Tojo Roundup Interviews as Japan Faces Occupation
General MacArthur’s staff allowed the Japanese government to round up remaining suspects on his wanted list. Hideki Tojo survived a self-inflicted wound and could be interviewed, while Japan’s imperial headquarters were formally abolished. Japanese leaders blamed militarists for the war, and key figures including Shigetaro Shimada and Sugiyama took their own lives or faced arrest as occupation preparations continued for Kyushu bases and Honshu defense.
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Navy Still Asks To Keep PH File Dark
Navy renews its plea to senators to keep portions of the Pearl Harbor file secret citing risk to sources. Rear Adm. Husband Kimmel reportedly opposes a court martial. Senate Naval Committee weighs withholding information from the Navy Inquiry Board report. The panel considers whether protecting sources outweighs public interest as it prepares a ten-member joint inquiry panel.
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Pearl Harbor
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Huely
Joint Congressional Inquiry Committee
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D-Tenn
Senate
British Envoys Propose Plan to Obtain Reconversion Funds
British envoys here outline a share-the-cost plan to raise several billion dollars from the United States for Britain's reconversion financing. They argue Britain's higher WW2 costs justify American aid without harsh obligations, suggesting retroactive lend lease and repayment of roughly 3.5 to 24 billion dollars. Lord Keynes warns that without aid Britain may tighten belts and trade controls, risking reduced world trade and friction.
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Sr—Srtsh
United States
Britain
Lord Keynes
Keynes
Street Scene Tensions Near Debyan Bennett Field
A pickup driver warns a moving van blocking an alley as a crowd gathers for a scrimmage at Debyan Bennett Field. An eight year old paces seeking a decision on whether to fetch forgotten school books, worrying about tardiness.
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Hiroshima Area Safe After Atomic Blast Checks
A U S mission led by Brig. Gen. Farrell found no measurable radioactivity in Hiroshima after the bombing. Areas within a mile and a quarter were razed, two miles heavily damaged, with minor damage further out. Officials could not confirm death tolls, noting estimates remain uncertain and further studies planned.
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Hiroshima
T. F. Farrell
Farrell
Stafford Warren
Rochester
N.C
Yoang
Iit
Engineers Stay Away From Jobs At 2 Radio Chains
New York The American and National Broadcasting companies returned to the air at 7 a m CWT today, their regular opening time, but engineers who walked out yesterday remained away from their jobs. Engineering executives and some radio announcers and producers operated the networks, pulling switches and turning dials. The engineers walked out at 6 p m EWT yesterday, disrupting nationwide service and causing cancellation of some programs. A T Powley, president of the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians, said the men would be asked to return to work today. NBC and ABC said broadcasts would be as normal as possible with probably little interruption.
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National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians
NBC
ABC
Pope Receives Eisenhower and Generals in Rome
Pope Pius XII hosted General Dwight D. Eisenhower his son Lt John Eisenhower and General Mark W. Clark in a private audience in Rome. Afterward Eisenhower toured St Peter's Cathedral and was due to return to his headquarters in Germany the next day.
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Mark W. Clark
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Austria
St Peter's
Germany
Surplus to be sold to help new civilian goods output
Washington reports a pledge that war surpluses will be sold to aid civilian production rather than flood markets. Excess will be exported to foreign buyers or fed into public institutions and undeveloped markets to spark demand. The Surplus Property Board also plans to replace its three-man board with a single administrator, with W Stuart Symington likely to hold the post.
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Surplus Property Board
Congress
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W. Stuart Symington
Truman
Buali Neasmen
SPB
Toyi
Army Plans To Boost Discharges In Demobilization Push
Washington reports senators indicate the army will discharge about 800000 men monthly into civilian life by December 1. Critics claim the pace relies on reparation centers and new facilities. Rep Kearney calls for a thorough House investigation while officials say demobilization facilities may shape veterans’ postwar future.
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Edwin C. Johnson
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Latham
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Taylor
Rep. Kearney
Senate
Miliitary Committee
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
City tightens rules for buses and taxis in Kingsport
Kingsport adopts new regulations governing taxi operations and inter city bus service within the corporate limits. Violations trigger city court appearances. Rules ban taxis without city licenses and require insurance compliance, bar buses from street pickups except at terminals, with City Transportation Company exempt due to exclusive rights in the Fire District, and prohibit prolonged parking by transfer trucks or buses.
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Revised Jobless Pay Bill Meets President's Idea
The unemployment compensation bill, rewritten in the Senate Finance Committee, aligns with President Truman's minimum specs. A White House memo to the panel outlines: 28 weeks duration in all states, jobless benefits for federal workers, and travel expenses for stranded workers. The proposed $25 maximum weekly benefit is still excluded. A bankSubcommittee plans another session on a broad full employment bill.
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Senate Finance Committee
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White House
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Congress
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Gen Jonathan Wainwright Honored by New York Crowds
New York crowds greeted Gen Jonathan Wainwright defender of Corregidor and Bataan with a seventeen gun salute. The jubilant procession reflected widespread admiration as the war hero arrived amid cheers from millions.
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Shoe rationing may end in U.S. this fall
Washington reports top officials from the War Production Board are weighing a plan to end shoe rationing by early October with potential dates of October 1 or November 1. The decision follows meetings among WPB leather bureau, OPA and WPB leaders, who say output could reach 30 million pairs monthly next month, ending rationing for practical purposes.
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Chester Bowles
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Office of Civilian Requirements
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Leather Bureau
Tojo Talks of Planned Suicide and Survival in Army Hospital
In the first interview since his self-inflicted wound, Hideki Tojo said he had planned suicide for a long time but feared missing the hara-kiri. He described his hospital care as good and noted American doctors saved his life after the self-inflicted gunshot near the heart. Military guards and a Japanese-American interpreter were present.
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Ohio
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
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Associated Press
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Okohama
Js!l
Saburo Kurusu
Pearl Harbor
Cordell Hull
Tojoi
United States
Big Five Ministers Study Flood of Proposals
The Big Five Conference of Foreign Ministers recessed to study many proposals including plans to internationalize the Ruhr and Rhineland. France seeks prompt separation from Germany to curb nationalism with international control of Ruhr coal and Rhine traffic, via a commission of major powers.
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Rhine
Europe
Three Kingsport Veterans Sail Home From War
The Associated Press reports three Kingsport men among veterans to dock in New York aboard the S. S. Argentina on September 10. They are Pfc. Eugene Barnett Pfc. James Smith and T/3 John O'Da.
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Kingsport
New York
S. S. Argentina
Pfc
Eugene Barnett
James Smith
John O'Da
Industrialists Say Seven Million Japanese Would Starve If War Continued
Seven prominent industrialists held a press conference asserting that American aerial raids effectively forced Japan to surrender and would have caused about 7.6 million deaths from starvation if the war had continued another year. They cited blockades, mine closures, and supply shortages, noting rationing had fallen to half normal since July 1945.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
China
Guard Officers To Attend School At Camp Gleason Tennessee
A small arms training school will be held Saturday and Sunday at Camp Gleason in Tennessee for all officers of the Third Regiment Tennessee State Guard. Col W J Donnelly announced the event as officers from Maryville to Bristol plan to attend. General Rufus Fort will join Saturday afternoon for a meeting with the unit.
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