Air Power Set To Decide War In Pacific War Today
DEWITT MACKENZIE analyzes Allied air superiority as pivotal in the war against Japan. He notes massive bombings in Germany and predicts Japan will face even greater bombing, with Okinawa secured as a base for further operations under Lt. Gen. Doo little. The piece discusses potential Japanese capitulation timelines and shifting troop movements toward Manchuria and China, amid caution about overestimating a short war.
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Manchuria
Indonesia
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Chiang Kai- Shek
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Russia
Moscow
8th Air Force Doolittle to Lead Pacific Operations
In Washington on May 26, Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle is announced to transfer Eighth Air Force bombers from Europe to the Pacific. The move adds to Far Eastern Air Forces with units including the Fourteenth and Tenth Air Forces and the Seventh, Eleventh, Twentieth, and others, operating under MacArthur and Nimitz. The goal is to intensify bombing of Japanese war industries and expand attack capacity across targets from the Aleutians to the Marianas.
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Washington
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Europe
European Casualties to Be Home By Midsummer
A growing fleet of American hospital ships will bring home all transportable sick and wounded from Europe within three months. By midsummer seven new ships will raise the mercy fleet to 40 with capacity for 30,500. Navy and OWI say the Pacific will receive the majority as the Atlantic evacuation winds down.
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Europe
Mercy
Office of War Information
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Pacific
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OWI
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St. Michiel
Chateau Thierry
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Metropolitan Hospital
Wives Gather Rights From Soldiers Bill of Rights
Ruth Millett notes soldiers in Europe drafted a bill of rights for married life. The list included demands like not standing in line for anything and inviting the boys over weekly. Millett imagines a wartime wife drafting her own bill of rights with similar grievances and requests such as car garage access and cigarette lighting.
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Ruth Millett
Europe
Report of Seventh War Loan Drive Sales in Pittsburgh Area
War bond sales in the seventeen county Fort Pitt area reached 47,268,000 dollars today, about 80 percent of the Seventh War Loan quota. The detailed figures list numerous post offices and local banks, with totals for EY and BE sales, county quotas, and overall county totals culminating in 508,230.50 dollars in total sales to individuals and county totals.
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Pittsburgh
Fort Pitt
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Syria Faces Clash as French Fire Sparks Hama Outbreak
Acting Syrian premier Jamil Mardam Bey said French troops fired on Hama, sparking street fighting north of Damascus. He warned a general clash could erupt as French reinforcements arrive from Homs. US and UK envoys urged calm while preparations for possible British troop action were noted. French forces in Syria include about 2,000 troops with many conscripts. Damascus and Beyrouth experienced scattered firing and deserted streets.
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Frank J. O'Brien
Damascus
Jamil Mardam Bey
Syria
Hama
Aleppo
Hom
Homs
U. S
George Wadsworth
Gerald Young
Paris
Ninth Army
Beyrouth
Lebanon
Euphrates
USW Seeks 20 Percent Basic Wage Boost Nationwide
In Pittsburgh on May 28 the United Steelworkers of America pressed for an immediate 20 percent rise in basic wages. International President Philadelphia Murray met with President Truman and Fred Vinson to outline demands, citing wage erosion from reconversion and 48 hour week cuts. The union urged higher purchasing power to sustain industry and jobs, while proposing rules excluding foremen from membership but including supervisory personnel in negotiations.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of Americas
Philly Murray
CIO
Washington
Truman
Fred Vinson
Twins Home With Mom After Capture in Italy
The Woods twins, 20, enlisted in 1943 and were captured while with a Ranger detachment in Italy last year. Their mother, Mrs John Woods of Homewood, received letters reporting their liberation and shared a note from John about tasting angel food like bread. William was transferred to same camp after Eleanor Roosevelt intervened.
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Pittsburgh
North
South Carolina
Italy
Ration time table summary for foods and stamps
Ration schedule lists Book Four Red Blue and Slamy stamps with validity through June August and September for meats, processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasolin and coupons. Dates indicate stamp periods and extension possibilities, with some stamps valid indefinitely and others expiringAug, Sept. 21 deadline noted for last year period coupons.
