Pacific War Outlook From Greensburg Expert
Prof. Hayden Bodycombe told the Somerset Rotary Club that the Pacific War will be long hard and dirty. He recalls two Japanese prisoners, notes swampy New Guinea conditions, and compares Pacific and European fronts while praising American soldiers.
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Hayden Bodycombe
Greensburg
Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner Hotel
Bodycombe
Australia
New Guinea
United States
Southwest Pacific
Promotion for Lieut S C Braucher by Fourteenth district
Announcement June 5 reports Lieut (jg) S Cober Braucher of Somerset promoted to lieutenant in the U S naval reserve. After Harvard naval supply corps training March 15, 1944 he served as contracting officer for the Pacific fleet and advance base areas.
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S. Cober Braucher
Somerset
United States Naval Reserve
Harvard University Naval Supply Corps
Braucher
U. S. Navy Purchasing Office
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Navy Department
G. R. Kinnear
Territory of
Hawaii
U. S. Navy
Naval Courts and Boards
University of Hawaii
General Bradley Probes Veterans Hospital Brutality Hearings
General Omar Bradley attended a closed House veterans committee session as findings emerged of alleged brutality at the Northport Veterans Hospital New York. Officials testified that about 15 soldiers and seven civilian employees were involved with 13 soldiers convicted or court martialed for abusing patients while staff doctors were not found disciplined. Penalties ranged from confinement at hard labor to forfeiture of pay.
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Omar N. Bradley
House Veterans Committee
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Mental Hospital
Northport
N. Y
U. S
Brooklyn
Odum
Col
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Baird
New York
Second Service Command
Northport Veterans’ Facility
Envoy Confirmed to Denmark
Washington June 8 the Senate confirmed Monnett B Davis of Colorado as minister to Denmark.
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Senate
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Bradley says German forces outsmarted by best trained American army
Gen. Omar N. Bradley told reporters that German officers were outsmarted and their troops beaten by an American army he called the best trained and equipped ever fielded. He praised Allied strategy from Ruhr to Elbe and outlined postwar duties and prisoner handling.
Five Years for Draft Law Violations in Pittsburgh
In federal court Andrew Billy of Monessen received five years in prison for failing to report for induction. Howard Stewart DeDonald of Connellsville was given five years in a special institution for conscientious objectors for not reporting to his draft board for work of national importance. Dr. Robert E. Heath of Uniontown got two years probation for unlawfully dispensing narcotics to Harold Fisher of Markleysburg, who drew five years probation.
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Monessen
F. P. Schoonmaker
Howard Stewart DcDonald
R. D
Connellsville
Robert E. Heath
Uniontown
Harold Fisher
Box 53
Markleysburg
Fisher
Big Three meet plans hover around late June dates
London reports the first postwar Big Three conference is near but site undecided. Truman signals a 40 day window, hinting at Churchill Attlee talks, with possible dates around June 15 and June 30 to July 5, amid Berlin Allied Council chatter.
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Clement R. Attlee
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Montgomery
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Russia
Petain Claims Secret Pact With Britain Discussed
Paris June 8 89 year old Marshal Petain told the high court commission at Montrouge that he authorized negotiations for a secret treaty with Britain when he met Hitler. He said Britain could confirm or deny the pact, and that he could not disclose details without British consent. He blamed Laval for Milice abuses and the treason trial is set to begin June 28.
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Foreign Office
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Britain
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London
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Gestapo
France
Gelerich Offers Jet Secrets to U S in Allied Hands
Paris June 8 The German aircraft inventor Heinrich Gelerich reportedly offered his jet plane secrets and designs to the American army as allied authorities confirmed his capture. Separate reports note discovery of the Me 264 four engine jet bomber prototype in France and claims Reichsmarshal Goering indicated potential use of Me 264s before the war’s end.
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Alexander de Seversky
France
de Seversky
Reichmarshal
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Luftwaffe
Planes of Halsey raid southern Japan targets
U S carrier planes under Admiral William F. Halsey bombed the Kanoya naval air station and other Kyushu targets after noon local time. Tokyo reported about 200 planes in waves, while B-29s mined Nippon's inland sea and Osaka suffered further fire damage from raids.
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Kanoya Naval Air Station
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Pacific Fleet
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Nippon
Honshu
Kyuu
20Th Air Force
Washington
Funeral For Dead Shangri La Living Fine
A C 47 crash in Dutch New Guinea leaves three survivors and 20 dead including WAC Corporal Margaret Hastings. Filipino medics and natives aid survivors as a landing strip is built for rescue. Hastings, from Owego New York, is among the buried with ceremony noted by chaplains at the wreck site. Hastings’s family ties are listed in Pennsylvania.
