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The next-to-last issue, with a very prophetic report...
The next-to-last issue, with a very prophetic report...
Item # 691228
August 31, 1945
BUTNER WORLD NEWS, Aug. 31, 1945
* USS General Henry H. W. Butner troopship
* U.S. occupation of Japan begins (Tokyo)
* General Douglas MacArthur takes over
* USS Missouri (Big Mo) in Tokyo Bay
This is a mimeographed newspaper produced by the staff on board the USS General H.W. Butner, the American troop carrier transporting troops from Europe to the Pacific. It would cease publication with the issue of September 1.
It is a four page newspaper, typewriter set, with front page headlines including: "MacArthur Lands in Japan to Direct Occupation" "President Makes Public Pearl Harbor Investigation Findings; Nothing Spectacular Revealed" and more inside.
Perhaps the most interesting report is on page 3: "Jap Paper Says MacArthur's Arrival 'May Be Blessing' " which noters in part: "...the newspaper Nippon Times was quoted by Tokyo Radio as saying General MacArthur's arrival in Japan...may well prove a blessing in disguise which will open Japan once more to newer and greater enlightenment of which the Japan of today apparently stands in need."
How true this statement would prove to be, with Japan emerging as an economic powerhouse within 20 years.
Measures 8 by 13 inches, two leaves stapled together, the back page is blank, half of the third page is taken up with a cartoon.
Category: The 20th Century
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