Occupation of Tokyo and Korea by Allied Forces
Thousands of U S troops begin occupation in Tokyo as Lt General Hodge lands in Korea and Admiral Fletcher moves to Ominato. Domes dispatch lists dates for further occupation across Japan with two officers heading to Kyoto. Liberation of prisoners continues with thousands freed in central Japan Formosa and Manchuria regions.
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Manila
Singapore
Japan
Formosa
Mukden
Manchuria
Up to 400000 Nazis to Face War Crimes Trials
Allied plans call for mass trials at Nuernberg beginning late October or November with 24 defendants led by Hermann Goering. The Nazis Gestapo and SS will face collective charges for aggression and war crimes, with possible hangings for top leaders and labor sentences or rebuilding duties for others. Reactions split among Allied and Russian observers, with Justice Robert H. Jackson leading the U.S. prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Hitler
Gestapo
Allied War Crime Commission
Nuernberg
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Nazi Party
Goering
Warsaw
France
United States
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Jie
Invasion Plans Claimed From East and West
Sultan of Johore in Singapore says Gen Tojo outlined to him a joint Japanese invasion of the United States from the Atlantic and Pacific, linking with Germany at Baghdad and sailing across the Atlantic as part of a greater Asia strategy. He recalled Tojo showing a map and predicting simultaneous landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Johore
London Daily Mail
Singapore
United States
Hideki Tojo
Sultan
Greater Asia
Tojo
Mapa
Baghdad
Atlantic
America
Pacific
Canton Occupied by China's First Army
The Chinese military council announced the First Army has entered and occupied Canton also known as Kwang-Chow. Veterans led by Lt. Gen. Sun Li-jen moved into the walled river town with a population over 900,000, located on the Pearl River about 80 miles inland from the South China Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
U.P
China
First Army
Canton
Chinese Military Council
Hearcy
Burma
Sun Li Jens
Kwang-Chow
Sangching
Pearl River
China Sea
U.S. Forces Complete Bougainville Campaign Envelopment
Melbourne radio reports the surrender of about 23,000 Japanese troops who were bypassed on Bougainville and surrounding Solomons. The capitulation was recorded as completed at noon today.
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San Francisco
U.P
Bougainville
Solomons
Melbourne
Jeep Accident Fatal for Sailor Gerald Bradley at Highway 41
Gerald Bradley a 20 year old sailor stationed at Great Lakes died at Kenosha hospital after an army jeep crash on Highway 41 Friday evening. Two other soldiers Harry Seidenberg and Marvin Murry were seriously hurt in the crash near Stratford Wisconsin. Bradley was en route to his parents home when the accident occurred. The collision followed a tire failure as the jeep swerved to avoid another northbound car. Investigation by local authorities and sheriff deputies followed.
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Highway 41
Gerald Bradley
Great Lakes
Kenosha Hospital
Harry Seidenberg
Marvin Murry
Bradley
Thomas Bradley
Stratford
Wis
Emil Hess
Sheriff's Department
M. I la
Bitter Battle Over Jobs-for-All Bill in Senate
Washington U P news reports a fierce Senate Banking Committee dispute over the Truman administration jobs-for-all bill. Sen Robert A Taft objects to amendments that would rewrite the measure while Sen Robert F Wagner and Sen James E Murray defend it as essential for full employment. Taft warns amendments would strip the right to work and the pledge of government funds for full employment.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Robert A. Taft
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
James E. Murray
Mont
Taft
Henry
Wallace
Wagner
Murray
New Labor Disputes Raise Idle Workers to 125000
An Associated Press survey shows about 125000 idle workers nationwide, the highest in months, with 40 distinct stoppages across industries. Ford plants in Detroit and nearby sites account for 30800 idle, plus 13000 more in Detroit area auto firms and 4500 at Kelsey Hayes Wheel, while recall to work is expected for 22000 Detroit area workers.
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Japan
Associated Press
Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company
Lexington
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford Company
Detroit Motor Companies
Kelsey Hayes Wheel Company
Word
Dead Flier John Shepard Wins DFC Air Medal
First Lt. John K. Shepard, long presumed dead since August 21, 1944, posthumously receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for July 13, 1944 missions and the Air Medal for operations from October 16, 1943, to July 1, 1944. His C-47 vanished near the Portugal coast en route from Italy to England. He is survived by Martha Morrow Shepard of 2318 Seventy-fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Shepard
Martha Morrow Shepard
Seventy - Fifth Street
Italy
England
Shepard
New Radios and TV Sets Hit Market Amid WPB Signals
Washington reports new radios will arrive soon with frequency modulation and television sets to follow within weeks as the War Production Board outlines market entries. A WPB official says civilian refrigerator restrictions will be lifted by mid October while present radios sell in 1942 price ranges and TV sets range from $100 to $350.
