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  3. POWER TO DIRECT LABOUR REVOKED ENTIRELY

    CANBERRA.—The Commonwealth Government has decided to revoke entirely the power of direction of labour. In future young persons under 18 years will be completely free to take employment of their own choosing. ...

    Article : 301 words
  4. SURRENDER NEWS

    Japanese prisoners of war bow their heads in reverence for the Emperor as they stand in the Guam stockade to hear the radio broadcast by the Emperor that Japan is surrendering. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  5. ENVOYS TO ENFORCE "CEASE FIRE"

    MANILA (A.A.P.).—Gen. MacArthur sent a message to the Jap. Imperial H.Q yesterday telling them to quit stalling and send their envoys to Manila immediately. Soon afterward Tokio radio ...

    Article : 703 words
  6. Place in History Secure

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—In the Commons on Thursday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) said: "Our victory is really the outcome of plans made ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 258 words
  7. PEACE DEPENDS ON PEOPLE

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—"The final result of the San Francisco conference has given high promise for the future," says a White Paper ...

    Article : 278 words
  8. FIRST COMMONS DIVISION

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—When the Leader of the House (Mr. Morrison) asked the Commons to agree to the Government ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. May Take Months For Fighting to End

    Military and civil administrators in Manila see in the Jap. reply to Gen. MacArthur's directives evidence of the Emperor's desire to terminate the war quickly and to co-operate in the occupation. ...

    Article : 709 words
  10. RECONVERSION PLANS

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—Immediately the news of Japan's capitulation was confirmed the U.S. Administration went to ...

    Article : 285 words
  11. Riot When Sailors Raid Rum Store

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—Three naval ratings were bayoneted and 11 others injured with batons in a fight with armed guards at Devonport naval barracks. ...

    Article : 97 words
  12. HARA-KIRI

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—Tokio radio announced yesterday that Vice-Admiral Takijiro Onishi, Vice-Chief of the Navy General Staff, committed suicide ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. SECRET RADIO FACTORIES

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Factories converted from usage as garages, private homes and even garden huts all over Britain were used in the ...

    Article : 157 words
  14. Jewish State Plan in Palestine

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.—President Truman announced yesterday that the U.S. is conferring with Britain regarding the establishment of a Jewish ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. FOR KEY POST IN JAPAN

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.)—The Under-Secretary of State (Mr. Joseph Grew) has resigned and will be replaced by Mr. Dean Acheson, ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. TINY KINGDOM WON'T GIVE IN

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.)—Tokio radio yesterday said that the kingdom of Viet Nam will not accept peace if it moans returning to French rule. ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. Prisoners Sighted

    MANILA (A.A.P.).—R.A.A.F. Headquarters has announced that pilots flying over a prison stockade in Borneo sighted and saluted 60 occidental ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. Weapons of War Soon Too Dangerous to Use

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—"Weapons of war will shortly become so horrible and dangerous that they will never be used because of their danger to everybody," the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Bevin) said yesterday. ...

    Article : 396 words
  19. Loss of Destroyer Was Kept Quiet

    SYDNEY—The only major unit of the R.A.N. whose loss was never announced during the war was the destroyer H.M.A.S. Voyager. ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. JAPS. TO CATCH JAPS.

    GUAM (A.A.P.).—In an experiment which possibly will be useful elsewhere in the Pacific, a large group of Japanese war prisoners on Guam has been ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. Relief For China When Ports Open

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—The Director-General of UNRRA (Govr. Lehman) stated yesterday that UNRRA, in response to China's request for relief, ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. Search for Top Nazis Extends to U.S.

    BOSTON (A.A.P.).—Hitler and other leading Nazis who may have escaped from Europe are being sought at Boston and other seaports on incoming ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. No Plate Glass Left in Main Street

    SAN FRANCISCO (A.A.P.).—The third night of peace celebrations found city crowds in destructive mood. Nearly every ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. Halsey Awarded K.B.E.

    Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser yesterday presented to Adm. Halsey the insignia of the K.B.E. Vice-Admiral Rawlings, broadcasting ...

    Article : 65 words
  25. Bomber Contracts Cancelled

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The War Department announces that the Army Air Forces have cancelled the projected production of 31,000 planes. ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. PRINCE HEADS NEW JAP. CABINET

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—New Premier of Japan is Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni, an uncle of the Empress Nagako. ...

    Article : 208 words
  27. MUST MOVE 3M. JAPS. HOME

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.)—Military officials estimate that 3,000,000 Japanese deployed outside Japan proper will have to be repatriated mainly ...

    Article : 100 words
  28. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    IT is no great surprise that the fighting has not yet ended in the Pacific. In many of the outlying. areas the Japanese forces ...

    Article : 127 words
  29. BLOWS PENDING AS JAPS. QUIT

    GUAM (A.A.P.).—Two great Allied fleets were about to strike at Japan and the enemy-held East Indies when Japan sued for peace. ADMIRAL NIMITZ discloses that the ...

    Article : 236 words
  30. Says Soldiers Preferred Operatic Music

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.)—The Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence, who has returned after a two months' tour of Europe, said she believed concerts ...

    Article : 51 words
  31. DUMPING AMMUNITION INTO SEA

    ROME (A.A.P.)—Over 100,000 tons of ammunition will be loaded into ships at Italian ports, taken out to sea and dumped overboard in the next ...

    Article : 56 words
  32. JUMPED FROM 86th FLOOR OF EMPIRE STATE

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.)—An unidentified man yesterday afternoon jumped 1050 feet to his death from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. ...

    Article : 43 words
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