War Today and the Big Three in World Peace
A concise analysis notes civil war pressures in China and unrest in Japan after surrender, with focus on how such eastern turmoil tests the unity of the Big Three—Russia Britain and America. It argues that future peace hinges on give and take among these powers amid European and Asian shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tokyo
Japan
Europe
Axis
Orient
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chungking
Shansi
MacArthur
Ne Essary
Russia
Britain
America
Balkans
U.S
State Byrnes
United States
Bulgaria
Bevin
House of Commons
Romania
Hungary
95th Protest Against Sending Troops to Pacific Duty
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on August 21 combat troops of the 95th Division mounted a growing protest over being sent to the Pacific for occupation duty. They planned to flood telegrams to members of Congress and newspapers until the very last, appealing for justice and fair play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
Pacific
95Th
Congress
WPB Opens Door To Full Peace Production Amid Wage Talks
WPB signals broad production expansion while wage rules face easing and limits on auto output are expected to vanish soon. Krug notes discussion on spare tires. producers pledge parity in low cost goods. Davis says wage boosts under the program won’t trigger inflation, arguing voluntary raises with price controls should hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPS
WFB
J. A. Krug
Krug
Brug
WPB
William H. Davis
Battleship Washington Arrives In Drydock At Puget Sound
The Washington, U. S. Navy battleship famed for its Pacific war exploits, arrives in a dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard after steaming 277,084 miles since Dec 7, 1841. Navy highlights include sink of a Nipponese battleship off Savo Island, Iwo Jima shelling, and sustained action at Okinawa.
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Bremerton
Wash
America
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
Washington
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Navy
Murmanst
Pacific
Iwo
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Indiana Fair Prepares For Biggest Year
Indiana Fair announces a packed year with acts from the Albanis aerial quartet to Pickard's trained seals and the Cal vers on the high wire. Contests include horse pulling and weight classes, Veterans Day free admission for World War II vets, GI Bill exhibit, and price controls on concessions. Grand Cavalcade Friday at 10 am with daily shows and premium awards for top teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep Seas
Bell Telephone Company
Fair
Redeployed Soldiers At Indiantown
Soldiers arrived at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation on August 20 for redeployment. Before reassignment they will receive furloughs. Names include Hudak Punxsutawney, Boyer Punxsutawney, Austin Blairsville RD, Haney Rural Valley, Piskalieh Rural Valley, Bodnar Sagamore, Paring Blairsville, Barr Dixonville, Lybarger Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiantown Gap
William N. Hudak
South Main Street
Punxsutawney
Robert E. Boyer
Pine Street
Matt S. Austin
Blairsville
R. D
Maurice F
John E. Bodnar
Second Rstreet
Sagamore
Frank A. Paring
Morrow Street
Samuel L. Barr
Dixonville
Robert L. Lybarger
Church Street
Indiana
Discharged Soldiers Listed From Indiantown Gap
Among Pennsylvania soldiers discharged from the armed forces at the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation were Sgt. Samuel Mergis of Kittanning Tom Wilson Avenue, S/Sgt Stephen Dohanick Jr of Ernest, T/Sgt John Yelenosky of Winton Dale, Pvt. Samuel M Hunter of Indiana 119 Clymer Avenue, T/ C Ernest C Fetterman of Punxsutawney R D, Capt. William M Steele of Blairsville 17 East Brown Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Samuel Mergis
Wilson Avenue
Kittanning
Stephen Dohanick Jr
Ernest
John Yelenosky
Wintondale
Samuel M
Hunter
Clymer Avenue
Indiana
Ernest C. Fetterman
Punxsutawney R. D
William M. Steele
East Brown Street
Blairsville
U S Airborne Troops Land Near Jap Capitol Detail
Allied plans for Japan’s surrender are outlined as MacArthur orders envoy movements from Manila and Tokyo. Tokyo radio reports convey conditional surrender meaning armed forces only, while Japanese premier Higashikuni urges calm. Allied and associated powers prepare for capitulation ceremonies with USA, USSR, UK, and China directly involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Hhe
Prince Higashi- Kuni
Japan
China
Washington Dispatches
France
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Netherlands
United States
Russia
England
Byrnes Announces Finland Diplomatic Ties Reopen
Secretary of State James E Byrnes said the United States is ready to reestablish diplomatic relations with Finland. The announcement came last night amid shifting postwar policy signals and Finland's international standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James E. Byrnes
United States
Finland
Truman Led Potsdam Talks With Core Allied Team
Washington August 2 The article recounts Truman’s pivotal role in the Potsdam Conference. It notes his rapid preparation after Roosevelt’s death, his call in of Byrnes Hopkins Davies and others, and his push to secure Russian cooperation against Japan. The piece emphasizes the cooperative tone and Truman’s leadership in shaping the final agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Roosevelt
