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' bay Taking place several day days attu after attuU afterU after17 U S alrbonr airborne troops were to de8cend deaeend de 8cend aeend cend oa on the th Atlugl Atsugt At ugl airdrome south southwest southwest southwest west of at Tokyo Toko , tp < p ipearhead spearhead the Jap Japanese Japanese Japanece anese occupation along with ma mari marites m mrines ri rines rites es landing tandJrl ' simultaneously at the theVokasuka theYakasuka theVokasuka Vokasuka Yakasuka naval bar base 20 ZO miles mil * * be- be below below be below - - low the Nipponese capital tt Ue tie e for formal format formal mal mat surrender ceremony wal was wa to to&ee tosee tosee &ee ee see & General MacArthur signing Blgning for forthe forthe torthe the Alllei Allies as 81 a II whole with Ad AdmJral Adrulral Admiral mJral rulral Nimltz Nimitz countersigning for thp the theU thpU th thV -V V - U S and Admiral Fraser tor for theBritish the theBritish lh lhBritlah Britlah British BritlahIn BritishIn In working Vorkln.r Vorklnr yvorking } . out the Initial occupatJon occupalion occupa Uon tJon lion IIlan plans . General MacArthur and andId andhis andhit Id his . stafl ataft stall left no itone stone unturned to \ ( ) toassure toassure aure assure . , the he safe aafe conduct ot of the theU theU th thU U 8 S 101"c 101c forces force " * . At theaame the the- - same aame time the themew theRaw thonew mew Raw Nipponese government headed headedby headedby headedby by Prince Jtrlnce l'rlnce lrlnce , ' Higashi II1guhl Iflgashl . - Kuni Kunl .trove trove strove stroveto . .troveto trovto to prepare pr par the population to accept acceptthe acceptthe acceptthe the American landings peaceably peaceablyand peaceablyand peaceablyand and refrain retrain from trom riotou rlotou riotous * . outbreakl outbreaks outbreaklimperJl1ng outbreaksimperfing outbreakImperiling * imperJl1ng imperfing the whole surrenderUnder surrenderUnder surrender surrenderUnder Under General MacArthur s plans plansthe plansthe planthe * the Japanese were ordered to ground groundaU groundall { roundall aU all planes and dlurm disarm dl arm all ships at.eo atsea at atea .eo eo sea . ea everal several day days before the ftrst first ftrstU firstV firstTJ U V Standings S landinfs landings Then while sprawl sprawltn sprawltag sprawlIng tn tag , Allied AJUed fleets aeets moved In close to toNJpponele toNipponese toNipponese NJpponele Nipponese shores the Japanesewere Japanesewere Japaneie Japanese were to immobilize ImmoblUze all vessels In In'Tokyo inTokyo InTokyo 'Tokyo Tokyo ' bay and strip atrlp coastal guns gunsGnd gunsand funsand Gnd and anti aircraft ba batteriesAs batteriea batteries batterieaAs tterles tterlesAs As a final precaution the thfJ JapaTlelle Japainese Japa nese Tlelle inese were ordered to evacuate all8rmed allarmed all armed 8rmed force lorces forces * out of the Immedla immediate immediatelanding immediatelanding te telanding landing area to forestall possible at attck attick attack tck tick , by fanatical troops Guides and andInterpreters andInterpreters andInterpreter Interpreters * were to be furnished to tofaUJtate tofa tofacilitate fa fa\UJtate fa UJtate \ : illtate General MacArthur s con conuol controt control uol trot of the occupation territory Jap lap Casualties Caualtles CasualtiesIn $ In the Ant flrst first full tull admission of ot the theIntensity theintensity theIntensity Intensity of ot Allied AlUed air attacks aUacks . , , the.Japanese theJapanese the Japaneae .Japanese Japanese . news agency Domei Domel re reported revorted reported ported vorted ' ' that 44 of ot the nation a 200 or or'I'1'10re ormore ormore 'I'1'10re I110re more ' cities dUel were almost .complett complett completely completelywiped . completelyWiped > ly lywiped wiped out by bombinKs bomtlnlls bombings ) with a toll tollof tollof tollOf of 20 200 2110 * 000 killed Idlled 412000 412 000 wounded and andD and0 D 200 000 left homelessOf homelessof homeless homelessOf Of the total , , the atomic bombs bombsdropped bombsdropped bombsdropped dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nagasakiaccounted Nagasakiaccounted Nagasakiaccounted accounted for 90000 (0 0 90 ( 000 killed and 180 180C 1(0000 10000 ( C 000 ) ( wounded Dome Domel Domei ! said Declaring Declaring"the Declaringthe Declaringthe "the the " toU toll may be even greater the theJaps th Japs .Taps Taps . revealed that many ot of the theburned theburned th thburned burned are not expected to survive surviveI survivebecause survivbecause I > because tcause of cd the nature of the wounds"WbJJe woundswhile wounds