Japanese Surrender Talk Signals Potsdam Climax
Washington reports focus on unconditional surrender pressure as Potsdam summit nears, with expectations of a major statement from the Big Three. Officials note possible Soviet entry into the war and discuss psychological warfare moves linking surrender to the Atlantic Charter and Japan’s fate.
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Washington
Japan
Potsdam
United States
Office of War Information
Navy
Ellis M. Zacharias
OWI
Zacharias
Elmer Davis
State Department
Truman
Berlin
State, War and Navy Departments
Hirohito
Ambiguity of Messrs and B A Oxon in sports form sheets
The text asks what Messrs. stands for and what B A (Oxon) indicates after a name, and notes form sheets are most used in a sport. The words of wisdom accompany the query.
Etiquette Hints Warn Against Excessive Rudeness
A brief note warns that ignoring politeness makes a person marked as rude rather than popular. The piece emphasizes that sustained rude behavior harms social standing and suggests maintaining civility in daily conduct.
Birthday counsel urges self reliance and inner calm
A description notes a sharp temper vivid imagination and strong emotions as key traits for today. It advises poise level-headedness and self confidence, urging the person to trust their own experience to solve problems rather than seek public help.
Messieurs and Oxford Arts Degree Mentioned in Test Answers
The document lists three items for a one minute test. The first item is a French salutation Messieurs meaning gentlemen. The second notes the person holds a bachelor of arts degree from Oxford University. The third references horse racing as a topic.
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Oxford University
Chinese advance drives toward Yangsa after capturing frontier towns
Chinese forces reported to have overrun six American bases as they push north from Liuchow toward Kweilin. In the coast area, troops moving from Lee toward Swatow reached Fukien and Kwantung borders. Chaoan near Swatow was seized after changing hands, with Yangso described as a former U S air base site 12 miles north of that point.
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Mustang
Paishou
Kweilin
King
High Command
Liochow
Yangsa
U. S. 14Th Air Force
China
Lee
Swatow
Fukien
Kwantung
Chaoan
Liuchow
Doolittle Highlights Eighth Air Force Role in Japan Task
General Doolittle outlines the Eighth Air Force as a complement to the 20th in operations against Japan. He says the aim is to coordinate with other forces to reduce Allied casualties and does not claim victory. He sought to bomb Germany but was refused by Spaatz. B 29s praised as unmatched. Chinese discovery of paper making noted.
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Eighth Air Force
20Th Air Force
Japan
Doolittle
Carl A. Spaatz
Strategic Air Forces
Germany
20Th Bomber Command
China-Burma-India
United States
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Relief Claim Ad
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a herbal kidney remedy. It claims to ease bladder irritation and acidity, increases urine flow, and offers a free sample by mail from Kilmer & Co. Box 1266 Stamford Conn with limited-time offer.
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Department B
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Remembering a Village Blacksmith and the Ambulance Sirens
In nostalgic reminiscence W A Bivins recalls Smithy Austin, the village blacksmith who shoeed horses like Flora the nervous mare and kept sparks and bellows alive. He notes the fading of horse drawn life and the solo thrill of ambulance sirens that the reporter cannot experience firsthand.
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Old Flora
Smithy Austin
Flora
Austin
Tragedy of a young marriage and lost opportunities
A speaker reflects on a fatal act by a young couple, condemning early marriage and its lifelong consequences. He recalls a former student who wed a problematic suitor, leaving her with hardship, three children, and a life he describes as wasted and unkempt ten years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Swerne
Swerne
Disturbances at Petain Trial Prompt Suspension
During the trial, audience muttered accusations linking Petain to Germans while chaos erupted. Police arrested several, the gallery was cleared, and Petain was escorted from the courtroom as chairs and tables toppled. Lawyers clashed with officers amid the tumult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Justice
Petain
France
Labor unrest sweep hits unions across United States
The CIO United Auto Workers voted to return at Detroit American Metal Products after talks with management. The weekend saw settlements and strikes including Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co in Kansas City 1200 workers and 200 line men at Rocket plant Chesterton Indiana. Other actions involved Bridge Transport Line workers in Kentucky Indiana, St. Louis packing and Tampa wage protests, mine strikes in Kentucky and Pittsburgh, newspaper printers in multiple cities, and 1780 International Harvester workers in Fort Wayne. A potential break looms at Wright aeronautical plant Cincinnati. A 124 operator strike in Warren Ohio may trigger a show cause hearing. Seagram and Sons distillery employees continue mass absence.
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American Metal Products
Graham-Paigees
CIO
United Auto Workers
Loose- Wiles Biscuit Co
Kansas City
Rocket Plant
Chesterton
Ind
Bridge
Louisville
Jeffersonville
St. Louis
Tampa
Fila
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Ala
Jersey City
Fort Wayne
Bayonne
N. J
International Harvester
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons
Navy to Army Swap Delays Coast Guard Veteran
Cmdr. Harry F. Gardner of Seattle, a veteran of the coast and Geodetic survey, secured a recently granted leave only after the Navy loaned him to the Army. He knows red tape in both land and sea services.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
INS
Harry F. Gardner
Seattle
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Navy
Army
Slaughter Control Steps Cut Deficit Meats Flow
A new slaughter control program directs more animals to federally inspected plants, reducing small local plant slaughter and black market supplies. Civilians gain more meats as black market output falls, with further supply boosts expected in September and October from grass fattened cattle in the west south and Mid-Atlantic states, though some will go to military services and lend lease nations.
