Moscow seeks Mediterranean trusteeship to extend reach
AP Foreign Affairs analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes Soviet aims to gain sole trusteeship over Tripolitania and Eritrea, seek readjusted Turkish control of the Dardanelles, and internationalize Tangier. Moscow envisions a free passage Mediterranean from Aegean to Atlantic via Suez, risking global peace if realized.
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Moscow
Russia
Mediterraneain
England
Mediterranean
Molotov
London
Big Five
Council of Foreign Ministers
Soviet Union
Hhe
Tripolitania
Eritrea
Red Sea
Ethiopia
Dodecanese
Greece
Aegean Sea
Dardanelles Strait
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Suez Canal
Tangier
Strait of Gibraltar
Aegean
Atlantic
Far East
Thie Bea
Tibbot Visits Manila China on War Committee Tour
Representative Harve Tibbott of Ebensburg Pennsylvania and fellow War Department Appropriations committee members completed a three day tour of military installations in the Philippines. The group, including J Buell Snyder and others, inspected Manila Corregidor and internment camp facilities as part of assessing future Army plans and Pacific expenditures.
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Harve Tibbott
Ebensburg
House Committee of War Department
Manila
Chungking
China
Philippines
Corregidor
J. Buell Snyder
Pennsylvania
Francis H. Chase
South Dakota
William F. Norrell
Arkansas
Albert J. Engel
Michigan
Joseph &. Hendricks
Florida
George H. Maton
Texas
Snyder
Pacific
Nylon Hose To Be Rare Xmas Gift
New York report says fewer than one pair of nylons per woman will be available by Christmas with 3.5 million dozen pairs predicted by then. The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers warns supply will be tight into spring and rayon will supplement nylon for a year or more.
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New York
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Public purchase expands Keystone Reservoir area in Westmoreland
Governor Martin approved the 775 acre Keystone Reservoir tract in Derry Township for public recreation. Secretary Kell called it uniquely beautiful and the county’s only large water body open to all. The purchase includes 710 acres of forest land to be developed with demonstration areas and a 65 acre lake to be stocked with fish. Sold by Keystone Coal and Coke Co.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Keystone
Derry Township
Westmoreland County
Department of Forests and Waters
James A. Kell
Kell
Keystone Coal and Coke Co
Conference Struggle Shapes Red Sea And Italian Frontiers
London reports show Russia pressing claims on Eritrea and Tripolitania as foreign ministers debate Italy Yugoslavia frontier. Molotov hints at Tripolitania while De Gasperi defends Wilson Line boundaries. The Venezia Giulia dispute centers on land west of 1914 borders with Trieste and key mineral wealth at stake.
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London
Faris
Mediterranean
Paris
le Honde
San Francisco
Tondon
Russia
Edward Karelj
Venezia Giulia
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Wilson
de Gasperi
Ialy
United States
Britain
Istrain
Trieste
Arrive Capital At 6 Tonight
Army air forces in the Pacific report lead B 29s headed toward Washington after takeoff from Hawaii. Commander Giles led the fleet with Lemay and O'Donnell guiding other planes. Contact established near Kamchatka. 12 hour flight put them 58 miles east of Nome at 4 11 a.m. Eastbound speed near 24 miles per hour.
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Washington
Giles
Army Air
Pacific Ocean
Arca
Curtis E. Lemay
Emmett O'Donnell
Russian Kamchatka
Nome
Army
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
PAT
Ismailia
Egypt
Darwin
Australia
Iwoo Jima
Spokane
Hawaii
No Padding In Armed Force Says Truman
President Truman pledges no padding in U S armed forces as troops return to civilian life at a rapid pace. He says occupation force size to be decided next spring and emphasizes using the minimum necessary manpower to meet national commitments while demobilization accelerates.
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Truman
Army
Navy
America
Czechs Hang Nazi Death Camp Chief
PRAGUE September 19 Walter Schmidt 86 was hanged in a prison courtyard three hours after a people's court found him guilty of contributing to the deaths of hundreds of concentration camp inmates in Bohemia Poland and Germany Schmidt an SS leader and inspector of concentration camps was arrested at the Czech revolt outbreak The idea to settle everything by force was the usual practice of the warlord.
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Prague
Walter Schmidt
Prisoy
People's Court
Bohemia
Poland
Germany
Schmidt
Wife Begged To Die Sparks Case At Greensburg
In Scranton and Greensburg reports a former State Trooper, William Tevelin, is held after confessing he killed his wife Ladonna Tevelin who had begged him to end her life. Autopsy shows death from carbon monoxide poisoning and third degree burns from a house fire he allegedly started.