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Churchill
San Francisco
Diameg F. Byrnes
Yalta
Harry Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Elliott Roosevelt
Anna Boettiger
Army
Navy
State Department
Augusta
Newport News
Japan
Jimmy Byrnes
Berlin
Marshal Stalin
Byrnes
Clement Attlee
Stalin
United States
Missouri
Brighter Penn. Peace Reconversion Plans Boost Jobs
Western Pennsylvania reconversion looks brighter as Jones and Laughlin Steel and Pittsburgh Plate Glass announce expansion plans to cushion cutbacks and create extra jobs. Weirton Steel will invest 12 million dollars to modernize plants in Weirton and Steubenville, with 0.8 million already spent on a new furnace. The U.S. Employment Service reports 10,840 area jobs open, as coal firms seek workers for winter demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Weirton Steel Co
Weirton
W. Va
Steubenville
Ohio
U.S. Employment Service
Allegheny County
Aliquippa
Farmer Gored by Bull Near Canonsburg
Frank Tonseth a 57 year old Canonsburg area farmer was gored and found dying a half mile from his home. He told his son the bull got him as he collapsed from a crushed chest. Officials attributed the death to the animal attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canonsburg
Frank Tonseth
R. D
Governor links Christian citizenship to strong church in unity speech
Chambersburg August 21 Governor Edward Marlin decries Christian citizenship as a vital issue of the day. He tells the summer assembly of the Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor Union that a Republican cannot survive without a strong church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersburg
Edward Marlin
Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor Union
Chiang Kai-shek invites Mao to Chungking for talks on China’s future
In Chungking Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek urged Mao Zedong to attend conference talks to craft national policies and avoid civil strife. Chiang rejected Communist Chu Teh’s demand to join Japan surrender planning and stressed war-weary China must move toward consolidation. Ho Ying-chin left Chungking for Chihkiang to meet Okamura envoys and finalize surrender orders in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Mao Tze-Tung
Yenan
Chu Teh
Ho Ying-Chin
Chihkiang
Hunan
Yasuji Okamura
Slain waitress found in New Jersey cistern after victory celebration
The body of 23 year old waitress Margaret McDade of Philadelphia was found nude and beaten in a cistern at Haddon Heights New Jersey after a victory celebration last Tuesday. police report a definite suspect and possible arrest soon. Identification came from her sister Katherine Halpin, and another waitress Ann Rust linked two sailors to the celebration.
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Haddon
Heights
N. J
Margaret McDade
Philadelphia
Lawrence Doran
Katherine Halpin
Rita
Ann Rust
Miss McDade
Bellmar
Miss Rust
Indiana County Farm Census Announces Counts
Indiana County Pa preliminary 1945 Census of Agriculture shows 3586 farms, up from 3235 in 1940 and 3842 in 1935. Total farm land 320449 acres, down from 346163 in 1935. Average farm size 89.9 acres. Figures may be revised. final tabulations due later from the Bureau of the Census. Miss Eveling K. Smith, Supervisor, Greensburg.
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Indiana County
Eveling K. Smith
Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Indianaa County
Smith
Usua
Indiana
Bureau of the Census
Washington
London
France to Pay Banks Subsidy to U S Soldiers in France
The French government will pay a subsidy to United States armed forces in France starting September 1, nearly doubling their take home pay. The payout, about $17 per serviceman, is a flat grant from France to relieve high costs and curb black market activity, separate from lend-lease. It will be paid on payday or upon entry to France for those in transit, with arrangements for tours and price reductions on French goods at army exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
France
Ita
Treasury Department
War Department
Treasury
Farm Labor Office Offers Seasonal Hiring Here
The Farm Labor Office at the Community Center Building offers many seasonal and year round jobs as harvest approaches. Farmers need help threshing hauling manure hay cutting potatoes carpentry painting and more. Defense layoffs push workers to farms. experienced men can find good wages through the office contacting John H. Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Labor Office
Commu Inity Center
John H. Rice
U S Plans Election Help in Greece and Balkans
The United States will send a commission to Greece to assist in securing a free secret ballot election with Britain and France sharing responsibility. Russia declines to join. Bulgaria is to vote next Sunday amid concerns of fear and intimidation. The State Department notes this marks the first American involvement in European balloting since V-E Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Twi
Greece
Russia
Britain
France
Balkan
BuljSaria
Byrnes
Balkans
State Department
Begin
Commons
Escape Convict Sought From Rockview Penitentiary
State police guards from Rockview State Penitentiary hunt escaped convict Webster Black 26 of Bedford County. Superintendent Dr J W Claudy identifies Black and says he escaped yesterday by scaling the prison stockade wall.
