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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1945
Page
1
Ninety five Americans and eight English prisoners freed from Ofuna near Yokohama recount brutal abuse by Japanese guards. They describe beatings, starvation, forced mouth metal bits, and long immobilizations. Pilot Ens. Fred Turnbull recalls being tortured after a downed carrier mission and hearing shots.
Newport Beach California report says 72 year old Mrs Albertine Merriman killed herself after six hours of attempts using pistol razor illuminating gas and a shotgun notes detail each failed method and final shotgun blast coroner Earl Abbey notes death was instantaneous.
Kenosha Racine counties cabbage producers plan a Tuesday meeting at Somers Town Hall to discuss government purchases and storage to prevent waste amid a bumper 1945 crop. Howard Green Rex Ebert of the Fox River Valley Cash Crops Co-Operative speak on truck crop progress and market prospects.
The White House declares Japan's surrender with a 3:30 PM time set for formalization. Associated Press reports the terms of occupation and Allied control expanding across Japan.
Allied forces brace along Tokyo Bay for the formal surrender of Japan as Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger's Eighth Army lands in the bay. Generals MacArthur and Wainwright attend the pivotal moment aboard the Missouri, with Truman expected to address the nation. China Britain and others join in the milestone as Hong Kong and Philippines moves toward capitulation.
July 1945 figures reveal car loadings down 19.5 percent from July 1944 while employment placements rise 126 percent. Utilities meters and phone usage up. public transportation and fluid milk up, bank debits down. war-end effects seen in building permits and property transfers. Marriages up 18 percent, deaths down, contagious diseases fall 50 percent.
Joseph F. Holler, 56, of Sturtevant, was found drowned in 14 inches of water in Pike Creek near Berryville road and Pike River school in Somers township. Sheriff and coroner said no clear motive. Holler left home with two daughters for work, but did not report to Racine job. He is survived by his widow and seven children. body taken to Kenosha for funeral plans.
About 1,100 workers remained out at American Brass in Kenosha as unions back 31 hot press and copper mill employees who walked out earlier in the week. Pickets formed, no incidents reported, while management said no negotiation offer had been made to the War Labor Board or Labor Department.
The White House said the Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard the Missouri off Tokyo will air at 8 30 p m Central War Time. President Truman will deliver his brief V J Day radio address shortly after 8 30 p m from the White House broadcasting room.
Kenosha curtails operations as stores factories and offices close for the first regular national peacetime holiday in four years. Police urge caution for parade routes and high traffic as residents plan picnics trips and lake outings during the three day holiday.
In Wasta South Dakota residents battle a swarm of grasshoppers moving from the prairie. Entomologist Charles Heisek estimates about ten percent damage to fruit trees while gardens and lawns suffer as residents improvise weed burning and hand‑spread poison bait to curb the infestation.
Berlin radio said Martin Bormann chief Nazi deputy was in Allied hands though no location or official confirmation was given. British circles in Hamburg suggested if captured he may be in the Russian zone. His name tops the Nuernberg war crimes list with trial to proceed next month.
Coast guardsmen discovered an unidentified man, 40 to 50, in shallow Kenosha River water 500 yards north of the Fifty-second street bridge. Coroner James A. Crossin opened an inquiry, noting no immediate identification or cause of death. The body, clothed in dark trousers and a white shirt, showed no signs of violence and had little identifying material.
Canadian lake fish today were exempt from price control. The CPA said it did not plan to place the fish under ceiling prices again in the near future.
A liaison officer an artist and a clerk are named Bronze Star recipients. The trio includes Lt Col Adolph P Munz of the Fifth Army. T/4 Arthur J Swartz an artist. and T/5 Philip E Kipp. Munz earned the award for meritorious liaison operations in the Po Valley drive and continued data coordination under combat conditions. Swartz was cited for service on northern Luzon from February to June this year.
Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr said the United States weighs transferring atomic bomb control to a world police body to enforce permanent peace. He spoke in London amid UN preparatory commission work, noting no details and that an Anglo American secret policy remained in effect.
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