Senators Divided on How Long Japan Will Fight
Washington May 21 Senators split on Japan's surrender odds with only consensus that Japan would suffer destruction equal to Germany if it resists unconditionally. Senator Guffey predicts surrender by November 1 based on Japan’s business class hopes to preserve some holdings. Senator Russell, whose nephew is on Okinawa, would like to agree but doubts it. Senator Moore thinks Japan will surrender only after a severe round of sea and air attacks.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Sen. Guffey
Guffey
Sen. Russell
D. Ga
Okinawa
American Troops Make New Gains In Philippines
American forces on Mindanao and Luzon advanced with advances reported on Sayre highway near Mindanao and Panacan near Davao. Air support supported the drive as jarring combat continued. More than 369,500 Japanese killed or captured since the campaign began as the region nears full control.
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Philippines
Manila
Mindanao
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Sayre
Mandalay
Bukidnon
24Th Infantry
Panacan
Davao
Philippine Islands
County Leads War Bond Drive as Purchases Hit Over a Million
Lawrence County races to top Western Pennsylvania for Seventh War Loan by reaching 1 038 million in individual buys. Of the total 847000 are B bonds reported by Roger Jewett of the Greater New Castle Association. The county aims for 750000 to meet its E bond quota in a 2640000 target. An Infantry Friday program at Taggart Stadium showcases combat gear for payroll savings bond buyers with 10000 seat requests already. The event will tour New Castle on May 24 led by Clarence Engleman of the Special Events committee.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Roger Jewett
Greater New Castle Association
New Castlearea War Paper Drive Urges Continued Saving
The PA NEWC notes a monthly waste paper collection in New Castle and environs on Saturday. It calls for ongoing effort to save paper, stressing its importance as a vital war material and urging residents to contribute to the next drive.
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New Castle
Future Buy Bonds Unveiling Thermometer On Public Square
The thermometer on the public square shows Lawrence county musters need many individual bond buyers to meet the campaign quota. Pennsylvania school children collected sufficient milkweed floss last year to fill brackets for 66 051 armed forces members. a. Harry Bowen, Pennsylvania State College 2nd chairman of the state campaign for the substitute for Ka continues on Page Two.
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Pennsylvania
A. Harry Bowen
Pennsylvania State College
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am show maximum 73 and minimum 49 with precipitation not specified. River stage measured at 78 feet. Previous 24 hour period ending Sunday morning recorded a maximum 64 and minimum 39 with 0.1 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Trieste Problem Gill Unsolved
London and Rome reports conflict over Tito's Yugoslav forces. The Adriatic port Trieste remains tense with no sign of relaxation as forces withdraw from Carinthia while Partisan Leader Marshal Tito keeps troops in Trieste.
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Marshal Tito
Adriatic
Trieste
Rome
London Evening News
INS
United States
Britain
Carinthia
Austria
B-29 Bombers Lay Mines Near Japan
New York May 21 The Japanese Domei agency reported that about 200 Marianas based B 29s flying over northern Kyushu appear to have laid mines in the Kanmon strait between Kyushu and Honshu. The wireless dispatch said Allied losses were heavy in the Kanmon area for about two hours starting at midnight Japanese time with no ground targets attacked.
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New York
INS
Domet Agency
Kyushu
Kanmon Strait
Honshu
FCC
Kanmon
Chinese Forces Drive Eastward From Foochew
Chinese forces completed an eight mile push east from recaptured Foochew to retake Mamoi and drive the Japanese garrison to the sea. Other units seized Diongloh 15 miles southeast of Foochow, ending a battle that killed over 200 enemy troops.
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Chungking
Foochew
Mamoi
Diongloh
Foochow
Southeast China
Formosa
Avalon woman dies from burns after clothing catches fire
An 80 year old Avalon resident Mrs. Sarah Moore died from burns when her clothes ignited at an open grate. The incident was reported by the Allegheny county coroner and occurred as her daughter found her upon arriving home from work.
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Pittsburgh
Avalon
Allegheny County
Sarah Moore
Bogart and Bacall to Wed at Bromfield Farm Estate
Screen star Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall prepare to marry at Louis Bromfield's farm estate in Mansfield Ohio. They arrived from Chicago amid plans for a license and possible Ohio waiting period waiver.
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H. H. Schettier
Mansfield
Lauren
Natalie Bacall
New York
Bromfield
Ellen
George Hawkins
Bogart
Miss Bacall
Humpary Bogart
Father Buys Bond For Each Of 14 Children
Frank Guarneri of Volant buys a Seventh War Loan bond for each of his 14 children and two of his sons serve in the armed forces. The purchases were arranged through P. M. Cox of the Volant First National Bank, district chairman. The family backs America with bonds while supporting the two sons in service.
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Vnte
Frank Guarneri
RD 2
Volant
No. 2
Plaingrove
Guarneri
United States
America
P. M. Cox
Volant First National Bank
Air Service Resumes Moscow Berlin Route
Paris radio reports Moscow Berlin air service resumed. First flight departed Moscow yesterday and landed in Warsaw on its way to Berlin.
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New York
Moscow-Berlin
Paris
Moscow
Warsaw
Berlin
Attack Save Urges Admiral
Admiral Harold R. Stark, commander U S naval forces in Europe, urges war bonds in a statement stressing two meanings of invest. He says the navy is investing by siege and attack, and Americans should invest savings for productive use to defeat the enemy and secure the future.
