August 24, 1945; JAPAN DISARMING SHIPS:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, AUGUST 24, 1945:

UNIONTOWN, FAYETTE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1945.

 

Our Fleet

To Move In
Jap Waters

BULLETIN

MANILA (Friday), Aug. 25.—(AP)—The Japanese government radioed General MacArthur today that execution of his directives in preparing for arrival of occupation troops in Japan has been retarded because of a typhoon.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED  PRESS

MANILA, (Friday), Aug. 24.—At least 7,500 soldiers armed to the teeth will spearhead the occupation Army landing in Japan with General MacArthur, Tuesday, it was announced on Okinawa today as the vanquished empire prepared to disarm all her ships at sea in the first act of surrender.

In the first aerial wave will be 350 sky giants —150 four-engined Army transports and 150 Liberators from Okinawa air bases and about 50 other big transports from Iwo Jima.

 

According to an announcement by the Japanese Board of Information U. S. paratroopers will spearheadthe Allied occupation of the Nip homeland by landing, Aug. 26. at Atsuki, southwest of Tokyo, while two days later, the Japs say, warships of the U. S. Third Fleet and troop transports will move into the port of Yokosuka.

China Communists Are On March

New Civil War

Threat Seen In
Chinese Areas
Jap Troops, However,
Surrendering To
Chiang

CHUNGKING, Aug. 23.—(AP)—More than 1,000,000 Japanese troops are to be surrendered to the forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai.shek, it was disclosed today,! coincident with a report that! the Communists in North and  Central China had "gathered their! strength for an all-out offensive.".

Word of the new Communist action, .bearing the threat of civil| war, was only one of several problems confronting Chinese leadership. Others included the question of whether British or Chinese; troops would occupy Hong Kong.; the relative position of Russian and! Chinese forces in Manchuria, and the future role of the Chinese in' French Indo-China.

The 1,000,000 figure was disclosed in a battle order delivered by Nipponese, envoys at Chihkiang toi Gen. Ho Yingchin, commander of' the Chinese forces. It was estimated that they represented one-half of the total Japanese military strength on the Asiatic mainland.

Near Capital

 

 

England Taking

Over Hong Kong,
Churchill Is Told

LONDON, Aug. 23.—(AP)—Prime Minister Atlee told a cheering House of Commons today that "arrangements are being made for the Japanese surrender in Hong to be accepted by a British force commander."

The British determination to march back into Hong Kong as soon as possible epitomized the attitude of Western-European nations toward repossession of their territories in the Orient.

The House cheered when Attlee assured Opposition Leader Winston Churchill that the government was taking action to restore British administration in the crown colony as soon as it receives the Japanese surrender there.

The French, Dutch, and Portuguese have displayed the same eagerness to restore their colonial empires since Japan went to her knees, but  none was in as favorable a position as Great Britain.

 

 

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