Japs Study Terms As War Continues
Allies tighten grip on Japan as Tokyo debates surrender options amid no new reply to Allied terms. White House reports no word by 3 p.m. Saturday, while Tokyo radio cites delayed formal reply. US bombers strike Tokyo coast as invasion rumors surface and Soviet and British forces move near Japan. Emperor Hirohito meets Foreign Minister Togo, no details.
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Washington
Japan
Tokyo
White House
United States
Britain
Russia
China
G. Ross
Sakhalin Island
Ross
Rose
Hirohito
Togo
Imperial Palace
Domei
Rain and Heat Sweep Across Kansas State
The weather report notes beneficial rains and temperatures from 80 to 90 expected today and tomorrow across northern and western Kansas. Scattered showers were forecast to spread statewide with highs of 80 to 75 in the south and east and 60 to 70 in the northwest. Record heat included Phillipsburg at 99 degrees and Goodland at 60 as Kansas City hit 97. Rains were reported in multiple towns including Salina 0.92 and Concordia 0.18 inches.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Hanover
McPherson
Ft. Riley
Herington
Salina
Concordia
Russell
Phillipsborg
St. Francis
Toneka
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Kansas City
Coffeyville
Allison-Thomas Flower Shop Ad Appears in Local Paper
An advertisement for Allison Thomas Flower Shop appears in the local section with phone contact 863 and promotional details. The brief notice highlights the shop’s offerings and location.
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Aepore
Allison-Thomas Flower Shop
Tokyo Radio Reports Allied Reply to Jap Peace Bid
Tokyo radio broadcast 8:04 a m Central War time says the official allied reply to Japan surrender was received in Tokyo via Domei. The message states Emperor Hirohito would be subservient to an allied supreme commander. The text was transmitted through Swiss legation in Washington.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
New York
Domei
Hirohito
Japan
Washington
Legation
False surrender flash causes worldwide jubilant rush
A bogus United Press alert claiming Japan accepted Allied surrender triggered brief nationwide euphoria. Premature broadcasts and a MacKenzie King recording fueled celebrations in cities from New York to Sydney before UP and others killed the report and issued a denial.
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New York
United Press
Japan
United States
Canada
Sydney
Australia
MacKenzie King
Ottawa
United Press Association
Washington
Hugh Baillie
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Altho
White House
Bedlam
New York City
East River
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Honolulu
San Diego
City Hall
Philadelphia
Ore
Baltimore
Boston
Washington, D. C
Meat Inspection Law Draws National Attention
Topeka Aug 18 Kansas new meat and poultry inspection law attracts nationwide attention, Dr Charles W Bowers says. He cites requests for copies from Florida Iowa Minnesota and Colorado. He notes federal and state inspection harmony and plate inspected plants may ship meat interstate.
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Topeka
Kansas
Charles W. Bowers
Kansas Veterinary Medical Association
Bowers
Florida
Iowa
Minnesota
Colorado
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Truman Confers on Reconversion Planning with Top Advisers
President Truman meets with six advisers including Secretary Schwellenbach, John W. Snyder, William H. Davis, Chester Bowles, George W. Taylor, and John R. Steelman to review postwar labor disputes and wage stabilization. White House says reports were submitted and are under study.
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Washington
Truman
Schwellenbach
John W. Snyder
William H. Davis
Chester Bowles
War Labor Board
George W. Taylor
John R. Steelman
U. S. Confiltation Service
White House
Soviet Drive Threatens Major Manchuria Operations
Aug 18 Tokyo reports a vast new Soviet offensive in Manchuria could cut off up to half a million Japanese troops and split 1.5 million enemy forces. Moscow said Soviet gains reached 9 to 22 miles toward Harbin as marines seized Rashin and Yuki in Korea. Russian landings were reported on Sakhalin, with Outer Mongolia lines driving toward the Yellow Sea and Manchurian towns like Linsi and Hunchun under attack.
