Allied Leaders Report News Of Jap Surrender
Multiple cities report varying statements on Japan's surrender during mid August 1945. President Truman announced unconditional surrender and MacArthur to receive terms while Swiss dispatches and Tokyo broadcasts generate confusion about acceptance and timing.
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Washington
Japan
Truman
D.T
Douglas A. MacArthur
MacArthur
London
Weenesday
Moscow
New York
Attlee
BBC
Federal Communications Commission
Mr. Ross
James Vardaman
Legation
Bern
Japan Note Reported Heading to White House Amid War News
The Canadian Press notes rapid updates from Basel and New York on August 14 1945. Swiss and Japanese authorities exchange notes while Domestius promises a transmission of unprecedented importance. Swiss foreign office reports awaiting a Japanese reply as White House holds the expected note.
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Bern
Washington
Commador Vardaman
Byrnes
White House
State Department
Truman
Mr. Ross
New York
NBC
Max Jordan
Basel
Switzerland
Jordan
Pam
C.D.T
London
Japan
Urich
Whitehlouse
Domei
Domestius
Swiss Foreign Office
Leam—Tokveadie
Anniversary of Dieppe Raid Marked by Canadians
Representatives of the three Canadian fighting services will attend a Dieppe ceremony August 19 marking the third anniversary of the raid by the 2nd Canadian Division and the town's liberation last September. About 300 armed forces members, 65 RCAF personnel, and 25 Royal Canadian Navy members will attend the main ceremony featuring a memorial plaque unveiling in Du Canada Square.
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Douglas Amaron
London
Cpecable
Dieppe
French Channel
Rcla FF
Royal Canadian Naval
City
Square du Canada
Tangier status talks follow Spanish protest note
The French government consulted with Britain after receiving a Spanish note protesting Spain’s exclusion of the Franco government from the Paris conference. The issue concerns Tangier the international zone opposite Gibraltar with Spain occupied June 14, 1940.
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Britain
Tangier
Gibraltar
Spain
Bombing raids hit Japanese war industries in multi-target blitz
Allied air forces pounded six targets in northern Honshu and surrounding zones, dropping over 6 000 tons of munitions. B 29s from the Marianas and 180 fighters struck Isezaki Kuma gata Akita and other arsenals, railroad yards, and oil facilities, in a night and day campaign described as among the busiest for the 20th Air Force.
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Guam
Strategic Air Forces Headquarters
20Th Air Force
United States 3Rd Fleet
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Isezaki
Kumagaya
Emperor's Palace
Akita
Kumaawa
Maritu
Tokyoo Main Line
Asaka Army Arsenal
Tokuyama
Tfanshu
Ie Vaki
Tokyo
Kumaszasa
Marifu
Honshu
Hikari
Osaka
May Return To Standard Time In Canada
Ottawa sources say a sharp drop in war production after VJ Day will trigger a return to standard time across Canada probably in October. The government has not committed to rescinding daylight saving time as a wartime power saving measure, but authorities expect the change after Japan’s surrender. Municipalities may then control daylight saving in their summer areas.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Fire in crowd in Eindhoven leaves one dead
Rotterdam police opened fire to disperse a crowd threatening officers during an arrest of suspected black marketeers in Eindhoven. One person was killed and two injured in the incident reported last night.
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Eindhoven
Holland
Cp-Aneta
Rotterdam
Two Leave Trains Crash In Germany Kills 26
AP: 26 Canadian and British soldiers killed and 50 injured in a head on collision of two passenger trains near Gogh. Canadian Pte Albert Braalen of Wadena Saskatchewan survived with his car and the adjacent coach overturned. Most casualties were British personnel.
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Goch
21St Arms Group
Gogh
William Ross
Utrecht
Holland
Pte
Albert Braalen
Wadena
Sask
Russians Drive into North China From Outer Mongolia
News dispatches report Soviet troops pushing 95 miles from outer Mongolia into Jehol province and seizing Linsi and Tapanshang, about 260 miles north of Peiping. Soviet communique claims break of Japanese defense on Sakhalin and landings on the island. Continued coverage notes rush into Manchuria and the Linkow rail junction.
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North China
Sakhalin
London
Outer Mongolia
Jehol
Linsi
Tapanshang
Peiping
China
Sakhalin Island
Red Army
Lonlon
Russia
Manchuria
Linkow
Repats on Britannic return to Canada after war
Ottawa reports 91,874 of 161,600 arms and RCAF personnel slated for return have already come back by year end. In Quebec, the liner Britannia arrives with 2,729 soldiers, 545 airmen, 487 sailors, nursing Sisters, and CWAC members. A Winnipeg man, Cpl. Jack Martin, was among those aboard. He and L/Cpl. Dick helped capture 350 Germans in France last September and endured mortar fire and POW captivity before the Allied advance.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
Canada
Quebec
C.W.A.C
Cpl
Jack Martin
Winnipeg
Toronto
Continent
France
H. Gross
Martin
Cape Gris Nez
Boulogne
Yugoslav Protest at UN Relief Plan For Italy
Yugoslavia objects to the American relief proposal for Italy at the UN Relief and Rehabilitation Conference. Nikola Petrovic says countries that fought Italy should vote before action, and that France Greece Ethiopia Albania Yugoslavia must be heard before granting relief to an enemy state. Albania is not yet a member of USNRR A or the UN, the Yugoslav rep notes.
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London
Yugoslavia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Conference
Haly
Nikola Petrovic
Will Clayton
Assistian US
Italy
France
Greece
Ethiopia
Albania
Usn.r.r A
United Nations
Krupp Arrest Reported by BBC in German Broadcast
The BBC said in a German language broadcast that Dr Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Habacht senior partner of the Krupp munitions works was arrested by British troops and taken to an undisclosed destination. He had been under house detention in a villa in the British occupation zone.
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London
BBC
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen Und Habbach
Freiderich Krupp
Germany
Veteran plunges from Burrard Bridge in Vancouver
A 51 year old war veteran, unnamed, fell about 100 feet from the Burrard bridge north end in Vancouver. He was hospitalized in a semi conscious state. Police said his wife reported he was discharged from the RCAF on Aug 4 and had left home yesterday to seek work.
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Vancouver
Burrard Bridge
R.C.A.F
Weeping Japs Gather At Emperor's Palace
New York August 14 1945 Domei Japanese agency said in a recorded broadcast that the imperial decision was granted and that crowds wept bowing before the palace in shame their efforts not enough. The message noted Hirohito’s concern since the 1941 war rescript and urged all 100 million subjects to listen to an upcoming transmission of great importance.
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Washington
Switzerland
Charles G. Boss
James F. Byrnes
Legation
Bern
E.D.T
Politique
Ross
Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
Paris
Agence Francaise de Presse
New York
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Hirohito
F.C.C
Damei
Dame
Pan. C.D
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Tokyo Radio
Potsdam
Foreign Office
Ald.t
Comet Agency
M.D.T
The
Canadian Press
Emperor Hirohito
HIT Industries
St. Lawrence
Eve
KRUPP
Sublime Palace
Paladee
Clifford A. Palmer
A. Ashdown Marshall
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