Four Doolittle Raiders Alive in Jap Camp
Four members of Doolittle's Raiders were released from a Japanese POW camp at Peiping, rescued by a humanitarian parachute team. Names withheld pending family notification. The release comes after Japanese broadcasts claiming the prisoners were killed.
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Doolittle
Chungking
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Peiping
Office of Strategic Services
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U.S
China
Mukden
Manchuria
Gen. MacArthur
International Red Cross
Swiss Legation
Philippines
George Olmsted
Olmsted
Utah Figures Damage at Half Million
Salt Lake City's streets department began 24 hour operation to clear mud and debris from heavy rains and flooding on the north bench. Officials estimate damage up to 500000 with airport losses at 175000 and 35 aircraft damaged. Mayor cites cemetery damages 60000 to 75000.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
John B. Matheson
Eleventh Avenue
Memory Lane
Earl J. Glade
F. C. Koziol
Wasatch National Forest
Koziol
Bosses May Give Raises
William H. Davis, economic stabilizer, says the new policy allowing pay raises without government flag won’t raise prices. He cites voluntary raises, wages rising slower than prices, and upcoming payroll declines due to wartime cuts as reasons. He notes non-ceiled products can grant unlimited raises.
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Washington
William H. Davis
Davis
Utah Veteran Dies in Wendover Auto Crash
Isaac Roderick Connell, 29, of Ogden, died Monday in a Wendover hospital from injuries in an auto accident. His father Edward Harris Connell was seriously injured, and brother Alma Wayne Connell on army furlough suffered a fractured skull and collarbone. Survivors include three brothers and two Blaters.
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Wendover
Isaac Roderick Connell
Ogden
Edward Harris Connell
Alma Wayne Connell
Army Infantry
Germany
Isaac Connell
Blaters
Japs Fight On Burma Front As Mountbatten Presses Surrender
Allied commander Lord Mountbatten demanded Japan send surrender envoys to Rangoon by Thursday and open full land sea and air surrender talks in the Burma theater. Japanese losses mount as RAF planes drop surrender leaflets and leaflets are posted along the front while ad hoc canoes carry messages to troops.
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London
Burma
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Rangoon
Mountbatten
Count Juichi Terauchi
Saigon
FCC
Terauchi
RAF
Royal and Indian
Camp Shrinking as Relocated Nisei Move Westward
In Boise, Idaho and eastern Oregon Japanese Americans relocate toward former Pacific coast homes at eight to ten daily. Grant Greer of the relocation authority reports Hunt relocation center population at 4,000, about half the wartime peak, with evacuation required by November 1.
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Boise
Idaho
Oregon
Grant Greer
War Relocation Authority
Hunt Relocation Center
Wheat harvest forecast for four states reaches 178 million bushels
Farmers in Montana Washington Idaho and Oregon expect a wheat crop totaling 178 million bushels this year with Idaho alone at 31.8 million. The four-state yield is 13 million less than 1944 but 38 million above the 1934-43 average.
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Spokane
Montana
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Death Ends Spokane Slaying Case With Husband Identified
Spokane prosecutors said the murder of Mrs. Lillian Sielk is nearly closed after papers on a man found in the Spokane River matched her husband, George Sielk, a railroad worker who had been sought for questioning.
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Spokane
Lillian Sielk
Leslie M. Carroll
George Sielk
Sielk
Twin Falls Board Halts Draft Inductions
Twin Falls county draft board cancels induction orders for 27 registrants including twelve under 26. Chairman Hugh Boone says no more calls until Congress clarifies the draft. Hershey declines comment while an aide notes Idaho HQ will “iron it out” as calls continue nationwide.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Idaho
Hugh Boone
Twin Falls
Armed Services
Congress
Hershey
Quisling Denies Betrayal in Oslo Treason Trial
In Oslo judge Erik Solem presses Vidkun Quisling for a yes or no on allegedly betraying Norway. Quisling says he cannot remember then denies, amid prosecution claims he received 40,000 from Germany for aiding the 1940 invasion. He faces life tenure on counts of treason, murder, theft, and prop power efforts.
