Debate Over Hanging Hirohito as War Criminal
Dewitt Mackenzie argues the Chongqing proposal to hang Emperor Hirohito risks hardening Japanese resolve and prolonging war. He notes Hirohito may be a tool of militarists and questions if targeting the emperor or Shinto faith would spark chaos, urging Allied decision before action. He cites Potsdam signals and Truman’s priority on unconditional surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Chilngking National Herald
People's Political Council
Hirohito
Japan
China
Chungking
Potsdam
Truman
Trumman
Ives
One Killed In Halifax Blast
Halifax July 20 The Royal Canadian Navy said one sailor was killed and three other sailors were among 25 treated for minor injuries after a massive armament depot explosion. About 60 000 residents fled the north Halifax and Dartmouth area but returned as danger waned following a major blaze and a series of blasts. Firefighters controlled the fire that had swept the Main Magazine area where 50 000 depth charges were stored.
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Halifax
Royal Canadian Navy
Darthmouth
Ledford Basin
German Girls Lose Hair For Dating With British Troops
German girls in Germany report that German men have cropped their hair for talking with British soldiers. Newly discharged soldiers were told by their officers to cut hair of girls fraternizing with Allied troops. Partisans in France Belgium and other areas marked women accused of associating with Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Belgium
Pacific Bound Vets To Get Training
European Veterans bound for Tokyo will receive eight weeks of intensive training in the United States. The Army Ground Forces outlined a six hour per week program covering drills, orientation, and courses on jungle tactics, Japanese weapons, uniforms, weapon employment, and tropical disease prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tokyo
United States
Army
Pacific
Two Soldiers Are Discharged From Army Center
Two Indian County soldiers were discharged from the Army Separation Center at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation on Thursday. They are Cpl. Glenn I. Painter of Indiana and Sgt. Charlie C. Gust of Mechanicsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Glenn I. Painter
Indiana
Charlie C. Gust
Mechanicsburg
Chinese Coast Open For Sea Invasion Reports Say
Chinese forces push east along the coast from Tinpak toward Young Kong, threatening a sea invasion of the continent. Maj. Gen Etto Chi Chih cites 1,000,000 Japanese troops in China and Manchuria with equal auxiliaries, while Chiang Kai shek reportedly says mainland invasion may not be necessary. Chinese advances in Liuchow and Saipo tighten around the major former U S air base at Kweilin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
South China
Chinese Light Command
Kwangtung
Tinpak
Canton
Hainan Island
Young
Kong
Tinpak Ane
Etto Chi-Chih
Dapainese
Hunen Province
Shantung
Ching
Manchuria
China
Youngkong
Luzon
Kwangsi Province
Liuchow
Saipo
Kweilin
U. S. Itth Air Force
United States Seeks No New Territory At War Conference
The Potsdam era note details talks among President Truman Stalin and Churchill on possible Soviet aid against Japan. It notes plans to return to Washington soon and hints at London visits, UN charter, Bretton Woods, and a busy Little White House map room tracking Pacific war.
