Coddling Japan? Mackenzie argues on occupation policy
AP Foreign News Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie counters claims that the taps are being coddled in Japan. He notes American command under MacArthur maintains tight control, outlines Japan's drastic reductions in empire, and asserts the Allied stance will be firm and reform-focused as in Germany and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hang Hirohito Club
Japan
Mikendo
Nippon
MacArthur
Iittle Kingdom
Germany
Italy
Doolittle Airmen Speak From Chungking and Shanghai
Nielsen and two other airmen recount months of confinement in Peiping and Shanghai after their 1942 captures. They recall lean rations, no Red Cross parcels, and no news of the war while imprisoned. Nielsen says a Japanese court martial sentenced him to death, later commuted to life imprisonment with special treatment by Emperor Hirohito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nielsen
Amile
Opsiite
Peiping
Red Cross
Hilfe
Shanghai
Hirohito
Western Pa. Strike Idle 5,000 Workers Across Region
In western Pennsylvania more than 5,000 workers were idle due to industrial disputes. Uniontown printers walked out, suspending the Morning Herald and Evening Standard as talks stalled over union by laws and pay. Other plants idle include Oliver Iron & Steel, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Creighton plant, Hillman mines Poland and Alicia, Consolidation Coal Renton, with broader white collar vote planned September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Morning Herald
Evening Standard
1 Uniontown Newspapers, Inc
U. S. Conciliation Service
Jack Chacola
Ha I. T. U
Oliver Iron & Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Creighton
Hillman Coal & Coke Co
Poland
Alicia
Consolidation Coal Co
Renton
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Salaried Employer Association
Easy Credit Terms For Home Building Insured by Gov't
The FHA will insure loans so homeowners get easy terms with low monthly payments. Lenders cannot charge more than 4.5 percent interest and the FHA adds a half percent annual insurance fee. Also in reconversion news the government ordered 16 and 17 year old workers in government contracts back to school. AFL CIO push back to school efforts continues. OPA permits destruction of gas ration coupons after stating their plan targeted military objects. Nielsen recounts a raid on Tokyo area including a steel mill then crash landed near Shanghai after fuel shortages and a faulty life raft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Financial Institution
AFL
CIO
OPA
Hite
Nielsen
Shangrig Fa
Roosevelt
Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
Ching
Shanghai
Nielson
Army Quartermaster Corps
Philadelphia
Java
Nanking
Peiping
Deshazer
Prisoners recall brutal voyage and liberation in war tale
Nielsen and Deshazer recount harsh captivity after a crash and a forced march, slipping through guerrilla warfare, spy nets, and death sentences before reaching Shanghai and freedom. They describe starvation, weight loss, and the relief of reunion with fellow crew members and the first post liberation meals.
Redeployed Soldiers At Indiantown
Soldiers redeployed at Indiantown listed with names and home towns across Indiana County. Entries include Sgt Frederick G. Myers of 721 Chestnut St Indiana and Pfc Walter L. Wyant of Kittanning among many others, with various RD addresses and towns such as Spangler Adrian Blairsville Punxsutawney and Clymer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Myers
Chestnut St
Indiana
John E. Beck
Pic
Urban V. Weaver
Spangler
Joseph J. Gural, Jr
Theodore H. McQuilken
S. Ard St
Donald W. Jones
Colver, PLC
Bernard E. Gray
PLC
Daniel A. Keith
Reese Ave
Culver
George Ferguson
Glen Campbell
Eugene Muir
Bolivar
R. D
Kenneth E. Bowser
Kittanning
Robert T. Himes
Indiana Ave
Joseph M. Toy
Adrian
Wilbert A. Beckwith
Walter L. Wyant
John Calabrese
Spring St
Blairsville
Louis Kanish
William F. Lee
Belle Vernon
Ird
Robert F. Rees
S. Findley St
Punxsutawney
Russel A
Shaffer
Pie
Daniel F. Beers
Russell E. Kerr
N. Sthst
Ralph L. Egley
Herbert
Hillard
Lucerne
Imines
Pfc
Wayne
Allen
Livermore
Ronald W. Murphy
Elk Run Ave
Harry W. Delbler
Wynn St
Returning Over-Seas Service Men
This note lists service men and women arriving home after overseas duty. It includes those discharged and others visiting their homes, detailing individuals returning to this country from service abroad.
