Berlin Conference and the Big Three Seek Common Policy
DEWITT MACKENZIE analyzes the pending Berlin meeting of Truman, Stalin, and Attlee. He argues the first task is to align policies amid divergent views on Berlin's relief, German governance, and postwar influence, noting Soviet aims and Western concerns over communism spreading while monarchies wobble across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Truman
Europe
Germany
Moscow
Britain
America
France
Balkans
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Poland
Roumania
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Russia
Belgium
Youth for Christ Meeting Inaugurated In Indiana County
The Youth for Christ movement opened in Indiana at the Fair Grounds with 300 attendees from across Indiana County. Earl R. Harshbarger led song, Miss Giles played piano, Rev. Arthur Malles spoke on Youth Living for Christ, and the interdenominational effort aims to grow in 500 U.S. towns. next gathering is Friday July 20 at 2:30 PM at the Grand Stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth For Christ
Indiana
Fair Grounds
Indiana County
Earl R. Harshbarger
New Bethlehem
Miss Giles
Hillsdale
Coddington
S. S. Union
Commodore
Max McCall
Arthur Malles
Brethren Church of
United States
Grand Stand
Allies Obtain List Of Trieste Missing Persons
A British officer in Trieste said Allied authorities possess hundreds of names of people reported missing since Yugoslav occupation. Many were spirited away in the days after the German withdrawal. Trieste had a severe Fascist record, suggesting many penalties may be revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Trieste
Senate bill seeks two term limit for presidents
Senator Wayne Morse introduces a resolution in Washington calling for a constitutional amendment to cap presidential terms at two. The plan would apply even if a president served only part of a term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Wayne Morse
R-Org
Rotary Club Hears Mrs Dingman Speak on Canadian Affairs
Mrs. R E Dingman of North Seventh street guest speaker at Indiana Rotary Club dinner at Hotel Indiana. Her talk contrasted Canadian and American laws and customs with clear interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Dingman
North’ Seventh Street
Indiana Rotary
Hotel Indiana
Chinese Now In Wolfram Mining Area
Chinese forces have captured Tayy in the Wolfram mining region of Kiangsi province, about 175 miles northeast of Canton, as spearheads push Japanese troops toward Kanhsien. Recapture of Tayu severs Japanese communications, with fights near Kanhsien and Loju ng, while Lin chow toward Kweilin sees new gains. The Chinese inflicted over 200 casualties on a Japanese landing party from Amoy, with 25 taken prisoner.
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Chungking
Tayy
Wolfram
Kiangs Province
Canton
Kansien
Chinese High Command
Tayu
Kanhsien
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kukong
Hanhsien
Uberated
Linchow
U. S
14Th Air Force
Lojung
Liuchow
Luchai
Chungtu
Hat Command
Amoy
Chibhu
Fukien
Can't Trust Nazis For 15 Years More
Washington reports a Senate subcommittee found Germany remains a formidable industrial power. It warns against underestimating postwar recovery and recommends quarterly Allied Control Commission briefings to monitor disarmament and keep Germany’s industry focused on peaceful production.
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Washington
Germany
Kilgore D.W. Vail
Therfore
U. S
Allied Control Comission
Congress
Paper Strike Deadline Set
Washington July 10 VPI The Warrior Board warns New York City newspaper delivery men to return to work by 8 a m Wednesday or lose closed shop and preferential hiring clauses and retroactivity of future wage increases. The board's stance was issued in a telegram to Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union officers as the strike began ten days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
VPI
Warrior Board
New York City
Union Eye
Maverick Pledges Aid to Returned Veterans in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh July 10 Chairman Maury Maverick of the Small War Plants Corp headed for Washington after promising 40 returned servicemen SWPC assistance to obtain surplus equipment to start businesses and finance purchases up to 2500 dollars. He noted the task is vast. Veterans Si Zieger of Clarington Ohio asked for a jeep. Maverick suggested truck or trailer. Captain M L Gray, soon to be released, would receive wood finishing machinery with a one day priority. A Pittsburgh man, S E Ruben, told of a burned nightclub and a failed liquor license transfer. Maverick planned more interviews in Baltimore and Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Maury Maverick
War Planta Corp
Washington
SWPC
Maverick
Carl Zesiger
Clarington
Ohio
Rome
Zesiger
Italy
M. L. Gray
Army Air Corps
Wakefield
Gray
5. E. Ruben
China
Ruben
Liquor Board
Baltimore
Norfolk
Boy To Keep Bullet In Brain
Four year old Larry Roe, shot in the right temple, will return home to Fairfield Montana after Mayo Clinic doctors decided against removing the 22 caliber bullet. The bullet split into three pieces and caused an infection treated without surgery. An army plane transported him from Great Falls Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester. Minn
Larry Roe
Fairfield
Mont
Chipper
Happy
Larry
Great Falls
Mayo Clinic
Returning Over-Seas Service Men Arrive Home
A column highlights service men and women returning from overseas duty. The piece notes veterans arriving back in the country and includes those who wired homeward or are visiting their homes after overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Oara
Earl Painter Returns to Camp Davis After POW Experience
Earl Painter of Plumville, son of James H. Painter and husband of Per ence Hil Painter, spent 15 days on sick leave then returned to Camp Davis North Carolina hospital. He was a B 17 top turret gunner shot down over Berlin March 22 1944 and survived a 13 month German POW ordeal. Painter enlisted September 1942 and went overseas August 1943.
