Allies Name New Asia Supreme Commander Amid Increased Pressure
Allied command announces a new supreme commander for Asia as pressure mounts on Japan from sea land and air. Grand jury sessions begin next week with Corry defendants facing multiple counts including abortion conspiracy and auto law violations. Berlin endures a third night of bombing as Foggia raids inflict heavy damage and rail links are disrupted across southern Italy and Naples. Several harbor and airfield targets are struck by Fortresses Liberators and Mosquitos while Denmark tightens under air raid alerts.
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Japan
Asia
Corry
Roud
Aggush Jc
St;f
Leroy Search
Lena. Hell
Fairfax Rodd
Brie
Thompson
Buffalo Roud
Hile
Gir
Harold
Matfith
Steve Dums
Steve Tinko
Tigi Wook
Foggia
Berlin
Associated Press
U. S
Maly
Rap
Sothe- Airdrome
siFocein
Italy
Taranto
Naples
Trans Ner Poggin
Mid East
Crotone
Stockholm
U.S
France
Copenhagen
Denmark
Britain
Aarhus
Dhe Aarhusine
Old-Time Co A Vets Reunion Set in Corry
Large gathering from Company A 112th Infantry WWI veterans will meet in Corry Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post home on West Washington Street. Attending are Lt Col W Stuart Fleighton and Maj Hoss Fehrman on furloughs with other veterans. Evanse Hull of Kent Ohio plans to attend. Lieut Col Clifford Miller cannot attend. he leads Oklahoma Ordnance Works at Pryor. A dinner at 7 p.m. features Mayor Frank Heppler of Corry Burgess Thomas Gardner of Union City and others.
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112Th Infantry
Corry
Veterans of Foreign Wars
West Washington Street
W. Stuart Fleighton
Hoss Fehrman
Evanke Hull
Kent
Ohio
Clifford Miller
Oklahoma Ordnsiee
Pryor
Okla
Mayor Prank
Hepler
Burgess Thoma Gardner
Union City
OPA Allows Fishermen on New Jersey Coast
The OPA rescinded a rule restricting fishing boat operations in New Jersey coastal towns and denied secrecy about allotments. District director T Harold Dempsey said there was no secrecy but limited publicity to avoid drawing crowds. Police report two runaway girls found. missing 20 year old Bhalla Danielle and 17 year old Bonnie Jean Smith.
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Anwichcited
Camden
N. J
OPA
New Jersey
T. Harold Dempsey
Milerman
Brie Polite
Bhalla Daniéle
Worth Street
Curry
Bonnie Jean Smith
Pinesville
N.Y
Lewis Next Move Puzzles Union and Public
Washington observers note John L. Lewis keeps silent as he times moves and weighs returning mines to private ownership. Analysts expect a possible meeting of the policy committee while the union faces a fresh war labor board decision and potential strike implications.
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Associated Press
Washington
Anne
Gressive
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers
Lewis
Miktee
Stavutory Brutus
Laboir
New War Labor Board
WLB
Chinese troops break into Fayang and evacuate town
A Chungking bulletin reports Chinese forces entered Fayang in northern Shekiang about 14 miles west of Hungchow, killing or wounding hundreds of Japanese, destroying defenses, and then retreating. In Burma US bombers attacked Pyawhwe aiding rail lines near Mandalay with heavy damage. Aftenbladet cites German troops pressing into Denmark and firing in a Copenhagen marketplace. Comnt Frontani, ex Fascist official, died by suicide in Rome.
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Chungking
Chinese High Command
Fayang
Shekiang Province
Hungchow
Two Swedish Ships Sunk by German Destroyers
Swedish news from Gothenburg reports three German destroyers sank two Swedish boats in the North Sea near the northwest tip of Denmark last night. A foreign office spokesman called the incident extremely serious, the worst since the submarine Ulyen was sunk on April 16, with twelve Swedes feared dead.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
North Sea
Denmark
Gothenburg
Foreign Office
Germany
Ulyen
Manville Seeks Annulment From Seventh Wife
New York August 25 Tommy Manville announced he had separated from his seventh wife Marie Sunny Ainsworth and would seek an annulment. He said the breakup occurred last night after a rushed ceremony and that the couple planned a formal filing.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Macle “Marie Sunny
Ainsworth
Notre
More Efficient Use of Allies Oil 15 Sought
United Nations oil use is to be tightened under PAW led plan with PRC funding. Stewart Coleman heads PAW division to coordinate supplies for military and essential civilian needs. PRC authorized capital is 1 million dollars and may borrow as needed to manage production and distribution globally.
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Associated Press
Washington
United Nations
Petroleum Administration For War
PAW
Petroleum Reserve Corporation
PRC
United States
Tekes
Stewart P. Coleman
Jones Slong Lines
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Workers Vote To End Strike At Brewster Plant
Thousands of still workers at Henry Kaiser Brewster Aeronautical Corporation in Johnsville voted unanimously at a meeting to end their strike in compliance with War Labor Board orders and UAW officials. The vote followed a naval district arrest announcement and reflects compliance with federal action.
