Envoys Confirm Jap Navy Ceased to Exist
Guam dispatch reports Rear Adm. Sherman says Manila talks with Japanese envoys confirm the Japanese navy has effectively vanished. Only a fraction of ships remain functional, with 12 battleships initially and now one damaged unit, limited cruisers and carriers, subs reduced from 240 to 18, and heavy transport losses amid severe fuel and food shortages.
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Guam
Forrest C. Sherman
Manila
Nvnkade
U.S. Navy
Nimitz
Manta
Japan
Hayataha
Jatsuragi
Singapore
Commissio
Sdmblal
Pls
Sherman
Joyalin
Beer Sign Saves Tot From 50-Foot Fall
Aug 21 in BHIGAGO a 21 year old Janice Boardman fell 50 feet from a third floor window screen while playing. She grabbed chains from a deer sign above a saloon door and landed in the arms of a passerby, a bystander named Lilsey Lowry. The egg impulse and beer sign helped cushion the impact and she escaped with a broken arm.
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Bhigago
Janice Boardman
Willinly
Janice
Lilsey Lowry
Grenery
Lowry
Papers Dropped To Aussie POWs
Allied planes dropped tranets and newspapers today at the prisoner of war camp at the western tip of Sarawak. Australian POWs waved their aloued banners as planes passed. A Japanese machine gun fired but did not stop the mission. a few nuns in gray clothing waved greetings.
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Manila
INS
Kvening
Sarawak
Atsiralian
Bishop Sees Mara Kiri of ALL Top Japs
Manila dispatch reports American Episcopal Bishop of Japan ReV. Norn H. Biosted predicting that Japan may demand surrender talks with Wakashina Kawabe and others. He warns Premier Suzuki’s group could follow the war minister’s stance and risk a Tamiliquan crisis, while noting Japan’s government limits foreign religious leaders.
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Mara Kiri
Manila
Norn H. Biosted
Japan
Tocay Hiab
Wakashina Kawabe
Hiri
Bineted
Suauki
Syd Patam
Pigeon Note Arrives After Shark Encounter
An Austration army message delivered by carrier pigeon reached its destination after detouring into a shark’s stomach. The Melbourne radio reported the pigeon, loaded from Bougainville, fell exhausted into the sea and was swallowed by a shark. Australian seamen later opened the shark and found the pigeon intact with the message.
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San Francisco
INSI
Melbourne
Bougainville
Me Arthour Reveals Japs Credentials At Manila
Manila August 21 1971 report states Gen Kawabe's text authenticates authority from the Japanese emperor to authorize military action. The copy includes garbled phrases but claims to name Kawabe and other imperial officers, with a formal seal and date in a style attributed to a 1940s era document.
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Manila
Atg
Cener
Mccarthy
Tokyo
Takasairo Kawabe
Lim
Inuke
Allide
Leaven
Sapan
Changeleus
Uwest
Llewt
Geo
Takashiro Kawaba
Zyusu
Mike An
Ure
Rites Set for Mrs Hermann at Highland Park Church
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Hoeymann Hermann 45 native of San Antonio will be held at 4 p m at the Highland Park Lutheran Church with Rev Slefkrs officiating. Burial will be in Mis alom burial park. Mrs Hermann survived by sons W T and Capt F J Hermann, sisters Mrs Hernan Moede and Mrs W H Houston, and brothers Henry Malbaum San Antonio and Frank Malbaum Los Angeles.
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Annie Hoeymann
San Antonio
Mongny
Dallas Street
Slefkrs
Highland Park
Witheran Churety
Misalom
Hermann
Louise Beretye Midas
Order of Hermann Sons
Cthulas Sons
W. T
F. J. Hermsinn
Hernan Moede
W. 11
Houston
Henry Malbaum
Frank Malbaum
Los Angeles
Aml Fle
Anoces
Fraternizing Banned as Allied Forces Preparations Start
Japan issues a non fraternization order on the eve of Allied occupation. The government states no contact between the general public and Allied landing forces and will assume responsibility for supplying living quarters and food. The move aims to maintain order during the occupation.
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Ban Francisco
Aug. O
Dap
Keep Mileage Records Says OPA Keep Mileage Records Says OPA
Public advisories from Bexar County War Price and Rationing Board clerk Robert A. Hall urge keeping mileage records and presenting them when applying for new tires. With gasoline rationing ended, transfer procedures for used cars and vehicle registrations cause confusion as buyers must obtain a certificate and the board’s clearance before the county clerk completes the transfer record.
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Robert A. Hall
Bexar
Hall
CG. E. Miller
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tioning
Stieel
Board Resigns in Protest to Draft
The three-man county death board No. 7 resigned in a body protest against further draft of men into the armed forces. The board canceled a unit for 28 young white men who were scheduled for induction.
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Rokbory
Qlza
United Nations Charter Approved by Soviet Presidium
Moscow reports the presidium of the supreme Soviet ratified the United Nations charter last night. Tavestia lauds the move as a key step toward world peace, noting Russia is the third major power to approve the charter after the United States and France.
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Presidium
The
Supreme Boyict
Tavestia Today
Russia
United States
France
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