Paranoia Theory Behind Hitler Circle Is Questioned
War Today surveys psychiatrists who argued Hitler and his top aides were paranoid. The Mondorf camp and other captives show mental abnormality, with experts noting paranoia traits among Hitler’s lieutenants, Goebbels, Hess, Goering, and even PR war generals. The piece argues the evidence remains inconclusive yet suggests widespread abnormal minds in the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Mondorf
Luxembourg
Berchtesgauen
Godesberg
Munich
Sudetenland
General Garbatov
Aledkommandantee
Berlin
Joe Goebbels
Rudolf Hess
England
Germany
Hermann Goering
Reporter relates Okinawa knife duel with Jap soldier
First Lieutenant James H. Washington recalls a close combat on Okinawa with a Japanese soldier. He describes waking to danger, fending off the attack with a knife, receiving bites and a thumb in the eye, and narrowly escaping death. Washington had been a Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter before joining the Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Washington
James N. Washington
Indiana County
C. B. Washington
Marion Center
A. C. Blair
North Eighth Street
Nell Stuchell
Saltsburg Road
Okinawa
Marine Amphibious Corps
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Marines
Volcano Puts Army On Alert At Aleutian Crater
In UMN A K Alaska on July 23 heavy ash boles erupt from Tulik crater sending heated fragments high into the air. Mariners in Cherkotski Bay sighted the plume while soldiers watched the smoking crater. Dr Howell Williams of UC geology advised the site is safe for now. The army remains cautious as B 2 aircraft power is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umnak
Alaska
Tulik
Cherkotski Bay
Aleutian
Howell Willams
University of California Geology Department
Weygand Defends Petain in Wartime Trial Day
General Weygand testifies on May 1900s events as Premier Reynaud accuses Petain and him of misplaced patriotism. He recalls meetings with Leopold of Belgium and Churchill's war council, defending his actions and denying plots to overthrow the government. Major Lostanau-Lacay and Edouard Herriot add notes on Vichy ties and the July 10 1940 coup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weygand
Paul Reynaud
Petain
Reynaud
Agent Fear
Parle
Amoke
Foreign Office
Foch
Leopold
Belgium
Billatree
Poisin
Supreme War Council
Churchill
Maxime Weygand
Paul
Buchenwald
Germany
Vichy
Jean Lostanau-Lacay
France
la Cagoule
Edouard Herriott
National Assembly
Republic
Marty of Petain
Denmark Hails Swedish King Visit by Gustaf V and Christian X
Copenhagen reports King Gustaf V of Sweden arrives aboard the Stockholm for a one day visit to Denmark. The kings travel to Amalienborg Castle amid crowds along flag lined streets, marking Gustaf V’s first Danish trip in eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Siar
Fort Sixtus
Sweden
Gustaf V
Stockholm
Christian X
Amalienborg — Castle
Gustaf
Denmark
Uniform Rule For Occupied Reich Mapped
Berlin July 31 The Allied control council with General Eisenhower presiding aims at a uniform pattern of Allied rule across Germany’s four occupation zones. Proposals set up control machinery and a single German entity with boundaries for a French sector carved from British and American areas. Meetings are planned monthly with rotating chairmanship among August, Montgomery, Koenig, and Zhukov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Allied Control Council
Eisenhomer
Germany
Daputter Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
George K. Zhukov
France
Pierre Koenig
French Republic
Alexander Gorzatov
al- Nedkommanator
Ebenhower
Montgomery
Koenig
Zhukov
Army's Largest Aluminum Plant Is Bombarded
Army reports describe a heavy bombardment of Shimizu, home to Nippon's largest aluminum plant, with 90 shells landing in five minutes. Allied forces also attacked Hamamatsu, destroying railway shops and a propeller factory, while carrier planes swept southern Honshu. Revised tallies cite ships sunk and damaged, plus widespread industrial damage across Kagamigahara, Akashi, Fukuyama, Harima, and Mikawa, as planes and ships pummel Japan's war facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suruga Gulf
Tokyo
Shimizu
Japan
Nippon
Eemy
U. S
Massachusetts
Hamamatsu
Shimuzu
Nimitz
Bentenjima
Tenryu Estuary
Honshu Island
Tokyo Radio
Admiral Nimitz
Kagamigahara
Akashi
Fukuyama
Harima
Mikway
Kawasaki Aircraft
X Powder Works
Mikaido
Haruna
General MacArthur
Ise
Hyuga
Kure
Kyushu
Japanese Islands
Iwo Jima
Kobe-Osaka
20Th Air Force
Kawanishi Aircraft Company
Takarasuke
Mitsubishi Oil
Hayama Petroleum Company
Kawasaka
Returning Over-Seas Service Men
This column notes service men and women arriving back in the country after overseas sorties. Includes those discharged and those on furlough visiting their homes.
