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  2. DEATH FOR TRAITORS

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Paris Ministry of Justice has announced that already 629 collaborationists have been sentenced to death, 750 to life ...

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  3. APPEAL TO MINERS

    LONDON, Sunday. — The British Minister for Fuel, Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, has appealed to British miners to produce more coal to meet the ...

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  4. SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIALLY OVER

    YOKOHAMA, Sunday.—World War II officially ended at 1030 hours to-day (Tokio Time) When Japan, lost aggressor nation to be battered into submission by Allied might, surrendered unconditionally to the Allied Supreme Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, on USS Missouri in Tikio Bay. The ceremony lasted ...

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  5. BRITISH NINTH ARMY DISBANDED

    LONDON, Sunday.—Formed behind a screen of close secrecy when Rommel seemed set to smash the Eighth Army in Egypt, the British Ninth Army in the Levant is being disbanded. The army was formed when the ...

    Article : 124 words
  6. Yamashita Surrenders

    YOKOHAMA, Sunday. — Boastful, blustering, crafty General Yamashita surrendered to-day, in northern Luzon, Philippines, with four of his ...

    Article : 149 words
  7. CHURCHILL IN ITALY

    ROME, Sunday.—Mr. Churchill has arrived in northern Italy by plane for a "badly needed holiday and rest, cure." He is travelling incognito ...

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  8. GREW IN YOKOHAMA

    YOKOHAMA, Sunday.—Mr. Joseph Grew, former US Ambassador to Tokio, has arrived in Yokohama, and will be attached to General ...

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  9. 80 AUSTRALIAN NURSES LIBERATED

    YOKOHAMA, Sunday.—Eighty Australian nurses have been located and freed in the Yokohama area, and are now awaiting return to Australia. With the exception of one sister, all the Australian girls are in good health. They said that they had been ...

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  10. Proclamation By Emperor Hirohito

    YOKOHAMA, Sunday.—In a proclamation issued from the Imperial Palace, Emperor Hirohito said that he had instructed the Japanese ...

    Article : 72 words
  11. Harcourt Establishes Headquarters In Hongkong

    YOKOHAMA, Sunday. — Rear Admiral Harcourt has set up British military administration in Hongkong, and Marines have now taken over ...

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  12. CHINESE FIRST ARMY LIBERATED CANTON

    CHUNGKING, Sunday. — Chinese troops of the First Army, trained by Lieutenant General Stillwell before he was ordered to return to ...

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  13. JAPS WILL NEVER FORGET MISSOURI, SAYS TRUMAN

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.—"America will never forget Pearl Harbour; Japan will never forget the Missouri. The evil done by the Japanese will never be repaired or forgotten," said President Truman in his VJ-Day speech from the White House immediately after the formal surrender ceremony ...

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  14. 1500 Prisoners In Honshu Freed, But Most Sick

    YOKOHAMA, Sunday. — More than 1500 Allied prisoners, including British, Americans, and Australians, have been liberated in northern ...

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  15. BYRNES DISCUSSES FUTURE OF JAPAN

    WASHINGTON, Sunday. — It was expected that eventually the people of Japan would elect a government comprising all elements believing in ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. RAWLINGS KNIGHTED

    LONDON, Sunday.—Vice-Admiral Henry Bernard Rawlings, who led most of the British Pacific Fleet carrier plane strikes against Japan, has been knighted by the ...

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  17. "Guns Silent; Great Tragedy Ended"

    YOKOHAMA, Sunday.—As the last words of President Truman came through the speakers on USS Missouri, the Allied Supreme Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, stepped to the microphone and opened his moving victory speech. "The guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain down death, and the seas are filled only with the fleets of peace. Our holy mission is completed. ...

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  18. BRITISH WARSHIPS STILL OFF PENANG

    RANGOON, Sunday.— Units of the British East Indies Fleet, including HMS Nelson, are still waiting for sufficient Jap information to enable ...

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