MacArthur Sets Japan Landing Dates Amid Surrender Talks
Manila August 23 General MacArthur announced terms of Japan’s surrender to the allies and detailed Allied landings in Japan. He said he would land August 28 with airborne forces to Atsugi and Tokyo area, while naval and marine units would shore up Yokosuka next Tuesday. He ordered Japan to implement directives by 6 p m Friday and to keep all Nipponese ships and aircraft in check with strict reporting and movement rules.
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Japan
Japanese Board of Information
Atsugi
Tokyo
Yokosuka
Tokyo Bay
Manila
MacArthur
Yokosuka Naval Base
MacArthu
United States
U U. S
Pacific Islands
Philippines
United Nations
McArthur
Bevin Signals Socialist Line in Early British Policy
British Foreign Secretary Bevin outlines a socialist policy in Parliament that sits only slightly left of center and echoes Churchill era policy. Conservative leaders warmly approve, while Eden congratulates Bevin, underscoring continuity in foreign policy regardless of party. Bevin denounces totalitarianism and warns against replacing one form with another.
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Bevin
England
Commons
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Britain
Europe
Overseas Age Limit May Be Cut Further
The army bans overseas deployment of enlisted men with 75 or more discharge points. The War Department plans to push all branches to reduce overseas duty age below 37, with ground forces excluding air service. Some 38-year-olds and those with 85 point scores may already be eligible to leave the army on request.
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Washington
Army
Wia
War Department
Reorganization of State Department Nears Finish
Washington Aug 22 Two top posts filled in the second Byrnes Truman shakeup move toward completion. Col Frank McCarthy 33 of Richmond VA named assistant secretary for administration replacing Brig Gen Julius Holmes who resigned. Dean G Acheson named undersecretary succeeding Joseph C Grew. Rockefeller departure rumored. McLeish job to be created. Dunn and Clayton to stay as holdovers if Rockefeller resigns.
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Washington
State Department
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Byrnes
George C. Marshall
Col
Frank McCarthy
Richmond
Dean G. Acheson
Joseph C. Grew
McCarthy
Julius Holmes
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Acheson
Archibald MacLeish
Budget Bureau
MacLeish
Roosevelt
James C. Dunn
William L. Clayton
Rockefeller
eCarthy
General Staff
La Guardia May Be Next U. S. Envoy To Italy
Rome dispatch recalls rumors that Fiorello H. La Guardia could become ambassador to Italy, replacing Alexander Kirk. Embassy sources say no change is contemplated and Kirk not planning to depart. Ed Hills of Stars and Stripes reported atmosphere at City Hall suggests something in the foot.
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Rome
Stars and Stripes
U. S. Army Newspar
Ayor Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York City
Italy
Alexander Kirk
Kirk
New York
Ed Hills
City Hall
Grand Jurors Clear Davidson Elections Board
The Davidson county grand jury reported no sufficient evidence to warrant a presentment on alleged irregularities in the 1944 general election. Foreman Roy G. Hill announced the unanimous finding to Judge Felix Alley after a probe prompted by a charge before the state board of elections. Three agents from the state bureau of investigation were in Lexington during the inquiry.
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Lexington
Davidson County Grand Jury
Felix Alley
Roy G. Hill
Hill
Grand
State Board of Elections
State Bureau of Investigation
Board of Elections
GOP Moves to Audit New Deal and Question Wartime Economy
Republicans announced the first four campaign planks aimed at winning control of Congress. They charge the Truman administration has fumbled reconversion and vow an audit of the New Deal. The strike list includes public skepticism about federal economy promises and the turn toward the GOP as the logical alternative.
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Washington
Congress
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Wainwright To Leave Manchuria Amid War Developments
Soviet radio proclaims Henry Pu Yi an internee in a safe place as Gen. Wainwright's departure from Manchuria is delayed. A B 24 Liberator reportedly heads to fetch him from Mukden while reports indicate large captures as Soviet military administrations begin in Manchuria.
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Associated Press
Komsomolsk Radio
Mhanchukuo
Henry Pu Yi
FCC
Hata
Chungking
Godatuin Wainwite
Manchuria
Mukden
Hsian
Wainwright
Hostilities In South Asia To Stop Thursday
Rangoon dispatch says initial surrender talks between Japanese envoy to Southeast Asia and Allied staff may occur tomorrow. Marshal Terauchi’s formal surrender likely in Singapore early September with no ceremony as occupation forces move in.
