Japan Seeks Maintained Order Across Front and Home
Japanese officials request continued armed forces in Japan and on the continent to keep order and protect the public amid near collapse. Tokyo asks MacArthur to send representatives to study the situation in China while notifying of ongoing hostilities cessation and compliance with Potsdam demands.
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Manila
MacArthur
Japan
Tokyo
China
Federal Communications Commission
San Francisco
Chungking
Wake Island remembered by six Marine divisions in war notes
MORRIE LANDSBERG reports from GUAM on August 18 that commanders of six Marine divisions seek Wake Island as the top assignment to recapture. The Wake group, far from its size, held off Japanese forces with a 517 defending Marines, 379 officers and men of the first Marine Defense Battalion, pilots, civilians, and contractors sustaining a stubborn defense.
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Morrie Landsberging
Hal Boyle
Guam
Pacific
Wake Island
Ake
Wake
Wilkes
Peale
Honolulu
Midway
Manila
Marine Corps
Maj
J. S. P.vereaux
Navy
Army
Devereaux
Leatherneck
Earl
Devereaux Cananant
Hawaii
Two Charlotte Lads Narrowly Escape Death
In Charlotte on a Sunday, youths Hubert Moser aged 12 and William Chastain aged 14 were trapped as five freight cars rolled over them after they sat on rails near the 16th street crossing. Moser suffered a broken left leg, a severe cut on the hip, and a head wound. Chastain escaped with a broken right ankle and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
L. F. Black
Charlotte Police Department
Hubert Moser
William Chastain
16Th Street
Chastain
Master
Ceiling price cuts planned for gasoline in eastern states
The Office of Price Administration announced upcoming ceiling price reductions for gasoline and fuel oils in 17 eastern states and the District of Columbia. Reductions range from six to 1.2 cents per gallon for gasoline and from 15 to 30 cents per barrel for heavy fuel oils, offsetting wartime transportation costs from tanker abandonment. North and South Carolina are among the affected states.
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Aii
Eastern Seaboard
District of Columbia
OPA
Reconstruction Finance Co
States Arma
North
South Carolina
DDT Used In Drive On Polio In Rockford Illinois
In Rockford Illinois 1500 gallons of DDT sprayed from a low-flying bomber over a district to test the insecticide against infantile paralysis. The controlled sprayed area will be compared with an untreated area to measure impact as the polio onslaught records 16 deaths and 140 illnesses since July 1. Dr. John R. Paul of Yale commented that findings would be kept confidential.
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Rockford
Ilinois
John R. Paul
Yale University
Testimony Of High Nazis To Be Used Against Quisling
Oslo reports that Herman Goering Joachim von Ribbentrop and other top Nazis will be cited in the treason trial of Vidkun Quisling. Prosecution officials said Nazi testimonies collected in Germany will be introduced, naming Rosenberg Eitel and Jodl among those recorded.
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Quisling
Oslo
Herman Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Annaeaus Schodt
Germany
Alfred Rosenberg
Wilhelm Eitel
Genovad Jodl
Hitler
England
Raleigh Child Killed By Auto
Nelson Bradsher Boyd seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Clarence T Boyd was fatally injured when struck by an automobile on Main street Coroner W D Bryan said the death car was driven by Albert Inscoe 30 of Oxford who took the lad to a local hospital where he died at 5 a m Sunday
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Oxford
Nelson Bradsher Boyd
Clarence T. Boyd
Main
W. D. Bryan
Albert Inscoe
55 Persons Killed In Traffic Accidents During Week End
The nation’s traffic death toll rose to 55 for the weekend, the first since gas rationing ended and speed limits were relaxed. Breakdown by state shows Michigan with 8 deaths, Virginia 7, Ohio 6, New York 5, California and Tennessee 4 each, and several states with 2 or 1 fatalities.
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Associated Press
Sun
Virginia
Ohio
New York
California
Tennessee
Michigan
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Ilinois
Iowa
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington
Indiana
Maryland
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Japs Protest Dropping Of Yankee Teams
The Japanese general staff complained to General MacArthur about parachutist drops at prison camps in Japanese held areas warning such incidents could hinder the smooth ceasefire and surrender of arms. Message No 13, via the communications commission, notes all teams led by Lt Gen Jonathan M Wainwright returned safely to base in Manchuria after reporting findings.
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San Francisco
MacArthur
Coe Communications Commission
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Wero
Corregidor
Manchuria
Chinese Advance Toward Paotow Amid Civil War Warnings
Chinese government forces thrust into North China are moving toward Paotow in Suiyuan as envoys from Japan near surrender. General Fu Tso Yi commands Paotow troops while Tang En Po reoccupies Wuchow and other towns, with Yeh Si shan’s units retaking several other locations.
