Yank Airplanes Alight Near Nippon's Capital
American naval units entered Tokyo bay to prep for landings of 10 000 sailors and Marines at Yokosuka by Thursday. The force moved from Sagami bay around Miura peninsula, with the San Diego and Iowa leading through Uraga channel. Mines were checked as U S forces prepared for occupation and neutralization of islands in Tokyo Bay mouth.
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U. S. Third Fleet
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka Naval Base
Japan
Sagami Bay
Miura Peninsula
Oscar C. Badger
San Diego
Uraga Channel
Iowa
Uraga Strait
Associated Press
Manila
Tokyo
Atsugi
Missouri
Gen. MacArthur
John H. Lackey, Jr
Norfolk
Charles Tench
Alexandria
Disastrous Gulf Hurricane Pounds Texas Coast
A gulf hurricane of 135 mph center winds veered inland toward Houston and coastal towns, killing six and costing millions in damage. Reports from Seadrift Austwell Rockport Port Lavaca indicate widespread destruction as Texas troopers rush to the area and refugees flood inland.
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Houston
Texas
U.P
Palacios
Seadrift
Austwell
Rockport
Port Lavaca
Texas State Highway Patrol
Homer Garrison
John Alexander
United Press
Alexander
Truman Proposes Two Year Limit for Draft Inductees
President Truman urged a two year limit on service of new Army draft inductees. He also called for raising the Army volunteer ceiling to 280,000 and explored GI Bill benefits for volunteers. He warned against early termination of the wartime emergency and the loss of selective service powers.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Government Lifts Controls on Citrus Fruits
Washington set to lift most distribution and sale controls on fresh and processed citrus fruits, excluding prices, as wartime needs for the armed forces have declined after Japan's surrender. Restrictions on dried milk products and milk sugar end, and tea packaging and distribution controls will be shelved. A rationing and distribution control order for farm machinery and equipment is revoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Japan
Department
Southeast Asia Terms Signed
Japanese surrender envoys signed preliminary peace agreements for southeast Asia at the government house in Rangoon. The pact, two days of talks, paves the way for Allied reoccupation of Singapore and the East Indies, with Browning signing for Mountbatten and Terauchi for his forces.
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Rangoon
Burma
Southeast Asia
Government House
Singapore
East Indies
Juichi Terauchi
F. A. M. Browning
Louis Mountbatten
Browning
Tokyo
America
China
Britain
France
Gen. MacArthur
Count Terauchi
U S Russia Relations Hit New High After China Pact
Washington reports a new peak in good will between the United States and Russia driven by the freshly disclosed terms of the Russian China treaty. Secretary Byrnes calls the pact a model of unity and mutual help. Diplomatic officials note broader access for American correspondents in eastern Europe and the postponement of Bulgaria's election as further signs of improved ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
China
Asia
Moscow
Byrnes
Soviet Union
Europe
Bulgaria
Poland
Hungary
Britain
Manchuria
Far East
Shanghai Returns to Chinese Control as Allied Landings Occur
Shanghai, China the metropolis of 3.5 million, reverts to Chinese authority after eight years of Japanese occupation. Tokyo says Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek forces and U S air units landed peacefully in the Shanghai area. Underground troops report normal conditions as flags of China United States and Britain fly over the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Shanghai
China
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
London
Central
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Haugland
Huge TNT Blast Expected Near Pocatello in Navy Test
The Navy disclosed plans for a large TNT blast 20 miles from Pocatello Idaho on Wednesday in a test to study safe storage of TNT and powder from overseas. The noise could travel to the west coast Canada and the Mexican border with some listeners not hearing it at all. Residents who hear the blast are asked to report details by postcard to the Weather Bureau in Washington.
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Pocatello
Idaho
United States
Navy
Seattle
13Th Naval District
Naval
Weather Bureau
West
Canada
Mexican
West Coast
United States Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Weather Forecast for Butte and West Divide Region
Butte and Fair are warmer Tuesday with a high near 76 and overnight low around 29. Montana west of Divide shows partly cloudy skies and a high near 80 while east of Divide expects partly cloudy conditions and a high between 75 and 85 with warmer southwest winds.
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Butte — Fair
Montana
Divide
Knutson Proposes 20 Percent Personal Income Tax Cut
Washington Aug 27 Rep Knutson Minn senior Republican on the House ways and means committee proposed a 20 percent cut in individual income taxes all along the board. Each taxpayer would be taxed at current rates with one fifth deducted and the employer payroll withholdings reduced by one fifth. Effective Jan 1 next year. Knutson urged keeping wages and prices stable to avoid deficits and said the excess profits tax should end promptly while maintaining a national income near 115 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Representative Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Knutson
Two Million Jobless War Workers Lose Jobs After Japan Surrender
Robert C. Goodwin, director of the United States Employment Service, estimated Monday that nearly 2,000,000 war workers have lost their jobs since Japan surrendered.
