New Clashes Break Out Across Manchuria as Communists Advance
Fighting flared as Chinese Communists struck near Tieh ing 45 miles northeast of Mukden. Government forces rushed reinforcements to Changchun and Tatung coal center faced renewed attacks for a 22nd day. Gen Lin Piao held a critical conference at Harbin as Soviet-style lines formed along Manchuria's rail corridors.
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Tom Masterson
Peiping
Longuiet
Manchuria
Ifeline
Mukden
Changchun
Dusarches
Hebe
Jeholrovince
West Fank
Tiehing
Orth
Rom Changchuan
China
Anchoria
Eiping
Hangchun
Lin Piao
Nchuria
Harbin
First
Changchunhile
Jehol
Geting
Lingyuan
Chengteh
Tatung
Social Esfate
Tientsin
Chinese Reds accuse Chiang of seeking US war materiel
Communist headquarters in Nanking charged today that Chiang Kai-shek's government negotiated secretly with the United States for release of 500 million dollars of surplus U S war materials in Okinawa Iwo Jima and Japan. It said shipments would include trucks jeeps munitions and communications gear and warned the move would boost the Chiang clique's war aims. It noted Zhou En-lai would present a protest to General Marshall in Washington Monday, though no confirmation of talks was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
United States
U. S
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Japan
Anking
Chou En-lai
al Marshall
Via
Ex Justice McReynolds Dies At 84
Former Supreme Court justice James Clark McReynolds died at Walter Reed Army Hospital at age 84 after a year long illness. He retired in 1941 after 26 years on the court and was known as a conservative voice who opposed New Deal measures. Funeral services will be in Elkton Georgia and burial will follow in Elkton cemetery.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
James Clark McReynolds
New Deal
U.S. Supreme Court
Walter Reed Army Hospital
McReynolds
Walter C. Beach
Storses
Robert P. McReynolds
Los Angeles
Mubtyuuus
Chicago
Christian Church
Elkton
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Waggaman
Roosevelt
Harlan F. Stone
Justice Burton
Wilson
McKeynolls
McReynold
Great Britain
Russian General Opposes Japanese Land Reform Plan
Tokyo reports Lieut. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko of the allied control council criticized Japan's land reform endorsed by General MacArthur. He accused the bill of preserving landowners power and not expropriating uncultivated lands, warning it would keep semi feudal tenancy. Popov said Derevyanko was describing policy, not Russianizing Japan.
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Tokio
INS
Kuzma Derevyanko
Allied Control Council
MacArthur
Konstanti Popov
Derevyanko
Popov
Japan
Ang Taat
Wherry Returns to Face Somerset Criminal Court
John Wherry, a fugitive since 1942, is brought back to Somerset county jail to face the criminal court on September 7. Arrested for larceny, he fled in 1942, was recaptured in 1944, and later handed to Cambria county where he was sentenced. Now released, he returns to Somerset on a detainer for the Cambria Fuel mines robbery at Shanksville with alleged $150 in mining supplies stolen.
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John Wherry
Somerset Courts
Somerset County
Somerset Criminal Court
Wherry
Harry C. Jacobs
Cambria County
Cambria
Shanksville
Litvinov Dropped From Russian Foreign Office
Tass reports Maxim Litvinov former foreign minister and U S ambassador has been ousted from his deputy foreign minister post Fedor Gusev named to succeed him Yakov Malin also named deputy foreign minister The move follows Ukraine party purge and graft charges and signals possible shift toward isolationism.
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London
INS
Tass
Maxim Litvinov
U. S
Fedor Gusev
Litvinov
Moscow
Yakob Malin
Tokio
Ukraine
Russian Council of Ministers
League of Nations
Germany
Zionists fear all-out search for immigrants in Palestine
Israeli tension rises as British forces mass toward Tel Aviv to hunt 25 Jewish immigrants who escaped detention. Posters threaten blood for any commutation of death sentences for 18 Stern gang members. Ramat Gan and Givat Haim besieged as underground fighters hunted. Underground radio warns of phase three and curfew spread. Residents stock up on food amid anticipated raids and calls to resist.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Althit
Stern Gang
Haganah
Ramat Gan
Givat Haim
Holy Land
Voice of Israel
Moslem in Indian government stabbed in Simla attack
Sir Shafa'at Ahmad Khan, a Muslim member of India's new interim government, was stabbed seven times in Simla shortly after his appointment was announced. Police labeled the assault political as sectarian violence surged in New Delhi and other cities amid curfews and clashes.