ShaFFER Joins Green Project at Camp Blanding Florida
Pvt Russell A Shaffer of 360th Truck Co reported to the Green Project at Camp Blanding as part of a recent US returnee shipment from the European Theater via AMC planes. He will spend furlough at his chosen reception center after transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Blanding
Fla
Russell A. Shaffer
360Th Truck Co
M. S. Adelstein
Shaffer
United States
Miami
Air Transport Command
White House
Pvt
United States Naval Academy
General Delivery
Indiana
Seven Nazis Hanged For Killing Prisoner at Fort Leavenworth
Seven German POWs formerly of Wolf-Pack submarine crews were executed at Fort Leavenworth after a 1944 court martial found them guilty of murdering Werner Dreschler, a fellow prisoner. The men confessed to beating and choking Dreschler before hanging him in the Arizona camp. Each death followed a lengthy process, with varied expressions of calm or faith as the trapdoors opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leavenworth
Kar
Helmut Carl Fischer
Fritz Franke
Gunther Kulsen
Heinrich Ludwig
Bernhard Heynk
Otto Stengel
Rolf Wizng
U. S
Werner Dreschler
teView
United States
Dreschler
Army Re
Eley
Fischer
Bineck
Army
Franke
Kulsen
Reyak
Wizzig
Stengel
Fort Leavenworth Barracks
De Gaulle Seeks U S Aid For French Economy
Gen Charles De Gaulle voiced confidence that American sympathy and assistance would bolster French economic needs and related political plans. He spoke amid discussions on bilateral cooperation and postwar recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
United States
William Widdowson Leads 104th General Hospital Finish Mission
United States Army general hospital 104th at Ringwood Hants England completed its operation after treating over 8,000 wounded American soldiers in a year. Captain William W. Widdowson, son of H R Widdowson of 934 Church Street Indiana, served as chief of officers section. His wife Mrs. Thomaszine Widdowson lives at Adkins Park. Activated in New Orleans July 1943, trained at Camp Pickett Virginia, arrived England June 1944, setting up a 1,000 bed facility. last patient departed this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army General Hospital
104Th General Hospital
Ringwood Hants
England
William W. Widdowson
H. R. Widdowson
Church Street
Indiana
Thomaszine Widdowson
Lves
Adkins Park
New Orleans
Camp Picklett
Virginia
Army man Donald Moore returns from service tests
Donald Milford Moore 28 of R D No 3 Indiana Pa son of Mrs A J Derbenderfer has recently returned from service abroad and is now at the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station Atlantic City for a series of fitness tests for future assignments. Moore served 38 months as a truck driver in the European Theater of Operations and received the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon Good Conduct Medal American Defense Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Milford Moore
R. D. No
Indiana
A. J. Derbenderfer
United States
Army Ground and Service Forces
Atlantic City
Moore
Five Awarded Discharges at Indiantown Gap
Five named district men were discharged on Friday August 24 at the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation. They include Michael V. Kizman Belle Vernon R D 3 Cpl Kelly C Mechling Kittanning R D 2 S Sgt George Petechik McIntyre Sgt Ugo Cavacini Salisbury Pvt William D Graham Indiana R D 1 An estimated seven percent of GIs plan to start a business after discharge and five percent intend to run farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Pie
Michael V. Kizman
Belle Vernon
R. D
Kelly C. Mechling
Kittanning
George Petechik
McIntyre
Ugo Cavacini
Salisburg
William D. Graham
Indiana
America
Scully Urges Public Spending To Sustain Jobs
Pittsburgh August 25 Mayor Cornelius D Scully says national income stays above 140 billion dollars only with public spending and warns months of unemployment otherwise He plans to testify before a Senate committee next Wednesday proposing projects over 70 million dollars for Allegheny County including roads sewers and bridges The message ends with an Army or Navy morale appeal urging readers to pass the Indiana Evening Gazette to service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Cornelius D. Scully
Senate Committee
Scully
Allegheny County
Miners Appeal To Gov Martin Over Sanitary Crisis
About 350 miners from Shamut Mining Co idle since July 16 in Force pa called on UMWA President John L. Lewis and Pennsylvania Governor Edward Martin to address what they call intolerable sanitary conditions. They seek an official sympathy strike with six weeks of work stoppage, citing sewage in wells and open sewers in Force Hollywood and Byrnedale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamut Mining Co
John L. Lewis
UMWA
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
James Marks
Umwa District 2
Shawmut Company
National Organization of
Force Hall
Frank D. Lambert
Shawmut Co
Lewis
Martin
Elizabeth Hayes
Shawmut Mining Company
Hollywood
Byrnedale
Hayes
Betty
Shawmut Mining Co
Dr. Hayes
Govt Surplus For War Plants Proposal On Credit Basis
Washington Aug 26 A plan to supply small war born industries with surplus materials on credit to aid peacetime operation and preserve jobs was presented to President Truman during a White House visit by Rep Waller Pa Walter said the President is focused on unemployment issues and the talks covered changes needed to streamline distribution of government owned materials to trade and manufacturing channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Waller
D.-Pa
Walter
