Red Army Admits Defeat In Baltics
Soviet and German forces clash in the Baltic region as Red Army admits defeats and German units breach lines near Riga and Jelgava. Russian command reports heavy losses and ongoing battles to seize rail lines north of Warsaw, with 12000 German dead and 2550 prisoners in the Sandomierz pocket.
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Red Army
Baltics
Riga
Tor
Warsaw
Jelgava
Daniel NR
Moscow
Estonia
Latvia
Tyan C. Bartraminit
Tukutus
Tétonix
Linke Bripus
Tyan Moslennikov
Third Battle
Taruil
Tukums
Bagramian
Siquiai
Tithpanis
Marshal Kon
Ittin K. Rukossovsky
Bilslystok
Rescue crews reopen Powhatan mine search for 66 bodies
Rescue teams returned to the Powhatan mine near Bellaire on August 22 to locate the 66 miners who died in the July 5 underground fire. They aimed for the 7 left tunnel, an entry vein off the main shaft, where first bodies were expected, tearing down barricades and preparing a fresh bore to reach the wrecked area.
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Resont
Bellaire
Powhatan Mine
Popular Young Businessman Gave Life In The Service
George J. Fram, son of Gass F. Pratz, a popular young businessman, joined the U S Air Corps in Europe. A report notes Lt Vranz, killed when his bomber crashed, as he served with the unit in enemy territory. Browns father kept a First Avenue department store before he joined military flight service and earned a commission as a bombardier after eight months in the Southwest Pacific.
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George J. Fram
Gass F. Pratz
U.S. Air Corps
Lieu Vranz
Iemy
Deu Brown
Peace leaders focus on basic problems at postwar talks
Washington August 22 diplomatic issues cloud the Dumbarton Oaks discussions. British and American officials weigh early framework for future international cooperation while considering temporary action pending UN decisions. Secretary Hull assures Congress on progress and invites input from both parties. Cardinal Maglione, papal secretary of state, dies near Naples after illness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Post- Wimcorthy Laidhes
Schnool
United Nations
Alexander Cadogan
Rome
Maglione
Mapal
Cusonica
Naples
Help appeal copied after idea of Nazis in war news
Nippon foreign minister terms struggle a life or death war. New American air blows from Kuriles to Halmahera mark first raid on. Headlines frame the crisis around Japan and Allied air strikes as the conflict escalates with regional targets and strategic moves.
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Nippon
Kuriles
Halmahera
Japan Presses Hunan Offensive With Reinforcements
Japan calls on East Asian peoples to support a life or death war as Allied advances push from multiple fronts. Shigemitsu cites the aim of securing Asia’s independence while signaling heavy Allied air attacks and new invasions as American bombers strike Halmahera, Yap, and the Marianas.
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Japan
East Asia
New Guinea
Mamou Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
Asia
Tokyo
Shigemust
Kuriles
Halmahera
Halmahern
Boeroe
Molican
Stane
Sng
Philippines
COUN
Yap
Olive Impircati
Central Pagine
Fist
Allied Third Army drives German defense after Seine advance
Allied forces under Patton break German lines across the Seine near Paris and establish a Mantes bridgehead widening pressure toward the Pas de Calais. The move threatens to push the German Seventh Army and defense lines into retreat and disrupt Luftwaffe supply routes as Allied coastal fortifications tighten. Continued on Page Two.
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Associated Press Supreme Headquarters
Waper
Nortwestern
France
Third
Seine River
Paris
George S. Patton
Mantes
Pas de Calais
England
Normandy
Desnenne
St Mantes
Seventh Army
Dieppe
Dithberghe
Mine Strikes Spread Through Pennsylvania Mines
More than 10 800 Pennsylvania miners stayed away from war vital work as strikes grew. About 4 000 anthracite workers in Schuylkill county including Maple Hill, nickebasker, Mahanoy City and St Nicholashave halted for eight weeks over demands for better wages for abnormal conditions. Unemployment payment appeals were filed by Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Co. in Schuylkill county. Three new stoppages hit central and western Pennsylvania fields, raising idle pits to over 650 in a dozen mines.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania Cos
Waliouts
Shenandoahe Mahanoy City
Schuylikht County
Maple Hill
Nickerbasker
Mahanoy City
St. Nicholas
Harrisbur
State Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Philadelphia & Reading Goal & Iron Co
Schuylkill County
George A. Roos
General Wasnager
Pennsylvania
Cool Weather Aids Polio Fight In Pennsylvania
Health officials expect cooler weather to curb infantile paralysis across 48 of 67 counties. 439 cases listed by the Department of Health as of Aug 22, with officials predicting the outbreak may fade by mid September. Philadelphia reports eight new cases in the city. Pittsburgh area adds four. Morgantown and Lehigh counties show small increases amid ongoing caution measures.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Health
J Moore Campbell
Philadelphia
Rufus 5. Reeves
Public Heart
Pittsburgh
Morgin County
le County
Freight Train Wreck At Butler Junction
A Gl car freight derailed at Butler Junction near Vandergrift Pennsylvania late last night, spilling 16 cars and blocking both tracks. No injuries were reported and officials blamed a broken rail. repairs were anticipated to open later today.
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Vandergrift
Trafic
Butler Junction
Here
Pennyivenis
Gonemaugh
City considers levy shift on 225000 property valuation
ChuNETL last evening authorized a tentative agreement with the Federal Holishye Administration to accept a valuation of 229000 for tax levy purposes rather than 107900. The city would gain about 1700 in income. the school district would nearly double its receipts. The plan calls for maintenance duties during years with government project income. Council also addressed Spring Street regrading delays and approved a permit for a county touring act.
