Stimson Says U S Had Only Two Atomic Bombs In August 1945
Former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson disclosed that the United States had only two atomic bombs ready in August 1945 when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed. He argued the bombs shortened the war and warned against future wars, noting the limited wartime production and the bombs’ psychological impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
U.S
New York
Henry L. Stimson
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
United States
Harper’s Magazine
Truman
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atlantic Monthly
Japan
McCreary Installs Second Cub Pack in Indiana
Ralph McCreary, president of the William Penn Cougars, formally installed Cub Pack No. 33 in the United Presbyterian Church last night. He hailed the enthusiastic reception of the Cub Scout program and noted expected growth as boys move from age nine to eleven toward Boy Scouting. Orval Kipp presided as den programs showcased mock trial, piano, singing, and other acts. Certificates were presented to Cubmaster Orval Kipp and pack committee members, including Dale Miller, Joe Nudge, L. D. Kimmel, and many others, with den mothers emphasized as vital to the unit’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McCreary
William Penn Cougers
United Presbyterian Church
McCreary
Orval Kipp
Den
Marold Keck
Central District
Dale Miller
Joe Nudge
L. D. Kimmel
Fart Gardner, Jr
Albert W. Byrne
Don Mathers
Stanley J. Smith
J. R. Reschini
Marian J. Kipp
Frank Marshall
Mary Campisano
Jennie Leone
F. W. Mohr
Harold Walls
Harry Holt
James McKelvey
Initiate 17 New Lions at Rustic Lodge in Indiana
A large class of 17 Lion Cubs was initiated into the Indiana club last night at Rustic Lodge by Past President Lion Charles EB Davis. He and his committee instructed the new Lions and oversaw initiation duties. New Lions include Arnod G Moorhead Morris Williams Donald F Kerr Cecil C Spadafora Donald S Brody Garson Creps Luther M Kelly Carl Lewis James G Moore Morris Mc Coy Moron F Newman Martha Nolan Herman Ricupero Sherman Shearer Ralph White and Ralph Wilhelm. Melvin Jones and Lion Reuben Alwine of Johns town attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion ‘Cubs
Indiana
Rustic Lodge
Charles Eb, Davis
Wallace Cunningham
Granville Sayler
Joseph Steele
Dick” Cummings
Skip" Sawyer
Arnod G. Moorhead
Morris Williams
Donald F. Kerr
Cecil C. Spadafora
Donald S. Brody
Garson Creps
Luther M. Kelly
Carl §. Lewis
James G. Moore
Morris McCoy
M$ron F. Newman
Marthas Nolan
Herman Ricupero
Sherman Shearer
Ralph White
Ralph Wilhelm
Enlist Eight In Army Here Enlist Eight In Army Here
Eight men enlisted in the Regular Army through the local recruiting station, M-Sgt Hoopes in command announced today. Names and addresses include George G. Blystone Waterman age 18 son of Mr and Mrs Blystone. Casper L Yankuskie Waterman age 18 son of Mr and Mrs Yankuskie. Donald H Montgomery Shelocta age 22 re enlisted for 3 years son of Mr Thomas Montgomery. Donald L Wells Creekside age 17 enlisted for 3 years branch Army Air Forces with parental consent. Robert V Stiteler Smicksburg age 19 son of Mr Virgil Stiteler. Michael Fedinick Waterman age 24 Army Air Forces with Navy service. Ralph K Beck Dayton age 20 reenlisted for 3 years son of Mr and Mrs Charles Beck. Bernard L Stiles Mo Ween Box 62 age 22 chose 1st Cavalry Division in Japan occupation duties. A note on glass care follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoopes
George G. Blystone
Waterman
Bert Blystone
Casper L. Yankuskie
Box
Leo M. Yankuskie
Donald H. Montgomery
R. D
Shelocta
Regular Army
Montgomery
6Lth Field Artillery Batallion
Army Air Forces
Thomas N. Montgomery
Donald L. Wells
Creekside
Army Air Force
Joseph A. Wells
Robert V. Stiteler
Smicksburg
Virgil Stiteler
R. D. Punxsutawney
Michael Fedinick
Water
Dyan
Fedinick
U. S. Navy
Navy
Ralph K. Beck
Dayton
65Th
Charles C. Beck
Bernard L. Stiles
Mo Ween
1St Cavalry Division
Japan
Mrg
Milo J. Stiles
Moween
GI Benefits Not Hurt By War End
The local recruiting station announces that the President's proclamation ending hostilities in World War II does not affect dependency benefits and other GI Bill provisions. The note references flags and a quoted phrase about building resistance to cards by restful sleep.
