Jap Must Be Made Peace-Minded After Victory
AP analysis argues Japan can be beaten into peace mindedness through occupation education and Western democratic example. MacArthur and Nimitz praise surrender progress but warn lasting peace requires cultural change beyond force, citing Yokosuka flag raising as a hopeful sign.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
MacArthur
Nimitz
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Hitler
Fourth
U. S. Marine Regiment
Yokosuka
William T. Clement
Hope Star factual notice page from 1929 publication
A historical newspaper masthead entry lists Hope Star Hope Arkansas 1929 with Star Publishing Co. Inc. C B Palmer and Alex H Washburn editors and publishers, address 212 214 South Walnut Street, Hope Arkansas, pricing and Associated Press membership details, and regional circulation notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Publishing Co., Inc
C. BE. Palmer
Alex H. Washburn
Star Ee
South
Walnut Street
Hope, Ark
Tokyo to reopen all schools by September 15
The Tokyo government plans to reopen all schools and colleges by September 15 affecting about 10 million young people. The speaker says the young generation holds the main hope for lasting peace and that Allies must present peace-loving democratic ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Bradley Seeks Higher Jobless Pay for Veterans
General Omar Bradley, veterans administrator, urged Congress to pass separate legislation to raise unemployment benefits for veterans due to administrative concerns with current bills. He testified before the Senate Finance Committee as reconversion chief John W. Snyder warned of可能 unemployment reaching 6,009,900 by year end and 38,060,000 by spring.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Congress
House
Senate
Bradley
Senate Finance Committee
John W. Snyder
Ways and Means Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
House Committee Responsible For
Veterans Legis
Hiroshima Destroyed by a Single Atomic Bomb
The narrator recalls Hiroshima after heavy firebombing and realizes the city was annihilated by one atomic bomb. He walks through the rubble near Kure, a major naval base, and wonders if his mother survived. The account emphasizes the overwhelming power of the weapon and the city’s devastation.
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Kure
Hiroshima
End of Lend-Lease Viewed as Necessary Step
The piece argues resentment over ending Lend-Lease was natural but inevitable and asserts the timing was right. It states recipients would resist any halt and that President Truman acted to halt aid promptly, saving U S taxpayers millions.
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Mr. Truman
U. S
Veterans Hope For Benefits If Jobs Remain Scarce
G Cannon for the Veterans of Foreign Wars said proposed veterans compensation boosts are welcome as a substitute for steady work and will help those unable to find employment meet needs. He warned relief is incomplete without a legal provision for employing veterans who had not worked before enlistment, noting the term COD originated in 1841 as delivery collection by an express company.
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G. Cannon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tokyo Occupation Moves as US Forces Strengthen Control
U S troops plan rapid repairs to the Tokyo embassy and establish MacArthur's headquarters as the occupation widens. Bombers and fighters patrol landing areas around Yokosuka and Atsugi while Japanese resistance remains cautious and some militarists threaten to resist surrender emissaries.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Yokosuka Naval Base
Tokyo Bay
Atsugi
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Brines
Manila
Miyake Island
Hirohito
Jobless Must Take Work as Offered
Little Rock August 30 Special Released war plant workers who expected 16 weeks unemployment pay are finding they cannot qualify by refraining from work Purifoy Gill director of the War Employment Security Division said about 50 percent of unemployment compensation applicants, mostly women, hold out for wartime jobs and wages or for benefits. Benefits require able and available employment that exists and is obtainable. If trained only for jobs nonexistent in Arkansas or if the wage is not accepted, they are disqualified. Applications rise, while prewar skilled labor in demand doubles.
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Little Rock
Purifoy Gill
Ware Employment Security Division
Arkansas
Gill
Krug
Congress
Truman
Ways and Means Committee
House
Doug Hton
D-Nc
War Manpower Commission
Japan
Poe
Brender
WPB
Tokyo Aftermath Amid War Weariness and Scarce Supplies
The passage notes Japan seeking peace but not returning to prewar ties as Tats about postbomb Tokyo reveal mass banker and citizen labor. It cites a Japanese journalist estimating 300000 to 500000 killed or injured in Tokyo from B 29 raids amid food scarcity and rampant inflation.
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Tokyo
Congressmen Demand Pearl Harbor Trials
Washington lawmakers press for full investigations into Pearl Harbor, with calls for court martials if needed. Leaders from both parties seek more facts than those in Truman era releases, while Hull’s 1941 counter proposals are debated and defense unification plans move forward.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Ose
Truman
State Department
Hull
Japan
Army Board
House
Arends
Detroit
Ferguson
Rmich
Senate
Chamber
Woodrum
D-Va
Army
Navy
Department of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Joint Staff
Army and Navy
William D. Leahy
Special Army Navy Committee
Joint Chiefs
J. O. Richardson
Harold S. George
Stimson
Asia
Pacific
President Truman abolishes Office of War Information
President Truman announced the abolishment of the Office of War Information. He directed the State Department to study foreign information needs and to prepare a plan during the remaining months of the year.
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Washington
Truman
Office of War Information
State Department
Group faces employment limits after war era claims
A Gill office release notes that about 25 percent of the group lacks prewar labor experience and accepts jobs at the prevailing wage locally while another 25 percent exceed peacetime training age caps, restricting future work options.
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Gill
Future of Federal Unemployment Handout Dark as Budget Slashed
Washington reports a bleak outlook for the proposed unemployment compensation bill as the federal budget is cut by 19 billion dollars. WPB officials say reconversion progresses, while sugar and coal forecasts worsen, meat and gasoline show mixed signs, and farm wives gain looser fabric bag restrictions.
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Max Hall
Washington
OPA
E B
Coal
Ickies
Japan
Agriculture
Anderson
New Mexico
Labor Department
WPB
J. A. Krug
Cotton advances on mill buying and textile contracts
New York cotton prices showed a steady tone as mills bought aggressively in nearby and district months. Spot cotton demand improved through the week, with late-day quotes rising and declines limited to minor margins. Futures closed with modest to sharp gains and losses across contracts amid scattered selling.
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New York
Orleans
Hogs and cattle receipts at St. Louis Stockyards Aug 31
National Stockyards Illinois reports 1700 hogs with about 1360 in early sales including 150 feeders. Slaughter classes steady with barrows and gilts to killers at 14.70 and cows and bulk stags at 13.95. Feeder classes down with 139 lb feeders around 16.50 and light feeder gilts 15.50. Cattle and calves total about 1300 and 800 salable, receipts mostly cows with about half cows.
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ST. Louis
Foreign Information Program Should Be Conducted Continuously
The speaker argues the foreign information program ought to run on a continuing basis, stressing sustained outreach and persistent effort in international communication.
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Nevada
Howard, Miller and
Lafayette
National Advertising Representative
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
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Chicago
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Futtu Saki
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4Th Marine Regimental Combat Team
Futtso Fort
Marine Corps
Iowa
H. A. Bass
Nagato
Yokosuma
Tom Shafer
Acme
WPP
Our
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Market Report
Shorts
U.S
Leghorn Fryers
Leghorn Broilers
Laney
Hope
Aaron Burr
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