Reconversion Fears After Victory Warn of Inflation Peril
Washington outlines home front plans as wartime controls crumble and production surges. Officials warn inflation risk could wreck reconversion efforts, citing World War I lessons. Speech excerpts from Snyder Bowles and Davis stress avoiding postwar economic chaos and delayed recovery.
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Washington
Taok
John W. Snyder
Chester Bowles
William M Davis
Theo Davis
Bnyder
UNRRA Delegates Embrace British Refugee Policy
At the third UNRRA conference delegates backed in principle the British plan to aid refugees who refuse to return home. Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia resisted. A subcommittee led by Sam Masaryk will redraft with U S and Norwegian input.
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London
UNRRA
Russia
Poland
United States
Norway
Americana
Germany
Reich
Japs Dissolve Puppet Regime in China
The dispatch from a Tokyo outlet says the Japanese dominated puppet national government in Nanking has dissolved its administration as its mission ends. A special committee will oversee interim peace and order until a new government takes over.
War plant layoff toll hits hundreds of thousands
The Associated Press reports that peace abruptly ends well paying war plant jobs for hundreds of thousands of Americans. About 400,000 workers were laid off immediately after surrender and up to 1,878,000 more may be affected in weeks. City by city, plants close coast to coast as contracts are cancelled and reconversion plans unfold. In Illinois, 690,000 workers may be laid off next year. Chicago sees 2 billion dollars in war contracts cancelled affecting 600 plants.
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Ncon
Army
Navy
Chicago
Cleveland
Scattered Fights Continue In Luzon Highlands
In Luzon mountains American forces launched leaflets and loudspeakers to urge surrender after Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's capitulation. Despite 828000 leaflets dropped and emissary calls, no clear effect emerged as pre-dawn banzai attacks on 32nd Division units left one American dead and five wounded, with twenty Japanese killed.
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Manila
Tixon
Hirohito
Luzon
Mth Corps
Jap Defeat Cancelled More British Raids
A powerful British naval task force sailed from Ceylon last week for planned strikes on Japanese shore targets in Malaya and Singapore but the operation was called off. Commanded by Rear Admiral G N Oliver the force included HMS Royalist and several escort carriers along with destroyers. Allies expected a major invasion of Japanese positions once the war ends, according to Southeast Asia Command and a Rangoon dispatch.
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G. N. Oliver
Royalist
Empress
Shah
Penn
Tarter
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Times Not To Publish Friday Kingsport Times to Close for War Holiday
The Kingsport Times will not publish Friday afternoon to allow an employee to take a holiday marking the end of the war. All offices close Friday, no Kingsport News Saturday morning, regular activities resume Saturday morning, and the Sunday Times-News will be published as usual.
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport News
Sunday Times-News
Fight To Keep Japan Peaceful May Be Long, Hard Fight
The article notes that though Japan’s surrender ended hostilities, keeping them defeated will require a lengthy, difficult effort. Allied officials analyze statements by Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Suzuki, finding two key points: leaders aim to preserve the imperial political structure and show no remorse or guilt. Experts warn they may seek to rebuild strength rather to admit defeat.
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Japan
Washington
Tokyo
Hirohito
Susuki
Army Cancels 37 000 Planes in postwar cuts
The Army Air Forces cancelled projected production of 31 000 planes as part of a about 5 billion cut in expenditures after Japan's surrender. The War Department disclosed a 23.5 billion yearly reduction, with aircraft production and spares accounting for seven billion of the air force decrease. The cut signals an 80 percent drop from the current program and roughly 45 percent from the proposed 1948 plan.
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Whellington—/P
Army Air Forces
Japan
War Department
Army
Truman Sees No Way For Jap Revenge
President Truman stated in his first peacetime news conference that the Japanese will have no chance to obtain revenge for defeat. He predicted surrender will be complete after two million arms laid down and said MacArthur will designate surrender signing. A peacetime draft review and universal training were discussed, with no decision on merging services. Congress will decide on the Manhattan Project plants.
