Quisling On Trial Today In Oslo Hearing
The trial of Vidkun Quisling opens with testimony from Nazi leaders including Hermann Goering and Joachim von Ribbentrop. State Prosecutor Anneus Schodtt said Allied and Norwegian officials are taking German witnesses’ statements in Germany as Quisling faces treason charges.
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OSLO
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Anneaius Schodtt
Germany
Alfred Rosenberg
Wiia Keitel
Gustav odl
Chinese Swiftly Replacing Japs Headlines North China Advance
Chinese government troops advance into Patow in Suiyuan as surrender envoys move toward Tokyo. In shifts across Shansi Henan and Chekang, forces reclaim towns and strategic ports. Reports note puppet forces in Nanking switching allegiance to Chungking as communists threaten Wuhu and Nanngiesfet. A separate note reports the death of Mrs. J R Calhoun near Edmonton, ruled accidental with no inquest.
Japan seeks armed force in Japan and China
In Manila a Japanese official message to General MacArthur says Japan must keep armed forces in Japan and on the continent to maintain order and requests officials to assess conditions in China. It claims forces have ceased hostilities and will meet Potsdam demands while urging prompt action.
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MANILA
Gen. Macarthur
Japan
Tokyo
China
Associated Fress monitor
Potsdam
SAN FRANCISCO
Chungking
Ching
federal communications commission
Biggest Enrollment In Summer School Ends Examinations
Edmonton report says nearly 1500 teachers inspectors and university students completed final examinations in the University of Alberta summer school. The session and education department course were combined this year, with passing students qualifying toward degrees in arts sciences and education and earning teaching certificates.
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EDMONTON
University of Alberta
department of education
Three Arrested After 80 Mile Hour Chase in Chatham
In Chatham Ontario on August 20 police halted an 80 mph city chase after three gunshots at the climax. Three men were arrested on burglary tool possession charges, identified as John Frederick Burns 25 of Windsor Ontario Louis Balog 28 of no fixed address and Harry Hedderson 31 of Hamilton Ontario.
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CHATHAM
Ont
John Frederick Burns
Windsor
Louis Balog
Harry Hedderson
Hamilton
Lord Sinha Takes Seat in House of Lords After Long Delay
The Left Hand Corner notes Lord Sinha, the Indian peer, recently seated in the House of Lords under Lord Catto’s sponsorship. Sinha, born Kumar Sinha, presented credentials in 1938 but lacked a birth certificate and parents’ marriage license. War delays delayed formalities until now. He inherited the barony in 1920 on the death of his father, the 1st Lord Sinha, a pioneer Hindu member of the Privy Council. The current lord is a barrister by profession.
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Lord Sinha
House of Lords
Lord Catto
Bank of England
Aroond Kumar Sinha
Sinha
judicial committee of the Privy Council
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Heralds Final 45 Crop Report Harvesting Now General
The Herald reports that harvest is general across Southern Alberta with heavy winter wheat in the foothills and delays for spring wheat. Pincher Creek farmers expect 50 to 60 bushels per acre on winter wheat, while spring wheat will be lighter. Drought in the southeast lowers feed. irrigated areas show good hay and alfalfa yields. Beet and pea crops appear strong. potato prospects are promising with normal expected production. Labor is mostly adequate. no serious coastal infestations noted.
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The
Herald
Pincher Creek
Cowley
Stavely
Lethbridge
Alberta
Wainwright Rescue Confirmed as Allied POWs Freed
Lt Gen Jonathan M Wainwright has been found safe among hundreds of Allied prisoners in Manchuria and northern China. He will be brought to Chungking within a day or two, with others to port cities for U S return. Gen Albert Wedemeyer said Wainwright was found Aug 16 at Sian after three years as a Japanese POW.
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CHUNGKING
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Manchuria
China
Corregdor
United States
Albert ©. Wedermeyer
Wainwright
Sian
Mukden
Atom bomb explained as gun mechanism and sparks
Howard W. Blakeslee outlines the atomic bomb’s gun-type design with uranium 235 and plutonium, describing how explosive atoms are fired into a second mass inside the device. He notes the role of neutrons, sparks, and the extreme penetrating power of these particles, based on a War Department release.
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HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press
NEW YORK
Japan
war department
D. Smyth
Princeton
Guam
earth
Wheat price to Britain set in postwar talks
Ottawa reports two major moves for Canada this week the cabinet reshuffle to align ministers with their departments and a wheat board price for Britain and other nations. The talks with the British price of 1.46 a bushel nominally ends with the crop year July 31. During the war most wheat to the UN was paid from ran aid, muting price impact for recipients.
