Penang Japanese to Meet Allies for Surrender Talks
Allied forces order the Japanese commander at Penang to rendezvous with British officers at 11 a.m. to discuss surrender terms as envoys return from Rangoon after signing preliminary agreements. About 150000 Allied POWs expected to be liberated from camps across Southeast Asia and the East Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Grumich
Rangoon
Fich
Malaya
M Nelson
Penang
British Malaya
Nelson
Saigon
F. A. J. Browning
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Meyersdale Fair Opens With Broad Range of Exhibits and Entertainment
A large Meyersdale crowd enjoyed the Somerset County fair with carnival acts, Western show, and pony races. Exhibits filled the farm produce, needlework, canned goods, and livestock barns as schools bands, and community booths showcased local crafts and projects. The 1941 hiatus ends as new displays and a busy schedule promise continued attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Harecom
Somerset County Fair
Meyersdale
Cuesna l Ater
George Clyde Smith
Steele
Swank
Baer and Company
Eastern Sales Farmers Exchange
Salisbury Electric
Johnson Memorial
Farmcoop
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
Ax Booth
Somerset County
Exhiv
Bender Implement Company
New Zealand
Meyersdale High School
Buck Steele
Everett Daniels
Pony
E. J. Meager
William Willard
John Willard
L. Powstuter
Donald Gline
H. A. Miller
Eugene Miller
H. Walker
Louis M. Weld, Jr
J. Demarko
Dan Ensley
Demarko Boy
Reading Income Drops in First Seven Months of 1945
The Reading Company reports net operating income of 8,278,199 for January through July 1945, a decline of 449,980 versus the same period in 1944. The update reflects earnings performance amid wartime conditions affecting transportation demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Philadelphia
Reading Company Today
Hold Fulmer On 4 Counts At Hearing
Albert Fulmer, ex convict who escaped Ebensburg jail August 16, faced a Tuesday hearing before Justice C J Harrison Jr on four charges including burglary tools larceny firearm act and burglary. He was recommitted to Somerset jail in default of 2000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fulmer
Ebensburg
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison, Jr
Somerset
Will Osler
Elma Osler
Ursina
Osler
Fulmer
Playful Bride Kills Husband in Accidental Shot
Kansas City Kansas, Aug 28 A 29 year old sergeant Gaylord R Shores who survived the 1942 death march at Bataan died from a bullet wound suffered in his own apartment during a playful scuffle with his wife Winifred Shores She believed the revolver she picked up was unloaded and fired by accident Shores who spent three years in a prisoner of war camp died less than 24 hours later He asked police to absolve his wife of blame for the shooting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Bataan
Gaylord R. Shores
Winifred Shores
Shores
Sgt. Shores
Burglary Suspect Foiled After Night Watchman Encounter
A burglar escaped without loot after exchanging shots with Night Watchman Anthony Murzynski of the Polish Foresters club. Murzynski chased the intruder across the dance floor. the man fired through a door. A silk stocking used as a mask was found on the floor as the only clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Murzynski
Polish Foresters Club
Murzynski
Lopa Loosens Up On Meat But Not On Points
Pittsburgh August 28 The OPA said September slaughter quotas for Class 2 non inspected dealers were raised substantially for beef veal and pork affecting about 60 percent of district meat supply. The six federally inspected slaughterers not on quotas are expected to gain in supplies and there was no indication of any reduction in point values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Opa
Three Lives Lost In Hurricane Torn Texas Coast
A massive Gulf coast hurricane battered central to East Texas causing millions in crop and property damage. Three people died and at least 12 were injured as Red Cross aid began, with Bay City and Port Lavaca among hardest hit and communications cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C., Barnard
Houston
Tex
Texas
Gulf Coast
Red Cross
Bay City
Humanitarian Organization
Buck Lane
Wharton
Port Lavacca
Rockport
Port Aranas
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Here
Foster
Matagorda Island
Dogs Kill 32 Sheep in Greene County Raid
Charles B. Orndorff of Franklin township reports 32 sheep killed in a marauding dog raid at his farm. The loss marks Greene County’s worst sheep raid in several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg
Charles B. Orndorff
Franklin Township
Greene County
West Virginia OPA Offices Adopts 40 Hour Week
West Virginia OPA offices including 58 war price and rationing boards shift to a 40 hour work week effective today. District Director Grover Smith announced the move as part of wartime administrative adjustments in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opa
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Grover Smith
Four High School Football Players Die in Auto Crash
In Philipsburg four teenage players died when their car returning from practice crashed into a gasoline truck. Two other players and the truck driver were hospitalized with burns and injuries. Coroner to hold inquest after hospital recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillipsburg
Dale Brown
Houtzdale
James Stuller
Philipsburg
Blair Henderson
Charles Mayhue
Edward Shingledecker
Scheckler
Five Die, Five Hurt in Bus Car Crash at Sangerfield
Five people were killed and five injured when a Greyhound bus and an automobile collided at a highway intersection in Sangerfield New York. The automobile occupants were Samuel E. Roop 37 Boonville his wife Dorothy F. Roop 33 and their three children Richard M 1 Eileen B 2 and infant Thomas Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sangerfield
N. Y
John Mrtrzyk
Samuel E. Roop
Boonville
Dorothy F. Roop
Richard
Eileen B
Thomas Charles
Weiss returns extra pay check
Rep. Weiss of Pennsylvania waives his $2,500 annual expense allowance after being asked to sign monthly vouchers. He told House Sergeant at Arms Kenneth Romney to return the money to the treasury,说 noting tax exemption features of the allowance are a special privilege for congressmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Weiss
