War Today in Pacific War Propaganda and Preparation
The column argues Japanese propagandists exaggerate threats of invasion while pursuing months of preparation. It notes Allied air power and campaigns in Okinawa Burma and Southeast Asia, with potential Chinese assistance and limited actions before September. It warns of strengthened Japanese forces and domestic fear, contrasting public boasting with real military buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Okinawa
Southeast Asia
Indies
Java
pBrnce
Tokyo
Malaya
Indo-China
Thailand
Burma
Buckner
Suzuki
Pre-Dawn Attacks and Mountain Assaults On Pacific Front
Inked by Associated Press, report covers pre-dawn torpedoed flame throws and tank setbacks as Japanese defenses contract along the Pacific escarpment. Maj. Gen. Archibald Arnold’s Seventh Infantry, aided by hose-sprayed assaults, seize Hill 95 and push down slope amid heavy fighting near Wanagusuku. Marines under Maj. Gen. Pedro A. Del Valle gain Kunishi ridge. 381st Regiment reaches forward nose near the escarpment center. Yuza town seized with 200 yards advance toward the escarpment approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Honolulu
George FP. Unmachi
Associated Press
al Cooking
Archibald V. Arnold
Seventh Infantry
Hill 95
Wanagusuku
Hanagusukw
Troman Town
Pedro A. del Valle
Kunishi Ridge
James L. Bradley
96Th
Yuza
Argentina War Declaration Said Backed by Germany
Soviet government paper claims Argentina declared war on the Axis on instructions from Germany. It cites the Mandl arrest and notes Argentina under Farrell and Peron followed Nazi pressure to formalize war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Szyvestia
Argentina
Germany
Jacob Iynsky
Fritz Mandl
Fdelmiro
Farrell
Col
Juan
Peron
Elks Report To Congress On Wartime Activities
The Elks plan to present the War Commission’s Report to the Nation to about 200 lawmakers in the U S Senate and later to President Truman and key officials. The document details wartime aid, 400 training schools, equipment drives, hospital visits, and a $100,000 fund for internees in Japanese camps, with multi-state messages of support from governors and mayors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
U. S S. Senate
Washington
D. C
Elke
Order
Harry S. Truman
War
Secretary of the Navy
Robert South Barrett
The
Elks
Wayne A. Snyder
Indiana Lodge
Elks War Commission
Barrett
James R. Nicholson
War Commission
Grand Lodge
Elks Lodges
National Defense Commission
Naval Air Corps
Army Air Corps
Army Corps of Engineers
Navy
Philippines
Japan
First B-29s To Hit Japs Transferred From India Bases
GUAM June 13 The first Superfortresses to strike Japan have been moved from India bases to the Marianas to join 150 bombers of the 58th bombardment wing on Tinian. Led by Brig Gen Roger M Ramey the group covered about 3600 miles over hostile territory without losses. The migration to Maj Gen Curtis Le May's 20th Bomber Command marked a major logistical feat. The 73rd wing is on Saipan, the 413rd on Tinian, and the 314th on Guam under Brig Gen Emmet O’Donnel Brig Gen John H Davies and Brig Gen Thomas B Powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Japan
India
Marianas
21st!Bomber Command
S8th
Tinian
Roger M. Ramey
20Th Bomber Command
Curtis le May
India-Burma
China
Bomber Command
73Rd
Emmet O'Donnel
Saipan
John H. Davies
Robert Green Now At Deshon General Hospital Butler
Private First Class Robert C Green 20 of Penn Run is convalescing at Deshon General Hospital Butler after serving over a year overseas in the Southwest Pacific. He fought in New Guinea Leyte Mindoro Luzon and the Philippines campaigns. son of Mrs Esther Green and has brothers Dale and Harold in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C . Green
Penn Run
Army
Deshon General Hospital
Butler
Southwest Pacific
Green
Hoandis
New Guinea
Leyte
Mindoro
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Esther Green
Robert
Dale
Harold
Truman Urges Early Ratification of UN Charter
President Truman pressed for Senate ratification of the United Nations charter before Congress recess after the San Francisco Conference drafts a document for submission to 80 nations. He warned delay could aid opponents and said OWI funding should be restored as the war continues. McKellar urged restoring part of a cut OWI appropriation and noted Elmer Davis would testify tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United Nations
Senate
Congress
San Francisco
White House
House
Office of War Information
Owl
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
OWI
Southern Democrats count on Senate vote to block poll tax repeal
In Washington and strong House support, Southern Democrats threaten a filibuster to kill the poll tax repeal, while the House approved outlawing poll tax as a voting requirement. They oppose a permanent fair employment practices commission, awaiting Republican support to defeat it. FEPC was created by executive order of FDR and aims to curb employment discrimination.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bilbo
D-Miss
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Rep
Norton
rWles Committee
Bronp
FEPC
Trujan
Roosevelt
Army Discharges Exceed Draft Calls In Pa Report
MARRISBURG, June 18 A new balance shows Pennsylvanians discharged from war service outpacing inductions. Across 422 local boards 2,160 men were inducted in the first nine days of June, while 2,850 were returned to civilian life. By June 9 total Pennsylvania discharges reached 125,656 while inductions stood at 835,782 since 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrisburg
Keystone Estate
Curry Run Presby Church tomark Communion Sunday
The Curry Run Presbyterian Church will celebrate Holy Communion Sunday morning at 11:00. Preparatory services are scheduled for Friday at 8:00.
