Blameless Defended Marshall Amid Pearl Harbor Fallout
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshal is defended by President Truman after an Army board blamed him for Pearl Harbor. The report criticized Kimmel Stark and Short, while Truman pledged fair trials if courts martial were held.
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VST
App
Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Army
Lee’y Stimson
Washington
George C. Marshal
Army Board of
Truman
Army and Navy
War Stimson
Husband E. Kimmel
Harold R. Stark
Walter C. Short
Nimitz Sails Into Tokyo Bay for Japan Surrender
Fleet Admiral Nimitz reached Tokyo Bay by seaplane as General MacArthur awaited at Okinawa for the mass occupation of Japan. Allied ships including the Missouri and South Dakota prepared to witness the surrender with Lt. Gen. Wainwright among the witnesses, while occupation papers were to be signed at Yokosuka.
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Yokohama
Missouri
Admiral Halsey
Iowa
Third Fleet
Tokyo
Halsey
America
U.S. Navy
Bruce Fraser
Duke of York
Yokosuka
Okinawa
Nimitz
Tokyo Bay
General MacArthur
Japan
Robert B. Carney
Badger
Admiral Nimitz
South Dakota
Yokosuka Naval Base
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
South Pacific
Atlantic
Scharnhorst
Adm
Miura Peninsula
Sagami Bay
Pacific Ocean
Frank Jack Fletcher
North Pacific
Haines to land with MacArthur in Japan
Eighty six American Red Cross men will land in Japan with General MacArthur's occupation forces. They carry messages from home clothing and comfort supplies for liberated POWs and civilian internees. Named volunteers include Virginia Haines, Malcolm R Lawrence and Otto A Gullickson.
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Washington
Red Cross
Japan
MacArthur
Virginia
George R. Haines
W. Leicester St
Winchester
D. C
Malcolm R Lawrence
Emerson St
N. W
West Virginia
Otto A. Gullickson
Edwards St
Huntington
Major Boyington Reported Alive After Vanishing Over Rabaul
Major Gregory Boyington, famed Black Sheep and Medal of Honor recipient, reportedly alive aboard USS Ancon in Tokyo Bay nearly 20 months after vanishing in a cloud near Rabaul. The unconfirmed communique cites a possible source from the Japanese or Atsugi airfield and notes his credited 26 enemy planes, with Black Sheep pilots estimating 40. Born in Idaho, he was a former Washington wrestler and Flying Tigers veteran.
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Tokyo Bay
Gregory Boyington
South Pacific
Rabaul
San Juan
Atsugi
Tokyo
Boyington
Flying Tigers
China
New Britain
Black Sheep
San Diego
Pacific
Moyington
University of Washington
Pappy
Ballale
Solomons
Joe Foss
Army
Eddie Rickenbacker
Black Sheep Squadron
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Okanogan
Seattle
Wash
Advertising Department Hiring Notice
Two men needed in advertising department and one driver salesman to apply. Address 212 Sharp St. August 27. City classifieds note seeks staffing with specified roles.
Wanted Buy Over Sixteen Apply Pingley and Carper
Classified notice seeking purchases from individuals over age sixteen directs contact with Pingley and Carper, cleaners. No other details provided.
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Pingley
Brain Test Puts Quisling To Bed
Oslo reports the treason trial of Vidkun Quisling adjourned to August 31 as he is too ill to attend. A physician gave a report stating Quisling remains sane but a weekend brain examination weakened him and kept him from court today.
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Quisling
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Erik Solem
Russians Turned Japs Over To Their Prisoners
Four generals two majors a captain and two enlisted men told how Russian troops moved into a camp near Mikden Manchuria and disarmed Japanese guards then handed the camp over to American forces. Maj Gen William F Sharp said the camp crowd outside a concert watched as a Russian officer singled a captain and ten privates to be freed and then handed an American a rifle declaring the Japanese guards were finished.
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Chungking
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Manchuria
William F. Sharp
Monkton
Mikden
Sharp
Surrender of 8,000 Japanese on Morotai and Halmahera
More than 8,000 Japanese forces south of the Philippines surrendered to the U S 93rd Negro Division at Morotai. Maj. Gen. Harry W Johnson received two senior officers, Lt General Ishi and Navy Captain Fujita, as 3,170 Army troops and 5,000 Navy personnel capitulated. It marks the first sizeable surrender in ten southwest Pacific areas.
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Yokosuka
Tokyo
Yokohama Marine Transport Board
Oscar C. Badger
San Diego
Royal Navy
Tokyo-bay Islands
Manila
Morotai
Halmahera Islands
Philippines
U.S. 93Rd
Negro Division
Harry W. Johnson
Texas
Ishi
Fujita
Southwest Pacific
Winchester Business College Day Night School Start
Notice says day school begins Tuesday September 4 and night school begins Monday September 10 at Winchester Business College. Dial 4701 for details.
