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Storekeeper First Class Bill Swain, famed for surviving six major amphibious landings, works in the USS Ancon’s chill box where perishables are kept. The 38-year-old Georgia native reflects on wartime service from North Africa to Japan and details his experiences under bombardment at Salerno and Fedala.
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Tokyo
Bill Swain
Bill
Navy
Pinehurst
Georgia
Wrightfield
Vienna
North Africa
Japan
Fedala
French Morocco
Scogeletti
Sicily
Salerno
Italy
Normandy
Okinawa
Tokyo Bay
Fed
Swain
Ancon
Congress Tackles War Era Debates On Jobs and Pearl Harbor
Washington dispatch reports Congress debating postwar goals from equal rights to veterans’ benefits. Senators push for faster discharge and a bill to accelerate recruiting by improving army life while a House probe into Pearl Harbor looms, signaling a busy day of action.
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Washington
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate Military Committee
House Military Committee
House
Senate
Inquiry Into Demobilization Ordered by Senate Military Committee
The Senate military committee ordered an inquiry into demobilization citing slow progress and planning public hearings to be set later. Senate figures from the War Department show about 8 million officers remaining in the army at odds with wartime highs, while promotions to higher ranks aim to sustain wartime strength.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Hill
Alabama
Thomas
Utah
Johnson
D-Cole
War Department
Iice
India Army
Parker May Be International Court Member
John J. Parker of North Carolina, a Fourth Circuit judge, may be named the U S member of the international court to try German war criminals. Reports say Truman planned to offer him the Roberts Supreme Court seat, though Parker was unlikely to get that post.
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Washington
John J. Parker
North Carolina
United States
International Court
Parker
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Truman
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Bailey
Hoey
Robert
Supreme Bench
Robert Patterson
Ley
White House
Hoover
Senate
Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Coolidge
Robert P. Patterson
Supreme Court Post
Patterson
Lord Haw Haw Trial Set For Monday
The treason trial of William Joyce 39 American-born Nazi radio propagandist known as Lord Haw Haw is set for next Monday at London's Old Bailey Judge J Tucker to preside. Also listed is John Amery 33 son of the former British secretary of state for India on treason charges arising from alleged attempts to recruit British prisoners of war to fight with Germany.
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London
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Justice J. Tucker
Old Bailey Court
Central Criminal Court
John Amery
India
Amery
Russia
British Goal 3 Billion Dollar Aid
Washington reports that Britain aims for at least 3 billion dollars in aid over three years at an Anglo American economic conference opening. The meeting, led by Lord Halifax and William Clayton, includes top U.S. and British economic officials to shape postwar trade patterns.
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Washington
Soth
United States
EWT
Lord Halifax
William L. Clayton
Halifax
United
Secretary of
the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Leo T.crowley
Henry Wallace
Amos Taylor
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Lord
Fish Treasury
Robert H. Lchief
British Treasury
253 Naval Craft Hit During Battle For Okinawa
The navy reported 253 naval ships sunk or damaged in the Okinawa siege. Thirty ships went down, many to kamikaze planes. 223 ships damaged included 10 battleships and 67 destroyers. About 3,836 Japanese planes were destroyed. overall naval casualties reached around 10,000 with about 5,000 dead or missing.
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Washington
Okinawa
Navy
Kilgore Abandons 25 Dollar Unemployment Plan
Senator Kilgore of West Virginia abandoned his proposal for unemployment benefits up to 25 dollars a week for 26 weeks. He urged the federal government to supplement state funds so the total period could extend beyond 26 weeks. He said states paying 14 weeks would receive 12 more weeks of federal support, with present rates kept but no guaranteed 25 dollar maximum.
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Washington
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Five Ministers Will Not Take Up Atom Bomb
At a London press conference Secretary Byrnes said Italy would be the first topic for the foreign ministers conference and that the atom bomb was not on the agenda. He indicated postwar trusteeships for many colonies, Greece gaining Dodecanese, and Libyan Cyrenaica possibly under international or Egyptian rule.
