Mackenzie's a Column on Occupation of Germany
In Paris amid a GI homeward mood the writer argues occupation of Germany must continue with American troops to prevent renewed German aggression. He notes soldiers are needed to re educate Germans and maintain peace, asserting isolation is impossible and a durable occupation may avert future wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Vemparis
Jen
Paris
Tollege
Uncle Sam
Europe
Germany
V Aterican
Reich
Father Hawa
America
Pourse
Stripping up coal output rises in Pennsylvania
Strip mining in Pennsylvania surged from 2,792,000 tons in 1939 to 22,211,000 tons in 1944, with 435 operations across 28 Western counties. Deputy Mines Secretary Walsh testified on a new registration law requiring operators to post bonds and cover exposed faces with vegetation, while many operators challenge its constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharrisburg
Jah
Pennsylvania
Joseph J. Waslheld
Dauphin County
Walsh
Clearfield County
Arthur H. Hull
Mine Department
Commonwealth
Barker George H. Ashley
H. ¥. Stambaugh
Hull
Ashley
State Secretary of Forests and War- States
Indiana men honorably discharged from service
A list from Camp Lejeune Indiantown Gap and Fort Knox Sampson and Blairsville details 28 GIs released with 2 waves 4 sailors and 2/C Rebecca Perkovich and Anna Grace Dunworth among others. Named personnel include Pvt Orvis H. Spaid T/Sgt Arthur G. Halidin T/4 Charles J. Woodhead Pfc Debert F. Pifer Rolland A. Evans Blaine S. McLaughlin Pic Harry D. Hollenbaugh Johnny M. Mitchell Pic Michael D. Gragan Paul F. Rishell George W. Friedline Robert A. Miller Harry V. Claypool Joseph H. Madey Edward D. Gill James Byrnes Mike Lemon Roy F. Fleming Paul Potochniak Gasper J. Vileheek Byrl D. Flock Walter F. Blayer Edward Skubisz and others listed with home towns Indiana Blairsville Barnesboro Clune Homer City Nanty Glo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Perkovich
N. St. St
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Anna Grace Dunworth
1St of Indiana Arms Service
Indiantown Gap
Orvis H. Spaid
LaJose
Arthur G. Halidin
Indiana
R. D
George W. Friedline
Holsepale
Robert A. Miller
Graceton
Harry V. Claypool
Adrian
Joseph H. Madey
Clune
Edward D. Gill
Stinger Ave
Barnesboro
Pie
James Byrnes
R. Bi
Mike Lemon
Glenn Campbell
Roy F. Fleming
Cherry Tree
Paul Potochniak
Blairsville
Admiral Kimmel Advocated Scouting Before Pearl Harbor
Congressional investigators heard Admiral Husband E. Kimmel say he sought a survey of the Gilbert Islands including Tarawa before the war but was vetoed by the Navy Department. He argued such scouting could reveal interest to the Japanese, a claim tied to testimony in multiple inquiries about prewar intelligence and Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
Huspand E. Kimmel
Gilbert Group
Tarawa
Gilberts
U.S
Congressional
Kimmnel
Army
Roberts Commission
Kimmel
Honolulu
Director of
Naval Intelligence
T. S. William JSON
Thailand
Medalist Jailed for Involuntary Manslaughter
Lawrence Kreuger, a 23 year old Purple Heart recipient and medalist, was sentenced to one year in jail after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of four year old Helen Marie Bushak who was struck by his truck in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Dan
Lawrence Kreuger
Kreuger
Helen Marie Bushak
Laski urges Anglo-Soviet solidarity for world peace
Harold Laski, chairman of Britain's Labour Party Executive, told the Sussex Federation of Labor parties that Britain must pursue Anglo-Russian solidarity as the key to world peace and maintain close ties with Russia while opposing the America of big business in international affairs. He urged action to help Spain and warned against Dutch imperialism in Indonesia and monarchist teams in Greece, also calling for stronger ties with France and a summer agreement with India.
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America
Franco
Spain
Hitler
Mussolini
Laski
Indonesia
France
Alilee
India
Judge Probe To Congress
Washington Jan 12 A report on the inquiry into two Pennsylvania federal jurists will be sent to Congress soon by the House Judiciary Committee. The figures are Judge Albert L Watson and former Judge Albert W Johnson of the Pennsylvania Middle District Court. Johnson, 73, resigned last July amid the investigation after 20 years on the bench. Watson, 89, was appointed 16 years ago and became presiding judge when Johnson resigned. An aide said testimony largely taken in secret is being printed for committee review after lawmakers return from a vacation. Johnson and six others are indicted in Scranton on conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the United States. no trial date is set.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Albert L. Watson
Albert W. Johnson
Pennsylvania Middle District Court
Johnson
Watson
Judiciary Committee
Sans
Scranton
United States
U.S. Submarine and Cruiser Collide Off Atlantic Coast
The Navy reports a fogbound collision between the submarine Argonaut and the cruiser Honolulu off the New York Philadelphia corridor. One sailor, Earl D. Johnson of Rockford, Illinois, was killed. Both ships suffered minor damage. Argonaut returned to Portsmouth, Honolulu reached Philadelphia with two compartments flooded.
