Truman Won't Order Pearl Harbor Court Martial Plan
President Truman said he will not order courts martial over Pearl Harbor disaster and blamed the nation for the setback. He noted no objection to a court martial but will not issue one, reaffirming support for unity of command for army and navy.
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Marshall
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Army
Army Board of Inquiry
Truman
Washington
America
Hawaii
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Boyle's War Notes Off Japan Amid Pacific Fleet Awe
In August 1945 a U S amphibious force off Japan depicts long voyage anticipation and calm sea days awaiting the signal to land. Marines lounge on decks as carrier planes patrol the sky and a vast naval armada glides through moonlit seas amid memories of Pearl Harbor and war's vast parade of victory.
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U. S
Japan
Hirohito
Pearl Harbor
Donald Duck
America
North Carolina Highway Plan Aims at 75 Million
Chief Engineer W Vance Baise told the state highway and public works commission that a three year program totaling 75 million dollars is planned. He warned a severe shortage of engineers could delay beginnings, with at least 300 engineers needed in the first six months as restrictions ease and materials become available. The highway division has fewer engineers than before the war.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
W. Vance Baise
Commission
Wainwright becomes a focal figure in postwar Tokyo drama
General Jonathan M. Wainwright, released from a Chinese Manchuria prison camp after Corregidor surrender, travels to Japan and is thrust into the high profile events in Tokyo. He describes long isolation from the U.S. and officials, revealing a humbled, haunted outlook as he faces newfound attention.
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Sam
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Japan
Manchuria
Corregidor
Tokyo Bya
Wainwright
Wainwright Sees Manila Reborn After Surrender
Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright arrives in Manila from Chungking to witness Japan's surrender. The city he would not recognize is swollen with allied army power as President Osmena welcomes him. Wainwright is flanked by aides Lt. Col. John Pugh and Ma Thomas Dooley and Brig. Gen. Lewis C. Beebe.
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Manila
Jonathan Wainwright
Chungking
Japan
Wainwright
Manila Bay
Philippines
Sergio Osmena
Philippine Commonwealth
John Pugh
Ma Thomas Dooley
Lewis C. Beebe
Sgt
Herbert Carroll
MacArthur
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Casualties Report Shows Drop From Last Week
Washington reports revised combat casualty totals with a reduction of 274 from the prior weekly estimate. The current total stands at 1 070 545, with 923 284 army and 147 261 navy. Army deaths are 201 126 and 199 656 wounded 571 346 and 571 179 missing 31 461 and 33 543 prisoners 119 351 and 119 103. Navy dead 53 359 and 53 229 wounded 79 843 and 80 039 missing 10 428 and 10 426 prisoners 3 631 and 3 644.
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Washington
Army
Navy
War Department
Snyder backs standard unemployment aid plan in hearing
John W. Snyder, director of war mobilization, urges a national unemployment compensation standard of 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks as hearings on a bill proceed. He warns unemployment may total six to eight million during reconversion and notes living costs have risen about one third since 1939.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Snyder
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower Eyes 400000-Strong German Occupation Force
In Berlin General Eisenhower announced the U S occupation would shrink from 2 5 million to about 400 000 troops well before winter. He said food imports to Germany were unavoidable but not to fatten the population and urged German self rule this fall. He cautioned the duration of occupation depends on higher policy and noted improved Allied trust despite past suspicions.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
Germany
United States
Germ
Russia
Double Lung Operation For Boy A Success
In Charlotte at the eye ear and throat hospital a two year old boy named Thomas J Baker Sr of Route 3 Wadeboro underwent a pioneering double lung removal of foreign bodies. A watermelon seed was found in the right lung and a peanut in the left lung. The patient recovered and left for home in good condition.
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Charlotte
Thomas J. Baker
Route 3
Wadesboro
Charlotte Hospital
Colin Kelly Feat Revealed Aboard Mercy Ship
Aboard the Mercy Ship Reeves off Omori Prison Camp Tokyo Bay Aug 30 survivors recount how Captain Colin Kelly died in battle. The bomber ace perished defending the Haruna with heroism while held in Japanese captivity. Pfc Robert Altman, 26, of Sanford Florida, describes tears as he recalls the fallen pilot.
