Face-saving change in war stance could push Japan to surrender
AP analyst Newitt Mackenzie cites Victor Eubank on Japan using any Soviet entry into the war as a face-saving pretext. He notes Japanese leaders may surrender rather than face an American British Russian coalition, seeking a decisive incident ahead of any Russian declaration. Truman sources hint at a substantial accord with the Soviets influencing Japan’s fate.
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Japan
Moscow
Nippon
Victor Eubank
Associated Press Financial
Bureau
Tokyo
Soviet Union
America
Britain
Orient
Nari-Kari
Fujiyama
Stalin
Associated Press
Potsdam
Truman
Redeployed Soldiers At Indiantown
District servicemen arrived at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation for redeployment. Names include F/O Wm J Atkinson Saltsburg Lt Walter A Brothers Indiana Lt Rudy L Lovick Stafford Pfe Lawrence E Malloy Spang Ler Pfe Steve Zelinsky Nanty Glo Pfc Charles R Bush Dixonville Pfc Louis J Dimo Nanty Glo Pfc Wm W Fleck Blairsville Sgt Garvin K Piper Blairsville Pfc Harry C Rowley Commodore Pfc Robert W Richards Indiana Pfc Woodrow Schrecengost Dayton Cpl James R Beggs Blairsville Cpl Donald C Myers Barnesboro Cpl William E Martin Salisbury Blair Lepkesky Barnesboro Sgt Rossman N Shaffer Indiana Cpl Ray J Dodds Plumville Pte Joseph B Frick Adrian Pfc William E Plahs Salisbury T5 Nicholas Look Glen Campbell Pte Alexander Sarokon SAG More Cpl Edward Scaife Nanty-Glo
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Wm. J. Atkinson
Saltsburg
Walter A. Brothers
Indiana
Rudy L. Lovick
Stafford
Pfe
Lawrence E Malloy
Spangler
Steve Zelinsky
Nanty-Glo
Charles R. Bush
Dixonville
Louis J. Dimo
Wm. W. Fleck
Blairsville
Garvin K. Piper
Harry C. Rowley
Robert W. Richards
Woodrow Schrecengost
Day
Salisbury
Nicholas Tlook
Glen Campbell
Alexander Sarokon
Sagamore
Edward Scaife
Troop Units Returning To United States Today
Army units from Europe are due to arrive today in the United States. Boston based units include the 153rd Finance Disbursing Section the 8th Replacement Battalion the 443rd and 440th Military Prisoner of War Procurement Companies the 380th and 387th Quartermaster Service Company. Arrival had been scheduled for yesterday.
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Associated Press
United States
Europe
Boston
153Rd Finaive
Santini Lands At Shoemaker Naval Center For Reassignment
Sergio J Santini, 28, son of Angelo Santini of Kent Pa, has arrived at the U S Naval Training and Distribution Center Shoemaker California for reclassification and reassignment. A three year Navy veteran, he has sailed on patrol and convoy duty in the South Atlantic.
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Sergio J. Santini
Angelo Santini
Kent
U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center
Shoemaker
U S Says U Boat U-530 Not Yet Handed Over
Reliable sources report that Argentina has not yet transferred the recently surrendered German submarine U-530 to the United States. The status of the handover remains unclear despite reports.
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Washington
Argenting
United States
Chinese Break Into Walled Yangso Town
Chinese forces breached the south gate of Yangso, near the former U.S. 14th Air Force base south of Kweilin, with street fighting underway in Vans on the Liuchow to Kweilin route. They widened a railroad wedge toward Hunan and sealed the escape corridor from Kwangsi to Hunan, while clashes continued along the coast highway near Yeung Kong and at Suichwan in Kiangsi with heavy Japanese casualties reported.
