Truman Defers Pearl Harbor Court Martial Decision
President Truman said the United States bears blame for the Pearl Harbor disaster and does not plan a court martial. He backed unity of command, noted the reports by boards of inquiry, Stimson and Forrestal, and warned the full story remains untold.
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ASHINGTON
C.P
Truman
United States
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
U.S. Pacific
boards of inquiry
U.S
Roosevelt
army
navy
congress
department of national defence
navy boards of inquiry
War
Stimson
Forrestal
Ernest J. King
Cause of Coast Girl Death Remains Secret
Victoria, Aug 25. The death cause of 18-year-old Phyllis Stroud remains a secret after autopsy by Dr D Roxburgh of Vancouver. The body, found in a sawdust pile in the basement of the girl’s home, prompted an inquest opening Friday. Police withhold comment while investigators pursue the mystery.
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VICTORIA
Phyllis Stroud
De. D . Roxburgh
Vancouver
BEC Hart
Rokburgh
Left Hand Corner tribute to Sir Chalmers Mitchell in London Zoo era
The London Zoo owes much to Sir Chalmers Mitchell, secretary of the Zoological Society for two decades. The Ottawa Journal’s London correspondent notes Mitchell’s deep animal knowledge and humor. He debunked fleas on monkeys and bears’ killer hugs, doubted the “rat week,” and estimated rats at about five per person in Britain.
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LONDON ZOO
Sir Chalmers Mitchell
Zoological Society
Regent's Park
London
Ottawa Journal
Sir Chalmers
Chicago Daily News
Fire Ravages Portland Shipyards Destroying Vessels
Flames swept through the Gexer Victory and USS Glynn at the Portland shipyards as crews battled a fast moving blaze. The inferno endangered several ships and four 15 ton cranes while a drowning worker and a missing asbestos operator were reported amid an estimated 25 to 25.5 million dollar loss with nearly 3,000 workers on site.
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PORTLAND
Ore
Oregon
Corpeet wm
Toeman
Gexer Victory
Glynn
lyiic
Albert Bauer
Liquor Stores Extend Hours Ahead of Labor Day Rush
EDMONTON Aug 30 Acting Premier W A Fallon announced liquor vendors across Calgary Lethbridge Medicine Hat Drumheller and Edmonton will open at 10 am and close at 3 pm Sept 1 to handle the expected spike in purchases from the quota increase and the Labor Day holiday.
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Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Drumheller
W. A. Fallon
P C W Faces Treason Trial in Hampshire Court Martia l
Pte Edwin Barnard Martin 26 of Riverside Ontario was called before a Canadian army general court martial to answer charges that for 18 months he joined the British Free Corps an anti Russian body allied with the enemy He is also charged with aiding the enemy as an informer after capture at Dieppe in August 1942 The maximum penalty is not stated The court sat at Coruins barracks reading room as Pte George Hale of Vassar Michigan heard that findings and sentence would be announced.
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FARNBOROUGH
Hampshire
England
Cable
Edwin Barnard Martin
Riverside
Ont
British Free Corps
Martin
Dieppe
Coruins barracks
George Hale
Vassar
Mich
Windsor
Pte
Hale
Prime Minister King Reshapes Cabinet Before Parliament
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announces swearing in Major H. F. G. Bridges as minister of fisheries and J. J. McCann as minister of national revenue while Ernest Bertrand becomes postmaster general. He also says no Canadian army will occupy Japan and Pacific air and military forces will be disbanded after Japan signs surrender terms.
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OTTAWA
C.P
H. F. G. Bridges
Fredericton
N.B
J. J. McCann
national war services
national revenue
Ernest Bertrand
JAPAN
Mackenzie King
Canada
King
PACIFIC
gold
air force
Mr. King
May Cut Retail Price Of Liquor.
Alberta considers liquor price reductions though budget assumes stability. Ottawa officials say provinces can cut prices without lowering federal tax, with 1943 increases in levies noted. Demobilization plans for Pacific force outlined as Canada moves to end wartime deployments.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
Ottawa
Dominion
Veterans Affairs Branch Faces Two Hard Postwar Years Ahead
Ottawa Aug 30 The veterans affairs department now prominent after the war faces its heaviest period to about mid 1947 as staff grows from 5137 to 6200 and aims toward 12000 total including nurses counselors and administrators The pace will depend on how quickly services discharge men to grants benefits training insurance and other powers of the department Current staff trained for the job serves roughly 256000 discharged as of wartime service out of more than 1,000,000 who served The department is prepared to handle anticipated demobilization increases with veterans already informed about programs
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DOUG HOW
OTTAWA
department of veterans’ affairs
pensions and health department
W S. Woods
Woods
Mr. Woods
British Pacific fleet seeks contact to aid Hong Kong prisoners
On August 30 aboard the YMS Indomitable the British Pacific fleet sent messages urging the Japanese commander to contact British authorities for aid to about 6,820 prisoners and internees captured when Hong Kong fell in 1941. Special recovery teams aboard the ships plan medical care and evacuation, with 4,900 prisoners and 2,000 civilians believed in Kowloon and Stanley camps.
