Nonstop Tokyo to Washington flight reshapes world outlook
A projected 39 hour nonstop Superfortress flight from Tokyo to Washington illustrates swift postwar changes in travel time and foreign policy. The piece argues modern warplanes render distant capitals reachable in a day, influencing defense, diplomacy, and global threat perception.
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Washington
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London
Japan
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Pacific
Truman adviser Hannegan touts common sense as guide
Louis Missouri Sept 19 Former lawyer and now cabinet member Arbert F Hannegan urged that President Truman be guided by common sense not ideology. He praised Truman for limiting government in business and expanding civilian markets, arguing for lower taxes and more jobs.
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Arbert F. Hannegan
Lawis Hewsboy
Van
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Hank
Harry Truman
Wnegan
B-29s Fly Non-Stop Tokyo to Washington
Three B 29 Superfortresses depart from Hokkaido and fly nonstop 8 500 miles toward Washington with Lt Gen Barney M Giles reporting mid flight 120 miles southeast of Watson Lake Yukon. Crews include James T Seaver Jr Beverly K Martin and Glenn Whatley as they near Whitehorse and Duluth with anticipated arrival around 6 p m. EK W T.
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Japan
Barney M. Giles
Watson Lake
Yukon Territory
Canada
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W. T
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Air Force
James T. Seaver, Jr
Bronxville
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Ore
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Canton
Tex
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Alaska
Halfbay Point
Nome
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Duluty
Minn
Curtis E. LeMay
Emmett O'Donnell
Pacific
Russian Kamchatka
Army
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
FAT Fai
Ismailia
Egypt
Darwin
Australia
Jima
Spokane
Hawaii
Fourteen Workers Added to County Staffs by State Board
The Arkansas Welfare Board announced the appointment of fourteen county welfare workers by Commissioner Ted R. Christy. Names include Lois Wright Jefferson Lou Kilda Perry Katherine Pardue Jodie Sanderlin Sara Ellen Haynes Ethel Merchant Mary Jean Taylor Martha Lou McCann Vera Goldberg Louis Hartley Margie Mahaffey Nancy Akers and two county board members John Knight and J. E. Cooper.
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Arkansas Welfare Board
Ted R. Christy
Lois Wright Jefferson
Lou Kilda Perry
Katherine Pardue
Pulaski
Jodie Sanderlin
Jefferson
Sara Ellen Haynes
Howard
Ethel Merchant
Nancy Akers
Craighead
John Knight
Dallas
J. E. Cooper
Crittenden
Truman's brisk press conferences shock Washington reporters
President Truman holds rapid news briefings unloading a flood of items in minutes. He outlines reorganization of the labor department and moves including Symington’s surplus property post and Patterson as secretary of war. Reporters chase updates across languages afterward.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
Trumania
Labor Department
Office of Economic Stabilization
Office of War Mobilization
Stuart Symington
Stimson
Robert P. Patterson
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Harold Burton
Ohio Republican
General MacArthur
White House
Police Will Testify in Epes Trial
Sheriff T Alex Heise and Richland County officers were set to testify in the murder trial of Sarmuel Epes who allegedly buried his wife in a fox hole to pursue another woman. Prosecution witnesses linked Epes to a Mississippi beauty and a Fort Jackson officer testified to the timeline, while defense claims point to an overdose and panic. The case includes a note supposedly sealing the grave. Also reported is a wheat milling record for April 1945.
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S. CL
T. Alex Heise
Richland County
Sarmuel
Epes
Fox
Mississippi
Louisiana
Soro
Virginia
Nelson Kingsland
Survey Begins on Red River Canal Project
Mississippi river channel reviews unfold in Vicksburg as engineers from Louisiana and the Vicksburg district inspect the river for a proposed Red River canal. The plan links Shreveport to the Mississippi via Natchitoches Alexandria Marshville, tying major Louisiana ports into the valley system and prompting a final recommendation from Brig. Gen. Max C. Tyler to Washington.