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Johnsville
Henry Kaiser
Brewster Aeronausical Corporation
Johinsville
War Labor Board
WLE
H. J. Thomas
United Automioblic Workers Union
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia
Chistody
Local Draft Boards Urge Registrants to Report Status Changes
Local Board No. 3 joins a nationwide draft inventory opening in September to identify changes in registrants status. Union City Board No. 8 asks married men with children to report births and other changes affecting classifications. The audit targets delinquents and evaders, with September 18 deadlines for final revisions before calls resume.
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Union City
Actress Bette Davis' Husband Farnsworth Dies
Arthur Farnsworth, 36, husband of actress Bette Davis and Minneapolis aeronautical equipment executive, died from head injuries after a fall. An autopsy was ordered. Davis was at his side when he died. Police said he collapsed on Hollywood Boulevard Monday after a muffled cry.
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Miss Davis
H. R. Johnson
Dave Freedman
Farnsworth
Freedman
Shortage of Farm Help Delays School Opening
Harrisburg August 26 report says farm labor shortages will delay opening of rural schools this year. State education chief Queckenburg warns classes may not start until near October 1 due to lack of farm workers and related crop needs.
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Prin Harrisburg
State Bureau of School Administration
Bern Says Italy Seeks Armistice
A Zurich Die Tat report claimed a mission led by Dina Grandi, former Trajan Ambassador to Britain, arrived to seek armistice negotiations with the Allies. London authorities denied knowledge of the mission and Reuters noted possible separate peace talks, but the claim lacked credence.
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Associated Press
SERN
Switzerland
Zurich
Die Tut
Dina Grandi
Trajan
Britain
Lisher
London
Reuters
Die Tat
Thalian
Retail Merchants Plan Friday Meeting on Delinquent Accounts
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Golden Rule Club will hold Friday evening at the Municipal building offices a meeting called by M. M. Nast to discuss increasing the club program’s effectiveness. A monthly list of delinquent accounts will be reviewed and new coping methods explored along with winter business matters.
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Retail Merchantts’ Bureau
Golden Rule Club
M. M. Nast
Jocn
Bullitt Endorsed by Labor Group for Philadelphia Mayor
Philadelphia labor leaders endorsed Bullitt for mayor at a United Labor Committee meeting, saying his candidacy was pursued at the request of the U S president. The group, representing about 155 members, voted 227 to 10 25 after a stormy debate to back Bullitt over Acting Mayor Bernard Samuel in the Democratic primary.
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Philadelphia
Bullitt
United States
Michael Harris
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Barris
United Labor Committee of Philadelphia
Bernard Samuel
Red Army drives Germans from Zenkov in westward push
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army advances 85 miles west of Kharkov and 170 miles east of Kiev as Zenkov north of Oposhaya falls. German forces withdraw after night river crossing and heavy resistance. another German defeat near Zenkay base follows Seesaw battles.
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Tress
Moscow
Red Army
Vltatné
Kharkov
Hiev
Zeukay
Red Star
Kharlov
Kiev
Foltaya
Dnieper
Zencoy
Counbey
Zen
Zenkov
Oposhaya
Palta
Bear Creek sewer extension near half completion
City Engineer Don D. Williams announced early this afternoon that about 750 feet of tile have been placed and the sewer from Raymond avenue to Sciota Street is nearing completion. Keystone Construction Company of Mesdville is executing the work for Fairhaven and nearby districts with additional structures expected to finish within days pending favorable weather.
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Bear Creek
Don D. Williams
The
Journal
Keystone Construction Company
Mesdville
Raymond Avenue
Sciota Street
Fairhaven
Mountbatten Named Supreme Allied Commander In SE Asia
News from Washington and Ottawa confirms Lord Louis Mountbatten is appointed supreme Allied commander in southeast Asia. Roosevelt and Churchill planned Quebec con ferences to push a widened Pacific war effort with reinforced Burma operations and air sea supply links. The move aims to speed aid to Chinese forces, open Burma road routes, and pressure Japan from multiple fronts as the war advances.
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Louis Mountbatten
Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
Burma
East Asia
Mounthuren
Britain
George VI
Beyis
Quebec
Churchill Toy
Pacific
Astin
Mountbattens
Banguor
Araken
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Churchill
Hmd
Asia
Wilke House
Mer Roosevelt
Hutt
Pean
Rom
Sions
Sterelik Orin
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Jersey
Coast Gas
New Deumi
Pyawhwe
Mandalay
United States Air Force
Liberators
Aftenbladet
Bern
Rome
Swiss Telegraphic
Comnt
Alessaniin Frontani
Fascist Party
Manville
Bette Davis
Arthur Farnsworth
War Food
MacArthur
Salamaue Airhela
New Guinea
New Gangia
Solomons
U.S 18Th Air Force
Iold Apain
Hartkow
Wushen Thuesday
Sterling Great Aves
Tokyo
Americas
Hankow
Ongkong
Purletia
Purane
Ghekisne
Hangchow
IMRI
Inter
Hes
Ubtevly
Stlomoris
Labor Group
Red
Ukraine
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