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Walter J. Mason
New Delhi
Allahabad
Madura
India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Lord Wavell
South Africa
Molotov and Manuilsky walk out of Paris liberation ceremony
At Paris Aug 25 Russian Foreign Minister V M Molotov and Ukrainian FM Dmitry Manuilsky left the second anniversary celebration of Paris liberation over seating plans showing Western nations in front. The walkout underscored East West rift as U S Byrnes greets Senator Vandenberg and Barkley arrives to Geneva talks. Some Americans later attended Normandy ceremonies.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Dmitry Manuilsky
Liberation
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Amerique
Georges
Greece
U. S
Byrnes
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Orly Airfield
Tom Connally
Dtex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Howe boy found after 40 day search ends missing child mystery
Raymond Howe Jr. was found dead in a Penn Township field after a 40 day search by police and volunteers. Pathologist could not determine cause of death due to decomposition. no signs of injury. Funeral planned at Holy Rosary church with family noting his wish to be a priest.
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Pittsburgh
Raymond Howe, Jr
Raymond
Highland Park
Holy Rosary Church
I.d
Penn Township
Scott Terry
J. D. McMeans
Felice
Howe
Carnegie Lake
Park
Iron Lung Arrives For Polio Baby In Harrisburg
An iron lung flown from New York City arrived in Harrisburg to aid 18 month old James Smith of Minersville stricken with infantile paralysis. The child was rushed to the isolation ward though the hospital’s lung was in use. Schuylkill County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis arranged the emergency shipment. James Jennings noted the boy is the eighth polio case in the county this year, with five deaths.
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Harrisburg
New York City
James Smith
Howard Smith
Minersville
Mark Holland
Mahanoy City
Schuykill County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
James Jennings
Pottsville
Smith
Cox Denounces Yarn On Unseating Rayburn
Rep. Cox of Georgia rejects reports he would oppose Sam Rayburn for speaker. He calls the claim outrageous and says Democrats will keep Rayburn as speaker if they win. A Telegram from Rep. Allen resigning from the campaign expenditures committee criticizes the probe into election law violations.
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Washington
INS
Cox
D-Ga
House
Rep. Rayburn
Tox
International News Service
Sam Rayburn
House Democrats
Rep
Allen
Rtll
Rayburn
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
Curtis
R-Neb
PAC
J D Snyder Injured In Route 53 Accident
Joseph D. Snyder, 71, of Rockwood, was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital after his sedan left Route 53, struck a building owned by Edison Carver Somerset R. 10, causing damage to the structure and vehicle. He was returning from Shippensburg when the crash occurred at 8 30 p m. State police investigated the collision. injuries were not disclosed.
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Joseph D. Snyder
Rockwood
Somerset Community Hospital
Snyder
Shippensburg
Edison Carver
Somerset R
Pennsylvania State Police
Man Injured In Collision On Route 601 Near Jerome
One man injured as Walter F. Winston of Johnstown collided a coupe with a coach driven by R F Johnston of Whitney on Route 601 about half a mile from Jerome. The 4 EF Johnston car carried Jacob Cassidy who suffered a cut on the right hand. Winston’s car damage estimated at 125 dollars and Johnston’s at 159 dollars. State police investigated the crash.
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Jerome
Walter F. Winston
Johnstown
R. D
R. F E. Johnston
Whitney
Westmoreland County
Jacob Cassidy
EF. Johnston
Winston
Johnston
Pennsylvania
Yugoslav Actions Labeled Compliant With Ultimatum Terms
Belgrade officials defend Yugoslavia amid charges from the ministry of information about violations by Anglo American planes. Three American airmen killed when an unarmed transport was shot down Aug. 19 will receive military honors from the Yugoslav Fourth Army. A funeral procession will proceed to Kovrivnik for interment in a common grave.