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Washington
U.P
War Production Board
WPB
Office of Price Administration
WPRB
Kenosha County To Kick Off Tin Can Salvage Drive Monday
Aimed at alleviating tin shortages, Kenosha County launches a one day can salvage drive at 7 am with a 75 000 pound goal. Housewives and businesses are urged to place curbside donations to boost totals and support wartime production and reconversion.
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Kenosha County
W. B.tower
County Salvage Committee
Kenosha
James G. Wallace
City Water Works Collection
Chicago
Ind
British to Seek Lend-Lease Aid for Postwar Recovery
Washington reports Britain will ask the United States for a postwar lend-lease style aid package to aid reconversion to peacetime industry at little cost. Anglo American talks begin Monday with Lord Keynes and Lord Halifax arriving to participate. Both sides start from different bargaining positions but share a goal to restore Britain’s peacetime production and trade.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Lord Keynes
Lord Halifax
Kenosha Soldier Executed for Killing Two Officers
Pvt. Robert Colby of Gettingsville Ind is convicted by court martial in Leipzig Germany of killing Capt Richard J Brown and Lt Donald H Wade on June 10. Colby sentenced to death by firing squad. sentence approved by Gen. Eisenhower. Wade, husband of Esther Wade, was 22 and his death grieved Kenosha. book details include Wade’s infant son Daniel Carson Wade born May 31 1944.
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Donald H. Wade
Kenosha
Robert Colby
Gettingsville
Ind
Leipzig
Germany
Colby
Eisenhower
J. J. Ryan
Indianapolis
Wade
Lt. Wade
Daniel Carson Wade
Flag Unfurling Marks Simple Rites in Capital
Thousands of American troops began occupation duty in Tokyo and Korea. General MacArthur unfurled the Stars and Stripes over the wrecked capital as Inchon and northern Japan prepared to enter their roles in postwar occupation. American fleets entered Mutsu Bay while Japanese officers surrendered on Okinawa and in the Ryukyus.
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Tokyo
Korea
First Cavalry Division
Douglas MacArthur
Seventh Division
Inchon
Meijo
Albert W. Hartl
Bismarck
N. D
Yellow Sea
Daniel FE. Barbey
Seventh
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
Attu
Kiska
Kwajalein
Leyte
Okinawa
Japan
Mutsu Bay
Honshu
Frank J. Fletcher
Panamint
Ominato Naval Base
Hokkaido
10Th Army
Marshall Islands
Maloelap Atoll
MacArthur
Emperor Hirohito
Capitol
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Berlin
Rome
Missouri
Yokohama
Wainwright Report On Japanese Treatment Sought After War Release
General Wainwright arrives at Hampton Field California heading to Washington to file an official report on his treatment by Japanese guards. He will lead a victory parade in San Francisco and be accompanied by a wave of Allied prisoners freed from Asia.
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Truman
Hirohito
Henry Stimson
Eft
Gen
George
Marshall Coenter
General Wainwright
America
Bataan and Corregidor
Hampton Field
Calif
Jane
Honolulu
Washingon
D. C
San Francisco
Marade
Hawaii
Wainwright
Washington
United States
Navy
Tokyo Bay
San Francisco Bay
Navy Air Transport Service
Oakland
Singapore
Tokyo
China
Divorcee Slain After Refusal of Marriage in Indiana Harbor
Norman Glenn Coppage, 23, admitted fatally shooting Erma Leach, 21, as she returned from work at the American Steel Foundry in Indiana Harbor after she refused his marriage proposal. The attack occurred as she entered a car with Myrtle Myers. Coppage fled but was arrested by Whiting police. Leach had previously been courted by Coppage. he had telephoned her mother in May threatening to kill her if she did not marry him.
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Hammond
Ind
Indiana Harbor
Richard S&s. Springgate
Whiting
Norman Glenn Coppage
Ile
Erma Leach
East Chicago
American Steel Foundry
Myrtle Myers
Springgate
Coppage
Mrs. Leach
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U.S
Adm
Fletcher
John R. Hodge
Frank Jack Fletcher
Ominato
First
Shanghai
Shankaikuan
Tokyo Radio
Kyoto
Sasebo
Kyushu
Wakayama
Nagasaki
Yokkaichi
Nagoya
Aomori
Osaka
U. S
First Cavalry
Naval Air Transport
Suane RR
John Shepard
Jeep
Sailor
Seidenberg
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By Ann Hicks
Portugal
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Normandy
Mich
Everett H. Shepard
University of Michigan
Michigan National Guard
Air Corps
Mrsa
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