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Ladonna
Greensburg
H. Albert McMurray
Westmoreland County
Tevelin
Teve‘lin
Scranton
Wyoming Barracks
William Tevelin
Ladonna Tevelin
Waller Won
Essen E. Kime
Geo
Tevelin Donaldson
Tojmnok
Sanene
Nisdra
California
Marywood Seminary
Kime
Donaldson
State Police
Rockview Penitentiary
Johnstown
Walworth Co
Belsen Camp Horror Aired In War Crimes Trial
Brigadier Hugh Hughes testified at the Belsen mass trial that Josef Kramer and 44 staff showed gross neglect toward internees. He noted intact medical stocks nearby and a well stocked Wehrmacht depot two miles away, saying authorities failed to feed, cleanse, or provide sanitation.
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Charles Chamberlain
Lueneberg
Germany
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes
Hughes
Kramer
Ley
Supreme Power Assigned to Labor Secretary in Reorg
News articles describe President Truman and Schwellenbach reshaping labor policy after a reorganization. Davis faces criticism over a quoted remark about pro growth wage increases versus prices, while Schwellenbach gains prestige as chief spokesman. New authority includes recommending seizure of strike bound plants during reconversion, a power previously shared with Davis. The report also notes a historical aside about gum chewing by peoples in Guatemala.
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WLB
Davis
Veterans Return Home From Indiantown Discharge
About a dozen area veterans left Indiantown Gap Military Reservation to resume civilian life after discharge. Names include Pfc Steve Zahornacky Blairsville R D 2 T/4 Warren E Bowers Black Lick Pfc Jack Reasor Lucernemines S Sgt Edward W Ray 1825 Water Street Indiana Cpl Charles I Heipte Blairsville R I D Pfc David J Zambotti Dixonville Leno Molestatore Homer City T/5 Paul R Redpath Blairsville S Sgt Steve Kostryk Clymer R D 1 Sgt Steve Lusnak Heilwood M Sgt James A Weiss Indiana IRD 2 T Sgt Carl E Shank Commodore.
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Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Steve Zahornacky
Blairsville R. D
Warren E. Bowers
Black Lick
Jack Reasor
Lucernemines
Edward W. Ray
Water Street
Indiana
Charles I. Heipte
Blairsville
David J. Zambotti
Coe Ave
Dixonville
Fico
Leno Molestatore
Homer City
Paul R. Redpath
Brady Street
Steve Kostryk
Judge questions witness in odd divorce hearing
In Pittsburgh on September 19 Judge William A. Challenger frowned as a divorce hearing heard claims a husband at his wedding reception hurled vile names at his wife. A witness testified “Didn’t anybody hit him?” prompting the judge to respond “E did, sir.”
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Fittsburgh
William A. Challenger
Dystrophy Claims Three Pinion Brothers in Salisury
Salisbury North Carolina September 19 three Pinion brothers aged 18 15 and 12 suffer muscular dystrophy a rare fatal disease Doctors say hopeless the eldest David may live over a year the family relies on welfare funds read books and listen to radio Lloyd plays with a cat in a cramped home the mother Mrs D E Pinion hopes for help while Duke University Hospital screened them and found no treatment a sister is in an orphanage a Miami Beach tragedy clip is read aloud for solace.
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Salishury
N.C
Pinion Brothers
David
Bills
Lloyd
D. E. Pidion
Simaky
County Welfare Department
Duke University Hospital
Durham
Finian
Jerry Wrinn
Miami Beach
Jerry
Charter Night For Heilwood Scouts Celebrate Troop 17
Heilwood Boy Scouts Troop 17 holds Charter Night on Friday Sept 21 to install Heilwood group into the Boy Scouts of America Burr Slope Troop No 98 conducts the ceremony George Ober of Clymer District Commissioner and Mr Charles Robertson lead installation Fra T cities free Heilwood troop numbers 14 entries in the roll
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Heilwood Boy Scouts of America
Burr Slope
Heilwood Group
Boy Scouts of America
George Ober
Clymer
Charles Roberton
Heilwood
Secretary urges 300 ship Navy plan before House panel
Navy Secretary Forrestal told the House Naval Committee postwar sea control requires a Navy capable of delivering atomic attacks. He proposed an active fleet of about 300 modern major combatants including 11 battleships 15 aircraft carriers 21 escort carriers 40 destroyer escorts 176 destroyers and 110 submarines plus reserves and a ready reserve of 100 ships. Fleet Admiral King joined as a principal witness.
