Wainwright Reaches Chungking In Safety
Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright arrives in Chungking with eight American and seven British generals released from a Japanese POW camp in Manchuria. He is welcomed by officials and shown a wire photo from his wife Kitty Gen. Wainwright, prisoner for 3 years 3 months, had been reported at camps in Formosa and Manchuria after surrendering at Corregidor.
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Chungking
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
U. S
Manchuria
Waint
Arthur Ernest Percival
Singapore
Mark ¥Apore
Hongkong
C. D. Smith
North Borneo
Wainwright
Ted
S. Robertson
China
United States
Kitty
Formosa
Kwajalein Chicken Ranch Becomes Soldier Helped Farm Project
Bronx and Brooklyn soldiers on Kwajalein Atoll convert a single coop into a chicken operation with nine birds. Cpl Tiny Seligman leads a Brooklyn- and Bronx-backed rescue effort to save the chicks, supplementing their feed with scraps and sand crabs.
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Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Bronx
Brooklyn
Kwajalein Atoll
Hawaii
Guam
Uncle Sam
Pacific
Cpl
Bernard
Tiny) Seligman
N. Y
Tiny
National Farm School
Pennsylvania
Pat Perreca
Luigi Mastraumaro
Alter Olsen
Erwin Larson
Duluth
Minn
Joseph Vincent Donegan
Pfc
Joe McNulty
The
20 Per Cent Tax Reduction Proposed
Washington August 28 1945 Congressmen study a 20 percent personal tax cut plan by Rep Knutson to take effect January 1 1946 Employers would withhold 20 percent less payroll tax The move aligns with tax leaders belief that both individual and corporate burdens must be trimmed and signals forthcoming legislation from Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees.
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Washington
Representative Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means Scummeee
Knutson
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
George
Dga
Senate Finance Committee
Nation's Idle Through Strikes Tops 50 000
The nation's strike total neared 50 000 as many idle workers remained in long standing disputes. Detroit area idled about 10 500 in several plant walkouts including 4 500 at Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co and 1 500 at Fort Motor Rouge. Savannah Machine and Foundry idled 3 300 amid a dispute over overtime provisions. A sitdown strike of 5 000 at Campbell Soup continued.
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Associated Press
Japan
Detroit
Gar Wood Industries, Inc
UAWO
Motor City
Murray Corporation of America
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co
Fortt Motor Co
Rouge
Kelsey-Hayes
Savannah
Savannah Machine and Foundry Company
Campbell Soup Com
Riot by 2200 Negro workers at Camp Murphy in Florida
Sheriff reports about 2200 imported laborers from the Bahamas and Jamaica rioted at Camp Murphy near Stuart. 27 workers hospitalized with serious injuries, six jailed, as deputies from three counties, plus Palm Beach and Broward assistance, restored order. Army captain cites undetermined cause while labor experts note wage-luster factors. State patrols stood by on governor’s orders.
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Stuart
Fla
Richard Hancock
Bahamas
Jamaica
Camp Murphy
Hancock
Martin County
War Food Administration
Palm Beach
Broward
R. G. Ray
Unitates
Caldwell
John Kirk
Sergeant Dies As Result Of Home Accident
Sergeant Gaylord R. Shores a 29 year old veteran who survived the 1942 Bataan death march and Japanese captivity died in Kansas City after a pistol fired accidentally during a playful moment with his bride of a few weeks.
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Kansas City
Kas
Bataan
Gaylord R. Shores
Winifred Shores
Shores
Russia and China pact may ease tensions in Asia and Europe
The Russo Chinese treaty of friendship is praised as a potential path to lasting peace if the 30 year pledge is honored. It could reduce suspicions among the allies while exposing mutual doubts within the big three, highlighting fragility in unity essential to global stability.
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Moscow
Russia
Asia
Europe
Soviet Union
America
Britain
Japanese Sign Preliminary Agreement in Rangoon Ceremony
In Rangoon on August 28 a five minute ceremony produced preliminary surrender accords with Japanese envoys. Lt Gen Browning signed for the Allies, receiving signals for imminent reoccupation of Southeast Asia and the East Indies as MacArthur dictates terms in Tokyo.
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Rangoon
Singa
Southeast Asia
East Indies
Government House
U. S
Numata
Juichi Terauchi
Terauchi
F. A. M. Browning
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Tokyo
Mountbatten
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Gulf Hurricane Destroys Texas Coast Killing Three
The Gulf storm battered a 400 mile stretch from the coast inland west of Houston causing three deaths and millions in property and crop damage. It downed hurricane warnings, halted traffic in Houston, and threatened floods as it moved inland with winds under 50 mph.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Weather Bureau
E.W.T
Sealy
Columbus
Miami
Fla
Army Air Field
Port Isabel
Austwell
Yamashita Maps Hidden Mountain Retreat Surrender Offer
Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita sends a crude map to Maj Gen W H Gill showing his Luzon hideout near Kiangan. The location points to a single trail to a guarded valley watched by Yamashita’s sentries. In Mindanao the 31st division reports 313 enemy troops surrendered.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Malaya
Baguio
W. H. Gill
Yamashita
Luzon
Kiangan
Mindanao
31St Division
American Legion backs Truman draft continuance
The American Legion supports President Truman’s request to continue conscripting men aged 18 to 25 for the armed forces. Col. Johns Thomas Taylor, the legion’s national legislative director, told reporters the group agrees with returning two to three year volunteers home to be replaced by younger draftees. The legion calls continuance of selective service vital to national security and overall youth fitness.
