Happy Liberated Prisoners Recall Japanese Brutality In War News
Ninety five Americans and eight English prisoners liberated from Ofuna near Yokohama recount grisly war memories. They describe beatings, starvation, forced narrow confinement, and the bit torture used to prevent talking. Pilot Turner Turnbull and Lt Rainey share vivid accounts of injuries and fear.
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Ofuna
Yokohama
Ens
Fred Turnbull
Highland Park
Mich
Formosa
Michigan
Turnbull
Tokyo
Naval
John J B Rainey
Houston
Texas
Rainley
Rainey
Charles Buchalt
Nazi Monster Ziereis Captured and Killed by Allied Troops
Allied forces captured Franz Ziereis, commander of the Mauthausen camps, near Gusen Austria and killed him as he attempted escape. In a dying statement he described the camp horrors and his own earnings, noting 1.5 million victims across 30 camps and labeling Hitler and Himmler as targets.
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Munich
Franz Ziereis
Mauthausen
Ziereis
Adolf Hitler
Hell
Victor Miles
Judge Advocate’s
United States
Zierels
Germany
Gis
Gusen
Austria
Ziereig
Hitler
Himmler
Four Prisoners Plead Guilty in Local Court
Four prisoners pleaded guilty before Judge E. E. Creps and await sentencing. Clellan Beeley of Glen Campbell admitted larceny related to a $720 theft from a Selma store. John Matsko of Rochester Mills and Peter Lezanic of Chambersville pleaded to driving under the influence. Theodore Della Fiora of Blairsville faced a lottery charge. Matsko is to be sentenced Oct. 15, the others on September date.
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E. E. Creps
Clellan Beeley
Glen Campbell
R. D
Selma
John Matsko
Rochester Mills
Peter Lezanic
Chambersville
Theodore Dellafiora
Blairsville
Matsko
Eight Children Escape Fire in Vernon Township
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the rural home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Willoughby in Vernon Township. Mrs. Willoughby and two children were in Meadville at a show. the remaining children, eight in total in the care of three neighbor children, fled to safety as flames raged.
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Meadville
Hugo Willoughby
Vernon Township
Willoughby
Enlisted Men In Pacific Knew War Was Coming
SPOKANE Wash Sept 19 1947 A discharged Navy veteran said his transport ship was followed by Japanese warships in the Pacific in October 1941 and that enlisted men knew war was coming. Derrel Dirks of Spokane said official Pearl Harbor reports fail to answer questions he and others had from Dec 7 1941. He recalled encounters with Japanese forces near Formosa in October 1941 and a 1941 maneuver simulating a Pearl Harbor attack.
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Spokane
Wash
Pacific
Derrel Dirks
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Wake
San Pedro
Formosa
Ching
Wangtai
North China Port
Tientsen
Peiping
Shanghai
Indiana County Fair ends after record crowds
An aging observer notes the Indiana County Fair wraps up its three day run with record crowds on Thursday and Friday. Highlights include a 2:08 mile race won by Katrina Volo driven by an 18 year old, the crowd's silver cup and gladiolus bouquet, and praised livestock displays though fruit exhibits were sparse.
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Indiana County
Alethe Nichols
Don Welsh
Katrina Volo
Indiana County Fair
Indiana Fair
Fair Grounds
Indiana
Dave Fiscus
Doctor Connelley
Germans Ask Mann to Return Home from United States
A Soviet approved German committee named Victims of Fascism urged Thomas Mann to return to Germany. The appeal, published in Soviet controlled papers, praised Mann as a great German and urged him to help with a historic task in Germany. The message comes as Mann resides in the United States.
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Thomas Mann
Berlin
United States
Germany
Christian Democratic Party
Theauthor
Centenarian Indiana Man Reflects On Life And Days
Joseph G Altman aged 101 of Indiana recalls a long life spent as a farmer in Marion Center, seven years on the police force, and a leg injury from a 1904 dynamite incident. He reads without glasses, enjoys his newspaper, and jokes about aging while noting a busy family history and retirement at 99. He expects to see Labor Day again.
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Joseph G. Aultman
Church St
Indiana
Mr. Altman
Susquehanna
Marion Center
Indiana Police Force
Danger Meadow
Pittsburgh
Johnny Ma‘e
Tot. 2, Paddles To Save Life In Well
ESTHERVILLE ta Sept L James Nichols two years old escaped drowning after he fell into a well by paddling with his hands Grandparents Mr and Mrs Olaf Tweet reported today The child kept his head above four and a half feet of water until rescued Thursday He was taken to a hospital where last week his mother Mrs Robert Nichols gave birth to a daughter His father is in the Navy.
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Estherville
James Nichols
Élstern
Olaf
Robert Nichols
Navy
Lend-Lease Debts to Be Settled Not Canceled
Secretary Byrnes said lend-lease aid will not be canceled and debtors will be asked to settle in some form. He stated the $42 billion figure does not justify writing off obligations and warned settlements will be negotiated, not paid in dollars unavailable to debtors. The note followed President Truman’s report to Congress on potential postwar trade and reverse lend-lease.
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Washington
State Byrnes
United States
I. O. Us
Byrnes
Truman
Congress
State Department
Does Our Town Council Keep Their Promise
In this column a resident recalls a promise by the town council to clean owner-owed vacant lots in summer at the owner's expense if not kept tidy. The writer cites block thirteen on School street as an outstanding blight and a danger to well-kept properties, noting enforcement has not occurred.
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Council of & Promise
Fotk
School Street
General MacArthur Notified White House Today
General MacArthur notified the White House that the Japan surrender ceremonies aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay would be broadcast at 9:30 p.m. Eastern War Time. President Truman will speak about eight or nine minutes from Wilmington before MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz address the ceremony.
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Washington
White. House
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Douglas MacArthur
White House
Wilmington
Truman
MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Armed Forces Radio Service
Ied
Charles G. Boss
Sai
Surrender ends war on sixth anniversary with Japan ceremony
The text covers the September 1 1939 start of World War II and the impending Japan surrender aboard the Missouri, with President Truman set to broadcast from Washington during the ceremony. It notes MacArthur Nimitz Halsey Spaatz Kenney meetings, possible signatories, and precautions against fanatic resistance.
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Washington
Europe
Poland
England
Germany
Nippon
Yokohama
Japan
Missouri
Gun
MacArthur
Nimitz
Halsey
Spaatz
Kenney
Truman
United States
Naruhiko Higashi Kuni
Imperial General Staff
Spadre
Tokyo Bay
Gen
Philippine air staff officer outlines return of enlisted
Manila report quotes Assistant Chief of Air Staff Robert Porter stating that personnel sent to Japan with advanced weapons will retain their home postings as eligible under the amendment plan. He estimates nearly 16,000 women may be ready for duty, with over 85 points age threshold.
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Manila
Cal
Robert Porter
Japan
McCreary Co completes reconversion to peacetime production
The McCreary Tire and Rubber Company has completed its reconversion to peacetime production after wartime upgrades. Plant modernizations and new customer demand, especially in heavy truck tires, are fueling high production needs. Management expects two to five years to meet the growing demand from both heavy truck and passenger car tires.
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McCreary Tire & Rubber Company
McCreary
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