Argue Pound Release in Federal Court Bid
Washington reports that on January 28 a motion for Ezra Pound’s release from federal custody will be argued in court before Judge Bolitha Laws. Pound, indicted on treason, has been deemed mentally unsound and unfit to stand trial. He has been confined at St. Elizabeths Hospital after a grand jury’s finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ezra Pound
Bolitha J. Laws
Justice Department
Pound
Italy
St. Elizabeth’s Federal Hospital
Four Dead As Train Cracks Up
A derailment killed four people as a Pennsylvania line crash spread cars along the track in a town of 800 residents. W. W. Patchell of Chicago said the FBI is assisting state police and a missing wire roll near the switch is believed used in the incident. Deaths identified include C. A. Wisler, Miss Kathryn Marie Kingery, Walter Pischke, and H. G. Perkinson plus engineer N. J. Lamartine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Patchell
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Patchell
C. A. Wisler
Richmond
Ind
Kathryn Marie Kingery
Kokomo
Walter Pischke
H. G. Perkinson
Anderson
N. J. Lamartine
Frigid Arctic Trial Tests U S Army Weather Limits
In Fairbanks Alaska on January 28 a 1475 strong Army task force tests how cold affects soldiers in tents from 60 below to 58 below zero. Col Paul V. Kane notes soldiers lose efficiency per degree below zero and mental fear declines with acclimation. Scout leader Russell Apple observes scouting programs learning from Army cold weather trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fy Clarke Beach
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
Paul V. He
Nan
Kane
T-5
Howard
Graham
Chicago
Iceland
Europe
Fort Bliss
Texas
Boy Scouts
Russell Apple
Vegetable Men To Meet Here Jan. 30
Home vegetable gardeners and commercial growers are invited to an all day meeting at the Community Center on Ninth and Philadelphia Streets from 10:00 a.m. to about 3:00 p.m. The event, organized by the Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association, features Penn State specialists J. O. Dutt and Allen H. Bauer. Dutt will cover fertilization cultural practices and new vegetable varieties while Bauer addresses vegetable diseases, notably late blight in tomatoes. All interested, from hobbyists to commercial growers, are welcome and encouraged to attend and share experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth and
Philadelphia
Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association
W. C. Cochrane
Penn State
J. O. Dutt
Allen H. Bauer
Mr. Dutt
Bauer
Russian Plan For German Pact Rapped
London January 28 Representatives of Brazil and Australia challenged Russia's proposal to draft a German treaty for a big power peace. The United States planned to seek amplification of the Soviet plan, with the Big Four drafting the treaty and submitting it to an international conference. Deputy Foreign Minister Feodor Gousey circulated the memorandum, provoking Australia and Brazil to object to small power exclusion while Britain France and the United States supported the concept. The U.S. would press for clarification on whether the German state or future government would ratify. A Czech memo urged direct talks with Austria on minor frontier issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Smith
London
Brazil
Australia
Russia
United States
Feoddor T. Gousey
Britain
France
U. S
Robert Murphy
Gousey
Murphy
Austria
Judge Seeks To Nullify Day Divorce
Los Angeles January 28 A Superior Court judge instructed county counsel to draft a show cause order to set aside the interlocutory divorce decree granted to actress Laraine Day from airport executive Ray Hendricks after she obtained a Mexican divorce and remarried Leo Durocher. The judge questioned retroactivity and warned against making her case a statewide example, noting his jurisdiction limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los A Neles
George A. Dockweiler
Jarains Day
Ray Hendricks
Cockwellers
Miss. Day
Juarez
el Paso
Texas
Brooklyn Byes- Ball
Leo
the Lip) Durocher
Laraine
Los Angeles
Hendricks
Miss Day
Duroched
Postpone Debate On Corfu Channel Issue
At Albania's request the British delegation agreed to delay the UN Security Council debate on Albania's mines damaging British warships and the loss of 44 men in the Corfu Channel last October. The council will meet later as Albania dispatches a representative while Egypt's Sudan case looms as possible next action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Geumich Lake
Success
N. Y
Albania
United Nations Security Council
Corfu Channel
New York
Enver Hoxha
U. N
Hysni Kapa
Kapa
Alexander Cadogan
Hoxha
Egypt
Britain
Sudan
United Nations
Security Council
P Aris
Films Shown To Indiana Rotary Meeting at Hotel Indiana
Indiana Rotarians attended a dinner program featuring two films. Thomas Lymph presented a Chile life pictorial and Warner Brothers? "America the Beautiful." Rotarian Bill Snyder and Mr. Lymph were guests. Mrs. J W Everett spoke in writing for the March of Dimes Infantile Paralysis Fund county chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Thomas Lymph
Chile
Warner ‘Brothers
Bill Snyder
Livonia
Lymph
March of Dimes Campaing
J. W. Everett
The
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Switcheroo General Switches to Government Army in China
Nanking January 28 1946 Central News Agency reports Gen Ho Peng Chu former Nationalist mil illist who led puppet troops and later commanded Communist Dem ocratic Reconstruction Joint Army has switched sides again joining government forces as government specification commander and chief of 42nd group army in southern Shantung. He vows to crush Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Ho Peng-Chu
Kiangsu-Shantung
Hsuchow-Haichow
Japan
Communists’ Democratic Reconstruction Joint Army
Shantung Province
Hsuchow
Lunghai
Haichow
Shantung
Anti US Fuss Flares Anew In Shanghai Rally