while "WbJJe WbJJe " persons penon ! only slllhtly Ilightly slightly toucheod touched toucheodby touchedby touchedby by the ftre Area fires . later weaken and often.dIe oftenReporting often die .dIe . dieReporting .dIeReporting Reporting that 2 210000 210 000 homes homes"Were homeswere homes"were homeswere "Were Were " " completely demolished demoUlhed or orburnt orburnt orburnt burnt down and 90 10000 000 pa partly rtly da dam damaged damaged m ma.ed a.ed aed aged . , . Demel Domel . said .aid aid that In addition to tothe tothe . the 44 cities almost completelywipe completelywipe4 completely wipe wiped wipe4 out , 37 others Includini including Includini'ToQO includingTokyo IncludingTokyo 'ToQO ToQO Tokyo ' , , . suffered au1feted 10 loss . of ever over 30 per percent percent percent cent of their built bunt up area Of 47 47provinees 47provinces 47provinces provinees provinces only 9 escapee escaped with rela relatl.lIeb relalively relalively tl.lIeb tllIeb lively . minor damage , . Domel re re- reI rewealed re- re revealed revealed - - I vealedCHINA vealedCINA vealed wealed CHINA CINA $ : Key PositionRelieved Position PositionRelieved Relieved ReUeved from trom Japanese encroachaunt encroachanent encroach nent aunt anent , and pivotal point of thr the theOrlelt theOrlestt thrOrient Orient Orlestt Orlel\t Orlel t \ . . , China Chine haaaSlum hasassumed has haa hasassumed aSlum assumed d a renewedimportance renewedImportance renewed renewedImportance Importance In thetar the thefar far tar ar e east a s t withChiang with withChlang z ' Chlang Chiang Kal . - shekand shekand shek shekand and his Premier rV r I ' rV ' ' V Soong playing1I1elr playingtheir playing playingtheir their 1I1elr cards well weU int int in inthe t the b h e complicated complicated.CArne _ .CArne CArne .ome ome . * . * me of 01 internatlon internation internatlonal * al 1 politicsBacked politicoBacked politics politico Backed by theV the & . 'XT XT ' V 7 . 8 a . 8 . , Chlang's Chlangs ChllII18's ChllII18s Ctiiang's Ctiiangs ' ' ' gov govemment goverament ov J emment rament erament holds bold . theupper theupper the | upper band In 10 the thevast thevast th J Jvast vast vast . , sprawling IprawlJng natlon nathan na fjtloa tlon than with its Ita COO- COO COOCJOO 400 4w 4001COO . , . - | -1COO 1COO - CJOO 000000 jjIts 000 people , withIta withIts with , Ita Its position poa1tion greatly.trengtbened greatlystrengthened greatly | 'j j 'jstrengthened ' > . strengthened .trengtbened trengtbened la In Indealings indealings ladealinga -dealinga dealinga - dealings with the theChinese theChinese theChinese Chinese commu eommu commuI11ata eommumats commulists I11ata mats ( . , Ruaala Russia andeven and even Bri Britain BritainChlaq BritainChWig cu- cu Chlaq ChWig " - aDd sad " aDdJ'boucb sadThough ? ' Though J'boucb Jboucb cuThough the RedsT n Reds , j T y V Boonc Soong have hCve hav Boonchav SoonghCve . openly defied defiedCbJang defiedChiang defiedChlang CbJang Chiang . , U S financial ftnancfal and material materialstjpport materialsupport 1POrt stjpport & 1 \ > POrt of his regime plus e efforts effortsof eflortaof or\a or a oraof \ of Ambassador Ambaaaador Hurley to brine bring the thetwo thetwo thetwo two dissident 4isaJdent factions tactions together , have haveenhanced haveenhanced aaveenhanced enhanced hi his . standing In his hil deal dealm.s dealtogs dealings m.s ms togs . with Russia Russis U S . S . and British BritishpreQUre Britishpressure Britishpressuri preQUre pressure has baa resulted In recognitiono recopJtionof recognitionof recopJtion recognition of . ( Cb1na China's Chinas ' ' . sovereignty lovereJgnty over Inner InnerMoqoUa InnerI4ongta InnerUoagolla MoqoUa I4ongta and Bnd Mancauria Manchuria though the Reds have obtained a 50 per cent centinterest centinterest centInterest interest In vital railways r/lilways r lilways / in the lat latter latter latter ter province secured Port Porl Arthur Arthuras Arthuras as a naval base and been allowed alloweduse alloweduse alloweduse use of the ice tree free port . of ot Dalren Dairen DalrenBy DairenBy DalrenBy By marching his hls armies armle . Into the thecrown thecrown thecrown crown colony of ot Hong Kong whichthe whIch whIchthe whichthe the British Briti.h Britih . wish to retrieve Chlani Chiang Chlanieven Chiangeven Chlangeven even struck IIl.ruck IIlruck . up a bargaining position positionwith positionwith positionwith with London . . . RECONVERSION : Pace Quickens QuickensBreathless QuickensBreathless Breathless Breathle . trying to keep up with withrelaxa withrelaxation withrelaxation relaxa relaxation lion of ot unending unendJni