Launching of Ship Honors Newsboys in Savannah Georgia
A Liberty ship named Samed was launched in Savannah in honor of Willer L. McLean, late publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. The ceremony paid tribute to newspaper carriers and stamp sales in the campaign to support the war effort. Mel Hazel Palmer of Athens acted as sponsor, with her son Leslie of Sayre present, as the ship slid into the water at 7:50 PM.
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Athens
Leslie
Lesle
Sayre
Lesie
Gee
Chinese Prisoners Slaughtered by Japs
Chungking reports say Japanese forces slaughtered thousands of Chinese prisoners of war after capturing Hengyane Faz, escaping Hunen province, claimed the Japanese ignored pleas to follow international law. Witnesses noted launching delays due to winds on the Savannay River with attendance by publishers and staff.
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Chungking
Fang Hsienchueh
China
Hengyane
Faz
Hunen
Allies Capture Katha On Burma War Front
Allied troops enter Katha a large town on the Irrawaddy River, 155 miles north of Mandalay, and Naba nearby without strong Japanese resistance. Katha lies 52 miles west of Bhamo, where an air strip is in use. Naba is ten miles northwest. Indications point to a Japanese withdrawal in the northern Burma sector toward Mandalay.
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Chungking
IPB Fears Another Newsprint Crisis
The War Production Board warned that newsprint supply could tighten in the second quarter of 1945 due to rising military paper demand and postwar needs in liberated Europe. Officials expect a potential reduction in allotments for U S newspapers during the first half of 1945.
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Washington
War Production Board
U. S
Europe
WEE
Eisenhower Decorates Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas
President Eisenhower sent General Eisenhower to London to present the Legion of Merit degree of chief commander to Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas. The ceremony at a United States Army headquarter in London was attended by a small number of officers and officials. The award cited exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and was noted as comparable to the American Distinguished Service Medal.
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London
UPI
Eisenhower Visted
Lendon
Legion of Merit
Sholto Douglas
United States
Amny
Speke
Ish
United States Air Force
Middle East
Wag Tted
Tragedy in Passaic River Claims Three Victims
In Belleville near the Federal Leather Co. three people died after a car driven by Mircke Taiptedge 63, of Upper Monet, plunged into the Passaic River. Fire crews used a ladder and hook to pull the submerged vehicle ashore but the victims—Taiptedge his wife Josephine 45 and Clorinda Volnl ieetto 28 of Sudey—were pronounced dead.
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Belleville
N. J
INS
Siemen
Passaic River
Federal Leather Co
Belleville i
Mircke
Monet
de Bae
Sed
Talmadge
Josephine
Clorinda Volnl
Ieetto
Sudey
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Lele Corp
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Udes
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Bam L. Merlean
McLean
Bulletin
Une
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The
Associated Press
Debs & Wiliams
Barry G. Proctor
Pubd- Yishar
TROY
River Street
Omery Ward
Atddinery Ward Ke i
Menands, N. Y
Arhesis
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Burma
IPB
Eisenhower
Air Marshal
Douglas
Denver
Sagaper Garrison
Mercy Hewes
Wards
Hors D’oeuvre
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