American forces trap Japanese on Guam and New Guinea
Allied troops tighten grips on Guam north plateau and British New Guinea front. MacArthur cites heavy Japanese losses with 602 enemy dead and broad battlefield debris as carrier air units strike fortifications and supplies across Tumon Bay to Pt Sassayan and along the Drimnor corridor between Wewak and Aitape.
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Associated Press
U. S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
British New Guinea
Sepik River
Altane
Douglas MacArthur
Nimitz
Tumon Bay
Marlin Spencer
25th Kane man listed dead in war
Sergeant Byrum Colwell age 25 of the 25th Kane end vicinity unit is listed by the War Department as having died of wounds in action during World War II. He enlisted June 19 1942, trained in Virginia and Florida, and took part in the D‑Day invasion on June 6. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Schmuel Colwell of Sergeant.
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England
Chautauqua Week to Feature Symphonies Operas and Plays
A detailed schedule for the week starting August 7 at Chautauqua includes three Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra concerts led by Franco Autoni featuring Tehaikowski’s Symphony No. 5 known as the Pathetique and a special young people’s concert. Mischa Mischakoff String Quartet appears Monday afternoon at Norton Hall, with the Gilbert and Sullivan Tales of Hoffman and Patience by the Chautauqua Opera Association. The English Duo performs Wednesday, a Sacred Song ServiceSunday evening, and the Chautauqua Players present Men in the Shadow with Dr. Edgar J. Fisher leading the morning lectures.
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Chautauqua
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
Franco Autoni
Tehaikowski
Mischa Mischakoff
Norton Hall
Chautauqua Opera Association
Offenbach
Edgar J. Fisher
Polio Alert After Ludlow Case and Suspected Johnsonburg Case
In Kane County area health officials report one confirmed infantile paralysis case in Ludlow and a suspected case in Johnsonburg. Eleven year old Kenneth Thompson swam in Wildest Park pool which is drained as a precaution. Ludlow church meetings are cancelled and children told to stay in yards while Dr. H J McGhee investigates the Johnsonburg case.
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Kane
Johnsonburg
Ludlow
Kenneth Thompson
Merle Thompson
Wildest Park
H. J. McGhee
McKean County
Sharan
McGhee
Johnstown War Ace Coffey Reported Missing Over France
Lt Col Robert L Coffey a Thunderbolt pilot with thirteen enemy planes to his credit is missing over France since July 11 War Department reports. Holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal Coffey is credited with six downed Nazi planes and seven destroyed on the ground He has served since 1939 and is married to Teena Mercado of a Puerto Rico sugar family They have one child born July 31
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Johnstown
Robert L. Coffey
Thunderbolt
War Department
France
Coffey
Naui
Mercado
Puerto Rico
Neighbor Kills Woman Then Self Over Car Title Dispute
Uniontown Pa Aug 4 A mother of four was shot to death at her Amend home by neighbor Michael Chibileck who then killed himself Coroner L R Herrington reported Mrs Rebecca Martin 44 widow died from four bullet wounds in the head and neck Virginia Martin 13 a witness said Chibileck demanded the title to a car owned by one of Mrs Martins sons now in the Army overseas He fired four shots then killed himself after threatening the witness details.
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Uniontown
Pap
Amend
Fife
L. R. Herrington
Rebecca Martin
Herrington
Michael Chibileck
Virginia Martin
Negro Found Guilty Of Setting Hotel Blaze
George Holman, 47, nervo café proprietor, found guilty on 22 counts of murder in the first degree for the New Amsterdam Hotel fire of March 28. Twenty-two people, many wet workers, perished. Jury deliberated seven and a half hours and recommended life imprisonment.
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Naguemieneres
San Francisco
George Holman
Nervo
New Amsterdam
Holonan
Erie Railroad Builds Escalator at Jamestown Depot
The Erie Railroad begins removing the west stairway from the Jamestown West Second Street depot to install a two way electric escalator for passenger traffic at an estimated cost of 401,090. Project started this week and expected to be ready mid September. Executives expect the escalator to ease a 40 foot climb for travelers and be the first of its kind in Jamestown and among Erie passenger facilities.
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Jamestown
Erie Railroad
West Second Street
Erie
Salamanca
Ill Mother Suffocated in Jamestown Tragedy
Jamestown Aug 4 A mother of two died from accidental suffocation when she turned her head into a pillow on a couch. Evelyn Carlson Johnson 45 of Busti was found unconscious by her children aged 5 and 6. Neighbors and the fire department aided before Dr. Becker pronounced her dead.
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Jamestown
Samuel T. Bowers
Evelyn Carlson Johnson
Busti
Joseph Johnson
County drought shuts labor camps and crops suffer
Westfield reports severe crop losses in Chau County due to an extended drought. Peaches, beans, and tomatoes in the northern area are ruined while farmers discuss closing labor camps and reducing field activity. Officials warn the situation may worsen if rains do not return soon.
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Westfield
Chiutingma
Rouge Oram
Eason Hall
Uyboy
Plekers
Cramer
Abe
Move Against Pigeons at Erie Courthouse
Erie county commissioners authorize bidding to install equipment on the south side of the courthouse to eliminate roosting pigeons. A bid from Walter Barrow of Buffalo proposes a $100 fence of sharp wires. work to be bid opening August 14 at 11 a.m.
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Erie
Erie Gly Courthouse
Nortices
Erle Géunty
Depuy
Rock Hart
Walter Barrow
Buiffalo
N.Y
St. Peter's Ca ‘Thedral
Batron
Violence erupts in Philadelphia transit strike again
A chaotic scene unfolds as renewed violence disrupts Philadelphia's transit strike. The Prom Page One notes the majority of transit workers remain aware of their duty to supporting servicemen, while only a fraction of elevated and subway trains operated hours after the army deadline for resuming service under a presidential order.
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Roosevelt
Governors Unite Behind Dewey in Unified Stand
Governors across states rally behind Dewey, pledging coordinated federal and state actions to end double taxation and wasteful public funds. They urge reorganization of welfare agencies to harmonize grant programs and reduce duplication, with plans to meet in Pawling, New York. Fire at Schmidte Lumber mill in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, caused an estimated $50,000 loss.
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Dewey
St. Louis
Niznininie
Pawling
N.Y
Stles
Federsl
Connellsville
Schmidte Lumber Company
Uti
Jamestown Reports Second Polio Case In Area
Jamestown Aug 4 health department reports a second polio case in the Jamestown vicinity within three days. Kathie Jackson 10 of John Jackson is hospitalized for observation. Patricia Grimshaw 14, daughter of Mrs. Gladys Grimshaw, also connected to the case, is linked to Point Lockholm and the Navy Seabee Herbert Grimshaw of Patuxent Md.
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Jamestown
Ine Junite Pa Els
Jaimestawk
Chy Health Department
Erle Consity
Buffalo
Cat- Surgus
Kathie Jackson
John Jackson
Jamestown General Hospital
Patricia Grimshaw
Gladys Grimshaw
Point Lockholm
Herbert Grimshaw
U. S, Navy Seaboos
Patuxent, Md
Erie Man Cited for Plane Rescue at Sea
Sgt John W Bender of Erie radio operator and crew of Wits C 17 troop carrier were cited for rescuing five Mitchell bomber survivors after a crash in the Southwest Pacific. The crash rapid sunk the bomber in about 40 seconds. Benders raft drop and radio messages brought a Navy boat to recover the five men. Also note a Jamestown boy under observation at the WCA Hospital as a possible polio case.
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Bender
Sgt
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