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Washington
Navy
Argonau
Honolulu
Atlantic
New York
Philadelphia
Earl D. Johnson
Sixth Avenue
Rockford
Portsmouth
Purchase Liquor and Driver Licenses Update in Harrisburg
Auditor General G Harold Wagner approved a liquor purchase total of 8 164 053 for the Liquor Control Board covering Jan 24 to Jan 10. The largest item 6 899 224 domestic whiskey. The text notes car owners and drivers face January deadlines for vehicle inspections and operator licenses with a reminder to update address details to avoid delays in receiving 1948 licenses.
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Harrisburg
G. Harold Wagner
Liquor Control Board
Hcense
Election Drama Over Nonpermanent UN Council Seats
United States Secretary James Byrnes and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin clashed at the UN Assembly over a Soviet backed plan for a world police body. Canada missed a sixth Security Council seat as Australia appeared favored after ballots showed Canada short by one vote.
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Australia
Canada
Trans
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Ethiopia
Greece
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Security Council
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Peter Fraser
Southwest Pacific
Jon Masaryk
Ernest Bevin
Byrnes
Gromyka
Gromyko
Gromyke
Patterson says Hirohito abdication not required
U S Secretary of War Paterson said in Tokyo that Hirohito’s war responsibility did not require abdication. He deflected the question to the Japanese and tied the emperor system to the Potsdam declaration while praising General MacArthur and the occupation forces. He noted demobilization plans and troop reductions, and discussed allied troop participation and base sales concerns.
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Tokyo
Paterson
Hirohito
Patterson
Japan
Korea
China
Philippines
MacArthur
Russia
Fatterson
Pacific
Congress
War Department
Mine Safety Officers Elect Indiana Council Leaders
At the Indiana Council meeting of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association officers were elected Andrew J. Bengston was reelected president with Lester Kimmel as vice president and Thomas P. Lymph as secretary treasurer. Talks covered stream pollution and mine department procedures including age limits for youths seeking work. Awards were given for provident prevention efforts in Group 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Council
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Andrew J. Bengston
Lester Kimmel
Thomas P. Lymph
Dennis Kennan
Barnesboro
Clarence Lozan
Greensburg
Kennan
Mine Department
Clyde Maize
Kent 1
R. and
Kent
Send Us Home Demands Stir Capitol In War Talk
Anger over demobilization accelerates as GI cables urge quick homecoming. Eisenhower and Nimitz agreed to address Congress, with a joint House Senate session planned for Tuesday. General Richardson lowers discharge points to 48, enabling more than 6,000 to qualify for immediate release. MacArthur orders unneeded troops sent home, while Wedemeyer notes China Theater unaffected by Eisenhower policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Pentagon
Munich
War and Navy
House-Senate
Eisenhower
Nimitz
Congressional Library
Manila
Richardson
mid-Pacific
Tokyo
MacArthur
Shanghai
Wedemeyer
China Theater
Latrobe Movie Referendum Invalid, Latrobe Vote Recount
Greensburg Jan 12 AP Judge Richard D Laird nullified a Latrobe Sunday movie referendum from Nov 6. Election returns showed the measure beaten, but a court appointed recount board said it won by six votes. Case brought by John R Mitchel of Latrobe challenged petition validity and election board authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
iJudge
Richard D. Laird
Latrobe
Laird
John R. Mitchel
Answers to Vets Tax Questions for 1945 Deadlines
Veterans and servicemen face January 1 and March 18 tax deadlines with guidance on who must file, when final payments are due, and how pension and service pay are taxed. The AP notes tax exemptions for active duty, initial pay limits, and extensions for commissioned officers, plus contact guidance to the Internal Revenue Service.
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Washington
Snx
Internal Revenue
Judge Subpenaed For Jury Duty
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. Superior Judge Frank M. Pradden, off the Cook county bench 21 years, received a jury questionnaire. He told the board he could not serve as juries are automatically exempt, noting it would be a joke to sit in his own court.
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Chicago
Frank M. Pradden
Cook County
Board of Jury Commissioners
Padden
Groundhog lodge bids to host UN capital in Quaryville
Three Lodge of Groundhogs in Pennsylvania announce bids and offer their secret forecasting system to the United Nations Organization. Slumbering Lodge leader Charles F. Hess says UNO headquarters could be set in eastern Pennsylvania if accepted, with a condition that predictions not be used to wage war. Rival lodges Gobbler’s Knob and Grandson Lodge Nummer Ains have not yet reacted.
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Quaryville
Pennsylvania
United Nations Organization
Charles F. Hess
Chuck
United Nations
Hess
UNO
Gobbler's Knob
Punxsutawney
al Leehaw
Allentown
Rescuers Battle Snow for Missing Army Plane
KINGTOWN Pa January 12 A crew of 50 to 78 rescuers fought deep snows to reach what may be the wreckage of a C 45 Army transport missing since Sunday Lt Col J J Mullin Bedford Army Air Base said the plane failed to arrive after leaving Olmstead Field Middletown Pa He listed crew Lt Philip Dittman 30 Pittsburgh and Lt Joseph S Lavoie 21 West Los Angeles Ca At Middletown Air Technical Command Public Relations said pilots reported debris including elevator surfaces in trees and other signs of fire but could not confirm the debris origin or locate the missing crewmen.