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Mississippi River
Red River Canal
Leo V. Odom
Department of Public Works Engineers
Louisiana
R. W. Sauer
Vicksburg U. S
Engineer Office
Mississippi River Commission
Nateheg
Louisiana Department of Public Works
Army Engineers
Shreveport
Jefferson
Tex
Natchitoches
Alexandria
Marshville
Shreveport-Alexandria
Max C. Tyler
Washington
Tyler
War Dads to Meet in Pine Bluff With Mayor Welcoming
A statewide Arkansas War Dads meeting is scheduled in Pine Bluff on Friday with Mayor Emmett Sanders giving the welcome address. Officers will be elected and a yearlong program planned. Elmer Cook of Fort Smith is the organization president.
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Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
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Pearl ‘Harbor
Cid- 2
Jed
Pine Bluff
Arkansas War Dads
Emmett Sanders
Elmer Cook
Fort Smith
Japanese Cabinet Purge and War Crimes List Circulate
General MacArthur announced a new long list of suspected Japanese war criminals and Cabinet purge rumors swirled around Premier Higashi-Kuni. Vice Premier Konoye and other ministers without portfolios were noted as possible resignations while Tokyo papers faced censorship actions as the Allied policy tightened.
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MacArthur
Higashi-Kuni
Prince Higashi-Kuni
Nippon Times
Asahi
Fumimaro Konoye
Toshishiro Obata
Taketora Ogata
Japan
Konoye
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
Obata
Ogata
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
General MacArthur
Fifty Cars Recovered In August By Arkansas Police
Arkansas state police reported fifty stolen automobiles recovered in August valued at 48830.20. J R Porter director of state police released the figures noting total arrests 1250 with 970 convictions.
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Arkansas State Police
J. R. Porter
Portrait of Sir Bruce Fraser Likely Britain's Next Sea Lord
Aboard the Duke of York en route to Hong Kong on Sept 13 Hal Boyle profiles Adm. Sir Bruce Fraser age 57, commander of Britain's Pacific fleet, with 406 ships, 42 years in service. The easygoing, unmarried officer is praised for leadership and kindness to juniors.
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Pacific
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Royal Navy
Tubby
U S Debates Intervening in Detroit Strike
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach, empowered by new authority, moves to intervene in Detroit labor unrest. He appoints Edgar L. Warren to study the strikes and considers calling for a labor‑management conference to avert stoppages. The action follows a White House revamp folding economic offices into the Labor Department.
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Warren
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Department
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War Manpower Commission
Labor Department
Mr. Truman
White House
Chicago Regional War Labor Board
Office of Economic Stabilization
William H. Davis
John W. Snyder
Davis
Allies weigh Italy Yugoslav frontier at postwar talks
The Allied foreign ministers steering committee weighed the Italian Yugoslav frontier issue and likely limited progress, deferring deeper decisions on the Balkans and Dardanelles to a late autumn or early winter session. Debates reflected diverging positions on Tripolitania and Eritrea, Istria, and the status of Italian territories, with Yugoslavia seeking broader gains and Rome pressing for more.
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Council of Allied Foreign Ministers
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Dardanelles
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France
China
Tripolitania
Eritrea
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V. M. Molotov
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Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Istria
Trieste
Cairo
Paris
le Monde
San Francisco
Revolt at Tokyo Imperial Palace Aimed to Prevent Emperor's Surrender
A Tokyo Mainichi report details a mid August palace uprising by junior officers to block Emperor Hirohito's surrender. Gen Mori was killed, Gen Hasunuma imprisoned, and communications cut as Lt. Gen. Tanaka intervened and restored order. Reports vary on confirmation.
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Imperial Palace
Hirohito
Japan
Mori
Imperial Guards
Shigeru Hasunuma
Shizuichi Tanaka
Eastern Army
Tanaka
Imperial
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Hasunuma
Miuro Tsukamoto
Koicho Kido
Fish Program of State to Be Expanded
Arkansas will broaden its fishing program using new license fees, enabling expanded patrols and restocking. Minnow fishermen and boat anglers must now buy licenses, aligning funding with other states to access federal resources for fisheries and wildlife development. Protests followed the commission’s decision to close certain areas.
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T. Arthur McAmis
McAmis
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