D-Pa
House
Kenneth Romney
Romney
Treasury
Italy Faces Mass Unemployment Says Italian Leader
Moscow August 28 1930 Cruisseppe di Vittorio general secretary of the Italian general confederation of labor estimated about 2 000 000 Italians were jobless and some might be sent to Russia under an agreement with Russian trade unions He is part of an Italian union delegation visiting Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Moscow
Cruisseppe di Vittorio
Surviving Houston Crew Found in Thai Prison Camp
Lt. Col. Nicol Smith says about 300 to 500 survivors of the U.S. S Houston are in a Thai prison camp. Two former crewmen from the 1942 loss escaped recently and reached Maj. Gen. Eben Bertlett's guerrilla station. Navy confirms ship lost March 14, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. S. Houston
Thailand
Office of Strategic Services
Nicol Smith
Houston
State Department
Eben B. Bertlett
Los Angeles
Calif
Smith
Southeast Asia
Bartlett
Navy Department
Sympathy for Japanese radio plea shows mutual understanding urged
The Associated Press notes a Tokio broadcast citing Michio Ozaki saying 130 million Americans misread Japan and praising American interest in Japan while criticizing labeling of Japanese as monkeys. Ozaki calls for mutual understanding between Japanese and American forces, amid reports of ultra patriotism and other wartime developments.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokio
Pearl Harbor
Nippon
United States
Michio Ozaki
Yomiuri Hochi
Ozaki
American Asiatic Board
Japanese Christian Association
Reinanzaka Church
FCC
Osaki
America
Niapanese
Compulsory Labor Ordered in Austria for Rebuild
Swiss radio cites a Vienna dispatch that the provisional Austrian government has ordered compulsory labor service for all men aged 15 to 65 and all women aged 16 to 45 to aid Vienna's reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
London
Vienna
Admiral Halsey Leads Missouri Into Tokio Bay
Allied forces mass for occupation as the battleship Missouri enters Tokio bay with Admiral Halsey aboard. General MacArthur departs Manila for Okinawa to lead the surrender process planned for Sept. 2 aboard Missouri.
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Admiral Halsey
Tokio Bay
General Wainwright Arrives in Chungking To Widened News
Mrs. Jonathan M. Wainwright, wife of the Corregidor hero, expresses joy at news of her husband’s Chungking arrival and relief at his safety. She notes he appears thinner in AP photos and tears of worry mark her reaction as she autographs his photograph and sends it by wirephoto and radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaneateles
N. Y
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Chungking
Associated Press
Wainwright
Owl
Navy plans amphibious push to occupy Japan and patrol empire waters
Tokio Bay Aug 29 American warships ride at anchor ready to send marines ashore as part of a Pacific fleet program for occupation of Japan. Nimitz expected to join Halsey in Tokyo Bay with top commanders announcing four fleet and three amphibious forces will take part in surrender landings.
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Associated Press
Manila
Missouri
Japan
Tokio Bay
Nippon
Emperor’s Palace
Halsey
Aleutians
MacArthur
Okinawa
Jonathan Wainwright
Philippines
Atsugi Airfield
Tokio
Sagami Bay
Adak
Adm
Frank Jack Fletcher
General MacArthur
Atsugi
Yokosuka
Spencer Davis
Richard Cushing
Admiral Halsey
Iowa
Sugami Bay
Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
AL Dopking
Pacific Fleet
Empire Waters
Third Fleet
U. S
Pacific Ocean
South Dakota
Guam
Oscar C. Badger
San Diego
Gen. MacArthur
Fujtsu Point
Badger
Uraga Strait
Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokohama
Nagato
Asama
Kasuga
Richmond Kelly Turner
Guadalcanal
Robert Myers
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
24Th Army Corps
Korea
Japanese Officer Predicts No Resistance to U.S. Landings
Aboard the transport Braxon off Sagami Bay Lt Hiroshi Tamaki says Japanese will not resist U.S. occupation and believes Americans will not mistreat them. He cites unconditional surrender, wartime hardship in Tokyo, and three causes for defeat: inferior weapons, fewer resources, and enemy superior numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Braxon
Sagami Bay
Japan
Hiroshi Tamaki
Yokosuka Naval Base
Tokio
Somerset Weather Report by David Grove Daily
Daily weather data for Somerset shows a 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Monday to 5 30 p m Tuesday with a maximum 84 and minimum 42 degrees. Year ago readings show a maximum and minimum of 83 and not available respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U.S. Weather Observer
Weather Outlook for the Mid Atlantic States
Western Pennsylvania shows generally fair and warm weather with afternoon thunderstorms in the northern areas on Wednesday and Thursday. Eastern Pennsylvania expects some clouds and warmer conditions midweek. Maryland and West Virginia stay mostly fair with possible showers Thursday. The extended period from Wednesday August 29 to Sunday September 2 forecasts fair weather with scattered showers in the north or south on Thursday and Thursday night, followed by a cooler spell then a warm finish.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Alice’s Beauty Salon
Main St
Roswell
Alice Flick
Tokyo Bay Area
William F. Halsey
Tokyo Bay
U. S. Navy
Guam International
Emma Christner
Keystone
Christner
Clyde Christner
Elbertas
Beerits
Lavansville
Donna Lee Beauty Salon
W. Main St
China
Spencer Moosa
Manchuria
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Department
Lewis C. Beebe
Faribault
Minn
John Pugh
Norristown
Thomas Dooley
President Roosevelt
Kitty
Singapore
Hong Kong
North Borneo
Dutch East Indies
Mukden
Slan
Shensi
James H. S. Rasmussen
Phoebus
Menomonie
Wis
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Patrick J. Hurley
Yenan
Mao Tse‘Tung
Walter S. Robertson
Kitty M. W
Rasmussen
U. S. 14Th Air Force
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Eseson
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New York
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St. Louis
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