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Oslo
Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Erik Solem
Erick Raeder
Quisling
Nort
Germany
Two Soldiers Share World War II Experiences in Common
In Davenport Iowa Pfc Kenneth J Schneider and Pfc Edwin R Gould were inducted the same day and served together overseas for three years three months and fifteen days. They were captured at Faid Pass in Africa on the same day and sent to prison camps. Both were liberated near Lubeck and returned to the United States on the same train. They shared a 60 day furlough and reported together to receive discharge papers. Bach had 102 points.
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Davenport
Iowa
Kenneth J. Schneider
Edwin R. Gould
Faid Pass
Africa
Lubeck
United States
Bach
Envoys Meet Chinese on Peace Terms
Japanese envoys led by Gen Kyoshi arrived at Chihkiang in Hunan to negotiate surrender terms with Chinese authorities. Gen Ho Yinh-Chin met Japanese representatives after Gen Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces expanded control in Henan, while Yenan’s communists claimed traitors and Quislings aided by Japanese. Chinese forces advanced in the Yellow river region and along the Lunghai and Peiping Hankow railways as peace talks continued.
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Chungking
Chihkiang
Hunan
China
Kyoshi
Yasuji Okamura
Ho Yinh-Chin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yellow River
High Command
Hu Chung-Man
Henan
Jungyang
Lunghai
Chenghsien
Changko
Peiping-Hankow
Chiang
Communist
New China News Agency
Yenan
FCC
Ye‘man
Yangchung
Yangtze River
Nanking
Chinese National Government
Wuhu
Yangtze
Comunists
Chouhsiang
Shanghai
WMC Plans Reports On Labor Market Impacts
The War Manpower Commission will issue weekly reports tracking how cut backs affect employment in 166 chief labor market areas. Regional directors will compile data by Friday and headquarters will release summaries the following week. 77 areas were listed as in balance with 5 to 12 percent unemployment, including Utah Provo Salt Lake City and Washington Spokane.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Utah
Provo
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Request Backfires in Portland Jail Slip
Martin Tideman wrote from a general delivery address asking to mail the rest of his clothes. Police advised him to return to the jail and finish serving his 30 day sentence.
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Portland
Martin Tideman
Allies to Open Occupation Of Jap Homeland Sunday
The Japanese government issued a non-fraternization order as Allied forces near occupying Japan. It states the army and government will supply quarters and food for landing forces and no contact with the general public will occur.
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San Francisco
Japan Admits Loss of Big Warships
Rear Adm Forrest C Sherman reporting at Manila said Japanese envoys confirmed the US view that the Japanese navy virtually no longer exists. He cited losses from air attacks and ships, noting only a handful of capital ships and submarines remain, with crews removed from damaged vessels.
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Japan
Guam
Adm
Forrest C. Sherman
Manila
Mikaco
United States Navy
Nimit
Hie
Sherman
Hayataka
Jatsuragi
Singapore
Kellogg Man Dies Army Dead in Pacific Regions
George W. Howard Jr. son of Edwin J. Howard of Kellogg is listed among Army dead in the Pacific region. The obituary notes his service and identifies his hometown.
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Pacific Regions
Howard, George W
Pic
Edwin J. Howard
Kellogg
Developments to Test Big 3 In Europe and Asia
AP analyst DeWitt MacKenzie surveys postwar tensions among Russia Britain and the United States as political upheaval rises in Europe and the Orient. British and American officials challenge Bulgarian Romanian and Hungarian regimes while concern grows over potential crises within the big three alliances.
