sees Stocks Rally Amid War News
Markets swung through the week with steels rails and utilities rebounding while select shares rose about two points. Russia’s declaration of war on Japan arrived as trading opened and then the market turned bullish. Investors split peacetime and war rated stocks, with bonds and commodities mirroring equities and London stocks maintaining firm sentiment.
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Russia
Japan
Exchange
London
Detachment Led by Calvert Manages War Department Security
A war department security detachment, described as the most difficult security job, was led by Maj. H. K. Calvert from Oklahoma City and assigned to Col. K. D. Nichols in the Manhattan district. Calvert later went to London on foreign bomb development duties, replaced by Lt. Col. W. B. Parsons of Seattle. The unit, with HQ at Oak Ridge Tennessee, operated nationwide under Clinton Engineer Works.
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War Department
H. K. Calvert
Oklahoma City
K. D. Nichols
Manhattan
Calvert
London
W. B. Parsons
Seattle
Wash
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Clinton Engineer Works
Stork Helps Man Win Pardon In Johnstown Case
A car owner rushed his work to the hospital in time to deliver his baby after police stopped him for an auto-use stamp delay. He explained the delivery as his reason, and authorities granted pardon on both counts.
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STORK
Johnstown
P. S
Fierce fighting near Chuanhse as Chinese push toward Kwangsi
Chinese high command reported heavy combat southwest of Chuanhsien near the northern Kwangsi frontier. Other forces advanced east of Kweilin to eliminate remaining Japanese pockets in Kwangsi while a recapture of Wuchow on the Si River was claimed, signaling intensified effort ahead of Japan’s surrender.
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Chungking
Chuanhsien
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Kwangsi
Tiger Pass
Ane
Fukwan
Ormer
Wuchow
Tsangwu
Canton
China
Japan
Einstein Talks on Atomic Bombs and Control
The article recalls Prof. Albert Einstein's views on atomic energy, potential commercial use, and the likelihood of early international control. It notes his reluctance to discuss ongoing political questions and his stay at Knollwood with Miss Dukas and family, while describing his simple attire and the media attention.
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Hirohima
Prof. Eisenstein
War Department
Japan
Einstein
Russia
Walsh
Hollywood
Clb
Jelen Dukas
Prof. Einstein
Knollwood
Miss Dukas
Margo Einstein
M Winteler
Poe
Princeton University
Germany
Saranac Lake
Victory Exhibit Paris Opens Air War Show Under Eiffel Tower
The largest display of grounded air power seen by the French opened on the Champs de Mars under the Eiffel Tower. The U S Army Air Forces exhibition covers 300000 square feet and depicts every phase of aerial warfare in the conquest of Germany with planes pictures equipment and film showing the American role in driving the Luftwaffe from the sky.
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Paris
INS
U. S. Army Air Forces
Champs de Mars
Eiffel Tower
Germany
Spare Parts Warehouse Packs Trouble For Tokyo
The war era spare parts depot near Joliet Illinois serves 49 buildings on 33 acres with 3182 workers. It handles 960 manufacturers to supply critical parts to forward island bases and trains seabees in spare parts control from a central hub bearing the nickname college of Spare parts knowledge.
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Tokyo
William J. Conway
AP News
Joilet
Ill
Paci Islands
Navy
Naval Pas
Toilet
Spare Parts Control Methods School
The
College of Spare Parts Knowledge
Bay State rustlers adopt streamlined cattle theft method
Massachusetts reports a new cattle rustling technique using fast stealth, silent guns, and covered trucks to seize cattle from pastures. Losses include multiple cows and a calf with carcasses moved to hidden sheds or secret forks. Officials coordinate with police and require official OPA licenses on all slaughtered cattle.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Westwood-Dedham
Bay State
Elmsford
Topsfield
New Hampshire
Congress acts on government reorganization plan
Barkley said he would contact committee chairs to start hearings and prepare legislation for calendar by September 4. He noted Congress need not return early as spade work remains and that Truman approves the move with full cooperation.
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President Truman
Barkley
Congress
Reconversion Will Be Successful Says Mead
Senate War Investigating Committee Chairman Mead expressed confidence that reconversion will be completely successful. He noted prior warnings about abrupt war end dangers and said speeding reconversion and securing jobs for returning veterans and released war workers can still be achieved in time.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
Pacific
Britain Becomes Leading Orchid Producer Worldwide
London reports Britain now the top orchid producing nation with over 23 000 plants shipped to America in recent years and a steadily growing trade.
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Exotic Industry
London
INL
Britain
America
ODT approves Dallas Hereford expo for 1945 show
ODT's convention ban will not stop the Greater Pan-American Hereford exposition in Dallas in November 2011. Executive director Alex Mickle says the show has the green light. The item also notes near extinction of the California condor and whooping crane and mentions Chinese paper money denominations from five cents to 500 dollars.
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ODT O
China
Cherry Names Committees on Resources
Governor Cherry announced members to the North Carolina resource-use education commission with terms at his pleasure. The executive committee includes Dr Gordon W Blackwell and Felix A Grisette among others, while agency representatives span Raleigh to Chapel Hill and include educators, researchers, and administrators across UNC Duke and state colleges.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Ted
North Line
Gordon W. Blackwell
Institute For Research In Social Science
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Felix A. Grisette
State Lanning Board
Paul Elly
State Board of Conservation
Paul Kelly
Harold D. Meyer
Remmi W. Kerr
Erry H. Shuford
Ellen Black Winston
E. B. Garrett
M. #. Kline
L. D. Bauer
Milton L. Braun
Salisbury
Clarence Korstian
Duke University
D. B. Bryan
Wake Forest
William L. Porter
Davidson College
W. E. Bird
Western Carolina Teachers College
Boone
P. W. Picklesimer
East Carolina Teachers College
Greenville
W. M. Grubbs
Aplachian State Teachers College
W. L. Greene
Russell Gruman
E. N. Howell
Swannanoa
W. P. Jacobs
Helen L. Macon
Annie Laurie McDonald
F. H. McNutt
Woman's College
UNC
Greensboro
Julian Miller
Charlotte
Ethel Perkins
H. A. Perry
W. Carson Ryan
Dean I. O. Schaub
The
Agricultural Extension Service
James E. Shepherd
North Carolina College For Negroes
Durham
Harold L. Trigg
Elizabeth City
Margaret McGimsey
Morganton
James le Gwin
Mitscher Credits Carrier Supremacy for Victory over Japan
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher declared Japan beaten and carrier supremacy defeated her. He said carrier power, used with air and ground support, enabled U S bases near Japan and opened the way to the atomic era. Marine Maj General Turnage praised allied teamwork in the victory.
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Washington
Marc A. Mitscher
Japan
Task Force 58
Naval Operations
Air
Mitscher
Naval Ocean
Allen H. Turnage
Marine Corps
Columbia Broadcasting System
Warren Urged For Senate
The Republican central committee adopted resolutions urging Governor Earl Warren to appoint himself or, if not, Lieutenant Governor Frederick Houser to the U S Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator Hiram W. Johnson. San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Mateo County committees urged Warren as he prepares for Johnson’s funeral. Warren may announce a new senator within a week. Dewberries were introduced to the North and South Carolina sandhill territory by Sea Railway agricultural agents.
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San Francisco
Republican Central Committee
Earl Warren
United States Senate
Hiram W. Johnson
Los Angeles
San Mateo
Herbert Hanley
Warren
Frederick Houser
Johnson
North
South Carolina
Sandhill
Sea
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