Bombing Blitz Hits Japan as Nippon Stalls on Surrender Terms
GUAM August 14 Three fleets of B 29s blasted Manifu railroad yards west of Hiroshima on Honshu marking a renewed push after four days of peace talks. Gen Spaatz said the raid aimed to prod Japan toward accepting Big Four surrender terms and to deter continued fighting.
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Guam
U.P
Japan
Manifu
Hiroshima
Honshu
Carl A. Spaatz
Strategic Air Forces
Marifu
Hiroshima Bay
Iwakani
Shimonoseki
Kobe
Fukuyama
Okayama
Kaitaichi
Kakogawa
Russian Armored Forces Drive Toward Harbin
Russian armies advanced toward Harbin in Manchuria tearing out gains up to 28 miles and severing rail lines. Soviet commanders claimed a five pronged drive threatening Japanese supply routes while, per Tokyo, Soviet forces invaded Sakhalin with beachheads reported on Karafuto.
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London
Harbin
Manchuria
Tokyo
Sakhalin Island
Karafuto
Korea
Moscow
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Dairen
Mukden
Seilshin
Kiamusze
Sungari River
Kirill A. Meretskov
Linkow
Vladivostok
Sungari
Ussuri
Maxim Purkaev
Far Eastern
Formal Jap Surrender Likely to Be aboard Battleship
Washington August 13. The formal surrender ceremonies for Japan likely will occur near Tokyo aboard an American battleship to be designated by Admiral Nimitz. Missouri is a strong guess for the ship bearing the surrender banner. Nimitz and General MacArthur are expected to preside over the signing of the surrender documents. The White House says the supreme Allied commander will direct the occupation of Japan and orders to the emperor, with speculation MacArthur may receive that assignment.
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Washington
U.P
Japan
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Missouri
Truman
Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
White House
MacArthur
Stockyards Set Official Opening for Aug 20
The Montana Stockyards Auction Company, successor to the Butte Public Stockyards, will officially open Monday August 20 with more than 1000 head of cattle ready for sale. The opening sale launches a broader program including doubling yard capacity and 24 hour feeding, with weekly auction sales and daily market listings. Four railroads will supply stock in transit, drawing buyers from Butte and southwest Montana. Idaho Falls Livestock personnel are expected at the sale.
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Montana Stockyards Auction Company
Butte Public Stockyards
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Montana
Idaho Falls Livestock Company
Representa
Printing of New Ration Books Halted as War Ends Near
President Truman and six aides review reconversion to peacetime footing amid plans to curb inflation.OPA hints rationing may end while easing on coal deliveries aims to boost unemployment relief. wage negotiations and price controls are discussed but no immediate major changes to the Little Steel formula announced.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Truman
OPA
State Legion and Auxiliary Conclaves Close in Montana
Delegates returned home after a streamlined Montana American Legion and auxiliary convention. Ed Orleman of Livingston was elected state commander and Mrs. E. R. Blackstone of Chinook state president. Kalispell will host the 1946 convention. plans include a $500,000 postwar development fund allocation for repairs.
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Montana
George M. Gosman
Dillon
James T. Annin
Columbus
L. E. Lovegren
Helena
Kalispell
The
Legion Auxiliary
Dee A. Patton
W. C. Wallace
Anaconda
Howard F. King
Great Falls
Patton
Carl Surmark
Glendive
Irvin Martin
Lewistown
Legion
Dense Montana Western Forest Fires Trigger Smoke Jumpers
Forty nine small forest fires were reported across nine national forests in western Montana and northern Idaho on Monday. All were lightning caused except one near Missoula started by automobile exhaust, with 12 parachuting smoke jumpers deployed to six fires in Nez Perce, Lewis and Clark, and Clearwater forests. A Pattee canyon blaze near Missoula was quickly extinguished by 14 bystanders. Scattered thundershowers offered brief relief, though regional officials warned the relief was temporary.
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Missoula
Montana
Idaho
Forest Service
Nez Perce
Lewis and Clark
Clearwater
St. Joe
Kaniska
Cabinet
Colville
Flathead
National Forests
Pattee Canyon
Fred Fite
Regional Fire Control Division
Butte and Montana Weather Forecast Updates
Butte forecasts show partly cloudy Tuesday morning followed by increasing clouds and scattered showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, clearing after dark with little temperature change. Montana expects partly cloudy skies with scattered storms Tuesday and mild overall, highs 75 to 85.
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Butte
Montana
Allied Airmen Knock Out 138 Nip Planes
Allied carrier planes struck 138 Japanese aircraft including 21 near Adm Halsey's Third Fleet. Nimitz said none penetrated to the vicinity of surface forces. Halsey’s Third Fleet and a British task force totaled 2,127 enemy planes destroyed or damaged in 21 days. Gen Kenney's Far East Air Forces pushed on Kyushu and Shikoku with 600 bombers and fighters. No atomic or incendiary strikes were reported.
