War Today: Pacific News on Japanese Maneuvers
J M Roberts Jr cites AP reports that Japanese fleets have evaded battle off Saipan and Manila bound routes. Analysts say Tokyo may be bluffing a strong perimeter while Allied forces keep options open in the central Pacific and toward Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts Jr
Newitt Mackenzie
Pacific
Tery
Rembert James
Saipan
James
Forrestal
King
Nimitz
Far Pacific
Penn State Grants 341 Degrees In Wartime Commencement
STATE COLLEGE June. For the first time Penn State graduates 341 students at wartime commencement. Nearly 200 of 309 bachelor degrees went to women, outnumbering men for the first time in the college's history. Degrees total 30,927 since founding. about 25,000 to men. Thiry seniors and 17 women cited for scholarship. women won 13 of 21 honorary citations. Courses in chemistry physics engineering agriculture and mineral industries dominated.
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State College
Bam
Pennsylvania State College
Penn State
Thiry
Committee On Academic Standards
Russians Open New Offensive in Finland War
London reports Soviet forces launch two large offensives on a broad front north of Lake Ladoga. Moscow says units pushed toward the Finnish border from Viipuri with aims to end the war quickly. Thrusts target the Svir River area and regions above Lake Onega near Medvezhyegorsk.
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London
Red Army
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Moscow
Viipuri
Karelian
Soviet Union
Murmansk- Leningrad
Ladoga
Onega
Onezhskoe
Lake Onega
Medbexhegorsk
Battle on Pacific Front Slows US Advance at Magicienne Bay
The Japanese, numbering over 20,000, fought hard on steep ridges using mortars, artillery, and booby traps. A key clash on a hill near Magicienne Bay saw Japanese gunners hide in caves as Marines pressed the advance. The Americans, wielding artillery superiority, captured the position and killed 75 in one cave. Flamethrowers aided mountain strongholds while US troops pushed through swamps, cane fields, and streets. Japanese losses mounted as they retreated without sea or air support. American supply of war material, food, and captured Japanese equipment aided operations and civilians nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinea
Magicienne Bay
Charan’ Kanoa
New Trial and Verdict Challenges by Commonwealth
The document cites a new trial request challenging the verdict as contrary to law and evidence, arguing errors in admitting and denying testimony, improper juror concerns, and failure to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It references the Gazeta Clamiliead Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Board No 1 residents listed on page one
A long list of names and addresses appears under Board No 1 on page one. The roster includes James Gibert Stile 875 Church St Carmen Win Raimandao Clymer Gordon H McCracken Marion Center and many others with varied street addresses across multiple towns. The compilation reads like a directory of names, locations, and possible affiliations without narrative context.
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James Gibert Stile
Church St
Carmen Win
Raimandao
Clymer
Gordon Harry McCracken
Marion’ Center
George Paul Stevens
S. 4Th St
Frank Wm
Gallo
Max Taverne Fulmer
R. D
Indiana
James Prato
Philo
Willian Samuel Steiner
Locust Street
Herbert Edwin Ruddock
Akron
Arthur Anthony Rocco
Homer City
Walter Duke Anderson
Phils
Thomas William Britton
Phila
Osh
Edward Wiliams
S. 10Th St
Arthur George Buterbaugh
Marion Center
Edwin John Boyer
Glenn Campbell
Clark Monroe Kerr
Brushvalley
Merle William Wallert
Rochester Mills
William Ashbal Peterson
Streee
Chester Rayingnd Locol
Inedigna
Donald Wilfred Hosack
R. D. de Sarver
Charles Win. Kenna
Philadelphia
Leonard James Spence
Old Benjamin Yingling
R. Cp
Iwinain
Ralph Bracken
Maple Street
Carl Kelly Burkett
Greensburg
Howard Glen Jacoby
Norman Ray King
Sagamore
Janes Phenix Culliver
Arnold Miles Seger
Eugene Samuel Spence
G I Bill Continues as Roosevelt Signs Landmark Measure
The G I Bill of Rights advances as President Roosevelt signs the act after witnessing congressional approval. The plan covers veterans who served 90 days or more in the armed forces on or after Sept 16 1940 and left service under conditions other than dishonorable. The legislation aims to manage postwar surpluses and ensure orderly disposition of benefits for both men and women veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
American Legion
Allied Troops 32 Miles From Prized Italian Port
Allied forces advance toward Ancona reaching Fermo while Eighth Army nears Camerino and Nocero Andra. American troops push northwest of Grosseto as Rome reports 32 miles to Ancona and 14 miles west of Camerino. Luftwaffe losses tallied with 80,000 to 100,000 casualties and 27,000 taken prisoner amid intensified Mediterranean air and naval actions.