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Washington
INS
Harold RB. Stark
U. S. Naval Forces
Europe
Navy
Fort Pitt Area Reaches Quarter of War Loan Goal
In Fort Pitt area on May 21 the seventh war loan drive reached 24.5 percent of its quota with $38 623 000 in bonds pledged. Allegheny county subscribed $22 107 000, 24.1 percent of its quota, including E bond subscriptions.
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Pittsburgh
Fort Pitt
Federal Reserve Bank
Allegheny County
Fisherman dies from injuries near Turtle Creek
Raymond Oberdick aged 14 of North Braddock died from injuries after a rock dislodged from a cliff struck him while fishing Sunday in Turtle Creek near Trafford City with two friends. Allegheny county coroner reported the death.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Raymond Oberdick
North Braddock
Turtle Creek
Trafford City
Allegheny County
Soldier burned to death identified in Mercer County crash
Mercer County authorities identified the soldier killed in a truck crash near Mercer as John Strickler, 21, of Geneva Ohio, on furlough from Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland.
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Sharon
Mercer County
Mercer
John Strickler
Geneva
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Death notices list local residents aged 57 to 77
Death records for May 21, 1945 include Robert Foster 71 of Beckford Street James Renfrew Dice Farge MD Ellis C Reno 77 Jacob H Ramsey 7 Zelienople George Edward Sumner 63 609 Court Street Harry Lo Smith 58 Ellwood Heights and Mrs Mary B Patterson 57 Grove City
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Farge
Ellis C. Reno
R. D
Jacob H. Ramsey
Zelienople
George Edward Sumner
Court Street
Harry Lo Smith
Ellwood
Allied Forces Closing In Steadily On Japan For Final Destruction
Five Allied offensives push toward Japan across the Philippines Okinawa Burma and China as major forces converge on multiple fronts. A Tokyo radio report notes a looming American task force while editors predict imminent blows to the Empire of the Rising Sun.
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New York
Tokyo
Ing
Campat
Philippine Islands
Okinawa
Burma
China
Borneo
Airman Sinks Jap Convoy Off Formosa as War Rages
A single U S airman sank a five-ship Japanese convoy off Formosa in a 75 minute battle. Gen Arthur reported 12 886 Japanese dead and 62 prisoners in two weeks in the Philippines, raising total Japanese fatalities to 369 818. Formosa raids continued as U S warplanes intensified strikes on air dromes and industries. Memorial activities were held by the Ladies of the G A R with a service at the city building and parade to churches, led by Lt Archie Shoup of the Pennsylvania State Guard. A Memorial Day program is set for next Sunday with services at Greenwood cemetery and a court house address by Judge W Walter Braham.
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Formosa
U.S
Douglas Mat Arthur
Yankher
Philippines
Lulu Schetrom
G A. R
Minnie Mavers Chaplan
Owen Shields
Croton Avenue
Croton
First Baptist Church
Joe F
16Th Regiment
Pennsylvania State Guard
Archie Shoup
Greenwood Cemetery
Court House
W. Walter Braham
Marines Smash Outer Defenses Of Key Jap Bastion
On Okinawa, three divisions of the U S Tenth Army closed on Shuri as First Marine Division units breached the outer defenses in bitter hand to hand fighting. Naha faced heavy pressure from Sixth Marine forces while Nimitz reported American casualties and Japanese dead rising amid the push toward Shuri.
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Guam
U. S. Tenth Army
Okinawa
Shuri
First Marine
Chester W. . Low
Mice Williams
Domghbos
Bitters
Sixth Marine Division
Okinmaru
Naha
Amerite
Nimitz
Beteen
Enly
Jap Bombing Boosts Thai Kra Isthmus Bottleneck Hit
Allied air forces bombed Japanese communications chokepoints in the Kra Isthmus linking Thailand and Burma. Rail yards at Chumphon were destroyed and rolling stock set ablaze along the line. Low altitude bombers targeted pockets east of Pegu and Letpadaung in Burma as British forces pressed mopping up along the Irrawaddy in Zalun. In Aleppo Syria eight people died and 25 injured in a street clash including four students, with French nationals among the dead.
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Ceylon
INS
Fit Command
Kra Isthmus
Thailand
Southeast Asia Command
Chumphon
Burma
Pegu
Letpada
14Th Army
Irrawedady
Zalun
Damascus
JINS
Aleppo
Syria
Dr Werner Best Arrested in Copenhagen Villa
Allied authorities detained Dr Werner Best, former Nazi political chief, in Copenhagen after confirming warrants from France and Czechoslovakia for war crimes. He was seized at his villa and faces transfer for trial.
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Copenhagen
Werner Best
Denmark
France
Czechoslovakia
Jap Spokesman Denies Peace Move
New York May 21 INS Sadao Iguchi spokesman of the Japanese board of information flatly refuted rumors of Japanese peace assets today declaring such reports are without foundation. He said Japan never proposed peace terms to the United States and Great Britain.
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New York
Sadao Iguchi
Voard of Information
FCC
Tenchi
United States
Great Britain
Weather and chores hint at spring season plans
A garbled note mentions warming, planning, plowing, baseball, neighbors, and gardening as spring arrives. References to weather rates and seeds suggest outdoor tasks and seasonal preparations. The fragmented text also touches on health and a neighbor named Dell and a GalY M OLS entity.
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