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Southwest Pacific
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Owego
N. Y
John B McCollum
Trenton
Kenneth W. Decker
Kelso
Wash
Dutch New Guinea
Cecil E. Walters
Hollandia
Shangri-La
Miss Hastings
Wacs
Philadelphia
Henry
R. H. Barnitz
New Cumberland
Zella Barnitz
Lewisberry
Two Million Persons Move After SHAEF Repatriation
SHAEF announces that over 2,000,000 Allied prisoners of war and displaced persons have been moved from allied occupied Germany and Austria. About 2,900,000 remain in the SHAEF zone. fewer than 200,000 Western Europeans in the zone await repatriation. Russian citizens from the SHAEF area are being transferred to the Red Army at about 50,000 daily, with over 630,000 sent to Russia.
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Paris
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Austria
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Americans Squeeze Japanese Garrison Into Small Pocket
Heavy air pounding continues on Japanese bases in Borneo with 170 tons of bombs. MacArthur reports ground gains in the Philippines as 37th and 38th divisions advance through Luzon and Mindanao, aided by Fifth Air Force support. Bayombong falls as Beightler’s troops push toward Solano and along the Magat valley toward Cagayan valley.
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Solano
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Mount
Payacin
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Purra
37Th
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Taloma River
24Th
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Davao Gulf
Ula
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Okinawa
Yueju-Dake
U. S. 10Th Army
Chester W. Nimitz
Kyushu
First Marine
Itoman Town
Sixth Marines
Sixth Marine
Oroku Peninsula
Yaeju-Dake Escarpment
Hangansuku
Yaeju- Dake
Domei
Tokio
200000 Japs Isolated In Southeast Asia
Chinese forces reported isolating about 200000 Japanese troops in Southeast Asia as they pressed into Liuchow and moved toward Kweilin in the Liuchow corridor. They threatened Liuchow and Ishan while advancing on Tatang and presses along the Fukien coast near Puting.
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Yungning
Nanning
Three Cities On Honshu Are Blasted
In a three way raid, about 100 to 150 B-29s attacked Nagoya Nario and Akashi on Honshu using high explosives and fire bombs. The daylight strike lacked fighter cover and followed Tokyo Kobe Osaka LM air raids this week. Wide areas in Tokio Osaka Kobe Nagoya and Yokohama suffered extensive fire and damage.
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Ask Bonomi To Stay On ROME June 8
Prime Minister Ivanhoe Bonomi agreed to stay in office after a cabinet request until the Liberation committee selects a successor. The committee remains deadlocked on a choice as ministers push to resolve the crisis soon. Communists Socialists and Actionists oppose reappointing Bonomi.
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Italy
World War II Casualties Reach 1 012 049 in U S Forces
Washington report shows total war casualties for the armed forces rising to 1 012 049 with 230 173 killed 613 611 wounded 57 452 missing and 110 813 taken prisoner. Navy accounts for 116 215 total and 3 347 of the week’s increase as reporting covers through early May. Secretary Stimson notes figures include all names received through May 30 and reflect cessation of hostilities with Germany.
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Denial of Yugoslav Queen Alexandria Birth Rumor
London report of Queen Alexandria giving birth at Sunningdale home denied by Yugo legation. The British press agency says birth of the royal baby is not expected in the immediate future.
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Hold Keller in Wife's Murder Case
George E. Keller was ordered held without bail today pending coroner action on charges he fatally shot his wife in a quarrel last Tuesday. The 48 year old former bartender was also held on $1500 bail for assault and battery in wounding his son, George Jr., 15.
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George E. Keller
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Clear Jones Girls Of Criminality In Death Case
In Philadelphia juvenile court Trene Jones 15 and Janet 11 were cleared of criminal intent in the death of three month old Thomas Ripley Jr. Charges of abduction and carriage theft held in abeyance the sisters were ordered returned to a detention home. The case followed the baby’s disappearance from a coach and death from a broken neck eight hours later.
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Trene Jones
Janet
Thomas V. Ripley, Jr
Charles L. Brown
Michael Schwartz
Ripley
Hardie Scott
Barbara Ripley
Irene
Bonnie Stanley
Weather Summary for Somerset Period
Daily temperature report from 5:30 p.m. Thursday to 5:30 p.m. Friday shows a low around 32 and a high near 73 degrees. Observer David Grove records the figures with the usual daily notes.
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David Grove
Weather Observer
West Virginia Weather Weekend Outlook
A cloudy weekend with moderate temperatures across West Virginia. Scattered showers are possible, mainly in the southern portion, with similar conditions extending into Maryland and western Pennsylvania.
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Portion
Maryland
Pennsylvania
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