Demagogy, Bilbo, and the minority vote in New York
Westbrook Pegler critiques national and New York political rhetoric over a Bilbo letter using the term Dago. He denounces attacks as pandering to minority factions, accuses Bilbo of opportunism, and contrasts him with La Guardia while noting Roosevelt era patronage ties and poll tax accusations.
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New York
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo
Mississippi
William O'Dwyer
Jonas Goldstein
Meyor
James Mead
Bilbo
Webster's New Iaternationall Dictionary
Diego
United States
Bilho
Tomtat Strle
Hig State
Senate
Piotelic Ho la Guardia
la Guardia
New Deal
Pat Harrison
Muississippi
Huey Long
Louisiana
O'Dwyer
Goldstein
Ibo
King Featu
Truman drafts must bill package for reconvened Congress
President Truman has prepared a comprehensive message for Congress to seek immediate action on five must bills. The proposals cover full employment, unemployment compensation, surplus property disposal, and executive reorganization, with final delivery to be announced after a White House conference.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Charles G. Ross
Congressionals
Ross
Capitol Hill
Potomac River
Potomac
Congressional
Senate
Red House
House
Mr. Truman
Attlee Links War's End to Japan Policy and Demobilization
London sept 4 Prime minister Attlee blamed six years of war on earlier failure to curb Japanese aggression and urged a global order banning war. He outlined demobilization goals speed and occupation needs while projecting a 5 909 000 rise in workers to restore pre war production. The Times Liberal News Chronicle Mail and Telegraph offered mixed reactions.
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Glenn Williams
London
Attlee
Britain
Europe
Manchuria
League of Nations
Times
Liberal
News Chronicle
the Mail
Coalion
Telegraph
Chinese Sixth Army Heads To Nanking For Japanese Surrender
American trained Chinese forces of the Sixth Army move toward Nanking to witness the surrender of Japanese forces in the China theater. General Yen Hsi-Shan and General Fu Tso-yi lead the advance, with surrender officials named at multiple regional points.
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Chungking
Sixth Army
Burma
Nanking
China Theater
High Command
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Fu Tso-¥i
Suiyuan
Tatung
Paoching
Hunan
Ho Ying-Chin
Swatow
Wan Yao-Wu
Changsha
Hsueh Yueh
Nanchang
Ku Chu-Tung
Hangchow
Tang En- Po
Sun Wei-Ju
Hankow
Australia approves large cuts in personal income taxes
The Australian cabinet approved in principle a 121.2 percent reduction in personal income taxes and a lowering of sales taxes on a wide range of commodities.
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Canberra
Ravensbruck Guards Describe Mass Slaughter at Camp
Two SS women guards from Ravensbruck told the French war crimes commission they witnessed mass executions and cruelty at the camp northeast of Berlin. They described inmates forced into neck-deep water and a daily harvest of bodies from the "pool of death" with thousands of French girls sent there. Also reported, Mrs Chiang Kai Shek traveled via Calcutta en route to Chungking.
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Bad Oeynhausen
Germany
French War Crimes Commission
Ravensbruck
Berlin
Chiang
London
All- India Radio
Chiang Kai- Shek
Calcutta
New York
Chungking
Yokohama
Japan
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Navy
Hamamatsu
Tokyo
Ashio
Niigata
Honshu
Hokkaido
U. S. Third Fleet
Hikone
Nagoya
France
Bruce Fraser
Pacific Islands
Yangtze Valley
China
Formosa
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Korea
Eichelberger
General Headquarters
War Crimes Branch
Salt Lake City
Omori
Pellagra
Japanese Diet opens as Hirohito urges unity and reconstruction
Emperor Hirohito opened the Japanese diet urging unity and national reconstruction while avoiding surrender terms. Reports from Yokohama detail American POWs recounting starvation and torture, with hundreds more prisoners liberated from camps as Allied forces assess war crime cases.
U S Seventh Fleet Enters Dairen After Soviets Take City
In Manchuria on September 3 the U S Seventh Fleet found Dairen under Russian control and largely undamaged. The search for 123 American POWs from Guam Wake and Corregidor continues with Evans and Hubbard making fast runs across the Yellow Sea. Civilians fear postwar status as Soviet occupation stabilizes and Japanese garrisons remain quiet.
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Dairen
Manchuria
U_ S
Seventh Fleet
Guam
Wake
Corregidor
Evans
Hubbard
Yellow Sea
Mukden
Chester C. Wood
Hill-Girt Harbor
Tokyo
Piles Of Rubble Mark Heart Of Hiroshima
Journalist Vern Haugland reports on his postwar visit to Hiroshima, describing total destruction and a city of 400,009 people where most structures were leveled by the atomic blast. He notes bank shelters, damaged government offices, and the toll projected by local officials amid scarce supplies and lingering injuries.
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Vern Haugland
Hiroshima
Japan
Kure
Bremen
Hamburg
Berlin
Hiroshimas
Ruin
Hirokuni Dadai
Second Army
U S Occupation Plans Outlined
U S occupation forces extend grip on Tokyo area as General MacArthur orders requisition powers for camps and supplies. Tokyo occupation to be outlined at Yokohama meeting with Lt Gen Eichelberger. Initial Tokyo force listed as 3 350 men.
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Yokohama
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
First Army Command
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
U. S
Hamaematsu
Takusu
Kyushu
Kanoya
Kanagawa
Shizuoka
Hiratsuka
Oiso
Odawara
Gotembas
Hatano
Rachioji
Sagami Hay Radio
Tachikawa Army Air Base
Tokyo University of Commerce
Yabo
Tachikawa
Radio Tokyo
Atsugi
Yokosuka
Fukasawa
Mura
Eighth
Tama River
Chofu
Showa
Chikawa
Thut
Postwar Labor Problems Told In Labor Day Addresses
Secretary Schwellenbach and Ickes urged a major role for workers in postwar economic reorganization as labor, industry, and government pursue reforms. AFL leader William Green proposed a five point plan to raise living standards, while Secretary Vinson warned taxes would stay high after reconversion.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Ickes
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Lauber Schwellenbach
Baltimore
Vinson
Peoria
Ill
Sta
Japanese Comet agency records strict discipline among occupation troops
The broadcast notes six cases of brutality and 38 cases of looting by American forces, with the Domei agency publishing a set of civil defense rules. The eight guidelines urge locking doors, modest dress, avoiding nights out, screaming on intrusion, biting attackers, neighborhood cooperation, reporting crimes, and concealing valuables.
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San Francisco
Japanese Comet Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Domei
Nome
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Tokyo Radio
Diet
Yukio Ozaki
Ministry of Education
By Spencer Davis
Heart of Hiroshima
Dadai
Sacramento
Calif
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U.S
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Kagoshima Bay
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Associated Press
Robbin Coons
Jensen
Imperial Diet
House of Peers
Imperial Palace
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