Awards To Be Given Louis Benne Missing In Action
Parents of First Lieutenant Louis Benne of the RAF receive a war department letter from General Ulio confirming the Distinguished Flying Cross and additional Air Medal oak leaf clusters awarded posthumously or while missing. The medals will be presented to the Benne family by an officer designated by the Third Service Command in Baltimore, as arrangements are made.
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Leo Benne
Listie
Louis Benne
Hungary
J. A. Ulio
War Department
Ulio
RAF
Lieut
Benne
Italy
United States of America
14Th
Third Service Command
Baltimore
YODER WRITES FROM ENGLAND
Hiram Yoder of Friedens receives word that his son Pfc. William Yoder is wounded in France and then in England recovering well. Two other sons, Pvt. Royden and Pfc. Millard, are in service, while Pfc. Orville Yoder was killed in Italy. Orville and William trained together at Fort McClellan, Alabama.
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Hiram Yoder
Friedens
R. D
William Yoder
France
England
Yoder
Pvt
Royden
Pfc
Millard
Army Air Corp
Turner Field
Georgia
Orville Yoder
Italy
Orville
Wiliam
Fort McClellan
Ala
Trains Planes No Battleships In Dewey Campaign
Herbert Brownell Jr. said Governor Thomas E. Dewey will likely use railroad trains and airplanes in his presidential campaign but will probably not employ battleships destroyers or cruisers already used for campaign purposes. He did not elaborate further.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Thca
Thomas E. Dewey
Continental acquires Braeburn Alloy Steel Corp
Continental Industries Inc of New York has purchased Braeburn Alloy Steel Corp of Braeburn. Chester A. Bolles, Continental board chairman, announced the deal. Existing management will remain, with T. H. McGraw Jr. continuing as chief executive in charge of manufacturing operations and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Braeburn Alloy Steel Corp
Braeburn
Continental Industries, Inc
New York
Chester A. Bolles
Continental Board
Bolles
T. H. McGraw, Jr
Johnstown City Workers Strike Hits Local 325
City workers including teamsters truck drivers and street and park laborers walk out after the city council refuses wage increases of 8 to 14 percent. Workers belong to CIO State County and Municipal Employees Local 325.
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Johnstown
Cio-State, County and Municipal
Truman And Kimmel Get Supporters
Senator Truman and Rear Admiral Kimmel drew backing from congressmen as their dispute over Pearl Harbor blame intensified. Representative May argued the Colier s story, while Representative Church asserted Washington bore the disaster blame. Truman defended his statements, predicting court martial will confirm them.
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Representative Church
Washington
Truman
D-Mo
Husband E. Kimmel
Fears Harbor
Rep
May
D-Ky
Colliers
Rep. Church
R-Ill
Kimmel
R.ivcasea
Owen J. Roberts
Walter C. Short
Pearl Harbor
Short
Kansas City Today
Hurricane in Caribbean Threatens Yucatan Peninsula
A tropical hurricane in the Caribbean menaces the northern Yucatan peninsula steering toward Mexico’s jungle coast after pounding Grand Cayman with 85 to 90 mph winds. A weaker Gulf storm likely to move inland between Brownsville and Corpus Christi. Warnings urge precautions for higher tides and small craft remaining in port along Texas and west Louisiana coasts.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
Grang Cayman Island
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Copus Christi
Tex
Texas
Weeker
New Orleans
West Louisiana
Plane Crash Kills Sixteen Near Trinidad Colorado
Lt. Col. Lambert B. Cain said 16 men died in a mid air collision of two Pueblo army air base bombing planes about 30 miles northeast of Trinidad. Three others escaped probably by bailing out as guards monitored the wreckage. Details were not immediately available.
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Trinidad
Colo
Lambert B. Cain
Trinidad Prisoner of
Pueblo Army Air Base
Here
Rock Fall Kills Miner in Shamokin Mine Accident
Aaron Adams, 52, of Burnside, died after a rock and coal fall in a mine on leased lands. Arthur Deepen, 44, also of Burnside, was seriously injured. Calvin Adams, 18, son of the victim, escaped unharmed.
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Rock Fall Kills
Shamokin
Aaron Adams
Burnside
Arthur Deepen
Calvin Adams
20 More Jap Ships Sunk by U S Submarines
Allied submarine actions near Honshu add to a running tally of 706 enemy vessels sunk by submarines, including 56 combat ships. A daylight strike by B 29 Superfortresses on Yawata damaged industrial targets, with night follow ups showing mixed results as air forces press the campaign against the Japanese homeland.
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Simngton
Warnesses
Yawata
14Th Aire Force
Navy
20Th
Airforce
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Air Second Force
West Coast
Vushu
Chugoku
Office of War Information
Honshu
Shigemitsu Pleads For East Asia Unity
Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu appealed for support of a Far East peace and said Japan would fight the war with Axis powers. He argued enemies seek permanent bondage of Asia and urged collaboration to pursue a Last Asia policy for stability and peace worldwide.
