Soviet offensive threatens half million Japanese in Manchuria
London Tokyo reported a vast Soviet push in Manchuria threatening to cut off up to half a million Japanese troops and split 1.5 million enemy forces in China. Soviet reports claimed advances toward Harbin and seizing Rashin and Yuki ports on the Sea of Japan, with risks to Manchuria’s road centers and air bases as Moscow drives from Inner and Outer Mongolia toward the Yellow Sea coast.
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Tennesseans Get Death For Double Slaying In 1943
Dever Tennessee v Alvin Hicks and Jenny Luffman were sentenced to death in the electric chair for the August 15 1933 slaying of Grady Cherry and his wife Raphine. Jury recommended the penalty. Judge Dancey Fort set November 4 for execution and August 25 for a new trial hearing in Clarksville. The Cherrys were shot in the living room of the Herndon residence near Thorpe.
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Jenny Luffman
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British Ships Pour Into Pacific Aboard HWS Duke of York
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser announced aboard the HMS Duke of York that more than 429 ships and 200,000 men form the British fleet in the Pacific. He said HMS Action would join the force along with large and light carriers, with more ships on the way.
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Germans Execute 15 U S Soldiers in Italy
US Army reports fifteen American servicemen in uniform were captured near La Spezia during a March 22, 1944 raid and later found in a common grave near Genoa after V E Day. Bodies exhumed and sent to an American cemetery. several German perpetrators taken into custody for trial.
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Atomic bomb goal from tiny speck of plutonium
War Department details how a pinhead sized speck of plutonium could trigger a chain reaction to build an atomic bomb. The 160 page Smyth report explains fission, neutron production, and the need for the Hanford plant to produce plutonium, with background on neptunium and the wartime race against Germany.
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Nagasaki
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H. D. Smyth
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Hanford
Wash
Street Scene Amid City Work Turbulence
A salvage truck overflows with waste paper leaving a greasy trail as a breeze whips water and dust around a street scene. A painter inside a window department coats walls of a new office while cement dust erodes his view. A small boy balances on a car hood pouring water into a radiator from a precarious perch.
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Tiny Nort Boy
Five Injured As Practice Bomb Explodes In N M
In Belen New Mexico five people were seriously hurt after a blue painted Army practice bomb exploded at a ranch. Nine year old Rene Montoya lost her right leg while her sister Tillie and their mother Mrs J A Montoya along with cousin Salamon Padilla and his father Frana Padilla sustained burns and injuries. Tillie said she and Salamon found the bomb buried in sand and rode home with it tied to a saddle. Authorities say the device likely originated near a bombing range and locals were warned to stay away from any bombs.
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N. M
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Ralph Brown
Rene Montoya
Tillie Montoya
J. A. Montoya
Salamon Padilla
Frana Padilla
Brown
Salamon
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Albuquerque
Key
Ella Raines and Kenneth Trout Separate After Army Service
Actress Ella Raines announces separation from husband Kenneth Trout through her studio. Trout, a former major in the Army Air Forces, served recently and the couple wed on August 11, 1844. No divorce plans disclosed.
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Ella Raines
Kenneth Trout
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Army Air Forces
Misa Raines
Federal Agencies Await Signal To Reveal Home Plans
Federal agencies await a White House signal to steer the economy toward civilian production as Japan quits. Plans include placing war workers in peacetime jobs, easing wartime restrictions, lifting some controls, and outlining postwar wage and price policies. Rationing to ease after V I Day. meat and sugar stay under controls for military needs.
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Washington
White House
Japan
Kecanyerston
Planes Of Third Fleet Blast Japs Across Honshu Docks
Allied carrier planes of the Third Fleet attacked Yokohama docks and submarine pens after weather forced a Tokyo-area pause. Japanese claims report 12 hour raids, 17 enemy planes shot down and 25 damaged. Tokyo broadcast notes some damage from 800 carrier aircraft targeting Kanto. Far East forces continue daily assaults on Japan despite foggy conditions.
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Aumura Massey
Yokohama
Tokyo
Associated Press
Richard K. O'Malley
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Honshu
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Sagami Bay
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Far East Air Forces
Japan
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Okinawa
Imperial Headquarters
OPA Halts Order For Ration Books
The OPA has halted printing of 187,000,000 new ration books for food shoes and gasoline. The stop order covers War Ration Book Five for meats fats dairy canned foods and sugar and a new A passeline book. Both were set for December distribution. The halt applies to the backs pending peace talks outcome. If Japan quits the stop becomes permanent.
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Washington
OPA
Japan
Japanese Claim U.S. Ship Sunk Off Okinawa
A Japanese broadcast claimed by the Domei Agency that Japanese forces sank a large aircraft carrier off Okinawa in an attack today. The report appeared at 3 pm Japan time as Emperor Hirohito met Foreign Minister Togo for talks. Earlier Tokyo said a seaplane tender was sunk off Okinawa on Sunday.
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Demei Agency
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Postwar Era Seen as Critical Test for America
President Truman states the early postwar period is the nation's most crucial time for average Americans. He cites three main issues: restoring employment, converting war production to civilians, and sustaining purchasing power. Snyder leads reconversion plans to ease the wartime wind-down and shift billions in investment to private industry.
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White House
Office of War Mobilization
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Enemy Delays Reply To Surrender Terms
Washington reports no word from Tokyo on Allied surrender terms as American bombers strike Tokyo front and coast. President Truman's secretary says the war continues while Tokyo deliberates if it will accept terms that allow an emperor under Allied command. Tokyo radio notes no formal reply by Sunday night US time and Hirohito meets with Togo at the palace. Carrier planes hit Yokohama docks and allied signals hint at renewed bombings.
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Washington
Tokyo
White House
Japan
Charles G. Ross
Tokyo Geta
Ross
United States
Hirohito
Togo
Imperial Palace
Rosa
Yokohama
Pacific
Asia
False Flash Triggers Global Wave of Jubilation
A false United Press flash stating Japan accepted surrender caused widespread premature rejoicing across the United States Canada and beyond. UP billed as mysterious origin the message was not from its Washington bureau and a $5000 reward was offered for the culprit with FBI and FCC asked to identify who cut into the wire.
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United Press
Japan
United States
Canada
Central America
Sydney
Australia
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
United Press Association
EWT
Washington
Hugh Baillie
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Congress Faces Task Of Paving Road To Peace
Congress must prepare a five point program for reconvening in early September to ease the transition from war to peace. Committees will work within weeks to set a must rat program as members return to Washington after a shorter than expected vacation.
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Japan
Tokyo Radio Warns of Possible Allied Landing on Japan
Tokyo radio reported renewed Allied naval activity near Okinawa and large numbers of American troops shifting from the Philippines. It claimed about 406 surface vessels gathered in Okinawa waters for an invasion and noted 550 carrier aircraft attacking the Kanto District near Tokyo.
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Associated Press
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No Let Up Seen In Okinawa War
Spencer Davis reports from Okinawa as air and sea forces maintain pressure in MacArthur's theater. A transport plane is escorted by fighters while a Buckner Bay fleet unit endures a minor torpedo attack, underscoring continued combat activity and resilience amid the campaign.
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Lost and Found ad helps seaman reunite with family
Lawson, a seaman first name only, sought his unknown mother and sister after four years apart. A Kingsport shipmate helped publish the plea, and readers aided in locating his mother in Kingsport and his sister, now married in Tennessee. Lawson and Shaffer remain stationed at Treasure Island, California.
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