Congress Opens Reconversion Session With Wainwright Visit
Congress begins its reconversion session by formally receiving Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright and considering a House resolution for a probe into the December 7, 1941 military disaster. Lawmakers discuss peacetime navy surplus property airports wages and hours atomic bomb arms framing.
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Washington
Congress
Bataan
Cu Plany
Pearl Harbor
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Meral Wainwright
Philippines
Senate
House
U S Planned Death of Jap Admiral Yamamoto
The U S says Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was killed by American airmen in the Solomons in April 1943 after code breakers learned the plan. A trap was set with decoys and high altitude fighters guiding two Lightning bombers to strike the enemy convoy and bomber aircraft. Both Japanese bombers were destroyed. two Zero fighters were added as casualties.
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Washington
Isoroku Yamamoto
White House
Solomons
Yamamoto
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
South Pacific
Truk
Buka
Kahilli
Ballale
Yamamo
Jap Soldiers Ate Flesh Of Americans
Australian officials released an atrocity document stating Japanese soldiers killed and cannibalized allied prisoners during bayonet practice. The report, prepared for the UN War Crimes Commission, cites confessions and findings of human flesh in mess kits and around camp fires.
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Far East
United Nations War Crimes Commission
H. V. Evatt
100 Prisoners Died From Malnutrition in Camp Near Yokkaichi
YOKOHAMA September 3. One hundred American prisoners of war in a Japanese camp near Yokkaichi died in a single winter from malnutrition and exposure. Capt. Howard W. Friedman of San Francisco, U S Army medical officer, said records show 400 prisoners faced severe hardship with almost no medical supplies. Fifty air force planes located Kieuman and 194 Americans near Toyama. Of 195 prisoners, 130 lacked shoes until after surrender when footwear was issued. Colonel Stubbs recalled SSgt. Ralph C. Kellett of Greenville, cited for relentless effort.
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Yokohama
Howard W. Friedman
San Francisco
U. S. Army
Yokkaichi
Friedman
Kieuman
Fifth Air Force
Toyama
Stubbs
Ssgt
Ralph C. Kellett
Greenville
S. C
Drive Shapes For Minimum Wage Boost
Washington reports growing support among new dealers in Congress for a quick minimum wage boost as part of a full employment program. Senator Pepper of Florida champions a bill raising the wage from 40 to 65 cents under the fair labor standards act, covering employers with eight or more workers crossing state lines. President Truman urged an increase to 40 cents, calling it obsolete. Pepper chairs a Senate education subcommittee. he is currently abroad in Europe.
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William Peacock
Truman
Congress
Ief
Japs Surrender in Eastern East Indies on Morotai Island
Australian General Sir Thomas Blamey accepted the surrender of thousands of Japanese troops on Morotai in the eastern East Indies. The surrender followed allied forces' presence including Dutch and American units as Japanese troops laid down arms across Bougainville to Wewak under Lt. Gen. Amamura.
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Melbourne
Thomas Blamey
East Indies
Morotai
Mindanao
Blamey
Bougainville
Solomons
Wewak
New Guinea
Amamura
Tojo Declares History May Judge War Start Fact
In an exclusive interview General Hideki Tojo, once premier and war maker of Japan, argues that victors name the start of the war but that historians may judge differently in 500 or 1,000 years. He refuses to discuss trial or defense, noting war ends with peace and that soldiers fight to the finish.
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Marlin Spencer
Russell Tokeda
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Asia
Tojo
Roosevelt
MacArthur
Pwasked
Saipan
Yoga
Imperial Palace
Meiji Shrine
U. S
Congress
Wainwright
Philippines
Hamilton Field
Pacific
Batasa and
Corregidor
Alligood King Admits Killing Kinston Woman
Sheriff Sam R. Churchill announced that Alligood King, 32, confessed to killing Mrs. Ray mond Hardy, 32, at her Hugo area home. The body with a slit throat was found by her husband as bloodhounds traced a trail from the Hardy residence to Kings home. King, once a farmhand on the Hardy farm, was jailed. he denied criminal assault.
