German church faces remaking in postwar Rhineland
War Today editor transcribes Dr. Hans Fuchs a longtime public official under Hitler now to administer Rhineland under U S supervision. Fuchs urges a united Christian effort to restore religious education and purge Nazi influence. The piece cites Archbishop Temple and Martin Niemoeller, urging continued religious leadership in Germany. It also notes Britain’s looming election with Churchill Conservatives vs Labour, highlighting a wartime coalition and postwar policy aims.
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Ay Dewitt MacKenzie
Germany
Rhineland
Hans Fuchs
Leonard T. Gerow
U. S
Fuch
Kaiser Kilhelm
Dr. Fuchs
Fuchs
Hitler
William Temple
Canterbury
London
Martin Niemoeller
Niempellar
G. Bromnley
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Niemoeller
United States
Hopkins Is Special Ambassador of Truman
The United States seeks firm friendly negotiation to show a postwar European foundation for a functional United Nations. Hopkins is dispatched to Stalin to break the deadlock with western allies and advance Polish reform under Yalta. San Francisco delegates weigh big power cooperation, security council structure, and the path to a possible US Britain Russia meeting.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
United States
Europe
United Nations Organization
United Nations’ Conference
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Stalin
Krelmin
Germany
Poland
Hopkins
Russia
Britain
World Organization
Pacific Islands
Japan
China
Security Council
All-Nation Assembly
Council
Yalta
Council Delelsions
Supreme Court Reverses Judgment in Auto Case
In Harrisburg on May 24 the State Supreme Court reversed a $5,000 Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judgment against Manhattan Mutual Auto Casualty. Roy C. Hoar, injured as a truck passenger, had suit against Jack Gray’s company. The court ruled Gray delivered coal not refrigerants as permited by the Public Utility Commission, nullifying the insurer's liability. Justice Charles Alvin Jones dissented.
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Harrisburg
State Supreme Court Today
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
Manhattan Mutual Auto Casualty Company, Inc
Roy C. Hoar
Jack Gray
High Court
Gray
Churchill Chooses New Cabinet As War Ends
London May 24 1944 Prime Minister Churchill began naming members of a caretaker government as coalition partners exit. Expect cabinet appointments by weekend with Parliament dissolved June 15 and general election set for July 6. Attlee Bevin Morrison and Labor leaders prepare to yield offices to the king.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Labor
Independent Daily Mail
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
Blackpool
George
Churchill calls for rapid election amid wartime hush in Britain
The article argues Churchill will run strongly in a quick election seen as crucial for wartime leadership. It notes the country’s shift left since 1942, cites Archbishop Temple as a symbol of Tory labels, and discusses the broader stakes in world affairs as Britain navigates the Pacific war and postwar influence.
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Churchill
Pacific
England
John Bull
Britain
William. Temple
Center
Bury
Devastating Japanese Actions Around Shuri and Mindanao
The report describes Japanese kamikaze and ground attacks near Shuri Okinawa as American units defend key positions. It notes Marine and Army actions, including deep incursions by the Seventh Division near Yona and the 28th Division in Luzon, plus Mindanao advances by the 40th and American forces. Navy announces YMS 481 lost in the Philippines with moderate casualties. Lt. T. O. Anglin wounded. total U S naval losses reach 308.
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Rekckich Tada
Keystone
Shuri
Okinawa
96Th
77Th
Morinea
Naha
Seventh Infantry
Yonabaru
Mindanao
Philippines
Manila
Luzon
Washington
T. O. Anglin
H. F. Anglin
Wadley
Cagua
U. S
Draft Board No. 3 Sends Men To Service Today
Hillsdale transfers list service inductees from Local Board No. 12 and 2, naming many individuals by hometowns such as Clymer Punxsutawney New Florence Rossiter and Dixonville. Notable entry Commodore inducted into the Navy on April 30 1945.
