Japan's War Stance Under Potsdam Pressure and Doolittle's Forecast
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues Japan strains under Potsdam ultimatum as Allies intensify both material and psychological warfare. He notes Tokyo seeks openings to avoid unconditional surrender, while Doolittle foresees cities leveled and a shift of more Allied troops to the Pacific. The piece discusses Japan's propaganda aims to divide China and embolden internal dissension, contrasted with the Allied resolve to destroy key urban centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Mikado
Potsdam
Europe
Pacific
James Doolittle
Domei
Nippon
Tokyo
China
Chung- King
Chiang Kai- Shek
United States
Soviet Union
Okamura
Chungking
Ching
Jimmy Doolittle
Polio Attacks Mild This Year in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg dispatch reports Dr. J Moore Campbell deputy health secretary says Pennsylvania may escape a bad polio year in 1945 with 46 cases so far and a few more likely. He notes last year saw epidemic levels with 1417 cases and cites no clear six year cycle for the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
J. Moore Campbell
Campbell
Three Red Army Officers Decorated by United States
Berlin July 28. Citations for the U S Legion of Merit award ed today to three high ranking Red Army officers disclosed that the Russians alone were responsible for security of the Big Three conference at Potsdam. Col Gen Serge Krugslev Lieut Gen Nicolai Gorlinsky and Col Michail Koretzky received the awards for securing the Stalin Truman and Churchill delegation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Potsdam
Serge Krugslev
Nicolai D. Gor~linsky
Rremier Stalin
Col
Michail Koretzky
Truman
Returning Over-Seas Service Men Arrive Home
Column listing service members who have returned to the United States after overseas duty. Includes those on furlough or visiting families, noting their arrival and current status as they reintegrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Warren
Furough
McGaughey Arrives in Norfolk on 30 Day Leave
Robert McGaughey, M. O, MM 2/c, U S Navy, has arrived at Norfolk Virginia and is expected home on a 30 day leave. He served in the European Theater since D Day and entered the service in February 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. McGaughey
M. O
United States
Norfolk
Soldier Donald W Kuty Remains in Martinsburg Hospital
Donald W. Kuty a fifth grade technician from 647 Clark avenue Indiana has been admitted to Newton D Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia after a year of overseas service in France Luxembourg and Germany He wears the ETO Ribbon He served with the 80th Division 8th Army attended Indiana High School and was employed in Indiana before joining the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Kuty
Clark Avenue
Indiana
Newton D. Baker, General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
France
Luxemburg
Germany
Army
Alfred R Bennett convalescent leave after WW2 service
Pvt. Alfred R Bennett a Gipsy veteran of the Battle of Germany is on 90 day convalescent leave with his father Reed Bennett. He wears the Purple Heart and the Army Ribbon, trained at Fort Belvoir and Camp Gordon, served 30 months, reported to Camp Pickett at furlough end, wounded March 18 when a bullet pierced his thigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Alfred R. Bennett
Reed Bennett
Hodge
7Th Army
Bennetts
Fort Belvoir
Camp Gordon
Camp Pickett
Enos E McIntyre Home on Six Day Furlough
Enos E McIntyre son of Mrs Blanche McIntyre from 39 S 1st St Indiana has arrived home for a six day furlough. He serves on the U S S Isherwood and has spent 33 months in the south Pacific. After leave he will report to a base in California. He has survived three major engagements without being hit and trained at Camp Bainbridge Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxsivain Enos E. McIntyre
Blanche McIntyre
S. 1
10Th St
Indiana
Isherwood
South Pacific
California
Camp Bainbridge
Maryland
Pennsylvania chemist may make DDT under new WPB ruling
Washington July 2 The War Production Board allows E L Steuber of Swarthmore Pa to produce and market up to 1000 pounds of DDT monthly with no restrictions for civilian sale. Production before may have occurred but open sale was banned. The change exempts small quantities for civilians while military needs retain priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennssania
Jean
War Production Board
P. Steuber
Swarth‘more
Steinber
Wieh
WPS
Steuber
WPB
Starving Japs on Luzon Are Made to Fight
Manila reports starving Japanese troops in northern Luzon are kept under strict discipline by officers who plan a delaying action. Ken Murayama, former war correspondent now cited, predicts Japan will surrender within weeks, driven by a naval clique. Civilians, mainly women and children, are pushed behind Japanese lines or left starving in mountain retreats. disciplinary actions for murder and theft are noted as morale sinks.