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U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kweilin
Liuchow
Kwellin
Hunan-Kwangsi
Kwangsi
Hunan
Kwei- Lin
Chuanhsien
Dong Dang
Hangi
French Indochina
Chennankwan
Pingsiang
South China
Yeungkong
Canton
L Youngkong
Tinpak
South China Sea
Kiangsi
Suichwan
Hoaukeng
Yankow
Fruit Growers Beekeepers Hold Field Day at Clarence Melons Farm
Fruit Growers and beekeepers gathered at Clarence Melons farm in White Township for an annual field day despite light attendance. Extension specialists urged ample hive supply, bee health, and poison bait readiness amid a weak peach crop and ongoing winter package fee studies related to clover and alfalfa pollination.
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Clarence Melons
White Township
EL Oj. Andersen
Indiana County
Andersing
Mann State
Fie
Five years for seaman in London incident
In a London case dated July 25, Senattan Ray Mitchel Shui, Cottysburg Pao, and others faced sentencing after involvement in a maritime incident. The Navy card details a completed line of stalin and a complex sequence leading to the verdict. Subscribe for the Gazette.
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London
Senattan Ray Mitchel Shui
Cottysburg Pao
Beer
Stalin
Rilensbor
Morgenthau Asked to Quit After Roosevelt
Former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau said he did not choose to depart the treasury and that President Truman requested his resignation. He told a New York State Way Finance Committee and reporters that he submitted his resignation immediately and that his 12 years under President Roosevelt ended with Roosevelt's death.
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New York
Truman
Fire Destroys Sunset Hills Farm House Near Punxsutawney
Firefighters battled a stubborn blaze at the Barolla farm between Marchand and Covode south of Punxsutawney Monday afternoon. The frame house, home of Ernest Olsen’s family, suffered total losses estimated at 2500 dollars with fire confined to two rooms on the seventh floor after ten hours of effort. Firemen laid over 1800 feet of hose from a distant post to reach the scene as heat and smoke forced crews into brief shifts.
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Punxsutawney Central Fire Company
Bar Olla
Marchand
Covode
Punxsutawney
Sunset Pills
Fityl
Ernest Olsen
Camarce and Miller
Fem
Punxsufawney
Myny
Alor
EA Marcus
Dan
Lipstairs
Rene Teoiba
Convent Sought On Site of Dachau
London reports Archbishop Michael von Faulhabyr asked General Eisenhower for permission to build a convent on the Dachau site inviting it to become a place of passage for all Europe. The request was relayed by radio and tied to von Gestel rector of the Ayutak Catesy.
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London
Michael von Faulhabyr
Minueh
Eisenhwavens
Cmny
Europe
Dareh
van Gestel Reytor
Dueha
American Legion Cancels Meeting
Philadelphia report: the American Legion cancels a planned gathering. District meetings will be held across the state as announced, with clarification on event status and rescheduling efforts forthcoming.
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American Legion
Philadelphia
Ate Peisyd Ville Auvelican Lesweh
Ste
Choiseul Liberated by Australian Forces in World War II
SAN FRANCISCO July 26 Australian troops have invaded and liberated Choiseul bypassing Bougainville. A small landing force harried Japanese on Bougainville with hundreds of enemy deaths reported. An American Marine landing on Chaiseul in 1943 was a diversion prior to Bougainville invasion.
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Choiseul
Solomon Island
Federal Communications Commission
Amago
Bougainville Strait
Bougainville Island
Bougainville
Down
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Chaiseul
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
New Ireland
Big Three Meet at Potsdam Amid Leadership Uncertainty
The Big Three including Truman, Stalin, and Churchill with Attlee in attendance reflect on Potsdam talks. No major foreign policy rifts emerge as leadership shifts loom in Britain. Eisenhower to meet Truman in Frankfurt to inspect divisions. Allied luncheon planned and a fresh session of foreign secretaries anticipated.
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Truman
Marshal Stalin
Potsdam
Germany
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Westion
Stalin
Paris
U. S
Joerson Calfery
Alesander
London
Ike Spares Life Of Doomed GI
Paris July 25 The death sentence of Private Samuel Roschblagiy of Brooklyn for disobeying orders has been commuted to hard labor. Army Headquarters announced the commutation was apprised to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The private was a member of the 1st Infantry Regiment.
