Wartime speed limits to be removed and tire safety urged
Highway Director J C Baker said the State Highway Commission will abolish the 43 mile wartime speed limit and restore peacetime limits 55 mph for cars 45 mph for trucks. Legislators and senators note rising traffic speeds and warn motorists to expect months more before new tires and repairs. The Pearl Harbor narrative explores Army Navy reports and the unanswered questions about leadership and preparedness.
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J. C. Baker
State Highway Commission
Japan
John L. McClellan
Hot Spring
Horace Fisher
Malvern
Senator McClellan
Civilians Freed at Mount Futata Camp on Guam
127 American civilian workers captured on Guam in 1941 have been freed by the Mount Futata camp commandant at Kobe. Occupation forces report most will stay in the camp until American troops arrive.
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Yokohama
Guam
Mount Futata
Kobe
Chinese Reach Temporary Agreement Reported by Reuters
Reuters dispatch from Chungking says a temporary agreement has been reached between Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-Tsung. The report cites reliable sources in Chungking.
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London
Reuters
Chungking
Chiaing Kai-Shek
Mao Tse-Tsung
Russians Celebrate End of War Across Moscow
Moscow marked Japan s surrender as Premier Stalin declared the Kurile islands and southern Sakhalin would return to the Soviet Union. Mass celebrations spread through the city with red banners and giant portraits of Stalin and Lenin as he proclaimed world peace near.
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Moscow
Stalin
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Soviet Union
Kurile
Russia
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Far East
United Nations
Lenin
President Truman Spends Labor Day on Potomac
President Truman and Mrs. Truman left the White House at 9 30 a m to cruise the Potomac on the presidential yacht Potomac marking the first non working Labor Day since 1941.
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President Truman
Potomac
Washington
Truman
White House
British Hero Executed as Jap Prisoner
Melbourne reports Lt. William Newton VC, an Australian war hero, was beheaded by Japanese forces in New Guinea in March 1943. Australian Air Force officers identified the kneeling, blindfolded figure in a widely circulated photo as Newton, whose body was later recovered after the Sala maoa capture and buried in the Air Force cemetery there.
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Melbourne
William Newton
Australia
New Guinea
Newton
Salamoa
Air Force
Star Put to Press Early for Labor Day Holiday
The Star was put to press about 1 p.m. today, 242 hours earlier than usual, to give employees a partial holiday on Labor Day. Telegraph news was cut off at 12 noon instead of the usual 4 p.m. wire closing.
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Telegraph
Longer Unemployment Pay Not Higher For Longer
Senate backs extending federal aid as longer unemployment benefits rather than higher weekly payments. States set maximums from 15 to 20 dollars. Truman seeks 25 dollars for 26 weeks. Other measures include full employment policy and reorganizing the executive branch. Guatemala identified as Central American state.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Threeman Board
Hirohito informs ancestors of Japan's defeat at palace ceremony
Emperor Hirohito, wearing ceremonial robes, worshipped at three imperial sanctuaries as he prepared to open Japan’s 88th Diet session. Higashi Kuni blamed internal rot, overregulation, and black market Deals for defeat, calling for speech freedom and reform. Allied orders and unemployment fears dominate Tokyo broadcasts.
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William F. Tyree
Yokohama
Hirohito
Japan
Emror
Empree Nagako
Sadako
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Yoshiji
Tokyo
Higashi-Kuni
MacArthur
George W. Rice
Carlisle
Eighth Army
Peacetime Labor Day Observed After Victory
Washington observes Labor Day as a peacetime holiday one day after V J day. President Truman praises labor and pledges a decent standard of living for all citizens while saluting workers who aided victory and saying the government will meet upcoming tasks and opportunities.
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Washington
Truman
V-J
War Crimes Trials May Be Delayed in Nuernberg
Neusternberg dispatch notes possible delay of the war crimes trials into late October or November if defendants seek German civilian counsel. Justice Robert H. Jackson says defendants may have right to counsel upon request. Indictments in Berlin and 39 days needed for pretrial preparation. Jackson’s staff near 100. British and French staffs about 30 each. Russian delegation of about 30 expected by September 14.