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Europe
Japan
China
DeWitt MacKenzie
Tokyo
Axis
Orient
Russia
Britain
America
Rus
Sia
Balkans
U.S
Byrnes
United States
Bulgaria
Bevin
House of Commons
Romania
Hungary
Industry Gets Signal to Speed Output
Washington reports the government lifted 210 wartime controls and plans to end most of the remaining 125 restrictions to restore full peacetime production. The move aims to accelerate output of radios refrigerators trucks and other consumer goods, while keeping some controls to prevent hoarding and protect smaller manufacturers. WPB head J A Krug says auto production limits will also be removed soon and talks continue on spare tires for new cars.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
J. A. Krug
Krug
Fires Spread In North Idaho Panhandle Forests
Two fires in Idaho's Panhandle continued to spread with Kaniksu near the Canadian line burning about 7 506 acres as 100 Geiger Field personnel joined 940 others and Little Washington Creek in Clearwater Forest covering 1 600 acres with 500 firefighters at work. Fire lines extend. winds and dry fuels raise control risk while prisoners of war and logging crews assist. Plans for a new 100 man camp at Governor Creek, and overall hazardous conditions persist.
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National Forests
Idaho
Missoula
Mont
Kaniksu
Clearwater Forest
Carl Wagner
Clearwater
Governor Creek
Japs Halt Air Aid to POW Camps Near Moulmein
Last minute orders from headquarters halted a flight of planes at Mingaladon airfield carrying medicine cigarettes and other supplies for drops to prisoners of war along the Moulmein Bangkok railroad fearing Japanese fire. Three planes had drawn fire since Emperor Hirohito's capitulation.
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Rangoon
Mingaladon
Moulmein-Bangkok
Hirohito
Deadliest Weapon Under Restriction
The atomic bomb, described as the deadliest weapon, is expected to be shelved for General MacArthur's occupation with a coordinated postwar plan. Occupation forces will be reinforced, prepared for any event, and the bomb unlikely to be used against small groups or frontline targets.
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Manila
Japan
MacArthur
Editors Map Japan Political Path After Atomic War
Tokyo papers Mainichi and Nippon Times outline a postwar course for Japan. They urge a shift from power politics to peaceful nationalism and warn against currying favor with the allies. Emissaries reportedly reach General MacArthur in Manila as Nagasaki devastation is shown.
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Mainichi
The
Nippon Times
Japan
Japanese Front Generals Captured in Manchuria
AP bulletin reports 52,000 Japanese in Manchuria were taken prisoner including two generals Gen Ito Saiki commander of the first front and Lt Gen Imidzo Monesumi commander of the third front. They are the first Japanese general officers captured by allies. Also, about 150 of 1,250 employees at the Pocatello naval ordnance plant will be dismissed soon as the plant shifts to a 40 hour week with reduced overtime and Saturday work ending.
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London
Manchuria
Ito Saiki
Imidzo Monesumi
Kwantung Army
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Robert Eveleth
Allied occupation landings to begin in Japan near Tokyo
Allied forces prepare airborne landings Sunday around Tokyo and in Chiba Kanagawa Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures with troops from every service. MacArthur's headquarters silent on exact units while at Atsugi and Yokosuka areas withdrawal orders and gendarmerie police augmentation are outlined.
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Manila
Japan
Tokyo
Chiba
Kanagawa
Yamanashi
Shizuoka
MacArthur
Pacific
MaceArthur
Domei
Information Ministry
Atsugi
Yokosuka
Unine
Navy
Kamo-Gawa
Chiba City
Tamagawa
Fuchu
Hachioji
Otsuki
Wool Outlook Optimistic for National Wool Sale
In Salt Lake City about 1 350 high quality rams headline the National Woolgrowers association 30th annual sale in the stockyards with Rambouillet Hampshire Suffolk Columbian Corriedale Panama breeds to follow. Auctioneers include A W Thompson E O Walter and F W McClure as industry leaders predict stronger cloth demand driven by rising wages and postwar fashion shifts while criticizing the price control orders on wool textiles.
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Salt Lake City
North Salt Lake
National
Woolgrowers’ Association
A. W. Thompson
Lincoln
Neb
E. O. Walter
Filer
Idaho
F. W
Ackerman
Office of Price Administration
Textile Labor
War Production Board
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Above
Netherlands East Indies
Sian
Army
WMC Plans
By Robert Myers
Associated Press
Kashiro Kawa
Mainichi Today
Nagasaki
Kyushu
Radio Tokyo
Hamichi
Bulletins
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