Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                August 1945 stars and  East jumps the gun on Jap surrender premature celebrations were set off throughout the country sunday night when an erroneous United press news Flash of mysterious Ori Gin was fed into the Agency Leas wire although up and radio stations killed the Flash within two minutes of its the news had already been aired Over nationwide hookups celebrations in some continued for capital crowds waiting around the White House for news of the surrender negotiations went new Yorks Harbor awoke with a frenzied fanfare of boat horns and crowds of jubilation gathered in other and in the slip up evoked a pre mature release of a recorded Vic tory broadcast of prime minister Mackenzie Hugh president of has offered a Reward for the identification and conviction of the person who fed into its wire system the false Washington didst Send it up stated that the message moved Over one of its wires Sun Day night at a diner that it was of mysterious origin and despite its Washington dateline was not transmitted by the Washington the Fri and Federal co Murii commissions were asked to ascertain could have Cut in on ups wire service with the intent to disseminate false inform new York stated that its South Ern trunk operated through Wash inert was broken shortly after with the erroneous Bulle Alaska invited to become 49th state Washington statehood for Alaska has been approved by Harold Ickes As cart of the territorial policy of the Interior following lengthy discussions with officials of the departments division of territories and Island a statement from takes concerning statehood for Alaska was transmitted to its gov Ernest it is self evident that All americans have the right of self gov Ern ment and it is Clear that state Hood is the Only form of eel prov appropriate to the circumstances of declared the husband decapitated wife with Bolo knife Seattle Ida was beheaded saturday night by two blows from a Bolo sheriff Harlan Callahan says that her Earl 47 bad admitted wielding the Hartley was taken into custody and says Hes a Veteran with a the first swing of the curved Wade caught Hartley on the top of her inflicting a deep wound she1 scream nor for help to a neighbors where her husband caught up with Ber and delivered the final Imogene joins Hubby with Imogene who is at Liberty under a Bond in the killing of a 19yearold has the state to join her Ralsey at an unnamed army trial of the Bombshell is scheduled to begin in were fished out London a total of Allied airmen and civilians were rescued by joint air sea Rescue parties Between feb and be More than american airmen whose planes had been shot Down or forced to ditch in the North English Channel or Mediterranean were All this Mads an atom bomb this machine had a Tot to do with our winning the feverish race with nazi scientists to find a Way to harness and release atomic working to Gether in american american and British scientists had this Cyclotron which the germans did not a Cyclotron is an atom smash ing Here being adjusted by John Leader of the research team developing the substance known As in the Pupin laboratories at new Yorks Columbia press Acme it was a Oldcorn new York i everyone everyone there were the War was ended and the people from Manhattan to thousands upon thousands of hilarious celebrants jammed streets tuesday night and vented their Joy at the formal end of the new York exploded with a rhapsody of gaiety and uninhibited Celebration when president Truman announced that the japs had surrendered immediately showers of ticker tape descended from open windows and visibility in what remained of the Daylight hours was dimmed by the fluttering Twenty four hours tons Oft an Al time City swept train crash kills 37 locomotive of the crack Chicago to transcontinental the Empire crashed into a standing Section of the same train last killing at least 37 persons and in Juring 50 ten the collision Shook every House to the Din of Mobile horns and merry makers was added the noise of exploding firecrackers in some times Square was a bedlam of horns and with Girla and servicemen exchanging kisses and executing Impromptu bars and restaurants Werr forced to close their doors against the milling downtown arid Fea thers from ripped pillows blossomed from leaving knee drifts of paper and debris in when the announce ment restaurants and Thea ters were quickly on Victory Francis cans made up for the months Tihey silently watched warships and merchantmen sailing to and from Pacific War zones and Cut Loose with All the revelry they thousands of Pacific bound servicemen waiting to ship out went with but the boisterous Celebration which rocked Frisco for 36hours resulted in the death of three per sons and the injury of to this is the West coasts atomic bomb production the Hartford i Filer works at near in regular army beckons brass Washington army officers commissioned during the War will be invited to apply for commissions in the regular a draft of a War circular