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Winchester Business College
Dial
Thorough Probe Of Wise County Vote Demanded
An urgent bid for a full investigation into Wise county election irregularities accompanies Charles R. Fenwick Democratic lieutenant governor bid as L Preston Collins contests the result by 572 votes in Richmond circuit court. Senator Byrd and Governor Darden support a thorough probe. Fenwick vows to uphold election laws. The quash motion set for Judge Gunn to hear, with state officials pledging cooperation.
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Richmond
Wise County
Prospect Today
Charles R. Fenwick
Richmond Circuit Court
L. Preston Collins
Byrd
Darden
Fenwick
Democratic Party
Gunn
Virginia Beach
Commonwealth
Wise
John R. Roberts
Winchester
School Registration Starts Tomorrow in Winchester District
Garland FR Quarles announces the start of registration for new students with sets for Grades 1-3 at White Schools John Kerr Building on Aug 30-31 and Grades 4-12 at Handley Building also Aug 30-31. All Colored Schools register Aug 31 at Douglas School. Hours are 9 to 12 and 1 to 3. New students must show birth certificates vaccination proof and a prior school record. no first day enrollment without prior spring registration.
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Garland FR. Quarles
Winchester
John Kerr
Handley
Douglas
Whry Chiefs Nazi Leaders Named For Trial
London reports the four major western Allies named 24 Nazi leaders and Prussian military chiefs as defendants in the first mass war crimes trial to begin in October. The list includes Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Wilhelm Keitel Karl Doenitz Martin Bormann Joachim von Ribbentrop Robert Ley Alfred Rosenberg Hans Frank Ernest Kaltenbrunner and others.
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London
Herman Goering
Rudolf Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Doenitz
Imany
Hess
Fuehrer
England
Hitler
Martin Bormann
Bormann
Goering
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Robert Ley
Nazi
German Labor Front
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Poland
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Reich Security Department
Chiang Optimistic After First Meeting With Mao Tse-Tung
Chiang Kai-Shek’s associates say he is most optimistic about China’s future after meeting Mao Tse-Tung in Chungking. Mao arrived from Yenan for talks to avert civil war and unite anti-Japanese patriots for peaceful postwar reconstruction.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Chiang
Mao
Yenan
North China
Chou En-Lai
Communist Party
Wang Jo-Fei
Patrick J. Hurley
U. S
Page asks for general probe extension in Virginia elections
Former Virginia state senator Vivian L. Page telegraphed Governor Darden urging the election probe be extended beyond Wise county. He asked that the probe cover all precincts where the recent primary vote was lopsided, noting past primary defeats and alleging biased tactics affected his races.
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Norfolk
Vivian L. Page
Darden
Wise County
Virginia
Senate of
Congress
Page
Senate
House of Representatives
Mercury Hits 92 At Winchester Research Lab
After a mild spell, today’s high reached 92 degrees at the Winchester Research Laboratory. The city logged a 61 degree low last night with 76 and 57 recorded a year ago. The forecast calls for continued fair and warm conditions tonight and Thursday.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Ration Office Closing Saturday Through Monday
The Frederick County Rationing Board office in the George Washington Hotel Building will be closed Saturday through Monday, it was announced today.
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Frederick County Rationing Board
George Washington Hotel
Public in Favor of Resuming Apple Blossom Festival Next Year
A survey across Main Street shows broad public support for resuming the annual Apple Blossom Festival next spring with enthusiasm from families and youngsters. Businessmen debate timing, with some urging two postponement years to ensure favorable conditions. War veterans and locals offer mixed views on timing and costs.
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Joyce Davis
John
Susie Q
Main Street
Coi
Winchester
Grover L- Schlack
Orchartist
Statement By President Truman On Pearl Harbor Findings
President Truman comments on Pearl Harbor investigations noting endorsements from Navy and Army leaders. The Army Pearl Harbor Board report and Secretary of War statement are cited, with the Secretary defending General Marshall and asserting his actions were just and skilled.
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Truman
Pearl Harbor
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
T. L. Gatch
E. J. King
Naval Operations
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of Then
Army
Welcome Home Veterans of Frederick County and Winchester
The Star welcomes home veterans formerly of Frederick County and Winchester who have received their discharges and resume civilian life. Names listed include John Reuben Steward Donald T Lofton Louis Clifton Duvall Andrew Lee Deal Ray R Himelright. The Star will publish updates and seeks public help supplying more names.
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Frederick County
Winchester
The
Star
John Reuben Steward
Donald T. Lofton
Louis Clifton Duvall
Andrew Lee Deal Ray R. Himelright
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U.S.S. Missouri
U. S. S. Nicholas
U. S. S. Missouri
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Yokkosuka Naval Base
U. S. Navy
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Evening Star
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Whry
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