MacArthur orders abolition of Imperial General Headquarters
Allied forces move to dissolve the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters effective Sept 13 and take control of Domei news and Tokyo radio. Shortwave broadcasts halted as censorship tightens under Gen. Douglas MacArthur and U S counterintelligence. Tokyo reports place occupation of Odawara Sagamihara and Zama with Hiratsuka ready for Wednesday.
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William B. Dickinson
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Eadquarters
Nippon
MacArthur
Domei
Japan
Imperial General Headquarters
U. S
Counterintelligence Office
United Press
San Francisco
Comei
Tokyo Radio
Morse
Chiaki Saka
United States
Radio Tokyo
Odawara
Sagamishara
Zama
Hiratsuka
Osborn Seeks Road Loan and Utility Funds in Special Session
Governor Sidney P. Osborn urged full employment and good wages as essential to avoid another downturn and to deliver the fruits of peace. He outlined an 18 point agenda linking veterans’ benefits, state needs, and Arizona growth, stressing air cooling for state buildings and predator control as economic needs. He warned that without jobs the state could fall into a 1928 tailspin.
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Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Arizona
Gov. Osborn
State Bureau of Identification
Congress
Five Officers and 149 Men Left At Marana Field
The Marana Army Airfield will be inactivated Saturday leaving five officers and 149 enlisted men plus about 50 civilians. The base will be on standby ready for use if needed, with Col. John M. Davies remaining as commanding officer.
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Marana Army Airfield
Spencer C. Savage
Savage
California
New Mexico
Col
John M. Davies
Pinal Bill Prompted Pima County Payment Backlash
Pinal County demanded payment as the Pima board argued over a $1105 bill for Melvin K. Clark trial costs. Initially delayed by a fiscal year issue, leadership later proposed using surplus funds or state tax commission approval before revealing the money had long sat in the miscellaneous fund.
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Pima
Pinal County
Pima County
State Tax Commission
Pinal
Tom Fulbright
Fulbright
J. Mercer Johnson
Medal of Honor Presented to General Wainwright
President Truman surprised General Jonathan M. Wainwright with the Congressional Medal of Honor in a Washington ceremony. More than 200 onlookers, mainly White House staff, witnessed the award for his Corregidor valor and leadership under fire.
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Wainwright
White House
Washington
Truman
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Gen
Wainwright Returns Home After 40 Months in Captivity
General Jonathan M. Wainwright arrives in Washington after nearly four years as a Japanese prisoner. In a public reception he urges Americans to press Japan’s defeat on every subject of the emperor and to maintain vigilance for peaceful change. He is greeted by Mrs. Wainwright at the airport and by 35 veterans at the Pentagon in two earlier gatherings.
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Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Japan
Washington Monument
Wainwright
Pentagon
Bataan
Corregidor
Nationwide strike total falls to 95000 after back-to-work moves
The Associated Press reports the national number of striking workers dropped to 95000 as three back-to-work actions reduced the count. The prior day total stood above 139000. Gains included 22000 Ford employees in Detroit 15000 Consoli dated Steel workers in Orange Texas and 7500 miners at H C Frick Coke in Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd
Orange
Tex
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Pittsburgh
Quisling Sentenced to Death for Treason in Norway
Vidkun Quisling was found guilty on six counts including military and civil treason. The former Norwegian premier was convicted of assisting the enemy and murder in connection with Nazi crimes. No execution date was set pending appeal to the supreme court.
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Samuel D. Hales Olso
U.P
Vidkun Quisling
Nazi Germany
Quisling
Erik Solem
Solem
Supreme Court
Salem
Norway
Oslo
Eilifsen
Australian Demands Punishment for Japanese Atrocities
Australian Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt urged that superior officers up to the Emperor Hirohito be punished for Japanese war crimes in the Southwest Pacific. The Australian report details cannibalism, bayoneting victims, priests and nuns killed, vivisection of prisoners, and mass killings at Milne Bay and Guadalcanal, urging harsh Allied action and linking with US accusations.
