World celebrates surrender with riots and parades across cities
Across the United States and allied lands jubilant crowds filled streets as Tokyo radio signaled surrender. In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia workers left on the job, streets filled with horns and confetti, while Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Honolulu hosted massive celebrations with bands, improvised parades, and scenes of joy. Police and officials reported disorder in spots, liquor stores closed, and a cautiously optimistic mood prevailing as people anticipated official confirmation from Washington.
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London
Paris
Honolulu
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Solid Fuels Administration
Liquor Control Board
Philadelphia
City Hall
Hirohito
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
N. M
Los Angeles
Nashville
Tenn
Kansas City
Monument Circle
Indianapolis
Denver
United States
Manila
Victoria
B. C
Pacific Fleet
Guam
Washington
Spokane
Wash
Broad Street
Newark
N. J
Long Branch
New Jersey
Hollywood
Petain Case Jurors Face New Threats in Trial
Defense argues Petain remained a patriot and accuses the prosecution’s star witness Paul Reynaud of guilt, while claiming the National Assembly aimed to undermine him as the fall of France loomed. The lawyer asserts Petain’s late life political ambition marks him as a traitor by timing and circumstance.
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National Assembly
France
Albert Lebrun
Petain
Paul Reynaud
Delepse
Payen
John J. Pershing
AEF
Marshal Petain
Streamline Congress For Post War Conversion Problems
The joint committee for the reorganization of Congress urges sweeping changes to postwar governance. They call for fewer standing committees, higher member salaries, technical staff, closer executive relations, a quarterly question period, regular recesses, lobbyist controls, and an end to strict seniority rules.
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Congress
Jane Albaugh
Washington
Joint Committee For the Reorganization of
la Follette
House
Senate
Halson
Executive Branch
Department
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Willis
R.-Ind
Redeployed Soldiers At Indiantown Gap
The following district soldiers arrived Monday August 13 at the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation to be redeployed: Sgt. Robert H. Kunkle Avonmore Cpl. Wilson S. Faulkner Mechanicsburg Cpl. Charles Heiple Blaiksville S/Sgt. Thomas E. Rafferty Osceola Mills S/Sgt Donald H. Montgomery Shelocta Pte. Frank S. Rupp Mechanicsburg Cpl. Harry B. Keller Blairsville Pte. Kenneth E. Bush Rochester Mills
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Indiantown Gap
Robert H. Kunkle
Avonmore
Wilson S. Faulkner
Mechanicsburg
Charles [. Heiple
Blaikrsville
Thomas E. Rafferty
Osceola Mills
Donald H. Montgomery
Frank S. Rupp
Harry B. Keller
Blairsville
Kenneth E. Bush
Rochester Mills
Washington Waits Japan Surrender Details
Washington eyes the surrender as Allied leaders anticipate a formal capitulation by Japan. MacArthur likely to lead occupation forces with Nimitz, while Truman awaits the text for analysis. Military moves include continued bombing and potential new weapons and a Western Allied control framework for Japan after signing.
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MacArthur
Allied Control Commission
Japan
Truman
State Department
Byrnes
De Gaulle to Visit U S Aug 22 to See Truman
An obituary page notes Mrs. Alverda Wolfe 78 of Burnside died Sunday with survivors including children Joseph Paul George and Mrs Joseph Spécher among others. Funeral at Union Church Burnside Wednesday with interment at NOOF Cemetery. Several other obituaries follow and a Kent fire report precedes a Washington dispatch. Gen Charles De Gaulle will reach Washington Aug 22 to meet President Truman and discuss four key issues including Germany, reparations, Indo-China, and the French economy.
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de Gaulle
U. S
Truman
Alverda Wolfe
John &. Wolfe
Burnside
Joseph
Mahaltfey
Paul
George
Detroit
Mich
Joseph Splécher
Cherry Tree
Mary Conrath
Martha Brake
Portland
Ore
Union Church
Walter R. Byers
John 5. Stebbins
Noof Cemetery
Stella Mae (Smathers) Seanor
Dayton
George W. Seanor
Wayne
Dean
Ellen Marie Bates
Wyane Dootte, Mich
Charles Smathers
Ringold
Glade Run Presbyterian Cemetery
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
White House
Provisional Government of
Germany
Allied air hammer hits southern Honshu in largest WW2 raid
United States and British carrier airmen struck with 430 Superfortresses and 176 fighters from Iwo, blasting southern Honshu targets including the Manifu Railway yards near Hiroshima, Kure naval base and Osaka arsenal. Bombs averaged seven and a half tons per aircraft in clear weather with little fighter opposition.
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U. S
Japan
Kurile Islands
Spaatz
Guam
Navy
Domei Agency
Tokyo
Potsdam
Strategic Air Force
Marianas
Iwo
Honshu
Army Air
Hiroshima
Ōwakana
Kure
Hikari
Tokunyama
Osaka Army Arsenal
Dio
No Reparations From Austria
London August 14 United States Secretary of State Will Clayton said at the third conference of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration that the United States Russia and Great Britain had decided against seeking any reparations from Austria. He hinted the Potsdam decision was made as he urged relief delegates to expand aid programs for Austria and Italy.