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Truman
Congress
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Japan
Manhattan Project
Truman Sets Day Of Prayer Sunday
President Truman designates Sunday August 19 as a national day of prayer to seek divine guidance toward peace. He urges all Americans to thank God for victory and to honor those who sacrificed for liberty.
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Truman
Washington
United States
Nip Army Asks Soviets to Halt Manchuria Attacks
An Associated Press report states a Japanese broadcast from Hsingking cited the Kwantung Army urging Russia to stop attacks in Manchuria. Monitors in New Delhi recorded the broadcast as Soviet forces said they would press operations until Japan surrenders and resistance ends.
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Associated Press
Hsinking
FCC
Manchuria
New Delhi
Return Of Congress May Give Americans Tax Cut
Washington predicts a tax cut this season as Congress returns with a tax cutting mood. Analysts foresee a modest personal income tax reduction affecting lower incomes most, with 1946 taxes largely unchanged for now. Automatic drops to 1942 rates may apply after hostilities end, while excess profits tax on corporations is likely repealed.
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Mene Gerne i
Congress
Washington
Congressional
House
Ways and Means Committee
Army Navy Discharge Plans Target Millions This Year
Secretary of War Stimson said the Army plans to discharge up to 5 million soldiers into civilian life in the coming year if Japan accepts surrender terms, transport permits remain, and the draft act stands. Navy discharges could reach 1.5 to 2.5 million in 18 months, Marine Corps using Army point system with no firm total.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Stimson
Street Scene Quiet War Noise Sparks Child's Question
A four year old asks why the street is loud and is told the war is stopped. Minutes later he asks his mother to restart the war because of the noise. A group of youngsters parades with a trumpet along a residential street selling flowers from a vacant lot.
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Bive
Chinese Communists Ignore Chiang Orders March on Northern Cities
Unified Communist forces press toward Peiping and nearby cities despite Chiang Kai-shek's orders to halt. Communists claim Chiang’s directive harms the nation and continue pushing into key northern centers while signaling readiness for peace talks with Mao Zedong.
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Tsingtao
Tientsin
Peiping
Hsuchow
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Matthias Says U.S. Had More Atomic Bombs
Spokane reports Col. Franklin T. Matthias, director of the Richland atomic bomb plant, claimed the United States possessed more bombs that could have been dropped if Japan had delayed surrender. He warned production continued with 5,000 workers, noted by products storage and uncertain future of handling byproducts.
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Spokane
Wash
Franklin T. Matthias
Richland
United States
Matthias
Japan
MacArthur Secrecy Over Japanese Surrender Reply
General MacArthur demanded immediate cessation of hostilities and a Japanese envoy to Manila to receive surrender terms. Tokyo reported Emperor Hirohito complied with cease fire orders, but Manila still had received no word as of 9 pm Pacific, prompting caution over timing and acceptance at field units in Luzon.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Hirohito
Comei News Agenccy
Pacific
Japan
Luzon
Okinawa
Shimi
Dome
Mte
Tokyo Radio
State Byrnes
Unrationed Gas To Return To Peacetime Quality
The Petroleum Administration for War announced pending return to peacetime octane levels as refining and distribution adjustments are completed. Deputy PAW administrator Ralph K. Davies said civilian gasoline quality has declined since the war began due to aviation fuel needs. Premium now averages 76 octane and regular about 70, compared with prewar 74 to 76.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration
Ralph K. Davies
PAW
OPA
To Start Drop On V-J Day
The Ordnance Works at Millington will cease production on V-J Day. Current smokeless powder plant employment is 1,000, down from a peak of about 5,000. Capt B B Williams said the plant began production in 1940 with DuPont operating it for the English government, and the U S government took it over in March 1941. Other Memphis war plants await official word on peacetime operations.
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Millington
B. B. Williams
Unickasaw
E. I. Dupont de Neymour
United States
Memphis
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