Sergeant Louis Clotti Furlough Returns From Overseas Service
Louis Clotti Sergeant is spending a 30 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Ciotti on South Tenth street Indiana. He has returned from nine months service overseas having served in England France Belgium Luxembourg and Germany. He belonged to the 87th Infantry Division of General Pattons Third Army and wears the Bronze Star the Infantryman’s Badge and the ETO Ribbon with three battle stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Clotti
Alfred Ciotti
South Tenth Street
Indiana
England
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Clotti
87Th Infantry Division
Patton
Third Army
Thompson of 28th Infantry Division heads home from Europe
Pfc. John Z Thompson of the 28th Infantry Division returns from the European Theater after eight months of combat with the Bloody Bucket Division. The unit saw action from Normandy to the Siegfried Line and beyond, earning Good Conduct Medal and two battle stars on the ETO Ribbon. Thompson is the son of Clair Thompson of Clymer Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly Area Command
John Z. Thompson
Normandy
Reich
Germany
Camp
Pittsburgh
Reims
St. Lo
Paris
Belgium
Luxembourg
Siegfried Line
Hurtgen Forest
von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Mberate Col
Rhine
Coblenz
Thompson
Clair Thompson
R. D
Clymer
Convalescent care at Fort Logan aids Air Force recovery
Stephen Regrut, 35, of Graceton, has returned to the United States and is receiving personalized treatment at Fort Logan Convalescent Hospital near Denver. The facility, part of the Personnel Distribution Command, offers reconditioning, recreation and sports to speed convalescence and readjustment, with vocational and hobby activities available. Regrut entered service April 20, 1942, trained in aviation ordnance, and was sent overseas January 6, 1943. He is the son of Joseph Regrut of Graceton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Colorado
Stephen Regrut
Graceton
Europe
Fort Logan
Denver
Cals
Regrut
Personnel Distribution Command
Air Force
Joseph Regrut
Navy Cross and Air Medals Won by Indiana Pa Pilot
Lieutenant (17) Robert D. Fulton USNR 24 of 650 Locust street Indiana Pa has returned home for leave and reassignment after nine months of fast action in the Pacific. He was awarded the Navy Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Gold Star in lieu of a Second DFC and the Air Medal with four gold stars for aerial actions including the first carrier strike over Tokyo on February 18. He participated in Kwajalein Truk Saipan Iwo Jima Okinawa and a raid on Japanese shipping to the East China Sea. Fulton is a graduate of Indiana High School and attended Penn State College for two years. He earned his Navy commission in September 1942 and joined his squadron in January 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Fulton
USNR
Locust Street
Indiana
United States
Pacific
Tokyo
Fulton
Kwajalein
Truk
Saipan
Two Jima
Okinawa
East China Sea
Indiana High School
Pennsylvania State College
Soldier Carl Roof Returns From German Camps on Furlough
Sgt. Carl Roof spent 83 days with his parents Mr and Mrs RC Roof in Marion Center after six months in German prison camps. He ended his furlough and returned to North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Carl Roof
R. C. Roof
Marion Center
North Carolina
Indiantown Troops Arrive Amid Coal Crisis Projections
Washington reports soldiers from Indiana County have arrived at the Reception Center at Indian Town Gap as Ickes warns next winter could be the coldest of the war. He urges quick coal-miner releases to avert fuel shortages and potential unrest, citing a 37 million ton deficit and tentative coal shipments to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
iSecretary
Ickes
Indiana County
Indian
Stown Gap
Corvine