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Mr. Truman
White House
Tokyo
James K. Vardaman
Washington
United States
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Truman
London
Will Clayton
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Russia
Great Britain
Austria
Clayton
Potsdam
Relief Organization
Fulr
Italy
Cemetery Cleanup at Jacksonville Cemetery
Jacksonville United Presbyterian Cemetery hosts a cleanup day on Saturday August 18 inviting all interested persons to bring mowing tools. A basket picnic will be held at noon.
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Jacksonville United Presbyterian Cemetery
Some Japs Quit In China
Front dispatches report Japanese troop units in Chekiang province south of Shanghai stopping fighting and negotiating capitulation after Tokyo's surrender offer. Chiang Kai-shek's forces push on across China's fronts while hostilities continue until peace is proclaimed. American air forces reported disruptions of Japanese communications as the Tenth Air Force shifts from the India-Burma theater.
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Rea Ison
Guam
Tru
America
Gee Tret
Japan
Washington
Douglas Mar-Arthur
Tokyo
White House
President Truman
Potsdam
Chungking
Chekiang
Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chinese Ministry of Information
United States Tenth Air Force
India-Burma
Chakiang
Liberty Bell in Easton Rings for 24 Hours
The historic Northampton County Liberty Bell was rung for 24 hours starting today after news of Japan's surrender terms. Hundreds queued at the courthouse to pull the rope in a community effort while Easton remained quiet otherwise.
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Easton
Northampton County
Aston
Philadelphia
Japan
Court House
Italians Seize Goering Gifted French Paintings in Florence
Florence authorities seized a collection of French paintings valued at about 1 million dollars said to have been given by former Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering to a Florence collector in exchange for Italian Renaissance masterworks. The seizure includes works by Cezanne Renoir Manet and other famed artists. Investigators pursue ownership questions.
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Rome
Ansa
Florence
Reichsmarshal Harman Goering
Cezanne
Renoir
Manet
Anso
Missouri Surrender Ceremony Urged On Battleship
Chairman Carl Vinson urged President Truman to formally receive Japan's surrender on the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, suggesting the ship move into Tokyo Bay for the ceremony.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
House Naval Committee
Japan
Missouri
Truman
Vinson
Charles G. Ross
The
Tokyo Bay
Lions Hear Talk On Explosives
William W. Kay of the DeMours Company spoke to the Indiana Lions Club about the differences between commercial and wartime explosives. He outlined safety features in mining dynamite, improvements in black powder since its invention, and a brief note on the atomic bomb. Guests included Pfe. Zeme Hoover and Pte. Tony Violle.
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William W. Kay
Duspont, DeMours Company
Indiana Lions ‘Club
Kay
Pfe
Vichy Scraps Puppet Regime Furnishings Depart Paris
In Vichy on August 14 the last remnants of the puppet state were removed as furniture and decorations seized by the Vichy government were loaded onto trucks and sent to Paris. Local residents watched without visible regret as the material trappings of the regime left the city.
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Vichy
Paris
France
Parc
Pavillion Seveigne
Seven Soldiers Are Discharged From Army
Seven district soldiers received honorable discharges from the Army of the United States on Monday August 13. Names include S/Sgt. Nick Somonick Aultman T/5 Lawrence B Beemer Blairsville Pfc. John E Kaleta Graceton Pvt Dewey F Stern Graceton Pfc Charles Uracinitz Blackstock Sgt George F P Yanche Winton Dale T/5 William F Duncan Indiana.
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Army of the United States
Nick Somonick
Aultman
Lawrence B. Beemer
Blairsville
John E. Kaleta
Graceton
Dewey F. Stern
Charles Uracinitz
Black Sick
George FP. Yanche
Wintondale
William F. Duncan
Indiana
Bilbo to seek $1 million reward for Hitler alive
Senator Theo G. Bilbo of Mississippi said he will push a bill when Congress reopens to offer a one million dollar reward for capturing Adolf Hitler alive. He doubts Hitler is dead and would grant immunity from war crimes to anyone helping capture him.
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Poplarville
Miss
Augus
Theo G. Bilbo
Hitler
Bilbo
Gls In Europe 800000 Fewer
New York reports the army says 800000 servicemen are already home or en route from the European Theater of Operations. An additional 175000 are in assembly areas for departure and 113000 are in staging areas as the drawdown continues.
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New York
Army
High Seas
America
13 Killed As Detroit Box Factory Burns
A sudden Detroit factory fire at the Export Box and Sebler Company on Grand River and Fifteenth killed 11 women and 2 men and injured 52. Many died leaping from second story windows as workers listened to a juke box during a rest break. A 16 year old boy Maurice Wash aided several trapped workers. The cause was undetermined, with some survivors mentioning an explosion.
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Detroit
Export Box
Sebler Company
Grand River Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Maurice Wash
Wash
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Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific Army
Indiana Evening Gazette
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