War Today by J Mf Roberts Analysis of Far East Front
Reports from Chungking indicate Japanese withdrawal to the north and evacuation of Wenchow as fears of Russian entry rise. Amoy Swatow defenses weaken while Hong Kong Canton Formosa links strengthen. possible sea routes to China could reshape the main campaign against Japan. Chinese holds from Foochow to Wenchow offer air bases near Formosa and Okinawa to block Japanese actions. A coastal strip 850 miles long enables material delivery, potentially offsetting invasion needs and leveraging Russia worries, per the dispatch. In New York, Albert Langford murder probes involve many figures, prompting speculation on police motives versus a Broadway show.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
AP Foreign Affairs
Chungking
China
Wenchow
Russia
Amoy
Swatow
Hangshaw
Shanghai
Indo-China
Malay Peninsula
Bias Bay
Hongong
Kowloon
Japan
Hong Kong
Canton
Formosa
Foochow
Rangchow
Okinawa
Siangshan
Sanmnen
Taichow
Wencchow
Hangchow
Inda- China
Kungning
Nanning
Europe
Albert Langford
New York
Fcrooners
Eisenhower Day in Washington Opens Truman-Ike Meeting
The White House hosts a joint reception as President Truman and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower exchange grins and handshakes with guests, including G I s, after a dinner climaxing Eisenhower Day. Eisenhower vows the German war criminals must be destroyed and crime will not pay.
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White House
Sua
Kansas
Missouri
Eisenhower
Washington
Truman
G. 1
Supreme Allied Commander
Mr. Truman
New York
Planete Dam
EWT
Kite House
Congress
Pentagon
Germany
Theeneral
Nde
America
Polish Underground Faces Trial in Soviet Court
Polish witnesses at a Soviet trial accuse 16 Polish Underground Army members of fifth column acts against the Red Army. They claim derailing trains, blowing bridges, and killing Soviet soldiers, with one instance of hanging a Soviet civilian. Evidence ties Home Army directives to German aims, while defendants admit harmful attitudes toward the Red Army but deny direct killings.
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Moscow
Home Army
Fifth Column
Poland
Jan Jankowski
London
United Nations
Russia
Detroit
Chestaw Alexandrowich Latorewitz
Stanislaw Kolonedo
Red Army
Niemanns
Jankowski
France Urbanolwvlee
Crear
Afanaseev
Ukraine
Dnieper
Kiev
Britain
Jan Janowski
Warsaw
Tadeusz Komorowski
Bor
Leopold Bronislaw Obkulicki
Komorowski
Wassily V. Ulrich
Corporations Lead Early in Seventh War Loan Drive
Washington June 19 Corporations have placed more than three billion dollars in the seventh war loan drive. Total sales reach 8.903 billion dollars, 63.3 percent of the 14 billion quota. Corporations account for 3.04 billion to 7.001 billion quota, individuals 5.854 billion with Series E bonds at 2.638 billion, and E Bond sales at 66 percent of 4.003 billion FE Bond quota.
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Washington
U. S
Ted Gamble
National War Finance
Wave Recruiter Announces Navy Wave Training Drive
The United States Navy seeks 20 000 Waves under a new program to train women aged 20 to 36 as replacements and technicians for the Navy Hospital Corps. Wave Recruiting Officer Dorothy Stow will interview tomorrow from 2 to 6 p m in Navy Quarters, basement Court House, for interested parties.
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United States Navy
Navy Hospital Corps
Dorothy Stow
Navy
Court House
Returning Over-Seas Service Men Arrive Home
A brief notice confirms servicemen and servicewomen who have returned to the country after overseas duty. It notes those who are discharged and those visiting homes during post service or leave periods are included in the return.
Learn Returns to Duty in Pacific War Zone
Ronald Dick Learn 3/c has returned to duty aboard his ship in the South Pacific Theater after a short leave in Indiana and Cambria Counties. He has spent one year in the South Pacific and fought in three major battles. Recently he passed tests for Petty Officer 3/c. He is the grandson of J. E. Learn of Commodore and R. D. and the nephew of Mrs. John Bowser of Indiana.
