Chinese Recapture Tsinkong Threatens Key Air Bases
Chinese troops recaptured Tsinkong in south central China, closing in on the Liuchow bomber field and Shaoyang fighter base. Observers noted possible Japanese withdrawal or stiff defense to protect Hengyang, a rail hub 60 miles away, as Lingdong air link to Indo-China and Southeast Asia was reestablished.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
China
Tsin- Kong
Chienkiang
Liuchow
Shaoyang
Tsinkong
Liichow
Paoching
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Changsha
Hengyang
Japan
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai- Shek
Korea
Southeast Asia
Luichow
Kwangsi Province
Lukchow
Indo-China
Malaya
Burma
Thailand
Mindanao Davao fighting and Okinawa air strikes by US forces
Heavy fighting on Mindanao near Davao as U S 24th division and guerrillas drive Japanese from outer defenses around Ula Alhambra and Bayabas. MacArthur reports 6,550 Japanese dead, 503 captured. Luzon advances also noted. Halsey McCain strikes Kyushu airfields destroying planes and bombers while Nimitz cites large Okinawa front advances and preparations to seal Chinen peninsula.
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Manila
Mindanao
Davao
U. S 24Th Division
Ula
Alhambra
Bayabas
MacArthur
Luzon
U. S. Sixth Army
Santa Fe
Philippines
Eighth Army
24Th Division
Apo
Luayon Point
Bukidnon
Saragani
Cagayan Valley
Ipo
Marikina
Bosabosa
Takao
Formosa
Fifth Air Force
Navy Liberators
Shanghai
Canton
Indo-China
Guam
William F. Halsey
Kyushu
John S. McCain
Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Tactical Air Force
Nimitz
Halsey
U. S
Miyazaki
Kokubu
Kushira
Kagoshima
Chiran
Halsey-McCain
Ninami Daito
Chhief
Robert B. Carney
Carney
Third Fleet
U. 5
Adm
Chester W Nimitz
Fifth Fleet
Raymond S. Spruance
Marc A. Mitscher
Leif Erickson
Archibald V. Arnold
Seventh Infantry
Chinen
Shikiwa
Associated Press
al Cocking
96Th Infantry
First Marine Corps
William F. (Bull
184Th Infantry
Seventh
Chinen Peninsula
Shikiya
184Th
Nakagusuku
First Marine
Shuri
Naha
96Th
Kamizato
Karara
Sixth Marine
Kokuba River
Oroku Peninsula
Ryukyus
Veto Issue Returns To Kremlin In UN Charter Talks
Big Five reach agreement on most points at the United Nations conference while Russia pushes for a universal veto on peace enforcing measures. Moscow to review remaining questions. debate on whether veto applies to all council actions continues.
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Douglas B. Cornell
San Francisco
Russia
Moscow
China
France
Britain
United States
United Nations Organization
Great Powers
International Court
League
General Assembly
United Nations
Security Council
Piks
World Organization
Germany
Big Five
United Nations League
Council
Charge mother killed newborn in Greensburg case
Mrs Emma Fabry 21 of West Leeenburg awaits murder trial after police charge she strangled her newborn girl May 21 in her home and buried the infant in a manure pile. The child was alive when found but died of exposure and suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Emma Fabry
WestLeeenburg
Severe Saturday Storm Lashes Somerset Causes Crop, Tree Damage
A severe storm hit Somerset Saturday evening around 5 30 PM bringing hurricane winds and large hail. Trees were uprooted and limbs torn, lines downed snarl traffic, crops garden damage reported from Somerset to Friedens and surrounding towns. Residents described a threatening funnel-like wind and dense rain reducing visibility to near zero. Weather echoed destruction from last June tornadoes in the Bakersville Somerset area with extensive crop and property impact across the region.
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Somerset
South Center Avenue
Karl Austin
Everett Musser
East Patriot Street
East Church Street
Ankeny Avenue
Route 53
Stoystown
Hram Fisher
Somerset R. C. 2
Centerville
Lavansville
Bakersville
Friedens Whcih
Somersset
Vinson Proposes National Employment Budget Plan
Fred M. Vinson says national economic policies must avoid regimentation of business labor or agriculture and supports Wagner's push for an annual national and employment budget. He urges government action to preserve full employment while preserving freedom, endorsing public works to fill gaps when private efforts fall short.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Wagner
DNY
Vinson
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Murray
Mont
Thomas
Utah
O'Mahoney
Wyo
War bond plea from Guam commander urges Seventh loan support
Maj. Gen. Henry L. Larsen USMC island commander Guam states the Seventh war loan is essential. Even if Tokyo were captured today and enemies eliminated, maintaining a large army, navy and air force will be a vastly costly effort for some time to come.
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Washington
Henry L. Larsen
USMC
Guam
Tokio
First Army Arrives Home After Historic European War
More than 1 000 officers and men of the U S First Army, the first to land in Europe and cross the Rhine, return to New York aboard three troop ships and four liberty ships. The Monticello carries 1403 soldiers with a nine by fifteen foot insignia. Among 8 944 veterans on troopships, 3 339 liberated POWs go to Camp Kilmer and 409 wounded to Halloran General Hospital.