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Nuernberg
Robert H. Jackson
Berlin
Jackson
Accidental Deaths Plague El Dorado Area During Holiday Weekend
A Arkansas reporter notes two accidental deaths over the holiday weekend. Theodore H. Harvey, 38, of Drew County, drowned yesterday while fishing near Monticello. Alton H. Thomas, 40, of El Dorado, died Saturday from a shotgun wound while cleaning the gun at his Smackover home.
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el Dorado
Arkansas
Theodore H. Harvey
Drew County
Monticello
Alton H. Thomas
Phillips Petroleum Co
Smackover
Occupy 700 Square Miles of Japan
Allied occupation forces expand in and around Tokyo, with 700 square miles under control. American troops move to Kyushu air bases Kanoya and Takasu to prepare for large scale landings by air and sea. Eighth Army units begin operations at Tateyama, Chiba peninsula, while First Cavalry Division takes Yokohama without incident. Continued on Page Four.
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James Thrasher
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Washington
Pacific
Hawaiian
Naval Service
Oamsen
Forrestal
Admiral King
Illiam B. Dickinson
MacArthur
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Kanoya
Kyushu
Takasu
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Okinawa
Radio Tokyo
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Hiratsuka
FCC
Eighth Army
Tateyama Naval and Air Base
Chiba Peninsula
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Congress moves to cut draft calls and boost incentives
Congress rapidly shapes draft cut legislation as War Department lowers discharge points from 85 to 80 and reduces discharge age from 38 to 35. The plan adds GI bill extensions, overseas pay bonus, re enlistment benefits, home transport, and 90 day furloughs to lift volunteer rates while continuing selective service for months. Chairman May says full committee meets Tuesday and aims for quick House action.
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Congress
War Department
Army
House
Navy
May
D-Ky
Bonin Isles Surrendered by Japanese on Chichi Jima
Unconditional surrender of the Bonin Islands signed aboard the U S destroyer Dunlap at Chichi Jima by Lt General Tachibana and Commodore J H Magruder on behalf of Admiral Nimni t z. The event recalls the 1875 Perry land purchase and notes the Japanese party’s careful entry aboard with boots and spurs. Also mentioned is Australia slaughtering about 19 000 CDP sheep and lambs annually for meat.
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Guam
Bonin Islands
U. S
Dunlap
Tachibana
Chichi Jima
J H. Magruder
Marianas
Nimitz
Australia
Japanese Are Funny A Small Land Thought They Could Whip U S A
HAL BOYLE assesses Japan’s war effort from notes with Fourth Marines in Ja pan. He argues Japanese leadership relied on delusion and medieval ideas, noting crude weapons and failed fortifications. Marines reflect on how Japan held out so long and why their delusions failed.
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Hal Boyle
Fourth Marines
Japan
United States
U. S
America
Britain
Germany
Futtsu Saki Peninsula
Sokyo Bay
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka Naval Base
Yamashita Surrenders Troops. Faces War Crimes
Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita surrenders his 40,000 Japanese troops in the Philippines to Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright and is imprisoned at New Bilibid. Manila press calls for his execution as a war criminal amid demands for trial.
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Dean Schedler
Bago
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Jonathan M. Wainwright
New Bilibid
Manila
Bataan
Corregidor
Yamachita
Malaya
Singapore
Yamashita
The
Manila Post
Daily News
New Bilibi
Yamashita Surrenders in Philippines Ending Japanese Stronghold
In Baguio Yamashita signs the surrender amid an Allied ceremony before 10,000 Japanese held as prisoners. Lt. Gen. Wainwright Percival and Styer witness as Ameri can forces accept Japan's capitulation following Missouri signing. Yamashita then faces war crimes charges.
To Circulate Dry Petition in Hempstead
Sponsors of Sundays dry rally at First Baptist church announced plans to circulate a petition next week for a local option election in Hempstead County. C. C. Coulter of Little Rock attended as Arkansas Anti Saloon League superintendent. The church was packed with attendees from many denominations.
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First Baptist Church
Hempstead County
C. C. Coulter
Little Rock
Arkansas Anti-Saloon League
Fire at El Dorado Sawmill Estimated at Thirty Thousand
A fire at the Reynolds Gammill Lumber Co. mill south of El Dorado caused about 30 000 damage. Fire started from a spark igniting a fuel vault. The mill, burned before in two years, will be rebuilt.
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el Dorado
Reynolds Gammill Lumber Co
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