VETO ROW IS ENDED AS RUSSIA YIELDS, PERMITTING DISCUSSION OF DISPUTES (6/8/45)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 6/8/45 | James B. Reston, Bertram D. Hulen, Warren Moscow, W.H. Lawrence, Lindesay Parrott, Lewis Wood, more

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Southern Okinawa: Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru, 1945 – Tenth Army Operations, 10 May-30 June 1945
Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands, 1945: Japanese Thirty Second Army Defensive Dispositions, 1 April 1945
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Final Operations on Luzon, 3 February-20 July 1945
Southeast Asia, 1941: Final Allied Offensives in the Southwest Pacific Area 19 February-1 July 1945
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Nimitz Graybook

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from June 6.

John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Deadlock is Ended (Reston) – 2-3
Russians Repeat Demand on Allies – 3
Truman Gives Plan (Hulen) – 3-4
Americans Seize Axis Sally in Italy; Fascist Broadcaster Born Here – 4
Latin Unity Moves Still Incomplete – 4
Enemy Fire Grows (Moscow) – 5-6
Six in a Boat Scout Enemy Defenses In ‘Last Ditch’ Southern Okinawa (Lawrence) – 6
13-Mile Gain Made in Cagayan Thrust (Parrott) – 7
Americans Attacking Japanese Positions on Palawan (photo) – 7
Aid for Philippines Asked by Tydings – 7
Stilwell Confers with M’Arthur – 8
Allied Arms Strike Foe around the East China Sea (map) – 8
Punishing of War Criminals By U.S. Pledged by Jackson * (Wood) – 9
War News Summarized – 9
Farben Data Show Patent Transfers – 10
Inquiry on ‘Leaks’ Is Pushed; Grew Indicates More Arrests (by Lansing Warren) – 10-11
Columbia Building Chief Who Will Retire June 30 – 11
Argentina Warns Writer for Times (by Arnaldo Cortesi) – 11-12
A Fighting General Back with his Family Once More (photo) – 12
1,000,000 Welcome Gen. Patton Home (by William M. Blair) – 12-13
Tigercat Fighter New Navy Plane – 13
The Navy’s New Twin-Engine Fighter-Bomber (photo) – 13
Heroes Return: Cheering Veterans Home from War in Europe (photo) – 15
Key Post-War Problems (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 16
Texts of Day’s War communiques – 17

* Anyone understand the title case here – “By U.S.” capitalized, “by Jackson” not?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.etherit.co.uk/month/5/08.htm

June 8th, 1945 (FRIDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: Corvette HMCS Snowberry paid off and returned to RN at Rosyth.
JAVA SEA: British submarine Trenchant torpedoes the Japanese cruiser Ashigara. She was evacuating soldiers from Batavia to Japan.

JAPAN: Carrier-based aircraft of the USN’s Task Groups 38.1 and 38.4 attack the Kanoya Airdrome complex on Kyushu Island, Japan attempting to hinder kamikaze missions.

PACIFIC OCEAN: Admirable-class minesweeper USS Salute sunk by mine S of Borneo.

TERRITORY OF ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: Four Lockheed PV-2 Harpoons of Patrol Bombing Squadron One Hundred Thirty Nine (VPB-139), based at Casco Field, Naval Air Station (NAS) Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, attack Shimushu Island, Kurile Islands; two aircraft attack Kataoka on the island.

CANADA: Destroyer HMCS Hamilton paid off.

Minesweeper HMCS Burlington departed St John’s for new homeport of Halifax.

[henkster]

Anyone understand the title case here – “By U.S.” capitalized, “by Jackson” not?

Homer; I don't see the inconsistency. "U.S." is a common editorial shorthand for "United States" and should be capitalized, should it not? And the rest of the article is lower case with 1st letter capitalized, so it all looks consistent. Am I missing something?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Sorry, I meant “By” and “by.”

[henkster]

OK, now I see it.

It’s a typo. Not gonna overthink this one. “By” is a connector that should not be capitalized normally, but being the first word in the line the copy editor may have mistakenly put it in caps.

Darn it, I said I wasn’t going to overthink it.

[henkster]

Admirable-class minesweeper USS Salute sunk by mine S of Borneo.

Oh the irony. All ships are minesweepers. At least once.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

but being the first word in the line the copy editor may have mistakenly put it in caps.

Maybe it's the convention rather than a mistake. I looked through the pages and found another one on page 6. "In" Last Ditch . . .

[henkster]

I’ll go with convention. They didn’t want to start a line in a headline with lower case, even though grammatically incorrect.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Another historical mystery solved. Maybe we should contact the Smithsonian.

[henkster]

They could put our work in an article in “Smithsonian Magazine.” Headline:

“World War II Headline Conventions Revealed
By FReeper Posters in Old New York Times Issues.”

[henkster]

Japan’s conundrum appears quite simple: In order to secure a peace, the dominant military clique must lose their governing prerogatives. Yet that clique is composed of the very people who must approve a peace.

The solution is rather simple: Do your duty to the Nation by sacrificing yourselves, just as you demanded the ultimate sacrifice from your young soldiers, sailors and airmen for the past four years. The war hawks in the Army and Navy are putting themselves first and their country second. At this point, they are watching their people burn, made homeless, and starve. And they would willingly see 20,000,000 or more die just to keep their power and place of privilege in Japanese society. I hold these men in the highest contempt.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I had noticed that By-the-by also, and all I can say is that it’s certainly a relief and a blessing that you both are resolving it. I know I’ll sleep better now.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I hold these men in the highest contempt.

Thanks for laying that out--I hadn't yet connected those dots. You have justified your contempt for them in the most eloquent and persuasive way.

You are well aware of the corruption inherent in power. Only One has the character to avoid it, which ultimately is why only He can be trusted with power.

[henkster]

That’s one of several things that bothered me about the movie “Bruce Almighty.” The thought that God would grant any human His power, without granting His wisdom and grace, was disturbing on many levels.

Today is Conundrum Day. The conundrum here is that in society, the men who have the ability to seize power are also the ones most likely to abuse it once they get there. Our country was blessed to be founded by a group of men to whom power was something to be feared, and held responsibly in trust for the benefit of the people. For many years that held true. No longer. Now power is its own end. Or as I like to say, there are two aspects to public life. One is politics, or the art of getting there. The other is policy, or what you do once you are there. We have a system that promotes those who know politics, but know nothing of policy except as it serves politics.

But that is the natural human condition and has been a feature of all nations and empires. They eventually drown in their own excesses. I don’t know why we thought we could remain different.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I don’t know why we thought we could remain different.

Perhaps we shall look back from an elevated perch someday and see how God used America for a time as a stalwart against dark forces (insert Mordor reference here, as long as we're citing movies). Now that the end times finally are approaching rapidly, He is allowing our influence to wane as He coaxes events into the next phase of His plan to reap as many souls as will come.

[colorado tanker]

Rather than just say I agree with both of you, I'll throw in something from the lighter side.

Rita Zucca really was cross-eyed. Definitely guilty!