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WILLIAM STEWART
Y.M.S
Kowloon
Stanley camp
Hong Kong
C H J Harcourt
south Pacific
No Bloodshed In Occupation
Gen MacArthur arrived at Yokohama aboard the Bataan to direct Japan's occupation, accompanied by Lt Gen Eichelberger and Lt Gen Sutherland. Japanese appeared to act in good faith as 11th airborne and naval forces moved to Atsugi and Yokosuka, with Yokohama a shantytown amid bombed ruins. Allied fleet and air power protected the advance, evacuating prisoners of war from a “black hell hole” as 36 000 POWs awaited rescue.
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TSUGIL AIR FIELD
Japan
A.P
MacArthur
Grand hotel
Yokohama
Bataan
Robert Eichelberger
United States 8th army
Richard K. Sutherland
11th airborne division
Atsug
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka naval base
Missouri
Japs Torture Yank Fliers in Shanghai Jail
Aug 30 Shanghai eight American airmen held in foreign YMCA jail after brutal torture by Japanese guards who bayoneted rifles and grilled prisoners about Allied landings. One flier hung by thumbs, others beaten. wounds healing. Navy aviators flogged by survivors aboard a destroyer escort. Cmdr. Charles B. Houston among tortured pilots.
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SHANGHAI
YMCA
Japan
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Charles B. Houston
St Paul
Minn
Walter Pallack
Chicago
Cmdr
Houston
Pallack
Leopold Granted Right To Enter Switzerland
Bern August 30 The Swiss federal council granted Leopold of Belgium and members of the Algemeinragre permission to enter Switzerland with the condition they refrain from political activity. The council reserved the right to cancel the temporary residence permit at any time.
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LEOPOLD
SWITZERLAND
BERN
Leopold of
Lelgum
federal council
Truman asks lend lease debts be wiped off books
President Truman urged wiping off most of the United States lend lease outlays, arguing victory over Germany and Japan, plus massive reverse lend-lease payments, outweigh any dollar settlement. He ordered halt to lend-lease operations by Victory Day and outlined postwar trade goals and credit talks with Britain.
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Truman
WASHINGTON
great today
United States
Germany
Japan
Singapore’s Flag Will Fly Again At Naval Base
CHUNGHING Aug. 10. The British flag that was formerly raised when Singapore surrendered will be hoisted again at the great naval base as British forces re-enter, Governor Sir Shenton Thomas said. He noted the flag’s return symbolizes renewal and resolve after occupation.
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CHUNGHING
Sidgespore
Shenton Thomas
Straits Settlements
Fk Shenton
Fears Heavy Cattle Liquidation In Alberta Fall
Calgary August 30 The Alberta Wheat Pool warns of a heavy cattle market fall as producers fear a price drop after a season of limited feed. Ben Plumer Basano chair says government policy must shift to ensure beef supply next year and warns thousands of average and poor cattle could hit markets, troubling packers.
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CALGARY
Alberta Wheat Pool
Ben
Plumer
Bassano
There Never Has Been Blacker Hell Hole Than Jap Hospital
Five hundred Allied prisoners of war were rescued from a Japanese confinement site near Tokyo Bay. The naval commander cited inhumane conditions and brutal beatings, describing an inquisitorial den of brutism. Maj. Gregory Boyington, a famed Solomons ace, was among the missing and later identified among the evacuees.
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TOKYO BAY
navy
San Juan
United States Marines
Solomons
Gregory Boyington
Yokosuka Surrenders to U S Fleet at Tokyo Bay Aug 30
Five days after the first U S marine set foot in Japan two Japanese admirals formally surrendered at Yokosuka Naval Base in a brief ceremony. Allied troops moved into Yokohama as well while Admiral Mountbatten outlined plans to free Allied prisoners in Southeast Asia. Otto Dietrich, former Nazi press chief, was arrested in Hamburg. No POWs were killed in the Hiroshima bomb raid according to Tokyo. Canada’s coarse grain prospects this year are poorer, per Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Japan
Rome
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MOUNTBATTEN
LONDON
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DIETRICH
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Germany
OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Alberts
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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