Fate Of Germany Being Pondered At Potsdam Now
Big Three open talks on Germany through future governance will decide between a unified self sustaining state or division into principalities. Truman Churchill Stalin weigh reeducation of Nazi remnant and risks to postwar order before addressing European rehabilitation and Japan defeat.
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Germany
Potsdam
Truman
Big Three
U. S
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Europe
Japan
United States
Tallest hollyhock tallied at 13 feet in city
J J Fishburn reports a hollyhock 13 feet high behind his Laurel avenue store. Edna Robison notes a 10 feet 3 inches American Beauty hollyhock in her Edenburg New Castle field. Weeds along streets need cutting and curbside waste paper should be out Saturday morning.
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J. J. Fishburn
Laurel Avenue
Edna Robison
Edenburg
New Castle Road
Daily Weather Report
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 p m list the maximum temperature as 60 and the minimum as 90 with no precipitation and stage 5 feet. Similar data for a parallel date shows a maximum of 85 and a minimum of 64 with 0.45 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Kahnsien Taken From Japanese
Chungking July 19 The Chinese high command announced Chiang Kai Shek's troops have completely reduced Kahnsien in Southern Kiangsi province. Chinese assault units broke in after severe fighting and the Japanese garrison fled north. Chinese recaptured the former American air base at Kahnsien. Further west troops closed on Kweilin in Kwangsi.
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Chungking
INS
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kahnsien
Kiangsi
All Waste Paper Is Badly Needed This Saturday
A wartime appeal urges citizens to place all waste paper on the curb before noon Saturday July 21. Books magazines newspapers and cardboard are acceptable and should be bundled up to 15 pounds. Boy Scouts will collect and transport the bundles to the railroad station for shipment to a paper processing company and ultimately to the South Pacific for use in war materiel.
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South Pacific
Japanese Report Says 60 Mustangs In Honshu Raids
New York July 19 The Jap Domei agency reported that 60 American Mustang fighters raided the Kinki district on Honshu. The dispatch said the attacks hit airfields and transportation facilities in the area.
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Honshu
New York
INS
Jap Domei
Kinki
Honshu Domei
FCC
Halifa x munitions blasts trigger mass evacuation
Twelve dead and about 100 injured as a Halifax armament depot explosion sequence sparks evacuation of at least 20 000 residents. Fires raged from 6 35 pm yesterday through today with Navy reports confirming fatalities and widespread damage to the city.
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Halifax
N. S
INS
Royal Navy
Navy
Burnside Naval Arsenal
Dartmouth
Bedford
Australians On Borneo Smash 30 Miles Inland
Australian Ninth division troops advance beyond Brunei bay pushing 30 miles inland on Borneo. They captured Marudi and reported Japanese resistance collapsing in the area. In Balikpapan sector the Seventh division met tougher defense north of Mount Batochampur, while coastal advances southward reached six miles.
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Manila
Brunei Bay
Marudi
Balikpapan
Seventh Division
Mount Batochampur
Aus
Jealous Patient Wounds Los Angeles Doctor in Shootout
Dr. Hans Schiffbauer prominent heart surgeon was critically wounded by a woman patient who then shot herself. The suspect Ruth Klein 30 suffered leg and abdominal wounds and is under arrest at General Hospital on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder.
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Los Angeles
INS
Hans Schiffbauer
Ruth Klein
General Hospital
Schiffbauer
State Dinner Tonight For Stalin Churchill At Potsdam
President Truman hosts a Potsdam dinner for Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. Five representatives from each government will attend the event at the Potsdam White House tonight.
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Potsdam
U. S
Harry S. Truman
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
White House
Release of German Prisoners Echoes War's End in Europe
A Luxembourg radio report said nearly 1,000,000 German soldiers have been released from US zones since VE Day. The first freed included agricultural workers transport workers and miners as occupation forces wind down after the European war.
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London
INS
Luxembourg Radio
United States
Europe
Plan Revisions On Immigration By Dickstein
Rep Dickstein proposes deporting about 30,000 German and Japanese enemy aliens now confined and 5,000 Japanese expatriates plus 6,000 or more hostile Japanese aliens. He calls for closing America's doors to fascists and holds hearings in New York Cleveland Chicago and Los Angeles. Legislation to revise immigration laws will be drafted in the fall as Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Dickstein
House Immigration and Naturalization Committee
America
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Los Angeles
Congress
Wake Island Bombed by Japanese Carrier Planes
Japanese agency reports about 150 carrier based planes attacked Wake Island in the central Pacific. Damage on our side described as negligible per dispatch carried by FCC.
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New York
INS
Japanese Comet Agency
Wake Island
Central Pacific
FCC
Veterans From European Front Join Okinawa Raid Campaign
Manila dispatch reports Okinawa air operations expanding as 300 American planes including 40 A 26 Invader bombers take part in a coordinated strike on Kyushu. European veteran airmen fly from Okinawa in the first 24 hour campaign by U S Far East Air Forces against southern Japan under General Douglas MacArthur.
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Okinawa
Japan
Nip
Germany
Hole
Kyushu
U. S Far East
South Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Kuyushu
Contin
Massive U S Fleet Converges For Invasion of Japan
On the fifth anniversary of the two ocean fleet program the United States Navy masses about 1 500 warships and 100 000 auxiliary vessels for a planned invasion of Japan. The Pacific fleet claims dramatic pre invasion strikes against Japanese targets under Fleet Admiral Nimitz. Since 1940 the program has produced 1 322 warships and 100 000 auxiliaries, with 10 battleships and nearly 100 carriers added by July 1 1940.