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American Legion
Truman
Washington
Johns Thomas Taylor
Legion
Taylor
Report FDR Approved Loan Made His Son
Congressmen paused their inquiry into Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt's business affairs as they examined two statements from John Hartford and Jesse Jones. Hartford claimed the late president was consulted before a $200,000 loan to Roosevelt Jr. Jones said he later settled the loan for $4,000, while Roosevelt asserted no financial or moral obligation.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means Committee
John Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Jesse Jones
Commerce
Siamese Twins Lacked Doctor 15 Hours After Birth
In Coldwater Arizona the twins Louise and Micaila Miranda were born at 12 30 a m Sunday to Jesus and Rita Miranda. No physician attended them until 3 15 p m Sunday, leaving the newborns unattended for fourteen and a half hours after birth.
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Coldwater
Ariz
Arizona
Louise
Micaila
Jesus
Rita Miranda
Kilgore Proposes 20 20 Amendment to Jobless Bill
Senator Kilgore outlined a 20 20 amendment to unemployment legislation aiming to raise weekly benefits to at least 25 dollars for 26 weeks and cover excess payments for 20 weeks. The plan seeks higher state benefits in low payout states and to attract richer states by extending coverage, with broader federal cost provisions and travel reimbursements for unemployed workers and families.
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Washington
Kilgore
D-Wva
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Qneans Committee
Maritime Service
Navy to land occupation troops across Japanese empire
Admiral Nimitz outlined a coordinated amphibious push with the combined strength of the Pacific fleets to land allied troops and control coastal waters. Adm Turner will command the landings with Halsey’s Third Fleet alongside Fifth and Seventh fleets and Fletcher’s forces, while Kinkaid’s Seventh will operate off China and Yellow Sea shores.
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Guam
America
Pacific
Adm
Richmond Kelly Turner
Nimitz
Tg Third Fleet
Wiliam F. Halsey
U. S
North Pacific
Frank Jack Fletcher
Admiral Nimitz
Thomas C. Kinkaid
7Th Fleet
General MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
24Th Army Corps
Korea
China
Hainan Island
Yellow Sea
Halsey
Third Fleet
Tokyo Bay
Honshu
Sa ‘Raymo
Spruance
Fletcher
Manila
Japan
Turner
Peaceful Death for Desperado Elfego Baca
Elfego Baca, an 80 year old New Mexico figure who killed nine men in a frontier career as cowboy, peace officer and lawyer, died quietly at his Albuquerque home. He survived trials for murder and conspiracy, being acquitted in all three murder cases. He once helped Billy the Kid shoot out saloon lights during a Albuquerque disturbance.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Elfego Baca
New Mexico
Baca
Billy the Kid
United States
Nine Vessels Among First To Arrive
Nine ships of Rear Adm. Oscar C. Badger s task force anchored off Yokosuka as U S forces begin occupation of Japan. San Diego led the vanguard toward Tokyo Bay while battleships and carriers prepare for further arrivals and the formal surrender at Missouri.
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AL Dopking
Tokyo Bay
U. S
Yokosuka Naval Base
Oscar C. Badger
Japan
Sagami Bay
Yokosuka
Yokohama
Nagato
Badger
San Diego
Missouri
Manila
Tokeyo
Atsugi
Kyushu
Sasebo
MacArthur
Okinawa
Inawa
Japanese Urge No Revenge After War Loss
Asahi Shimbun warns against retribution by Japan and calls for abolishing militarism. Domei reports say 36 ultra patriotic members have committed ritual suicides. Atagoyama Shrine and Yoyogi parade ground deaths cited. Premier Hiranuma blames rapid deterioration of fighting strength and pledges surrender terms. evacuations planned from Hakodate to Nagasaki. requests to allow civilian internees to stay in Japan.
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Associated Press
Germany
Tokyo
Asahi Shimbun
Domei
Atagoyama Shrine
Imperial Palace
Yoyogi
Maruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Japan
MacArthur
Hakodate
Aomori
Sendai
Yokohama
Nagoya
Wakanoura
Nagasaki
Messa
Shinagwa
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Boyle
Hal Boyle
U.S.S. Missouri
Tokyo Bug
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U.S.S. Iowa
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Wallace
Senate
Taft
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