U. D. T s Erect Signs on Road to Tokyo
Navy underwater demolition teams operatd from the Marshalls to Borneo and swam ashore before main invasions. They wore water masks and fins and carried explosives to blast paths through defenses. Guam 1944 saw them ashore six days before D day and setting up a welcome sign for Marines.
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Okinawa
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Borneo
Tarawa
Italian POW Ignacio Lupino Convicted by Court Martial
Pvt. Ignacio Lupino, 25, an Italian prisoner of war, was convicted by a court martial of going absent without leave and of marrying in violation of a War Department order. He received six months hard labor and a $16 monthly fine from his $24 pay for six months.
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Los Angeles
Ignacio Lupino
War Department
Truman Press Remark Strains U S French Press Critique
President Truman told 12 French journalists that the United States has not received a square deal in the French press. French correspondents appeared surprised and indicated the remark did not reflect official concern. De Gaulle’s visit and a two hour White House talk were described as positive with no change in policy.
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Washington
Truman
Charles de Gaulle
United States
U. S
Pierre Denoyer
France Soir
U. S. Army
France
de Gaulle
White House
Cattle Auction Reviewed By Montana Livestock Firm
The Montana Livestock and Auction company reports a large initial sale with strong support from packet buyers. A heavy consign ment is expected for next week as government subsidies end by July 1 1946, affecting lightweight stocker cattle and calf supplies.
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Montana Livestock and Auction Company
William P. Studdert
OPA to Restore 1942 Price Levels for Home Goods
Prices Administrator Chester Bowles said washing machines aluminium pots and pans and electric ironers will return to 1942 prices. The policy aims to tag retail prices three years back and require manufacturers to return the same proportion of low priced units as in prewar years.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Butte Forecast Friday Expected Showers and Thunderstorms
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions in Butte Friday forenoon, turning partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening with light scattered showers or thunderstorms, clearing near dark. Temperatures near 85 degrees. Montana outlook shows sunny to partly cloudy conditions with scattered mountain thunderstorms in the southwest. Clandy east Friday.
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Butte
Montana
Communists in China Gather in Full Force
Chungking August 23 The Communist New China Daily News reports Communist troops near Wanping Nanyuan Tientsin and Wuhu with street fighting and a push toward Peiping. It notes battles at Tsingtao and possible civil conflict as Japan warns of measures against occupation plans. Lin Tso-Han and Chou En-laie named as prominent Communists.
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Chiang Kai-shek
China
Hong Kong
Manchuria
North
Lin Tso-Han
Gen. Chou En-Laie
Atomic Energy Is a Practical Possibility Now
San Francisco reports Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, UC physicist, says a central atomic energy plant could today supply a city’s heat needs. He adds atomic energy may power locomotives and liners in the foreseeable future and heat vast water quantities for city piping in its present stage.
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San Francisco
the Call-Bulletin
Ernest Orlando Lawrence
University of California
Lawrence
Truman Calls Franco Regime Unfavored by United States
President Truman told a news conference that none of us likes Franco or his government. He cited British comments and said Prime Minister Attlee clearly stated the Potsdam agreement that Spain should not be admitted to United Nations membership while Franco remains in power.
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Washington
Truman
Francisco Franco
Franco
Attlee
Britain
Potsdam
Spain
United Nations
Britain to reoccupy Hong Kong after Japanese surrender
Prime Minister Attlee told the House of Commons that British forces would reoccupy Hong Kong join the Japanese surrender and resume British rule. Hong Kong officials plan to fly there from India as China signals recognition of British sovereignty while U S and British views align on the colony.
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U.P
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Hong Kong
India
Chungking
China
Britain
United States
James F. Byrnes
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Japanese Air Production Declines After U.S. Bombing
Tokyo radio quoted by Japanese munitions officials that U.S. bombing reduced Japanese aircraft output from a peak of 3,000 planes per month to 1,000 by the previous month. Lt. Gen. Endo said production peaked in June 1944 and dropped two-thirds over the past year.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
Endo
Japanese Munitions Ministry
Reds Proclaim Victory Over Japan
Stalin announced complete victory over Japan as Soviet forces seized Manchuria, Paramushiro, and southern Sakhalin. The captured puppet emperor Pu Yi was reported at Mukden as Red armies claimed control of the Kwantung region and northern Kuriles after a 15 day campaign.
