Emperors, Dynasties and Afterwar Roles in Japan
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie discusses how the Allies may treat Hirohito after victory. He argues the Mikado is a divine figure to the Japanese yet a symbolhead in temporal affairs, suggesting postwar education and potential cooperation by Hirohito could aid rebuilding and curb militarism. He contrasts this with Hitler’s dynasty and calls for the removal of Nazi leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Herr Adolf Schick
Hitler
Japan
Hirohito
British Broadcasting Company
Office of War Information
Pearl Harbor
Tojo
Harskiri
Lfe
RAF Night Raids Hit French Rail Yards and Berlin Targets
Allied air forces struck across occupied Europe in a major night operation. RAF bombers attacked railway yards and workshops at Le Sac Juvisy Rouen Tergnier, while Mosquitos struck Berlin. American raids targeted Oranienburg Rathenow and other German factories as part of a broad effort to degrade German air power.
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Eschwege
Kassels
Kassel
Paderborn
Gulerstoh
Lippenstadt
Werl
RAF
Europe
France
Berlin
U. S
Oranienburg
Rathenow
Germany
British
Air Ministry
Noisy le Sac
Juvisy
Paris
Rouen
Tergnier
Terquier
French Channel
Port Rouen
Dieppe
Aout
Channel
Fregeh
RAE
Dack
London
Naas
Santhat
Une
U.S
Pas de Ci
AWOL From The Army Joins Marines For Navy Cross Heroism
William B Murphee a 20 year old from Old Hickory Tenn deserted Fort Benning in 1941 then joined the Marines after Pearl Harbor and earned the Navy Cross for heroism at Guadalcanal and Makin Island. He served with Lt Col James Roosevelt and was treated for injuries in Oakland before returning home and disappearing from the Navy Hospital. Authorities weigh whether to prosecute while the Navy reports his hospital disappearance as an unauthorized absence and awaits Army action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
APY
Armed Services
William B. Murphee
Old Hickory
Tenn
Army
Murphree
Roosevelt
Murphee
Tennessee
Imarris
Marine Eysloay
Nashville
War Department
Navy
Murephree
Fort
Benning
Pearl Harbor
Howard Craven
Midway
Makin Island
James Roosevelt
Navy Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Rouymound Cannon
Roosevelt Defeat Prediction Hits London Hospital Bombing
London News Chronicle editorial notes Nazi bets on Roosevelt defeat, suggesting peace talks if Roosevelt loses. Early morning raid hits a major London hospital, injuring patients as rescuers search rubble. 13 enemy planes shot down and dawn finally breaks over the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mee
London
London News Chronicle
Roosevelt
Holt
Chonicle
Italian cabinet talks strain as opposition warns fascist tilt
Count Carlo Sforza and others indicated reluctance to join a Badoglio led government, warning it might tilt toward fascism. Sforza said he would join only to prevent opposition from crystallizing around him, while others foresaw continued opposition to “Neoe Paseisny” and feared a cabinet settlement before the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phin
Carlo Sforza
Badogne Soll
Ntoa
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Today
Readable portions indicate continued cold across Western Pennsylvania with partly fair skies tonight and Thursday. Temperatures look to rise slightly by daybreak with a tempered change in conditions and no significant precipitation expected. Local officials urge layering and caution for motorists during icy conditions.
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Pennsylvania
Washington Looks Over Air Giant
Washington officials and military personnel inspected the Lockheed Constellation at National airport as congressmen were slated to view the aircraft. The 40 ton four engine plane could fly 2,300 to 2,600 miles at about 855 mph, carrying 12 passengers and five crew. It set a continental crossing record previously held by Howard Hughes in 7 hours 28 minutes, with Hughes piloting and Jack Frye aboard. The ship relies on four 2,200 hp Wright Cyclone engines and may serve Army use after the war. luxury service would seat 57, but is not yet available.