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Kinston
Sam R. Churchill
Alligood King
Raymond Hardy
Hugo
Churchill
King
Hardy
Greens County
Hardy Farm
Quisling Convicted of High Treason and Condemned to Death
Oslo radio reports Vidkun Quisling has been found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death under Norway’s new law. A military firing squad will execute the sentence, with potential appeal to the supreme court. Quisling, 58, faces execution within three weeks after allegations of aiding Germany during the 1940 invasion.
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London
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Quisling
Norway
Supreme Court
Iannot
Erik ‘Salem
Hitler
Erich Raeder
Germany
Guisling
Big Five foreign ministers in London for peace setup
The five power council led by America Russia and Britain with France and China to review postwar peace. Italy's treaty tops the agenda while Balkan influence shifts from German to Russian sway and Britain's grip loosens as Greece Turkey and Bulgaria Romania and Hungary face political tensions.
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Russia
Britain
France
China
Italy
Balkan
Greece
Turkey
Balkans
Hungary
Hitler
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Germany
Moscow
Bulgaria
Patterson In Running For Supreme Court
Washington reports indicate President Truman may nominate Robert Porter Patterson to the Supreme Court this week. Patterson, 54, is Republican and would replace Justice Owen J Roberts who resigned. Relations with Truman were cool when Patterson led the Senate war investigations committee.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Robert Porter Patterson
Supreme Court
Patterson
Owen J. Roberts
Jonal
Senate
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Nations May Request Secret of Atomic Bomb
The London Star reports that Russia France and China may jointly ask the big five council of foreign ministers to share the atomic bomb secret with the United States and Britain. British officials express surprise and say the issue likely won’t be on the meeting agenda opening tomorrow.
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London
The
London Star
Russia
France
China
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Great Britain
Wainwright Receives Hero’s Welcome and Reunion
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright arrives for a hero’s welcome in San Francisco sharing joy with his wife Kitty after four years apart. The reception includes a parade, calls on Congress, and a meeting with President Truman, amid plans to report on his wartime imprisonment.
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Charles J. Wellner
Washington
Jonathan M
Wainwright
Kitty
Bataan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Air Transport Command
National Airport
George C. Marshall
Army
Jacob L. Devers
Cmdr
Jonathan
M. Wainwright
Merchant Marine
Hamilton Field
Calif
San Francisco
Skaneateles
Omaha
Neb
Truman
White House
War Department
Tobacco Markets Closed Today In NC Belt Flue-Cured Areas
Eastern North Carolina and border flue cured belts will remain closed today to allow redrying plants and warehouses to relieve overcrowding. Markets will observe a Monday holiday until glut subsides with lighter sales expected this week and for the season. Last week slack deliveries allowed floors to clear. eastern belt sold 27,902 pounds at $43.25, down 26 cents. border belt sold 27,203,009 pounds at $42.66, down 81 cents from prior week.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolina Border
Border Belt
MacArthur orders Japan HQ abolished and censorship imposed
General MacArthur abolished the imperial general headquarters in Tokyo and imposed press and radio censorship as part of the occupation. He announced Japanese rulers would rule themselves under U S orders, with limited rights and a pledge to end militarism. Censorship would limit propaganda while troops prepare to return home when peace is secure.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Imperial General Headquarters
Sea Harbor
Japan
Korea
Seoul
Keijo
John R. Hodge
Jinsen
Hodge
Frank Fletcher
North Pacific
Honshu
Hokkaido
Ominato Naval Base
U. S
Toko
Amputation Of Germany May Be Demanded
France wants the Ruhr and Rhineland internationalized and Western German territory curtailed at the big five foreign ministers meeting in London. De Gaulle’s interview with the Times supports placing the entire western Rhine under French control and internationalizing Ruhr and Rhine land to secure coal output and peace.
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John A. Parris
London
France
Ruhr
Rhineland
Geremany
Charles de Gaulle
Times of London
James F. Byrnes
S. S
Elizabeth
de Gaulle
Rhine
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