Reconversion Chief Sees Rugged Days With Bans Lifted
Reconversion Director John W. Snyder warns five million jobless near term, up to eight million by next spring, as wartime controls end. Truman urges cautious optimism while detailing rapid policy rollbacks and lingering price and rent controls to steady transition.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Truman
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Chester Bowles
OPA
America
White House
Japs Ready to Quit Says Chinese Army Paper
The Sao Tang Po China daily claims Japan planned to surrender before the atomic bombings and Russia’s entry. It cites Hsieh Nan Kuang and describes a surrender clique formation, with Empress Nagako and a 21-member imperial commission weighing terms including emperor sovereignty and retention of Formosa and Korea.
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Choungking
Sao Tang Po
Japan
Russia
Hsieh Nan Kuang
Formosa
Hsieh
Imperial Household
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Imperial Family
Matsudaira
Suzuki
Naotake Sato
Moscow
Potsdam
Stalin
Hirohito
Nagako
Chichibu
Takamatsu
Korea
Hiroshima
Japanese Peace Commission
Treasury plans eighth Victory Loan drive in October
Secretary Fred M. Vinson announced preparations for a new Victory Loan campaign, the eighth War Bond drive. Expected to launch in October, the goal may reach ten to fourteen billion dollars, building on seven prior drives that raised about 135.75 billion toward 95 billion target. note also Houdini’s real name, Eric Weiss.
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Washington
Shoes first to leave rationing says OPA official
W A Orth regional OPA head predicted shoes will be removed from rationing first with other items following later. He would not specify a removal date but suggested some items might come off within three weeks after surveys determine meat sugar fats and oils sufficiency.
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Dallas
W. A. Orth
Price Administration
Orth
Department of Agriculture
Man's Fish Bite Leads to Doctor's Visit
Spokane physician removed a two pound bass hook from a man's thumb after the angler claimed the fish bit him and caused a serious hook injury during fishing. County Assessor Don H. Thompson reported the incident in Spokane Washington.
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Spokane
Wash
Don H. Thompson
Military moves and homecomings fill Fo rt Sill area notes
A long list of Army and Navy personnel transfers and homecomings from Fort Sill Fort Bragg Fort Sam Houston Camp Hood and other bases plus missing in action and safe returns. Individuals include Pvt J D Hughes Jr Lt A L Jackson Cpl Charles Chumbley Pfc Aubrey Page S Sgt Billy B Pritchett Sgt Jack Braden Lt Philip Earnheart and many relatives in Dallas Trenton Sherman Whitewright and surrounding communities with battalion praise for the 253rd Field Artillery Battalion and Bastogne relief efforts.
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J. T. Robinson
Pvt
O. C. Robinson
Robinson
William R. Clark
253Rd Field Artillery
Bastogne
Inscriptions on tombstones censored in Horsell churchyard
The Horsell church council in Surrey announced new rules banning affectionate abbreviations like mum and dad on tombstones. The move follows a tombstone inscription reading The trumpet sounds, Peter calls, come. And in walks Mum highlighting the decision.
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London
Horsell
Surrey
Church Council
Peter
Home Owner Killed by Live Wire While Spraying Ant Beds
Texarkana report says Thomas Roy Holman, 52, was electrocuted Tuesday when his head touched a live wire beneath his house while spraying ant beds. Death appeared instantaneous. He left a wife, two sons, and two daughters.
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Texarkana
Thomas Roy Holman
Holman
World War II toll reachest fifty five million dead and missing
A conservative estimate places total World War II casualties at no fewer than 55 million dead wounded and missing across nations. The story lists civilian and military losses by country including Soviet Union 21 million Germany 6 to 12 million Poland 1.9 million Japan 2.7 million United States 1.07 million Britain Empire 1.43 million France 1 million Yugoslavia 1.685 million Austria 700 thousand Hungary 600 thousand etc. It notes final totals will take years to confirm and cites various official figures.