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Washington
National Airport
Pacific
Army
Navy
Congress
Constellation
Burbank
Calif
Newark
N. J
Howard R. Hughes
Hughes
Jack Frye
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Patrolman A Maternity Specialist Delivers Child
In Philadelphia on April 19 1991 Patrolman A Maternity Specialist Van Gilder assisted a mother at birth his 19th successful delivery with Sergeant Jacobs Goldstein noting the mother had no doctor available Neighbors and Mrs Livia Buchan 27 called for help and Van Gilder arrived with assistance delivering a seventh daughter for the Buchan family and marking another rest call for the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
van Gilder
Tadlay
Jacobs Goldstein
Livia Buch
Delisi Appointed Molin General Solicitor at PRR
Samuel P. Delis, longtime Pennsylvania Railroad legal staffer since 1937, was named Molin general solicitor at Pitts Bay by RB W. Smith. The Sunnysburg native, a Washington & Jefferson College and Harvard Law School graduate, now resides at 6832 Meade St with his wife and month-old twin boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Delis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Molin
Pittsbay
RB. W. Smith
Delisi Stereeds
Artin van Meter
Colunsel
Chicago
Railroad
Dehsi
Meade SL
Pimsburgh
Village For Civilian Employes Near Camp Reynolds
Greenville Pa April 1 With twenty seven families settled at the housing project opposite Camp Reynolds every convenience is planned to create a regular village for civilian employes A commissary will carry a full line of meats and groceries A community house will house game rooms social rooms cafeteria lounge and play rooms Landscaping of the grounds will begin when weather permits A large outdoor playground for children is planned Apartments are furnished with red maple and birch including stove bed springs dressers tables chairs shower ice box and lavatory Dormitories provide showers lavatories laundry rooms small kitchen dining room and lounge Trading at post exchanges and camp theaters will be extended to all project residents Information on employment at Camp Reynolds is available at the Municipal Building Indiana"}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Camp Reynolds
John Knutson
Municipal Building
Indiana
Army jeep joins Smithsonian transport exhibit
Washington April 19 The Smithsonian Institution expanded its transportation exhibits by adding an army jeep to display alongside early clay locomotives stage coaches high wheeled bicycles and horseless carriages. Attendants moved the new item into the museum today.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Keynoter Choices Vary as 1940 GOP Field Shifts
Nebraska national committeeman presents Griswold name while Vandenberg and Halleck vie for keynoter. Warren of California emerges as a leading dark horse, backed by delegates and seen as acceptable to party factions. Luce and Griswold face opposition from old guard, with Martin likely to chair and Burroughs steering platform influence.
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Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Vandenberg
Itular
Warren
Corge
California
Thomas BE
Dewey
New York
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Ira Beyman
Griswold
Luce
J. Kenneth Bradley
Hir
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Robert P. Burroughs
New Hampshire
Wendell Willkie
Burroughs
Willkie
New Yorker
Sevastopol Battle Report Advances and Shelling Across Crimea
Front dispatches describe Marine progress toward Sevastopol along the Sevastopol Yalta road as they breach barricades and mined trees. Russians defend Fedokin heights across the Tshor naya river while Black Sea forces bombard harbor and sea lanes. to the west, German and Soviet forces clash near Stanislawow and Lwow as Constanta rail hub comes under long range bomber attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevastopol-Yalta
Sevastopol
Tshornaya River
Fedokin Heights
Black Sea
Balaklava
Crimea
Ukraiian
Sevastopol Bay
Romania
Ukraine
Stanislawow
Red Army
Lwow
Constanta
Fr Ae
Balkans
Obituary notices for Beatty Wallace and others from Bell Township
Obituary notices list Joan K Beatty of Calvia R TD Bell Township who died suddenly on a Tuesday by 4 30 o clock He was born June 7 1879 in Bell Township and survived by wife Eva McLaughlin Beatty and two sisters Nancy Wallfong Scottdale and Alice M Love Saltsburg Funeral services Friday at 2 30 pm officiated by Rev C J L Bates with interment in Salisburg Cemetery Also noted are Walter Joseph Boettcher with services Friday at 1 30 pm at Robinson Funeral Home officiated by Rev Charles N Shhindler interment in Coral Lutheran Cemetery Maude Mardis Wallace died in Long Island New York survived by son Raymond Wallace daughter Miss Grace Wallace and sister Mrs John Wagner with funeral arrangements at Robinson Funeral Home prior to interment in Greenwood Cemetery
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Joan K. Beatty
Calvia
Bell Township
Alexander W
Martha Jeffrie (Wilson) Beatty
Eva
McLaughlin Beatty
Nancy Wallfong
Scottdale
Alice M. Love
Saltsburg
Walter Joseph Boettcher
Robinson
Charles N. Shhindler
Coral Lutheran
Maude Mardis Wallace
Greenwood Cemetery
Long Island
Raymond Wallace
Grace Wallace
John Wagner
Robison
Smythe Taken By FBI in Sedition Trial
Edward James Smythe a New York pamphlet publisher was arrested in Au Sable Forks by the FBI delaying the trial of 30 defendants on sedition charges. Prosecutors faced postponement or separate trial for Smythe as defense protested crowded courtroom conditions and potential juror intimidation. Justice Eicher weighs a motion to disqualify the panel if the department’s investigation is deemed improper.
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Ernest G
Warren Washington
Edward James Smythe
New York
Smythe
Our Common Cause
Au Sable Forks
FBI
Edward C. Eicher
U. S
District Court
Lanham
Justice Department of the
Ventrmen
Rogge
Justice Eicher
Justice Department
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Indiana, Pa
United States
Shore
Howard Hinghes
Top
Col. F. H. Collins
TWA
Jesse Jones
Commerac
Marines
London Hospital
AL Tent
Dow
Firmen
Air Crafe
Wichita
Badoglio
Air
Samuel Delisi
PRR
Amy Jeu
Smithsonian
Mayne Lonergan
RCAF
Case Society
Sing Sing Prison
Thomas Carroll
Lonergan
Patricia Burton Lonergan
New York City
Holland
Robinson Funeral Home
S.C
Manos Theatre
Walt Disney
Snow
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