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Manila
Luzon
Ken Murayama
Camei
Americas
Murayama
Japan
Tojo
Marder
Navy
Nagato
Yokosuka
Tokyo Bay
George Foote
Boston
Mass
Frederick Norris
Rose
N.Y
Wayne Hersh
Kansas City
Augustus Dandemiller
Canton
Ohio
Herbert Hoyt
Manchester
Tom Shaler
NEA Service
Acme
War Picture Pool
Guam
San Franciao
Army Bomber Crashes Into Upper Floors of Empire State
A bomber struck the Empire State Building around the 7th to 9th floors amid fog, igniting flames that filled upper offices. Mayor LaGuardia and safety crews evacuated workers as elevators failed and gasoline poured into shafts. At least four bodies were reported among the 78th floor offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald Examiner
34Th Street
Irwin
Edward Hughes
Louisville
D6th Street
Fifth Avenue
D. K. de Neuf
Huntington
N. l
LaGuardia Field
Empire State
Senn
Airways Traffic Control
Walsh
Mets
Eles Stors
675000 GIs Rewind To U S 81 Days After Nazi Defeat
Washington July 28 The Senate War Investigating Committee heard that Pacific troop movements accelerated after V E Day causing a rail bottleneck at home. Major General John M Franklin said redeployments from Europe rose to 875000 in 81 days, with 309000 planned for August. The panel urged breaking up units in France and reclaiming cargo planes to speed transport.
America May Face Turn To the Left
Associated Press reports wide disagreement among Congress over how Britain’s Labour victory might shape the postwar era in the United States. Senators discuss potential shifts in domestic policy, economic freedom, and foreign relations as they weigh possible leftward trends after Churchill’s defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Churchill
Mantels
Congress
Japan
Britain
United States
Austin R-Vtr
Austin
Johnson
D.-Colo
Wherry
R.-Neh
England
Morse
R.-Ore
McKellar
Court Orders Job For Veteran
Philadelphia wires report Harry Goodman 44 the first veteran to sue for a prewar job in Pennsylvania has been rehired unconditionally by L E Winter Co after challenging the refusal to rehire him as a journeyman plumber following a December 1943 medical discharge. The company cited union opposition but plans his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harry Goodman
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Office of State Selective Service
Goodman
U. S. District Court
L. E. Winter Co
Trbor
Polio cases rise again amid epidemic wave in 1945
Washington reports 2,048 infantile paralysis cases this year, down from 2,320 in the same period of 1944. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and California lead in numbers. About half the January July 21 cases occurred in the last five weeks, mirroring a similar late-year concentration. ROSE OIL note appears as an unrelated addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
South Catolina
Texas
Utah
California
Strikers Walk Out At Ambler Plant Over Wages
Philadelphia July 28 One thousand workers at Keasley and Mattison Co asbestos plant in Ambler stayed out for a second day amid a dispute over a union contract seeking higher wages. NLRB says Local 2409 United Textile Workers filed for strike vote seeking formal labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Keasley and Mattison Co
Ambler
Pew
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
United Textile Workers, Afl
Lempires
Replated Silver Cup Honors 1898 Army Team
Harrisburg reports a silver cup from the 1898 Army base ball championship of the Philippines has been replated. Governor Martin has engraved player names on the base and taken the cup to Washington Pa for the regiment’s 47th reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
10Th Infantry
Martin
Washington
LSM Lost Near Okinawa in Allied Navy Losses
The Navy reports the loss of LSM 49, a medium landing ship, in the Okinawa area due to enemy action. Casualties are cited. A submarine chaser is listed as lost in a marine disaster in the South Pacific, with no further details released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Today
Okinawa
South Pacific
MacArthur Is Assured Men Arns
Army spokesmen told the Senate War Investigating Committee that troops and weapons will reach General MacArthur on schedule or ahead, as the timetable for Japan’s defeat moves faster. Maj. Gen. John M. Frantlin said railroads can handle the job. Franklin testified that some ships will be diverted from Europe to the Pacific, slowing troop returns but speeding up overall defeat plans. He cited 676,000 men returned from Europe in 81 days, far above the 435,000 original target, with August arrivals planned at 309,000 versus 338,000 in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific
Senate War Investigating Committee
John M. Franklin
Army Transportation
Europe
Franklin
Eureope
United States
Senate Committee
Army
Office of Defense Transportation
James M. Mead
D-Ny
Truman
War Department
ODT
Harley M. Kilgore
D-W Va
France
Rudolph Halley
Japan
Douglas McArthur
John M. Frantlin
Army Service Forces
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense, Transportation
Johnson
MacArthur
Chester W.) Nimitz
Dairymen Field Day at Rustic Lodge August 1
Indiana County dairymen and Dairy Herd Improvement Association members will hold a field day and picnic on Wednesday, August 1 at Rustic Lodge. The program opens at 11:00 AM with an ice cream making demonstration by Penn State dairy extension specialist I B Packin, followed by a basket picnic at noon. A speaker from Holstein Friesian Association of America will address the group after lunch, with music and a visit to the County Home herd for a Holstein demonstration at 2:30 PM. County Agent J W Warner also notes upcoming milking demonstrations on July 30 and July 31 at local farms, and the first radio photo across the Atlantic was sent July 6, 1924 from New York to Landon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Rustic Lodge
I. B. Packin
Penn State
Holstein Friesian Association of American
J. W. Warner
Georgeville
Truby Beers
Lewisville
Canemaugh Township
Parkin
Barkley Begins Ninth Year as Senate Leader
Alben W Barkley marked his ninth year as Senate majority leader amid Democratic unity, praising a record of harmony after the party backed Bretton Woods monetary agreements. Only Wheeler and McCarran opposed that measure, while a split over Fair Employment Practice Committee funds lingered among Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Truman
Bretton Woods
Wheeler
Montana
McCarran
Nevada
Barkley
Congress
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
Saipan Natives Seek U.S. War Bonds Despite Barriers
Washington July 28. an army finance officer said Saipan natives have pressed to buy United States war bonds. They view bonds as sound securities to recoup losses from Japanese bonds and felt disappointed when informed that aliens cannot purchase American war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saipan
United States
Army
Treasury
Halsey’s Fleet Hammering Japan Pastu The Long Raid
Reports from Allied actions show vast carrier air strikes across Honshu and Iwo Jima. Halsey’s Third Fleet pushed 560 carrier planes across Honshu while Mustang and Superforts hit Tokyo area airfields and the Inland Sea. Naval losses rose with 26 warships damaged, including six carriers, three battleships, and four cruisers, as Allied assaults crippled Japanese shipping and air power.
