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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1945
Page
1
Washington Aug 8 Russia has declared war on Japan. Announcement first made to President Truman then via Moscow radio. War entry effective 4 p.m. central war time. Early reactions in Washington praise the move alongside the atomic bomb as likely to hasten the end of the Japanese war. President Truman called it momentous.
Moscow radio announced Soviet Russia enters the Pacific war effective at midnight. Japan had appealed to the Soviet Union to mediate after rejecting the Potsdam ultimatum demanding unconditional surrender. Molotov statement says allies then asked Russia to join the war against Japan.
President Truman held a hurried news conference to declare that Russia has declared war on Japan. The brief statement followed a solemn briefing with Admiral William P. Leahy and Secretary of State James Byrnes present. A planned Potsdam light was not disclosed and the nation awaited further details in a broadcast pledged for tomorrow.
President Truman will report to the nation on the Potsdam conference in a 30 minute radio address at 9 p.m. central war time Thursday. The speech may be shortwave abroad and will cover details beyond the July 26 Big Three communique.
Topeka reports cloudy cool conditions with scattered showers today through tomorrow. Weatherman S D Flora says most of the state has soil moisture and a cool spell gives relief to northeast and northcentral areas needing rain for corn. Temperatures today 80 to 88, tonight 62 to 66, tomorrow 85 to 90.
President Truman has four or five names under consideration to fill the vacancy caused by Justice Owen Roberts. White House press secretary Charles G. Ross said a decision would not come in the next three or four days, signaling a near future appointment. Senator Hatch of New Mexico and Senator Austin of Vermont had been mentioned in connection with the post.
At Swope Park Zoo in Kansas City 17 of 23 escaped deer returned to the pen after the wire fence was cut last night. Zoo attendants chased them through brush and some came back on their own. Zoo director William T. Cully suspected a bolt cutter was used to sever the fence.
Independence Kansas records show 32 licenses issued since August 1 with 15 to Oklahoma couples as the blood test law took effect. Probate Judge Ross Borders notes the spike in licenses in the border county after the new requirement began.
Roger Ewing 18 of 708 North Third street cut his right elbow on a glass at the fountain counter of Eldridge Pharmacy last evening. He received emergency treatment at Memorial hospital where a stitch was applied to close the wound.
The Santa Alaris brought 215 veterans of the war in Europe, many from the 1927th ordnance ammunition company of the Ninth Air Force. Other arrivals included the William H. Jackson with 416 men and the Paul at Hayne with 21.
B-29s of Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet bombed Yawata Nagasaki Fukuyama Nakajima plant and Tokyo arsenal in a third straight day of raids. About 400 aircraft attacked 1,500 tons of bombs with heavy fighter escort and naval updates citing Wake Island attacks and Okinawa-based air support.
Southeast Asia command said Japanese losses in a month of fighting near the Sittang river in southeast Burma exceed 11,200 men with 744 taken prisoner.
The 60 stock index moves to 64.0 from 63.8 a day earlier amid a tentative market rally. Investors weigh gains in tech and declines in energy as trading closes with little macro data guiding action.
Washington reports the Big Three and France pledge to divide Austria into four zones under military occupation with a four member allied council. Vienna will be administered by a provisional Renner government under allied supervision, aiming to foster a free independent Austrian state.
London reports a four power master plan for a permanent international military tribunal to try Nazi leaders. The first trial will be at Nuremberg with four judges and alternates representing the United States Great Britain Russia and France.
The Hiroshima blast destroyed about 60 percent of the city core and killed or wounded many as Tokyo reported. The U S Army described the devastation as unprecedented with five military targets hit and the harbor largely untouched. Spaatz warned more B 29s are ready if resistance continues.
The Agriculture Department forecasts U.S. cotton toG 1945 at 10,134,000 bales of 5 pounds gross weight as of August 1. This is 17 percent below 1944 output and 2,159,000 bales under the 1934-43 ten-year average. Lint yield per acre is 269.7 pounds, 89 pounds above average and among the highest in recent years.
Washington Aug 8 Ratification of the United Nations charter by this country was completed today with President Truman's signature on the senate's instrument of approval. Truman and Secretary Byrnes signed the one page instrument and the full text copies drawn by 50 nations. The two copies were bound in white and blue leather and deposited in the State Department archives completing the process.
Olof Eckman a 39 year old farmer from two miles north of Vinland Kansas will receive a W G Skelly Agricultural Award at a breakfast with NEC national hookup. The honor includes a 100 dollar war bond a pennant a gold lapel pin and a scroll for his wartime food production. Eckman operates 200 acres with a dairy milking 18 cows and has shouldered farm work since his brothers left for military service. He is active in the Vinland Grange Baldwin Cooperative Creamery and the county Guernsey association and serves on the price and rationing board. He has three sisters in nearby Lawrence and routes outside.
The Kansas weekly weather and crop report says beneficial rains eased drought risk across much of the state but north central and northeastern Kansas still faced light rainfall. Cool weather brings moisture relief. corn curl, wheat harvest near complete, plowing rapid, summer fallow moist, pastures provide feed though heat hurts dairy and poultry.
Chinese Cabinet Spokesman P. H. Chan expressed confidence that the new atomic bomb would shorten the war with Japan and urged Japan to surrender at once to allow its use in peace rather than as a weapon of war.
Abilene newspaperman C W Wheeler was elected chairman at the board’s first meeting. Skerlets remains the sole holdover from the old board, and no new textbooks will be adopted at this session.
Topeka reports 453000 lambs for Kansas this year, nine percent below 1947 figures, according to H L Collins. The drop mirrors a nationwide shortfall with USDA data showing the national sheep crop down by about one million head from last year.
An army air force demonstration unit toured the United States and lectured at Hoch auditorium under the K U visual education bureau. Civilian educators viewed training films charts and panels as unit members demonstrated aircraft systems and engines. The program cited 16 million dollars in surplus aircraft equipment donated for civilian schools to aid teaching and research.
Kansas War Manpower chief E W Franzke said over 1,000 Kansans helped build the Pasco Washington atom bomb facilities. During April to July 1944 every job seeker was urged to take Pasco work and recruitment ran without interviews at times.
Washington reports that the shortage of tires for tractors and farm implements is fading as production climbs. Robert S. Wilson, WPB rubber programs director, notes survey shows little deferred replacement need. Industry produced 1,103,361 tires in H1, with full-year targets at 2,241,100 and 2,669,400 for 1946.
Ward Bayles, Cowley county welfare director, resigns effective September 1. He has served with the county since 1941, announced from Arkansas City on August 8.
A dry start gives way to considerable cloudiness and widely scattered light showers in the west today. Increasing activity tonight into Thursday morning, then across the state Thursday afternoon or night. Temperatures rise with highs around 85 to 90 degrees.
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