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Chungking
China
Paotow
Suiyuan
Shansi
Peiping
High Command
Supreme Command
Chiang Kai-shek
Tang En-Po
Wuchow
West River
Fu Tso-Yi
Fengyan
Kihsien
Tsinguyan
Sukow
Taiku
Wainwright Nears Surrender as Allied Leaders Gather
Lt Gen Jonathan M Wainwright famed for Corregidor rescue is due in Chungking and may witness the surrender of forces after years in Japanese captivity Allied leaders and former commanders including Maj Gen Parker Jr and A W L Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer are among those released with relief supplies during the mission.
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Chungking
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
G.n. Parker, Jr
Portland
Wainwright
Crack Jap Army Bowing To Reds
Russian occupation of Manchuria was forecast as the Kwantung army of Japan reportedly surrendered garrison by garrison to the advancing Red army. Moscow dispatches said resistance had ceased almost everywhere after Marshal Vasilevsky’s ultimatum. Soviet airborne units had already seized Mukden Harbin Hsinking and Kirin with Japanese garrisons ready to capitulate.
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London
Manchuria
Japan
Kwantung
Moscow
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Mukden
Harbin
Hsinking
Kirin
MacArthur Holds Dignified Talks With Japanese Envoys in Manila
General Douglas MacArthur presided over preliminary discussions in Manila with 16 Japanese emissaries. He maintained a firm but restrained stance to deter bullying while guiding talks toward disarming Japan and enabling a stable peace. Japanese officials reportedly cooperated, supplying military information for postwar occupation planning as the conference stressed occupation strategy and timing.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Japanese Surrender Talks Report Early Sign of Postwar Plans
Dewitt Mackenzie notes public demand for rapid deployment of troops to the home islands as 2,000,000 Japanese soldiers in Japan proper await military control. Lt Gen Kawabe leads a Philippine delegation showing willingness to comply with the Potsdam declaration amid wartime shock and reversion to surrender procedures. Unconfirmed reports say Lt Gen Wainwright may attend the formal surrender in Japanese territory, potentially Tokyo.
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Sion
Japan
Manila
Stern
Kawabe
Surren
Tokyo
Wainwright
Corregidor
Manchuria
Filipino And Jap Mixed Up Over Surrender
In North Luzon on August 20 a Filipino patrol waved a white flag to a band of Japanese who responded with their own flag but refused to come down. An English-speaking Japanese laughed and claimed Japan cannot be defeated, prompting the Filipinos to withdraw without a shot.
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Luzon
Japan
Postwar Problems Come First
Washington dispatch notes President Truman prioritizes reconversion and postwar planning with John W. Snyder and a bipartisan advisory committee led by O Max Gardner. Government pledges to maintain price controls where needed and wind down wartime agencies, while forecasting stronger Christmas shopping and a flood of affordable goods by late year.
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Washington
Truman
White House
John W. Snyder
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Office of War Mobilization
State Byrnes
War Shipping Administration
America
OPA
War Labor Board
Navy and Marine Draft Calls Cut Sharply for September
Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs said September draft calls for the Navy and Marines drop from 22 000 to 13 000. The Navy Bureau of Personnel cut the Navy calls from 17 000 to 10 000 and Marines from 5 000 to 3 000. The Army reduction from 80 000 to 50 000 was noted. He cited missing credit for combat and overseas service due to shifting personnel and security limits on ship identification.
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Washington
Navy
Marine
Vice Act
Randall Jacobs
Navy Bureau of Personnel
Coast Guard
Army
Admiral Jacobs
MacArthur predicts Japan surrender within ten days
General MacArthur said the surrender of Japan would be signed within ten days barring adverse weather. He announced that allied occupation plans would proceed with air and sea forces ready, as emissaries left Manila for Tokyo to arrange the formal end and postwar control.
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Manila
Japan
MacArthur
Stpreme
Hirohito
China
FCC Stars
San Francisco
Jaese
Chungking
Nichols Field
Takashiro Kawabe
Tokyo
Governments Criticized By Ernest Bevin
London August 20 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin criticized governments in Bulgaria Romania and Hungary as not reflecting the will of their people. He warned totalitarianism could be replaced by another form and questioned the meaning of democracy. He also said liberated European countries become targets for political exploitation and warned Greece faces continued political strife. The House laughed at a remark about changing governments from the United States example.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Bulgaria
Nia
Hungary
Thouse
Laborite Movernent
Byrnes
United Sta
Bevin
Poli
Greece
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Suer Domei
Tokyo Radio
Charles A. Willoughby
Admiral Hotel
Signal Corps Radiophoto
International
Boyle
Raleigh
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