Yamashita To Quit In Luzon
Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita, conqueror of Singapore and Malaya, opened surrender negotiations with Gen MacArthur's forces in northern Luzon. He reportedly seeks instructions from Maj Gen William Gill to surrender remaining Japanese defenses in the Philippines.
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AN FRANCISCO
A.P
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Singapore
Malaya
Corregidor
MacArthur
Luzon
NRG
Merrill Mueller
Carabao
William Gill
Philippines
Mueller
Yamashita
Japan
Canadian court martial hears Essex Regiment private testifies
Pte George Hale of the Essex Regiment testifies in his own defence at a Canadian general court martial in Farnborough England for voluntarily aiding the enemy. Hale, a Dieppe prisoner of war born in Windsor Ontario now residing in Vassar Michigan, describes meeting a German officer and refusing a $10,000 bribe.
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FARNBOROUGH
Hampshire
England
Aus
C.P. Cable
George Hale
Essex Scod Regiment
Dieppe
Windsor
Ont
Vassar
Mich
Corunna barracks
Liddell the Great Sprinter and His Suffering End
The article recalls Rev Ene H Liddell once Scotland's top sprinter who set a 400m world record of 47.6 in 1924 at the Finnish Olympics. He later helped develop go‑from‑start racing, and his death in a Japanese camp amid wartime suffering is noted, with references to his missionary work.
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Ene H. Liddell
St. Thomes Jimes journal
Liddell
Scotland
Finland
Archie Williams
Los Angeles
Erle Liddell
Far East
Britain
Reds Seize Kurile Isles in Soviet Pacific Drive
London reports Soviet forces under Premier Stalin have seized three Kurile Islands Omekota Shashi Kotan and Matsuwa as airborne troops and Pacific fleet units push toward Japanese territory. The communique also notes expansion on southern Sakhalin with 35 000 Japanese troops captured, lifting total prisoners to about 400 000 in eight days.
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LONDON
Kuriles
Aleutians
Stalin
Moscow
Sakhalin island
Butaka
San Francisco Quake Felt With No Reported Damage
An earthquake of fairly sharp intensity was felt in San Francisco just before 2 15 am M D T today. No damage was immediately reported. Dr Perry Byerly University of California seismologist said he felt the tremor at his home and classed it as a No 4 earth shock on the Rossi Forel scale which has a No 16 maximum. He said the quake was average for those felt in the San Francisco Bay area with little likelihood of property damage.
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SAN FRANCISCO
M.D.T
Perry Byerly
University of California
San Francisco Bay area
Tokyo Raid Death Toll Reported By Danish Minister
Dr Larg P Tillitse, former Danish minister to Tokyo, claimed in a Copenhagen radio broadcast that a B-29 raid on Tokyo on March 10 caused more than 100,000 Japanese to burn to death. He described incendiaries scattering flames and houses and trees being consumed as the fire swept through the city.
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NEW YORK
Larg P. Tillitse
Tokyo
ABC
Copenhagen
Tillitse
Hunt Two Nazis Near Chatham After Escape from Camp
Aug 27 Chatham Ont two German prisoners of war who escaped from a work party at Rushton's Cannery disappeared into a torn field. The men had been in a Missouri POW camp before arriving here and escaped during the day.
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CHATHAM
Ont
Bearch
Rushton's
Carnere
junen
our
Judges Inspect Quisling's Home For Loot Ahead Of Trial
Oslo dispatch reports seven judges examining Vidkun Quisling's Ryder peninsula home for loot allegedly taken from the royal palace. The defense notes and reports of X-ray and spinal tests were presented as questions about his mental state amid treason proceedings.
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Quisling
OSLO
Reuters
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Ryder peninsula
Wilhelm Broch
Haakon
Atomic ovens power near Grand Coulee cap
Howard Blakeslee explains at Washington State plutonium ovens produce heat comparable to Grand Coulee Dam output at peak. He notes the ovens are designed to shed heat, not make steam, with top uranium slug temperatures around 300 degrees F. Shielding workers from multiple emitted elements remains an unresolved engineering issue.