on interest in commissions in the regular army emphasizes that the plan for choosing and integrating officers into the regular army officers As Well As the actual size of the would be finally determined by the circular draft indicates that officers integrated into the regular army should be of an age and physical condition that will permit them to serve for a reasonably Long time before being no officer will be appointed in a Grade higher than that which he held in continued the in the offi cers were invited to submit a Sta tement of interest which lists Edu business and military sex endorsements and evaluations by immediate command ing officers Are required such i soviets want ties of says Ike Moscow Eisenhower told a press conference this week that is convinced following his social meeting with that soviet russian Paramount desire is to be friends with the and her the general is visiting Russia As guest of the soviet Eisenhower stated that he is unable to disclose details of their but he was visibly in he also praised highly the Man Ner in which the red army operated with him during the War and stated that lie would be glad to place before Congress such a in Small Community of Michi Gan As the speeding second coach Section of the Empire builder slowed into the leading Pullman which had halted unexpectedly in a locomotive tender due to a thirty four bodies including those of 17 have been recovered from the tangled wreck age of the observation which was telescoped with its furnishing and berths jammed into a compact mass at the the cars steel Shell remained superimposed on the locomotive of the following Railroad and govern ment officials Are seeking identity of More than half of the 34 recovered extreme Burns make identification Only two escape of the recovered six Are women and another is that of a i negro but none of these i have been i workmen were still burning away with acetylene torches the mass of Metal which officials be Lieve contains More Only two men among the Passen Gers on the ill fated combination observation and Sleeper car Esca these were an unidentified Sailor and Soldier who jumped when they saw the second Section bearing Down on Jap paper balloon attack was fizzle Seattle Japan landed More than 200 unmanned paper balloons in Western North but the bizarre Attaei fell details of the balloon hitherto a secret to enemy from learning the were disclosed with the relaxation of at the end of nearly 230 of the or their exploded had been most of them fell in British co Oregon and but one travelled As far East As while the official White House announcement did not come until eager beavers had begun celebrating at 2 tuesday when radio Tokyo announced that an Imperial message accepting the Potsdam proclamation will be forthcoming in times an estimated persons jammed the while cars tooted their horns and jubilant gis organized cheering what was probably the most riotous Victory Celebration if the states was set off in Newyork Chinatown by the Jap f Little Biz to lift from airmen new York the ranks of Little businessmen Are going to increase when americas airmen get out of uniform believes Fortune Tito disclaims communism Belgrade marshal Tito speaking at a reception for foreign correspondents this denied that Yugoslavia is on the Road to communist regime or even Fig on we dont need More Radical what we Are doing serves the count rvs interests and Best corresponds to our Type of he a using working with the statistical control office of the Magazine has conducted a Survey of re turned aah personnel and comes to the conclusion that flight experience encourages feelings of in dependence which will be expressed by men going into business for the article also Points out that the Superior Young Man who is selected by the air forces is by nature Given to independen businessmen who Are counting on employing returning airmen had better says the for tune or else raise the airmen either want to better them selves or make More explosion kills 19 Nineteen Detroit Nineteen persons Are dead and a score or More Are believed to have been trapped in a mysterious explosion and result ant fire which engulfed a two Story building occupied by the Export Box and sealer six victims were blown to the sidewalk by the Plant officials stated that 180 were working in the building when the tragedy of America opens purse for hens Al he was going into the Chick Battle hearted americans have sent some in Cash and gifts to Frederic the Only Soldier in this War to lose parts of both arms and and his wife gifts were arriving As the couple celebrated their third wedding anniversary at the army Percy Jones Hensel arrived at the Hospital from Okinawa five weeks he announced that despite what Sonu ii to be insurmountable Handi in farm determination which promptly captured the admiration of the in tribute to his people from All Over the nation began sending contributions to help direct contributions totalled More than the Detroit free received the Chicago he and a Louisville has collected about toy