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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1945
Page
16
Soviet led offensives drive into Manchuria from east and west with deep penetrations and captured outposts. Red Army and Chinese paratroops cut Japanese reinforcements while Moscow reports multiple gains across eastern Manchuria and border towns.
UNRRA told its third conference that critical shortages of many basic foods would continue through the first half of next year and Europe’s crop outlook remains troubled. The combined food board said the continental harvest will likely be 10 to 15 percent below 1945, requiring continued international allocation and tight price control.
National League results include Brooklyn 41 Cincinnati 2 in 12 innings and Boston 7 Philadelphia 2 plus Chicago 3. St Louis 0 Philadelphia 3. American League shows New York 3 Cleveland 2, Detroit 14 Boston 6, Washington 7 Chicago 2. Eastern League games include Hartford 3 Binghamton 1 and Wilkes Barres 11 Elmira 4.
In Paris a defense witness at Marshal Petain’s treason trial triggered a near riot in the Palace of Justice. Charles Donati, former municipal administrator under the Vichy regime, testified as the court adjourned amid protests and questions about telegrams to Adolf Hitler.
Grand Forks Herald reports 35 killed and Scores injured when the Empire Builder second section rear collided with the first near Devils Lake North Dakota. Relief trains with doctors and nurses dispatched from Devils Lake and Grand Forks. Officials cite conflicting reasons for the stop and note all cars were standard equipment.
The destroyer Ross returned to action in the Pacific after enduring a thirty day ordeal. She survived 266 air raids and a kamikaze crash, with flooding and turret damage from mine explosions near Hamphen Island in the Gulf of Leyte. Commander Benjamin Coe led damage control as repairs progressed at Mare Island Navy Yard.
Field Marshal Jan Smuts declared that the atomic beacon and UN conference achievements in San Francisco signify the end of war as an arbiter of fate. He spoke in Pretoria noting global peace steps and postwar restructuring.
Secretary Stimson said the War Department will review the Pacific war situation to assess if atomic bombing and Russia's entry permit another Army size reduction. He noted such cuts would be measured by the number needed for Japan's complete defeat with minimal American casualties. The letter to Senator Johnson outlined factors including the use of the bomb and ongoing war declarations.
Japanese politicians discussed new wartime options following the Soviet Union's declaration of war and shifting war dynamics. Reports from Tokyo indicated government leaders weighing swift strategic moves in response to the evolving global conflict.
Massive air strikes renew at dawn on military targets across Honshu and Kamaishi. US and British forces bombard the steel works as American naval bombardment sinks a small enemy freighter and three other vessels offshore. Direct hits reported on coke ovens and storage plants. Japanese anti aircraft fire yields no U S or British casualties. Continued on page Seventeen.
Admiral Daniel B Barbey, commander of the US Seventh Fleet, said the need for an invasion of Japan is questionable. He noted Japan would not likely surrender while fighting, and discussed the atomic bomb as a means to hasten the war's end, despite the terrible loss of life.
A Potsdam dispatch reports strong warnings from the Allied conference, citing a world peace plan and a warning that if Japan does not surrender, further atomic attacks on war industries may follow. The speech stresses avoiding civilian deaths while signaling harsher measures to come. Continued on Page Seventeen.
General Spaatz announced after viewing reconnaissance photos that Nagasaki was struck by one or more atomic bombs three and a half hours after Hiroshima. He said fires were outside the smoke and there was no word on the extent of damage to the city, while Tokyo Radio claimed Hiroshima’s destruction was nearly complete.
In a wartime scramble at Tip-Top Grocery in downtown Miami, 1000 women surged for soap as new stock was placed high. By 9 15 a crowd roared with disputes, several shoppers were burdened while a few were carried out. manager C D Gardner lamented damaged stock and danger.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr was named yesterday as the United States representative on the preparatory commission for the United Nations with the lack of ambassador. President Truman announced the appointment and said Stettinius would not attend the first routine meetings of the executive committee. The move places the United States in a key role ahead of the San Francisco conference and London proceedings.
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