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Hitler
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Poland
Astatia
Pascacaatans
Japan
United States
British Empire
France
Yugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Rumania
Greece
Holland
Finland
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Philippines
Treasury Loaned Silver for Bomb
Oak Ridge Tennessee reports another secret at the atomic bomb plant as the War Department borrowed 1,000,000 pounds of silver from the U S Treasury to make thousands of electro magnets. The silver used as copper substitute may appear in future dimes but is unaffected by electricity and will be returned after the war.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
War Department
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
Atomic Bomb Plant Production Continues After Victory
Col. Franklin Matthias, director of the Richland bomb plant, told Spokane civic leaders that the United States had more atomic bombs ready to drop on Japan and production has continued since surrender. He said workers numbered 5,000 and would keep producing until ordered to stop.
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Spokane
Wash
United States
Japan
Col
Franklin T. Matthias
Richland (Wash
Matthias
Richland
Sergeant Hensel Receives 60000 in Gratitude Gifts
Master Sgt. Frederic Hensel, the only American to lose both arms and legs in this war, received more than 60000 in donations at Percy Jones General Hospital. Gifts from Michigan Illinois and Kentucky included a 26927 Detroit Free Press fund and 25000 Chicago Herald American efforts.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Frederic Hensel
Michigan
Illinois
Kentucky
Hensel
Percy Jones General Hospital
Okinawa
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Herald-American
Louisville
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Army
World War II ends as Japan capitulates
The world marks Japan's surrender announced by President Truman and MacArthur's terms for occupation under Allied control. A celebratory mood erupts worldwide as silence falls on frontlines, with plans for postwar governance and rebuilding beginning in earnest.
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Pacific
Asia
Japan
Germany
Poland
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Reconvening Congress Set for Sept 5
Washington reports Congress will reconvene September 5 to tackle postwar reforms. Senate Leader Alben Barkley cites tax reductions, unemployment expansion, surplus property rules changes, full employment aims for 60 million, and government reorganization as key items. House committee chair Robert L. Doughton plans to address unemployment first, then tax revisions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
Robert L. Doughton
Dem
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
Used Truck Tires To Be Removed From Rationing Soon
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will lift rationing on used truck tires August 17 and permit unrated sales of passenger tires made from reclaimed rubber. About 5,000 passenger car tires will be affected by the orders.
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Washington
OPA
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J. D. Hughes Jr
Fort Sill
Okla
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A. L. Jackson
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Ohio
Cpl
Charles Chumbley
Fort Sam Houston
Pfc
Aubrey Page
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Lorene Hassler
Billy B. Pritchett
Walker Army Air Field
Kansas
el Monte
Calif
Orvil Nicely
Camp Shelby, Miss
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B. A. Braden
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J. D. Fleming
Whitewright
Hampton Roads
Mount Vernon
Kennard R. Auten
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Waco
N. T. Auten
Joe Leonard Auten
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Indianapolis
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Billy
J. W. Cantrell
Roscoe Brown
Miami
Fla
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Brown
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Treasure Island
San Francisco
Sat. W. B. Bixler
Ashburn General Hospital
McKinney
J. A. Bixler
Eighth Service Command
Bixler
Jack D. Braden
William H. Andrew
Sergeant Braden
Sergeant Andrew
Northwest Pacific
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Trenton
Eula Andrew
Route One
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Lou McMillin
Reba J. McMillin
Long Beach
Miami Beach
Air Technical Service Command
McMillin
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China-Burma-India
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Philip Earnheart
Earnheart
Alaska
Billy Glen Earnheart
Edgar
Pete) Nicely
California
Sergeant Nicely
Irran
North Africa
James W. Talley
Roy Talley
Canaan
Woodrow Spangler
D. S. Spangler
Sherman
Pauline Dodson
Anther A. Hudgins Jr
Anther A. Hudgins Sr
Hudgins
Hammond General Hospital
Modesto
Fort Sam Houston General Hospital
San Antonio
Wm. L. Wilson
Joe Johnson
R. H. May
Spearman Addition
Johnson
Wilson
G. C. Brown Jr
Philippine Islands
Manila
MacArthur
Bataan
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