Singapore base attack watch by British and Japanese forces
DEWITT MACKENZIE analyzes war prospects as Tokyo signals readiness for an assault on Singapore. He notes Mountbatten's buildup in the Southeast Pacific, the monsoon season, and the strategic aim to reopen Malacca Strait for Allied operations against Japan. Singapore’s fall would mark a major Allied victory and a dramatic reversal of the Pacific war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Singapore
Japan
Balayan
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Pacific
Europe
Mountbatten
Potsdam
Indian Ocean
Malay
Strait of
Malacca
Malay Peninsula
Sumatra
South China Sea
China Coast
John Bull
Tikada
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Mongking
Manila
Hitler
Orient
Labor Party Triumph in English Election Victory
The Labour Party wins the English vote marking a return to government after a long interval since 1929. It last led under Ramsay MacDonald and faced dissolution in 1931 amid the gold standard crisis, signaling a major political shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Party
Labour Party
Ramsay MacDonald
Homer City Soldier Returns on Queen Elizabeth
S/Sgt. Sando R. Bruno of Homer City has arrived back in the U.S. on the Queen Elizabeth after a 30 day furlough with parents Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bruno of 228 Church Street. He served eleven months overseas with the 44th Infantry Division in France Germany and Austria. He was wounded and earned the Purple Heart, with three battle stars on his ETO ribbon and the Good Conduct Medal. He expects authorization for the Bronze Star Medal before he trains further in Arkansas for Pacific action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
44Th Infantry Division
Tony Bruno
Church Street
Sando R. Bruno
France
Germany
Austria
Arkansas
Pacific
Returning Over-Seas Service Men Arrive Home
A column noting servicemen and women who have returned to the United States after overseas deployment. Includes those discharged and others visiting home, with details likely limited to arrival and status.
Staff Sergeant Edwin B Kimmel Homeward Bound From Italy
Edwin B Kimmel 24 of Shelocta an engineer gunner with the 16th Army Air Force in Italy arrived at Charleston Port of Embarkation en route home for 30 days. Brigadier General James T Duke says he will travel by train to a reception center near his home within 24 hours to receive leave papers. After 30 days home most of the group will ship overseas again to the Pacific. Kimmel enlisted June 1942 and went to Italy in 1944, earning the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and three Bronze Battle Stars for the European Theater. His wife Julia lives in Watrona Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Kimmel
Shelocta
16Th Army Air Force
Italy
Charleston
S. C
James T. Duke
Big Transportation Corps
Pacific
Kingnel
Army
Hlaly
Julia
Watrona Heights
Soldier Clair. W. Thomas Returns from European Theater
Sat Clair. W. Thomas completes service with the Bloody Bucket Division after eight months of combat from Normandy to the Siegfried Line, entering Germany in strength on September 11. He earned the Purple Heart four Battle Stars on his ETO ribbon and the Combat Infantry Badge. He is the son of Mrs. Mary E. Thomas of Indiana.