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Draft Board No. 3
Hillsdale
Pittsburgh
Leslie Steele Kridter
Evie
Max Blair Lydie
Clymer
R. D
Everett G. Wagner
New Florence
Lawrence Wm
Painter
Punxsuliwney
Punxsutawney
Melvin Dias
Heshbon
Ra Brishart
Glen Campbell
Ene Hughes McKee
Rossiter
Raymond Kenneth Bidleman
Inmagh
Peter Edward Wabish
Marion Tenter
Robert Sherman Seger
Harry Lowell Totten
Cherry Tree
Joseph Mash
Dilltown
Joseph Vascovich
Dixonville
Carl Edward Fry
Seward
Aldo Leno Cengia
Donald Ross Frain
Lea Mike Hrucko
Ira Ford
Buterbaugh
Leadership Training Conference Holds Meet Of Future Farmers
The Indiana Cambria Bi County Chapter of the Future Farmers of America held a Leadership Training Conference at the Methodist Church in Homer City on Wednesday May 16 1945. Seventy boys attended with Dr Russell B Mickerson Dr Dick Jergon Mr Arthur Townsend Mr Pred Bunnell and Mr Clark E Ray among speakers and presenters. Awards included Bi County Certificates for County Farmer Degree. The day closed with a softball game East vs West divisions West won 27 to 2.
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Indiana-Cambria
Future Farmers of Americe
Methodist Church
Homer City
Oscar Sherman
Russell B. Mickjerson
Department of Agriculltural Education
Pennsylvania
Philippine Campaign In Slow Motion
Manila May 24 The yard by yard cleanup against Japanese in the Philippines advances slowly on seven fronts as Sixth Division troops hunt Nips on Tarakan and in Wewak Bougainville. In northern Luzon near Balete Pass Yanks push toward Santa Fe with 300 tons of bombs, while 88th Division drives through fire wrecked ridges using napalm and flamethrowers.
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Manila
Philippines
North Borneo
Tarakan
Wewak
British New Guinea
Buin Trail
Bougainville
Solantons
Luzon
Baguio
Balete Pass
85Th
25Th Division
Stanley R. Larson
Talladega
Ala
Highway Five
Balete
Cagayan Valley
Santa Fe Village
Charles L. Mullin
Santa Fe
Highway 5
Truman Shifts Labor Agencies In War Time Reorg
Green presses for immediate concentration of labor agencies in a re organized department. Schwellenbach aims to reorganize beyond the CIO controversy while avoiding comment on NLRB naming, planning a July 1 transfer to new duties after court work ends.
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Green
Schwellenbach
National Labor Relations Board
Harry A. Millis
NLRB
CIO
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
9 Million Pounds Of Fire Bombs On Guam
Fires raged across Guam as winds spread burning material through commercial and military sites. Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Powers reported widening fire arcs while staff sergeant Max Sampson and pilot Lt. Carroll H. Payne described the blaze’s intensity and impact on the targets.
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Thomas S. Powers
Guam
Max Sampson
Bellefonte
Carroll H. Payne
San, Antonio
Tex
OPA Seen Unfair to Soft Coal Operators by Two Reps
Two Western Pennsylvania Democrats Kelley and Weiss claim the OPA is unfair to soft coal operators. They say they have not received satisfactory responses after requesting price increases to offset wage boosts. An OPA spokesman notes adjustments are possible for mines losing money under the new wage and price rates, with several already approved daily.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
OPA
Kelley
Wels
Ketley
Mammoth
Western Pennsylvania
Weiss
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
James H. Rapiport
Men Remove Romance From Baking by Ruth Millett
A wartime column argues that adding science to cooking removes the romance of baking. It says a blastproof cake that never fails turns cooking into a dull science and denies women the thrill of experimentation and self expression in the kitchen.
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Ruth Millett
Okinawa
Tokyo says palace garden attacked in raid report
A Japanese communique says an arbor in the Imperial Palace garden and an Akasaka detached palace establishment were burned after a raid. The Tokyo broadcast claimed 27 raiders shot down and about 30 damaged, while pilot reports varied on night fighter opposition.
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Imperial Palace
Akasaka
Tokyo
Truman to Fly to San Francisco for UN Meeting
President Truman will fly to San Francisco to address the UN Conference plenary session in the Opera House. He plans to witness the signing of the World Security Charter and then speaks for about one minute as the address is broadcast worldwide. A possible Pacific Northwest rest trip may follow and he would return to the White House by plane. The absence is expected to last less than a week.
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Washington
Truman
San Francisco
White House
Pacific Northwest
Charles G. Ross
San Francisco Opera House
Obituary notices from Indiana County pages May 28
Obituaries list several local residents including Mary A. Hoy er of Glen Campbell. James Herron of Elderton. Rachel Lydia Ann Revie of Ernest. Melzina Esther Smith of McIntyre. Mrs Alice Orr Zener Wilkinsburg. and infant Lester Ward Smeltzer of Washington township. Details include birthdates, death times, family survivors, funeral arrangements, and burial sites.