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Goodhrough
Suua AR
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Tariff Fight May Hit Snag In Senate
Washington May 28 The tariff fight moved to the Senate as President Truman seeks renewed backing for a three year extension of the reciprocal trade agreements act with power to halve tariffs. Senate Finance Chairman George said a tough fight lies ahead with many senators away. The present act expires June 12 and a Republican measure to strip tariff cutting failed 197 to 174. The pending bill would authorize cuts up to 50 percent from levels last January 1.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
San Francisco
Cordell Hull
Serious Food Situation In Germany 15th Army Report
An official 15th Army news release outlines a grave food crisis in occupied Germany with only enough civilian supplies to possibly last through June. It notes displaced persons rely on German stocks, stripping imports, and urges intensive food production while Allied forces distribute seed potatoes and wheat. 88 percent of Rhine and 96 percent of Westmark farmlands are already in production. measures include freeing soldiers for farming, lifting food movement restrictions, recruiting children to pick bugs, and enforcing quotas for undelivered food and livestock.
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15Th Army
Germany
Rhine
Westmark
Veto power showdown heralds shift in Truman policy
President Truman and Secretary of State Stettinius push American foreign policy toward a decisive role at the United Nations Conference. Stettinius will deliver a major radio address from San Francisco tonight, outlining aims to recapture a middle ground between British and Russian policies and to reinforce U S leadership for democratic ideals. The main issue remaining is the veto voting formula for the World Security Council as big powers seek control.
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Jonn M. Ightower
San Francisco
Truman
Stettinius
White House
London
Moscow
T Ackle
Stalin
Churchill
United States
Yalta
Washington
Russia
Jveto
World Sectivity Council
Argentina
Warsaw
Withdrawal From Shuri Is Indicated
Rain slowed operations on Okinawa for the sixth straight day as Marines under Maj. Gen. Pedro A. del Valle's First Division pressed their bridgehead across the Asato River in Naha. Reports say withdrawal from Shuri is indicated as ships and rocket-diving planes smashed enemy troops south of Shuri position.
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Okinamwa
Imarines
Pedro A. del Valle
Asato
Naha
Chinese Forces Drive North of Nanning in Offense
The Chinese have advanced north of Foochow and reached near Ningteh and Siapu as Spearheads push 41 miles northeast of Foochow. Loyuan fell 31 miles northeast of Foochow as the counter offensive speeds up. Chiang Kai-shek’s veterans move toward Shaoyang and Jiuchow while a new Americantrained 6th Army reportedly flew over the Himalayas, possibly to play a key role.
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Ningteh
Siapu
Nigteh
Loyuan
Foochaw
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shaoyang
Paoching
Hunan
Jiuchow
Kwangsi
Kunmig
6Th Army
Burma
Himalayas
U. S
Must Continue To Fight Nazism At Wilson College
Chambersburg Pa May 28 The 75th Wilson College commencement honored 71 graduates as Dr Paul Swain Havens presided. Mrs Aase Gruda Skard Norwegian psychologist urged continued global and internal resistance to Nazism, warning against race prejudice cruelty and suppression of others. Abby He Turner received Doctor of Science for her work as physiologist and educator.
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Chambersburg
Aase Gruda Skard
Skard
Abby He Turner
South Hadley
Mass
Paul Swain Havens
Obituary for Hedwig Golinsky from Coral Pennsylvania
Hedwig Golinsky died at home in Coral on May 26 1945 at 10 45 p m born in Warsaw July 29 1888 daughter of Daniel and Danhousle she leaves daughters Mary Hutchinson Cecelia Stamite Stella Harrell and Helen Golinski a son Joseph Anthony Stanley and one brother Lawrence Dankouski eleven grandchildren and was a St Francis Graceton parishioner. Friends may visit at House 88 Coral A requiem high mass will be held Tuesday at 9 00 am Reverend Matthew A Yanosek will sing the mass Interment will be in St Francis Cemetery Graceton.
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Hedwig Goleinsky
Coral
Ohio
Joseph
Anthony
Beyer
Stanley
Lawrence Dankouski
Denver
Colorado
St. Francis Church
Graceton
Matthew A. Yanosek
St. Francis Cemetery
Small Fry Criminals To Be Tried In Few Weeks
Trials of Germans accused of atrocities against American troops likely begin within weeks. Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief U S counsel for war crimes, said postponement expected until Allied nations finalize the international tribunal details. He noted German battlefield crimes will proceed in American courts while the tribunal forms. Censorship will continue to aid case preparation. Other wartime arrests include Field Marshal von Greim's death by poison and Paula Hitler’s house arrest. The U S Military Philosophical Society, founded in 1794, is noted.
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Robert H. Jackson
United States
Britain
Soviet
Russia
France
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Supreme Court
Truman
Judge Advocate General’s Office
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Albert Forster
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Danzig
Hamburg
Paula Hitler
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Heinrich Himmler
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Schleswig
Paris
Bolzano
Italy
Heinrich von Vietinghoff- Scheel
U. S
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