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Rome
Ancona
Prize Malan
Eighth Army
Camerina
Perugid
Grosseto
Venice
Fermo
Rimini
Nocero Andra
Camerino
Perugia
Lake Trasimeno
Feld
Sid Feder
Italy
Mediterranean Air Force
Javerno Harbor
Ventimiglia
Thalia Riviera
Germany
Elba
Berlin
Pianosa
Palmajola
Tlime
Veterans Benefits Bill Provisions Outline
The document details federal veteran aid including weekly unemployment payments, education grants up to 600 annually plus subsistence, government guaranteed loans up to 20 percent down with 20 year terms, a job-finding agency, and 800 million for hospital construction. It also notes VA authority as an essential war agency with priority status second only to wartime services. Plus discussion of Allied air operations targeting German railways, bridges, and targets around Berlin and beyond, including shuttle routes to Russia.
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Veterans’ Administration
War and Navy Departments
Allied Air Offensive Hauls Bombers Across European Front
U S strategic air force communique reports three bombers and two escorting fighters lost on shuttle raid from Britain to Russia. Mustangs and Yank fighters provide cover as bombers bomb Ruhland south east of Berlin. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes join the attack on Pas De Calais with a devastating blow. over Berlin a daylight raid with 1000 plus B 17s and Liberators plus 1200 escorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Britain
Russia
Moscow
U. S. Strategic Airy Force
Ruhland
Berlin
Red Air Force
Pas-De Calais
France
Styria
Italy
U. S
Reich
Allied push around Cherbourg faces strong German forts
American patrols reportedly moved toward the sea at St. Croix-Hague and Le Theil, threatening to cut off German positions at Cap De La Hague and Point Barfleur. French forts Octeville and Du Roule barred progress near Cherbourg as fighting raged around the town. German radio signaled retreat while Vichy claimed offshore warships aided the Allies. Weather hindered air operations and material delivery amid a NE wind and heavy surf. Civilians said Germans fortified streets, holes blasted into buildings to shield machine guns and anti-tank guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Croix-Hague
le Theil
Cap de la Hague
Point Barfleur
Cheribourg
Octeville
du Ro
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Naval Battle Report Highlights Japanese Losses and U S Victory
The report details heavy damage to Japanese carriers and battleships in a battle near Guadalcanal and the Philippines Sea. U S forces led by Admiral Mitscher sank or damaged multiple ships, shot down 15 to 20 enemy planes, and sustained significant aircraft losses themselves. The piece places the action as a major early 1940s naval engagement with high strategic impact.
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Midway
Spruance
Guadalcanal
Nimitz
United States
Sjuueve
Mitscher
Philippines Sea
Corgi Sea
To &Argariani i
Return All But 2 Mines To Operators
Washington reports the government returned most coal mines to their owners on June 22, ending 13 months of wartime control. Interior Secretary Ickes said the labor peace is now secured as anthracite and bituminous wage agreements were signed and approved by the War Labor Board. Two Virginia soft coal mines remained under state control as their owner refused the wage pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
War Labor Board
Ickes
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
Tazewell
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Colorado
New Mexico
Jowa
Roosevelt
Governor Martin Open Minded On Candidate
HARRISBURG June 22. Governor Martin head of the un instructed Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican national convention says he will enter with an open mind a delegation caucus in Chicago Sunday night. He refused to predict Dewey’s chances on the first ballot and said the party has a wealth of material to choose a candidate acceptable to all parts of the country. He hopes for a simple direct platform and urged confidence in foreign policy as conditions will change weekly until the war’s end. Most delegation members will travel to Chicago by special train. London reports Hitler established a headquarters near Le Mans after the Normandy landings but soon moved to Troyes and returned to Berchtesgaden.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Keystone
New Yorker
British Aid Vital For Yank Thrust
News of Allied advances in Normandy credits British and Canadian operations for expanding holdings in the Cherbourg peninsula. Stimson notes German reserves wer e limited and that American forces trapped parts of three divisions. He also cites the new robot planes as a minor nuisance to England and confirms Nimitz’s report of a Japanese fleet defeat in the Philippines. The Yawata raid and Saipan fighting are highlighted as steps toward Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashington
Cherbourg
Normandy
Stimson
Channel
England
Casualties Near Quarter Million In World War II Totals
Secretary Stimson reports U S army casualties through June 11 total 178 677 with 31 289 dead 71 432 wounded 39 978 missing and 5 080 prisoners Navy deaths rise to 20 044 wounded 12 905 missing 9 205 and 4 461 prisoners Army ground forces in Italy suffer 64 892 casualties through June 15 with 11 610 dead 44 426 wounded and 8 956 missing Air Forces in Italy and Europe total 9 052 casualties including 1 186 killed 1 873 wounded and 6 493 missing the first separate Italian theater air casualty figure is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Navy
Flso
Italy
Europe
Finn Minister On Way Home War News Across Detained Route
Hjalmar Procope Finnish minister and two delegation counselors were ordered to depart as the State Department said their activities harmed U.S. welfare. Procope's wife stays home with their children. A Thunderbolt squadron in France destroyed two German troop trains near Barneville after spotting enemy reinforcements.
