Close scrutiny as Wedemeyer surveys China war effort
American envoy Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer met with Chiang Kai-shek and top Chinese generals to assess the civil war and advise on policy. The discussion focused on military strategy, including abandoning garrisons for mobile forces, and leadership debated Manchuria and Shantung fronts amid Communist gains and rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Truman
U. S
Chiang
North China
Shensi
Shantung Peninsula
Yellow Sea
George C. Marshell
Manchuaria
Shantung Province
Hopeh
Shansi
Jehor
Peiping
Tientsin
Paoting
Manchuria
Mukden
Szepinghai
Changchun
Wang
Yao-Wu
Shantung
Weishan Lake
Congress Plays Cupid To Three GI War Brides
In Honolulu on July 22 an Senate action saved three war brides from deportation by exempting them from racial restrictions. Mesdames Montea Dias Lena White and Doris Morgan faced removal due to blood qualification or background but a Senate resolution approved a waiver granted relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Congress
Mesdames Montea Dias
Lena White
Doris Morgan
United States Senate
Capsi
Whites
Ding
Mor-gan
Dina
Paul Straitiff Speaks To Local Rotary Members
Paul Straitiff, cashier of the First National Bank of Indiana and Rotarian, told club members at the Indiana Hotel that transferring cash coast to coast via the Federal Reserve takes under 10 minutes. He traced early U.S. banking history and noted bank closures from 1930 to 1933, followed by growth to 14,000 banks after 1933, with guests Arthur Taylor, Charles Robertson of Chicago, and Gilbert Wolfenden Jr. attending, and next week Dr. George Martin will discuss wartime surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Straitiff
First National Bank of Indiana
Federal Reserve Bank System
Straitiff
Indiana Hotel
United States
Arthur Taylor
Charles Robertson
Chicago
Gilbert J Wolfenden, Jr
Indiana
George Martin
Admits Mutillation Slaying of Child in Lincoln
Lancaster County Attorney Fred erick Wagener said George Thomas Lee admitted in a dictated statement today the mutilation slaying of eight year old Charles Mulholland. He said the 18 year old from Oconto Wisconsin choked the boy around 10 a.m. on July 14 and then wrapped a necktie around the neck three times before fleeing. Schoolboys of Eton may now wear white dickeys over colored shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Lancaster County
Frederick Wagener
George Thomas
Lee
Charles Mulholland
Wagener
Oconto
Wis
Wedemeyer Arrives in China to Assess Crisis
Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer arrived in Nanking to begin a fact-finding mission on China’s civil war and economic crisis. He met U S Ambassador Stuart and Chinese officials, will confer with Premier Chang and Foreign Minister Wang Shih-Chieh, and says goals are objective information on recovery measures and policy implications for China Korea and the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Truman
Korea
U. S
John Leighton Stuart
T. V. Soong
Wedemeyer
Guam
Stuart
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chang Chun
Wang Shih-Chieh
Acc
United States
Dr Cordier Speaks On Road To Peace At Kiwanis
Dr Ralph Cordier new ISU faculty member spoke on The Rough Road to Peace at Kiwanis outlining how Atlantic Charter and UN creation aim for a world free from war. He contrasted UN with League of Nations and noted fields like civil and women's rights and culture where UN acts. Guests included Clair Borland and Dr King. plans announced for Willard Hume children outing at Idlewild Park on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Ralph Cordier
1S. T. C
United Nations Organization
United Nations
League of Nations
League
Russia
Clair Borland
Reds
Reading
King
Leitch
Willard Hume
Idlewild Park
War Assets Administrator Offered to Quit
Washington July 22 Robert M Littlejohn offered to resign as War Assets Administrator this month but President Truman urged him to stay on He faced GOP criticism over chaos in WAA and a push for civilian management The administration highlighted gains turning over 2 8 billion dollars to the treasury from surplus sales while Littlejohn defended his record and resisted a leadership change
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Robert M. Littlejohn
Truman
House Committee
WAA
Litlejohn
Littlejohn
Topert
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Ploeser
R-Mo
House
Small Buainess Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Rep
Rizley
R-Okla
Little John
Army
Navy
Congress
Life House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
UN Balkan Talks Led By France
Delegates planned to consider the American Proposal first as the council debates Greece’s charges that Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria fomented unrest on Greece's northern borders. The 11 nation investigating commission reported in June blaming the three Soviet satellites while Russia and Poland dissented. Observers expect a U S veto or abstention as Russia argues the council only makes recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