In Shanghai 1500 mainly student demonstrators marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Sino Japanese War with anti American banners and a declaration accusing the United States of treating China as a satellite. Bitter flyers circulated and one speaker claimed U S support for Japanese fascists threatening China. The protest followed recent anti American parades protesting alleged rapes by a U S Marine in Peiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Aew
Japan
America
China
United States
Chiaotung
U S
Pieping
Shangri La Retained as Truman Retreat in Maryland
The White House said one of two Maryland camps known as Shangri La will be kept as a presidential retreat for President Truman. The second camp in the Catoctin Mountains about 68 miles north of Washington is being turned over to…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Maryland
Shangri-La
Truman
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland League For Crippled Children
Charles G.ross
Camp No. 2
Roosevelt
Veterans Benefits Urgency Urges Survivors to Claim Now
World War II veterans' survivors who may qualify for social security benefits on the deceased veteran's service record should apply immediately to avoid loss. Johnstown Social Security Manager Richard C. Wrestling warns eligible survivors who died after discharge and before August 10, 1946 have until Feb 10, 1947 to file. Benefits cover retroactive periods up to three months prior to filing and may go to children under 18, widows with dependents, widows 43 or older, or certain aged dependent parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Wrestling
Johnstown
Social Security Administration
Wrestling
Veterans Administration
Carnegie Building
Veterans Committee to investigated delays in veterans hospital care
Washington January 28 the House Veterans Committee will probe delays in hospitalization for veterans and the adequacy of Veterans Administration hospitals. Subcommittee led by Ren Kearney will hear complaints about bed shortages and slow expansion of new facilities for women veterans. Committee aims to scrutinize GI rights program funding and veteran education aid while inviting representatives of Legion VFW AMVETS and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Veterans Committee
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
Ren. Kearney
R-Ny
Rogers
Veterans Administration
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Amvets
Question Red Seizures In Germany
Berlin report says Russia will face questions at the Moscow conference in March over seizing about 200 German plants to run as a single unit for reparations. An American official notes the plants range from chemical works to Meissen porcelain and urges caution before any expansion of foreign ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
United States
Miinisters
Moscow
German
Socialist Unity Party
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Meissen
Noon Stock Ticker Summary From The Market Ledger
The list catalogs mixed daily figures for numerous companies across sectors. Notable entries include Anaconda Copper Boeing North American Steel and Motors, General Electric, General Foods, Chrysler, Eastman Kodak, Du Pont, Packard, Reading Co, US Steel, Sears Roebuck, Studebaker, and Westinghouse, with varied price indicators and percentage changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Am Smelt & R
Anaconda Cap
Atch
T& SF
Atl Refining
Beld Laco
Balt & Ohio i
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Briggs Mfg
Budd Co
Case
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corrie Colum G & Eny
Com! Solvents
Cons Edison
Curtiss-Wright
del Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
Erie RR
Food Fair
Elec Kys Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Hingis Central
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Int
Tel & Tel
Repub Steel
Sears Roebuck
Sovony-Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Brands
Ltd
G & E Pd
Stand Oil Cal AG
Stand Oil Ind
Studebaker Corp
Sutherland Pap
Swift, & Co
Btly Texas Co
STM
United Aircraft
US Smelt R& M
US Steel
West UN Tel
Woolworth
Youngst Sh & T
Public Owns Morgenthau Diary Said Public Owns Morgenthau Diary
Treasury holds fast to the view that a major portion of Henry Morgenthau Jr’s diary is public property and belongs in government files. The diary spans 60 million words in 900 volumes, with officials noting some records may remain confidential while others should be filed by the government. Historical researchers recount Roosevelt’s remarks on gold prices and debates over Acheson, plus notes on turkeys, holly, and 1945 wool and cheese production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Snyder
Jon
Morgenthau
Department
Jonathan Grossman
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dean Acheson
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Acheson
U. S
Montague Norman
Bank of England
Morgenthaut
Obituaries for Eva Gross Nesbitt and Julia Strassler
Eva Gross Nesbitt of Avon Park Florida died Saturday January 26 widow of Thomas A Nesbitt. Streams Funeral Home will receive the remains Thursday with full obituary to follow. Julia F Strassler 96 died Memorial Hospital Johnstown Monday morning at 930. A Moxham Lutheran Church worker she was born November 6 1850 in Indiana. Surviving sister Mrs Emma Boucher and step son Frank Strassler Spokane. Services tomorrow at Leydie Funeral Home at 200 pm led by Rev George S Melham. Burial Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Gross Nesbitt
Avon Park
Florida
Thomas A. Nesbitt
the Streams Funeral Home
Julia F. Strassler
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Jacob and
Elizabeth
Henry) Faith
Indiana
Devenscn
Moxham Lutheran
Eliic
George S. Melham
Moxham Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
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England
Joseph A. Zlemba
Hermann Goering
Warren Eckberg
Frigid
State of
California
Dockweiler
Corfu
Switcheroo General
Gazette
Public
Morgenthau Diary
Beltsville
Weather Report
Ton Athea
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