Mid Watch Informer, Thursday, August 16, 1945 Page: 2 of 2
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LONDON :: TOKIO BROADCASTS INDICATED TUESDAY NIGHT THAT SOVIET TROOPS
RUSHTNG TOWARD HARBIN FROM THE WEST AND EAST HAD CRASHED SI XTY MILES
THROUGH JAPANESE LINES IN WESTERN MANCHURIA AND AT THE SAME TIME REP-
ORTED A NEW RUSSIAN SEABORNE INVASION ATTEMPT IN KOREA. THERE WAS NO
LETUP IN THE FUTY OF WAR IN MANCHURIA, THE RUSSIANS WERE TEARING
AHEAD AT FIVE POINTS ALONG A VAST 2300 MILE FRONT HEEDLESS OF PEACE
TALK. THE KHARBAROVSK RADIO CALLED ON RUSSIAN SOLDIERS TO INCREASE
THERE BLOWS AND MERCILESSLY "BREAK THE ENEMYS RESISTANCE". GAINING
SPEED AS THEY HIT FLAT COUNTRY WEST OF HARBIN RUSSIAN SPEARHEADS WHICH
BROKE ACROSS THE GREAT KINGHAM MOUNTAIN RANGE WERE REPORTED BY TOKIO
TO HAVE ADVANCED TO THE AREA OF TAONAN 185 MILES WEST OF THE GREAT
CENTRAL MACHURIAN WAR PRODUCTION CITY.
WASHINGTON D.C. :: A GOVERNMENT PROMISE "TO GET OUT OF THE INDUSTRYS
WAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" CAME TUESDAY. A HIGH OFFICIAL OF THE WAR
PRODUCTION BOARD SAID HIS AGENCY WOULD DROP OUT OF THE PICTURE AS SOON
AS INDUSTRY IS SAFELY OM A PEACETIME FOOTING". PRESIDENT TRUMAN HAS
GIVEN WPB A MAJOR ROLE IN GETTING THE COUNTRY CHANGED BACK TO A PEACE-
TIME BASIS. THE OFFICIAL STRESSED THAT WPB WOULD FOLLOW TO THE LETTER
THE PRESIDENTS PROGRAM FOR SAFEGUARD!NG THE NATIONAL ECONOMY DURING
THE TRANSITION PERIOD. WPB CHAIRMAN KRUG ORDERED "IMMEDIATE STEPS
TO SEE THAT WIDE SCALE CIVILIAN PRODUCTION IS NOT IMPEDED BY EXCESSIVE
STOCKPILING, EXCESSIVE BUYING OR HOARDING OF SCARE MATERIALS BY A
FEW".
CANADAIGUA:N.Y. :: THE AMERICAN FLAG WHICH WAS LOWERED FROM THE
AMERI CAN EMBASSY IN TOKIO WHEN THE JAPS ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER
7TH 1941 WAS RAISED OVER THE ONTARIO COUNTRY COURT HOUSE TUESDAY WITH
THE OFF I CI AL JAPANESE SURRENDER ANNOUNCEMENT. THE FLAG WAS BROUGHT
TO THE UNITED STATES BY H. MERILL BENNINCHOFF SECOND SECRETARY OF THE
EMBASSY WHEN HE RETURNED WITH OTHER DI PLOMATS IN,1942.
NEW PORT NEWS VA. :: THE GIANT AIRCRAFT CARRIER "MIDWAY" DESCRIBED
BY NEWSPAPERS AID RADIO NEWSMEN WHO TOURED THE VESSEL AS TONE OF THE
GREATEST MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS" THEY HAD EVER SEEN WILL
NOT SEE ACTION DUE TO THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. (LOGICAL ISN’T IT)?
FT. MACARTHUR CALF. :: CAPTAIN TOM HARMON FORMER MICHIGAN ALL AMERICAN
HAlFBaCk TONIGHT RECEIVED HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMY AIR FORCES
AFTER NEARLY FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. HARMON HOLDER OF THE SILVER STAR
AND THE PURPLE HEART TWICE MADE HIS WAY BACK FROM MISSIONS OVER DUTCH
GUIANA AND CHINA ON WHICH HE WAS REPORTED MISSING FOLLOWING CRASHES.
HARMON WAS INDEFINITE ABOUT FUTURE PLANS BUT SAID HE WAS CONSIDERING
RETURNING TO RADIO SPORTS ANNOUNCING HIS OCCUPATION FROM THE TIME HE
WAS GRADUATED FROM MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY IN NOVEMBER 1941.
WASHINGTON D.C. :: THE CRY FOR QUICK SUSPENSION OF THE DRAFT AND EARLY
RELEASE OF MEN FROM THE ARMED FORCES ROSE IN VOLUME TUESDAY. AT THE
SAME TIME OFFICIAL FIXING OF V-J- DAY BECAME A MATTER OF VITAL CONCERN
NOT ONLY TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS BUT THE GEVERNMENT CONTRACTORS AID
OFFICIALS DEALING WITH THEM. THE DATE AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE SERVICE
LIABILITY OF MOST OF THOSE NOW IN UNIFORM BUT THE DURATION OF MANY
CONTRACTS. CHAIRMAN MAY OF THE HOUSE MILITARY COMITTEE SAID IN AN
INTERVIEW THAT HE WILL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AS SOON AS CONGRESS
RECONVENES FOR AN END TO ALL DRAFT CALLS. HE SAID HF ALSO WANTS
DRAFTED MEN RELEASED AS SOON AS IT CAN BE DONE. .ATTORNEY GENERAL
CLARK SAID HE IS PREPARING AN OPINION ON THE LEGAL DATE OF THE END OF
THE WAR. 45 - or
CAIRO ILL. :: GUEST IN A CAI RO HOTEL, HEAR I NG A SCREAM IN THE CORR I DOR,
DISCOVERED A DAMSEL IN NEGLIGEE BE IN& PURSURED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS,
TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, NUDE. LATER IT DEVELOPED THAT THE IMPETUOUS ROMEO'
WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR, WHO WAS-PROMPTLY COURT-MARTIALED. HIS LAWYER
MION HIM AN ACQUITTAL, HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH
IN THE AR MY MANUAL: "IT IS NOT COMPULSORY FOR AN OFFICER TO WEAR A
UNIFORM AT ALL TIMES, AS LONG AS HE 18 SUITABLY GARBED FOR THE SPORT
IN WHICH HE IS ENGAGED".
ROME :: PREVIOUS FRANK EFFORTS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO STOW AWAY THEIR
PET DOGS ON TRANSPORTS HEADED FOR THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE NECES-
ARY ANY LONGER. ALLIED HQS SAID THAT PET DOGS COULD BE SHIPPED HOME
ON AR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION VESSELS PROV IDED THAT OWNERS OBTAINED
APPROVAL FROM THE IR REGIMENTAL COMMANDERS AND PAID THE FREIGHT. THE
PETS WILL BE BANNED FROM ARMY TRANSPORTS HOWEVER.
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