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London
Tokyo
Manchuria
China
Asiatic
Kwantung Army
Moscow
Manchurian
Harbin
Korea
Rashin
Yuki
Sea of Japan
Adm
Ivan Yumashev
Red Army
FCC
Reda
Vladivostok
Seishin
Bashin
Outer Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Yellow Sea
Linsi
Wuchumintsin
Cina
Central
Mukden
Kirill A. Meretskov
Hunchun
Tumen
Douglas County asks to exceed tax limit for road fund
A public hearing is set for tomorrow at 10 in Topeka before the state tax commission on Douglas County's request to exceed the tax limit by 684 mills for the road and bridge fund. If approved the total levy would total 5 288 mills. A follow up hearing is planned for Wednesday in the commissioners room regarding the proposed budget.
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Douglas County
Topeka
State Tax Commission
Pomilentoners
Governor will not attend Missouri Valley meeting
Governor Schoeppel will miss the Omaha gathering of the Missouri River Valley state governors committee to discuss the Missouri Valley Authority. He appointed A. B. Mitchell and George S. Knapp to represent Kansas due to other Kansas engagements.
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Topeka
Andrew Schoeppel
Omaha
Missouri River Valley
Missouri Valley Authority
Schoeppel
Kansas
A. B. Mitchell
George S. Knapp
Yokohama Docks Raided by Yanks in Pacific Assault
Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet struck Yokohama docks and submarine pens at Shidoma near Sagami Bay as part of renewed operations against Japan. The raid followed heavy weather and involved some 800 sorties with planes shot down and ships damaged or sunk, while Tokyo media reported conflicting claims of Japanese losses and attacks.
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Japan
Tokyo
Domei Agency
Great Naval Force
Associated Press
Richard K. O'Malley
FCC
Kanto
Honshu
O’malley
Yokohama
Shidoma
Sagami Bay
Kirya
Nageno
Imperial Headquarters
Okinawa Sunay
Far East Air Forces
Halsey
Nimitz
Okinawa
Depart for Fort Riley by Kansas State Guard
The Lawrence company of the Kansas State Guard, 3 officers and 40 enlisted men, departed yesterday for Fort Riley for a week of intensive training. They traveled in private cars with equipment by truck and are quartered in a barracks south of the Union Pacific tracks. Instructors will lead civil disorder handling, target range work, and a field problem likely including a night bivouac in shelter tents.
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Lawrence Company
Kansas State Guard
Fort Riley
Union Pacific
Cavalry Camp
Order to Stop Construction at Sunflower Ordnance Works
An order to suspend construction work at the Sunflower Ordnance Works was received this morning and took effect immediately. About 400 men were laid off as a result, with no information on the suspension's duration. Manufacturing operations at the plant continued as usual.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Units Leave Europe for the U S
Paris Aug 18 The first of seven ships to carry the 13th airborne division to the United States left Le Havre aboard the transport Thomas Barry with 4 000 troops and division commander Maj Gen Elbridge G Chapman of Siesta Key Ala. The main body of the 80th Infantry division was arriving at Southampton for shipment to Boston aboard the Queen Mary on August 17. The army announced the departure from Antwerp of multiple units including the 8th Italian company 200th medical dispensary 42nd air service group 916th air engineer squadron and several chemical and police units.
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Paris
13Th Airborne
United States
le Havre
Thomas Barry
Elbridge G. Chapman
Siesta Key
Ala
Southampton
England
Boston
Brmy i
Antwerp
Alenal Company
Air Service Group
Lawrence Plans Citywide V J Day Celebrations After Japan Surrender
Lawrence residents anticipate a two stage observance for Japan s surrender and V J Day with plans for a community gathering at South Park and a parade from Robinson Park led by veterans groups. church services and store closings depend on the official timing of the surrender announcement and the exact hour.
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Lawrence
Japan
Hirohito
Adios
United Press
Chamber of Commerce
Truman
Dean Paul B. Lawson
Washington
South Park
American Legion
Rum and Bugle Corps
Robinson Park
Sixth
Massachusetts Street
Merchants Bureau
C. B. Russell
A R Rutherford dies in Topeka at 74
Albert Charles Rutherford 74 of 2111 Tennessee street died Saturday at his son Major R R Rutherford acting director of the Kansas Highway Patrol in Topeka after a heart attack. Funeral 2 pm tomorrow Funk's chapel Rev Alfred J Beil. Burial Memorial Park cemetery Masonic Lodge will handle grave services. Pallbearers listed. He taught machine construction at the University of Kansas 25 years and worked at Sunflower Ordnance Works. Survived by widow, son Major Rutherford, two daughters Mrs Harry Grahan and Mrs Paul Coker, a sister, and four grandchildren.