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Washington
Hjalmar Procope
State Department
United States
Department
Legation
Frocope
U. 5. 9Th Air Force
France
Barneville
Bricker Arrives to Lead Last-Week Drive for GOP Nomination
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio arrived in Chicago to press his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and report as chairman of a postwar advisory group on domestic issues. He said he would not withdraw his name from consideration and did not expect a vice presidential offer. Bricker's supporters claimed new backing in Indiana and West Virginia as Dewey backers predicted a Dewey nomination. The convention opens Monday with 1,057 delegates and 529 needed to nominate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bricker
Thomas B. Dewey
J.russel Sprague
Dewey
J. Frank McDermane
Attica
Ohioan
Indiana
Indianapolis
Austin V
Wood
Wheeling
Harrison E. Spangler
Senate backs flood program for Pennsylvania projects
Washington reports Senate Commerce Committee approved a billion dollar flood control program allocating about 11 million to Pennsylvania. Projects include Susquehanna Basin works near Harrisburg and Tyrone flood defenses, Raystown and Turtle Creek reservoir additions, and other Chenango tributary protections to be started after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate Commerce Committee
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Tyrone
Little Juniata River
South Plymouth
Genegan Islet
Chenango River
Raystown
Commerce Committee
Turtle Creek
Allegheny County
Will Rogers' Widow Betty Blake Rogers Dies in California
Will Rogers' widow Betty Blake Rogers, 65, died at the Rogers ranch home in Santa Monica Canyon after illness and a severe influenza attack in Washington. Born Betty Blake in Rogers, Arkansas, she married Will Rogers in 1908 and survives with three children: Will Rogers Jr., James Rogers, and Mary Rogers. Her body will be laid beside Will Rogers at Claremore, Oklahoma.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Will Rogers
Betty Blake Rogers
Rogers Ranch
Santa Monica Canyon
W ‘Ashington
D. C
James Rogers
The
Beverly Hills
Mary Rogers
Lt. Rogers
Obituary notices from Blairsville and nearby areas
Obituary notices report Dorothy Faye Patterson dies at 8 30 p.m. June 20 at Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh born April 30 1920 in Apollo daughter of Joseph F and Mildred Martin she attended Blairsville High School class of 1938 and belonged to Blairsville Presbyterian Church and Alpha sorority later services Friday at 2 30 p.m. with burial in Blairsville cemetery other items list Victoria Stepanini of Homer City who died June 71 at 1 40 a m wife of Louisa Stepanini and mother to several children with services June 24 at St Louis Church Lucerne Mines and interment at St Bernard Cemetery Indiana also Ella Fox widow of John E Fox to be buried Friday at 2 00 p m after services at Free Methodist Church Blacklick interment Oakland Cemetery Indiana brief note on Doris Duke seeking July 19 hearing in Reno on divorce from James Cromwell following a ruling that Reno divorce last December 21 was invalid.
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Dorothy Faye Patterson
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Apollo
Joseph F
Mildred ‘ (Stahlman) Martin
Blairsville High School
Blairsville Presbyterian Church
Iota
Alpha Sovoriety
Blairsville
Thomas J. Patterson
Marcia Martin
Hunter Funeral Home
Joseph C. Stewart
Blairsville Cemetery
Victoria Stepanini
Horner City
Louisa Stepanini
John Monti
Enrico and
Desclina
Baidla) Oldani
Dagus Mines
Mermiber
St. Louis Church
Lucerne Mines
Tallio Monti
Homer City
Prank Mont
Tarrytown
N. Yu
Vincens Stepanini
Navy
Mario Stepanini
Cleveland
Raymond Stepaninini
Ernest Cappelletti
Vincent Butcovich
Mika Basket
Marie Stananini
Tanny Oldani
Ella Fox
John E. Fox
Free Methodist Church
Blacklick
Reno
Doris ~ Duke
Attornays
Gallewy
Nevada
James H. R. Cromwell
U.S
Canada
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Manila
Bay of Bengal
Singapore
Truk
Palau
Philippines
Japan
Eugene Burns
Attu
South Seas
Sumatra
Central Pacific
John McLaren
W. 8
Sunder'in
Sidad the
Gazeta Clamiliead
G. I. Bill
St. Quentin
Drewx
Gov. Martin
Adolf Hitler
le Mans
Troyes
Paris
Berchtesgaden
Ageroing
Yawata
Saipan Island
Marianas
Finn
Odin
Gov
U. K
Paul A. Groetzinger
Indiana Hotel
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