William L. Briner
Burr
Europe
Senate War Investigating Committee
Solid ‘Fuels Adinistrator
Local Officers Named in Avella and Nearby Areas
Major Francis J. Beck of Avella and Major Constantine BE along with D. Z Mara and Dixonville officials are listed. Saturday duties include Francis E. Gould of Homer City, Pleo, George W. Burns and Osecola WLS assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Beck
Avella
Constantine BE
D. Z'Mara i
Dixonville
Francis E. Gould
Homer City Pleo
George W. Burns
Osecola
Good Yield of Winter Barley Declares Local Reports
Marshall Haskell of Smickshture Pa R D reports a yield of 50 bushels per acre of Kentucky No 1 winter barley. Neighbor Wil Many L Good and son of West Mahoning Township report a2 bushels per acre of Thornewheat. General county reports show good yields of wheat. Very little winter barley is grown in the county. Kentucky No 1 is a recommended winter variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Haskell
Smickshture
R. D
Kentucky
L. Good and Son
West Mahoning Township
Army to Release Gen Roosevelt in 1945 reassignment terms
The War Department said General Roosevelt would be released after current assignments expire. The Army Air Forces argued his long service in Europe suffices and there is no Pacific duty requirement that could not be filled by another qualified officer. A Pacific replacement has been chosen. Roosevelt’s attorney Randolph Paul suggested a statement may follow. Separately, U.S. prewar years figs and peanut butter procurement for 1945 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
European
Pacific
Europe
Department
Randolph Paul
Paul
Treasury Department
Elliott
Army discharges favor three Indiana county soldiers
Three soldiers from the Indiana County Area received honorable discharges yesterday at the Army Separation Center in Indiantown Gap. They are S/Sgt. John D. Foust Blairsville Pie, Charles J. Mellett Pena Run, and T/Sgt. John Krytusa Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Army Separation Center
Indiantown Gap
John D. Foust
Blairsville
Pie
Charles J. Mellett
Pena Run
John Krytusa
Indiana
City primary to nominate major party candidates in New York
In New York City the nominating process for city offices takes place amid light interest as most races lack major contests. Polls open from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. with nine Tammany district leadership races remaining notable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tammany District
OPA Increases Western Pennsylvania Sugar Quotas
Pittsburgh July 31 The OPA announced 68 ration boards in 16 Western Pennsylvania counties will receive a home canning sugar quota of 4 500 000 pounds for August. The allotment rises 700 000 pounds from July and 1 760 000 pounds from June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
OPA
Treatment of Hirohito Undecided
Allied councils debate how to handle Emperor Hirohito of Japan after Potsdam. Britain favors preserving the monarchy, China’s council calls him a war criminal, while the United States pursues a middle path waiting for Japanese public will. The split shapes postwar policy and possible surrender timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hirohito
Japan
United States
Suzuki
Potsdam
Tokyo
People's Political Council of China
Chungking
Larch Used For Telegraph Poles
Clarence McHenry of White Town ship reports cutting 18 year old larch for telephone poles. Planted spring 1927, peeled, 8 inch butt diameter, 3 inch top, 2 tiers long, sold at five dollars each. Indicates larch rapid growth and potential market for future poles in Indiana. Larch seedlings available from state and private nurseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence McHenry
White Township
J. W. Warner
Indiana
Grand Jurors Drawn for September Term of Court