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Albert Charles Rutherford
Tennessee Street
R. R. Rutherford
Kansas Highway Patrol
Topeka
Stormont Hospital
Oneka
Funk
Alfred J. Beil
Memorial Park Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Lambert
Edwards
Amos
McCay
Smith
Scott
Rutherford
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Masonic Scottish Rite
Eagle Lodges
Major Rutherford
Harry Grahan
Paul Coker
C. B. Singer
Omaha
Neb
Poultry Expert Halbrook Leaves Kansas State for Montana
Pi E R Halbrook, after ten years as extension service poultry specialist at Kansas State College, will depart Manhattan August 13 to head the poultry husbandry department at the Montana College of Agriculture in Bozeman.
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Kansas State
Manhattan
Kan
Pi— E. R. Halbrook
Kansas State College
Montana College of Agriculture
Bozeman
Kansas launches million-dollar drive to develop industry
Topeka Aug 18 Campaign to place Kansas on the industrial map begins this week led by Chamber of Commerce secretaries. A 1 000 000 fund will be administered by the Kansas development foundation Inc to bolster the Kansas Industrial Development commission. Directors and secretaries form a 500 business leader committee to raise funds across the state. Funds are tax deductible.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
William E. Long
Kansas Development Foundation, Inc
Andrew F. Schoep- Pal
J. C. Denions
Dodge City
W. Dean
Chris C. Green
Courtland
W. B. Harrison
Wichita
G. H. Hill
Ottawa
George K. Mackie, Jr
Pittsburg
Long
Swiss Say Japs’ Account Of Receiving Reply False
Swiss radio rejected Japanese claims of receiving the allied reply to their surrender offer as false. It said the message came through the Japanese SIDS in Bern, not the Swiss Tokyo legation, and that the reply was received at 9 35 a m on Sunday, not Monday Japanese time, outlining a timetable for the triple play negotiations.
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Ross
White House
Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Pacific
Asia
London
Bern
Altho
Former Nazi leaders in bare Nuernberg jail awaiting trial
In Nuernberg inmates formerly prominent in the Nazi regime sit in bare jail cells awaiting their war crimes trial next month. Battery B of the U S 391st anti aircraft artillery completed guard transfers from Luxembourg where Hermann Goering Joachim von Ribbentrop and Robert Ley were held, with a special cell block prepared and strong guards on duty.
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Nuernberg
U. S
Hiroshima Officials Among Thousands Killed in Atomic Strike
San Francisco August 13 CPI reported the mayor of Hiroshima and two other high officials were among thousands killed when the first atomic bomb attack wiped out 60 percent of the city in a recorded Domei dispatch.
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San Francisco
CPI
Hiroshima
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Truman Compared To Souvenir Hunter By Eisenhower
General Eisenhower disclosed that President Truman is a souvenir hunter after Truman took the large globe from Eisenhower's office. The globe had accompanied the general while advancing over Europe and Africa during World War II.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
Truman
Europe
Africa
Attlee Says Britain Will Cooperate on Atomic Bomb Pact
Prime Minister Clement Attlee announces Britain will cooperate with President Truman's plan to guard the atomic bomb secret until full control over the weapon is secured. The statement comes from London and reflects Allied security aims during wartime.
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London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Truman
1700 Guardsmen Arrive at Ft. Riley for Week of Training
About 1,700 Kansas State guardsmen arrived at Ft. Riley to train for a week under Col. Charles H. Brown. They will base in a southeast Funston area, stay in barracks, and undergo condensed mixed lecture and field practice tailored to state guard needs.
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Ft. Riley
Kan
Kansas State
Charles H. Brown
Horton
Funston
State Guard
OPA halts printing of 187 million ration books
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration halted production of 187 million ration books for food shoes and gasoline: ration book five and a new A gasoline book were to be distributed in December but the pause awaits peace talks. Printing of most books had not begun and distribution plans were revised to last into next year.
