NATIONALS, DEFEATED BY YANKEES, 4-2 AND 5-4, TRAIL IDLE DETROIT BY 1½ GAMES
Second struggle decided in 10th; 7 homers hit
Leonard and Niggeling each chased in 8th, Pieretti finishing
By John B. Keller, Star staff correspondent
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CUBS’ FLAG HOPES JOLTED AS CARDS’ 3-1 WIN CUTS EDGE TO 3½
All victors’ runs tripled over Schendienst
Bruins outslug enemy, but superb fielding kills their rallies
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Cmdr. Cunningham, leader of Wake garrison, contacted
Special team locates officer in Peking; wife is ‘overjoyed’
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Transportation breakdown snarls recovery in France
Elements vital to recovery are abundant, but tangled in web of wrecked rail lines, harbors, canals and highways
By Joseph H. Baird
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McKelway: Our archaic executive machine
Lack of efficient ‘staff work,’ revealed by war, should be remedied now
By B. M. McKelway, associate editor of The Star
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State Department undergoes second facelifting in year
Byrnes seeks to bring about a reorganization of functions to meet responsibilities of post-war era
By Constantine Brown
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Fox: Conferences reflect Truman news tempo
Frank discussion with press tends to enlighten public
By J. A. Fox
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New vision of the nations
By the Rev. Dr. Seth R. Brooks, Minister of the Universalist National Memorial Church
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He told the Japs where to head in
B Frank I. Weller, Associated Press staff writer
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Tests grow more severe
By Harold Heffernan
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Stocks rise sharply, industrials reach new 8-year peak
By Victor Eubank, Associated Press financial writer
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Occupation delayed
LISBON (Domei, Aug. 25) – A Reuters message reported that General Douglas MacArthur’s Headquarters in Manila today announced that all plans for the occupation of specified areas on the Japanese mainland had been postponed for 48 hours owing to a typhoon.
Preparations for transfer of Southern Regions underway
People enjoined to be calm, maintain order
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Chinese-Japanese friendship urged
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