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Stelin
Churvehill
Japan
Washington
White House
United States
Stalin
Churchill
Land
Quebec
Kremn
Stali’s
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav M. Matatov
U.S
James FF. Byrnes
Eden
Truman
Premer Stalin
Lord Warde
Cinque Ports
Dover
Sandwich
Hythe
Rommey
Rye
Winchelsea
Hastings
James F. Byrnes
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
Moscow
Far East
Joseph EB. Davies
Charles Rohlen
Adm
William D. Leahy
Potsdam
Europe
Sea Serpent Sightings Spark Ocean Lore Across Nations
Reports from Winthrop Massachusetts and New Castle on Tyne describe sea serpent sightings with Edward Rowe Snow noting a two mile offshore find near Deer Island. Harvard scientists classified the creature as a different species, while English and Swedish coastal locals also reported large sea monster appearances near mouths of rivers and lakes in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Mass
Edward Rowe Snow
Boston Harbor
Aday
Deer Island
Harvard Geiernists
New Castle
Tyne
Eng
Plan Trade Jap Diplomats For U S Prisoners
The article reports on discussions by Albert E. Clattenburg and others in Washington about trading Japanese diplomats for U S prisoners. It notes hotels housing celebrit ies as a wartime custody approach, doubts about repurposing CCC camps, and the role of Swiss inquiries in shaping prisoner treatment. Edward Linssky advocates the exchange if it saves an American, with no arrival date given for the diplomats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Clattenburg
Special War Problem Committee
Washington
Clattenburg
Tolya
Japan
CCC
Bedford
Edward Linssky
American Legion
Harrisburg
New York
600 Superforts Fire On Five Cities In Okinawa Raid
Ultra long range B29s conducted one of the war’s final strategic raids on Honshu targets. Airfields near Tokyo and Kishikawa area bombed with little opposition and minimal flak. Captain Graydon E Franklin led a Mustang flight, while a 10,000 ton freighter at Amami reported 12 hits amid clear skies over the Ryukyus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Leinlast
Honshu
Tokyo
Crownton
Fokui
New York
Shanghai
Kishgwan
Graydon E. Franklin
Wyalui Paling
Janak
Amami
Ryukyus
Planes Grounded Over Tire Shortage At North Africa Front
Fourteen hospital troop planes have been grounded in North Africa due to tire shortages. The issue stems from lack of tires at Akron and Detroit plants. Commanding General MaGee Waugh reported the situation today to the Air Technical Service Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Field
North Africa
Akron
Detroit
MaGee Waugh d. Knerr
Air Technical Service Counciond Dapre
Tocay
Hitler planned to invade Sweden in 1942
Stockholn reports cited documents from Berlin showing Hitler ordered a February 1942 invasion plan to seize Sweden via Denmark and Norway. German air units awaited a blitz, with 45 divisions under Field Marshal von Bock ready, to secure routes for operations against Russia before Sweden mobilized.
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Stockssolm
Berlin
Hitler
Sweden
Oscian Goulding
Corres‘pondent
London
Teleh
Denmark
Norway
Geramn Air Force
Hiller
Russia
von Bock
Mgr. Goulding
New Order
Europe
Christian B. Guenther
Guenther
Altitude record claimed for P-38 fighter in flight
In Burbank California July 20 Lockheed Aircraft Corp announced the unofficial American altitude record for the P 38 Lightning. Chief test pilot Joe Towle flew the aircraft to 44 000 feet with Colonel Randolph Love in the back seat at Wright Field observing assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Joe Towle
Randolph Lovelace
Army
Aero-Medivak Laboratory
Wright Field
Plessback
Lots of Strikes Coming, UAW Say
In Minneapolis on July 20 R. J. Thomas president of the CIO United Automobile Workers Union said victory in Japan would trigger him to authorize strikes. He pledged to strike in every plant with an ongoing grievance and blamed employers in the machin e industry for resisting the union. He added the UAW executive board voted to continue the current pledge for the war’s duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
R. J. Thomas
CIO United Automobile Workers Union
Japan
Thomas
Lulomachie
UAW
Truman Preaches Peace as He Visits Berlin HQ
President Truman told Allied forces in Berlin that the United States fights for peace welfare and prosperity for all. He traveled from the Little White House to the U.S. Group Central Command headquarters near Potsdam, inspecting the flag over the Allied command as a symbol of victory.
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Berlin
Fromin
United States
White House
Argenischer al- Wee
Central Council
Allied Central Commission For Germany
Rome
Eisenhower
Large Groups Selectees Go Next Week
Indiana County draft boards plan next week departures with Board No 2 sending 33 men Monday and 43 Wednesday to armed forces. Notables include Blairsville Dwight Muir and Homer City selections. transfers and inductees span multiple towns and include June 22 1945 and June 29 1945 enlistments.
