Army to release 1.3 million more by Christmas
Maj. Gen. S. G. Henry told the Senate military committee the war department expects about 1.3 million more soldiers released by Christmas, on top of 700,000 already discharged since V-E Day, with discharge rates rising and separation centers expanding to speed demobilization.
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Washington
War Department
Germany
S. G. Henry
Senate Military Committee
U.S
Henry
Edwin Co. Johnson
D-Cole
George ©. Marshall
Army
Europe
Negro Seeks Damages Over Denied Vote Right in Georgia Primary
Primus King of Columbus, a Black man, sues in federal court for $5,000 claiming he was denied the right to vote in the Georgia Democratic primary on July 4, 1944. The suit names King as a resident of Columbus and alleges denial of civil rights and voting access in Macon.
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Macon
Tojo Says He Planned Death as He Recovers
In Yokohama on September 13 Hideki Tojo spoke in his first interview since shooting himself two days earlier. He said he had long planned to kill himself but knew the time had come when American officers stood outside his house. He survived after transfusions and treatment and was listed in satisfactory condition.
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Yokohama
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Saburo Kurusu
Pearl “Harbor
Cordell Hull
G.I
Maj
Elbert. Elliott
Houston
Tex
United States
United States Army
Tokyo
U.S. Army
Charles Gorty
Navy
Towa
Tokyo Bay
Congress hears on army discharges and Pearl Harbor secrecy
Washington reports the army forecasts discharging 800000 men monthly by December 1 and 171 centers by Dec 31. The Navy renews secrecy on Pearl Harbor code portions while a 10 member committee begins an A to Z probe. Lawmakers push four measures including surplus property reform.
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Army
Navy
Congress
Pearl Harbor
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Black Dragon Society
Senate
Tee
Edwin Co. Jonnie
D-Cole
S Johnson
Dec
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Naval Inquiry Board
Senate Naval Commitee
Rabies Fatality Sparks Fox Hunt in Sumter County
Paul Barfield, 41, of Sumter County Georgia died from rabies after being bitten by a rabid fox on August 11. His death triggered county action including a $2 bounty for fox heads and a request for a mammal control agent from the U.S. Wildlife Service to trap rabid foxes. Several horses and cattle have died in recent months from similar attacks.
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Americus
Paul Barfield
Summter County Farms
Barfield
Sumter
County Board of Health
U.S. Wild ‘Life Service
Bus Crash Near Adairsville Kills One Injures Fifteen
One man died in a bus collision five and a half miles north of Adairsville on highway 41. Fifteen people were injured, two critically, and were taken to a Calhoun hospital. The Brighton mill bus was carrying workers to Shannon Cotton Mill. The crash happened at 12:41 a.m. and names of the injured were pending authorities.
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Here
EB. M. Whitfield
Cartersville
State Patrol
EB. M
Roughton
Seminole Drive
Chattanooga
Cpl. Whitfield
Calhoun
F. L. Brock
T. E. Bentley
Brighton
Shannon
Japanese Leader Details Failed 1941 Efforts to Avert War
Former Japanese prime minister Fumiaro Konoye recalls attempts in 1941 to meet U S President Roosevelt and avert war. He says militarist opposition and a government labeled liars hampered peace talks and influenced resignation and Tojo’s rise. He notes plans for possible imperial intervention and discusses surrender timing and hidden Pearl Harbor planning.
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Tokyo
Pring Fumiaro Konoye
Vic
Roosevelt
China
Iia
Konoye
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Imperial House
Japan
Far East still dangerous as Allied moves unfold
Dewitt MacKenzie warns the Far East remains perilous with Japan at the center of risk. He notes Allied occupation progress in Japan is fragile amid dispersed Japanese forces in China and Southeast Asia and urges swift, adroit handling to prevent discontent and anti western sentiment.
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Far East
Orient
Dewitt MacKenzie
MacArthur
East Asia
Japan
Alfred
Russia
China
Manchuria
Manchurian
Total World War II casualties rise past one million
Washington reports updated World War II casualty totals with Army at 922,302 killed or wounded and 120,557 prisoners, plus 143,428 Navy casualties. The combined service total reaches 1,070,730. gains include 285 liberated POWs and shifts in Navy and Army tallies through September 17.
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Washington
APJ
Navy
Armed Services
Soviet Union war damage tally against Germany tops 109.64 billion
A state commission in Moscow estimated war damages caused by Germany at 697 billion rubles using 1941 price levels. Converting 25 rubles per British pound to 16 cents per ruble yields about 108.64 billion dollars in 1941 terms.
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Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
London
Russia
Blood Harvest Allegations From Japanese Hospital
Navy physician Capt. Stanton Allison said a medical corps captain claimed Japanese doctors bled American POWs to death for transfusions and used brutal practices at Shinagawa hospital in Tokyo. The account describes killings, severe mistreatment, and inhumane conditions including infected wounds, dysentery patients forced to fertilize gardens, and anti aircraft defenses at the camp.
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Yokohama
Navy
Corregidor
Stanton Allison
New York
Tokyo
Shinagawa
Japan
Gaptahrseidge
Allison
CKMP
Japan moves to arrest war criminals under MacArthur plan
Japanese government received permission from Eighth Army to round up leaders on General MacArthur's wanted list within two days or risk American intervention. Hideki Tojo, wounded after a suicide attempt, heads the list as Tokyo abolishes Imperial Headquarters and prepares for occupation. Prince Konoye blames militarists for Japan's doomed war effort while business leaders admit fear and cowardice in speaking out.
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Associated Press
Japan
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Eighth Army
Tojo
Fumimaro Konoue
Hipashi Kuni
Konoye
Roosevelt
Tavkine —Veneity
Kimite
Guam
America
Tokyo
Jharé
Brines
Prince Konoye
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Shigetaro Shimada
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