War Today Sees Saipan Victory Shape Pacific Moves
AAP analysis notes Saipan victory shifts Pacific strategy as Guam and Rota come under threat. MacArthur and Nimitz plans loom for future offensives toward Truk Yap Palau and Bonin while air bombardment pressures Japan and evacuation intensifies.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
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Rota
Amedcan
Siapan
Japan
Philippines
Pacific
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Bagen
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Yap
Palau
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Wepan
Marianas
Bnce
Meath
Saul
Tokyo
Dutch East Indies
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Voklo
Nippon
MacArthur
East Indies
Free French Committee Recognized
President Roosevelt announced that the French National Committee led by General Charles De Gaulle will be the civil administration authority for liberated France. Eisenhower will supervise its authority, determining when cities or departments transfer from military to committee control, while the U.S. does not recognize the committee as a provisional government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
Roosevelt comments on China after Wallace talks
President Roosevelt spoke briefly about China after yesterday's conference with Wallace. He smiled as reporters left his office, noting he needed a cigarette and mentioning a Murad slogan, while Hannegan remained on his desk.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
China
Hannegan
Aged Resident Remembered at Funeral Services
The obituary notes a devout member of Plumb Creek Church of the Brethren with Rev. Clarence H. Rosenberger officiating. Surviving children include Albert Jacoby Alberta Long William C Jacoby Hosetta Jankoski Clyde Jacoby and Irene Rumbaugh. The late husband, a Civil War veteran, served as conductor on the Indiana local for forty two years and died January 10, 1933. There are 18 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Friends may visit the funeral home after 11 am Wednesday.
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Plun) Creek
Homer City
Armed Forces
Reds Push Toward East Prussia and Riga Front
Soviet forces under Bagramian approach within 120 miles of Riga as they cut the Kaunas corridor and press toward Daugavpils. Rokossovsky’s White Army advances near Brest Litewski with rail routes toward Warsaw while German evac steps open eastern Prussia.
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Ballic
Daugavpils
Kaunas
Riga
Jaatvia
Bagramian
Wilt
Linn
Landwarow
Red Army
East Prussia
Morgon Ndningen
Stalin
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Pinsk
Brest Titovsk
Warsaw
Janim
Baratiopaces
Allied Push Near Caen Gains Amid Harsh Weather
Allied forces faced bad weather and German resistance slowing the Caen assault as British and Canadian units fought along the Odon and Orne rivers. Canadians cleared the north bank of the Odon, British clung to Hill 122, and American troops moved south of Carentan toward La Haye du Puits, Pont Hebert, and Saint-Lô with gains extending along the Vire river.
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Odon
Orne
Maltot
Caren
Caer
Orne River
Montgomery
Odon River
Esquay
Erwin Rommel
Ben Jing
Watt
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Caluns
Carentan
Vire
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Periera
la Haye du Puits
Doughboys
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la Farges
Santeny
Giso
Greidgnes
Pont Hebert
St. Lo
la Meauffe
Sane City
Gruignes Place
Navy reports loss of submarine S-28 during Pacific training
The Navy announced the loss of the 20 year old submarine S-28 during Pacific training. About 70 aboard under Lieut Comdr Jack C Campbell. Depth makes salvage impractical and recovery of personnel abandoned.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Jack C. ‘Campbell
Jean Brooks Campbell
Groton
Conn
Food Picture Brighter For U S
Washington officials said an Agriculture Department crops report forecast a near record wheat crop of 1,127,622,000 bushels and a large corn crop of 2,980,238,000 bushels. Favorable weather could sustain sufficient food through the 1945 growing season with hay near record and good crops of oats and barley.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Republicans Ween Mayor Tobin for Massachusetts Governor Nomination
Republicans embrace Mayor Maurice Tobin of Boston and State Treasurer Francis Hurley for the Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial nomination. CIO leader Salerno downplays CIO influence while other states name nominees for Congress and state offices. Minnesota eyes Gov. Edward de Whye for renomination as Peterson contends and Byron G. Allen pursues the Farm Labor gubernatorial bid.
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Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
Francis X. Hurley
Maassachusetts
Yobolu
Cios
Joseph A. Salerno
CIO
Utah
Washington
Michigan
New Hampshire
Oklahomm
Minnesota
Edward de Whye
John C. Peterson
Mine Hesola
Byron G. Allen
Detroit Lakes
Democratic- Farmer-Labor Party
Compromise favored to aid civilian consumers
A proposed compromise would allow WPB field offices to grant spot authorization for manufacturers to produce needed civilian goods using nonessential labor and machinery. The plan would require thorough in Washington checks by military, manpower and production overseers to prevent war disruption.
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WPB
Washington
Allied Counterattacks Drive German Forces Back
Fragmentary wartime dispatch describes merged Allied offensives around Cherbourg and La Haye Du Putts. German resistance reportedly softens as American forces press a morning attack, signaling a potential withdrawal southward.
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Cherbourg
la Haye du Putts
Carlson Gives Interview on Saipan Victory View
Lt Col. Evans F. Carlson, 46, veteran Marine raider leader, says in a naval hospital interview that Japanese high command does not believe they can beat the United States. He argues for complete conquest of Japan and its forces, calling Tarawa a sideshow compared with Saipan. Carlson, from Plymouth, Conn, a three-time Navy Cross recipient, contends a peace would only delay the inevitable.