wartime cqn cqntrois cqntrots controlsi trois trots the nation contemplated early earlyremoval earlyremoval earlyremoval removal of ot meat tire and shoe ra ratloning rationing raHoning tloning tioning even . as . the government re removed removed removed moved restrictions on Industry to topermit topermit tepermit permit full tuU steam Iteam ahead on recon reconversion reconversion reconversion reconversionFollowing version versionFollowing Following a previous anqounce- anqounce anrlounce- anrlounce anqouncement anrlouncement announce announcement - - ment that the government had hadabolished hadabolished hadabolished abolished packer set asides on beet beef beetveal beefveal beefveal veal and ham supplies lIupplies tor fur for the th army armyand armyand armyand and other federal agencies agenclel an early earlyend earlyend earlyend end of 01 rationing was expected with withOPA withOPA withOPA OPA a I s revelation that it would re reI reduce reduce I duce meat point values in view ot of otmUlta ofmilitary ofmilitary mUlta military ry cutbacks cutback . in 10 orders and a aprospective aprospective aprospective prospective heavy tall faU fall run of cattleWith cattleWith cattle cattleWith With the announcement that tire tireproduction tireproduction tireproduction production would be doubled to 4 . - 000 000 monthly during October , - . , - , nu nuf - " , y r f 6 6to f to toka ka With Indu.try Indutry industry ( . try given clven the IG-ahead IG ahead go-ahead go IGaheadlIilnal goaheadsignal ( ro-aaeasignal ro aaeasignal - - * lIilnal signal ( lor for f r olvlllasi civilian yreeuctlen production man manutactllrers manufacturers marufacturera utactllrers ufacturers atreve strove fer for aaeedy speedy outPllt output outPlltfor outputfor outputfor for the ( he femt pent uf up pOltwar postwar oatwar market marketlIere markethere marketHere lIere here body la III Is kelag beiDa being aluaig sillol slung ( on a ch chassis chaaef . . - sllll sis ! ef of GDe one e ef 01 of the flrat first oars cars te to roll offof offof eff off of f aoslwar postwlar postwar producUoa production lineNovember line Une lineNovember November and December unoID unom unoIDclal unomcial unofficial clal cial predictions that rationing 01 of 01cords ofcords ofcords cords would be terminated within 90 90days 90days BOdays days were strengthenedForecasts strengthenedForecasts strengthened strengthenedForecasts Forecasts that shoe rationing also alsomay alsomay alsomay may be ended shortly were sup sup- supported supported supported - - ported by an announcement of the theTanners theTannera Tanners Council of America that thatproduction thatproduction thatproduction production of civilian clvlUan footwear may mayexceed mayexceed mayexceed exceed 30 90 000 000 pair a month for forthe forthe forthe : the rest of o1 the year the highest highestlevel highestlevel highestlevel level ever reached by the IndustryBy industryBy Industry IndustryBy By lopping loppini off most controls and andonly andonly andonly only retaining retalnln.r retalnlnr . authority to usure assure usuremilitary assuremilitary assuremilitary military and other emergency pro pro- production production production - duction and break bottlenecks in inBearce inscarce inscarce Bearce scarce materials for civilian clvlUan output output.the outputthe " , . manufacturersthe the government gave manufacturet manufacturers manufacturersthe ' the go ahead signal on such a wide widevariety widevariety widevariety variety of Items as refrigerators refrigeratorsradios refrigeratorsradios refrigeratorsradios radios distilled distUJed spirits trucks 011 oil 011furnaces oilfurnaces oilfurnaces furnaces construction machinery machinerymetal machinerymetal machinerymetal metal furniture turniture motorcycles motorcyclel photo photo- photographic photographic photographic - graphic mms films mms storage batteries batterieswaxed batterieswaxed batterieswaxed waxed paper sanitary napkins napkinB ma machine machine machine chine tools shipping contalnerll containers contalnerllpulpwood containerspulpwood containerspulpwood pulpwood and commercial chern chemi chemicats chemicals chemicalsRemoval ! cals cats calsRemoval catsRemoval Removal of all aU lumber fumber controls controlsexcept controlsexcept controlsexcept except those necessary neceasary to fill prior priorIty priority priorlly Ity ordera orders assured a speedy resumption re- re resumption re resumption - - sumption of both Industrialand Industrial and andhome andhome andhome home building constructionU construction constructionU U . 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