Police Charge Rioters in Buenos Aires
Rioters in central Buenos Aires were dispersed by Saber-brandishing mounted police after four nights of clashes between democratic and nationalist factions. Four people were killed and about 200 injured, with nine wounded by machinegun fire. Four AP reporters were briefly detained during the unrest.
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Buenos Aires
Edelmire Farrell
Associated Press
Rafael Ordorica
New Brunswick
N. J
la Prensa Asociada
Natalio Muniz
Martin le Guizamon
Montana To Launch Manpower Program For Peacetime
USES to Launch Job Program Lifting manpower controls to resume full service for all employers and workers under a seven point plan. Montana official O C Lambert announces measures to place veterans and war workers in civilian jobs and restart peacetime production.
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Montana
O. C. Lambert
Janet Harrington
Butte
United Stats Employment Service
Employment Service
Mr. Lambert
United States Employment Service
Lamport
Cowboys Towed Jap Balloon to Garage Amid Bombs
Discovery of a Japanese balloon on a ranch near Yerington sparked an investigation that revealed at least ten such globes had drifted over Nevada between November 9, 1944, and May 21, 1945. None caused damage. one was towed to a garage and deflated.
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Carson City
U.P
Yerington
Nevada
Horihito
Wilson Ranch
Butte Man Hero of Okinawa Counterattack
Pfc. Forrest E. Pendergast of Butte earned the Silver Star for a dawn counterattack at Okinawa. Armed with two grenades after his weapon was destroyed, he destroyed a machinegun nest and an enemy rifleman, then fought through fire to rejoin his company. His actions helped regain ground and reduce casualties.
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Forrest E. Pendergast
Butte
Pendergast
Okinawa
John Pendergast
South
Montana
Pfc
Army
War time controls end as peacetime returns begin
A batch of wartime restrictions ends as the United States moves toward peacetime living. Actions include ending beef rationing this fall, lifting high test gasoline ban, allowing singing telegrams, reopening sports, easing 35 mile per hour limits, suspending wine price controls, freeing plumbing and heating sales, and planning civilian cotton and rayon goods distribution. Senator Elmer Thomas urges $2 billion for public works over three years to boost jobs and infrastructure.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Petroleum Administration For War
War Production Board
WPB
Ralph K. Davies
National Housing Agency
OPA
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Fire danger rises as forest fire index climbs
In Deer Lodge National Forest the fire danger expanded rapidly under sunny weather. Forest supervisor W. E. Pry reports the fire index jumped from 20–30 to 59 in two days. He warns continued clear weather could raise the index further while thanking visitors for avoiding fires during the V J holiday. Rangers remained alert to increasing opportunities for fires amid large crowds.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
W. E. Pry
Fry
Emperor Hirohito orders strict discipline to endure war
Tokyo broadcast quotes Hirohito backing cease fire and orders all officers and men to obey, maintain unity, and bear the unbearable. It warns troops not to heed rumors of American ships in Japanese waters or imminent landings, stressing absolute obedience and faith in superiors.
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San Francisco
U.P
Japan
Hirohito
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo
Osaka Bay
Sagami Bay
Soviet Union
Refrigerated Aliens Latest Novelty of the Postwar Era
Immigration inspectors near Laredo halt a moving van loaded with 2400 pounds of ice and a vented front. They find 7 dollars in Mexican currency and 4 Mexican farm laborers en route to Illinois. Officials say the group entered the United States illegally.
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Laredo
Texas
Immigration Patrol
Here
Illinois
Japanese Move to Install Puppet Independence Rule
Dutch sources in Brisbane report the Japanese continuing subversive activities in the East Indies to the last and attempting to install a puppet independence government. Aneta dispatch says Japan announced a preparatory committee for independence over the Java radio last night.
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San Francisco
Brisbane
East Indies
Aneta
Java
Congressional Demand for Pearl Harbor Inquiry Results
Congressmen pressed for the Navy to release findings from the Pearl Harbor investigation. Chairman Walsh urged openness after World War II ended, asking for copies and views on public disclosure. The Navy pending a reply, with past boards not public.