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T/Sat. Clair
W. Thomas
Normandy
Germany
Pittsburgh
Assembly Area Command
Reims
St. Jo
Paris
Belgium
Luxembourg
Siegfried Line
Hurtgent Forest
von Rundsted
Ardennes
Calwar
Alsace
Rhine
Coblenz
Thomas
Mary E. Thomas
Water Street
Indiana
Security Ringed City for United Nations Conference
San Francisco activated heavy security for the United Nations Conference with anti aircraft guns radar stations patrol and fighter planes. Navy planes patrolled waters near the Golden Gate while 800000000 candlepower searchlights and troops guarded downtown. A military police sergeant bought live chickens daily for the Russian delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United Nations Conference For Internations Organization
Golden Gate
Parke
Truman
Indiana Co Soldier Back From Dead Returns Home
Carl Zarick, long reported dead after the Huertgen Forest battle, is found alive after years as a POW. He returns to Arcadia Pa to reassure his mother and visits his former Tampa Terrace Hotel workplace before reuniting with family. His escape from four camps and liberation by American troops are recalled in letters and postwar notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Luxembourg
Belgium
Joseph F. Guffey
Leonard J. Fries
12Th Infantry
Philip Hayes
ASF
3Rd Service Command
Army
Huertgon ‘Forest
Zarick
Herrborn
Luxemburg
Luxemeburg
Carl
Germany
H. A. Stahlman
Water Street
Indiana
Hamilburg
Coblenz
Mooseberg
United States
Miami
Tampa Terrace
Tampa
Court House
Yampa
Arcadia
Kenney Says Japan Cannot Stop Invasion Air Offensive
General Kenney asserts a massive Allied air campaign will overwhelm Japan, detailing over 5,000 planes with more than 4,000 bombers. He cites Timings' 20th Air Force Supertorts and Seventh Fighter Command Mustang assets as key elements supporting continued attacks on Nippon from Marianas and Iwo Jima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Timings
20Th Air Force Supertorts
Nippon
Marianas Fields
Seventh Fighter Command
Mustang
Onwo Jima
Kenney
Nazi leaders spared luxury at Mondorf prison says officer
MONDORF LES BAINS Lusxem burg July 16 Colonel BOC Andrus American commanding officer of Mondorf prison closure has denied a Moscow report that Nazi bigwigs were living a life of luxury The only food they get is that prescribed for prisoners of war by military regulations.
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Mondorf Les Bains
Lusxemburg
Boc Andrus
Mondorf
Moscow
Andrus
Meat Cut Point Reductions Boost August Supply
Washington July 24 JOPA reports definite improvement in meat supply and distribution with reductions in red point values for almost all beef lamb and veal cuts starting Sunday. August rationing to allow about 9.5 percent more meat for sale over July levels, with boneless rump roasts down three points and most steaks two points.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
28th Division Back Home Elements Arrive at Indiantown Gap
Veterans of Pennsylvania's 28th Infantry Division return to Indiantown Gap for 30 day furloughs as the main body sails from France this month. T/Sgt William Davis and T/4 Melbourne Davis, both from Danville, are among the arrivals. Brig. Gen. Lindsey welcomes them. Gov. Martin unable to attend. Ware of Harrisburg recalls Bastogne defense. Prougser of Pittsburgh recalls Christmas resupply with turkey helped by 82nd Airborne.
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Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
Belgian Bulge
Europe
Walter Ware
Harrisburg
Bastogne
Ware
Ted Paul Prougser
Pittsburgh
229Th Field Artilery Battalion
82Nd Airborne Division
France
Ohio
Lower Michigan
William Davis
Melbourne Davis
Danville
Malcolm F. Lindsey
Edward Martin
Martin
Attlee May Be Prime Minister: France Defeat Link Noted
The report outlines Attlee as a potential British prime minister amid wartime leadership questions. It recalls Daladier and Petain testimony on France’s disarmament and power shifts, while noting Attlee’s long political career, Oxford education, and wartime role as deputy prime minister guiding Britain’s fighting machine.
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Petercers
Lhad Allee
Attlee
Potsdam
Churchill
Great Britain
Atulee
England
No. 10
Downing Street
Oxford
Bank of England
Atlee
Winston
Lt Col Dutton Dies In Italy In WW II service
Lt Col Dutton, born Streeter Illinois May 10 1910, trained as a surgeon and served in Italy during WWII. He died on the operating table from a skin ailment while leading as executive officer after years in medicine and military service. He leaves a wife Ellen Lydie and two children Jacquelyn Rae and Marilyn Anne, plus siblings. Memorial services planned at First United Presbyterian Church.
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Streeter, Ill
George 4. Dutton
Kalamazoo
Michigan State University
Western Reserve University
City Hospital
Cleveland
Aly
Sin
Haly
Dutton
Yhe
Ellen Lydie
Duttons
Jacquelyn Rae
Marcelyn Anne
Gertrude Stephenson
Earl
Elwood
Royal
Oak
Mich
Raymond
Flint
Clyde
Saca
Maine
Carl
China
First United Presbyterian Church
Jap Radio Speaks Of Quitting War As Possibility
Japanese radio indicates a potential end to the war if the United States seriously embraces the Atlantic Charter principles apart from punitive clauses. The remark follows U S Navy Capt Zacharias urging two paths: dictated peace after virtual destruction or unconditional surrender. Reports from Potsdam and statements by China’s Premier Soong in Chungking suggest mounting hope that the war may end in 1946.