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Aia
Ronald Dick Learn
Iteratives
Indiana
Cambria
South Pacific
J. E. Learn
Commodore
R. D
John Bowser
No. 1 Woman Marine Lucy McClaren Visits Uniontown kin
Lucille McClaren S/Sgt. Lucille McClaren U S W M CG San Diego California daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel McClaren of Uniontown formerly of Greston visiting H M Hockenberry of Black Lick Sgt McClaren is the No 1 woman marine of the nation having enlisted February 1943 Trained at Sampson New York transferred to New River North Carolina From there moved to San Diego She is to report back June 27.
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Lucille McClaren
Hannibal Gati on ten day furlough at home
Hannibal Gati PHM 3/c son of Mrs Theresa Gatti of Indiana Pennsylvania spends a ten day furlough at his home after 24 months in the service. He trained at Bainbridge Maryland and will return to the United States Naval Hospital at Portsmouth Virginia.
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Hannibal Gatti
Theresa Gatti
North Fifth Street
Indiana
Bainbridge
United States Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Edward Vehovic On Fortress Edward Vehovic On Fortress
Cpl Edward G Vehovic gunner from Penn Run Indiana County Pa will complete an intensive combat training course and soon go overseas to a combat area He trains with a Flying Fortress crew under the Third Air Force veterans at Alexandria Army Air Field to stress teamwork and high altitude missions He is a Hellwood High School graduate who entered service in October 1943 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Vehovic of Penn Run Pa.
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Cpl
Edward G. Vehovic
Penn Run
Indiana County
Third Air Force
Alexandria Army Air Field
Vehovic
Hellwood High School
Hellwood
Charles Vehovic
Navy parachute rigger students graduate prep at Lakehurst
Samuel Weldon Morrison, 8/c, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison of Ernest, Pa, has entered the Parachute Riggers School at Lakehurst Naval Air Station to begin three months of training. The class includes sailors and marines. trainees learn to pack and repair Navy parachutes and are assigned to duty after graduation. A required graduation jump from a Navy blimp, with a parachute personally packed by each trainee, is part of the program.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Samuel Weldon Morrison
Elizabeth Morrison
Ernest
U. S. Navy
Gers School Hare
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Navy
Pfc C Morganti on Sick Leave from Army Service
Pfc Charles Morganti of 348 Oak Street Indiana on 30 day sick leave at home after two years in the southwest Pacific. Son of Mr and Mrs Philip Morgant he entered service January 7 1943 trained at Kessler Field Miss and Camp Lee Va. He served in Leyte campaign and will report to Moore General Hospital Swananoa NC after leave.
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Charles Morganti
Oak St
Indiana
Helen Morgant
Southwest Pacific
Phillip Morgant
Kessler Field
Miss
Camp Lee
Leyte
Moore General Hospital
Swannanoa
N.C
GOP Plans For 1946 Contests
NEW YORK June 19 Members of the Republican National Committee from 10 northeastern states plan a GOP drive to win control of Congress in the 1948 elections. G Mason Owlett national committeeman from Pennsylvania said the states represented should all be Republican states and warned against a program of planned destruction of wealth and opportunity. Pennsylvania was represented by Owlett and Mrs Worthington Scranton. Other states represented were Connecticut Delaware Maine New Jersey Massachusetts New York Rhode Island Vermont and New Hampshire.
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New York
Republican National Committee
Congress
G. Mason Owlett
Pennsylvania
Owlett
Worthington Scranton
Connecticut
Four Billion In Nazi Loot Found Near Merken
American troops uncover a second German treasure hoard valued at more than four billion dollars in a salt mine near Merken. The discovery by the ith Corps follows an earlier find in the same central Germany region just before Germany's surrender.
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Jaris
Merken
Ith
Germany
Okinawa Victory Day Near as Marines Break Japanese Defense
Allied forces clinched Okinawa victory with the Second Marine Division spearheading the push on the west flank. Buckner’s death marked the moment authorities deemed the operation near completion though Japanese resistance lingered. General Geiger took command as the battle progressed, with Buckner honored after burial near Hagushi Beach.
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Ner
Buckner
Tarawa
Saipan
Okinawa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Campalan
Yooju
Nimitz
George C. Marshall
Seventh ‘Infantry Division
Roy S. Geiger
Third Marine Amphibous Corps
Tenth Army
Pacific
Solomon
Guadalcanal
Eighth
Sixth Marine Division
USS Emmons Sunk Off Okinawa
The USS Emmons, escort vessel for President Roosevelt, was sunk off Okinawa after an April attack by five Kamikazes. The destroyer minesweeper suffered 139 casualties with 59 dead, 78 wounded and two missing. It had joined the Pacific Fleet in January after earlier service as a destroyer.
