World Rejoices as Japan Surrenders and Peace Dawn
Washington reports Japan capitulated ending World War II in Pacific war. President Truman announces acceptance of Potsdam declaration, with Douglas MacArthur named supreme Allied commander to accept surrender. Nimitz orders Pacific fleet cease actions. postwar plans begin amid speculation of wartime leaders' fates. Gas rationing ends. other shortages linger as distribution returns.
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Truman
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Inon
Germany
Pacific
Mr. Truman
Guam
Typp
Third Fleet
Honshu
Radio Tokyo
I Ts
Hirohito
Javan
Domel
Harakiri
Domei
Tokyo
Xorechika Anami
Washington
Switzerland
Potsdam
Altho
Fee
Pearl Harbor
America
MacArthur
United States
Russia
Britain
China
Holings
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Japan Surrender Envoy to Fly for MacArthur Orders
Manila reports General MacArthur will relay allied surrender terms to Japan's envoy. The party departs from Sato Misaki to Okuo sushima in a white plane with green crosses, carrying advisers and imperial credentials. They will meet MacArthur and return promptly to Japan.
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Japan
Manila
MacArthur
Bataan
Hirohito
Sato Misaki
Kyuahu
Okuosushima
Ie Shima
Sunflower Ordnance Plant Grants 48 Hour Holiday
Workers at the Sunflower Ordnance Works will be off for 48 hours until 12 oclock Thursday night as production halts at midnight. A skeleton crew of 450 to 500 remains for maintenance and guard duties. Buses will run from Lawrence to the 12 oclock Thursday evening shift.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Levy of 5.288 Mills Approved by County Board
County commissioners adopted a budget at the courthouse approving a total levy of 5.288 mills for the coming year. It was the public hearing day and no one objected. The current levy rises from 5.14 mills last year.
Britain to maintain strict wartime manpower controls
Great Britain will continue strict manpower controls as the ministry of labor and national service announced an ongoing review of war contracts. A cabinet statement said departments will conduct an immense review of contracts to ensure all manpower needs are met.
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London
Great Britain
Ministry of Labor and National Service
Markets Closed Today in Observance of World War II End
New York August 15 markets halted as the country observes the ending of World War II. Leading financial and commodity exchanges suspend activity in a day of national observance.
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Toda
New York
A Munitions Cutback Ordered By War Department
Washington reports a $23.5 billion annual cut in munitions procurement after Japan’s surrender. Prime contractors were notified that army purchases fall from $2.4 billion to $435 million monthly, with food buys at $268 million and many weapons and equipment production halted or reduced.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Truman
Churches Hold Evening Thanksgiving Services
The Lawrence ministerial alliance announces tonight’s thanksgiving services at 8 p.m. across First Methodist First Baptist Ninth Street Baptist Trinity Lutheran Centenary Methodist St Luke's A M E and First Evangelical as the holiday was declared by the President.
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Lawrence
United States
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
First Methodist
First Baptist
Ninth Street Baptist
Trinity Lutheran
Centenary Methodist
St. Luke's A.M.E
First Evangelical
Thanksgiving Victory Service at Immanuel Lutheran
A Thanksgiving service marks the end of a two week Vacation Bible School at Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tenth and Kentucky. Rev. Victor Meyer will lead an 8 pm service followed by two films Bible film A Certain Nobleman and a health film. Children will sing I Am Jesus Little Lamb and Sun of My Soul and display their hand-work.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Tenth
Kentucky
Victor Meyer
Vacation Bible School
Jesus
Lamb
Victory Shuffle Tonight on University Pavement
The summer session farewell dance runs from 7 80 to 9 30 on the pavement in front of Bailey chemicals building at the university campus. The Liberty Memorial high school dance band under Charles Steeper will provide music for eight weeks summer students.
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Bailey Chemicals
University
Liberty Memorial High School
Charles Steeper
U S War With Japan Lasted 1346 Days After Pearl Harbor
Washington August 15 The war with Japan lasted 1 346 days after the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. The European war ran 2 075 days from Poland's 1939 invasion. Chinese conflict spanned 2 946 days from the Marco Polo Bridge incident in 1937.
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Washington
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Poland
Marco Polo Bridge
Indianapolis Sunk After Night Torpedoing Off Leyte
The Indianapolis was torpedoed 450 miles off Leyte after delivering the atomic bomb to the B 29s. In minutes the cruiser sank with 888 dead or missing. 315 survivors were rescued five days later by a Peleliu search plane. Capt. McVay, Lt. Cmdr. Haynes, and several crewmen described the frantic, doomed hours as life rafts and debris floated in oil slicks.
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Indianapolis
Leyte
San Francisco
Guam
Peleliu
Charles Butler McVay
Washington, D. C
Cmdr
Lewis L. Haynes
McVay
John Hopkins Janney
Baltimore
Pasha
K.C. Moore
Japanese Balloon Attacks Reach U.S. and Canada
Reports show Japan's balloon bombs landed in at least 16 U S states five Canadian provinces Alaska and Mexico with wind carried bags surfacing across Washington Oregon California Montana Wyoming Idaho North Dakota South Dakota Nevada Utah Colorado Nebraska Kansas Texas Iowa Michigan and many balloons found in British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and Northwest Territory. Balloons carried digits up to 15980 on fragments suggesting large production uncertain.