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Ike
Paris
Samuel Roschblagiy
Brooklyn
Army
D. Eisenhsey
Ist
Uae
Europe
Eniaave
28th Division Returns to Redeployment at Indiantown Gap
Indiantown Gap Pa July 26 Soldiers of Pennsylvania's 28th Division began drifting back after four years to the cantonment for furloughs before redeploying. The unit fights as detachments rather than full regiments from Normandy to Germany. The main body sails or waits at Le Havre for Pacific assignment while replacements from New York Ohio and the Midwest join. Governor Martin, former division commander, retired in 1942.
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Blue Mountains
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Normandy
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United States
Cam
Patrick Henry
Ohio
Michigan
Virginia
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High Seas
le Havre
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Middle Western
Martin
Emotional distress may blind mother of soldier
Philadelphia July 25 physicians said Mrs Tillie Mittelhauser may go blind from emotional worry over her son Sgt Francis Mittelhauser Jr serving in the Pacific. An operation two months ago removed cataracts from both eyes, but her condition remains unchanged as doctors cite anxiety over the safety of the serviceman.
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Philadelphia
Tillie Mittelhauser
Francis X. Mittelhauser
Sgt
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Pacific
Polish Vote Waits Return of Exiles
Moscow dispatch reports Polish Prime Minister Edward Osobka Morawski stating that elections will be delayed until Poles abroad return home. He noted 20 governments recognizing the Polish Republic and warned remnants of Fascist bands remain, with Hitlerite infection not yet uprooted.
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Moscow
Warsaw
Edward Osubka Morawski
Polish National Council
My. Morawski
Polish Republic
Poland
May Be Hottest Day Yet Across Pittsburgh District
Weather officials forecast a high in the 90s for today in the Pittsburgh area, potentially tying or exceeding the year’s peak of 90 reached June 29 and 30. The airport reading governs the record while downtown topped 95 on June 29. Showers may ease the heat later, with fairer, cooler conditions tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Gettysburg Gets Gen Meade Sword Loaned to museums
Swords once owned by Civil War General George Gordon Meade are loaned by Miss Henrietta Meade's heirs to the Gettysburg Military Park Museum and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Orphans Court records state the Gettysburg sword and the Philadelphia Great Fair gift sword are on loan to these institutions.
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George Gordon Meade
Gettysburg Military Park
The
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Henrietta Meade
Miss Meade
General Meade
Gettysburg
Saviou
Auto inspection deadline nears in Harrisburg
Revenue Secretary David W. Hartle warned motor owners that no extension will be granted for the semi annual auto inspection period ending next Tuesday at midnight. Owners without inspected vehicles have less than a week to comply before the new inspection sticker is required on the windshield and the vehicle cannot be legally operated.
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Harrisburg
Revenué
David W. Hartle
Motorisme
Harris
MPs Seize 300 Jeeps In Paris Raids
Paris police and military MPs impounded more than 300 jeeps and Army staff cars over two days in a drive to curb joyriding. Generals’ cars were stopped while drivers explained destinations. civilians, especially women, were warned. Generals’ vehicles were not seized, but drivers faced scrutiny under new orders restricting and monitoring women in Army cars.
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Paris
United States Army
GlIg
Champs Elysees
Place de la Concorde
Grand Boulevard
Army
Red Cross
Japan's Navy Beaten as Halsey Reports Ferocious Raids
The report details two days of intense carrier air strikes against Japan with about 2090 planes involved. Halsey vows to pursue remaining Japanese forces near Honshu as US battleships shelled Kushimoto and air fields. MacArthur reports heavy bombings of Shanghai area, sinking several ships and destroying airfields as Navy and land forces resume carrier sweeps.
