Kwajalein War Notes Reveal Hellish Pacific Stopover
The piece depicts Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands as a harsh war stopover for U S troops, noting extreme heat, isolation, rudimentary facilities, and scarce social life. It recalls the island as a transit hub with a grimly comic chalkboard welcome, brutal working days, and mutt-filled grounds while Marines and air crews await rotations to Hawaii or other posts.
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Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Robert Louis Stevenson
Atoll
Air Transcommand
Honolulu
Guam
Kwajalein Lodge
Kwaj
Kwajalein Atoll
Hubba Hubba
Coe Atoll
Nothin
Mack
Pfc
August Oaken
Brester
Minn
Cpl
Robert D. Foster
Eureka S . Mo
Pvt
Thomas Ord
Maryville
Tenn
Hawaii
Edward Tomasek
Racine
Wis
Mess Hall
Charles Spade Hinton
W. Va
Pcombat
Two Great Cities Said To Be In Chinese Hands
CHUNGKING Aug 27 Chinese officials announced Nanking and Canton were in Chinese hands as China prepared to sign the surrender in China. A Chinese army correspondent said troops first entered Nanking on Saturday finding most buildings intact and order restored after initial disorder. Puppet organizations were dissolved and two pro nationalist newspapers began publication.
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Chungking
Nanking
Canton
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Allied Fleet Enters Sagami Bay Near Tokyo Barricade
Admiral Halsey leads the Third Fleet into Sagami Bay with the Missouri and Duke of York anchoring two miles offshore as 1200 carrier planes fly overhead. Minesweepers clear a path to Yokosuka base while emissaries from Yokosuka are aboard the Missouri before entering Tokyo Bay tomorrow.
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Admiral Halsey
Sagami Bay
Japan
Missouri
Fujiyama
Yokosuka Naval Base
Miura Peninsula
Katase
Iowa
Duke of York
Sir Bruce
Scharnhorst
Jase
Chigasaki
Halsey
Oscar C. Badger
Toky Bay
Uraga Strait
Yoshihiko Takasaki
Yokosuka
Sharp Quake Felt In California
An earthquake of fairly sharp intensity was felt in San Francisco at about 2 13 a m today. No damage report was available but objects shook from shelves. Dr Perry Byerly UC seismologist said he felt the tremor at home and rated it as a No 4 on the Rossi Forel scale, averaging for the bay area with little chance of property damage.
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San Francisco
Perry Byerly
University of California
San Francisco Bay Area
Stettinius On Way To London
Edward E. Stettinius Jr former secretary of state travels to London aboard the Queen Mary to serve as President Truman's representative at an interim UN meeting in London. He sails with 1228 passengers including Sidney Hillman CIO PAC president who will attend a Paris World Trade Union Congress conference.
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New York
Edward E. Stettinius, Jr
London
Truman
Commission
United Nations Organizations
Stettinius
Southampton
England
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Political Action Committee
Paris
World Trade Union Congress
Siamese Twins Born To Rita Miranda In Arizona
In Avondale and Phoenix, Rita Miranda’s newborn girls are conjoined at the lower abdomen with a single umbilical cord. The infants, about three to four pounds each, were hospitalized at St Monica's for X rays and medical exams after delivery Saturday night. The Rev. Emmett J. McLoughlin stated the twins have an even chance to survive beyond 80 hours.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Rita Miranda
Avondale
St. Monica’s Hospital
Emmett J. McLoughlin
Bomb Damage Described As Indescribable in Nagasaki
New York dispatch reports the atomic blast over Nagasaki caused destruction beyond imagining with all life along the Urakami river area wiped out and no living beings visible in surrounding zones.
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New York
The
New York Times
W. H. Lawrence
Nagasaki
Japan
Urakami
Canned Food To Be Increased After Japan Surrender
The War Food Administration announced an increase of fifty million cases of canned vegetables for civilians following Japan's surrender and higher production. Civilians are expected to receive about 157 million cases from the 1945 set aside pack, including all Lima beans and tomato juice.
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Raleigh
Japan
War Food Administration
State Agriculture Department
Gulf hurricane lashes Texas coast near Port O Connor
Radio reports to the Texas highway patrol said winds from 100 to 135 miles an hour hit towns along San Antonio bay as a furious gulf hurricane battered the Texas coast. The 135 mph gust struck Sea Drift on the north shore and lashed nearby communities.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas Highway Patrol
San Antonio Bay
Texas
Port O'Connor
High Point Gets New Air Service
Charlotte August 27. North Carolina's first war era airline Southeast Airlines Incorporated, based in Gastonia, inaugurated service this morning. The All Tar Heel line links seacoast to mountains with two daily flights between Charlotte and the Asheville Henderson airport via Gastonia, and intermediate points. Routes include Charlotte to Greensboro High Point Raleigh Goldsboro Wilmington, with return Wilmington to Charlotte via Fayetteville.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
South East Airlines, Incorporated
Gastonia
Seacoast
Asheville-Henderson
Greensboro
High Point
Raleigh
Goldsboro
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Truman urges continued draft for 18 to 25 year olds
President Truman asked Congress to extend selective service inductions for men 18 to 25 citing ongoing Pacific dangers and wartime needs. He urged raising regular army enlistment ceilings, encouraging voluntary enlistments, and warned against ending the draft before veterans return home.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Far East
Thomas
Utah
May
Senate
House
Pacific
Europe
MacArthur
Eisenhower
East Carolina College To Add Five New Teachers
East Carolina Teachers College will seat five new trustees at the September 4 meeting in Greenville. New members are Ralph M. Garrett of Greenville Henry Belk of Goldsboro C. P. Morris of Hertford Hugh G. Horton of Williamsport and Thomas J. Hackney of Wilson. Discussion may include a new president following the resignation of Dr. Leon R Meadows after his embezzlement conviction.
