Japan Surrenders Unconditionally in Japan Signing Ceremony
The surrender document, signed aboard the U S Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ends World War Two after final Allied acceptance. Major figures present include Mamoru Shigemitsu Yoshijiro Umezu Douglas MacArthur Wainwright Percival Nimitz and Blamey with signatures by Britain China Russia and other Allies.
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Russia
Holiday Labor Day Observances In La Crosse 1945
Labor Day 1945 marks travel restrictions lifting with CIO parade from Fourth and Market to Myrick Park and a post-parade picnic. AFL plans a dance at King Street Labor Temple while postmaster announces no mail delivery except special delivery. County patrol urges safe highway conduct during the holiday period.
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Myrick Park
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Central Band
Longfellow
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Rubbers Workers
Allis Chalmers
Food
Bump
la Crosse Trailer Company
Auto Workers
Northern Engraving
CIO
Pioneer Labor Hall
Don Kaye
AFL
Kingstreet Labor Temple
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Ivan A. Wright
Hodges Attends Japanese Surrender Ceremony Aboard Missouri
NBC reported that Lieut. Gen. Courtney Hodges commander of the U S 1st Army was present at the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship Missouri. The pool broadcast disclosed for the first time Hodges was in the Pacific theater.
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Courtney Hodges
U. S. 1St Army
Missouri
Hodges
Pacific
Local Weather Outlook Sees Cool Sunday Then Fair Monday
Partly cloudy and continued cool conditions expected Sunday with a gradual warming trend into Monday as weather becomes fair. Low and high temperatures not specified.
Jap Brutality Reported in POW Camps Near Tokyo
Allied prisoners recount beatings hunger and torture at Ofuna Omori and other camps near Yokohama and Tokyo. About 4 200 prisoners remain in area camps with 36 000 in Japan. evacuation talks underway with Red Cross as hospital ships move crews.
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Ofuna Camp
Yokohama
Hell Hole
Omori
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Harold Stassen
Admiral Halsey
International Red Cross
U. S. Navy
Japan
Yamashita To Surrender Tonight And Key Generals Captured
Manila reports indicate five generals and two admirals are now in American custody after the surrender of Manila defenses commander Vice Admiral Furuse. The captured list includes Lieut Generals Kataoka Fukuei Manjome Hirai Yoshiki and Rear Admiral Harada. Final surrender of Japanese forces in the Philippines slated for Monday at Baguio with Yamashita to travel there.
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Sailfish Sinks Japanese Carrier in Ten-Hour Battle
The submarine Sailfish, formerly the Squalus, sank a 22,500 ton Kasuga class aircraft carrier after a ten hour duel off Japan. The vessel, refloated after a 1939 Portsmouth NH accident, earned the Presidential Unit Citation and Commander Robert E M Ward Navy Cross on his first war patrol.
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Robert E. M. Ward
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Ward
Victory Messages on Other Pages
Complete texts of V-1 statements by United States leaders on inside pages of today's Tribune. President Truman's address is on page 7 and those of General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz are on page 2.
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Today’s Tribune
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Russ Clear Japs From Kurile Isles
A Soviet communique says Japanese troops have been cleared from the Kurile islands. The seizure gives Russia control of the Sea of Okhotsk. Moscow reports 13,000 Japanese troops including five generals surrendered to Russian forces Friday.
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London
Kurile Islands
Sea of Okhotsk
Moscow
Stimson Names MacArthur Supreme Allied Commander in Pacific
Secretary of War Henry Stimson lauds General Douglas MacArthur as the principal architect of the Pacific victory and designates him supreme commander of Allied forces directing the occupation of Japan. He credits MacArthur with brilliant planning and bold moves that led to the defeat of the enemy in the Philippines and the overall Pacific victory.
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Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Australia
Washington
Stimson
MacArthur
War Department
Pacific
Marines to return home quickly after victory
General A. A. Vandegrift said Marines in the Pacific will be demobilized as rapidly and fairly as possible. A demobilization system has been started and he praised Marines for their role in winning the war in conjunction with the proclamation of V J Day.
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Washington
A. A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Pacific
Vandergrift
Jap General Captured In Chinese Advance
Chungking dispatches report General Fan To-hsing, commander of a Japanese puppet army in the Si river region, captured by Chiang Kai-shek forces. Fan and his Kwantung army surrendered, handing over arms and supplies to government troops.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Fan To-hsing
South China
Fan
Kwantung Province
Coal famine in Europe warned by OWI report
The Office of War Information warned that a severe coal famine in Europe next winter is certain and could be drastic enough to destroy all semblance of law and order. The report stressed the scale of shortages and potential social disruption across occupied and allied regions.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Europe
No Editions Of Tribune Monday
There will be no La Crosse Tribune editions published on Monday as Labor Day prevents publishing.
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la Crosse Tribune
Hirohito Bans Hostilities in Surrender Proclamation
Emperor Hirohito orders Japan to cease fighting and lay down arms following the Potsdam Declaration and Allied surrender terms. The proclamation directs the imperial government and armed forces to comply with the instrument of surrender and the general orders of the Japanese high command.
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War Box Score Reveals War Toll and U S Mobilization
The report lists casualties totals for European and Pacific theaters with 254 485 killed and 651 189 wounded plus 41 889 missing and 122 982 prisoners. It cites costs, taxes, lend lease figures, production gains, and naval strength including 431 naval vessels lost.
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