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Chunetl
Cy Clerk Williams
Garnell
Spring Street
Sprlesma
East Man
Sound Commissioners
Scot
Pilot Croft Is War Prisoner In German Camp
A report from the Casualties Office of the Canadian Air Force via the Red Cross states Pilot Officer George A. Croft survived his downed aircraft and is a prisoner in a German camp. Croft, a Corry High School graduate, has served with the Canadian Air Force since 1942 and recently completed his 22nd mission. His parents in Royston have waited for word since July and now rejoice at the news of his capture and condition.
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George A. Crof T
Willy
Aly Foren
Wes
Pilot Croft
Corry “High School
Kr Boxee
Inissine
Rejpicing
Gee Wirhon
Ottinar Wes Milaiine
Mead Park Pond Swimming Banned Amid Polio Fears
At a special Mead Park council meeting mayor Hepler moved to end swimming in the pond due to a spreading polio epidemic. Mead Park Association directors were told to act immediately while officials consider further steps. Staff noted the pond has never met public bathing standards and signs to bar swimming were arranged.
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Park Associalion
School Board Elects Four New Teachers at Corry
The Board of Education in special meetings accepted three resignations and elected four new teachers for Corry schools. New hires include Ruth Bush Eva Reed Ruth Wright and Jean Hormel with assignments in grades health and physical education English French and Spanish at senior high. Secretary Marcellé Harmon elected. painting invoices approved for Concord and Senior High totaling about 2400 dollars.
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Board of Education
Prnvenit
Nest
Corry
Helen Fordyce
Charlote
Swan
Mildrer
Weed
Coitrell
Hormel
Suite College
Bush
Reed
Marcellé Harmon
Sheen
Benton High School
Deweverman Nood
ispMcé
Sharabaugh
Concord
Tech Sergeant Awarded Silver Star in Italy
Tech Sergeant Wilbert E. Black of Beaver Pennsylvania received the Silver Star posthumously for gallantry with the 45th Thunderbird Division on the Fifth Army front in Italy. He and three others climbed a steep embankment to attack a superior enemy force, killing four Germans, capturing one, and taking four enemy machine guns and five mines. The action is believed to have halted an enemy advance.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Calays
Wilbert E. Black
Beaver
45Th
Thunderbird
Black
Krifiblivh Black
World War II Bulletins From August 22
Amid wartime dispatches Florence is reported fully occupied by Allied forces with patrols pushing outward from the art centers. Reports also claim Toulon fortress and Romanians facing a Russian offensive, while Allied estimates project over 100000 Germans captured or killed as operations close the Argentan Falaise pocket in Normandy.
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Associated Press
RUME
Florence
al Nod
Eighth-wemy
Gert
Sir Marold Alusanders
Bulgaria May Rebel as Reds Hit Romania
London dispatch reports Bulgaria's Premier Iv n Bagrianov faces pressure to exit the war only with unconditional surrender and territorial restitution. Foreign Minister Porvan Draganov may address parliament with signals of a possible break with Germany if Western allies press for peace. Ankara notes suggest Bagrianov’s cabinet hesitates about timing while a Russian offensive in Romania is asserted by Berlin but not confirmed by Moscow.
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Associated Press
London
Atg. W
Bulgaria
Ivrn Bagrianov
Porvan Draganov
Draganov
Unis
Germany
Ankara
Baxtianov
Pree Mier Bagrianov
Richard G. Massock
Berlin
Moscow
Man Struck and Killed Crossing Rainy Highway
In Leechburg Pennsylvania on a rainy night Frank Stiblinger age 63 of Pre port Westmoreland county was fatally injured when an automobile struck him as he crossed the highway. Police said the driver was blinded by lights and unable to see the pedestrian.
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Leechburg
Frank Stiblinger
Preeport
Westmoreland County
Encirclement of Enemy Troops in Southern France Complete
Allied pincers seal off German forces in a great pocket below the Seine and near Paris while French Seventy Army advances to isolate Marseille. US forces push toward the rocket coast as Toulon surrenders in the rapidly closing southern France corridor.
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Tress
Seine River
Paris
France
Marseille
Toulon
Seine
Prante
Omar N. Bradtey
Gelue
Geemans
First Army
Sele
Reullers
von Klune
Falaise
Nortwest
George
Patton
Pas de Cilats
Ane
Prange
Ejpetie
Argentan
Gestapo Arrests Marshal Petain
Geneva dispatch reports Marshal Philippe Petain appears to have been arrested by German police Sunday morning at a hotel in Vietw. Advices from Vicky said Petain was taken into custody as part of wartime actions, with details limited and unclear from the sources.
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ANF Abioymyem Arene
Geneva
Marshal
Philippe Petain
Gaylapo
Vietw
Vicky
Sali
Ienehard Moenetrel
Porte Operes Sary
Athe Memnere
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Sandomierz
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Hunan
Fairhaven
U. 5
Old Somme
Croft
Mead Park
Tgananedl
Mithl
He Yilace
Lontion
India
Tie Wight
Hondon
Tasi
Fae
Romaniia
Lodzy
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Argentan- Falaise
Normaniy
Lodo
Romania
U. S
Patch
Gestapo
Marshal Petain
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