Roosevelt Plans Unconditional Surrender Strategy At Waikiki
President Roosevelt and top Pacific commanders including General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz met in a three day strategy session at Waikiki to map a plan for crushing Japan and securing an unconditional surrender. Roosevelt praised the Pacific offensive scope and reaffirmed aims to liberate the Philippines with MacArthur in the operation while Truman sent a telegram of support.
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Honolulu
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Waikiki Beach
Southwest Pacific
Doug
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Mr. Roosevelt
Fortress Island
Marine
San Diego
Calif
Truman
Harry F. Truman
Missouri
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Nimitz
General MacArthur
America
Philippines
Japan
Pennsylvania Truckers End 5 Day Strike In War Effort
Harrisburg and surrounding cities saw over 700 central Pennsylvania truck drivers return to work after a five day strike against wage orders tied to war material movement. Local unions pledged to resume immediately following government pressure, with leaders citing the need to move military cargo overseas.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
York
Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Joseph L. Singleton
Army Third Transportation Corps
Earler
War Department
Transformer Co Contract Is Cancelled In Pittsburgh Strike
War department cancels fragmentation bomb contracts held by the Shlee-BOund Pennsylvania Transformer Co in Pittsburgh. Material is being moved elsewhere as two strike-bound plants halt work. CIO official called the stoppage unauthorized.
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WAR Department
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania ‘Transformer Co
Cio-United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Westland Miners End Three Day Strike Return To Work
Pittsburgh August 10 550 striking workers at the Westland mine voted to return to work ending a three day walkout United Mine Workers officials said the dispute centered on two members who refused to pay union assessments and termed the strike unauthorized The men have paid the fines Some 1700 others still on strike Fifty foremen and clerks stayed away from the American Window Glass Jeanette plant but navy officers said production was not affected
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York
Leon Silar
International Union
Daniel J. Tobin
International
Silar
Singleton
Lancaster
Samuel Leiter
Teamsters Local 776
War Labor Board
Little Steel
WLB
Pittsburgh
Pitsburgh Coal Company
Westland
United Mine Workers
American Window Glass Company
Jeannette
Navy
Wesley Shaulis Gravely Ill After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mr and Mrs Ray Shaulis and Mary Elizabeth of Glendale California were called to Somerset for the serious illness of their father Wesley L Shaulis Somerset R D 6. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and remains comatose in Community hospital though showing slight improvement. He had not regained consciousness to recognize his children. He had been ill since a fall from a second floor outbuilding on his farm the week of a devastating tornado that destroyed his barn and crops.
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Ray Shaulis
Mary Elizabeth
Glendale
California
Somerset
Wesley L. Shaulis
Somerset R. D
Shaulis
Community Hospital
Ray
Allied Bombers Hit Nagasaki Palembang and More
U S Pacific Fleet reports Superfortresses struck Nagasaki and Palembang from China and Southeast Asia routes. Nagasaki a key port and shipyard center. Palembang a large oil refinery near prewar output. Simultaneous raids targeted Bangkok Anshan and other industrial sites as part of extended campaign.
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Washington
America
20Th Bomber Command
Wevita
Japan
Nagasaki
Palembang
Sumatra
Blesug Ae
Orient
Anc
LA Wave
Nagasai
Mitsubishi
Yushu Island
Yawata
Sasebo
Bangkok
Ihailand
Anshan
Mukden
Manchuria
China
Southeast Asia
20Th Airforce
Nagasak
East Indies
Findjoe Reinery
Loss of Two U S Vessels in European Waters
The U S Navy reports the minesweeper Osprey and submarine chaser PC 1261 lost in European waters. Losses bring American naval craft lost since the war began to 133 with 32 overdue and nine destroyed to prevent enemy capture. Survivors include Lt Charles Henry Swimm of the Osprey and Lt Comdr Reney F Sewell Jr of the PC 1261.
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Washington
Navy
Charles Henry Swimm
Medfield
Mass
Reney F. Sewell, Jr
Atlanta, Ga
Tokio Reports Heavy Raid on Japanese Homeland
New York reports NBC monitored imperial communique saying 20 B-29 Superfortress bombers from China bases attacked Kyushu and other areas. Japanese air forces responded, interception results and losses under investigation. believed Japanese losses to be negligible.
