Atomic Wounded Look Like Parade of Ghosts
Tokyo radio quoted a Japanese newspaper correspondent describing Hiroshima blast victims as a parade of ghosts. The report cites rising death toll estimates from 10,000 to 70,000 and Nagasaki figures near 28,000, with burns from ultrasviolet radiation and suppressed recovery prospects.
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San Antonio Workers Helped by War Manpower Commission
E A Elliott, area director for the War Manpower Commission, reports that 100 650 San Antonio residents took war related jobs between 1941 and 1945. About 70 percent were war or essential jobs with 14 964 placed outside the city. Elliott thanks employers and laborers for cooperation.
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Weather Typhoon Foils Red Landing on Mainland
Typhoon disrupts communications and transport in Tokyo area as Japan reports Allied landings planned on Kyushu. Tokyo bombards MacArthur with radiograms while requests seek unarmed ships and marked planes for island evacuations. Od: 190-270 chars. entities include MacArthur, Tokyo, Kyushu, Marcus Island, Bougainville, Atsugi, Yokosuka, Rangoon.
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Quisling's Own Words Return To Haunt Him
The trial for high treason in Norway heard a recording of Vidkun Quisling's April 9 1940 speech urging Norwegians to lay down arms. Prosecutors planned to finish testimony from about 40 witnesses as the fourth day opened with seventeen jurors questioned.
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Lost money in purses and wallet reported Friday
Two purses and a wallet were reported to contain money amounts totaling 134 dollars. T M Cowan of Mitchell Avenue said he misplaced his wallet with 180 in it while returning from a grocery store. Mrs Waller Brandt of Victoria reported a lost purse containing 60 dollars downtown. Mrs Leona Quintera of West Sailoas Street reported losing a purse with 18 dollars.
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Soldier's Children Placed in Homes at CAMP LEE
At Camp Lee Virginia a group of officers WACs and army nurses arranged homes for three homeless Attic girls. Diana and Sheila 6 were placed with a Philadelphia Home for Jewish Children and Marian 9 will live with her aunt Mrs Dean Dimmer in Philadelphia. Brig Gen George A Horkan announced their honorable discharge as the children left the camp.
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Don Juan Seeks Spanish Throne Heads Government Plan
The article reports Don Juan, son of the former King Alphonse XI, intent on returning to Spain as head of government. It states he rejects violence, opposes Franco, and denies any deal with Franco or the generalissimo.
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Large Forces Still Needed in German Occupation
Undersecretary of War Patterson said at CAMP LER Va that large forces are still needed to secure victory by occupying and demobilizing Germany. He spoke to a graduating class of quartermaster corps officers, stressing occupation and demobilization as the two major tasks ahead.
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Detective Retrieves Lost Wallet and Cash in Public Washroom
On August 16 Jose Moralyi of 1217 Torreon Street reported a wallet with $215 and 123 pesos missing from a public washroom on Wyoming Street. Detectives recovered the wallet, papers, and 3231 pesos from a waste basket after a suspect was arrested and released when Morales refused to prosecute. The suspect said he found the money and had spent $180 of the $215.
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Wyoming Street
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Returned Chaplain Compares Church Rehab Parley In War Aftermath
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Tiest, executive secretary of the Army and Navy committee of the Episcopal Church, blasts churches for prioritizing building programs over veteran rehabilitation. He cites lack of interdenominational recreation and rehab centers and urges action for wounded and returning service members and their families. He traveled across the U.S. assessing postwar needs.
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Gordon Tieest
Army and Navy Commission
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