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Har
James H. Painter
Perence Hil
Plumville
Camp Davis
N. C
Painter
Germany
Berlin
Clarence Farren Honorable Discharged After Overseas Service
T/Sgt. Clarence R. Farren son of Mr and Mrs A C Farren 308 Clymer Ave Indiana Fa has returned from overseas duty and received an honorable discharge He served two years overseas seeing action in France and Germany with the 28th Division 110th Infantry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Farren
A. C. Farren
Clymer Ave
Indiana
Hag
France
Germany
110Th Infantry
Return of Bowers from World War II captivity
Warren Bowers, son of Mrs. Odessa Murray of Blacklick, has returned home after two years and 11 months overseas, about 26 months in German prison camps. He was captured at Kassrine Pass in North Africa on February 17, 1943 and liberated from Stalag Al-A on April 23, 1945. Sgt Bowers, in good health, praised the American Red Cross for aid during confinement and noted timely parcels with nutritious foods, though wartime transport delays increased near surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T& Warren E. Bowers
Odessa Murray, Blacklick
Kassgurine Pass
North Africa
Stalag Al-A
Sgt. Bowers
American
Red Cross
Coast Guard Plans July Evacuation Of Greenland Outpost
Coast Guard will attempt to evacuate eleven American soldiers trapped at Skjoldungen outpost Greenland after a January snowslide buried buildings and supplies. A Coast Guard cutter is expected to break through pack ice by mid to late July with two more vessels leaving Narsarssuaq for construction work and resupply. Eight replacement personnel will be selected to take over once evacuation proceeds.
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Narsarssuak
Greenland
Eugene Rice
Coast Guard
Skjoldingen
Skjoldungen
Nazis had a five million radar plant at Berlin site
Berlin dispatch reports Nazis built a five million dollar radar plant at the Berlin stadium complex used by the Luftwaffe. The facility is now abandoned with underground chambers, as British forces occupy the park and claim Soviet removal of equipment.
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Berlin
Gret
Luftwaffe
England
Great Stadium
Germany
Americas
Zeiss
Jena
Russia
Troops Leave Europe Ahead of Schedule
Paris reports six American divisions at Le Havre awaiting ships home as redeployment speeds up. Communications zone headquarters says the plan is 30,000 men ahead and that by end of June 396,001 soldiers had left Europe. Units awaiting ships include Twentieth Armored Division and the Eighty-Seventh Second Fifth Twenty-Eighth Infantry and Thirteenth Armored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
le Havre
Europe
Twentieth Armored
Thirteenth Armored
Pittsburgh Gas Strike Impacts Steel City Supplies
Pittsburgh faces fuel disruptions as CIO United Oil and Gas Workers strike in West Virginia and Kentucky. Manufacturers Light & Heat and Equitable Gas rely on United Fuel for roughly 80 percent of supplies, with some plants shifting to oil coal or coke. Union seeks a 10 cent hourly raise and shift differentials, while wage cases before the War Labor Board linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Fuel Gas Company
West Virgitia
Kentucky
Steel City
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co
Equitable Gas Company
United
Manufacturer's
Ciounited
Oil and Gas Workers Union
Smith- Connally War Labor Disputes Act
Kentucky-West Virginia Gas Company
Edward Sutton
Prestonburg
Charleston
NRLS
United Puel Gas Co
United Tuel
Kenucky
West Virginia
Wallace
Jon B. Easton
West Virginia Industrial Council
CIC
Kentucky & West Virginia Co
Louisville
Ed Sutton
War Labor Board
Sutton
WLB
Six Die In Lehigh Valley Storm Toll Rises
A powerful electrical storm in the Lehigh Valley last night killed at least six people and caused widespread damage from Phillipsburg to Northampton. Homes crushed by landslides, floods, and downed lines disrupted rail service and bridges. Rescue efforts saved 25 Girl Scouts marooned at a camp near Easton. fatalities included a 60 year old Allentown guard and a Bethlehem man who died trying to remove a charged branch.
