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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1945
Page
1
James McGlincy reports Japan shows resolve after surrender with admission of full costs and reforms ahead. Officials warn concessions must align with Allied demands while rebuilding economy and infrastructure continues under occupation.
Tokyo reports Japanese foreign office spokesman Kase says Japan is ready to pay the full price of defeat but warns that the people will react if occupation is too harsh. He cites Potsdam terms and notes Japan sought peace before the atomic bomb. Byrnes says U.S. not seeking dollar payments for lend lease and that settlements will be negotiated.
London dispatch says Nazi leader Martin Bormann, Adolf Hitler’s top deputy, is in Allied hands with no location given. Allied circles and a Hamburg report tie his possible capture to war crimes trials in Nuremberg. Bormann, long associated with Hitler and Rudolf Hess, was once Hitler’s right hand.
The destroyer escort England was struck by a Japanese death by own action plane in May off Okinawa. The craft carried two pilots with parachutes who did not use them. It was the first reported kamikaze mission with parachutes for both pilots. The England, on picket duty, faced three such planes with one hitting the superstructure while the others were downed.
Sidney report says three Japanese suicide boats attempted to flee Picnic Bay but were attacked by British aircraft from a carrier. One was sunk, another beached, the third returned to harbor as British forces seized Hong Kong dockyards and expelled all Japanese. Rear Adm Harcourt to confer with Japanese commander on order and surrender. Morale praised by prisoners. Transports to hospital ship Oxfordshire planned.
Washington August 31. Congress will be back on the job next Wednesday. Senate and House aides said official notices have been prepared and will be sent Saturday calling members back to Washington.
Hollywood report says actress Rochelle Hudson won a divorce on Friday after testifying her husband held parties at their Balboa home without her invitation.
Congress edged toward hearings on Pearl Harbor and Army Navy one department plan. Leaders urge a fuller inquiry, with Republicans and Democrats calling for more facts and possible investigations to assign blame or clear the innocent. Senator Ferguson plans a Senate probe when Congress reopens.
Ansa reports a blast on a munitions train three miles south of Ancona on Friday left about 100 people dead. The incident occurred near the Adriatic port as the explosion sent debris over the area.
Montana’s postwar planning focuses on more than 12 million dollars in institutional construction and improvements. The Montana planning and construction commission, created by the last Legislature, will tour starting Oct 1 to review needs. Educational institutions request 7.18 million with additional sums for custodial, water board, and state facilities. Governor Ford warns the 4.5 million state funds may be all the money available, as federal aid is not yet confirmed. The panel signals a push to revive employment, with plans to complete capitol front steps and consolidate laboratories, while considering a governor’s mansion and a state laboratory building. The commission will operate within general policy and await legislative appropriations.
More than 70 British children sent to the United States five years earlier to escape German bombing arrived in Southampton aboard the New Amsterdam. The quiet homecoming showed mixed emotions as mothers and fathers searched for their children among the returning faces and the youngsters recalled life in Newton Massachusetts Yonkers and Wyoming Pennsylvania. Many express a desire to return to America while some hope to stay in England, amid talk of rationing and schooling differences.
President Truman plans a radio proclamation of V J Day to air Saturday night or Sunday as part of a program detailing the Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard the Missouri. The speech may run eight to nine minutes, depending on ceremony timing, with no legal effect and Congress to declare official end of war.
Chinese leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek are close to a comprehensive settlement aimed at ending the civil war threat. The fourth conference focused on the military side, with observers predicting certainty of unity. Soviet Far Eastern radio urged China to unite quickly, noting Japanese efforts to sow dissension and the difficulty of managing internal diversions amid China’s vast size.
Washington Aug 31 The bill to increase federal unemployment aid faced rising opposition on Capitol Hill as claims climb The Social Security Board reported 960913 claims by week end with near 60 000 new filings in the week ending Aug 4 War workers added to the total raising concern over relief financing President Truman supports adding federal funds to state programs to provide up to 25 a week for 26 weeks Critics warn about the cost and uncertain impact on joblessness if enacted
Washington August 31 The Navy cut the discharge score for naval reserve aviators to 44 points the first major change in demobilization rules All other male reserve officers still require 49 points The action followed three factors the urgency of aviator demand early in the war the younger age of aviators compared with other officers and limited dependency points due to marriage bans and rapid deployment to combat zones.
Washington reports the OPA announced that rationing of coal and firewood in the Pacific Northwest ended at midnight Friday, ending a wartime control measure that had governed fuel distribution in the region.
Butte area expects clear to partly cloudy conditions Saturday and Saturday night with little temperature change. Max around 76. Friday highs near 80 and low around 58. Montana west of divide shows partly cloudy skies Saturday and warmer. east of divide sees mostly clear Saturday with a chance of partly cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms in the southwest in the afternoon, with warmer temperatures.
Washington Aug 31 Navy and Marine officers told the House military committee that voluntary enlistments alone cannot sustain forces. A joint Army Navy plan offered incentives for volunteers while draft calls could be reduced if volunteer numbers rise. The panel eyed a straight volunteer military and asked Truman to justify keeping selective service. Capt Hopwood called the draft an anchor to the windward and the Navy recruiting chief affirmed its role in boosting enlistments.
Lena Molzhon of Stanley North Dakota, 72, credits her dog with saving her life after a cow with a newborn calf charged her Tuesday afternoon. The animal knocked her down, breaking her hip and dislocating her shoulder before the dog drove the enraged cow away twice.
Berlin radio reported Polish authorities uncovered a new mass grave near Posen containing the skeletons of about 12,000 people believed to have been massacred by the Nazis.
The Tokyo Nippon Times editorial urged a world where wars are impossible, saying the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki surpassed the 1923 earthquake in horror. It cited 90,000 dead and 180,000 injured in Japan, with raids killing 260,000, wounding 420,000, and leaving 9.2 million homeless across 82 cities.
U S troops grow in number at Tokyo southern gates as Allied dignitaries prepare for Sunday surrender ceremony in Yokohama. Eighth Army moves into Tokyo Bay area. Lt Gen Eichelberger’s forces to land in Yokohama near MacArthur HQ. Wainwright arrives to witness surrender. White House monitoring timing.
Economic Stabilization Director William H. Davis announced the private return of ten plants seized by the government to avoid wartime production losses. West coast War department plants including Bing ham and Garfield Railway at Salt Lake City and Springfield Plywood at Springfield Oregon are released, with United Engineering in San Francisco to follow. Davis seeks retroactive wage adjustments per War Labor board directives before final accounting, and asks War department and Office of Defense Transportation to ensure net operating income funds back pay.
Hollywood report states soprano Rise Stevens of the Metropolitan Opera holds a one million dollar voice insurance policy with Lloyds of London. If her voice is lost temporarily Lloyds would pay 3000 dollars weekly. if she cannot sing for a year the policy pays in full. The annual premium is ten thousand dollars.
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