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OTTAWA
wheat board
Britain
Mackenzie King
Canadian Wheat Board
Geo. McIvor
MacKinnon
Asley
Gardiner
United Nations
Canada
Britain to Maintain Million-Strong Army for Years
London August 20 The Press Associations military correspondent reports that military circles believe Britain must maintain an army of about 1,000,000 for several years. Pre war regulars numbered 150,000 to 200,000.
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BRITAIN
LONDON
The Press Association
Briin
Big Gas Well At Unity Produces 34.15M Cubic Feet Daily
Bata Petroleum's gas well No. 7, six miles south of Unity Saskatchewan, yields a steady 34,150,000 cubic feet per day. Earlier tests indicated about 10,000,000 cubic feet daily, making the well one of Canada's largest.
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UNITY, Sask
Bata petroleums
here
Canada
Jap Envoys Look Sincere Amid Surrender Efforts
A news summary notes Lt Gen Takashiro Kawabe led a disciplined Japanese mission in surrender talks with the United States, signaling sincere effort to place Japan into Allied hands. It observes the challenge of postwar occupation and the shock to a population long taught the homeland’s inviolability and military invincibility.
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ASIC
C.P. Coble
Birohito
Takashiro Kawabe
United States
Japan
Lend Leases Nearing End of U S Aid Program
Washington Aug 26 Allied nations receiving lend lease aid from the United States will receive notice today or Tuesday that the vast program is being terminated. President Truman ordered the shutdown after a White House conference with Leo Crowley Byrnes and others. The program had supplied 39 billion dollars in war goods to allies fighting the Axis. Letters will propose a new basis for continuing aid.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Truman
White House
Leo T. Crowley
Byrnes
Treasury
Vingon
FEA
Jap Delegates En Route Home
Gen MacArthur said surrender documents will be signed in Tokyo within ten days.Japanese envoys left Manila after briefing on occupation plans. The pledge envisions a bloodless surrender with armistice conditions across fronts and unified Allied control.
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ANILA
A.P
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Manila
Japan
Takashiro Kawabe
Macarthur
Richard E. Sutherland
Chu Teh Warns Chiang of Civil War Risk
Communist commander Gen Chu Teh warned Gen Chiang Kai Shek to act immediately to avert civil war as 260 million Chinese were described as dissatisfied with Chiang's regime. Reports said 20,000 to 30,000 Communist guerrillas could move on the Yangtze port Chu to potentially reach Nanking, Chiang's projected capital. The note called for Communist participation in surrender of Japanese forces and in peace talks, plus abolition of one party dictatorship and an all party coalition government. Chiang offered no comment.
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HUNGKING
China
Patow
Suiyuan
Shansi
Peiping
high command
supreme command
Chiang Kai Shek
WUCHOW
Tang En-Po
West river
Canton
Paotowere
Fu Tso-¥i
Taiyuan
Yeh Si-Shan
Yungcheng
Hungtun
Chaocheng
Fengyan
Kinsien
Tsingyuan
Sukow
Taiku
Hu Chung-Nan
Yungtsi
Lintsin
Yungho
Henan province
Shanshien
Hweishingchen
Chekang
En Chu-Tung
Minghai
Fenshui
Wuhu
Yangtze river
Nanngies
Nanking
Chungking
Chu Teh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Gen Chinne
Chu
Chiang
Japan
Russians occupy Harbin and Mukden in war bulletin
Soviet communique reports Russian troops have occupied Harbin and Mukden and that Japanese resistance has ceased in southern Sakhalin Island. Other dispatches note accidental guard shootings at Seebe camp near Calgary, with two deaths, and updates on Canadian troop movements, a Windsor hold up, and France's participation in Japan’s surrender.
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HARBIN
MUKDEN
LONDON
C.P
Sakhalin Island
SEEBE
CALGARY
Pie
J. B. Mathies
Toronto
J. D. Kelly
Hants
N.S
Kelly
Mathies
RICHMOND
South Alberta
Canada
Ind Lo Island
Detroit River
HWSINKING
MANCHURIA
Hximking
PARIS
France
FOLICE
WINDSOR
Ont
Claude Renaud dis
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Alexander D. L. Thiel
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James
James Storage and Cartage Company, Ltd
Third Avenue South
Lethbridge Herald
PEGU
Burma
Abyn
G.B
LEND-LEASE
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Gen
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Soviet Union
United Kingdom
imperial Japanese
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southwest
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