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Marlin Spencer
Guam
Adm
Halsey
Third Fleet
Tokyo
Nimitz
Matsuwa Island
Kurabu Cape
Suribachi Bay
Paramushiro Island
Kuriles
George C. Kenney
Far East
Kyushu
Shikoku
U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces
San Francisco
U.P
Honshu
United Press
Imperial Headquarters
Nazi Paratrooper Arrested in Memphis
A German paratrooper in full uniform including swastika and eagle was arrested on Main Street in Memphis. He identified as Sgt Heintz Heimman and claimed to have escaped a POW camp at Crawfordsville Arkansas. He feared being shot as a spy if he discarded his military attire.
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Memphis
Main Street
Heintz Heimman
Crawfordsville
Ark
War's End Near Says Station Attendant
In a brisk street remark from Atlanta on August 13 a filling station worker tells a peer to wipe a windshield and check tires, quipping that the war is nearly over. The casual exchange captures wartime mood and civilian optimism on the home front.
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Atlanta
Sign of the Times
Eddie
Dean Acheson Resigns As Assistant Secretary Of State
Washington Aug 13 Dean Acheson has resigned as assistant secretary of state for congressional relations and international conferences. The resignation was tendered to Secretary of State James Byrnes and accepted. Acheson, 51, had previously served as undersecretary of the treasury in 1933 and returned to government service in 1941 at Cordell Hulls request.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
James F. Byrnes
Acheson
Department
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Senate Hearings on Jobs Are Scheduled
Washington Aug 13 Senate committee hearings on jobs and unemployment open as the first move to reconvene Congress early next month. Banking subcommittee resumes August 21 for the full employment bill while the finance committee meets August 29 on extended unemployment benefits up to 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks. Congress may reconvene Sept 4 or 5 to push priority legislation.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Congress
Banking
Finance Committee
Senate
Barkley
House
Ways and Means
City and County Budgets Adopted and Tax Levies Set
Silver Bow county adopts a 1945-46 budget totaling $713,614.56 with a 29.83 mill levy, down from last year by 0.1825 mill, and cites elimination of the debt retirement public welfare fund. City of Butte approves a 1945-46 budget of $751,272.18 with a 33.35 mill levy, same as last year, after airport fund cuts offset firemen’s disability fund needs. The two governments outline specified fund allocations and anticipated revenues.
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Silver Bow County
Board of County Commissioners
Joe O’donnell
Emmett O’brien
Loretta Sullivan
General Fund
General
Butte High School
New High School
Butte
Nimitz Not Aboard Third Fleet Ship Off Japan
Reports that Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz was aboard an American battleship with the Third Fleet off Japan were denied on Tuesday. The denial stated he remains at his headquarters.
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Guam
U.R
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
43 Jap Vessels Blasted by U S Flyers
U S aircraft attacked Kyushu and Shikoku targets with over 600 land based bombers and fighters destroying or damaging 43 Japanese vessels including a cruiser. Fourteen freighters sunk, 26 damaged, two set afire as Myazaki burned under Thunderbolt strikes. Two U S planes were lost but two pilots survived.
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Manila
Far East
Kyushu
Shikoku
Douglas MacArthur
Okinawa
United Press
Russell Annabel
United States
Myazaki
Thunderbolt
Annabel
Liberators
Allied Patience With Delay Growing Thin
The Allied patience with Japanese delay wore thin as Tokyo stalled, with the prospect of further devastation looming if terms of surrender were not accepted. U S forces renewed actions against southern Honshu to pressure surrender while Japan’s media warned against further discussion as final decisions rest with Emperor Hirohito.
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Washington
Tokyo
Army Says 800000 Servicemen Home or En Route
The Army reported 800,000 service men are home or on the high seas returning from Europe. An additional 175,000 are in assembly areas being processed for departure and 113,000 are in staging areas waiting to board ships.
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New York
Army
America
Truman Ends Day With No News On Japanese Surrender
President Truman retires for the night as White House staff stays alert with no new surrender developments expected before morning. Across regions reports note kamikaze attacks and Allied carrier damage while Swiss officials prepare for any Japanese reply and outline relay procedures through Bern.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
White House
Bern
Switzerland
Swiss
Foreign Office
Legation
Shunichi Kase
Work On Navy Carrier Reprisal Halted At Brooklyn Yard
A spokesman said work on the 27,000 ton aircraft carrier Reprisal of the Essex class is halted at Brooklyn Navy yard. He added the yard will have plenty of work for employees for months after Japan's surrender.
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New York
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Japan
Tokyo Shimbun Warns of Fatal Internal Split in Japan
The Tokyo Shimbun warned of a fatal internal split as Japan faces a gravest national crisis. It urged strict obedience to the emperor’s decision and national unity to support the throne amid Allied responses and possible invasion fears.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Shimbun
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Greater East Asia
FCC
Domei
Tokyo
Hirohito
Japanese Vow Strict Discipline Over Rumors Amid Surrender Talks
Shanghai radio quoted a proclamation by Japanese expeditionary forces in China warning against accepting circulating rumors linked to surrender negotiations. It called for obedience to imperial command, saying any dissension would be branded disloyal, as officials vowed to maintain peace and order regardless of war conditions.
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Amagasaki
Osaka
Spaatz
Japan
San Francisco
U.P
China
Shanghai Radio
Tokyo
Shanghai
Federal Communications Commission
Nanking
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U.S
William C. Wilson
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United States Army Strategic Air Force
Tokyo Radio
Shimbun
M.W.T
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