Twenty four grand jurors were drawn for the September term. They will convene Monday, September 3. The list includes Brown Herbert M White Two Garney Merritt B Pine Two Corbett Allee E E Mahoning Fimpfield Don A Cherryhill Two Freed Pansy Indiana Fridley Blair Montgomery Two Graff Kathryn C Blairsville Griffith Earl EB W Mahoning Hammill John C White Two Henneman Carrie M Indiana Huff John W Banks Two Jackson Albert Fine Two Jeffries Howard J Indiana Mack Thomas C Armagh McGee Velma Center Two Miller Harry Burrell Two Montgomery Jas R Rayne Two Fetts J E Indiana Shaffer Thomas R Homer City Shank Addison F Burrell Two Tomb Cordilla Indiana Work Jessie S Indiana Yeager Thompson J Cherry Tree
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Herbert M
White
Garney
Merritt B
Pine
Corbett
Allee E
E. Mahoning
Fimpfield
Don A
Cherryhill
Freed
Pansy
Indiana
Fridley
Blair
Montgomery
Graff
Kathryn C
Blairsville
Griffith
Earl
Nazi Plants Ordered Started In Russian Occupation Zone
Berlin July 31. Reopening by August 15 of all industrial plants in condition to resume work throughout the Russian occupation zone of Germany was ordered some time ago by Marshal Georgi Zhukov says Taceliche Runds chau organ of the Soviet military administration. Mayors and local authorities are advised that raw materials building materials fuel electricity and transportation are available. A record crop of 2 336 868 000 pounds of peanuts is expected this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Georgi K
Zhukov
Taceliche Rundschau
Obituary notices from a Pennsylvanian paper list several deaths
Multiple death notices and memorial details from Indiana and surrounding towns. Violet May Zack of Brushvalley Township dies at Memorial Hospital Johnstown. Miss Menta McCartney dies in Punxsutawney after a heart attack in Erie. John Hapak of Fulton Run dies after a mine accident. interment in Indiana. Thelma Lucille Skinner of Armstrong Township dies. funeral at Shelocta Church. John Banko of Blairsville dies. Requiem Mass in Blairsville. Lester A Ellsworth of Donora dies from auto crash injuries. survivors listed. Additional death notices and interment details for local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet May Zack
Raymond L. Zack
Brushvalley ‘Township
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Taylor and
Margaret (Stiles) Deyarmin
Rev
J. W. Clair
Brushyalley Lutheran Cemetery
Menta M’cartney
West Mahoning Street
Punxautawney
Kenneth McAndrew
Maryland Avenue
Erie
Lawrence Lockard
Indiana
Lockard
Punxsultawney
Thelma Lucille
Armstrong Township
Indiana Hospital
Thomas
Eayna (Rae) Dorn
Tarentum
Shelocta
Florida
Ralph
Clarence
Ella Mae
Edith Josephine
Ruth Alin
Ellis Hill
Robinson Funeral Home
Shelocta United Presbyterian Church
Archie £. Neale
Church
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Forden
Volcano
Aan
Ellis M. Zacharias
USN
Lsteners
Office of War Information
the Gazette
Occupied Reich
Army
Ana
Tokyo Area
Ykkaido
Honshu
Kure and
Inland Sea
U.S. Third Fleet
Raed
Guam
SSSR
Seera Moray
Leland P Lovette
Washington, D. C
U S. Navy
Capetain Lovette
Belglians
Indiantown
Poland
Frederic Chopin
Russia
Gen. Roosevelt
New York City
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Syurplug War Property Board
Enine CeGola
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Penna
John Hapak
Fulton Run
D. 2
Ernest
R. & P. Coal Company
Saint Joseph Society
Latrobe
Hapak
John Banko
Glass Works
Old
Austria-Hungary
Mike Banko
Susie Frick Bansko
Mary Klasie Banko
Mary Hollis
Joseph Teluik
Benefet
Canada
Anna Evans
Chicago
Lester A, Ellsworth
McKean Avenue
Donora
Route 71
West Newton
Monongahela City
Abe Ellsworth
Jane Ellsworth
Soha Bo»hovich Ellsworth
Edward
United States Army
Wilkes-Barre
John Bohovich
Brenizer
Blairsville Cemetery
Savannah
Ustil
Hudson River
C. Streams
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