Planes Carrying Surrender Delegation Due Early Today
Planes carrying Japan's surrender envoys reached Shima Okinawa area en route to Manila for a conference with General MacArthur. The delegation's arrival follows earlier U S air attacks on Tokyo and Kyushu and precedes the expected surrender talks in Manila.
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Japanese foreign minister says people must face defeat
Foreign Minister Shigemitsu told a Domei broadcast that the Japanese have been defeated and must accept the truth after four days of surrender explanations. He warned against an over optimistic view and said the people must pay the price for the war.
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Speed limit lifted as states drop nationwide war request
Washington Aug 18 The mountaintime war speed limit request is withdrawn as states cancel the 35 mile per hour limit or will soon do so. The Defense Transportation Office telegrams governors note the action saves tires and relies on state local authority. States listed include Ohio Kentucky Virginia Minnesota Oregon South Carolina Pennsylvania Utah and Texas.
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Truman Directs Rapid Reconversion After Japan Surrender
President Truman orders a swift shift from wartime controls to peacetime markets. He empowers John W Snyder to oversee reconversion while wage and price policies ease with hardship cases. The piece outlines mass layoffs from canceling war contracts and expectations for full employment, returning servicemen, and gradual improvements in food clothing and energy supplies.
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Truman Urges V J Day Be A Work Day
President Truman asked that V J Day be a work day rather than a holiday to aid reconversion. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach said the order substitutes August 15 16 for V J Day only for war workers on government contracts and those making materials and supplies. The president hopes straight time wages will be paid for those who did not work on August 15 and 16.
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Jap Fighters Attack U S Bombers Over Tokyo Area
U S bombers faced Japanese fighters over the Tokyo area in a second air clash. Two Liberators were damaged as a photographer was killed and ten crew members wounded. Fourteen attackers were noted with two shot down and two probably destroyed. A radio taunt from a Japanese pilot sparked anger among air and ground crews.
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War Trials Likely Delayed Until October in Nuernberg
Justice Robert H Jackson reported after a two day conference with Soviet British and French reps that mass trials of Nazi leaders may not begin before October. Indictments must be prepared 30 days prior, with investigators still combing Germany for evidence and new documents found.
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Allied War Crimes Commission
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Joachim van Ribbentrop
Germany
Communists to Send Envoy as Japan Surrenders in China
Tensions eased as Chiang Kai-Shek's government prepared for the surrender of all Japanese forces in China. Mao Tze-Tung agreed to send a representative to Chungking to discuss issues, while Ho Ying-Chin led Chinese forces to receive capitulation from Japanese commander Okamura. The ceremony was moved to Chihkiang, Hunan, with possible follow-up envoy actions within 48 hours. Shanghai underground forces were reported by Japanese News Agency, and 6800 Allied nationals including 630 Americans were said to be liberated in Shanghai per Swiss and British sources.
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British Foreign Office
Circus Robbery: Three Workers Kidnapped in Illinois Heist
Four bandits seized a money wagon at Clyde Beatty Wild Animal Circus in Alton Illinois and kidnapped three crew members. They looted two safes of about fifteen thousand dollars, selecting payroll and checks, then drove the rig 16 miles to an isolated refinery area near Roxana Illinois where they forced guards to unlock the trailer.
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Meat optimism rises as clothing program near change
Washington dispatch says meat supplies may expand as civilian feeding buys rise and military purchases shrink. Clothing control under M-388 is abandoned as fabric availability improves, with 75 percent of civilian cloth to low priced items and a shift to a 1944 production pattern.
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Tropical storm swirls north of Puerto Rico toward U S coast
A tropical storm near hurricane strength was reported north of the Lesser Antilles, moving northwest across the Atlantic. Grady Norton of the Weather Bureau said winds reach 65 mph plus and it could threaten the U S coast in about a week if it continues. Army and Navy hurricane hunter planes tracked the storm about 500 miles east of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Vets Protest Pacific Duty in Hattiesburg
War weary troops of the 95th division protest redeployment to Pacific occupation. Veterans urge Congress and editors to question serving on two fronts while others never served. Washington reports screening to remove over 38s and those with excessive combat service.
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De Gaulle and Bidault Sign World Charter in Paris
Paris Aug 18 Gen Charles De Gaulle signed France’s ratification of the United Nations charter as his last major action before a Truman meeting. Foreign Secretary Georges Bidault also signed making France the second major nation to adhere. Discussions with American officials will cover France’s economy foreign and colonial issues and reparations. Indo China and British activity in Syria figure among overseas topics.
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