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Shikoku
Honshu
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Empire of Japan
Japan
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Halsey
U. S
Dee
Salsos
Nimitz
Halsens
Hartina
Associated Press
Richard O'Malley
Obituary notices from Ernest and Indiana area
Frank Emanuel Anderson 31 died of heart attack in Ernest after 39 years residency. R& P Coal Co. machine shop worker, member of Ernest Union Church and UMWA Local 539. Survived by wife Edith Berguson Anderson, four sons Pfe Bergus and Sgt John Lester in Germany, Donald and Earl, daughters Cloyd Hinderliter Indiana and Edith at home, sister Mrs J R Isaacson Ridgeway, six grandchildren. Funeral Monday 2:30 p.m. at home, Dr Harry Burton Byod officiating. Interment Oakland Cemetery. Also MISS NETTIE M ANDERSON of Los Angeles died July 28, born November 2, 1868 in Freeport Pa. Member of First Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles and longtime member of First United Presbyterian Indiana. Survived by sisters Effie Anderson Indiana and Cora Schweikart Vandergrift, brothers James B Anderson Indiana, Harry Anderson Indiana R D 2, Edwin Anderson Fredericks Hall VA. Services at Robinson Funeral Home after 7:00 p.m. Sunday, 4:00 p.m. Interment Oakland Cemetery. ANNIE CATHERINE STIFFLER of Cherry Tree died Thursday at Spangler Hospital. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of son Corporal Dean S Stiffler from South Pacific. son in California. Notice to appear Monday. FRANK EDWARD STEWART of 70 Juniper Street Homer City died July 27. Survived by wife Minnie Menth Stewart. Viewing at home till 10:00 a.m. Monday. body moved to Robinson Funeral Home Indiana for 3:00 p.m. service. Rev Clair R Wick. Interment Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Emanuel Anderson
Ernest
R& P Coal Co
Ernest Union Church
UMW
Edith Berguson Anderson
Pfe. Bergus
John Lester
Germany
Donald
Earl
Cloyd Hinderliter
Indiana
Edith
J. R. Isaacson
Ridgeway
Harry Burton Byod
Oakland Cemetery
Nettie M. Anderson
Los Angeles
California
John Calda
Ida (Sarver) Anderson
Freeport
First Presbyterian Church of
First United, Presbyterian Church of
Effie Anderson
Cora Schweikart
Vandergrift
James B. Anderson
Harry Anderson
R. D
Edwin Anderson
Frederick's Hall
Robinson Funeral Home
James Leitch
Annie Catherine Stiffler
Spangler Hospital
Cherry Tree
Dean S. Stiffler
South Pacific
Corporal Stiffler
Frank Edward Stewart
Juniper Street
Homer City
Amy
Minnie Menth Stewart
Clair R. Wick
Greenwood Cemetery
Attlee Names New Cabinet Members After Victory
Reports list key appointments including Hugh Dalton as chancellor, Herbert Morrison as lord president, Arthur Greenwood as lord privy seal, Sir Stafford Cripps as president of the board of trade, and Sir William Allen Jowitt as lord chancellor. The Daily Herald praised the choices while the Daily Mail voiced misgivings about Dilion and Cripps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Crittehill
Hugh Dalton
Exchequer
Herbert Morrison
Council
House of Commons
Arthur Greenwood
Privy Seal
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
William Allen Jowitt
Chancelor
Daily Herald
Labor Party
Britain
Daily Mail
Bevin
Dilion
Cripps
Attlee
Truman
Bialin
Japan
World Security League
Europe
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Dewitt MacKenzie
June
Janice Shaw
Slough
Janice
Robert McGaughey
Enos E. McIntyre
U.S
America
Magnuson
D.wash
Philly
Enigineering Forum, Inc
Sharon Hill
Navy Coast Guard
Dairymen
Atlantic
Charles Evans Hughes
Landon
Alben Barkley
Halseys
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