Good morning, Whitewater.
Midweek in town will be partly cloudy with a high of eighty-eight. Sunrise is 6:21 and sunset 7:27, for 13h 06m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 80.6% of its visible disk illuminated.
Aboard The U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Sunday, Sept. 2–Japan surrendered formally and unconditionally to the Allies today in a twenty-minute ceremony which ended just as the sun burst through low-hanging clouds as a shining symbol to a ravaged world now done with war.
[A United Press dispatch said the leading Japanese delegate signed the articles at 9:03 A.M. Sunday, Tokyo time, and that General MacArthur signed them at 9:07 A.M.]Twelve signatures, requiring only a few minutes to inscribe on the articles of surrender, ended the bloody Pacific conflict.
On behalf of Emperor Hirohito, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signed for the Government and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu for the Imperial General Staff.
MacArthur Voices Peace Hope
Gen. Douglas MacArthur then accepted in behalf of the United Nations, declaring:
“It is my earnest hope and indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past.”
These generations later, Japan is a valued ally, to the great advantage of that country and ours.
On 9.2.1862, a panic grips Wisconsin:
On this evening, Manitowoc settlers were awakened to the cry of “Indians are coming.” Messengers on horseback arrived from the Rapids, Branch, Kellnersville, and other nearby communities, announcing that Indians were burning everything in their path, starting what was known as the “Indian Scare of 1862.”Fire and church bells gave warning to frightened residents. Over the next few days, people from the surrounding areas fled to Manitowoc and other city centers. Ox carts were loaded with women and children carrying their most valuable belongings. Men arrived with guns, axes, and pitchforks, anything with which to defend themselves and their community. A company of recruits from the Wisconsin 26th Regiment formed themselves into two scouting units, both of which returned to report that there was no threat of an Indian attack. Even after the excitement had subsided, many frightened farm families could not be persuaded to return home. [Source: Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Genealogy]
Here’s the Wednesday game in Puzzability‘s Sound Bites series:
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This Week’s Game — August 31-September 4
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Sound Bites
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We’ve gone to pieces over this one. For each day this week, we started with two rhyming one-syllable words. The day’s clue gives, for each of those words, a shorter word that appears as a chunk within it. Please note that for the two words to rhyme, every sound from the first vowel sound onward must be identical, as the “-ime” sound in the example below.
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Example:
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LIMB, THY
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Answer:
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Climb, thyme
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What to Submit:
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Submit both words, in the same order as the clue (as “Climb, thyme” in the example) for your answer.
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Wednesday, September 2
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