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Washington
Navy
James V. Forrestal
House Naval Committee
Forrestal
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Two Jurists Are Indicted
A House Judiciary subcommittee plans to decide if two Pennsylvania federal jurists should be impeached. Former Judge Albert W. Johnson has resigned and is indicted in Scranton on conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the government. Judge Albert L. Watson, now presiding, took over on Johnsons resignation.
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Washington
House
Pennsylvania
Albert W. Johnson
Scranton
Albert L. Watson
Pon Johnson
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Rep
Kefauver
Johnson
Kefauger
Watson
Williamsport
Jap Papers Condemn War Leaders as Atrocities Highlighted
Tokyo newspapers editorially accepted General MacArthur's declaration Japan is now a fourth rate nation and praised American troops' efficiency. Former Premier Tojo and other war-makers faced sharp criticism from the American-censored press while the government was blamed for inaction.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Tojo
Nippon Sangya Keizai
Defeat Seen For Truman 26 Wk Pay Bill In Senate
Washington Sept. 18 Truman allies in the Senate faced a clash over unemployment pay and the return of the U S Employment Service to the states. Defeat appeared likely on both questions as debate moved toward a climax. House action on the pay bill had not yet occurred. The day’s other topics included demobilization, Pearl Harbor investigation, and calls to arrest Hirohito as a war criminal with mixed Senate reaction.
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Max Hall
Washington
Truman
Senate
U. S
House
Congresg
MacArthur
Tokyo
Congress
Japan
Army
Senate Naval
Pearl Harbor
Barkley
D.-Ky
Hirohito
Russell
D.-Ga
Japanese cabinet resignations loom amid reform push
Sources say unnamed cabinet members without portfolio may step down with Prime Minister Higashi-Kuni under pressure over wartime policy. An expected widening rift with Konoye unfolds as critics blame delays on food housing shortages and unemployment. American and Allied actions include MacArthur plans, a large carrier task force, and interrogations of war-crime suspects.
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Toshishiro Obata
Taketora Ogata
MacArthur
Black, Dragon” Society
Prince
Higashi-Kuni
Japan
Konoye
Douglas I MacArthur
Pacific
Elliot Thorpe
American Counter Intelligence
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
China
Republic
Pearl Harbor
Saratoga
Henry Kendell
Kendell
Dome Agency
Shizuichi i Tanaka
Luther Croll Dies Butler County Highway Chief
Luther Croll aged 50 longtime Butler County Superintendent of Highways since 1939 died yesterday in Temple University Hospital Philadelphia. Local officials note his service and role overseeing county road programs amid wartime and postwar developments. He held prior public works posts and was known for road improvements and civic involvement.
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Butler
M. Luther Croll
Butler County
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia
Obituary notices from Rossiter and area deaths
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Mary Duke of Rossiter aged 68 after a long illness and Mrs Della Earhart Grantz of Saltsburg, plus Daniel H Davis of Arcadia. Duke leaves a large family. Grantz leaves two sons and two daughters with grandchildren. Davis originated in Armstrong County with multiple children and grandchildren. Funeral and burial details include Greek Catholic rites for Duke and local church services for Grantz and Davis.
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Mary Duke
Geo. Duke
Rossiter
B.D. 1
Austria
John Kotula
George Duke
Stallowing
John Duke
Covode
George, Jr
Home
Anna Duke
Mary McCullsh
Ambridge
Sue Peters
Paterson
N. J
Helen Smochek
Rossitter R. D. i
Sue Zurawa
Clifton
Deviancey
Theodore Mankovicit
Della Earhart Granta
Edward Grantz
Allegheny General Hospital
U. S. Army
Denver
Colo
Ruth Sellin
Salina
R. D
Florence E. Miller
Philadelphia
John A. Earhart
New Castle
George C
Avonmore
Robinson
Saltsburg
Grantz
Edgewood
Daniel H. Davis
Samuel E. Davis
Arcadia
Armstrong County
Helfrick
Deliah
Remaley) Davis
Myrtle
Irvin C
Meadville
Harry JE
McGee's Mills
Jennie J. Bouchet &Mahaffey
Annabell Jones
Davis
McGee’s Mills
Mt Carmel
Clover Run
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