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George Palmer
Belgrade
Yugoslav
Ministry of Information
Yugoslavia
Fourth Army
U. S
Kovrivnik
Pravda backs Yugoslavia in face of U S ultimatum
Pravda labeled Yugoslavia's stance as lawful and warned against U S coercion. It condemned US pressure after two unarmed transport planes were forced down by Yugoslav fighters and criticized Rep. Sol Bloom for pushing an aggressive foreign policy.
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Rembert James
Moscow
Pravda
Yugoslavia
United States
Yakov Viktorov
U. S
Viktorov
Sol Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
Washington
Russia
United Nations Organization
Four Army crewmen Missing After Atlantic Ship Collision
Four army civilian employes aboard FS 231 are missing after a collision with the Midland Victory off Fire Island near New York. Coast Guard planes and boats search the Atlantic as efforts focus on a raft believed lost with the men aboard. No names released and the Midland Victory sustained no damage.
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New York
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Midland Victory
Fire Island
Long Island
New York City
Representative Gwinn to address Somerset Republicans
The Hon. Ralph Waldo Gwinn, representative from the 27th New York district, will speak at a Saturday luncheon of the Somerset county Republican committee and the Council of Republican Women at the Somerset Country Club. County Chairman W. H. Beachy will meet him at Pittsburgh airport and return him there after the event.
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Ralph Waldo Gwinn
Congress
New York
Somerset County Republican Committee
Council of Republican Women
Somerset Country Club
W. H. Beachy
Gwinn
Pittsburgh
Somerset
Beachy
Veterans of Foreign Wars Aid with Terminal Leave Papers
Somerset Post 554 offers to assist ex GIs in preparing terminal leave papers and related paperwork. Call at 139 West Union Street for help.
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Somerset Post
Veterans of For
Eign Wars
Five U S Airmen Identified in Yugoslav Grave
In Belgrade on Aug 25 an official Yugoslav warning stated five American airmen killed when their transport was shot down last Monday were buried piecemeal in a common grave near Op ravnik. Ambassador Patterson and Col Partridge arrived to assist identification amid mutilated remains.
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Lovest Edwards
Belgrade
INS
Yugoslavia
Ier Can
Patterson
Opravik
Laura
Paterson
Patridge
R. H. Caeys
St. Charles
Ill
R. H. Schrieber
Sew
Albany
Ind
R. H. Free
Burley
Idaho
M. Man
Chicago
Chester J. Lower
Enfield N. H
Atempt
London Daily Express
Holy Cross Church
Koprivnik
Stray Bullet Fatal to Woman in York Yard
Miss Mary Hiltz aged 52 was killed in her York yard when a stray bullet struck her scalp and lodged in the brain as she showed a doll to a neighbor. Coroner Lester J. Sell reported she died at York Hospital shortly after. Police chief S A Baublitz opened an inquiry to identify the shooter.
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York
Mary Hiltz
Lester J. Sell
Woma
S. A. Baublitz
Lawsuit Halted Religious Education Plan Challenge
Mrs. Billy Jane Brubaker filed suit in Northampton county court challenging a state law allowing school directors to release pupils for religious education. She seeks a permanent injunction to stop the Easton school board from implementing the plan.
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Easton
Aug
Billy Jane Brubaker
Northampton County
Centennial 1846 booklet on Church of the Brethren history
Advertises a Centennial booklet from 1846 to 1946 detailing the history of the Church of the Brethren at Summit Mills authored by N. C. Gnagey of Meyersdale Pennsylvania.
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Church of the Brethren of
Summit Mills
N. C. Gnagey
Meyersdale, Pa
U S Accepts Release Of Americans In Yugoslav Crisis
The United States says seven Americans and two Hungarians shot down over Yugoslavia on August 9 are released in full compliance with the 48 hour ultimatum. Washington will decide future action after receiving reports from Yugoslavia including survivors, with potential action at the United Nations if evidence warrants.
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Frederick Tuttle
Washington
INS
United States
Yugoslavia
U. S
State Department
Secretary of State
Sen. Connally
Paris
United Nations Security Council
Department
Foreign Office
Belgrade
Raires Harold Shantz
Richard C. Patterson
Marshal Tito
Bled
Patterson
Tito
Weather forecast for Maryland and nearby states
Partly cloudy and continued cool Monday then fair and warmer Tuesday for Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania West Virginia. Western Pennsylvania: fair Monday and warmer Tuesday with rising clouds.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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