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Japan
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Manchuria
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Sakhalin Island
Henry Pu Yi
China
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Kwantung Army
Moscow
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Hokkaido
U. S
Japs Ordered to Avoid Occupation Areas and Violence
The Japanese police bureau told Nipponese to stay clear of Allied occupation troops, avoid violence, and rely on local authorities as troops withdraw. Tokyo announced leadership changes with Shimomura named war minister and Laurel dissolving his puppet government while a Philippine Republic refugee in Japan.
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Japanese Home Ministry
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Sadamu Shimomura
China
Higashi Kuni
Shimomura
League of Nations
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Greater East Asia
House of Peers
Tokyo Radio
Jose P. Laurel
Republic of the Philippines
Domei
Laurel
Japan
Allied Leaders Enter Vienna
Allied and Soviet forces in Vienna agreed to share feeding the city starting September 1. A communique said the four occupying powers would remove economic barriers between their zones in Austria. Local routines have suffered under the division of the country.
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Vienna
U.P
Ivan S. Konev
Austria
Carburetors Must Be Adjusted for High Octane Gas
New wartime viewers report motorists can raise engine performance by adjusting carburetors for higher octane fuel. Sinclair Oil Corp begins shipments of 75 octane Housebrand and 80 octane premium. Standard Oil (NJ) says regular will approach premium wartime quality and reach stations by month end.
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New York
Sinclair Oil Corp
Housebrand
Standard Oil Company (Nj
Prisoners of Japs Will Get Supplies
Allied mercy flights will drop aid Saturday to seven camps housing about 32 000 internees including 7 000 Americans 14 000 British and others. Red Cross teams will aid long term prisoners with medical care and evacuations planned after surrender.
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Manila
Priday
Japan
Tokyo
MacArthur
Red Cross
Philippines
Orient
U S S Pennsylvania Survives Japanese Sneak Attack
At Guam on Aug 12 a Japanese torpedo hit the battleship Pennsylvania damaging magazines after a stealth raid. Twenty crew members were killed or missing, with the ship blacked out and no alarm sounded. The vessel, launched in 1915, endured a prior Pearl Harbor strike but remained afloat in dry dock.
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Guam
Pennsylvania
Newport News
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
7500 Men Will Accompany Gen. M'Arthur
Manila dispatch reports at least 7500 soldiers armed to spearhead the occupation landings in Japan with Gen. MacArthur set to land at Atsugi airfield near Tokyo. The first air armada includes 350 sky giants 150 four engined transports and 150 Liberators with 50 more from Iwo Jima. The plan aims to have Japan surrender under MacArthur with final articles signed in Tokyo by August 31.
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Manila
Japan
MacArthur
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Orient
Tragic Slaying Shocked Los Angeles Crowd
Mrs Colleen Bawden thirty was shot six times on a sidewalk in Los Angeles by an assailant believed to be her estranged husband Clifford Bawden. Police held Elijah H Wilson as a friend of the victim amid a custody dispute and prior calls about the missing husband.
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Los Angeles
Colleen Bawden
Cliford Bawden
Bawden
George Yocum
Wayne Street
Fort Wayne
Ind
President Truman Awaiting Pearl Harbor Recommendations
President Truman said he expects to hear soon from war and navy secretaries on actions regarding the Pearl Harbor disaster. He declined to state whether he favored an immediate public trial of Army and Navy officers in command at the time of the December 7 1941 attack.
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Washington
Truman
Secretaries of War and Navy
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Housing Expert Identifies Gap in Nation's Housing Need
Washington an official said the primary need is homes for people with 20 to 40 dollars in weekly income. John B Blandford Jr of the National Housing Agency says private builders will handle the 40 plus class while the government rents program serves under 20. He estimates a 400,000 yearly market and a goal of 1,250,000 houses annually. He proposes extending mortgage insurance and guaranteeing income to big investors in rental projects.
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Washington
John B. Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
Blandford
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