Truman orders Japan to end fighting on all fronts
President Truman via Secretary Byrnes dispatches an order to the Japanese government calling for immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts. Tokyo must inform General MacArthur of a surrender timeline and send emissaries with full powers to arrange the terms. The State Department released the message through the Swiss legation.
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Washington
Truman
State Byrnes
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
State Department
Max Grassli
Chemical Fights Pacific Perils
A chemical formula called Wolman salts has been used to impregnate over one million feet of wooden tent poles for Navy South Pacific bases to resist termites molds and fungus. The tropicalized treatment extends to lumber in hospital tent floors and other materials used at bases.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
South Pacific
Allied arms conquer Japan but minds need peace outreach
Mackenzies column warns Japan must be won to peace and cooperation with neighbors beyond military victory. It notes Japan's leaders face despair and reports from Tokyo, praises MacArthur as Supreme Commander, and flags a China split risk as Chu Teh defies Chaing Kai Shek.
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Japan
Tokyo
Koreichika Anama
Kusuo Oya
Japan Broadcasting System
Legal date set to end war after Japanese surrender
Attorney General Tom Clark said he is drafting a legal opinion on the end date of the war. After discussing with Judge Samuel Rosenman at the White House, Clark noted contracts ending post V J Day and the need to fix a legal date once surrender terms are signed. Officials say wartime powers expire six months after V J Day.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Samuel S. Rosenman
Truman
White House
Clark
Canned Goods To Be Less in 1945 46 Marketing Season
The Commerce Department estimates civilian supplies of all commercially canned fruit and vegetable products for the 1945 46 marketing season will be about 11 percent below last year. Increases in export demand and war requirements are cited as the main reasons for the drop.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Chiang Kai-Shek Cannot Lead China at Surrender Ceremony
Chungking Aug 14 The Chinese delegation to Japan's surrender ceremony would be headed by General Hsu Yung Chang, not Chiang Kai-Shek. Communists under General Chu Teh move toward Shanghai and Nanking as the central government readies airborne troops to counter any port seizures after surrender terms.
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Generalissimpang Kai-Shek
China
Hsu Yung- Chang
Board of Military Operations
Chiang
Chu Teh
Yenan
Shanghai
Nanking
Japan
Memorial notice for Mrs. Bessie Derfinger at Fairview Ladies Aid
In memory of Mrs. Bessie Derfinger read at the Fairview Ladies Aid gathering at Mrs. Lewis Colfelt’s home she had served as treasurer for ten years. July 11 expresses sorrow and shock at her passing and the lasting memory she leaves in the group.
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Bessie Derfinger
Fairview
Lewis Colfelt
Hable's Theatre to Stay Open for V J Day Celebration
The note states Hable's Theatre will remain open and join a joyful nationwide V J Day celebration. It calls for communal cheer as the nation marks victory and peace.
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Hable
Farm land wanted near Winchester within five miles
Wanted to buy or rent 10 to 50 acre farm near Winchester five miles. Respond to G. L. Walker Stephenson City Virginia. August 15, 1f.
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Good Road
G. L. Walker
Stephens City
G. L Walker
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