Pacific War Sees No Word on Japanese Surrender
Washington dispatch reports Allied notes to Tokyo on Potsdam terms elicit no immediate reply from Japan as Tokyo reportedly evaluates surrender with Emperor Hirohito remaining under doubt. White House officials caution war continues while carrier strikes pound coastal targets and a final decision looms.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Tokyo
White House
Japan
Charles G. Ross
Ross
United States
Hirohito
Togo
Imperial Palace
Domei
Air Force 38
State Department
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Truman
Potsdam
Russia
China
Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Manchuria
Dutch East Indies
Vast Soviet Offensive Reported From Manchuria Action
Tokyo reported a vast Soviet drive in Manchuria threatening to cut off Japanese troops in China and split enemy forces into two pockets. Moscow said Soviet gains reached toward Harbin as forces crossed Inner Mongolia, with advances and coastal operations near Rashin and Yuki on the Sea of Japan.
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London
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China
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Yuki
Sea of Japan
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Inner Mongolia
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China Frontier
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Chientao
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Redien Y. Malinevsky
trans-Baikal
Khingen
Tuehuan
Sichuaa
Hartin
Amur
Singari
Ussart
Planes Blast Jap Targets In Far East Battle
Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet blasted Yokohama docks and submarine pens after heavy weather delayed attacks toward Tokyo. Tokyo broadcasts reported 800 carrier sorties with eight planes shot down and 16 damaged. Far East air forces sustained ongoing strikes on Japan as Nimitz and Halsey kept a tense alert for further aerial actions.
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Morrie Landsberg
Guam
Admiral Halsey
Third
Yokohama
Tokyo
FCC
Kanto
Honshu
O'Malley
Shimoda
Sagami Bay
Kiryu
Nagano
Far East Air Forces
Japan
Toyko Radio
Nimitz
Okinawa
Halsey
Far East
Kyushu
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Truman Talks Reconversion in Postwar Economic Plan
President Truman outlined wartime to peacetime reconversion plans as Japan nears surrender. William H. Davis and George W. Taylor prepared emergency programs to shift millions of war workers to civilian jobs, with gradual easing of wage and price controls after V‑J Day. Rationing changes and meat sugar priorities were also expected.
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William H. Davie
George W. Taylor
Chester Tes
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Japan
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Truck Driver Held for Murder in Holden Fatal Fall
In Louisiana, Sheriff P R Erwin says a truck driver J C Stewart and two passengers Alec Stewart and George Loper are charged with murder after three youths Hulton Courtney Hillary Arceneaux and L D Starkey fell from a truck near Holden on highway 190. The coroner cites hemorrhage and shock as the cause of death with funeral plans Tuesday.
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Baton Rouge
P. R. Erwin
Livingston Rish
Sunny
Holden
Erwin
R. Courtney
Justice of the
Eace
Arthur Rogers
Albany
J.C. Stewart
Alec Stewart
Hulton Courtney
L. D. ‘Starkey
Hillary Arceneaux
Montgomery Williams
Parish
Highway 190
UNRRA delegates clash over relief for displaced persons
At the third UNRRA conference in London an American British and Russian group failed to agree on aid for displaced persons who cannot or will not return home. Poland and Yugoslavia backed the Russian stance to block aid, while a Polish draft could offer a compromise. Will Clayton urged temporary relief pending return or resettlement.
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London
UNRRA
Tommorrow
Poland
Yugoslavia
Clayton
United States
Congress
Congress to Reconvene as War Job Ends
Congress plans to return to Washington in early September to finalize a five point program for transition from war to peace. Committees prep a work program within three weeks. Members face a difficult task restoring normal governance after extended wartime efforts.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Rmport
Japan
Capitol Hil
Government reports cottonseed totals for year ending July 31
The census bureau reports 4,252,786 tons of cottonseed produced in the 12 months ending July 31, up from 3,954,542 tons the prior year. On hand at mills July 7 were 219,745 tons, vs 118,256 a year ago, with further figures for crude oil, refined oil, cake and meat, hulls, and linters produced and on hand.
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Washington
Cenus Bureau
Jurors Face Death Threats in Petain Treason Trial
In Paris jurors hearing final defense pleas in Marshal Petain’s treason trial disclosed that nearly all 24 jurors had received threats of death for voting to condemn. One juror reported letters ending with death to Jews and warnings he sits near the courtroom. The defense urged that Petain be spared and cited a Pershing testimonial.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Agar
Pierre Bloch
Fernand Payen
Vichy
Petain
France
Payen
John J. Pershing
AEF
Hiroshima mayor reported killed in atomic bombing
The Hiroshima mayor Senkichi Awase and two high officials were among thousands killed when the first atomic bomb hit the city, wiping out 60 percent. Other victims listed include Kunio Hanamoto, secretary to the prefectural secretariat, and Tadasaki Yoshida, director of the prefectural communications bureau. Troy Akiyoshi, the production chief, remains massing.
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San Francisco
Hiroshima
Comei
Federal Communications Commission
Senkichi Awase
Kunio Hanamoto
Chugoku
Tadasaki Yoshida
Prefectural
Troy Akiyoshi
False flash sweeps globe as false Japan surrender news spreads
A premature United Press flash announcing Japan's surrender caused brief nationwide euphoria before being retracted. The false report, described as of mysterious origin, sparked celebrations in the United States Canada and even reached Central America and Sydney. UP offered a $5000 reward for the source and alerted federal authorities.
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United Press Association
United Press
Washington
Hugh Baillie
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications
New York
Japan
United States
Canada
Central America
Sydney
Australia
Mackenze King
Ottawa
River Seaman Dies After Swim at Ouachita Point
Richard V. Shultz 28 a returning veteran from India and Burma drowned at Lazarre Point in the Ouachita River Sunday at 4 30 pm. Only he entered the water and cramps struck quickly. Companions tried to rescue him but failed. Firemen and coroner officials retrieved the body. Funeral plans call for burial in Mishawaka Indiana with military escort. He leaves a wife a son his parents two brothers and three sisters.
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Richard V. Shultz
Selman
India
Burma
Lazarre Point
Ouachita River
American Legion
H. L. Salley
W. D. Beebe
John Evans
J. T. French
Mishawaka
Ind
Boswell
Okla
A. M. Shultz
Mishawake
Arthur
Johnnie Shultz
Carolyn Ruth
Judy
Janet Shultz
Sergeant Shultz
States
Indiana
The
Hall Funeral Home
New Ration Books Not To Be Printed
The OPA halted printing 187,600,000 new ration books for food shoes gasoline including war book five and a new A gasoline book. Distribution planned for December. action tied to peace negotiations. If Japan surrenders the stop becomes permanent. Sufficient stamps exist to cover through early next year. gasoline rationing expected to end soon after V J day.
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Washington
OPA
Japan
Chiang Kai Shek Warns Communists to Remain in Place
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek urged Chinese Communist forces to refrain from independent action and stay put awaiting orders. Hollington Tong said the message, delivered Saturday, confirms no civil war will occur, following Chu Teh's unauthorized order to seize enemy and puppet war material.
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Chiang Kai-Snek
Hollington Tong
Chiang
Chu Teh
Chu Tem
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