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Bellefonte
Rockview State Penitentiary
J. W. Claudy
Rockview
Webster Black
Bedford County
Obituaries From Glen Richey Area Dwellers
Obituaries announce death of Alexander N Paterson 75 at his Glen Richey home on August Sunday and note his Scotland birth. Surviving widow Lillian and five children named along with funeral at Thompson Cemetery. Other notices: Mrs Esther Markle Salsgiver 57 of Marion Center. Carrie B Stuller nurse dies in Pittsburgh. Maude Wells Brewer Warden dies in Rossmoyne Plumville. Anna Zukovich dies in Clymer. Eli Todorovich dies in Coral Pa with services in Indiana.
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Alexander N. Paterson
Glen Richey
Lark Hall
Lanarksshire
Scotland
Lillian B. Paterson
Walter
Alex
Ernest
James
Huntingdon
Margaret Fullerton
Akron
Ohio
Janet Chapman
Old Town
Maine
Brennan
Thompson Cemetery
Esther Markle (Williams) Salsgiver
Lester C. Salsgiver
Marion Center
Black Lick
Clawson
Alice Williams
Walter Blystone
J. A. ‘Reitz
Fulton Run
Sidney ‘Kraft
Wellsville
John Avey
Lester GC
Salsgiver
Verona
T/S
Calvin
A. Salsgiver
Italy
Paul Williams
Des Moines
Howat Glenn
Harry Williams
Cleveland
George Ray
Derry
John Ray
Springdale
Frank Horrell
Wayne
Neb
William Iivingood
Wingside
Nebraska
Carrie B. Stuller
Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh
Miss Stuller
Elizabeth Thomas
Clymer
George W
Barbara (Krouse) Stuller
Spruceville
Brisbin and Houtzdale
Clearfield Co
Daniel W
Grampian
Annie H. Reid
Church of God
Brisbin
Russell Moore
Clyjmer
Maudee
Brewer
Wells
Rossmoyne
Plumville
Rossmayne
Smicksburg
David JT. Wells
Nelson Warden
Wood
Lulu Hazlett
Josephine
Arthur B. Warden
Youngstown
Blanche Hoover
Cora Cribbs
New Kensington
Myrtle Good
Dayton
Bowser
Plum~ville
Anna Zukovich
Harrison Street
Mahanoy City
John Choki
Margaret Rubin
Helen Vasarab
Theodore Zukovich
Detroit
St. Michael Greek Catholic Church
Andrew J. Kerits
Eli Todorovich
Rebecca C. Todorovich
Coral
Robinson Funeral Home
Indiana
Roy W. Burchell
Gazette
Full Employment Act Backers Gain White House Support
Hearings open before a Senate banking subcommittee on a measure to underwrite jobs for all willing workers, excluding schoolchildren and fulltime housewives. Four Democrats introduced the bill with four Republicans as co-sponsors, and President Truman backs rapid progress. The act envisions a national production and employment budget and likely public works, aiming to defeat mass unemployment. General Omar Bradley to testify first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Murray
Montana
Thomas
Utah
Wagner
New York
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Marie
Oregon
Tobey
He Hampshire
Aiken
Vermont
Langer
North Dakota
White House
Truman
Omar W. Bradley
Congress
Tires For All in Chautauqua Prediction
John L. Collyer of B F Goodrich predicted motorists should be able to buy tires on an unrationed basis before year end. He noted about 7,000,000 manufacturing workers are served food in their plants, and that peacetime rubber output included Borneo contributing roughly one twelfth of world crude rubber.
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Ay Chautauqua
N. Y
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Company
Borneo
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Manila
Takashiro Kawabe
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Finn
Potsdam
Herry
U. S. Senate
League of Nations
Penna
Indiana Co
U.S. Election Supervision of
Penn
Fed. Gov’t
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