Carrier Planes Smash at Tokyo Debating Surrender Terms
Carrier planes attacked Tokyo at dawn Monday as Allied pilots warned against treachery in surrender talks. Nimitz reported the strike targeted military sites, with Halsey possibly sending a smaller force than prior large waves. A U S battleship at Okinawa was torpedoed Sunday night, exact damage undetermined.
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Tokyo
U.S
Okinawa
Nimitz
Adm. Halsey
Halsey
Buckner Bay
Kenney
Gen. Spaatz
End of World War Hangs on Japan Silence in Tokyo
Washington dispatch reports Japan had not answered the Allied surrender note by Monday morning. bombs renewed on Tokyo as the war persisted with Allied forces pressing strikes on Kyushu and other fronts while Tokyo awaited a decision on capitulation terms. White House press secretary Ross warned no announcement before nine a.m. at earliest.
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Washington
Japan
Truman
Tokyo
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Pacific War Front
Halsey
George C. Kenney
Far East
Great Britain
Russia
China
Kenney
Kyushu
Douglas MacArthur
Vladivostok
Khingan
Harbin
Manchuria
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
State Department
Byrnes-Truman
Halsey's Fleet Prepares for Jap Surrender
U S Third Fleet off Japan near Nippon readied for surrender orders as Admiral Halsey and Rear Adm Carney indicated months of planning. Halsey compared operations to a schoolboy vacation and noted coordination across land sea and air for victory. Russia's entry into the war looms as a potential influence on Tokyo.
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Japan
Halsey
Third Fleet
United Nations
Nippon
Tokyo
Robert B. Carney
Russia
Attlee Pledges British Help Preserve Atomic Bomb Secret
London August 12 Prime Minister Attlee pledged British cooperation with President Truman to guard the atomic bomb secret until full control of the weapon is assured. The vow came Sunday night in a statement outlining wartime security and postwar safeguards.
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London
Attlee
Montana and Butte Weather Outlook With Showers
Butte will see clear to partly cloudy conditions Monday morning turning more cloudy with showers or thunderstorms by late afternoon. Expect little temperature change with a high near 79 and Sunday’s high 80 and low 42. Montana forecasts partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thunderstorms mainly in the south and west, little temperature change.
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Butte
Montana
Solons Cut Short Their Vacations
Congressional leaders abandon long wartime breaks and rush back to Washington as Japan nears collapse. They will push reconversion measures on full employment aid, government reorganization, surplus property disposal, and home-front agencies when Congress reconvenes around September 4.
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Washington
Japan
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
White House
Truman
Congress
House
Chinese Forces Close On Japanese Escape Route in Kwangsi Hunan
Chinese Sixth army units advancing from Sinning near Kweilin move within five miles of cutting the Japanese escape route along the Kwangsi Hunan railway. Seventh army troops push toward Huangshaho on the Hunan border while capturing Chuansien. U.S. 10th Air Force planes attacked retreating Japanese near Chenghsien, destroying trucks and damaging convoys and buildings.
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Kwangsi-Hunan
Chungking
U.P
Kwangsi Province
Chiang Kai-shek
Sixth Army
Sinning
Tungan
Kweilin
Seventh Army
Chuansien
Huangshaho
Hunan
Howard C. Davidson
10Th U. S. Air Force
Chenghsien
Albert C. Wedemeyer
10Th Air Force
Chengsien
Liling
Paoching
Legion to Conclude Department Convention Today
Delegates at the 27th annual American Legion Montana convention in Butte review past year’s achievements and outline future projects. Highlights include officer elections, national convention delegates, committee reports, resolutions, and choosing the 1946 convention city with new officers to be installed.
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Legion
American Legion
Department of Montana
Butte
Whalen Heads Eight and Forty at Meaderville Banquet
Mrs Pat Whalen of Butte was elected chapeau of the American Legion auxiliary Eight and Forty at the annual meeting and banquet in the 45 Club Meaderville Saturday night. Other officers include Mrs Elsie Miller Bozeman demi chapeau Mrs Julia Peirier Alberton second demi chapeau Mrs Mabel Bray Butte secretary Mrs Kitty Kibler Helena sergeant at arms Mrs Sybil Schwartz Anaconda chaplain and Mrs Martha Smithers Butte historian. The officers were installed at a ceremony.
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Pat Whalen
Butte
Chapeau
American Legion Auxiliary
Meaderville
Elsie Miller
Bozeman
Julia Peirier
Alberton
Demi Chapeau
Mabel Bray
Kitty Kibler
Helena
Sybil Schwartz
Anaconda
Martha Smithers
McCashin Named Grand Chef de Gare in Forty and Eight
James McCashin of Butte was elected grand chef de gare of Montana of Forty and Eight American Legion at the grande promenade in the Montana Power auditorium. He succeeds E. O. Orleman of Livingston. Other officers named include Allen Hansen Kalispell grand chef de train and R. B. Downs Helena grand conducteur. The meeting featured S. S. Spence in attendance.
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James McCashin
Butte
Soviets Capture Rashin Naval Base in Korea Campaign
Soviet marines seized the Japanese naval base at Rashin and the nearby port of Yuki after storming ashore 90 miles southwest of Vladivostok. The drive threatens to trap hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in China and split forces on the Asian mainland, with reporting from Moscow and Tokyo noting rapid advances into Manchuria.
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London
Korea
Rashin
Yuki Sunday
Vladivostok
Tokyo
Manchuria
China
Red Army
Asiatic
Kwantung Army
Outer Mongolia
Chinese
Inner Mongolia
Yellow Sea
Peiping
Linsi
Wuchumintsin
Mukden
Moscow
Where Do We Go From Here Ask Thousands of Workers in Capital
Thousands of federal workers in Washington confront reconversion as the war ends. Many will leave for homes across the nation while the city trims wartime agencies and nonwar bureaus. Housing shortages and overcrowding will ease after the transition, with Washington’s population around a million as workers relocate.
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Washington
Virginia
Mary
Jap Broadcasts Silent on Surrender
In San Francisco on August 12 the Japanese broadcasts offered no surrender hint as the world awaited Tokyo's reply to Allied terms. Tokyo urged patience and obedience to the throne with no official peace statement. Somber Tokyo editorials warned of life or death crossroads while boasting of fighting to the end.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Japan
Italy
Domei
Shigenori Togo
Hirohito
Flood of Steel Expected for Consumer Goods
A War Production Board official predicted a surge in steel for civilian needs as World War II winds down. He estimated at least 500000 automobiles could be built this year, doubling prior plans, with output possibly exceeding prewar levels. Plant limits and rolling production times remain the only constraints.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Japan near surrender as Allied note awaits response
Foreign offices and legations across London Switzerland and Sweden monitor for Japan’s surrender reply to Allied terms. Tokyo probes Geneva for a relay dispatch while BBC notes Tokyo message not yet on hand and seeks continued Geneva Tokyo contact. Union of reports cites Tokyo broadcasts urging unity under Hirohito as final action nears.
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London
U.P
Switzerland
Sweden
Japan
Tokyo
Geneva
British Broadcasting Corporation
Geneva-Tokyo
Washington
Hirohito
Shigenori Togo
British Exchange
Chungking
Tokyo Radio
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