Lettering Japan Seeks Peace Save Hirohito’s Throne
In Guam and Washington reports both sides moved toward surrender terms as Japan officially sought peace while insisting the emperor retain sovereignty. Allied leaders weighed the offer after 923 Allied planes downed in two days across northern Honshu with extensive bombing and naval moves near Tokyo.
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Japan
Hirohito
Allied Nations
Guam
U.P
Pacific
Third Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Honshu
Carl A. Spaatz
United States Army Strategic Air Forces
Nimitz
Adm
William F. Halsey
Tokyo
Halsey
Emperor Hirohito
Allied World Celebrates Japan's Offer
Jubilation across the Allied world as Japan offers to surrender. Crowds cheer in London and Free China while American troops and citizens react with excitement. China’s people celebrate eight years of war ending, with torn paper raining down in New York and returning troops joining the chorus.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
Pacific
London
Free China
Chungking
America
New York
Europe
Butte Hears Japan Surrender Offer Stir Debate
Butte residents anxiously await news on Japan’s surrender proposal with mixed reactions. Some demand unconditional surrender removing Hirohito, others favor keeping him, while many seek a swift end to the war aided by atomic weapons and foreign advances. News offices were swamped as details emerged.
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Butte
Japan
Hirohito
Russia
Manchuria
Pacific
R Sons
Wheeler urges acceptance of Jap surrender offer
Sen Burton K Wheeler backed accepting Japan's surrender offer saying the emperor is not worth thousands of American lives. He urged curtailing Japan's powers so it cannot fight again while allowing the figurehead to remain. He spoke from Glacier National Park.
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Belton
Burton K. Wheeler
Soviets Drive 105 Miles into Manchuria and Capture Hailar
Soviet Far Eastern armies pushed 105 miles into western Manchuria capturing the strategic rail hub Hailar on the Chinese Eastern railway. Other units seized Ai gun Lopei Jaoho Hulin and Tunging near the Japanese border and opened new drives toward Harbin.
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London
U.P
trans-Bakai
Manchuria
Hailar
Harbin
Aigun
Lopei
Jaoho
Hulin
Tunging
Tokyo
Korea
Karafuto
Sakhalin Island
Moscow
trans-Baikal
Hsingan
Will Halsey Ride Emperor Hirohito’s White Horse
The question looms whether Admiral William F. Halsey will ride through Tokyo on Emperor Hirohito’s white horse Shirayuki. A specially built saddle is being flown to the Pacific, reportedly donated by a western admirer to spur the admiral to fulfill a vow. The horse reportedly remains with Hirohito.
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Washington
U.P
William F
Halsey
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
Hirohito
Pacific
N.E.A
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Shirayuki
Delinquent Tax Record Work Urged by Silver Bow County Taxpayers
Taxpayers from Silver Bow county pressed the board of commissioners to slash budgets and fund a larger delinquent tax posting staff. They argued the 40 year backlog in delinquent rolls is critical nationwide and urged either doubling Treasurer Phemia McPhail’s staffing or contracting the work to clear records quickly.
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Silver Bow County
Board of Commissioners
Montana
Emmet P. O’brien
Lorretta L. Sullivan
Phemia McPhail
Miss McPhail
The Emperor's Role in Japan's Surrender Dilemma
The piece argues the surrender offer hinges on the emperor who is both religious figure and political symbol. It notes Allied plans may permit the emperor to stay with vague future authority while preserving Allied control. It warns this could embolden Japan's wartime morale and complicate peace.
Trains Collide Kills 34. Dozens Hurt In Empire Builder Crash
In Michigan North Dakota on August 10 a Great Northern Railway collision killed 34 people and injured about 50 as the first section slowed for a hot box and was struck by the following train. Seventeen or more victims were service personnel including two Navy nurses and the sleeper-observation porter. Fort Snelling officials took charge of military remains. civilian identifications will wait for next of kin.
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Michigan
N. D
Great Northern Railway
Empire Builder
Navy
Fort Snelling
Minn
Next of
Gas Rationing to End Soon After War Ends
Government officials forecast rationing will end within weeks after Japan surrenders and travel restrictions ease in months. Leaders from agencies met to plan postwar reconversion, easing munitions production and adjusting drafts, pricing, and manpower as the war ends.
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Washington
Japan
White House
John W. Snyder
Atom bomb blast described as awesome sight by Japanese soldier
A Hiroshima eye witness, a Japanese army corporal, told Tokyo radio via the American Broadcasting Co that the atomic explosion was the most awesome sight he had seen. He described a blinding flash, body burns, and widespread devastation as evidence of the blast’s power.
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San Francisco
Hiroshima
Tokyo Radio
American Broadcasting Company
Radio Tokyo
Central Army District
Nations weigh conditional surrender terms as war ends
United States drafts a reply to Japan’s conditional surrender and seeks allied concurrence before Tokyo. Truman briefs cabinet on terms that would keep Japan responsible for accepting, not the Allies. Britain Russia and China discuss the Japanese government statement and plan V J holiday guidance. The Kuomintang press rejects Japan’s conditional surrender and predicts allied refusal. Moscow radio notes the outlook as war nears end.
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Britain
China
Russia
United States
White House
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Charles G. Ross
London
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Daily Mail
Wilson Broadbent
MacArthur
Japan
Bataan
Broadbent
Washington
Tokyo
Truman
Hirohito
Potsdam
No. 10
Downing Street
Solons Split on Japan Surrender Offer in Battle Over Emperor
Washington August 10 senators voiced wide views on Japan's surrender proposal with McMahon urging removal of the emperor and warning an armistice could fail to end the war Bridges favored keeping the throne if peace terms remained strict under Potsdam. McClellan noted personal war losses while in Knoxville Tennessee.
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Washington
Nippon
Sens. McMahon
Bridges
R-N. H
McMahon
Hirohito
Potsdam
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Japan
Knoxville
Tenn
WAVES Chief and Jaffrey Minister Wed in New Hampshire
Captain Mildred M. McAfee head of the WAVES and president of Wellesley College marries the Rev. Douglas Horton, noted New York Congregationalist, in Jaffrey New Hampshire.
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WAVES
Weekend Weather Update For Montana And Butte
Weather forecast shows Butte: clear to partly cloudy Saturday morning, then mainly cloudy with scattered light showers or storms in the afternoon. High near 82 and 84 Friday. Montana outlook: mostly clear Saturday with scattered thunderstorms possible southeast portion. Highs 80 to 90.
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Butte
Montana
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James D. White
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By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
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Central Daily News
Kuomintang
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Moscow Radio
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