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Rachel Lydia Ann RE Wie
Ernest
Indiana Hospital
Bolivar
William
Mary
Jones) Deemer
Harry Revie
Deloris
Mary Ann
Philip Deemer
Sylvia
N. Ys
Raymond T. Clover
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
Melzina Esther Smith
Emanuel M. Smith
McIntyre
J. Henry Thorauer
Pifer
Jefferson County
Thief Burgess Shot by Police in Pittsburgh Clash
In Pittsburgh a young thief identified as Henry Samuel Burgess by draft and Social Security records lay dead in the morgue after a confrontation on Liberty Avenue. Burgess and a fleeing accomplice had robbed workers and customers at a cafe before patrolmen Michael Welsh and Stephen Raydack returned fire, ending the pursuit.
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Pittsburgh
Liberty Avenue
Henry Samuel Burgess
Washington, D. C
Michael Welsh
Stephen Raydack
Burgess
Government raises Moré gasoline ration nationwide
Uncle Sam signals a 60 percent boost in A ration allotments effective June 22 and a rise in B allowances for many drivers from June 11. A coupons now cover six gallons per period, equating to about six free gallons weekly, while B ceilings expand to 650 miles monthly. Local boards will hear requests for additional needs starting June 11.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Sam
Midwest
CPA
The
Petroleum Administration For War
OPA
Chester Bowles
Schwellenbach Lands Labor Post as Jones Quits WFA
President Truman announced cabinet changes in a brief press conference. Schwellenbach named to the labor post, with Jones resigning from the War Food Administration. The move comes as Morgenthau and Stettinius remain in place amid anticipated Senate confirmation.
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Schwellenbach
Jones
WFA
Germany bound for Allied ruled order after Nazi collapse
The text notes Germany ceasing to exist as a nation and outlines Allied supervision of records and administration. It discusses Eisenhower’s role and the lack of a unified policy, with American and British zones differing in administration level and the Russians avoiding public stance.
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Flensburg
Allied Supreme Command
Eisenhower
Germany
Kreis
Httle
Okinawa Battle Front Redrawn As U S Forces Advance
Allied troops push toward Shuri and Naha as the 10th Army tightens its grip on Okinawa. U S units seize key positions in Yonabaru and Shuri hills while Japanese counterattacks are repelled. The 77th and 96th Divisions drive up hills and secure supply and sea approaches, threatening garrisons in Chinen peninsula.
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Guam
10Th Army
Shuri
Okinawa
Naha
Yona+ baru
77Th
Statue of Liberty
76Th
Seventh Division
Yonabaru
Chinen Peninsula
Wakasusku Bay
Chinen
Otinawa
Naha-Shuri-Yonabara
Yonabara
96Th
James L. Bradley
96Th Infantry
Increased Egg Production Seen in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg May 24. Agriculture Department officials said higher egg output next fall or winter may come as chick production rises. Commercial hatcheries reported a 21 percent gain in chicks in the first four months of this year versus 1944. State production totaled 16,250,000 eggs in April, up from 11,760,000, with 42,850,000 produced in January through April, compared with 35,280,000 a year ago.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department
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America
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Martin) Hoyer
John W. Boyer
Burnside
Glan Campbell
Presbyterian Church
MecCardie Funeral Home
Burnalde
Spa
Plummer Harvey
Urey Cemetery
James ¥. Herron
Elderston
Beaver County
James
Sarah (Dornan) Herron
Dravo Corporation
Elderton
Robert H. Shireman
Pvt
James W. Herron
C. A. Herron
Weirton
West Virginia
James Thomas Shireman
James K. Leitch
Unitised Presbyterian Church
Ndiana
Etherton Cemetery
Samuel T. Zener
Alice (Orr) Zener
Hill Avenue
Wilkinsburg
Turner
Wallace Avenue
Woodlawn
Zener
Republican Women's Club
Indiana County
J. M. Risinger
Harmer City
J. Carlyle Orr
Lester Ward Smeltzer
Blair
Martha
Clark) Smeltzer
Washington Township
Raymond
Sisster
Mary Jane
Martha Clark
John Smeltzer
Creekside, RD
R. D. Creekside
Harmony Grove Lutheran
Five Points
J. B. Troutman
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Biddle
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Morgenthau
Trutman
State Department
Edward R. Stettinius
Perkins
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Roosevelt
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Archibald V. Arnold
Attu
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Moorhead
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