Spain Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Japan Over Manila Atrocity
Madrid reports Spain severed relations with Japan after a Japanese assault on the Manila Spanish consulate on February 12. The government cites consular killings and arson as evidence, demanding indemnity for Spanish deaths and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Japan
Philippines
Francisco Franco
Manila
Washington
Yukihhiro Suma
Uncit
Pennsylvania sociologist cites male ego in war era roles
A state college sociologist in Pennsylvania argues that wartime shifts won't erase the belief that a woman's place is in the home. He calls the issue one of male ego and notes deep seated attitudes beyond wartime effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tter
EGO State College
INS
Pennsylvania State College
First World Peace Organization Could Open in U S
Washington April 12 reports say the world peace keeping body to be formed in San Francisco may hold its first US deliberations. Vienna’s fate as a permanent site remains under study as Europe endures winter shortages and devastation. Philadelphia San Francisco and Detroit bid to host with Vienna favored by Russia and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Francisco
United States
Vienna
League
Security Council
United Nations
Peace Organization
Britain
Russia
China
France
Council
Senate
America
Europe
Philadelphia
Detroit
Moscow
Austria
Portland Soldier Killed in Peaceful City Accident
Steve R. Oreskovich, 36, a former soldier wounded in Italy and released from the army, was accidentally killed in Portland. The incident occurred amid a fatalistic mood among some believers following his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
INS
Steve R. Oreskovich
Italy
Aguinaldo Faces U S Rule as Guerrillas Close In
Central Press reports Don Emilio Aguinaldo, once president and general in the Philippine insurgency, is under scrutiny by American authorities for breaking his oath to the United States. At 75, he is described as a disillusioned figure viewed as a Japanese ally by some and misled by propagandists by others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Emilio Aguinaldo Y Femy
Philippine Republic
United States
Aguinaldo
Douglas MacArthur
Gen
Gen. MacArthur
Arthur MacArthur
Philippines
E. Aguinaldo
Philippine Islands
United States of America
Manila
Cavite
Manilla
Philippine Assembly
Japan
Philippine
Bataan
General MacArthur
Luzon
Gen Aguinaldo
MacArthur
Cassino to be preserved as war shrine amid mine clearing
Allied officials say two thirds of Cassino will be kept as a World War II shrine with ruins left for tourists. Italian crews clear mines at Monte Cassino while a housing project adds sixty sandstone houses, drawing wartime families and visitors to the European battlefield site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Force
Italy
INS
Cassino
Montecassino
Col
L. A. Jenny
Allied Commission
Buzz-bomb over London narrowly misses American airman
First Sgt. Roland T. Boucher of Somersworth New Hampshire watched a buzz-bomb pass about 500 feet over his RAF Redistribution Station No. 1 post in London. He recalled initially mistaking the craft for a Nazi plane in a suicide dive before the threat became clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
INS
London
Roland T. Boucher
Somersworth N. H
No. 1
Men and Women in Service at Camp Davis
S/Sgt Walter Dix of High Point North Carolina wife Ruth McLemore of Fayetteville North Carolina recently returned to the States after more than a year overseas in the China Burma India theatre. He is assigned to the orientation and training division at Camp Davis. Pvt Claude B Chambers Rt 2 serves with the First Army in Germany. His wife Lillie Mae Bridgman and their two children live on Rt 2. He has served 15 months with five months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Davis
Walter Dix
High Point
N. C
Ruth McLemore
Fayetteville
Elon College
Dix
Security National Bank and Trust Co
Pvt
Claude B. Chambers
Rt. 2
First Army
Germany
Lillie Mae Bridgman
Navy Hospital Corpsman Griffth Arrives in the Philippines
H. A. Ive H. Carlyle Griffith has arrived in the Philippines after completing hospital training in Oakland California. He entered the Navy in June 1943 and completed boat training at Bainbridge Maryland before serving at Norfolk Naval Hospital in Portsmouth Virginia as a hospital assistant. He is the son of Marvin H. Griffith of 210 East Bay Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Ive
H. Carlyle Griffith
Philippines
Oakland
California
Navy
Bainbridge
Maryland
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Marvin H. Griffith
Fast Bay Street
Sgt Henry Soyars on 15 day furlough home visit
Napier Field Alabama sergeant Henry Soyars is on a 15 day furlough spending time with his parents Mr and Mrs R C Soyars at 415 Gatewood avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Henry Soyars
Napier Field
Alabama
R. C. Soyars
Gatewood Avenue
British Forces Kill Over One Thousand Japanese Near Meiktila
Calcutta April 12 reports that the British 14th army with tanks artillery and infantry swept through centr aurma south of Meiktila killing 1 029 Japanese in a 24 hour action. Allied forces also destroyed or damaged ten Japanese guns six medium tanks and two light tanks. From April 8 to 10 inclusive the tally rises to about 2,000 Japanese killed and 31 guns knocked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Centraurma
Meiktila
Marriages Decline After Peak In 1942 Through 1944
The Jewelers' Circular Keystone reports a continuing downturn in marriages from the 1940s peak, with a drop that began after the draft era and is not expected to reverse before V-E Day, according to its sixteenth annual marriage survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Jewelers
Keystone Magazine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mississippi
Como
Miss
Hans von Schubert
Kennedy General Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
von Schubert
U.S
Susie
Gumalete
B.F Goodrich Stores
North Main ST
Insurgent
Norman J. Medrech
Central Press
Quisling
Bride
General Aguinaldo
Claude Chambers
Griffith
High Point, N. C
the Enterprise
Jersey
Chambray
Panama
iBoys
Gabardine and
Poplin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!