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Tokyo
Halsey
Honshu
Kushimoto
Shionomisak
MacArthur
Far East
Admiral Nimitz
Kure
Kobe
Admirvel
Will Recommend Higher Coal Price On B-17s
Washington July 25 16 11 4 recommendation for higher prices for soft coal owned in Western Pennsylvania and several other districts will be made by J H Reppert Office of Price Administration coal price executive Reppert said last night he would make his recommendation to Price Administrator Chester Bowles adding that it was up to Bowles and his deputy to decide whether to pass the recommendation on to Economic Stabilization Director William H Davis who holds war authority on the matter Stephen D Revisour youngest major general at 27 when he became a major in the Confederate army was the largest ever. Subscribe for the Gazette. Washington July 25 air forces have ordered all production stopped on the B-17 bomber having built up a fleet sufficient for all possible requirements against Japan Lieut Gen Ira C Eaker deputy air force commanding general told a news conference that with this action the AAF has canceled news for 44300 airplanes since V E Day.
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Pennsylvania
J. H. Reppert
Office of Price Administration Coal PR Executin
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Chester Bowles
William H. Davis
Ave
Japan
Ira Cy Eaker
Airforce
AAF
Two soldiers discharged at Indiantown Gap center
Two Indiana soldiers were discharged from the Army Separation Center at Indiantown Gap on Tuesday, July 24. Pfc. Clarence E. Hinton of Indiana and Pfc. Patrick Reed of Belsano were among those released.
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Cown
Army Separation Center
Indiantown Gap
Clarence E. Hinton
Patrick Reed
Belsano
Three Point Program Seen For Charter
Washington July 25 A three point program to carry out the United Nations charter emerged from Senate fireworks delaying ratification. Proposals include ratification with a pledge to use troops to police future peace, a fall law giving the security council delegate authority to vote for troop use short of war, and later approval of a US military agreement with the council. Senators Lucas Hatch Wheeler Connally Pepper Vanderberg discuss majority vs two thirds. Wheeler warned of a real fight over the issue and pledged to push the plan.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Security Council
John Foster Dulles
San Francisco
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D.-Tex
State Department
Lucas
Congress
Pepper
D.-Fia
Vandenburg R.mich
Wartime Strikes Condemned by Union Leader
Philadelphia reports John Green national president of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers said wartime strikes are not the answer to labor grievances. After an executive board meeting the union reaffirmed its no-strike pledge as local workers in two shipyards seek action. He blamed delays by the War Labor Board and urged speeding up the board’s machinery to remedy the situation.
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Philadelphia
John Green
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Green
Asset
War Labor Board
Green Wis
Daladier Defends France in Riom Trials Court
Daladier testifies at the Riom trials blaming military decay and Fifth Column tactics for France's 1940 defeat. He cites Ardennes failure and the Vichy coup d etat, recalling Bourgeois broadcasts and Paris reactions as Petain attends court.
Obituary Adam Lantz Dies After Illness in Indiana
Adam Lantz aged 73 died last evening at 6 after a hospital stay in Indiana. Born December 8, 1862 in Bedford County, he lived in Bedford and Somerset counties before moving to Indiana five years ago. Survived by wife Nancy Livingston Lantz two sons Tillman and James two daughters Mrs Cyrus Moore and Mrs Norman King. A woodsman by trade he retired 14 years ago. Friends may call Streams Funeral Home after 3 tomorrow with services Friday at 2 conducted by Rev H L Loveless. Interment Sample Run Cemetery.
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Indiana Hospital
Lantz
Wesley
Nancy Lantz
Bedford County
Bedford
Somerset Counties
Indiana
Nancy Livingston Lantz
Tillman
R. D
James
Strongstown
Cyrus Moore
Daladier Testimony Highlights France’s War Effort and North Africa
Former premier Daladier defended French resistance and denied disarmament claims while detailing wartime material increases from 1936 to 1940. He criticized Petain for opposing Allied actions in North Africa and referenced Reynaud’s testimony on France’s attempts to bargain with Mussolini. The trial focused on Petain era decisions and diplomatic maneuvers surrounding France’s collapse.
Council Rejects Sewer Bids in Indiana Borough
Three bids for sewer construction in Indiana Borough were rejected at a special council meeting. Croft Construction Co of Pittsburgh bid 8897.25, Noble Fowler of Indiana 8815.60, and A F Moreau of Indiana 834.85, all far above engineer estimates. Council authorized rereadvertisement for new bids.
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Croft Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Noble Fowler
Indiana
A. F. Moreau
Sweet
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