Russia
Poland
Soviet Union
United States
The Princess Learns of Warships Visit at Clyde
Lieut Mountbatten guided Princess Elizabeth through Britain’s home fleet in the Firth of Clyde as King George Queen Elizabeth Princess Margaret and Mr Attlee looked on. The couple boarded the battleship Duke of York while equipment was explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenock
Scotland
Lieut
Mountbatten
Royal Navy
Princess Elizabeth
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Hay Fever Haven Opens Full Blast
Kane Pennsylvania residents, 2000 feet above sea level, announce the official start of hay fever season on August 18. The town has long fought ragweed and pollen by ordinance and now urges households to avoid sweeping during the season while using hoses to wash sidewalks and the borough flushes streets with firehoses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Pennsylvania
Pacific Rail Strike Ends as Cascade Reopens Transports
The Pacific Rail strike ends with trains resuming. The Cascade northbound to Portland departs Oakland at 2 03 a m followed by the Golden State Limited from Tucson. The Owl northbound leaves Los Angeles at 3 a m and Oakland at 2 33 a m. Some trains held and passengers given daylight service. 3500 engineers affected. Mericer says schedules to normalize after 6 am but full restoration may take days. Interruption a potential national economic blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Portland
Oakland Terminal
Golden State Limited
Tuscon, Ariz
Owl
Oakland
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sacramento
Roseville
Calif
Reno
Sparks
Mercier
Red Hunt Charges Against New Republic Editor
Walter S. Steele, chairman of a national security committee, summarized Communist activity and said records on the New Republic Magazine, edited by Henry A. Wallace, would be provided. Steele claimed the magazine is 98 percent foreign financed, while Michael Straight called the charges repeatedly disproved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Steele
National Security Committee
American Coalition of Patriotic
Steele
New Republic
Henry A. Wallace
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
New York
Michael Straight
The
Fire Damages Hit 300000 at Pendleton Flour Mill
A Pendleton fire caused damage estimated at over 300000 as flames engulfed the Western Milling Company flour mill and warehouse and threatened the business district. Debris showered nearby structures and a series of blasts damaged the county courthouse roof, a timberyard, and several homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Ore
Western Milling Company
Umiatilla County
Civil Strife Erupts On Isle of Crete
In Greece civil strife flared with guerrilla attacks across Crete and northwest Greece. A curfew was ordered around Canea after a radio station attack. Guerrilla clashes near Ioannina and Grammos Mountains left dozens killed or captured, with village sieges near Latiza and battles at Orestias along the Turkish border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Crete
Greece
Canea
Franghadakis
Kamilina
Ioannina
Agrapha
Grevena
Grammos
Kilkis
Latiza
Faro
Orestias
Indiana Borough Nomination Ballot Readies Wide Field
A long list of county and township officials and candidates from Indiana County, with numerous council seats across wards one through four up for election. The notice details names for council, school directors, assessors, auditors, judges and inspectors of election, plus district offices to be filled in the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Pease
White Township
R. L. C. Rosensteel
Young Township
R. H. A. Orr
Indiana
R. R. ¥. Deitz
Cherry Hill
R. W. F. Hildebrand
Montgomery Township
D. G. G. Raglan
Center Township
D. Howard R. Spicher
D. Harry C. Kunkle
Armstrong Township
D. Auditor
Luther S. Williams
R. C. C. Dingmore
Homer City
James G. Moore
Joseph W. Serene
Harry W. Fee
J. Carlyle Orr
R. Frank Kelly
Edward L. Fleming
Russell J. Hobaugh
Jones
Sirst
Murray D, Smith
Ry M
Edwin H Long
Wallace Nordly
Clark J, Myers
Daniel J. Leib
Wilfred C. Helwig
Marie Ann Lieb
Ethel N. Peterman
Charles H. Russell
DeWitt Ray
R. Ellsworth Walls
R. Dwight Ray
R. Plorence S. Tromb
Girl Dies In Crash Near Pottstown Route 663
Margaret Batzel a 21 year old of Obelisk Pa was killed in a collision between an automobile and a truck trailer on Route 663 four miles north of Pottstown Pa. Injured were Mil Ion S Longacre 69 of Pennsburg Pa cattle dealer driver of the car and James L Brittan of East Greenville the truck driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottstown
Margaret Batzel
Obelisk
Here
Ilon S. Longacre
Pennsburg
James L. Brittan
Patrolman Frank Miller Back on Duty after Bar Incident
In Yonkers on July 22 Patrolman Frank Miller returned to duty following a disciplinary penalty. He was docked 29 days pay for failing to deter a man from attempting to rob a bank after a bar confrontation about alleged monkey trouble. A bystander intervened at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Prm
Frank Miller
Miller
Late Blight Threat Hits Pennsylvania Crops