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HOWARD BLAKESLEE
Associated Press
NEW YORK
Washington State
Grand Coulee
great Columbia river
Charges $60,000,000 Scandal at Penhold Air Station
Calgary August 27 charges of wanton destruction of air force equipment valued for education were issued by Arthur H. Wray M L A for Banff Cochrane over the weekend. He said much of the $60 million worth of equipment at Penhold has already been destroyed and more likely will be. He blamed red tape hindering school authorities from saving the material for use in instruction and cited more than $300,000 worth of transmitter receiver sets destroyed in one day. Wray wired Ottawa urging a cease destruction pending proper inspection and sought intervention from national defence officials. Ottawa replied Saturday morning.
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CALGARY
air force
Canada
Arthur H. Wray
M.L.A
Banit-Cochrane
Penhold air station
OTTAWA
Wray
minister of national defence
Penhold No. 2
TSU
Japs Admit Failure To Win Goop War Aim
San Francisco August 27. Tokyo radio said Japan admitted failing to win the good will of the Asiatic continent and southern area. It quoted Tokyo noting the war might have ended differently if they had not hurried and if they had grasped the hearts of others.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Tokyo radio
North America
Japan
Tokyo
Chinese Forces Enter Nanking Canton Reports Rise of Hope
Canton and Nanking fell under Chinese control as government and military officials prepared for Japan's surrender in China. A dispatch said Nanking was entered by Chinese troops and 159 officials who awaited liberation departed by plane. Formal surrender ceremonies are slated for Sept. 3 in the former Chinese capital Canton and Nanking. Optimism grew for a settlement between Chiang Kai-shek's government and the North China Communist regime as Maj Gen Hurley left for Canton and Nanking.
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CHUNGKING
Nanking
Canton
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
North China Communist
Patrick J. Hurley
U.S
Canada moves toward legal national status and flag
Ottawa reports Canada aims to grant legal nationality to Canadians so they need not list as British subjects. A national anthem, official flag, and distinct national identity are under review with legislation likely for the next parliament opening September 6. Prime Minister Mackenzie King advocates a Canadian flag, noting the country should be great under the Canadian banner as soldiers return home.
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HL, JONES
OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
house of commons
Mackenzie King
Prince Albert
Sasi
Song Of Bernadette Author Franz Werfel Dies
Franz Werfel 54 author of Song of Bernadette died suddenly at his Beverly Hills home with his wife Alma Mahler Werfel present. Werfel, who came from Czechoslovakia in 1948, had been reported seriously ill several times before his death on Sunday.
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BEVERLY HILLS
Calif
Franz Werfel
Bernadette
Alma Mahler Werfel
Werfel
Czechoslovakia
Three Killed In B C Road Crash
ABC: In Abbotsford B C Aug 97% three persons died when two cars collided on a highway near the city Saturday night. Victims named A E Tracy 74 and son Alfred Tracy about 50 of Matsnul B G and Kenneth Perfoot about 18 of Langley Prairie B C. No other witnesses. MURDER AND death by own action Saint John N B Aug 27 police describe as murder and death by own action bodies of Mrs Muriel Wilson 40 of Fairville and Harold H Collins 49 bank janitor found in car on a lonely road in Golden Grove district Collins shot the woman then killed himself.
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ABBOTSFORD
B.C
A. E. Tracy
Alred "Tracy
Matsnul
B.G
Kenneth Perfoot
Langley Prairie
SAINT JOHN
N.B
Muriel Wilson
Fairville
Harold H. Collins
Golden Grove
Collins
Gloucester Better Australias Duke In Recovery
Improvement in the general condition of the Duke of Gloucester governor general of Australia has continued as of Saturday. His corneal wear is healed though his eyes remain bandaged and he is confined to bed.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Reuters
Duke of Gloucester
Atom Bomb Ended War and Japan Surrender Reasons
San Francisco dispatch reports Premier Prince Higashi-Kuni told the Japanese cabinet that America's atomic bomb and Hirohito's love of the people led to surrender. The Diet session postponement to September 4 and plans to merge the Greater East Asia ministry into the foreign ministry are noted. Transport and Sunday work policies shift as Japan readies for Allied occupation.