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Washington
United States Navy
Japan
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Roosevelt
Navy
Americas
Sixth Son In Gregor Family In Service
The Gregor family of 1120 Cunningham Avenue sees six sons in military service. First Lt. John W. Gregor is home on convalescent leave after being wounded in Germany on April 1 with the 79th Division. Harry Gregor has returned to the United States after Pacific service and is expected home soon. Sgt Francis Gregor and Cpl Edwin Gregor are en route home from the European theater following the war. First Lt. William R. Gregor serves as navigator on a cargo plane with the Marine Corps in the Pacific.
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Robert E Gregor
Harry H. Gregor
Cunningham Avenue
John W. Gregor
Germany
79Th
Harry Gregor
United States
Pacific
Francis Gregor
Cpl
Edwin Gregor
William R. Gregor
U.S. Marine Corps
Fire at Universal destroys rare Western props
A back lot fire at Universal Studios in Hollywood consumed seventy period carriages and sets including the Tom Mix barn. The irreplaceable relics, dating up to 250 years old, were worth about 250000 dollars. Stars Merle Oberon Claude Rains and Charles Coburn were on the back lot at the time.
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Hollywood
Universal Studios
Merle Oberon
Claude Rains
Charles Coburn
Early Clarification Of Surrender Terms For Japan
Washington sources expect an early statement defining unconditional surrender terms for Japan and Hirohito’s postwar fate. The move aims to prevent Tokyo propagandists from framing the war as a survival struggle and to avoid a repeat of the European theater delays after Potsdam. Continued discussion anticipated after Potsdam talks.
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Washington
Japan
Hirohito
United Nations
Tokyo
Bretton Woods Plan Vote Nears In Reform Era
Local voters prepare for a decision on the Bretton Woods monetary plan as supporters rally. Officials emphasize potential stabilizing effects while opponents warn of tradeoffs, with debates focusing on currency policy and economic governance.
Senate moves toward Bretton Woods passage amid clock for vote
Senate leaders press for final passage of Bretton Woods monetary legislation as debate lingers and a potential night session is hinted at. The measure would create a world bank and stabilization fund with the United States participating, while calendars are cleared for UN charter debate and a Capitol adjournment.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Bretton Woods
Thor di Okla
ENS
Barkies
World Bank and Stabilization Fund
House
Pan American Highway Probe May Extend to West Coast and Central America
Senator Robertson Wyre said the war investigating subcommittee could tour Los Angeles and Central America to examine the Pan American highway project funding and construction, following charges of high rental rates for machinery. He noted California witnesses are ready, and Eisenhower’s opposition to wartime construction may be cited as inquiry proceeds.
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Washington
INS
Robertson R. Wyre
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee
Los Angeles
Central America
Robertson
California
Dwight D Eisenhower
General Staff
Briggs
City Men Leave For Armed Forces
A group of young men from New Castle departed this morning for the armed forces as part of the July Selective Service call. They traveled via the Pennsylvania Railroad to an induction center, with brief farewell ceremonies conducted by the Lawrence County Service Men's Aid group and local officials.
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Selective Service Board Two
New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lawrence Couns
Uss
Charlies E. Allen
Perry
Chisten Post
American Legion
Thomas J. Jones
First Congregational Church
Lawreness County
Jap Plane Plant Near Tokyo Damaged In Raid
Tokyo area targets were struck by about 50 Superfortresses in daylight on June 10. The Tomioka aircraft plant suffered about 30 percent damage and the seaplane base at the same site about 34 percent wrecked, according to 20th Air Force headquarters. Heavy cloud cover since the raid hindered follow up reconnaissance.
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Guam
Japan Aircraft Company
Tomioka
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Death notices for Ellwood City residents filed
Obituary notices list several Ellwood City individuals including Andrew Pehan 64 of Poan tain avenue and Mrs Stephen Krantes 57 of Long avenue. Also named are Sam Frank and Mrs John McDaniel 38 of Mahoning avenue with addresses on Pulaski road and Gut Mahoning avenue respectively.
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Andrew Pehan
Barrell
Willard UH
Poantain Avenue
Ellwood City
Stephen Krantes
Sam Frank Oppolite
Pulaski
John Ft
McDaniel
Gut Mahoning Avenue
Halsey Bombards Tokyo Bay Entrance Near Nojima Cape
Admiral William F. Halsey launched another naval bombardment against Japan at Tokyo bay. Four cruisers and two destroyers from the third fleet were detached to shell installations on Nojima Cape about five miles from the bay entrance.
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Guam
William F. “Bull” Halsey
Japan
Tokyo Bay
Nojima Cape
Japanese Navy Reeling After Bold Carrier Assault Near Tokyo Bay
Guam dispatch reports a heavy U S carrier air strike against the Tokyo Bay anchorage and Yokosuka base. American and British forces pressed operations along the Japanese coast while weather and anti-aircraft fire challenged the attacking fleets.
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Guam
Tokyo Bay
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Yokosuka Naval Base
Tokyo
Petain to Face Double Treason Charge Trial Opens
Paris chronicles reveal Philippe Petain will stand trial on two counts of plotting against the state and collaboration with the enemy. The former French hero, dressed in marshal of France regalia, faces indictments prepared by public prosecutor Armire Mornet as the treason proceeding begins Monday.
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Paris
Marshel
Philippe Petain
Viehe Prembreenne
Petain
France
Armire Mornet
Autumn Football Dreams Plea for School Games
A fuzzy reminiscence blends autumn time with football talk and city streets. The speaker imagines upcoming games and the feeling of fall, noting the fun of bets and the lure of sports amid seasonal change.
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