End Of Bloodiest War Near As Japan Surrenders
Tokyo Bay hosts the surrender ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri with General MacArthur Nimitz and Spaatz in attendance. President Truman will broadcast from Washington as Japan ceases hostilities after years of brutal conflict.
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Yokohama
Japan
Missouri
MacArthur
Nimitz
Halsey
Spaatz
Kensey
Truman
Washington
United States
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Imperial General Staff
Tokyo
Okyo
White House
Eighth Army
Robert L. Eichelberger
Bay
Con- Non
Tokyo Bay
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
South Dakota
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
U. S. Navy
Navy
Guam
Half Of Nazis Held For Crimes Profess Religion
Nazi leaders in the Nuremberg area are increasingly embracing religion while awaiting war crimes trials. About half now keep Bibles in cells and attend chaplain-led services, with U.S. Army chaplains visiting regularly. Hans Frank, among those awaiting trial, is noted as the most avid reader and churchgoer.
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Muernberg
Hitler
United States Army
Andrus
Hans Frank
Poa
Record Flight by B-29 from Honolulu to Washington
A B-29 set a nonstop flight record Honolulu to Washington landing in 17 hours 21 minutes. The route beat the 20 hour 15 minute time set last June by a prior B-29 under Maj. Gen. Crutis E. a. The aircraft Lady Marge departed Guam linked to Tokyo with film and personnel from the 6th Air Force, then flown to Guam by another Superfortress.
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Washington
Honolulu
Capital
Hawaii
Crutis E. A
21St Command
Army Air Forces
Marge
Guam
Tokyo
Pajamas Surprise American Prisoners After Long Journey
Disjointed text describes American prisoners learning about pajamas after months without comforts on a long journey. It mentions division and Minda with a vague reference to Japanese or American contexts and bedtime routines. The fragment lacks clear events, dates, or names to confirm specifics.
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Minda-1
Drowns In Surf Clyde Daniels Jr in Myrtle Beach
Clyde Daniels Jr 19 of High Point N C drowned in the surf at Myrtle Beach S C after a morning swim. He was on leave from the war and his companion Miss Caroline Johnson 19 of High Point survived after resuscitation efforts.
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Clyde Daniels, Jr
High Point
Myrtle Beach
S. C
N. C
Daniels
Caroline Johnson
Miss Johnson
Myrtle Beach Army, Air Base Hospital
Marie Culbertson
Charlotte
Young Daniels
Clyde A. Daniels
Montleu Avenue
Building On Increase As Living Goes Up
Washington reports rising private home-building per the Federal Housing Administration. OPA may permit higher prices for mills pulling up costs on work clothes and sheets. Congress faces unemployment pay talks and veteran job reinstatement debates as Senator Van denberg proposes changes.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
OPA
Congress
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Governor Cherry Delivers 103 Pound Watermelons to Governors
HOPE Ark Sept 1 Gov Ben Laney promised 100 pound melons to all 47 other governors if Hempstead county grew the 1945 crop pion melon. Yesterday the first four melons weighing 103 pounds each were shipped to Maine Idaho New Hampshire Washington. The remaining 43 governors will receive theirs soon.
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Hope
Ark
Ben Laney
Hempstead
Laney
Horace Hildreth
Maine
Charles Dale
New Hampshire
M. C. Walgree
Washington
Charles C. Gossett
Idaho
Reynolds Calls Return to Prewar Milk Standards
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds urges Raleigh and county officials to rescind wartime relaxations on milk sales and restore a strict Grade A standard now that the war has ended. He notes the state health board always opposed relaxations and warns public health could be affected by expediency.
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Raleigh
Carl V. Reynolds
State Board of Health
Civilians to Receive surplus army tires in September
Civilians will get worn but repairable army tires, about 25 000 a month, as surplus. Col L M Bricker, fourth service command ordnance officer, said worn tires will be declared surplus and sold through the Commerce Department to dealers for repair and sale to civilians.
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Atlanta
L. M. Bricker
Fourth Service Command
OPA
Bricker
Bormann Reported Alive Amid War Crime Trial Plans
Berlin radio said Martin Bormann, Hitler aide, was in Allied hands with no location given. AP reported British circles suspect if prisoner he is in the Russian zone. He is listed for Nuernberg war crimes trial with in person or in absentia likely.
