Draft notice lists five called for service amid Le Mans drive
Corry Union City draft board announces that five men from Corry and nearby districts have been called for induction into the armed forces on August 29. The group will report at 6 a.m. at the board’s office and be transported to Erie, with assignment unknown to date. Names include Louben Oliver Shreve, Frank Felix Mokwe, Julius William Skates, Leo Paul Spilman, Guy Harrid Brown, plus others from Waterford and Edinboro regions listed in the notice.
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The Next Weeks to Reveal German Morale Under Fire
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie reports on Nazi leadership facing threats as morale wanes under total war. He notes Himmler and Goering’s fates hint at rising danger for Hitler’s regime while German troops endure defeats. The piece anticipates crucial weeks to determine if morale holds or collapses amid escalating pressure.
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Reichsmarshes Goering
Hitler
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Corry Blood Donors Give 294 Pints in Second Day
Steady donor cooperation at Emmanuel Church fueled the Buffalo mobile plasma drive. A total of 204 pints were collected by 4 pm yesterday, with 140 pints donated Tuesday and 154 on Monday, while 39 rejections followed lighter totals than the prior day.
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Buffalo
Corry
Emmanuel Church
Ambruska
Navy
Cherry
Red Cross Committee
Hinman Recovering. Leaves Bed At English Army Hospital
Word from Corry reaches Mr and Mrs Carl Hinman that CPL Arley B Hinman has recovered enough to leave his bed in an England base hospital. He was seriously wounded July 16 in France while serving as an Army intelligence officer with an armored unit during the Normandy invasion. The family report he was able to sit up on August 1 and describe feeling groggy but on his feet again.
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Jeny Ty Tebler
Shirley Hinman
Maple Avenue
Army
England
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Battlefront
Francs
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Corry
War Department
Cpl. Hinman
America
Normandy
U.S
Suneoth
Reds Close On Nazis In Baltic Zone
Moscow Aug 9 Reds tighten around German Baltic forces estimated at 250000 to 300000 men as Soviet columns push toward Riga and Silesia. The Red Army reports deepening thrusts, with Warsaw within reach and 16 German divisions shifted to counter the front.
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Hungary
Norway
Everern
Bradford Youth Burned To Death In Truck Crash Near Bradford
Pvt. Allen Cosby of Bradford Pa home on furlough died last night when the truck he rode in left Rock Guy road and plunged into a ravine. Three men were burned or injured as gasoline from a damaged tank fed the blaze.
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Rock Guy
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Allied forces recapture Monte Grillo amid Italy front lull
British and Thin forces recaptured flood soaked Monte Grillo while repelling German counterattacks on its slopes near Arezzo and Florence. The Arno river area remains contested with Pisan sector reports noting American artillery engaging Nazi tanks southeast of Pisa. No city damage indicated south of Florence.
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Lynn Heinner- Hite
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Salvage Sunk Pan American Clipper Plane Near Havana
The toll stood at five dead with hope fading as salvage crews lifted a four engine Pan American Clipper from Nips Bay Antilla. The San Juan to Miami flight crashed during takeoff after stopping to discharge three passengers. Twelve aboard remain missing, including two children. nine passengers and crew of five were saved.
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Cuba
Von Papen Arrest Reported on Return to Germany
Istanbul Agence France Presse reports Pranz Von Fabien former German ambassador to Turkey was arrested as he arrived in Germany yesterday after leaving Ankara. An official of an international bank in Istanbul, a friend of Von Papen, provided no details of the arrest.
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CHINESE STV DOOMED AS DEFENDERS DIE
Japanese forces seal Guam trap with last defenders driven into a 226 square mile pocket as U S and Allied air power strike. General MacArthur reports large raids near the Philippines and Galmahera crushes Japanese air strength. island garrison nearly wiped out with fierce fighting and heavy casualties.
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Hayal
Polish government in exile fails to agree with Soviet Polish committee
Bulletin reports from Moscow that Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and other Polish exile representatives did not reach accord with the Soviet backed Polish Committee of National Liberation. Washington notes announce almost all soluble coffee production for 1944 goes to the armed forces. Chungking reports the Conte Verde liner, now in Japanese hands, took direct hits in the first U S bombing raid on Shanghai harbor. New York cites British radio yard on Allied advance in Brittany and German loss projections. Washington covers Senator Russell accusing the Philadelphia transit strike of being fomented by a government agency and naming the Fair Employment Practices Committee.
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Stanislaw Miktolajcryk
Polish Committee of National Liberation
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Conte Verde
U.S
Shanghai
Joseph W. Stilwell
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New York
Ube Swift
Brittany
Lorient
Brest
St. Nazaire
Office of War Information
Wordenny
Bordeaux
Washington
Senator Russell
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Senate
Philadelphia
Russell
French Patriots Threaten Nazis Evacuation Attempt
French patriots disrupt Nazi evacuation efforts in southwest France as Maquis fighters block lines and threaten German supply routes. German holds along the border are cautious, with some units moved to coastal areas while resistance fighters close in from the mountains.
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Pyrenees
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No Confirmation Nazi Chiefs Slain
London British officials said they had found no concrete proof that Heinrich Himmler was assassinated. A captured German officer’s report suggested rumor among troops but lacked credence. The dispatch noted details about the time and events were unverified and based on hearsay.
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Heinrich Himmler
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Normandy
Gestapo
Reichsmarshal
Herman Gorring
Luft Forces Strike Stuttgart Berlin and Hungary
More than 1,000 heavy bombers attacked targets around Stuttgart known as the Detroit of Germany and at Berlin today while additional raids hit Hungary from Tall bases. Planes crossed the Channel in morning operations, and RAF and American crews struck fuel dumps in northern France. German bombing resumed on Britain after a night of sporadic raids causing damage and casualties in residential areas.
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Britain
Lieutenant Galbreath Home After Pacific Service
First Lieutenant Robert E. Galbreath, son of Rev and Mrs P A Galbreath, returned to his hometown after three years with the Marines. He enlisted as a private in Erie, earned a field commission with the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal, and later received a promotion at Cape Gloucester. He holds a Presidential Citation for his service in the Southwest Pacific and prefers privacy after years of combat.
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San 15
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P. A. Galbreath
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Allegheny College
Erie
Marine Corps
Pacific
First Division
Corre Routh
Hewlepant
Lirul
Galbreath
Southwest Pacific
Lieut Merritt L Pequeen Killed On Saipan
Lieut Merritt L Pequeen formerly of Company A was killed in heavy fighting on Saipan on June 19 as confirmed to his father Jene Pequeen of Union City He enlisted in February 1947 in Company 4 trained at Indian a town Gap and Camp Livingston later becoming an officer candidate He served at Camp Zowse Texas and fought in the Pacific His family includes brothers Pyi Laverne Gerald and Clair Pequeen and sisters Mrs John Hoke Mrs Henry Roden and Mrs Max Miller Surviving relatives include Mrs Guy Yeager and Mrs Eugene Weigert, with the family living in Los Angeles Salif and Briwont.
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Union City
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Indiana Town Gap
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Pacific
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White Sulphur Springs Army Hospital
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Texas
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Camp Kreider
Los Angeles
Salif
Twe
John Hoke
Sheatreet
Henry Roden
Pollittrvenue
Max Miller
West Washington 'Street
Canadian Push Gains Ten Miles in Nazi Center
Allied reports say Canadian First Army advances nearly ten miles below Caen, breaching German defenses as American forces push toward Paris from Caen and Le Mans. Britons report Le Mans captured as the advance threatens encirclement of German forces in the Loire region.
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