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New York
U. S. First Army
Europe
Germany
Rhine
New York Harbor
WAC
Navy
Monticello
Robert Cann
First Army
Courtney Hodges
Weimar
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Halloran General Hospital
le Jeune
Santa Margarita
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Joseph Sutton
Hood
Buckwheat Year Follows a Deep Somerset Winter Chill
Residents recall the Buckwheat Year of 1859 after a brutal June weather shock. A severe front destroyed crops and vegetation in Somerset County, leaving fields withered and hay blackened. Farmers turned to buckwheat, later driving flour prices up as the staple helped ease famine and finance concerns. Low 48 high 63 with nearly an inch of rain.
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Somerset County
Somerset
Sugar for Canning Ban to Lift as Crops Ready
Regional Director Daniel P. Wooley said the sugar ban for home canning will end once major fruit and berry crops are ready for harvest, signaling relief for home canners in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Daniel P. Wooley
Office of Price Administration
Sailor Deserter Woman 10 Months Unmasked in Wheeling
A 31 year old sailor who posed as a woman for 10 months was unmasked in Wheeling West Virginia as Ray mond Russell Clark. He was arrested on a desertion charge from the Little Creek Virginia naval station dated June 27 1944. Clark denied nothing and was held awaiting shore patrol arrival.
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Wheeling
W. Va
George Gonter
Gonter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Raymond Russell Clark
Little Creek
Clark
Youthful thief dies after jewelry store heist in Fort Lauderdale
Police say a young armed robber snatched $20 000 in diamonds from a jewelry shop then fled a crowd through a shopping district. Cornered on a hotel third floor he died by his own actions, leaving a note pleading not to involve his parents.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Richard Addison
Addison
Reds Propose Red Unity For China
Moscow journalist Krainov writes in Investia that China should form a democratic coalition government to win the war and improve ties with Russia the United States and Britain He urges an all parties assembly and removal of Kuomintang reactionaries to empower Chinese forces against Japan.
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Bug Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
China
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Krainov
Investia
Kuomintang
Krasnoy
National Assembly
Eden Ordered To Take Rest
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden is diagnosed with duodenal ulcers and ordered by doctors to take at least two weeks of complete rest. Prime Minister Churchill will run the foreign office in Eden's absence with aid from Minister of State Richard Law. Eden's general condition is described as good.
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London
Anthony Eden
East
No. 10
Downing Street
Churchill
Foreign Office
Eden
Richard Law
Goering Slavery Network Reported in Austrian Farms
In Wimsbach Austria a German man claiming to be overseer for Hermann Goering sought a pass to resume work on farms. Capt Wakefield investigated and found Goering supplying slave labor to local estates with Nazi overseers and two meals daily. Harvests were paid by regular checks sent to Berlin and continued after Berlin fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Wimsbach
Austria
Milton C. Wakefield
Ravenna
Wakefield
Hermann Goering
Goering
Berlin
Air Transport Route To Sweden Begins Service
The U S air transport command launches a courier route from Preque Isle Maine to Stockholm via Iceland. One flight weekly is planned after test runs. A Douglas Skymaster completed a test flight landing at Bromma airport in Stockholm 24 hours after departure from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
U. S. Air Transport Command
Preque Isle
Maine
Iceland
Bromma
United States
Public Sale Of Dwelling And Furnishings In Somerset
Public sale of the dwelling and household furnishings of Mrs. Rose Dillon at 401 West Union Street Somerset on Wednesday June 6 at 1 39 PM. Items include living room dining room bedroom and kitchen furniture. Terms cash. Edward Dillon and John B Meyers auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Dillon
W. Union St
Somerset
Edward Dillon
John B. Meyers
Barrier overco
Yugoslav delegate calls lack of Russian cooperation a great obstacle to UN war crimes commission efforts to punish axis criminals. An American delegate notes U S action in the Philippines. Russia not a member. Cassin urges information exchange with Moscow for crimes in areas occupied by Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations War Crimes Commission
United States
Philippines
Russia
International Commission
Radomir Zivkovic
Yugoslavia
Anch
Rene Cassin
Somerset Weather Report Sparks Data Gaps
Daily weather data from Somerset by David Grove is garbled with missing values. The 24 hour period ending 5:30 p.m. Sunday shows a minimum around 48 and rainfall figures unreadable. A year ago temperature data is also unreadable in the record.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
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Weather Outlook for Maryland and Adjacent States
Maryland will see considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions Monday and Tuesday with similar trends in eastern Pennsylvania. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect cloudy skies and cool days Monday and Tuesday with a gradual warming trend beginning midweek.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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U. S. & Zellars
Los Angeles Harbor
International Soundphoto
Kremlin
Bittner
A. D. Graham & Co., Inc
Somerset County Fertilizer Works
Somerset, Pa
USS
Homeland
Budd’s Shoe Store
Reds
Somerset H. S. Auditorium
Eivin Bjornstad
Alliance Church
Freewill
Sweden
U S. Weather Bureau
Boston
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