Potsdam Accord Seen Linking Big Three for Enduring Peace
AP foreign analyst notes the Potsdam conference marks a rare accord among Truman Stalin and Attlee. The article praises unity on postwar issues, while noting uncertainty on Japan and the fate of Germany. It argues the Allies aim for just punishment and rehabilitation rather than revenge.
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Potsdam
Truman
Moscow
Japan
Russia
Nippon
Tokyo
Germany
Reich
Hitler
Ialy
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Romania
United Nations
Brutal GI mistreatment under Army air field probe
A House Military Committee report details brutal treatment of American soldier prisoners at Lincoln Nebraska’s Army air field. Pvt Warren C Miller of Warren PA and Pvt Alfred J Winkle of Minneapolis testified of repeated beatings by guards led by Capt Leonard Dunn and Lt Stanley Jones. Miller received three months hard labor for disobedience while Winkle and Dunn faced limited accountability.
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Washington
Stanley T. Jones
Winkler
Miller
Dunn
Tatsha
Post Hospital
May
Winkle
Maysaid
Odus L. West
West
Attlee Speech Stirs British Industrialists
British industrialists and investors question Prime Minister Attlee’s remark that the state will pay fair but not excessive compensation for industries taken over under nationalization. The phrase risks large losses for stockholders as shares slide about 10 percent since Labor’s victory, with The Financial Times calling the issue serious for recovery plans and investment confidence.
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London
Attlee
Labor
Financial Times
Artificial hand developed by Navy dentist Harris
Washington reports Lt. Comdr. Lamar W. Harris of the Naval Dental Corps has developed an artificial hand using a new rubberlike plastic material. The device offers a strong grip with a concealed operating mechanism and aims for utility durability lifelike appearance and comfort in wear.
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Washington
Navy
Lamar W. Harris
Naval Dental Corps
Congress Faces Big Problem of Employment
Middletown Air Depot tour shows jet age efficiency and stock of 50 000 items. Brig Gen John M Clark outlines how production line methods keep planes flying as Congress returns to October debates on full employment. Senator O Mahoney favors planned employment with data on income distributions and tax receipts to argue for sustained demand and higher output. The piece discusses projected 58 million jobseekers postwar and the need for jobs to sustain consumer buying and government revenue.
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Middletown
Army Air Forces
John M. Clark
Middletown Air Technical Service Command
Avia Hon
Avery
Harrisburg
Morrisburg
Pennsylvania Tows
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Senator O'Mahoney
Wyoming
O'Mahoney
Mahoney
Treasury Department
Nazis Animals S P C A Protests In Oslo
Oslo August 3 the Norwegian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals protested comparing war criminals to animals. The group said animals are not as bad as men and urged war criminals be designated as devils. Paperboard is used in containers for shell cases ammunition gas barrels machine parts blood plasma and medical supplies read the Gazette classified.
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Oslo
Norway
Norwegian Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Pennsylvania Teachers Outlook Shows Encouraging Signs
Harrisburg reports Dr. Francis B. Haas says the outlook for teachers remains hopeful despite wartime withdrawals. Only 4,536 of 60,000 public school teachers hold emergency certificates, a two percent increase over last term, suggesting this is near the peak. Returns from military service and teacher education programs may alleviate shortages.
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Harrisburg
Francis B. Haas
Public Instruction
Pennsylvania
Ils
Hass
Tee
Haas
Greek Prince declares Greek navy aiding Allied ops at war with Japan
Prince Peter of Greece, visiting Chungking, said some Greek navy units took part in Allied naval operations against Japan after Greece declared war. He spoke amid Greek royal visits in China as World War II fronts shift.
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Cwungking
Peter
Greece
Chungking
Japan
Blockade of Japan Deepens With Mine Vies and Bomb Runs
Guam reports a near total blockade of the Japanese coastline as mines dropped by aircraft seal harbors from Korea to southern Honshu. The 2d Air Force says all major ports are mined, crippling enemy shipping and forcing Japanese ships into perilous routes. Nagasaki and Nagoya face intensified strikes as shortages worsen.
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Japan
Honshu
Okinawa
Shimon
Oseki
Kure
Hiroshima
Tokayama
Sasebo
U. S
Morrie Landsberg
Guam
Beis
Navy
Army
Sud
2D Air Force
Oine Islands
Korea
Russia
Nagasaki
Nagoya
Marine Air Group Trains For Jap D-Day
Aboard U S escort carrier Western Pacific July 48 delayed The Beach Lbusters a new all Marine air group used a Japanese held island Pagan 200 miles from Saipan as a practice range for their assigned mission The near casualty free strike featured Corsair fighters and Avengers bombers Lt John J Massa and Lt Ralph A Andrews were among the pilots Pennsylvanians in the group include Kozel Warner Sessi and Woltz with listed hometowns Ambridge Latrobe and Pittsburgh
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U. S
Western Pacific
Japan
Pagan
Saispan
Outft
Cherrypoint
N. C
Europe
Tohn J. Massa
Kansas City
Ralph A. Andrews
Watertown
Mass
Marianas
Lis
Alexander Kozel
Maplewood
Ambridge
Charles G. Warner
State Officer Praises Greenville Treaty Foundations of U.S. expansion
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Gregg L. Neel, at Greenville ceremonies, cited the 1795 Greenville treaty between General Anthony Wayne and Native chiefs as a pivotal moment shaping American expansion. He said the agreement ended war, set boundaries, recognized Indian land rights, and enabled future western settlement between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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Greenville
Pennsylvania
Gregg l L. Neel
America
Green Ville
Nee
Edward Martin
Keystone State
Anthony Wayne
Falen Timbers
United States
Neel
Ohio
Mississippi
Wayne
Air power hammering Japanese ports and airfields
Tokyo radio says American planes, including 100 Mustangs and some B-29s, attacked Tokyo area and nine prefectures in two waves. Reports from Iwo Jima and Manila describe heavy damage to Honshu cities, airfields, factories, rail lines, and ships as Spaatz’s air forces sweep across western Japan.