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Philipsburg
N. J
Lehigh Valley
Delaware River
Bethlehem
Adlentown
Easton
Phillipsburg
Northampton
Baston
Exston
Pennsylvania
Jersey Central
Allentown
Weather Bureau
Ekstorm
S. S. Empire Javelin Sunk Near France in December
The S S Empire Javelin carrying U S Army Headquarters personnel to France was sunk in the English Channel on December 28 by a German mine or torpedo. Of 1 483 aboard, 3 were killed, 28 injured, and 1 215 were missing. The frigate L Escarmouche rescued survivors before a second explosion sank the vessel within 100 minutes.
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Paris
France
English Channel
Supreme Headquarters
L’escarmouche
Airfields Hit as Tokyo Targeted in Major Strike
Allied forces launch heavy carrier air attacks against Tokyo and surrounding targets. About 80 airfields in the Tokyo area plus other designated sites across 2,400 square miles faced bombardment by hundreds of Corsairs Hellcats Avengers and Helldivers. Reports from crews describe extensive fires and widespread destruction as waves of bombers and fighters struck key industrial centers and refineries.
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Norman Paige
American Broadcasting Company
Tokyo
Paige
Domei News
Thet
Domei
Halsey
McCain
Nimitz
J. F. Shaforth
O. C. Badger
J. C. Jones
L. J. Wiltge
G. F. Rogan
Radford
T. L. Sprague
Lexington
Essex
Independence
San Jacinto
Indiana
Massachusetts
South Dakota
Iowa
Fieet
Chicago
San Juan
Springfeld
Atlanta
Radio Tokyo
LeMay
Osaka
Honshu
Kochi
Shikoku
Federal Communications Commission
Jessie
Roger Ramey
Sendai
Saipan
Sakai
Utsube
William C. Boone
Kinston
N. C
Gifu
Wakayame
House May Break FEPC Deadlock
Washington July 10 House leaders moved to force a roll call to break a month long FEPC stalemate They persuaded the Appropriations Committee to hold a 2 30 p m session to push a 752 million war agencies bill while Senate backed 250 000 for the Fair Employment Practice Committee Chairman Cannon pledged to stay in session to seek a compromise Opponents had blocked a House vote on FEPC action by withholding support before this maneuver
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Washington
Senate
House
FEPC
House Appropriations
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Chaiman Cannon
France Sets Election For October 14
Paris reports two government officials say General de Gaulle will not stand as a candidate for the new National Assembly to be elected October 14. The assembly could draft de Gaulle for office or continue the 1875 constitution, with a provisional president and a seven month tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belman Morin
Paris
Gen. de Gaulle
National Assembly
de Gaulle
France
Council of Ministers
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
War in Manchuria Forecast in House
Representative Mike Mansfield of Montana predicted in the House that final phases of the war with Japan will occur in northern China and Manchuria. He said Japan may shift its government goal to Manchuria as attacks on Japan intensify, and warned that Russia could enter the conflict.
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Washington
Japan
China
Manchuria
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
House
Roosevelt
China- Burma-India
Russia
Mansfield
Five German POWs Hanged For Murder at Leavenworth
Five German prisoners of war, members of Rommel's Afrika Korps, were hanged at the U S Disciplinary Barracks Leavenworth for the 1944 murder of Johannes Kunze. They were the first foreign war prisoners executed in the United States. Beyer led the group, declined to make a final statement, as guards executed them in an elevator shaft trap.
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Oe FT
Leavenworth
Kas
U. S
United States
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Walter Beyer
U. S. Army
Berthold Seidel
Hans Demme
Hans Schomer
Willi Scholz
Gazette
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Dewitt MacKenzie
AP Foreign News
Weimar
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Rotary Club
R. E. Dingham
South Asia
Preston Grover
New Delhi
Asia
Hengyang
Burma
Thaiand
Borneo
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Sumatra
Malaya
Singapore
Shanghai-Hankow Line
Canton-Hongkong
Hongkong
Shanghai
Java
IMd@Jaya
Indo-China
Indo- -China
Wolfram Mining
Earl Painter
Clarence Farren
Warren Bowers
Col
Frank Howley
Philadelphia
Capitol Target
Western
Penna
Ida McAnulty
Cherry Tree, R. D
Hamot Hospital
Erie
Ernest EK. McAnulty
Charles and
Sarah
Mack) Colbert
Cherry Tree
R, B
Pws
Saddle Oxfords
Moorhead
Bostonian
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