KOREA, JAP-HELD SAKHALIN INVADED BY REDS
Russians gain 30 miles in Manchuria
Heavy fighting reported by Tokyo
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Heavy fighting reported by Tokyo
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Darkness of despair on fateful December 7 gives way to glow of sinking ‘Rising Sun’
By the United Press
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WASHINGTON (UP) – U.S. combat casualties reached 1,067,604 today, an increase of 5,958 over a week ago.
The total included 251,351 killed.
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties rose 4,734 during the week to a new total of 145,465. Army losses reached 922,139, an increase of 1,222.
The casualty table:
Army | Navy | TOTAL | |
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Killed | 198,992 | 52,359 | 251,351 |
Wounded | 570,870 | 78,335 | 649,205 |
Missing | 33,975 | 11,045 | 45,020 |
Prisoners | 118,302 | 3,726 | 122,028 |
TOTALS | 922,139 | 145,465 | 1,067,604 |
Of Army wounded, 354,526 have returned to duty. Of Army prisoners, 95,990 have been liberated.
WASHINGTON (UP) – President Truman yesterday formally appointed former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius as the U.S. representative on the commission which will set up the United Nations World Security Organization.
Mr. Stettinius, who will have the personal rank of Ambassador, has already been designated as the U.S. delegate to the World Security Council.
B-29s pound arsenal and oil refinery
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Note sent through Switzerland assails use of ‘such inhuman weapons’
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LONDON, England (UP) – The Moscow radio said today that the Jap foreign minister had expressed to Russian Ambassador Jakob Malik Japan’s willingness to accept the Potsdam declaration.
Moscow said the foreign minister asked Malik for detailed information on the status of Emperor Hirohito.
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo and Malik met in Tokyo, the Soviet broadcast said.
It added that a like statement had been transmitted to the other three of the major governments aligned against Japan through Sweden.
The Moscow broadcast, quoting the official TASS news agency, said:
It has just been learned from Tokyo that today, August 10, a meeting took place between the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Soviet Ambassador Malik at the latter’s residence.
Mr. Togo made the following statement to the Soviet ambassador:
“The Japanese government is prepared to accept the conditions of the declaration of July 26 this year, to which the Soviet government also adhered.
“The Japanese government points out that in the declaration there are no terms concerning the position of the Emperor as sovereign ruler of Japan.
“The Japanese Government requests specific information concerning that point.”
Mr. Togo also stated that an analogous [like] statement had been made to the governments of the United States, Great Britain and China through Sweden.