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London
Rangoon
Count Juichi Terauchi
Southeast Asia
E. F. M. Browning
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Marshal Terauchi
Hirohito
Singapore
Atomic bombs fatal toll in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A Tokyo radio report relayed by the Associated Press cites 480000 total casualties in Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the atomic bombings. It attributes 160000 dead or injured and 200000 homeless in Hiroshima and 120000 casualties in Nagasaki, with ongoing deaths from burns and widespread destruction over a 30 kilometer zone.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
New York
Allied Prisoners Deaths and Liberations Reported
A Netherlands East Indies government report cited by an Australian radio broadcast says fifty thousand Allied prisoners of war have died under Japanese control in three years and ten thousand have been liberated and repatriated.
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San Francisco
Netherlands East Indies
NBC
De Gaulle to Receive Warm Washington Welcome Today
General Charles de Gaulle arrives in Washington with aides for a week long U S visit. He will be hosted at a White House reception and a presidential dinner and plans calls on President Truman. He also visits Hyde Park and may tour New York and Chicago plants.
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Graham Hqyey
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
Truman
United States
White House
Executive Mansion
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Chicago
All Jap Planes Grounded By MacArthur
Manila August 22 General MacArthur ordered all Japanese planes grounded. Tokyo disclosed a request to use some aircraft for surrender liaison operations. The ban covered civilian, army, and navy planes due to pilot attacks after capitulation.
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James Hutcheson
Manila
MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Imperial General Headquarters
Homecoming for the 30th Old Hickory Division in New York Harbor
The 30th Old Hickory division sailors return to American soil aboard the Queen Mary after 10 months of battle in Europe. 14,876 troops cheer as they dock at Pier 90, with Gov. James McCord and Gen. Leland Hobbs present. They helped stop Rundstedt, fought through St Lo, the Siegfried Line, and Rhine defenses.
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Old Hickory Division
New York Harbor
Fort Hamilton
Old Hickory
Pier 90
Mid
Manhattan
Camp Kilmer
Camp Shanks
30Th Division
Marshal von Rundstedt
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
James McCord
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
Leland &. Hobbs
Gloucester
Mass
Harold R. Stark
Europe
St. Lo
Normandy
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Rhine
Paratrooper Held In Death Of Waitress
Howard Auld a 25 year old former paratrooper pleaded innocent to murder in the slaying of Margaret Mc Dade a 23 year old Philadelphia waitress. He was arraigned at a preliminary hearing and held without bail for grand jury action. Detectives said he signed a confession after his arrest on a highway walk. The nude and battered body of the victim was found...
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Haddon Heights
N. J
Howard Auld
Margaret McDade
Philadelphia
Justice of the Peace
Auld
Camden County
Lawrence T. Doran
Philippines
Recovery Trend Persists on Wall Street Amid Mixed Advances
The market showed a continuing recovery trend with most gains modest while a few strong spots appeared. Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette junior issues jumped on the Chesapeake and Ohio merger proposal for its subsidiaries as major names like Atlantic Coast Line and U S Steel rose, though Public Service of New Jersey fell on a dividend cut. Bonds were mixed and commodities improved.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Chesapeake and Ohio
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Alleghany Prior
General Electric
Public Service of N. J
Army units arriving in United States from Europe today
Units of the 13th airborne division aboard Oneida Victory William and Mary Victory and James Jackson ships reach New York. The 13th division includes the 517th parachute infantry regiment, various support detachments, and the 515th parachute infantry regiment with its two battalions. Also listed are engineer, ordnance, MP, medical, and other detachments and units aboard.
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Associated Press
Europe
New York
Oneida Victory
13Th Aireborne Division
Battalio
517Th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Parachute Maintenance Company
Counter-Intelligence Corps
Finance Disbursin
335Th Ordnance Battalion
Engineer
William and Mary Victory
515Th Parachute Infantry Regiment
13Th Airborne Division
James Jackson
224Th Airborne Medical Company
139Th Airborne Engineer Battalion
194Th Glider Infantry
119Th Ordnance
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