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Elgar Brown
Reeves
Omori
Tokyo Bay
Colin Kelly
America
Pfc
Robert Altman
Sanford
Fla
Tokyo
Altman
Mercy
Truman Seeks Write-off of Lend-Lease Debts
President Truman calls most lend-lease aid a write-off after victory over Germany and Japan. He cites more than five and a half billion dollars in reverse lend-lease and urges postwar trade cooperation to lower barriers. Lend-lease operations end effective V-J Day as plans to switch commerce are arranged with ally countries.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Ermany
Japan
Aes
OPA Can Regulate Bootleg Prices In Dry States
In a 2-1 decision the United States emergency court of appeals ruled the OPA can regulate liquor prices in legally dry states. The ruling says effective price control demands regulation of illegal as well as legal sales of commodities. The case was brought from dry Mississippi.
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Washington
United States Emergency Court of Appeals
OPA
Mississippi
Fourth Marines Raise Flag Over Japanese Base
The Fourth U S Marine Regiment raised the United States flag at Yokosuka Naval Station in Tokyo Bay with Brig. Gen. William T. Clement calling the event a step toward a just peace. Japanese officers Capt. Kiyoshi Nasuda and Col. Hatsuichi Ikeyama saluted as the flag flew at 10 34 a m local time and Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet flag rose shortly after.
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Yokosuka Naval Station
Japan
U. S. Marine Regiment
United States
Tokyo Bay
William T. Clement
Kiyoshi Nasuda
Army
Hatsuichi Ikeyama
U. S
Clement
Admiral Halsey
Third Fleet
Halsey Establishes Command in Yokosuka after Landing
In Yokosuka Japan Admiral Halsey set up American naval shore headquarters minutes after Marines and sailors landed to occupy the base. Halsey hoisted his flag aboard the Missouri while MacArthur airborne troops seized Atsugi airfield and Yokohama. Badger and Carney accepted the surrender of Yokosuka at 11 12 a.m. eastern war time. British forces had earlier secured two small islands in Tokyo Bay.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Halsey
Halser
Missouri
Atsugi
General MacArthur
Yokohama
Tokyo
Oscar C. Badger
San
Badger
Robert S. Carney
Battleship Dock
Carney
Futtsu
Nippon
Yokosuka Naval Base
MacArthur
Bataan
11Th Airborne Division
Fourth Marine Regiment
Fourth Marines
Philippines
China
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Inent
Nichols Field
Islands
Miura Peninsula
Yow
Barbara Hutton Divorces Cary Grant in Brief Los Angeles
Barbara Hutton, heiress of the Woolworth fortune, was granted a divorce from Cary Grant in a quick Los Angeles hearing. No property settlement was arranged, with waivers signed by both sides. Hutton had previously divorced Court Haugwitz-Reventlow and Alexis Mdivani.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Hutton
Dime Tsore
Cary Grant
Jerry Geisler
Grant
Miss Hutton
Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Alexis Mdivani
Sharp Reduction In Red Point Values
Washington reports major cuts in red point values effective Sunday. Meats drop 28 percent on average, fats and oils tighter, canned milk becomes ration free, and all cheese points are halved. Butter falls to 12 points, margarine to 12, with new allowances aiding households and restaurants.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Agriculture Department
Bowles
OPA
MacArthur Establishes Headquarters in Occupied Japan
General MacArthur arrived in Japan and set up headquarters in Yokohama as U S troops occupy the sacred islands. Paratroopers and marines land at Atsugi and Yokosuka, evacuations begin from a war prison camp, and Allied ships support the operation in Tokyo Bay.
Servicemen Return to U S With 4600+ Expected On Seven Ships
As of today more than 4,600 servicemen were due to arrive at east coast ports aboard seven ships. New York docks would host three vessels including a hospital ship with 735 patients and soldiers from the 91st Infantry. Newport News was to receive four ships carrying thousands of troops and units, while Boston was not expected to see arrivals.
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Europe
United States
New York
Newport News
Boston
Milwaukee
General Hospital
Abbott L. Mills
Lutz
91St Infantry
Monteey
Stephen Crane
I. Bland
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