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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1945
Page
1
The piece argues San Antonio has a superb climate and potential as an industrial and business asset. It notes little has been done to leverage the climate and frames the issue as the second editorial in a six part series urging examination of climate as a core city asset for the Southwest.
A wartime column argues an Allied air parade over Tokyo is planned for August 26 as from various viewpoints the piece praises climate tourism and industrial inducements in the area while urging enhancements to parks pools hotels and recreational sites to support returning visitors and economic benefits. notes Brooke Hospital convalescent center and development of Medina and Buchanan lakes and state parks.
Russian Red troops declared victories across Manchuria with Hsinking capitulated and Mukden and Harbin surrendering earlier. The Kwantung army was said to number about one million as Japan’s imperial holdings rapidly collapsed, while a labor ministry report put British unemployment at 111,825 as of July 16.
Berlin August 21. A detachment of 98 officers and men from the sand y Bleborne division's Luger Beaver club parachuted into a potato patch in Berlin's Neus Koln district to fulfill a pledge to jump on Berlin. All landed safely led by Col. Charles Billingsten with veterans of North Africa Sicily and Aneto among the troops.
Police search for a suspect in the brutal death of Margaret McDade a 23 year old waitress found nude and beaten in a cistern after a victory celebration. Detectives say a definite suspect exists and a possible arrest could come soon as officials investigate the Philadelphia native's death in Haddon Heights.
Japanese leadership urged a middle course between power politics and currying favor with the Allies. An imperial decree announced surrender emissaries to General MacArthur and Tokyo’s reform of the ruling party reflecting a shift to a peaceful nation. Contained editorials from Nippon Times and Demet News agency warning against a one-sided Allied rule and stressing a sincere, natural political evolution for Japan.
The Mainichi front page shows Nagasaki’s devastation with three photographs illustrating the center ruined, outlying farmhouses crushed, and a horse beneath debris. Radio Tokyo reports thousands of injuries and widespread destruction as authorities plan evacuations aided by imperial funds.
Manila dispatch reports Tokyo claiming fear of unrest among military leaders once MacArthur’s forces land in Japan. Broadcasts hint at conditional surrender and fear of internal upheaval while the Potsdam terms demand unconditional surrender. Japan vows to keep armed forces at home to maintain order as Allied forces prepare for possible emergencies.
The Office of Strategic Services announced four members of General Doolittle's Tokyo raid were released from a Peiping prison camp. Not disclosed are names. relatives have been notified. The four are quartered at the Grand Hotel de Pekin with medical care, one in serious condition. The Japanese had charged them with murder.
President Truman today revoked an order that barred premium pay for work on Saturdays Sundays and holidays during the war. The ban, in force since October 1 1942 to promote round the clock war production and curb absenteeism, had discouraged extra pay for weekend and holiday hours. Pope Pius XII discussed with Edward McKIn Truman’s representative in Rome during a World War II era exchange.
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday morning. Maximum temperature near 98 degrees and a minimum around 72. East Texas expected continued cloudiness with possible storms.
Government relaxations may revive peacetime installment buying practices. Authorities plan to ease down payment and time purchase restrictions within two weeks, signaling a return to buying on time. Weather updates note showers and thunderstorms across regions with timings and coastal bar conditions. A Pioneer Memorial Museum notice lists events and a Texas pioneers association executive board meeting is scheduled.
Melbourne radio reported that a Jap surrender party leader on Bougainville was restrained at pistol point by an Australian officer aboard a corvette six miles off the southern coast. Captain Takanska of the Jap 17th Army became aggressive en route to the surrender headquarters as the revolver was leveled and the captain shoved into a chair.
Allied occupation plans for Japan begin Sunday around Tokyo and four prefectures. The joint communique urged calm and business as usual while detailing withdrawal zones, troop air landings, and the presence of police reinforcements as two Allied fleets approach Sagami Bay.
New York Aug 21 expert Louis Bruchiss argues underground cities are humanitys only defense against atomic bombs. He predicts radar advances but concedes some blasts will penetrate surface. Bruchiss calls for rapid construction of vast underground industrial housing networks beneath mountains to ensure civilizations survival.
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