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Curry Run Presbyterian Church
Submarine Swordfish First Pacific War Attack Hero
Lt Cmdr Chester C. Smith of Bisbee Arizona led the Swordfish in the first U S submarine attack of the Pacific War during the Pearl Harbor era. He survived depth charging and a submerged approach, while his crew faced airbombs and patrol ships in a perilous patrol that included sinking an enemy vessel and drawing Japanese counteraction. The mission marked a turning point in American submarine warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard O'Malley
Pearl Harbor
Cmdr
Chester C. Smith
Bisbee
Ariz
Pacific
Smith
America
U. S
Boise
Idaho
Philippine
Nichols and
Clark
Manila
Skipper Smith
South Pacific
Japan
Ivessel
Seattle
Tony Travelli
Tony
American Girl Hid in Packing Case to France
Yvonne Copnett, a 21 year old former Chingford teacher, pleaded guilty in Waltham Abbey court to leaving the country without authority. She and her American Air Force husband reportedly hid inside a four by two foot packing case aboard a glider to join him on their honeymoon, fell ill on the flight, and were later returned to England after landing in France on May 18.
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London
France
Waltham Abbey
Yvonne Copnett
Chingford
Francis C. Coveney
Scotland Yard
Yvonne
Paris
England
Local Servicemen Home On Leave
Thomas G. Ray and Joseph P. Murray are home on leave from military posts. Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark E. Ray of Indiana, served on the U S 5S Cambria and in the D Day landings at Letge Luzon and Okinawa. his A P O is 36, Care Fleet Post Office, San Francisco. Murray, son of Mrs. Irene Murray of Indiana, is home from the Naval Air Station Edenton and the Pacific Theatre. he participated in the Okinawa invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Ray
Clark E. Ray
Wayne Avenue
Indiana
Tom
Cambria
Letge
Luzon
Okinawa
Care Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
California
Joseph P. Murray
Latrobe Die Plant Burns
Latrobe Latrobe Die-Casting Company plant almost destroyed by a blaze yesterday with damage estimated at 250000 to 300000 dollars. The facility employed 110 workers and produced castings for the Navy Rocket program.
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Latrobe
Pire
Latrobe Die-Casting Company
Navys
Sales Lag In Seventh War Loan Drive In Indiana County
Indiana County shows slow bond sales in the Seventh War Loan Drive with total B Bonds at 601,012.80 dollars or 47 percent of quota and other bonds at 425,328.50 dollars or 94 percent. The E Bond gap remains largest needing 673,887.50 to meet goal as of June 8.
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Indiana County
Fulures
Ogal
Big Five Veto Assured In Conference
San Francisco reports that a vote of 20 to 10 defeated an Australian amendment, clearing the way for approval in a United Nations Conference committee of the Big Five veto on proposed world security machinery. Fifteen abstained, five were absent as small nations push for a future veto amending charter without big powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
San Francisco
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Tom Connally
United States
Herbert Evatt
Australia
Harold Stassen
Russia
France
China
Britain
Security Council
The
World Organization
Conference Commission No. 3
United Nations
Council
George Allen
Washington Insurance
Truman
Delcntion
Senate seeks probe of newsprint shortage in U S
Washington June 13 The Senate was urged to investigate the newsprint shortage with Senators Butler and Willing introducing a resolution Butler claims government paper use rose eight and a half times in ten years while private publishers suffer more He says an inquiry could reveal waste in paper allocation and delays by relief agencies and help secure relief for publishers Also note: in 1942 one eighth of steel produced was alloy steel versus one twenty eighth in 1918
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Yery Rosetye Margrove
NEA
Paris
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Chanel
Lony
France
Brittany
Normandy
Rhone
Washington
Senate
Butler
Willi
Alloy ‘Steel Ag
Obituary notices from Indiana and surrounding areas
Obituaries list Mrs Emma Peddicord and Floyd Talmadge of Indiana, James Getty of Cherry Tree, Esther Miller of Oshkosh, Mike Dobashinski of Clune, and Zilla Shields Fleming of Clarksburg. Services set for June 14 with interments in Oakland, Greenwood, Thompson, St Bernard and Salem Cemeteries.
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Zilla Shields Fleming
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Indiana County
Govode
William Fleming
Lloyd
Lucille
Mildred
First Methodist ‘Church
Salem
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Deshon
Curry Run Presby
Air Corps
United States Navy
NEA Telephoto
Dwight D Eisenhower
Georgi K. Zhukov
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Ita
Rae
Funera
Big Five
Emma Peddicord
Thomas A.martin
Amy &T
Dale Kunkle
School Street
Ndiana
Obinson Funeral Home
Harry B. Boyd
Oakland Cemetery
Iniana
Floyd Talmadge
Irene Allshouse Foust
Homer Sty
Essa Allshouse
Locust St
Advised
Jamee A. Getty
Norman Johns
Cherry Tree
Nancy (McCartey) Getty
Hillsdale
Alis
Imogene Johns
Clark Getty
Hillsale
Lavina Bastie Getty
Getty
Montgomery Township
Johns
W. H. Mooney
Thompson Cemetery
Esther Miller
Oshkosh
Wis
George Miller
Erna Miller
Milwaukee
Miller
Mr. Miller
Mike Dobashinski
Clune
Lithuania
Ernest
Stanley Shaft
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
St. Gertrude
Joseph
Leadville
T C Stanley
U. S&s
Camp Shanks
William T
U. S. Marines
George M
U. S. Navy
Helen) Cannizzaro
Aldo
Ann) Louis
McIntyre
Savings and Loan Associations
Pennsylvania
First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Indiana
Gi Home Loans
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