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Indiana County
Board No. 2
David Earl Muir
Blairsville
Draper Blattenberger
Black Lies
John Plpshock, Jr
Glenfield
Lionel Jack Gerard
Paul Eugene Harmon
Leon Paul Boseiman
Indiana
James Jacobs
Iselin
Richard George Crist
East Rochester
Albert William Edwards
Niagara Falls
Mike Bestsid
Graceton
Joseph John Mihaleik
Homer City
Ray
Lucerne Mines
Ronald Gill Olson
Black Lick
Charles Otto Swasy, Jr
Donald Rankin
Arthur John Reed
Josephine
Harold Eugene
Thomas
Clarksburg
Clyde Joseph Silvers
Paul Hollingsworth Smith
John Borish
John
Matthew Yedinok
James Joseph Tedeschi
Robert Lee Peak
Josey Pretlow
Edel
Walter Jackson
George Thomas Jennings
Hugh Frank Robertson
Pittsburgh
Danil van O'Dell
Neal
Evie
Albert Henry Stiles
R. D
Vintandale
Joseph Freno
Gipsy
Michael Miklos, Jr
Rankin
Charles Marton Beppler
Johnstown
John Earlship
Punxsutawney
Andrew Jula
Bolte
James Pauk Sheesley
John Bohensky
Theodore
Edmond Burk Hagens
Barnesboro
James Gerald John
Francis McCloskey
Bert George Eddy
Penn Run
Walter Alton Roof
Dixonville
Raymond John McKinney
Smokeless
Clair Francis Koontz
George Lewis Paris
Rossiter
Donald Wade Jats
George Gene Stephens
Clymer
William Clement Davis
Alverda
Andrew Louis Krolick
Niagara
Warvey Robert Mumau
Cleveland
Ohio
Queen Elizabeth Docks Today
The 44th Infantry Division returns from France aboard the Queen Elizabeth amid a record homeward flow of 41 455 U S soldiers in New York. Troops from several divisions and regiments disembark on seven ships including the Monticello and Frances Y Slinger among others, with 1561 casualties and 12 POWs reported.
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New York
44Th
France
Europe
United States
Debark
Monticello
Marine Panther
Lie Jeune
Bret Harte
Nishmaha
Frances Y. Slinger
Second Infantry
Fifth Infantry
Air Corps
Returning Over-Seas Service Men Arriving Home
This column chronicles service men and women who have returned to the United States after duty overseas. It notes those who are ill or discharged and includes those visiting home, highlighting their status and arrival.
Soldier Kenneth Conrath to Return Home From Italy
Brig Gen James Mollison announces that Kenneth Conrath of 50 South Fifth Street Indiana will return to the United States with the 450th Bomb Group after long service in Italy with the 18th Air Force. He will report to Fort Meade Maryland for processing, then receive a furlough before reassignment.
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Italy
18Th Air Force
Pic
Kenneth Conrath
50 South Fifth Street
Indiana
United States
J James A. Mollison
16Th Air Force
Pfc
Conrath
Fort Meade
MISSING NAME IN FURLough RETURN AT DREW FIELD
John L. Donnell and Cpl. John L. Donnery, sons of John M. Donnely of Indiana, have arrived at Drew Field in Tampa Florida. Cpl. Donnely spent ten months overseas before returning to the United States in May after a furlough at home with the Third Air Force.
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Cpl
John L. Donnery
John M. Donnely
Indiana
Drew Field
Tampa
Florida
Third Air Force
Donnely
Redeployed Soldiers Arrive at Indiantown Gap Reception Station
Soldiers from Indiana County arrive at the Reception Station Indiantown Gap Military Reservation for redeployment yesterday. Photographers and addresses accompany the report highlighting local personnel including Pfc Clair W. Lantey Pfc Thomas R. Kiral Sgt Charles Charnesky and others from Indiana Barnesboro Nanty Glo Marion Center and Marion County areas.