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Washington
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Congress
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Forrestal
Navy Department
Army and Navy Boards of Inquiry
War and Navy Departments
Senate
Naval Inquiry Board
Board of Inquiry
Frank Knox
Army
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Kimmel
Short
Truman
Early End to Meat Rationing Seen
Washington August 17 An early end to meat rationing may come next month says Secretary of Agriculture Anderson. He cites supply and demand supporting a quick end and notes civilian meat availability could rise to about 145 pounds per person for October through December from under 120 pounds so far this year. Poultry supplies will also grow while beef will outpace pork due to reduced hog production.
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Washington
Anderson
Former Hawaiian Governor Poindexter Visits Butte
Joseph B Poindexter former attorney general of Montana and Hawaii governor during Pearl Harbor era visits Dillon with his daughter Helen and Mrs W V Kingsbury He praises Hawaii war effort and bond drives says he plans to return to the islands by Oct 1 after visiting relatives in Dillon and New York before going back to his private practice and trustee duties in Hawaii.
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Joseph B. Poindexter
Montana
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Butte
Helen
Priday
United States
Poindexter
Dillon
E. G. Poindexter
New York
J. M. Stainback
Mansfield to Join in Discussion of Postwar Japan
Rep. Mike Mansfield and Sen. Len Elbert Thomas will discuss Japan’s postwar situation on a nationwide NBC radio broadcast on Aug 18. Mansfield recently toured China as a special envoy for Roosevelt. Thomas chairs the Senate military affairs committee. The program airs at 5 30 p.m. mountain war time.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Gen Arnold Warns of Frightful Aerial Wars Ahead
General Henry H. Arnold, head of the U S Air Forces, warned that future warfare could feature super bombers with 5 000 mile range, automatic rockets, and television guided bombs. He said atom bombs and remotely guided missiles may enable attacks from any location, urging continued air base strength and scientific edge to prevent a new war.
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Washington
U.P
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
United States
Arnold
Japanese Start Quitting in Manchuria
Japanese troops began surrendering on several Manchuria fronts as Soviet forces surged into Jehol province within 150 miles of cutting off Japan. The Moscow reported 20 000 Japanese surrender on Friday amid four front offensives and Tokyo surrender hints.
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London
U.P
Manchuria
Russia
Jehol
Moscow Radio
Kwantung Army
Tokyo
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk Radio
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Outer Mongolia
Chihfeng
Cotton and Rayon to Be Released to Civilians
The OPA said a substantial yardage of cotton and rayon goods will be released into civilian channels following military contract cancellations. The move aims to relieve the fabric shortage immediately and a price regulation is being drafted.
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Washington
OPA
State Department reshuffle continues with resignations
President Truman accepted the resignations of Assistant Secretaries Archibald MacLeish and Julius C. Holmes as part of a ongoing State department reorganization. No successors named yet, following Joseph C. Grew’s resignation and Dean Acheson’s brief undersecretary appointment.
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Washington
State Department
Truman
Archibald MacLeish
Julius C. Holmes
Joseph C. Grew
Dean Acheson
Congress
High Command
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Ismain
Nelson A. Rocke
Japan sets peace envoy departure after MacArthur note
Tokyo announced its delegation would leave for Manila Sunday after MacArthur pressed for progress. The Japanese group cited internal procedure delaying departure, while Allied plans weighed surrender signing sites and occupation details. Separate dispatches noted Admiral Nimitz as U.S. representative and cease fire orders reaching field commanders.
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Manila
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Tokyo
Nippon
Associated Press
Guam
Adm. Nimitz
Truman
United States
U. S
Japan's new premier sets strict order for armistice rules
In San Francisco on August 17, Gen Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni announced a three point policy for reconstruction, military control, and restoration of order as Japan forms a civilian-led cabinet. He ordered the army to follow Hirohito's rescript to quit fighting and warned of loss of world confidence if violated. Mamoru Shigemitsu named foreign minister and Greater East Asia minister as the cabinet begins work after Suzuki's resignation. Domei reports the first meeting lasted about 90 minutes at Higashi-Kuni's residence with unclear outcomes.
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San Francisco
Japan
East Asia
Naruhiko Higashi- Kuni
Domei
Tokyo
Higashi- Kuni
Hirohito
Federal Communications Commission
Greater East Asia
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Nippon
Suzuki
Higashi-Kuni
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