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East
Aere Virginia
Pennsylvia
Pacific air and naval raids mark D-day effort across Asia
Tokyo radio reports 200 Mustangs striking Osaka Kobe district and starting fires while escorting smaller forces. MacArthur says 36 small craft bombed Amoy harbor and others hit off Hongkong with a destroyer escort damaged in the Gulf of Siam. Domei says 100 American fighters and bombers hit Shanghai air fields. A later Japanese broadcast says about eight enemy destroyers attacked a Japanese convoy and damaged a transport.
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Pacific
Tokyo Radio
Osaka-Kobe
MacArthur
Deriine
Japan
Amoy Harbor
China
Hongkong
Gulf of Siam
Domei Agency
Shanghai
Brookdale Building and Supply Founded in Thomasville
A certificate of incorporation was filed in Raleigh by Brookdale Building and Supply company to buy sell and deal in lumber and building materials. Authorized capital stock $100000 subscribed stock $300 by Joseph W. Bales Charles F. Cline and Thomas A. Harrison all of Thomasville.
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Raleigh
Brookdale Building and Supply Company of
Thomasville
Joseph W. Bales
Charles F. Cline
Thomas A. Harrison
What Price Life Portand Thug Takes Wallet
Ir v ine Ray asks what his life is worth after a mugging in Portland Oregon. A thug struck him with a club and stole his wallet containing 5 cents.
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Portland
Ore
Irvine Ray
Regaining Use of Limbs at Fort Logan Hospital
After months in new physiotherapy rooms and remedial gymnasiums at Fort Logan convalescent hospital air force veterans regain complete use of injured limbs. Finn ish baths heat cabinets whirlpool baths and unique devices aid the process. It notes California gold rush visitors in history.
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Denver
INS
Fort Logan Convalescent Hospital
Air Force
Pattern 4635 Two-Piece Dress Pattern Ad
The notice advertises Pattern 4635 for misses and women in sizes 12 through 48 with a sun dress option. It invites readers to send twenty cents for the pattern to The Enterprise Pattern Dept in New York and to include size style number name address and zone. Also promotes the Anne Adams 1945 Summer Pattern Book with free hat bag and gloves patterns and a fifteen cent copy price.
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Enterprise
Pattern Dept
P. O
Station O
New York 11
N. Y
Anne Adams
Koch Honored By University Publication
CHAPEL HILL July 23 The second in the UNC Sesquicentennial series is Pioneering A People's Theatre a volume honoring Dr Frederick H Koch director of the Carolina Playmakers The guest editor is Dr Archibald Henderson The publication covers 26 years of Playmakers activity and Koch's American drama contributions with notes by Paul Green George Coffman Samuel Selden and others
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Carolina
Frederick H. Koch
Carolina Playmakers
Koch
Archibald Henderson
L Wilson
Sesquicentennial Publication Committee
Department of Dramatic Art
The
Playmakers
Frank P. Graham
Paul Uel Selden
R. Coffman
Whan
Marian Fitz-Simons
Foster Fitz-Simons
Playmaker
Henderson
Atre
Paul Green
George Raleigh Coffman
Tte
Samuel Selden
Raid U S Forces Sweep Nazi Racketeers In Europe
Brig Gen Edwin L Sibert said 80 000 Nazis faced no opposition as censorship was lifted on the raid. He reported three weeks of orders, no leaks, and two escapees with at least one shot. Loot included guns ammunition American uniforms krations gasoline and vehicles. No organized German underground found. Many captured wore American uniforms and claimed no other clothes. Some arrested for paper irregularities in identification.
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Edwin L. Sibert
Vineyard Haven
Mass
U. S
Sibert
Big Three Hold Sixth Session on World Peace Problems
The Big Three conducted their sixth session since the conference began, focusing on peace issues including Germany, reparations, and boundaries. The American delegation said a conclusion this week was uncertain as leaders eyed timely reports to Congress and British elections. In London Churchill and Attlee were expected to return from Potsdam, with party outcomes shaping the conference’s future. A Pony Express charge of five dollars per half ounce is noted.
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Orm
Germany
United States
Congress
Churchill
London
Conservative
Clement Attlee
Potsdam
Britain
Koch Portrait and Educational Theatre in University Program
The Department of Dramatic Art presents a thoughtful view of Koch and his work. The article argues for integrating Art in a University Program as a provocative educational theatre approach.
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Department of Dramatic Art
Koch
Leafs Maintain Fast Pace in Carolina League Standings
Raleigh July 23 Leafs held an eight game lead over the Raleigh Caps in the Carolina league after winning four of seven recent contests. The Caps sit 10 4 2 games ahead of Martinsville with Greensboro moving up from last place. Sunday saw two games completed with Raleigh edging Durham 2 1 and Greensboro rallying to beat Martinsville 5 1 behind Johnny Allen who earned his third straight win.
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Raleigh
Danville
Leafs
Raleigh Caps
Capitals
Caps
Martinsville Athletics
Greensboro Patriots
Winston-Salem
Durham
Bulls
O'Mara
Saxon
Jim Coleman
Greensboro
Martinsville
Johnny Allen
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Mr. Truman
Ben Jonson
W. A. Bivins
Longfellow
WAC Cpl
Margaret
Hastings
New York
Shangri-La
New Guinea
Owego
International
Detroit
California
Esso
E. V. McLeod
Prop
S. Wrenn & Green
North Main
Montlieu
West End
Esse
English & Phillips St
Pony Express
North Carolina
Tedar
Bodenheimer
Will U. Worry
End
Standard Oil Company OF
New
Jersey
Bowe Pee
Ring
Oes
Atlas Products
English and College Sts
N. Main St
General Motor
Atlas
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