MacArthur delays Tokyo assault as typhoons strike
Allied commander MacArthur postponed the Tokyo bay landings from Atsugi Yokosuka and Kyushu to next Thursday due to storms. The Pacific Fleet and minesweepers prepared, while Japan’s surrender coverage was limited to Japanese outlets. Russians arrived in Manila for talks, and 10 Japanese journalists plus one cameraman and one newsreel man were authorized to cover the landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Atsugi
Yokosuka Naval Base
Tokyo Bay
Tokyo
Pacific
Okinawa
Japan
Manila
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Sth
Yokosuka Naval
Kanoya
Kyushu
Wapan
MazcArthur
Missouri
Iowa
Norman Paige
American Broadcasting Company
Ugawa
Chinese Army Enters Nanking After Yangtze Crossing
National government troops crossed the Yangtze and entered Nanking where the formal surrender of Japanese forces in China will be signed. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek announced plans to reestablish the capital at Nanking while outlining aims to restore territorial integrity in Manchuria and recover Formosa and the Pescadores. Chiang also stated Hong Kong’s status would not change without negotiations with Britain and that troops would not be sent to Hong Kong to receive the surrender to avoid Allies' misunderstandings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Yangtze River
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pukow
Chiang Pian
Kiangsu
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shele
Outer Mongolia
Tibet
Hong Kong
Manchuria
Formosa
Korea
Chiang
Moscow
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Bern
FCC
Port Arthur
Choungking
Britain
Kowloon
Legionnaire Elections Held Today Across 33 Cities
Pennsylvania Legionnaires gathered today in 33 cities to elect state officers and vote on resolutions, including calls for immediate deportation of subversive aliens and more veterans hospitals. Contests centered on central vice commander with William Windsor III challenging James Heffernan. other posts saw unopposed nominees and a three way race for state auxiliary president, with caucus sites listed across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Legionnaires
American Legion
William Windsor
James Heffernan
York
James P. Murray
Forest City
State Liquor Control Board
Easton-Allentown
William Rhoads
John Stoup
Waynesburg
Western
Clyde Rankin
Philadelphia
Frank Hoffman
Etna
Department
Upper Darby
Willow Grove
Ephrata
Moscow Wilkes-Barre
Pottsville
Topton
Towanda
Wellsboro
Danville
Lewistown
Ebensburg
Hollidaysburg
Gettysburg
Bradford
Uniontown
Washington
Ambridge
Punxsutawney
Oil City
Cambridge Springs
Bangor
Pittsburgh
Greensburgh
Braddock
Homestead
The
Legion Auxiliary
Martin Eshleman
Quaryville
Ruth Miller
Steese
Mifflinburg
D. A. Krumrine
State College
Ellis House- Knecht
Hughesville
William Quinn
A. L. Westbrook
Huntingdon
Leonard K. Bradley
A.P. Sandry
Blairsville
Francis S.gerber
Summit Hill
Howard McKay
Springfield
Erm R. Beaddle
Shamoskin
Gertrude R. Emery
Williamsport
Harry W.klugh
Leechburg
Coatesville
Bethlehem
Reading
Chambersburg
Scranton
Greenville
Johnstown
Brookville
Obituary notices for Minnie Sturges and Hope Yingling
Obituary notices report Minnie Sturges of Armstrong County age 46 dying at C G Rosborough home near Mt Union with services at Elderton Presbyterian Church and burial in Elderton Cemetery. Also listed are Clyde Yingling of Akron wife of Clyde J Yingling who died in Akron City Hospital after brief illness with services at Eckard Funeral Home and Rose Hill Cemetery, plus Etta Buchanan Fleming born June 29 1875 widow of Frank Fleming whose funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Wn, Sturges
C. G. Rosborourgh
Mt. Union
Armstrong County
Elderton Presbyterian Church
Belle Kneff
Kittanning
May Brink
Clark Funeral Home
Elderton
Rosborough
Elderton Cemetery
Hope
Rorabaugh) Yingling
Clyde J. Yingling
Akron
Ohio
City Hospital
Severin
Yingling
First Baptist Church of
Jeanne
Clair
Geraldine Rorabaugh
Winifred Rorabaugh
Gerald
Lillian
Lockard
Etta Buchanan Fleming
Rayne Township
Frank Fleming
Lend-Lease Ends Amid Allied Credit Shifts
President Truman signals end of lend-lease as a war measure with Attlee and Churchill urging restraint. Crowley confirms no postwar rehabilitation funding and promises continued aid to allied forces for redeployment, while credits may still be used under wartime terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Cook
Truman
Attlee
Churchill
House of Commons
Leo T. Crowley
Jbut
Crowley
Congress
Britain
United States
Strike Ties Up Uniontown Paper
Printers walked out at Uniontown Newspapers Inc. suspending publication of the Uniontown Herald and Uniontown Standard starting tomorrow. Publishers asked Commissioner McCann of the U S Conciliation Service in New York to help settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Uniontown Newspapers, Inc
Uniontown Morning “Herald
Uniontown Evening “Standard
McCann
United States Conciliation Service
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dewitt MacKenzie
Tokyo Radio
Subhas Chandra ‘Bose
India
Quisling
Gov't
Indiantown
Russell Shaffer
Hf DeGaulle
Georges Bidault
Legion of Merit
de Gaulle
Bidault
DeGaulle
Legion of Honor
William D. Leahy
Ernest J. King
George C. Marshal
H. H. Arnold
Legion of ‘Honor
B. B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
William Widdowson
Donald Moore
Indiana Evening Gazette
Navy
James R. Hendrix
Laponte
Ark
Washington, D. C
Hendrix
Gov. Martin
iBy MacArthur
Legionnaire
Penna
S.c.streams
Moorhead
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