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Washington
CPI
OPA
Japan
Sige
Jews in Germany Struggle for Food and Jobs
Berlin reports that despite Allied control, German Jews face severe shortages of food and employment. From about 850000 in 1934, only 12000 to 14000 remain, with 6000 to 8000 in Berlin. Aid efforts miscast them as fascist victims, denying relief and highlighting the plight of displaced Jews under new equal rights proclamations.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Operations of Tenth Air Force in China Reported
A War Department communique from Lt Gen Wedemeyer announces the first operations of the U S Tenth Air Force in China. P 51 aircraft previously in Burma India attacked targets near Chenghsien in Honan and other points in Hunan as the force joins Stratemeyer’s China command with the 14th Air Force.
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Tenth Air Force
China
Chungking
U. S
10Th Air Force
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Burma-India
Chenghsien
Honan
Lunghai
Peiping-Hankow
Hunan
George E. Stratemeyer
14Th Airorce
Rites for Hiram Johnson
San Francisco Aug. 13 Californians pay last respects to Hiram W. Johnson the state's longtime senior United States senator. A train bearing his body arrives at Oakland. Mrs. Johnson Lt Col Iram W Johnson Jr 18 senators and 18 representatives attend. An automobile procession led by highway patrolmen goes to San Francisco for services by three faiths. The body lies in state at city hall rotunda at 2 p m with a Downey eulogy and addresses by Governor Warren and Major Roger Lapham.
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San Francisco
Hiram W. Johnson
United States
Oakland
Johnson
Iiram W. Johnson
U. S
Sheridan Downey
Warren
Roger Lapham
Ambassador calls on Truman as surrender news eyed
China's ambassador to the United States met President Truman on August 13 and voiced optimism that good news could come at any moment. Dr Wei Tao-ming cautioned his belief was not based on any Japan surrender information.
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Truman
Washington
China
United States
Wei Tao- Ming
Japan
Stock Market Index Edges Higher on Friday
The 60 stock index averaged 64.3 points as trading closed on Friday, signaling a modest uptick for the week and reflecting cautious investor sentiment amid evolving market cues.
Band Camp Closes With Two Concerts and Honors
The Mid Western Music Camp wraps its eighth session with orchestra and band concerts drawing large audiences. Staff praise Wiley’s leadership, Swarthout notes, and guest conductor L Bruce Jones to lead LSU bands next month. Patriot numbers and “America” singalong highlight a summer-ending program.
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Russell L. Wiley
E. Thayer Gaston
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Fine
Dean Swarthout
Wiley
L. Bruce Jones
Little Rock
Ark
Louisiana State University
Mozart
Strauss
America
Missing in Action Lieutenant Haynes Named
Lt. Robert Albert Haynes USNR 26 is reported missing in action since July 30. Telegram from the U S Navy to parents Mr and Mrs E L Haynes 728 Indiana street notes he left San Francisco July 16 and was in service since June 1941. He is a flight officer flying a Seahawk from a heavy cruiser and has two brothers also in service.
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Robert Albert Haynes
USNR
United States Navy
E. L. Haynes
Indiana Street
Haynes
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Red Cross to Continue War Hospital Staffing
H F Keisker said need for American Red Cross hospital workers will not lessen with Japan’s surrender. He noted workers who joined for the duration may quit when husbands return, and 3,000 additional workers must be recruited to sustain care for wounded servicemen.
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St. Louis
Red Cross
Japan
H. F. Keisker
Midwest
Keisker
UNRRA Admits White Russia as Member
At London Ane. aeithout discussion UNRRA admitted White Russia for membership giving the Soviet Union three votes. The action follows a precedent set at the San Francisco conference.
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London
UNRRA
Russia
Soviet Union
San Francisco
Bradleys Purchase 176 Acre Brown Farm Near Clinton
Mr and Mrs Dick Bradley purchase 176 acres known as the Brown farm located two and a half miles southwest of Clinton and begin making improvements on the property.
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Shigenori Togo
Switzerland
Shunichi Kase
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Third Fleet
Shimoda
Guam
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Yokohama Docks
Sunflower
U.S
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Harry Bouck
Emporia
George Weeks
Robert Brooks
W. R. Wright
Ralph Baker
Liberal
George Hedrick
C. C. Kilker
Ray Willette
Harold Reaume
Junction City
Lloyd A. Wilson
Jay Leonard
Leavenworth
G. C. Shanholtzer
Atchison
Mr. Long
Hiram Johnson
Swarthout
Robert A. Haynes
Kansac
Sroverwicos
Wacarter SA
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