GENERAL MacARTHUR, the Supreme Allied Commander, has lost no time in arranging for the formal surrender of Japan. He has repeated President Truman's instructions to the ...
Article : 272 wordsNOW there is peace. After six years of groping through the agonies of war the world returns to a ...
Article : 285 wordsCOLOURFUL, with flags flying and bands playing, the great event of to-day will be a march through city streets by 9000 Allied servicemen and women. ...
Article : 313 wordsIf was anybody's play day yesterday, and everybody joined in without waiting for introductions. Above: Buckets, rubbish tin lids, and tin cans were good enough for this ragtime band, with a song and dance ensemble provided by some of Brisbane's brighter ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 120 wordsBRISBANE'S victory joy rose to delirium last night and people celebrated in packed streets until early to-day. Wildly demonstrating crowds ...
Article : 437 wordsSERVICES will be held in various city and suburban churches in the morning. There will also be a citizens' thanksgiving service arranged ...
Article : 441 wordsHIGH police officials estimated last night that crowds were thickest in the city at the following times: ...
Article : 39 wordsJap broadcasts contain no spirit of repentance. They are trying to put over the surrender as an extraordinary measure to guard world peace. ...
Article : 459 wordsI AM proud to write this little story of one Queen Street Victory incident. ...
Article : 198 wordsJapan's surrender was announced of 9 a.m. yesterday (Brisbane time), by the British Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee). "The last of our ...
Article : 181 wordsU.S. naval and air commanders promptly gave cease fire orders yesterday. U.S. Pacific Fleet Chief (Admiral Nimitz) issued the cease ...
Article : 554 wordsIn a Government Gazette extraordinary issued early yesterday by the Acting Premier (Mr. Hanlon), he notified under the Public Safety ...
Article : 193 wordsGeneral MacArthur announced yesterday in Manila: "I shall at once take steps to stop hostilities and further bloodshed." General MacArthur said: "I ...
Article : 24 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Preliminary examination of the effect of the end of the war on the 1945-46 Budget led to an officially inspired warning to-day that tax cuts cannot be expected immediately. ...
Article : 304 wordsDozens of children were lost and quickly restored to their parents by police last night One woman set the police a ...
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Advertising : 37 wordsA pledge to honour the promises made to all returned servicemen was urged by the Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) yesterday. ...
Article : 138 wordsTHE war which ended yesterday, August 15, 1945, lasted almost one year and eight months longer than the first ...
Article : 100 wordsLiquor Trades Union will supply labour to hotels to-day. When this decision was made the Licensing Commission ...
Article : 63 wordsQueensland Parliament sent an address of loyalty to the King during a brief eight-minute sitting yesterday. ...
Article : 115 wordsTHIS prayer for the occasion of peace was written for readers of The Courier-Mail by the Rev. H. M. Wheller, president of the Council of Churches:— O God out Eternal Father, in whom we live and move and have ...
Article : 263 wordsWhen news of the end of the war reached the Supreme Court yesterday staid solicitors stood on their toes, waving papers tied ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Thu 16 Aug 1945, Page 3
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