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Seattle
Japan
Alaska
Mexico
Washington
Oregon
California
Montana
Wyomin
Idaho
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Iowa
Michigan
British Columbia
Alita
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Northwest Territory
Demobilization Plans Seen Releasing Millions from Service
Reconversion Director John W. Snyder projected about 7 million military personnel would return to civilian life within the next year, with demobilization accelerating to about 500,000 monthly after an initial rate of 170,000. He noted navy and army paths to peacetime layoff, while Truman outlined selective service for those under 26.
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Washington
Armed Services
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Army
Navy
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Petain Sentenced to Death by French High Court
Paris Aug 15 1979 the French high court found Marshal Petain guilty of collaboration with the enemy and sentenced him to death. The court urged clemency and left execution to General de Gaulle who is likely to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. The tribunal also declared national indignity and ordered confiscation of Petain’s property after a 20 day trial.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Charles de Gaulle
High Court of Justice
Vichy
Paul Mongibeaux
Petain
de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Tokyo Papers Tell End Of War No Disorder There
Tokyo newspapers bannered the end of the war and radio Tokyo reported no disorders in the city after surrender news through 4 p m. Imperial rescript topped front pages while cabinet instructions and Potsdam declaration were printed in full in the broadcasts.
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Tokyo
San Francisco
Radio Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Market Closed Tomorrow in Kansas City
The Kansas City livestock market will be closed on Friday. J. C. Cash, president of the Kansas City Stock Yards Company, said the market is closed in response to surrender news. receipts today were stock already en route or here when the news arrived.
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CPA
Price
Bowles
Federal Register
OPA
Kansas City
J. C. Cash
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
Flowers of Distinction Call Allison Thomas Flower Shop
Advertisement notes contact for Allison Thomas Flower Shop with phone number 1862 and reference to Ady.
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Allison-Thomas Flower Shop
Ady
Reconversion Now The Big Problem
The article outlines postwar U S plans to shift from wartime to civilian production in Japan and globally. It notes uncertainty about unemployment, the pace of consumer goods availability, and continued rationing and price controls. It details government roles, five point transition program, and measures to remove bottlenecks in reconversion.
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Japan
War Manpower Commission
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Synder
War Production Board
WPB
Presient
J. A. Krug
Krug
Allied Ships Warned Away Until Cease Fire Order
Tokyo radio broadcast said the imperial order to cease fire is expected soon and warned enemy warships away from Japanese home waters to avoid untoward incidents. The FCC recorded transmission at 2 a.m. SWT.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
FCC
North America
Quiet Lawrence Marks End Of War With Japan
Lawrence observes a two day holiday after news of Japan's surrender. Banks post offices and federal offices close. Haskell Institute operates with reduced crews while KU holds classes and staff at work. Theaters cancel matinees but reopen tonight and businesses remain open.
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Lawrence
Japan
Washington
Truman
Post Office
Selective Service Office
Ration Board Office
U. S. Employment Service Office
Haskell Institute
Haskell
University of Kansas
Worst of Heat Eases as Topeka Senses Cooling Warning
Weather official S D Flora said the worst heat is over in Kansas though sweltering days may return. East winds cooled the state with 85 to 90 forecast for tomorrow and scattered showers possible. Beneficial rain reached Elkhart and other towns, easing crop threats while Garden City tied for warmest at 91 and several towns reported 60 in the low of night.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Elkhart
Independence
Goodland
Coffeyville
Anthony
Scott City
Garden City
Columbus
Concordia
Phillipsburg
4 H Club Picnic Scheduled at Willis Colman Farm
The annual 4-H club picnic will be held next Friday August 17 at the Willis Colman farm Route 1 four miles west of Lawrence on Highway 40 two miles north. It begins at 10 a m with a basket lunch and games after lunch. all club members families and friends are invited. committee members Waneta Colman Darlene Donstiegn and Frank Hagenbush.
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Willis Colman
Route 1
Lawrence
Waneta Colman
Darlene Donstiegn
Frank Hagenbush
Truman Calls Mrs. Roosevelt on Pacific War End Wish
President Truman phoned Eleanor Roosevelt to share a wish that the late Franklin D. Roosevelt could have witnessed the Pacific war’s end. The call was disclosed today, noting the message conveyed last night in Washington.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Victory Celebration Follows Jap Surrender in Lawrence
Last night Lawrence marked Japan's surrender with mass crowds on Massachusetts Street. Auto horns, parades, and a South Park gathering drew thousands. no arrests or accidents were reported as festivities continued past midnight and business and some federal offices remained closed.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Truman
Paper
University
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Sixth
South Park
Veterans Organization
Eighth Street
Kentucky
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
The
Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Robingon ‘Park
Journal-World Office
Southpark
Paul B. Lawson
Joseph F. Wilkins
K. U. Fine Arts
O. E. Allison
Robert Calderwood
Lincoln
Alfred J. Beil
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E. L. Haynes
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