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America
Japan
E. C. Zacharias
Potsdam
Chungking
China
U. V. Soong
Marshal Stalin
Moscow
Soong
Inland Sea Scene of Defeat By Planes
The report notes renewed carrier air attacks disrupted by bad weather, with 620 Japanese ships and 778 aircraft damaged or destroyed over five days under Nimitz. It credits Halsey’s force for most damage while detailing air strikes on Tokyo targets, Kyushu, Paramushiro, and other military sites, and mentions Haruna and six carriers damaged after prior claims of sinking.
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Halsey
Tieet
Nimitz
AAF
I Kurabu
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Far East
Malaya
Java
Shanghai
Kyushu
Haruna
Army Air Force
Colin Kelly
Leyte Gulf
Obituary for John Baird of Leechburg and Annie Liebold
Obituary notices detail John Baird of 135 Maine Street Leechburg who died July 24 in Pittsburgh after a year of illness. Born August 28 1886 in Ayershire Scotland he worked 23 years as Hicks Coal Company foreman and served as elder in Leechburg Presbyterian Church. Surviving spouse two daughters son in U S Army two brothers and two sisters. Services Friday July 27 at Clawson Funeral Home Leechburg with Reverend Good officiating. Interment Evergreen Cemetery Leechburg. Also announced Annie Liebold 61 wife of George H Liebold died at home in Robinson after short illness born April 24 1884 in West Wheatfield Township. Evangelical Church member, she leaves husband and five children James Parks Seward James Smokeless John and Boyd at home. Friends receiving at Wagner Funeral Home New Florence. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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John Baird
Maine Street
Leechburg
Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh
Baird
Ayershire
Scotland
Hicks Coal Company
Valley of New Castle
Agnes Campbell Baird
Margaret Elizabeth Baird
Robert Baird
U. S. Army
Robert
Indiana
Alex
Margaret Scolick
Agnes Stevenson
Clawson
E. C. Good
D. DB
Evergreen Cemetery
Two Ernest Miners Hurt in Mine Accident
Alec Broskin of Ernest and John Pasa of Fulton Run were injured in a mine accident late yesterday morning. They were admitted to Indiana Hospital. Pasa’s head injury could become serious, while Broskin’s left leg injury was not considered serious.
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Ernest
Alec Broskin
John Pasa
Fulton Run
Indiana Hospital
Posa
Broskin
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AP Foreign Nova Analyst
Dage One
Sando
R. Bruno
Archibald Sinclaiy
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Altee
Stafford Cripps
Bank of
Lord Halifax
George Isaacs
M.P
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India
Russia
Waitingtuss
Chuychill
Petidian
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Jenge Britwin
Greece
Eden
Fereign
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Bevin
Hugh Dalton
Herbert King George VI
Morrison
Buckingham
Butler
Nhe Conlinen
Emment
Commons
Jorsties
Conserva
Sir William
Beveridge
Clair W. Thomas
Indiana Co
Mongibeaux
Petain
Narstar
M. Daladier
M. Reynaud
M. Daladieu
Atilans
Michigan
Jackson
Dethmers
Joseph Medley
Henry Luks
Erwin, Schaner
John Wakefield
Harold Johnston
Chester Jarozyszyn
Raymond Fox
Theodore Bizzino
Neal Koopman
Herbert Faubert
Donald Cahill
Cahill
Paubert
Pettit
Col. Dutton
Aera
Dun Kerque
Roosevelt
George VI
Downing St
Mary
Alexander Hancock
Kancock
Board of Trade
Home
the Admiralty
Clearace
Style Shop
Phila
Joosels
S.c.streams
Moorhead
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