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Associated Press
Shigemitsu
Far East
Doemi
FCC
Asia
Japan
East Asia
Eas Asia
Tokyo Radio
CBS
Greater East Asia
Poles Take War Saw's Main Telephone Exchange
Polish underground troops captured War saw's main telephone exchange after a seven hour battle and repelled a German counterattack backed by tanks. The Warsaw broadcast, recorded in London, also notes the force facing a water shortage and digging wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Polish Telegraph Agency
Warsaw
London
Widow Mattie Hendricks Dies After Washtub Fall
Mrs Mattie Hendricks aged 72 died in a hospital after a fall against a washtub in the basement of her Erie home Saturday. Coroner W W Wood reported the death occurred today.
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Erie
Mattie Hendricks
W. W. Wood
Veteran Pfe Frank Vitale Found Hanged at Deshon General
Veteran Pfe Frank Vitale a 32 year old resident of New York City was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area of Deshon General hospital where he was a patient. The death is being investigated as a possible suicide following his service in the New Britain battle.
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Butler
New Britain
Pfe
Frank Vitale
New York City
Deshon General Hospital
Russians Press Break Through Near East Prussia Front
Russian forces, 150,000 strong under Rokossovsky, pushed from the Homstai front toward Praga area and Riga sector. They claimed capture of 50 localities including rail hubs Tuluszcz Urle Lohow Zieiemec, and drove bridgeheads toward Warsaw while Germans report reestablished contact with Baltic forces.
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W. W. Hercher
Lonlow
Warsaw
East Prussia
Kias
Stox
Berlin
Homstai
Dnester
Moscow
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Tuluszcz
Urle
Lohow
Zieiemec
Praga
Latvia
Tukums
Riga
Estonia
Gulf of Riga
Esonia
Ilin
Mose
Romania
Vistula
Silesia
Kazimerz
Radom
Sandomierz
Sandomiérz
Pax
Paris Rising Led by French Forces of the Interior
Paris reports say interior French forces have begun operations inside Paris as the city liberates itself from German control. Allied air and ground aid continues with thousands of tons of supplies dropped to the FFI while the Pyrenees and Haute Savoie areas report rapid Maquis advances and partial French control.
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London
Paris
Algiers
FFI
France
Sui
Hendaye Bridge
Bome
International Bridge
Hendaye
Pyrenees
DNB
Naz
Joseph Pierre Koenig
of the Interior
Haute Savoie
Lyon
Maquis
Koenig
Loire
Defenses At Bayonne Are Yank Targets
Allied light cruisers shelled Bayonne defenses at dawn for more than an hour and German works along the fortress wall south of Bayonne were reported destroyed as the Germans pulled out last night. An American motorized column moved toward the Spanish border with joyous village welcomes noted along the Loire region.
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Iran
Spain
Bayonne
Nantes
Loire River
Angouleme
Bordeaux
No Surrender For Hitler Says Benes
London report quotes Dr Edward Benes predicting Hitler would not surrender and that German forces will break into small units fighting to the end. He foresees a Wagnerian Goetterdaemmerung with Germany driven to destruction as Allied forces invade.
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London
Edward Benes
Hitler
Germany
Allied forces breach Toulon as Marseille raid advances
French troops push into Toulon from the north and west as allied spearheads reach six miles east of Marseille. American units drive north from Toulon enveloping Valensole while pursuing a network of German defenses along Highway No. 8 and the Durance valley toward Aix and the Rhone. Over 14,000 Nazi prisoners are counted in the southern France invasion.
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Rome
Toulon
France
Marseille
Fanie
Allied
London
Valensole
Lyon
Asse River
Pertius
Jean de Lattre de Tuussigny
le Beausset
Cages-Les-Pins
Aubagne
Mont Faron
Durance
Rhone
Aix-Provence
American Troops Advance Toward Paris Front in WWI Era
American forces storm toward the rocket coast of France planting bridgeheads across the Seine northwest of revolt torn Paris and southeast near the Marne battlefields. Patton’s tanks crossed the Seine at Fontainebleau and moved to wheel toward the capital as heavy fighting raged on the bridgeheads.
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Marne
Paris
James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Seine
Fontainbleau
Belleau Wood
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
England
Versailles
Seventh Army
Argentan
Normandy
Elfeidt
84Th Corps
Badinsky
276Th
Menni
84Th
George S. Patton
Fontainebleau
Weather outlook Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Maryland lies warmer with scattered afternoon thundershowers and continued warmth. Eastern Pennsylvania sees scattered storms then cooler with fair, warm days ahead. Western Pennsylvania remains cloudy and slightly cooler with scattered storms south. West Virginia reports scattered thunder and cooler conditions in the west, with Tuesday easing to partly cloudy and moderate warmth.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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