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London
James F. Byrnes
Italy
Russia
Great Britain
France
Gree
Byrnes
United States
United Nations
Dodecanese
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Ethiopia
Cyrenaica
Libya
Washington
Germany
Potsdam
U. S
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Soviet Union
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
China
Wang Shih-Chieh
Mats
Archbishop Damaskinos
Troop Arrivals Set at East Coast Ports From Europe
More than 4,000 servicemen arrive today at New York Boston and Newport News aboard ten troop ships. Dockings include New York on Daniel Huger Ernest Hinds Francis Walker Rosemont Boston on Charles Baycock Madawaska Victory with 1,933 troops and 45th Infantry units Newport News on J F Fields G Ade Womemy with 27 27 28 troops. The Lacrosse Victory docked Boston yesterday with 1,936 troops including MP platoon 91st Infantry Division and related units. The Lord Delaware missed arrival yesterday.
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Associated Press
Europe
New York
Boston
Newport News
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Daniel Huger
Ernest Hinds
Francis Walker
Rosemont
Charles Baycock
95Th Infantry Division
Madawaska Victory
45Th Infantry Division
157Th Infantry Regiment
High Point
Lord Delaware
Yesteriday
Delay In End Of War Boon To Farmers
Washington reports a four month delay in officially ending the war could extend farm price supports to 1949, shaping 1946 and 1947 production plans. Truman said the time has not arrived to end the war, while economists warn on costs of maintaining 90 percent parity beyond wartime needs.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Truman
MacArthur moves against Nippon with censorship and HQ purge
General MacArthur acts decisively by abolishing Imperial General Headquarters and instituting press and radio censorship in wartime Japan. The crackdown targets militarists led by Tojo as war crimes lists grow, with Allied plans to try those responsible for aggression and atrocities.
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Tojos
Ore Ee
Ee Perry
Tropical Storm Moves North Of Puerto Rico
A tropical disturbance of moderate intensity was centered about 370 miles north of San Juan and moving north at 18 mph. Winds near the center reach 50 to 60 mph with up to 50 mph farther out. Observations are sparse and cautions are issued for vessels in the storm’s path.
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Miami
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Weather Bureau
Interstate Commerce Denies Atlantic Coast Line Abandonment
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied ACL’s request to abandon 37.7 miles from Sumter to Darlington and 9.56 miles from Elliott to Bishopville in South Carolina. Opposed by shippers and municipalities, the ruling cited no present or future public necessity. ACL may renew within a year if conditions warrant.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Sumter
Lee
Darlington Counties
South Carolina
Darlington
Elliott
Sea Air Line Railway
Bishopville
State Public Services Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wainwright to tell Corregidor story after parade of honors
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright prepares to relate the Corregidor siege and prison horrors as he rests in Washington. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman, spoke to crowds, and held a news conference on Japanese mistreatment of American officers. He may unveil the full report to the war department later.
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Washington
Gen
Wainwright
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Kitty
National Airport
San Francisco
Manchuria
George C. Marshal
Army
Arthur Edson Washington
Corregidor
War Department
President Truman
White House
Truman
Fort Myer
Picure
Tojo Shoots Self as Arrest Orders Are Issued
Japanese ex premier Hideki Tojo shot himself as American operatives moved to arrest him at his Tokyo home. MacArthur ordered the arrest of 39 others linked to the Pearl Harbor regime, including Toga Kaya and Homma, and replaced Japanese governors with new officials.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Ascne
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur
Tojo
Japan
Ohad
Shigenori Toga
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Toga
Okinori Kaya
Shigetara Shimada
Nobusuke Kishi
Ken Terashima
Michiy
Iwamura
Kunihiko Hashida
Hiroya Ino
Chikahiko Koizumi
Sadaichi Suzuki
Homma
Anilippines
Bataan
Wainwright
Jose Laurel
Jorge Vargas
Heinrich Stahmer
Praetap Mahendra
Aryan Army
John R. Hodge
24Th Army
Sible
Imperial General Headquarters
Battle Shapes Over Tragedy Investigation
Washington September 11. A political battle forms over a planned congress investigation into Pearl Harbor. Republicans demand a evenly divided three by three committee from each chamber while Democrats push for broader control and quicker passage.
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Washington
Congress
Pearl Harr
House
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
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