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Raleigh
Board of Trustees
East Carolina Teachers College
Greenville
Clyde A. Erwin
Ralph M. Garrett
Henry Belk
Goldsboro
C. P. Morris
Hertford
Hugh G. Horton
Williamston
Thomas J. Hackney
Wilson
Howard J. McGinnis
Leon R. Meadows
Pitt Superior Court
Meadows
Yamashita Opens Surrender Talks From Luzon Mountain Hideout
General Tomoyuki Yamashita in northern Luzon opened surrender negotiations with the U S Army, saying Tokyo ordered surrender and ordering his troops to stop fighting. He sent a letter to Maj. Gen. W H Gill of the 32nd Division via a Japanese patrol reaching American lines, signaling an immediate opening of talks.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
the Tiger
Philippines
Luzon
Kiangan
Yamashita
Tokyo
Tiger
W. H. Gill
32Nd
Gill
Malaya
Corregidor
Trade Pact Backed As Spain Visit Continues
Wel born Davies, head of the American Cotton Shippers Association, on a Spain tour, urged reciprocal trade agreements with the United States. He aims to boost U S exports to Spain and cited petroleum cotton autos and wheat as possibilities while noting Spain could supply cognac wine and olive oil.
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Madrid
Welborn Davies
American Cotton Shippers Association
Spain
United States
Davies
U. S
Russia China sign 30-year friendship treaty in Chungking
The nations pact pledges military aid to Chiang Kai-shek's government and mutual defense against Japan. Russia will withdraw from Manchuria within three months, restore the territory, and keep out of internal Chinese affairs. The agreement auto renews unless one party objects within a year.
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Russia
China
Chungking
Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Moscow
T. V. Soong
V. M. Molotov
Sun Fo
Legislative Yuan
Japan
Darien
Port Arthur
American Jazz On Blacklist in Postwar Japan
Domei reports Yomiuri Hachi notes American jazz loses favor with Japan’s occupiers as wholesome bands gain prominence. Police aim to rebuild Tokyo theaters. 80 of 252 escape destruction by bombs.
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San Francisco
Japan
Domei
Yomiuri Hachi
Tokyo
Capture of Nazi Agent Ended Six Month FBI Hunt
The justice department announced the capture of a 25 year old German espionage agent identified by the FBI as Hans Rudolph Christin Zuehlsdorff. He was an associate of German agents William Curtis Colepaugh and Eris Gimpel who were arrested in New York after landing from a submarine at Hancock Point Maine in November 1944.
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Washington
FBI
Justice Department
Hans Rudolph Christin Zuehlsdorff
William Curtis Colepaugh
Eris Gimpel
New York
Hancock Point
Maine
Zuehlsdorff
Arrangements For Surrender Of Japs In Southeast Asia
Rangoon August 27 Japanese envoys arrived from Saigon to confer with Admiral Mountbatten’s officers on surrender terms for 200000 or more enemy troops in Southeast Asia. Led by Lt Gen Takazo Numata, they met with Mountbatten’s chief Gen X A M Browning as talks continued aiming for a Singapore signing alongside Tokyo surrender acceptance by Gen MacArthur.
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Rangoon
Southeast Asia
Saigon
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Takazo Numata
Juichi Terauchi
Japan
MacArthur Announces New Landings Near Tokyo Bay
General MacArthur disclosed further amphibious operations around Tokyo including landings at Yokohama and Tateyama as Eichelberger backs the Tokyo area occupation. Allied naval forces moved into Sagami Bay ahead of the Aug 30 arrival, with Atsugi and Yokosuka already slated for initial air and sea landings.
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Manila
Wnd
Eighth Army
Rt L. Eichelberger
Tokyo
MacArthur
Yokohama
Tateyama
Tokyo Bay
Eichelberger
Supreme Alllied
Japan
Sagami Bay
Atsugi Airfield
Yokosuma Naval Base
Yoekohama
Uraga Strait
Atsugi
Yokosuka
Adm
Halsey
U. S
Roosevelt Loan Shadow Looms Over Treasury Probe
The Ways and Means Committee may hear today the treasury's findings on Elliott Roosevelt's alleged 1939 loan from John Hartford. The session centers on President Truman's unemployment insurance expansion, with earlier claims of a $200,000 loan aiding a Texas radio venture and potential partial tax writeoffs.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Grig
Elliott Roosevelt
Vinson
Newsmen
Truman
Westbrook Pegler
Doughton
Scientific Data Released For United States Industry
President Truman orders release of wartime enemy scientific and industrial data to American industry. The information including patents falls under the War Mobilization and Reconstruction Board chaired by John W. Snyder, with final security determinations reserved to the secretary and secretary of the Navy.
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Washington
Truman
John W. Snyder
War Mobilization and Reconversion Board
Secretary of the Navy
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Mili
Majuro
Pacific Ocean Area
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Jimmy) Doolittle
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