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W. R. Higginbotham
London
U.P
Herbert Evatt
Australia
Emperor Hirohito
Imperial General Staff
Southwest
Pacific
United Nations War Crimes Commission
New Guinea
New Britain
Kokumbona
Guadalcanal
Milne Bay
Evatt
House Acts Quickly On New Setup For Surplus War Goods
The House passed a bill to create a single administrator for disposing of billions of dollars in surplus war goods. The measure, sent to the Senate, would replace the three member surplus property disposal board with one chief. President Truman requested the change and is expected to recommend W. Stuart Symington as the new administrator.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
W. Stuart Symington
Baseball Final Scores Reported Across Leagues
National Boston 2 Chicago 0. Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 2. American St Louis 3 Philadelphia 2. Boston 9 Detroit 2. New York 5 Cleveland 1. The results list multiple city teams with final scores across leagues.
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Boston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
American St. Louis
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Big Five Council Confronts Europe’s Postwar Problems
AP analyst notes London meeting of the Big Five foreign ministers will test U S Britain Russia France and China amid efforts to complete peace settlements led by Italy. The talks focus on unity among the trio of powers and Balkan tensions as a path to a lasting peace.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
London
Europe
Potsdam
America
Russia
Britain
France
China
Italy
Balkan
UA Opens Year Welcomes 650 New Students
President Alfred Atkinson greeted 650 new and freshman students at the University of Arizona in a morning assembly marking the first normal start in four years. English placement tests and aptitude exams were conducted, with later registration and an open house at the new student center in Old Main.
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University of Arizona
Alfred Atkinson
Old Main
Atkinson
C. Z. Lesher
Women’s Assembly
Wainwright Welcomed by Congress in Reconversion Session
Congress opens its reconversion session with Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright’s formal reception and moves to an independent Pearl Harbor investigation. GOP demands equal voice while Democrats and Republicans seek a three-two party split. Bureaucratic issues include peacetime Navy postwar fleet and surplus property reform.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
Capitol Hill
Wainwright
Philippines
Senate
House
Pearl Harbor
Congress
GOP
Navy
House Naval
Walsh
D.mass
Carl Vinson
D.ga
Truman
Auction Opens Bidding Peaks at 27000 in Williams Estate
Judge Eva De Concini oversees a court ordered sale of three lots at Benson Highway and South Sixth Avenue from Hazel C Williams estate. Attorney G K Stover for Gordon Greenwald bids against James C Grant until the total reaches 27000, with Stover prevailing. Arthur K Henderson represented the estate.
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G. K. Stover
James C. Grant
Eva de Concini
Stover
Benson Highway
South Sixth Avenue
Hazel C. Williams
Arthur K. Henderson
Knapp, Boyle, and Thompson
Gordon Greenwald
End of Meat and Shoe Rationing Planned This Fall
Sugar fats oils and tires will be controlled by OPA until end of year. Meat rationing to end Oct 1 and shoe rationing to end between Oct 15 and Nov 1. Truman urged broad loosening while Bowles urged caution until OPA trims staff. Rents and prices remain controlled.
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Helene Monberg
Washington
U.P
Clinton Anderson
Chester Bowles
OPA
Truman
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Schools Open With 432 Gain In Enrollment
City Superintendent Robert D. Morrow reported Tucson public schools show total enrollment of 10 927 early this afternoon. High school enrollment reached 2 020 up 298 from last year and junior high stood at 2 749 up 187, while elementary enrollment fell to 6 158 from 6 211.
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Tucson Public
Robert D. Morrow
Tucson
Morrow
Do. A. Carson
Tucson High School
Amphitheatre High School
Graham Legislator Yields Seat To Father
PHOENIX Sept. 10 K W Lines representative of Graham county resigns and will be succeeded by his father Milton a former legislator announced by Speaker Fred J Fritz The resignation brings to three the number of new representatives at the special session of the 17th Arizona legislature J R Morrison of Pima named to succeed the late A Berky and attending session Frank W Sharpe Jr resigns as representative of Cochise county with a successor expected soon.
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Phoenix
K. W. Lines
Graham County
Arizona
House of Representatives
Milton
Fred J. Fritz
J. R. Morrison
Pima County
A. Berky
Frank W. Sharpe, Jr
Cochise County
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First Cavalry Division
Frank Filan
War Picture Pool
Signal Corps
Manila
Imperial Army Headquarters
Central Army Authority
Osborn
Marana Force
Southwest Pacific
Big Five Council
Graham
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