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London
Martin Bormann
Stocky
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Bormann
Associated Press
Charles Chamberlain
Hamburg
Nuernberg
War Crimes Commission
Hitler
Rudolph Hess
Britain
Stalwart
Reich Chancellery
Chamberlain
Bernard L. Montgomery
Walther von Brauchitsch
Erich Fritz von Mannstein
Schleswig-Holstein
von Brauchitsch
Luebeck
von Mannstein
Michigan Idle Soars Beyond 18 000 Mark
Detroit reports widespread strike idle time across Michigan auto plants. Ford Rouge halted all passenger and truck production while Hudson Motor Car Co stopped car output. Kelsey-Hayes wheel workers idled 4 500, draining supply lines and threatening 30 000 to 40 000 Ford jobs without resolution. Chevrolet Local 659 in Flint votes to strike amid wage and hours disputes.
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Detroit
Michigan
Aew
Ford Motor Co
Ford Rouge
Hudson Motor Car Co
Hudson
Foremen's Association of America
Robert H. Keys
FAA
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co
Ford
Kelsey-Hayes
Kelsey - Hayes
Kansas Men Call End To Meat Rationing
The Kansas livestock association urged immediate discontinuance of meat rationing. In telegrams to President Truman and officials, they cited glutting beef markets, exhausted packer quotas, and black market activity. They demanded removal of red tape and elimination of packer quotas to let meat reach consumers through normal channels.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas Livestock Association
Japs Carry-on Plan Fails To Materialize
In Tokyo on September 1 1945 pamphlets flown from planes urged ignoring Emperor Hirohitos surrender message and continue fighting. Residents say the idea found little popular support and died quickly.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
World Today: Missouri Sinks Axis Dream as China Turmoil Grows
In Tokyo Bay the battleship Missouri anchors amid ships awaiting Japan's surrender. Across the Yangtze a Chungking conference heightens risk of Chinese civil war between Mao Tse-tung’s Communists and Chiang Kai-shek’s government, threatening postwar gains. Major General Patrick we
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Tokyo Bay
Missouri
Japan
China
Chungking Conference
Chiang Kai-shek
Asia
Nippon
Mao Tse-Tung
Chungking
Chiang
Patrick We
Black Market Wrecks Japs Money Market
Tokyo reports Japan faces a severe black market crisis since 1942 as barter goods surge in value while cash loses worth. Police jailed thousands but illegal trade remains rampant. sugar, shoes, and shirts fetch vastly inflated yen in the shadow economy.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Bank of Nippon
Labor heads for state aid for jobless with repayment idea
Secretary of labor Schwellenbach urged Congress to study financing a national unemployment standard of at least 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks while suggesting federal benefits to aid state programs could be repaid from state funds. He noted state maximums vary from 15 to 25 dollars and did not specify repayment methods. Endorsing national standards, he backed the principle of aiding the jobless.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Senate Finance Committee
Annulment Sought After Second Marriage Confusion
Mrs Ann Birdwell Marshall 19 seeks annulment of her marriage to Jack Marshall 33 in Kansas City Wichita motorcar mechanic uncle of her first husband Sgt Gene D Birdwell 21 found alive after reported killed in action last October Birdwell rescued from Japan POW camp and en route to Pearl Harbor on USS Reeves she awaits word by cable from the sergeant while considering annulment until Gene returns and decides their future The couple moved to Kansas City after the news not yet received by cablegram mother Mrs William Belie comments on the situation.
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Kansas City
Ann Birdwell-Marshall
Jack Marshall
Wichita
Kas
Gene D. Birdwell
Marshall
Sergeant Birdwell
Birdwell
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Birdwell-Marshall
Gene
Wn Iire
Birdwel-Marshall
William
Scribes Feast Upon Rations Juiced at Kawasaki Camp
American correspondents describe parched K rations dropped for evacuees at Kawasaki camp taken by Japanese soldiers. At Omori prison officials avoided the supplies, while reporters at Yokohama HQ consumed tomato juice, cheese, and candy bars as they dined on fish and onions.
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Tokyo Bay
Kawasaki Camp
Omori
Yokohama
Prisoners recount brutal abuse at Ofuna camp near Yokohama
Ninety five Americans and eight English freed from Ofuna near Yokohama describe brutal Japanese mistreatment. Tales include beatings to death, malnutrition, forced marches, and “bit” restraints. Pilots from Michigan and Texas crews speak of torture, lack of anesthesia, and beatings after crash or surrender.
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Ofuna
Yokohama
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