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Washington
Robert C. Goodwin
United States Employment Service
Japan
Mountain States push interstate highway to Canada
Directors of the Mountain States association urged a network of inter-regional highways linking the eight mountain states with the Alcan highway to facilitate travel to Canada and Alaska. The one day Butte meeting in Montana elected Gus P. Backman as president and formed a special committee led by A. J. Breitenstein to study an early implementation.
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Mountain States
Canada
Alaska
Mountain States Association
Butte
Gus P. Backman
Salt Lake City
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Earl Murphy
Boise
Francis W. Reich
Boulder
Colo
W. G. Ferguson
Helena
Montanans, Inc
W. S. Thompson
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Prisoners in Tokyo Jubilant as Relief Planes Drop Aid
In a field report from a Helldiver over Tokyo dated Aug 27, an American prisoner of war describes jubilant prisoners in a camp accessible to relief drops. Bundles of food and medicine fall from carrier planes while guards appear lax and the deliverance seems near. The narrator, Ens Merrill Skinner, recalls low altitude sorties over wrecked Tokyo and Yokosuka, noting damaged ships and gun positions along the bay.
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Japan
Earnest Hobbrecht
Tokyo
Navy
Ens. Merrill Skinner
Buhl
Idaho
Ens
Skinner
Honshu
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokosuka
Butte High Sets Orientation Day for Freshmen
Butte high school freshmen will receive lockers and tour the building on orientation day set for Wednesday. Principal George Haney announced 300 new students must report at 10:00 a.m. at the Wyoming street auditorium entrance for initial instructions. Regular classes start at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, with about 1,200 pupils enrolled.
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Butte High School
George Haney
Wyoming Street
30000 More Jap Prisoners Taken by Soviets
Moscow reported 30000 additional Japanese prisoners captured as the Soviet occupation of Manchuria northern Korea and southern Sakhalin appeared complete. The 35 word communique said no changes occurred on the Far Eastern front.
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London
Manchuria
Korea
Sakhalin Island
Moscow
Far Eastern
Yamashita Ready to Surrender in Philippines
Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita the former Tiger of Malaya signaled readiness to surrender in a letter delivered to an Army outpost near Kiangan. He said surrender negotiations should begin at once though he awaited Tokyo instructions.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tiger of
Surrender Explained As Japan Announces Diet Session
San Francisco dispatch reports Premier Higashi-Kuni announcing an extraordinary Japanese diet session for Sept 4 and 5 to explain why Japan surrendered to the Allies. Tokyo radio also explains surrender as ceasing offensive actions and transferring defense works and arms to the enemy.
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San Francisco
U.P
Price Naruhiko Higashi- Kuni
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Greater East Asia
Navy Aims to Discharge 2,839,000 as Force Cuts Set
Secretary Forrestal announced the Navy plans to shrink to about 500,000 enlisted and 50,000 officers within a year, discharging 2,839,000 from a current 3,389,000. A revised discharge system will credit overseas service but not raise overall discharge thresholds.
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Washington
Forrestal
Navy
Rocky Mountain Producers Push 12 Percent Royalty on Federal Oil
Harold H. Healy of Casper said at a Senate subcommittee hearing that Rocky Mountain producers seek a flat 12 percent royalty on oil from federal land. They also oppose limits on acreage owned by a single operator.
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Casper
Wyo
Rocky Mountain
Harold H. Healy
Ohio Oil Company
Senate Public Lands
Carrier Enterprise Damaged by Kamikaze Attack Near Japan
The USS Enterprise nicknamed the Galloping Ghost took a kamikaze hit on May 14 near Kyushu while Task Force 58 shelled kamikaze bases. Thirteen officers and enlisted men died or wounded. Enterprise remained afloat and later returned to overhaul. Captain Hall said the ship could have fought at 80 percent efficiency if needed.
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Washington
Enterprise
Japan
Navy
Robert Webster
Whitefish
Mont
Marc A. Mitscher
Bunker Hill
G. B. H. Hall
Annapolis
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
Kyushu
Task Force 58
South Pacific
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U. S
Jacques LeClerc
Hu Yung-Chang
L. H. van Oyen Ahm
Bruce Fraser
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Great Britain
Kuzma Nikolaevich Derevyanko
Netherlands East Indies
L. H. van Oyen
New Zealand
Nippon
Atsugi Airfield
By Hamilton W. Faron
By Charles Grumich
Butte High
Yamashita
U. S. Navy
Service
Carrier Enterprise
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