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New York
Tokio Radio Tonight
NBC
China
Kyushu
Csonka Pleads Guilty in Radium Cartridge Theft
Alex Csonka, 29, admitted stealing an $11,600 radium cartridge. He told police he believed it was a plumb bob. He received a recommended sentence of one to two years in the workhouse.
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Pittsburgh
Alex Csonka
Dr Kendall S Tesh Dies At 49 In Pittsburgh
Dr Kendall S. Tesh a chemistry professor at the University of Pittsburgh and faculty member since 1918 died yesterday of a heart attack. He headed extension courses at Uniontown and Johnstown.
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Kendall S. Tesh
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Uniontown
Johnstown
Secret Allied Air Army Emerges for Brereton Plan
Supreme Headquarters announces a new British American airborne force under Lt Gen Lewis Brereton. The unit, described as nearly an army in size, blends ground and air troops to strike deep behind German lines, potentially within Germany, to deliver decisive blows.
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Marianas
Pacific
Dat
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
First
Provisional Marine Brigade
Charles P. Arnot
Truk Atoll
Carolines
Seventh Army Air Force
Nimitz
Nauru
Phosphate
Ponape
Maloelap
Marshals
Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Germany
Lewis K. Brereton
Brereton
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Britain
College offers guidance to ex servicemen in Crawford county
Dr. J Richie Schultz president of Allegheny college announced in Meadville that the college is prepared to extend guidance and counseling facilities developed over six years to any serviceman interested in educational training.
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Meadville
J. Richie Schultz
Allegheny College
Crawford County
Samuel's Church Festival
The annual Samuel's Lutheran church festival is set for Wednesday evening August 16 at the church. The public is invited.
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Samuel’s Church
Samuel's Lutheran Church
Allied Air Raids Hit Paris Area and Ploesti Oil Targets
American and British heavy bombers struck oil resources and supply routes around Paris and in Romania's Ploesti with Liberators and Flying Fortresses. RAF Halifax bombers attacked flying bomb sites in northern France, while transport routes near Paris were hit by Marauders and escorting fighters.
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Germany
Paris
Eisenhower
Britain
Tme
Ploesti
Romania
Dungey
Lebouraget
Nogent-sur- Seine
Amzy-le- Chateau
Aisne-Oise Canal
Laon
Fismes
Polish Italian Forces Push Near Rimini and Florence Fronts
Polish and Italian troops attacked the Germans in the Adriatic front quickly capturing Francavilla and nearing the Cesano river 40 miles below Rimini. Canadian forces aided by Italian patriots cleaned pockets near Florence while the Vatican arranged aid. Allied headquarters reported German main force withdrawn from the Arno bend leaving high ground to the Allies. Naval ports Livorno and Ancona remained open to shipping.
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Adriatic
Francavilla
Cesano
Rimini
Fiorence
Vatican
Florence
Misa
Bologna
Arno River
Forente
Garibaldi
Livorno
Leghorn
Ancona
Mon
Jap captain says sorry before Marines open fire at Guam outpost
The Japanese captain on a solo patrol admitted apology then fled when challenged by U S Marines at a Guam artillery position. Three Marines including Cpl. George Breckenridge fired on him after he said sorry. Breckenridge threw two grenades over the crest to finish the engagement.
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Guam
George Brekenridge
Fayete City
Cpl
Brekenridge
Allied forces push toward Paris as multiple columns converge
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley drives American columns toward Chartres and Orleans to threaten Paris from the south while another force advances toward Tours. German defenses on the Loire endure as British and Canadian units press Normandy fronts and Angers hosts U S tanks.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Chartres
Paris
Orleans
NBC
David Anderson
France
Chateaudin
Tours
le Mans
Loire
Nantes
Angers
Mladijv
Seine
Mortain
Vire
First Army
U. S
Loire River
Normandy
Montfort-le Troutrou
Brittany
St. Malo
Falais
Caen
Somerset Weather Reported Daily by David Grove
Temperature for the 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Wednesday to 5 30 p m Thursday was 88 in the high and 6 in the low a year ago the high was 86 and the low 58
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David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Weather forecast for Maryland and nearby states
Maryland expects fair and warmer weekend. Eastern Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia similar with fair conditions and higher temperatures Friday and hot in the afternoon.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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