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Washington
Emmons
Roosevelt
Tehran
Okinawa
Iowa
Mr. Roosevelt
Atlantic
Marshel Stalin
Pacifics
le Shima
Truman Flies To West Coast for Social Visit
President Truman departed at 8:20 a m Eastern Wartime for a West Coast tour ending with attendance at the San Francisco United Nations Security Conference. He planned an 11 hour non stop flight to Olympia Washington to visit Gov Wallareen before San Francisco. General Dwight Eisenhower rode in the escort group along with Acting Secretary Joseph Grew and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. The president joked with photographers and exchanged light banter with Ike on arrival.
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Washington
Truman Jett
San Francisco
Olympia
Wash
Mon. C. Wallareen
Dwleht D. Eisenhower
America
New York
Army Air Transport Command
Joseph C. Grew
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Kansas City
White House
Eisenhower
Ike
Atlantic
Henry T. Myerg
Tifton
Jap Retreat In China Continues
Chinese forces push past Tatang toward Liuchow on the Yungning-Liuchow highway after seizing Talang and driving Japanese back. In Kiangsi province, Chinese troops attack west of Anyuan while pursuing retreating Japanese toward Liangnan. Wenchow port area is abandoned by Japan, signaling potential loss of Swatow and Amoy and a broader coastal retreat. Subscribed for the Gazette.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Tatang
Liuchow
Yungning
Talang
Kiangsi
South China
Anyuan
Canton
Liangnan
Okinawa
Wenchow
East China
Swatow
Amoy
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Blood Donor Registration Appeals in Indiana Region
Blood donors aged 18 to 21 in Indiana and surrounding communities are urged to register at the local blood bank. Registration can be done by visiting during the stated hours or by responding to a hospital appeal. Parents may sign for minors with written consent. Patients previously given blood at the Red Cross bank may face eligibility limits. a small processing fee may apply to cover expenses.
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Indiana
Sur
Cross
Allies Bombard Balikpapan Oil Center in Borneo
Allied naval and air forces bombarded Balikpapan in Western Borneo for days with Tokyo and Manila reports noting no definite invasion plans. The Southwest Pacific com munique cited air raids and advances in Borneo and the Philippines, including Luzon where the 37th Infantry Division moved toward the Cagayan River crossing. U S and Philippine forces pressed along highways while Japanese forces withdrew amid artillery and tank traffic, with Formosan and Japanese troops surrendering as Australian and American units advance in Mindanao and Sarawak near Seria oil fields.
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Manila
Balikpapan
Borneo
Tokyo Radio
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Luzon
Carayan Valley
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. 37Th Infantry
Cagayan River
Naguillan
Associated Press
Hamilton Faron
Fifth Air Force
Cagayan Valley
Faron
Innis P. Swift
Sarawak
Tuitong
Brunei
Seria
Red Point Budget Smashed By New Boost on Fats
Washington reports a second monthly increase by OPA in lard shortening and salad oil rations. New two point per pound value takes effect yesterday amid reduced supplies and uneven distribution. Third quarter fats and oils allotments to commercial users cut, excluding pharmaceutical makers. Butter and margarine values unchanged.
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Washington
OPA
Red Point
From Local Board No. 2 Leaves Today
Local draft board lists select registrants departing today including Roy Wilson Fennell Blairsville Edward John Peterson Blairsville Stephen Cal Cerovich Coral Robert Julian Rickard Blairsville and many others across Blairsville Homer City Saltsburg Indiana and surrounding areas. Names include Edward Romantic Homer City Frank Xavier Gurgon Blairsville John M. Rose Saltsburg Granville Clark Rendolph Josephing George Edward Behune Homer City and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wilson Fennell
Blairsville
Edward John Peterson
Blairsille
Stephen Cal Cerovich
Coral
Robert Julian Rickard
Alfred Dallara
Turtle Creek
Han Hamilton Conrad
Glen Olta Hollman
Auliman
Reymond Herbert Burkley
Lu!erne Mines
Daniel Oliver Guiste
Homer City
Edward Romantic
Ernest Williams
Frank Xavier Gurgon
John M. Rose
Saltsburg
Granville Clark Rendolph
Ephing
Cot
George Edward Behune
Frank Meibrods
Edward Bukoskey
Ralph Baroni
Indiana
Emory Robert O'Neil
Raymond Stefanini
Cleveland
Edward Vargo
Frank O'Neil Fairley
Ben Davis
Black Lick
President urges order of presidential succession rethink
President Truman argues for elective succession and limits on the Speaker’s term to prevent a non elected holder of the presidency. He proposes Speaker of the House before acting president and a chain of succession through cabinet members if no qualified Speaker or president pro tempore exists.