Late blight spreads to potatoes and tomatoes in Pennsylvania with extension plant pathologists warning copper sprays are needed. Recommendations include fixed copper and lime copper formulas, 10 day spray intervals, and seven day dusting. weather and humidity favor spread while dry heat slows it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
W. C. Cochrane
Pennsylvania State College
Java
Medan
Palembang
Padang
East Indies
Republic
Bultenzorg
Bandoeng
Semarang
Soerabaja
Probolinggo
Ban- Toewang
Bali
Batavia
Buitenzorg
Jogjakarta
Royal Netherlands Navy
Republican Radio
Royal Navy
Banjoewangi
Pasir Putuh
Sitoebondo
Banjoewang
Promolinggo
East Java
India
United States
Indonesia
State Department
Washington
Herman Baruch
The
Hague
Indies
Birth Control Clinic Opens in Tokyo Amid Debate
In Tokyo on July 22 a group of Japanese doctors opened Japan's first public birth control clinic under Margaret Sanger's moratorium idea. They discussed social and medical aspects and distributed literature to many women. Dr Fumiko Amano said birth control means health, economic security, and family happiness, tying it to democracy. he blamed Japan's high birth rate for partial wartime accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Margaret Sanger
Japan
Fumiko Y. Amano
Police Probe Bludgeoning Death of Man
Atlantic City July 22 A7 The blood soaked body of 64 year old night watchman Joseph Perez was found in the Cafe Renault basement on the Boardwalk at Minois Avenue Police say he was beaten with a bottle and his face torn by broken glass About $150 was reported missing The body was discovered by two cafe employees who found Perez keys in the open door and called detectives Jerry Sullivan and Hugh Moreland The scene showed a fierce struggle with glass fragments scattered and a torn apron bearing strands of hair indicating a violent confrontation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Joseph Perez
I. E. Leonard
Atlantic County
Cafe Renault
Minois Avenue
Jerry Sullivan
Hugh Moreland
Peraz
Baden Hunt Spreads To Three States
Baden Pennsylvania July 22 police pressed a three state hunt for the roommate of one of two elderly men slain on the campus of Mt Gallitzin Academy near here. The victim Matthew Magana was found with his throat slit and skull fractured in a building used by academy employees and buried under bedclothes. The other victim 72 year old Joseph Neugebauer was found unconscious with skull fractures in a woodlot. Police traced the suspect to Denboo Washington County and West Brownsville with possible ties to the farms at the academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baden
Here
Washington and Fayette County
West Brownsville
Ralph A. Cole
Denboo
Washington Couny
Cole
Matthew Magana
Mt. Gallitzin Academy
Magana
Joseph Neusgebauer
Academy
Neugebauer
Neugebraus
M. Mark
Townsend Club meeting postponed to August 1 at 7 30 PM
The Townsend Club of Indiana has postponed its July 25 gathering to August 1 at 7 30 p m. A special Townsend paper will be issued on July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Club of
Indiana
Obituary notices from Blairsville region memorialize several residents
Obituaries report JOAN AMBROSE ORR succumbing to a coronary occlusion while assisting on a farm near Kough. Survived by siblings and step siblings, service at Mt. Union Lutheran Church with interment at Five Points cemetery. Also noted are MRS MARY MARGARET KENNEDY SMITH of Blairsville, JOAN L CARNahan of Heshbon, and MRS MARY K MITCHELL of Blairsville R D 1, detailing birthdates, family ties, church affiliations, and funeral arrangements in local homes and Blairsville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Ambrose Orr
John Kough
Sheroda
R. D
Orr
Kough
Robert
Susanna Weaver Orr
James Orr
Plumville
George Ross
Five Points
Mary Margaret Kennedy Smith
South Stewart Street
Blairsville
Latrobe Hospital
Andrew Dy
Elizabeth Pender Kennedy
Methodist Church of
Noble
Grand Rebekah Lodge
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Joan L. Carnahan
Ruth Zack Carnahan
Heshbon
Indiana Hospital
Robinson's
N. Yth St
Indiana
Rev
L.T. Wells
Mt. Tahor Cemetery
Mary K, Mitchell
Tate
Pittsburgh
William
Rachel Decker Anderson
T. F. Mitchell
Coral Lutheran Cemetery
Reds Voice Spy Concern
Sovet concern over foreign intelligence operations is stressed in the Leningrad Pravda article. Citizens are urged to guard state secrets as the war ends and espionage continues, with a 20 year maximum sentence for leaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Sorviet
Leningrad
Pravda
Artefete
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Hu Tsung-Nan
Yenan
Fu Tso-Yo
Kalgan
Li Tsung-Jen
Rotary
Eton
Dr. Cordier
John Woods
Republican
Warblast
Head
France
Pacific Rail
Isle of
D. Clair Freidline
Agnes B. Hood
Margaret L. Goheen
Third Ward
Clark Marshall
Pourth Ward
J. Burrell Shea
Rae Jones
Theodore C. Hoyt, Jr
Jesse E. McKearn
Florence M. Doherty
Frank Kring
Government of
Malang
Gazette
Baden Hunt
Pennnsylvania
Henry R. Dodson, Jr
Todlans, Pa
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