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SAN FRANCISCO
America
Hirohito
Japan
Prince Higashi-Kuni
house of representatives
Domel
forthcomis
radio today
Golnelde
EAST ASIA DREAM
asid Asia
Greater East Asia
foreign ministry
Tolyn radio
Haisan
Katsuo Okazaki
Katsuhiro Nar Ite
Ryuji Takeuchi
Saburo Ota
Eiji Wajima
Gen. MacArthur
Korea
Comet
Tojo
Storm Strikes Texas Coast Near Corpus Christi
A tropical hurricane with winds of 100 mph moved inland along the central Texas coast northeast of Corpus Christi between midnight and 2 am. It lashed Port Aransas and eastern areas, with high tides and rough seas. Corpus Christi left the hurricane area by 5 am with no deaths reported and unofficial damage estimates under 100000 dollars.
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CORPUS CHRIST
Tex
Texas
Corpus Christi
United States weather bureau
Port Arkansas
New Orleans
Jose Giral Forms Spanish Republican Government in Exile
Former Spanish Premier Jose Giral announces a Spanish Republican government in exile in Mexico City. He releases a list of 10 leaders for the cabinet but specifies no portfolios. The group excludes Communists and followers of Negrín’s Socialist faction.
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MEXICO CITY
Jose Giral
Freie
Juan Negrin
facon
Federation seeks fire insurance rate with deductible for municipal properties
A municipal federation press release from Jessica A. Allan, executive director, outlines a Toronto meeting resolution urging the Canadian Underwriters' Association to offer a preferential fire insurance rate with a deductible feature for municipal properties.
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MONTREAL
Canadian Federation of Mayors and
Municipali les
Jessica A. Allan
federation
Toronto
Canadian Underwriters’ Association
Allied fleet enters Tokyo Bay in Japan occupation
Allied battle fleets led by the Missouri sail into Tokyo Bay to begin occupation of Japan with British ships Duke of York and King George V and US forces. The Massour leads a task into Sagami Bay as MacArthur’s command prepares for final surrender plans. Hong Kong surrender to Rear Admiral Harcourt is announced. 24th Corps will occupy southern Korea.
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Halsey
Missouri
H.M.S. DUKE OF YORK
Sagami Bay
Japan
Reuters
TORSO BAY
ASTLEY HAWKINS
DUKE OF YORK
Admiral Halsey
Tokyo Bay
King Geoge V
Newfoundland
Cambia
Whelp
Wager Nizam
Napier
New Zealand
Nizam
Tokyo
Manila
MacArthur
aiready
United States army
24th corps
John
Ontario Apple Crop Failure in Lambton County
Ontario reports show Lambton County apple crops failing with rapid drying and dropping fruit. Late varieties set poorly after frosts damaged early bloom, leading growers to expect little to no harvest and a total loss of the year’s work despite extensive spraying efforts.
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Lambton County
China and Russia sign 30 year pact to aid Chiang Kai Shek
Chungking, Aug 27. The historic treaty binds Russia to provide military supplies and moral support to Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek while recognizing Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria. Russia agrees to withdraw from Manchuria within three months after Japan's surrender and to stay out of China's internal affairs.
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China
Russia
CHUNGKING
Manchuria
Chiang Kai~ Shek
Japan
British Pacific Fleet Anchors In Japanese Waters
British Pacific Fleet anchors in Japanese waters as per admiralty communiqués. Rangoon surrender conference held at 7:30 a.m. M.D.T. on Monday. Edmonton liquor rationing likely to rise. New Delhi radio reports. Eichelberger to occupy Tokyo area with further landings at Yokohama and Tateyama by Aug 30. Hale trial adjourned after 73 hours on the stand. Chinese Communists claim capture of Wanchuan Kalgan, seizing city and broadcasting stations.
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LONDON
Reuters
admiralty
RANGOON
M.D.T
New Delhi
EDMONTON
C.P
W. A. Fallon
Alberta
USith
TOKYO
MANILA
A.P
Sth
Robert L. Eichelberger
Gen
MacArthur
Yokohama
Tateyama
Tokyo Bay
Eichelberger
Japan
HALE
FARNBOROUGH
Hampshire
Eng
CP. Cable
George Hale
Essex Scottish Regiment
WANCHUAN
NEW YORK
Kalgan
Chahar province
Federal Communications
mallee
Peiping
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Macs
THE SEPT LAND
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Kurile islands
Hokkaido
Kamchatka peninsula
PYLE
77th Division
Ernie Pyle
Okinawa
118th Combat Engineer group
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