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Kingtown
J. J. Mullin
Bedford
Mass.) Army Air Base
Olmstead Field
Middletown
Philip Dittman
Pittsburgh
Joseph S. Lavoie
Los Angeles
Calif
Air Technical Command
Philly Newspaper Ordered To Pay In Libel Suit
Philadelphia Record ordered to pay 25900 damages to John O Donnell New York Daily News Washington correspondent in a libel suit based on an editorial from May 18 1841. verdict delivered in Common Pleas Court No 2 after a five day trial.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
John O'Donnell
New York Daily News
Washington
O'Donnell
The
Record
Common Pleas Court No
James Gay Gordon
Ite T
L. Stauffer Oliver
Common Pleas Court
Britain Cuts Wheat Needs to Aid Starving Countries
Washington officials stated Britain reduced its estimated wheat requirements for the first half of 1646 by about 10 percent to free more supplies for starving nations.
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Washington
Britain
Altoona Council Sets 12-Mill Tax Levy Increase
Altoona city council on January 11 approved a tax rate of 12 mills, up from 10 mills in 1945. The action marks a two mill rise to fund city services and operations for the coming year.
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Altoona, Pa
Altoona
Obituaries for Anna Mary Alms Robertson and others
Mrs Anna Mary Alms Robertson widow of Samuel S Robertson died at her Indiana RD1 home at 2 15 this morning after a lingering illness born July 5 1865 in Dravesburg she lived in Saltsburg Cockport Kenwood and since 1909 at her late residence survived by children Natmey Ray Mildred Ebby Ray Alpha Crum and Harry three grandsons two great granddaughters a sister Mrs Scoti Walters services Tuesday at 3 00 at Robinson Funeral Home interment Greenwood cemetery Walter Borland former Indiana resident died Friday in Cleveland at 52 his remains to be returned for burial Martha Jane Duff widow of John C Duff died at home in Burnside yesterday at 11 15 am Friends at McCardell Funeral Home Burnside funeral 2 00 pm Monday at Burnside Church of God officiated by E F Pearce obituary Monday resturned in Monday record
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Anna Mary Alms Robertson
Samuel S. Robertson
Indiana
R. D
Andrew J. Alms
Dravesburg
Saltsburg
Cockport
Kenwood
Natmey Stephen Ray
Mildred
Ebby N. Ray
Locust Street
Inediana
Alpha
Tracy C. Crum
Sheloda
Harry
Scoti Walters
Robinson Funeral Home
Harry Burton Boyd
Greenwood Cemetery
Walter Borland
Cleveland
Ohio
Beulah Spence Borland
Borland
Robinson Funeral
Moneay
Indiana Evening Gazette
Martha Jane Duff
John C. Duff
Burnside
McCardell
Church of God At
E. F. Pearce
Patron's Mutual Fire Insurance meets in Indiana court house
The Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Indiana held its annual meeting on Wednesday January 9 with most directors present except T Kanarr who died October 28. Treasurer W C Chapman presented a report showing over $500000 more insurance written in 1945, total in force $13374200, losses paid $46898.82. New directors elected include Meade Douglass Cherry Tree R D 2 Blair A Nelson Homer City R D 3 and Elder Groft Indiana R D 3 to fill Kanarr's term with Ladd M Reitz reelected president and C M Bell vice president. Beulah Hastings Indiana elected secretary treasurer. Office remains at 206 Savings and Trust Building.
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Patron’s Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Indiana
Court House
T. Kanarr
Kanarr
Lee
W. C. Chapman
Meade Douglass
Cherry Tree
R. D
Blair A. Nelson
Homer City
Elder Groft
Mr. Groft
C. North
Punxsutawney
L. &. Curry
Jefferson Co
Ladd M. Reitz
Brookville
C. M. Bell
Home
Beulah B. Hastings
Atomic Bomb Film Shown to the Public in Cleveland
The Army released for public viewing today the film The Atomic Bomb Strikes shown at the National Aircraft Show. It features a 40 minute recording of the first experimental blast in New Mexico, plus aerials of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and closeups of Japanese devastation. Previously shown only to high military officials and Congress members.
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Cleveland
New Mexico
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Congress
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MacKenzie
Persia
Patrick P. Doolin
Fort Knox
Jacob FE. Cole
Blairsville R. D
Joseph A. Lisicky
Balirsville R
Stanley P. Schalosky
George Patrick
Byrl D. Flock
Ernest
Walter F. Blayer
Clinton St. Rossiter
Edward Skubisz
Adm
Scouting
Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Chambersburg
Army Signal Corps
UNO Council
Frazer
Graham-Paige Motors
Willow Run
Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Graham-Paige
Mine Safety Men
Jude Rules
Gazette
Three Lodge
Philly
Weather Report
Western
Penne
Insurance Group
Moorhead
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