Navy Druggist Has Cure for Pacific Ils
Navy pharmacist aboard a landings transport near Japan shares comic yet hopeful tales. Lee Chase prescribes four bad habits to quit, while Seaman Frank Zikiad explains Navy mop swab techniques. Dave Brown, Reuters correspondent, recounts long Pacific patrols and Australia to Tokyo trips. A gunnery officer adds a sign urging gunners to lead targets.
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Halsey
Japan
GPA
Lttolg
Lee Chase
Edmestos
Chase
Kentucky
Ayai
Papermakers Plan Clamsteam and Outing Tuesday
More than 2600 members of Papermakers Union Locat 17 A F I employees of Manning Paper Co Green Island Troy and Behe Manning Corp Watervliet will attend the annual clambake at Brorpe Grove Tuesday. The union led by William Adamson pays two thirds of costs with rest by members. Festivities begin at 3 am and run to midnight with softball games baseball for women tug of war and a Plierbug contest. William Devine chairs the committee. William Conrey captains last year’s tug winners and aims to repeat victory.
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Unio
Locat 17
A. F. In
Manning Paper. Co
Green Island and
Troy
Behe-Manning Corp
Watervitet
Brorpe E. Grove Tuverdey
William Adamson
William Devine
Coomitier
Manning Paper Co
William. Conrey
Campus Site Of Workshop For Fuel Study
Lexington university lab on campus developed high octane gasolines used in long range bombing, under Pratt Whitney and government contracts. Director Andre Meyer says one fuel is 70 percent more powerful than prewar 100 octane and enables greater payloads. work mainly for armed services with postwar prospects strong.
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Lexington
Europe
Jand
Pacific
University of Kentucky
United States
Axel L. Wenner- Gren
Hig
Andre J. Meyer
Armed Services
Germany
Japan
Pratt & [Whitney Aircraft ]c
Jack Pan
Meyer
Proclamation to Come Tonight
The White House announced that President Treman will issue a proclamation tonight marking the 3 day period. The brief note implied a formal executive action set for the evening but offered no further specifics on the proclamation’s scope or content.
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Washington
White House
Treman
One Hundred Children to Visit Troy Theater Guests
One hundred area children will be entertained today at Proctor’s Theater as guests of Troy Post American Legion. The event continues a July and August program for area youths with local support aiding the Post’s entertainment efforts.
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Proctor's Theater
Troy Post
American Legion
Mark
Proctors i
Post
Sid Sommer
Troy Theater
Wall Ibe
Hurst
Troy ‘Post Soil
Ix P
Third Street
Milton A. Beholbers
Proctor'a Theater
Pos
Comiig Free
Haimovent
Chastes LaHeit
Cochairman
Com- Hern
van Rensselaer
Mr la Hall
Aleight
Frank Cavio
Eisenhower
Italy
German
Carl Norman
Surrender Update From Tokyo Bay Occupation Forces Advance
Allied forces continued landing operations around Tokyo Bay as Army units under Lt Gen Eichelberger prepared to occupy Yokohama and Tateyama mohojo. Airborne troops moved to Atsugi and the east shore for Tokyo Bay, while the Missouri anchored offshore for the surrender ceremony aboard the battleship. More than 18,000 troops were to be supported by a larger transport stream advancing from Yokosuka, Yokohama, and Atsugi with weather easing and heavy air cover over the surrender scene.
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Marinen
Tateyamanejo
Tokyo Bay
Eichelberger
Veterans of
Philippines
Tukyo Plain
Kisarazu
Atsugi
Yokosuka’ Naval Base
Tateyjima
Marine
Wallace Crawford
Wikmetie
Hl. Wilk
Natal
Yokomuka
Admiral Halser
Missouri
Yokosuka
Tokyo-Yokohama
U.S. Eighth Army
Robert L. Eichelberger
Yokohama
Tateyamahojo
Tokyo
Yokosuka Paval
Atsugi Field
Indo-China
Yokomika Naval Base
Atsugi Airdrome
Mteady
Hiroki
Elf
Allied war updates widen surrender across Asia and Pacific
News reports describe freed Allied prisoners of war in Tokyo area suffering malnutrition and abuse as surrender programs sweep through the Japanese empire. British, American, and Chinese forces prepare to occupy Kyushu, Okinawa, Truk, the Ryukyus, and other key territories with future moves toward New Guinea and Rabaul.
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Tokyo
Greg Boyington
Marine Aviaator
Tang
Japan
East Asia
C. H. J. Harcourt
Anson
Hong Kong
China
Walter Krueger
Anny
Kyushu
Smfunday
General Stilwell
Burma
Winner
U.S Tenth Army
Okinawa
Ryukyus
Iorea
Truk
South Pacific
Guerge D. Murray
Tiger of
Malaya
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
Marcus Island
Guam
Marianas
Bagity
Rabaul
New Guinea
New Britain
New Ireland
Solomons
Federal plan for unemployment pay faces House opposition
The proposed national standard would set 25 a week for 26 weeks with the federal government covering the gap to states current rates. Martin cited 20 maximum weekly benefits in many states and argued for local administration to serve workers, employers, and the public amid wartime and peacetime needs.