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Indiana County
Indiantown Gap
Steve Harmetta
Ivory Hill
Nanty-Glo
Pfc
Thomas R. Kiral
Coral
William F. Allison
Grant Street
Indiana
Charles Charnesky
Nanty-Glo. PLC
Dale E. Hadden
RFD
Marion Center
John Shea
Highland Street
Barnesboro
Beryl H. Brown
Hang Hirohito Chinese Demand Hang Hirohito Chinese Demand
The English language National Herald supports the People's Political Council proposals to declare Emperor Hirohito a war criminal and hang him by China and its allies. It says Hirohito must answer for Japan's aggression and atrocities, and be brought to book with other Japanese war lords.
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Chungeng
National Herald
Foreign Office
People's Political Council
Hirohito
China
Japan
Hiroito
Chiang Kai-shek says US land offensive not needed
Chiang Kai-shek told Yank magazine’s Sergeant Walter Peters that with proper equipment and supplies Chinese forces, aided by a strong American Air Force, could defeat Japan on the Chinese continent without a massive American land invasion. The interview message cleared Chinese censorship today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Walter RE. Peters
Yank Magazine
China
Japan
Peters
Sailor Gauss Sought as Mother Ill in Pittsburgh District
Seaman Cook, Third Class John Gauss, 21, of Culpeper Virginia, is being sought after his mother was reported critically ill at Warrington Hospital. Cousin Mrs. Anna Drake of 716 Sterrett street Pittsburgh says Gauss had planned visits to Baltimore and Indiana and was to contact the hospital if located.
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Seaman Cook
John Gauss
Culpepper
Warrington
Pittsburgh
Seaman Gauss
Anna Drake
Sterrett Street
Baltimore
Indiana
Obituary notices for Shaffer Maile Tyger McCrae and Clark McCrea
Obituaries list Harry Shaffer 40 who died of a heart attack at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the VFW Clubhouse with funeral Saturday 2:30 p.m. at Leydie Funeral Home and Greenwood Cemetery. Also Mary Davidson Maile Ley of Clymer died Wednesday night at Indiana Hospital with services Saturday July 21 at 2:30 p.m. at Oakd land Cemetery Indiana. Thomas Tyger 17 will be buried Sunday afternoon from Wilgus Wesleyan Methodist Church with interment in Montgomery Cemetery. Frank Clark McCrea of Blacklick Township died in Webster Springs Virginia from injuries at Sutton Construction Company plant in Ince. He leaves a brother and several nieces and nephews. funeral Sunday 2:00 p.m. at Ferguson Funeral Home.
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Harry Shaffer
Veteran's of Foreign Wars
Leydie Funeral Home
A. J. Plohl
Greenwood Cemetery
Mary Davidson Maile‘ley of
Thomas Tyger
Wilgus
Thomas Eugene Tyger
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Donald Jones
Huntsman
Montgomery
Frank Clark M'Crae
Thompson C
Margaret Wine
Mian) McCrae
Blacklick Township
Webster Springs
Wy.Va
Sutton Construction Company, Ince
Homer City
William P. McCrea
Ferguson
Funeral
Senate OKs Bretton Woods Plan amid World Bank funds
The Senate approved 61 to 16 a Bretton Woods measure to boost the Export-Import Bank and support for the International Bank and Stabilization Fund. The plan would fund reconstruction with 3.175 billion dollars toward a 9.1 billion dollar bank total and increase Ex-Im credit to 3.6 billion dollars while backing currency stabilization. The bill awaits House amendments and possible presidential signature.
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Senate
Oks
Bretton Wood
Washington
International Bank and Stabilization Fund
Bretton Woods
N. H
House
United States
I T
Taft
Ohio
Banking Committee
Truman
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Storsfo
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U. S
Rubber Czar
Robert S. Wilson
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
National Rubber
John L. Collyer
Goodyear
Queen Elizabeth Docks
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
John L. Donnell
Indiantown
Hang Hirohito
Yank
Chiang
Iheid
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