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State
Treasury
War
Navy
Interior
Labor
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Army Seizes Roads As Truck Strike Stirs Chicago
The government moves to restore trucking after a wage hour dispute. 1,700 seized lines under Army control. 3,600 troops already in place with more en route. 400 soldiers driven trucks to move food and war materiel. millions of tons of freight tied up. Embargoes and idle drivers spur draft referrals as OD T aims for progress. The report notes bread historically made from acorns and beech nuts at Bremer Pass.
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Chicago
Ellis T. Longnecker
Office of Defense Transportation
United States Army
War Labor Board
ODT
Cartage Exchange
Exchange
Illinois Motor Truck Operators Association
Longnecker
Blairsville and Universal transfers listed in Leader
A list of personnel transfers is noted including Leo Stanley Hawk Blairsville David Lester Ruffner Universal Eugene Gardner Homer Joseph Daskivich Homer City Walter Washington Neal New port Indiana transferred John Calvin Wey Eric transferred Theodore R. Stewart Apglio cd transferred Leader
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Blairsville
Leo Stanley Hawk
David Lester Ruffner
Universal
Eos Eugene Gardner
Homer City
Joseph Daskivich
Walter Washington
Neal
Newport
Indiana
John Calvin Wey
Eric
Theodore R. Stewart
Apglio
Obituaries for Burke and Dickey in Blairsville and Reynoldsville
Two obituaries note the deaths of Harry George Burke of Pitcairn and Amos Alexander Dickey of Reynoldsville. Burke, 1910 birth in Blairsville, toward Pittburg, survived by widow Ruth and siblings, funeral Thursday at Ferguson Funeral Home. Dickey, retired janitor from Reynoldsville post office, died at 424 Jackson Street. funeral tomorrow led by Rev. Paul K. Scott with burial in Reynoldsville Cemetery.
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Harry George Burke
Third Street
Pitcairn
Spring Street
Blairsville
G.clyde Burk
Aspinwall High School
University of Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Amos Alexander Dickey
Jes
Jackson Street
Reynoldsville
Dickey
Clara Harmon
Orpha
Annie Morehead
Altoona
Mabel ‘Beatty
Punxsutawney
Mary Wollenbaugh
Buckner Killed on Okinawa
Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner dies on Okinawa as the 10th Army nears victory. Adm Nimitz and other leaders express sorrow, noting Buckner’s aggressive leadership and long service in Pacific campaigns. Buckner, 58, is the second American lieutenant general to perish in World War II.
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Hubbard
Buckner
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Ocean
10Th Army
Okinawa
Japan
Nimitz
Barry Hill
Stimson and
Forrestal
Ernest King
Simon Bolivar Buckner
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la Guardia Field
Wave
Ronald Learn
Pacific Area
Hannibal Gati
Edward Vehovic
Samuel Morrison
Pfc. C. Morganti
GOP
Michele Irene Fiems
Moline
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The
Red Cross
Joe Fiems
W. Coast
the Gazette
Indiana Hospital Blood Bank
Owen
Local Board No. 2
John Lewis Delecco
John Melville Harmon
Homersity
Ben Morgan, Jr
McIntyre
Robert Merle Remaley
Ervin Junior Kitzmiller
Blairsite
Mike Checksky
Aultman
Arthur Pividori
Kent
Joseph Mouser
Marlin Shimps
Ralph Kenneth Byker
Tyunnelvan
Thomas Michael Nestich, Jr
Bremer Pass
Alps
Pennasi
Mookhszad’s Indians
Puneral
Prin
Cipal
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