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Martin
House
Meas
Boughton
North Carolina
Arthur J. Allmeyer
Social Security Board
Knutson
Minnesota
Canada Plans Victory Loan Drive in October
Ottawa says Canadians will subscribe at least 1.5 billion dollars in the ninth and largest victory loan, opening October 22 to cover peace costs and rehabilitation. The two-in-one drive excludes a spring 1946 loan. last May’s quota was 1.35 billion with 1.569 billion subscribed.
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Ottawa
Ihe Finance Ministry
Welcome Home Booklet for GIs in New Orleans
A booklet issued in New Orleans to returning GIs titled Welcome to the States guides soldiers at Jackson Barracks to the PX barbershop and other facilities and provides furlough and future duty station information. It serves as a ready reference for navigating postwar accommodations and services.
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New Orleans
States
Jackson
Jana
U S Sub Crew Tests of Rescue Of Pilot on Raft
The Hammerhead crew rescued a pilot from a downed bombing mission near Japan. The pilot, Lt Walter Low, pretended to be injured but woke and startled the crew. The sub had torpedoed 19 Japanese ships in seven patrols, with Cmdr Frank N. Smith praising cool courage and teamwork on return to port.
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San Francisco
CPI
U. S
Walter Low
South Portland
Japan
Navy
Hammerhead
Caibbage
Frank N. Smith
San Diego
Wainwright's Wife Hears General Wainwright on Air
Mrs. Wainwright, wife of General Jonathan Wainwright, heard his voice on NBC from Tokyo last night. A friend said she listened from a bedroom radio while slightly indisposed and asked NBC to convey her love.
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New York
Aus
Jonathan
Wainwright
Thore
Correzidor
NBC
General Wainwright
U. S Army
Radio Tokyo
United States
NBC Newsroom
Wainwight
France to Spend 900 Million in U S Markets
France plans to buy up to 800 million dollars worth of goods from the United States and Canada as part of economic accords tied to Gen Charles de Gaulle’s visit. Purchases cover food raw materials fuel ships trucks and transportation equipment with 30 percent cash payment and the rest on long term credit. The deal reportedly allows U S leasing of French base sites in Dakar and other Pacific possessions while bases stay under French control.
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France
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
United States
United Sates
Dakar
South Africa
Pacific
Allied Delegations Join Surrender Proceedings in Yokohama
Russian French and Dutch delegations arrived in Yokohama for tomorrow's surrender ceremony after a strained journey from Atushi Air Fight. One Russian party vehicle veered into a ditch, a French leader praised MacArthur's HQ, and Helfrich noted a bus in the convoy got stuck requiring aid to clear the route.
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Yokohama
le Clerc
de Gaulle
Germany
MacArthur
Adm
Helfrich
Netherlands
18000 Made Idle By Work Stoppages
Detroit reports a wave of factory idleness across Michigan as 318000 workers were idle last night due to stoppages. Hudson Motor Car Co. sent home about 6000 employees after a 300 supervisors walkout with no stated reason. Ford Motor Co. laid off over 1200 workers in two plants amid a strike at Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company, part of the Henry-Hares dispute.
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Detroit
Michigan
Hudson Motor Car Company
Ford Motor Company
Kelsey-Hayes
Ford
Hemrey-Hares
Atomic bombs killed 90 000 in Tokyo article asserts
The Tokyo Nippon Times Aug 28 edition says American ships yesterday received another report that atomic bombing was more terrible than the 1923 earthquake and urges nations to strive for a world where wars become impossible. It states America’s two atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 90,008 and wounded 180,000.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Out of Bounds From BBC Broadcast Monitor
The BBC reported last night that Tokyo has been placed out of bounds to American occupation troops. Japanese officials said they offered the suggestion for the security of the American troupe amid the exchange.
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York
BBC
Tokyo
Cohoes Sets Out to Collect Unpaid Taxes
Cohoes announces collection of unpaid city and municipal taxes totaling about 220 400 dollars for city taxes and 43 910 for municipal assessments. Interest at 1 percent accrues, with notices open for public inspection for two years. The town seeks to discharge pending assessments and enforce payment.
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Cohoes
Monts
Hours Change At Cohoes hindergarten
Obscure notes report a change in kindergarten hours at Cohoes with Dr Conners stating shorter sessions and broader calendar year coverage. Mention of military funerals, Troop 43 Boy Scouts, and a Marine death in the Pacific area provide scattered local context and personnel references.
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Boy Scouts of America
First Methodist Church
Whitehurst
Mechanicville Road
Three Freight Cars Run Wild at Cohoes
Three freight cars on the D and H line north of Cohoes released brakes and rolled south to the Sphyox Bridge near Spring Street. No injuries were reported. At Main Street crossing the cars struck and damaged a hand car during repair work.
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Spring Street
Main Street
Cressing
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