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Mye
San Diego
Calif
Evans F. Carlson
Brooklyn
Saipan
Naval Hospital
Pacific
Carlson
Tarawa
Plymouth
Conn
De Gaulle Ends New York Visit to Head for Canada
General Charles De Gaulle left New York by plane for Ottawa after a gala visit cheered by about 900000 New Yorkers. He was greeted by Mayor LaGuardia at City Hall and praised Franco American friendship in English remarks after meeting the U S president.
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Charles de Gaulle
Canada
de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Ottawa
Mackensie King
Ishouts
City Hall
Weather and boxing results mix in Pennsylvania brief
Western Pennsylvania news notes fair weather with continued warm conditions and scattered thundershowers tonight. Philadelphia boxing results list Ike Williams beating opponents, with scores and rounds noted, including a stoppage sequence and multiple names.
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Pennsylvania
Washington Scribe Pokes Fun at Political School Opening
The writer mocks a Democratic National Committee plan to teach women to give campaign speeches at the July 21 seminar in Chicago. Mentioned are Mrs. Jean Poletti and her stepladder campaigning method, with jokes about money in campaigns and farmer votes. The piece lampoons party tactics and ends with a playful note about attending in disguise.
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Washington
Newcastle
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Jean Poletti
Charles Poletti
Mra. Poletti
Wall Street
Ingle Woodle
Democrats Clash Over Policy Plank For Peace
Washington July 11 The Democratic platform chairman John W McCormack says full agreement on a plank for sound and international action to prevent war and secure permanent peace is expected in Chicago next week The Republican platform is condemned as negative on peace and a direct commitment to an effective international organization is promised Pepper adds no evasive statements will be made. Public hearings begin in Chicago Saturday.
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Democratic Platform Committee
John W. McCormack
Chicago
McCormack
House
Associated Press
Boston
Claude Pepner
Florida
Platform Committee
Pepper
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Roosevelt
Dairymen Meet Friday in Indiana County
Indiana County dairymen will meet Friday evening July 14 at 8 15 at the Court House in Indiana. R H Olmstead Penn State Dairy Extension specialist will discuss artificial insemination associations and report progress in Pennsylvania. A brief Dairy Herd Improvement Associations meeting and certificate awards for those exceeding 300 pounds butterfat per cow. All dairymen and families invited.
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Indiana County
Mr. Olmstead
Final Mine Rescue Try Under Way
Rescue crews attempted contact with 86 miners trapped at Powhatan mine through a new shaft but received only silence. Officials pressed the effort as hope faded that any miners remained alive after the fire last Wednesday.
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Powhatan
Spectator notes on Democratic speakers and Gingrich in town
Esquire editor Arnold Gingrich, in town for a court injunction hearing, appears worn from legal maneuvers. The text mocks Democratic stepladder rhetoric and notes Gingrich’s fragile state while hinting at Republican ridicule of female party speakers.
Guam and Rota Hit by U S Forces in Pacific War
Allied bombardment and carrier strikes targeted Guam and Rota as U S forces advanced in the Marianas. Nimitz announced light carriers and destroyers pounded shore installations while planes from MacArthur’s command attacked Japanese bases in the Caroline Islands. China and Burma actions continued with Japanese resistance waning at Ukhrul as the war spread across Asia.
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Ada
Chester W. Nimitz
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Rota
Saipan
Tokyo Radio
Tinian Island
Niniawa
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Carolines
Truk
Woleai
Yan J
Palau
Pacific
Yanle
Southwest Pacific
China
Tengchung
Lungling
Yunnan
Hupeh
Hengyang
Canton-Hankory
Burma
Ukhrul
India
Psychoneurotic Cases Recover and Return to Duty
Senate wartime health and education subcommittee heard testimony that many servicemen who break down psychoneu- rotically recover fully and can rejoin civilian life. Braceland and Menninger of Navy and Army neuropsychiatry cited 30 to 60 percent retuning to combat and another 20 to 30 percent usable in communications or behind front lines.
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Washington
Senate
Francis J. Braceland
William C. Menninger
Navy
Army
Pepper
D-Pla
Brace‘land
Menninger
Progress Slow On Italian Front
Allied forces advance in Italy with US Fifth Army bypassing Lajatico and Pomaja near Livorno, while Casale and a west coast Pomaja move threaten German positions. Eighth Army pushes toward Castel Di Broglio, San Regelo, and near Volterra as Arezzo area defenses resist. French and Polish units engage near Siena with heavy fighting on Hill 980 and surrounding terrain.
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Livorno
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Lajatico
Shad
Pomaja
Lajatica
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Casale
Tthe
Pomeja
Eighth Army
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Arno
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Ranza
4-H Club Meet Postponed
The Elders Ridge West Lebanon 4 H Club meeting scheduled for this week has been postponed until Thursday evening August 10 at the farm of A B Gray. Henry Menuson Extension entomology specialist at Penn State will discuss garden insects using colored slides with his talk.
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West Lebanon
A. B. Gray
Henry Menuson
Penn State
Obituary Jessie Coulter of Olivet Dies at 94
Jessie Blanonme Coulter of Olivet near South Bend died at home Monday July 10. Born October 6, 1885, she was daughter of John Roy and Florence Belle Miller Coulter and lifelong resident of Elders Ridge. Survived by sisters Mina Baker Rose Wean Olive B. Friends receive at Robinson Funeral Home Saltsburg until July 13 noon, then body to Elders Ridge Presbyterian Church for 2:00 pm service by Rev. C. C. Cribby. Interment Elders Ridge Cemetery.
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Olivet
South Bend
John Roy
Florence Belle (Miller) Coulter
Elders Ridge Presbyterian Church
Mina Baker
Rose Wean
Eldere Ridge
Olive B
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