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Kobe
Tokyo
Japan
Associated Press
Sattop
Marine
Pagan
Marianas
Nippon
Iwo
Nagoya
Honshu
Spaatz
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Ayore
Okio Nawa
Matoura
Nimitz
Shimizu
Allies Chance In China Fine Proceedings Say Generals
Chungking Aug 2 Lieutenant General Wilhelm H Simpson and Major General Claire L Chennault held a press conference saying Allied arms in China look bright. Chennault warned air attacks alone cannot defeat Japan and invasion of Japan would be needed. He predicted a Key coast seaport opening for China by year end to support Chinese armies trained and supplied by Americans. The Chinese forces were said to be driving the enemy from occupied territory and proving the Chinese soldier equal or superior when well equipped.
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Chungking
Wilhelm H
Texas Bill) Simpson
United States
Ninth Army
Germany
Claire L. Chennault
China
Chennault
Japan
Fourteenth Air Force
Simpson
Key
Laval Admits He Made Overthrow Statement
Former French premier Laval defends wartime policy, recalling Tunisia talks with Italy and the Hoare Laval pact. He cites British and German moves, says Britain stayed informed, and stresses his aim to prevent war in Europe. He criticizes war and asserts his stance on peace with Mussolini and Hitler.
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Laval
Petain
Gaston Doumergue
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Italy
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Haly
Republic
Africa
Baldwin
Anthony Kidell
League of Nations
Prince of Wales
Laval! Reported. “We Were Noe Together,” Laval
Baltimore
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Mussolini
Devon
Europe
George Wa Laval
Leon Blam
Promivy
Germany
Disabled War Vets Leader Mooney Dies at 45
Los Angeles attorney and former national commander of the Disabled War Veterans, Vorney Paul Mooney, 45, died yesterday at a veterans facility in West Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
F— Vorney
Paul Mooney
Mine Explosion Injures Six at Lehigh Valley Mine
Wilkes Barre August 3 A mine explosion at a Lehigh Valley Coal Company colliery in Plains Pa injured six men two seriously Preliminary checks point to a spark from an electric motor as the likely cause Brattices and supports were blown down and the blast swept hundreds of feet The officials said the damaged section will require time before reopening but is not irreparable.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pas
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Plains
Potsdam Plan Outlines Five Power Council To Shape Peace
A Potsdam report outlines a five power council including the United States Britain Russia France and China to draft peace treaties for Malaya Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland. It also proposes German administration by the four allies in Berlin with limited war industries and self-sufficiency measures.
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China
France
United States
Britain
Russia
London
Byrnes
Potsdam
Truman
Augusta
Europe
Generatissimo Stalin
Attlee
M. CE
W. T
Washington
Mosca
Japan
Tealy
Stalin
Tokyo
Nippon Aay
Ty Washington
Trunay Stalin
United Nations Security Council
Council
United Nations
Maly
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Germany
Spain
Axia
Revora
Madrid
Farejen Ministers Council
Gorel
Berlin
Local Girl Wins 2 Races At Clearfield
Aletha Nichols of Indiana won two heats at the Clearfield Fair beating top Western Pennsylvania drivers. The Indiana High School graduate trained and drove her horses Olivia Hanover and Catrina Vale to victory in the Free for all Trot and Free for all Pace respectively. She aims to use racing earnings for college.
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Indiana
Aletha Nichols
Herman Nichols
Clearfield Fair
Western Pennsylvania
Miss Nichols
Indiana High School
Olivia Hanover
Catrina Vale
Postwar German Reparations and Borders Plan Outlined
The Big Three outline plans for postwar Germany including political and religious freedoms, trade unions, and local self rule. Reparations would be split: eastern zones to Russia and Poland, western zones to the western Allies, with a three fifths value flow to Russia. Poland gains vast territorial adjustments with Pomernia, Silesia, East Prussia portions. War criminals to face swift justice. control over Romania Bulgaria Hungary to shift from wartime basis. press freedom for reporting developments.
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Ful
Russia
Germany
Poland
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Truman
Attlee
Stalin
Warsaw
Pomerania
Silesia
Brandenburg
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Netherlands
Europe
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Big Three
Finland
Pittsburgh Airport Expansion Plans Revealed
Pittsburgh plans to enlarge the new greater airport with added funding. Allegheny County Commissioner chairman John J. Kane described a multiyear investment surpassing 25 million dollars, including longer runways to handle large air transports, more gates and docks, and upgraded facilities.
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Pittsburgh
Greater
John J. Kane
Allegheny County
Kane
Army
Moon Township
Transport Command
New Fabric Regulations Due
Washington August 0 The War Production Board considers abolishing its M-388 order that earmarks about 74 percent of civilian fabric for low and moderately priced garments. The replacement would tag specific fabric amounts for particular garment types. Producers support the shift as fabric shortages persist and military needs shrink.
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Pla
War Production Board
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