Reds Near Galati Gap Deepen Romania Push
Soviet forces slashed deeper into Romania nearing the Galati Gap as 47,000 prisoners were taken in five days. Red armies advanced within 35 miles of Danube gateways to Bucharest and Ploesti, with hundreds of towns liberated and 25,000 German and Romanian prisoners captured in a single day. The dispatch notes proximity to Ploesti and Bucharest, while promising liquidation of German forces before any armistice and pledging no annexation of Romanian territory.
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Galati
Danube
Bucharest
Ploesti
Associated Press
Moscow
Romania
Gravelinis
Gel
Rodi
Malinavaky
Peedyr Turbu
Milas
Chisinau
Vcishinov
Red Army
Dispatches
Water main upgrade completed on Second Avenue corridor
Corry Water Supply Company reports completion of a six inch water main on Second Avenue linking to the Pleasant Street feeder and main fire protection line. The upgrade serves Aero Supply Manufacturing and Climax Plant areas, boosting two way hydrant pressure while signaling further local service connections and trench work to tie individual lines.
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Corry
Lisew
Segond Avene
Second Avenue
Pleasant Street
Aero Supply Manufacturing Company
Baldwin Constriction Company
First Avenue
FDR Names Krug to Wilsons War Production Board
In Washington Aug 25 Associated Press reports President Roosevelt seeks stable WPB leadership after Wilson resigns amid controversy over trucks on film. Dono Nelson plans to appoint J A Brus as acting chair during transition as Krug, former TVA power manager, is named to WPB post. Senate and public critics address rumors of discord between Nelson and Wilson.
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Associated Press
Washington
Doniatd M. Nelson
OWA
Ohio
Witnorsky
Charles J. Wilson
Ronsevelt
J. A. Brus
Nelson
Tiusten
Krug
TVA Power
White House
Wilson
Sla
Wilon
Laphony
Lola
Casualties Reported in 12th Pro Co A in Heavy Action
Madelein Conttin learns her husband Star Sgt Clarence Conklin was wounded in France. he joined the service February 1947 and served with Company A of Warren before moving to the 12th Regiment. Reports indicate the unit has been in action in France for weeks under its regimental designation with several transfers from Camp Livingston.
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Madeleine Contttin
Fourth Avenue
Clarence Conklin
France
SNC
Conklin
Hervice
12Th
National Guard
Company. 1
Warren
Jef
Mr. Schell
Aero Plant
Iantowi Gan
Camp Livingston
Company Acand
Company A
Ait
Arnold Moore
Olin Moore
Fist
Corry Company
Frank Defury
Nune
Corry
York High Grid Coach Killed in Crossing Crash
Edward Wosanifel head football coach at Yorke William Penh Senior High School was killed when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train near Goldsboro. His wife and daughter were seriously injured. Wosanifel came to York from Altoona after coaching there and at Gettysburg College.
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Fay Pannurrale
Res
York
Edward
Snaps) Wosanifel
Yorke William Penh
A. Pennsylvania
Goldsboro
Emanuel
Emanuele
Irene Joy
Yorke Hospital
Ermnuel
Altoona
Fhem Gettysburg College
Bombers sweep German targets as Peenemunde glimpsed
Associated Press reports 4100 American heavy bombers escorted by fighters hit north German objectives including Peenemunde on the Baltic near Berlin. The raid follows Allied advances near Marseilles with heavy losses for Axis and the capture of German generals and prisoners in the past 72 hours. France’s Lyon is reportedly entered by French interior forces as part of a Rhone valley push.
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Associated Tess
London
Peenemunderyperimental Station
Berlie
Peenemunde Hes
Baltic
Berlin
Interior
Lyon
France
Rhone
PFE
Coal Miners Await WLB Order in Pittsburgh Battle
Western Pennsylvania coal miners await a War Labor Board directive on a supervisory dispute fueling walkouts among 5,648 workers. The WLB summoned John McAlpine of District 50 United Mine Workers and union reps to a Monday hearing as possible production cuts of up to 80 percent loom across bituminous fields in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky before nationwide votes at 69 mines.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
WLB
John McAlpine
United Clerical
District 50
United Mine Workers
McAlpine
District 50 Union
West Virginia
Kentucky
Stilwell Reports 42000 Japanese Killed in Burma
The report cites Allied claims of heavy Japanese losses in Burma and Southeast Asia, with Stilwell tallying 42000 Japanese killed during Burma operations and Indian border fighting. Tokyo radio notes a new landing near the Philippines and raids on Sumatra as Allied forces push in the Pacific. Mountbatten proposes new Asian offensives while Nimitz and MacArthur coordinate air and sea strikes on key targets.
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Casvier
Sumatra
East Indies
Pacific
London
Japan
Southeast Asia
Louis Mountbatten
East Asia
Britain
Brice Fraser
Ceylon
Eastern Re
James Somerville
Prater
Mapia
St. David
Tokva
Munokwari
New Guinea
Palau
Philippines
Halmihera
Tokyo
Sabang
Singapore
Joseph Stilwell
Burma
Halmahera
Gen. Macarthur
Adm
Nimitz
Paramushiro
Hankow-Canton
Mountbatten
Asia
Stilwell
Bay of Bengal
Allied air offensive hits targets from Baltic to Balkans
British and Italian bombers continued a sweeping daylight and night campaign against oil and industrial targets in France Belgium and nearby regions. Allied forces claimed several enemy vehicles destroyed including trains at Gournay station as raids extended from the Baltic to the Balkans with follow up daylight actions reported.
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London
Belgium
Britain
Italy
Baltic
Balkans
Paris
Dieppe
Gournay
Allied Troops Are In Paris Bruce Pleads Guilty In Corry Thefts
Bruce Pleads guilty in county court to five counts including two Corry robberies and three houseboat burglaries on the Erie waterfront. Judge Evans sentenced him to 2½ to 5 years per count, with concurrent terms averaging a single 2½ to 5 year sentence. The case highlighted police work on the Bennett garage thefts and the recovered diamond ring swallowed by the suspect. Remaining Corry cases slated for grand jury consideration next week include Willett feaudulences, Willet obstruction, Stye assault and battery, Ploss and Adams assault, and McFarland trial notes. Dr Frederick Koenle of Jamestown fined $100 for driving while intoxicated.
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J Edward
Baby Pace Brice
Ehic
Ise
Hillstrom
Dh, G. &, Bennett
Bhner Evans
Wis
Bruce
Erie
Bruce Plene
Alfie
Bennett
Ucens
Bermett
Kelly
Corry
Wutherine Willett
Willy
W Fing
Walter Fills
Harold
Victor Stye
Usp Ploss
John Adams
Mui
Jerome McPfarland
Frederick Koenle
Jamnestown
House Leader Says Army Expects War's End Oct Ist
Washington August 25 Chair Woodrum said the Army tentatively expects the war to end by October 1 as the Pacific theater remains the focus. He noted administration comments on the Navy’s ships and slipping schedules amid continuing Allied and Japanese actions. He added plans for a sustained push toward victory with a broad building program continuing through 1945.
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Associated Fess
Washington
Ang
Mon Woodiy
Weihlist Garmany
Reno
F. Trish
Navy
Pacific
Woodrum
District reports 1587 sent into service in Erie County No 3
Union City draft board notes 1587 men in the district were sent into service since the war began and the system was set up. About 102 men have returned home with honorable discharges from the Army or Navy. casualties are not included in this figure. The Erie County No 3 district total registered is 1687 men through the selective service system.
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Union City-Corry
Union City
Army
NaVy
HRW
Toois
Hiab
Erie Colinty No. 3
State Whisky Sales Decline Sharply in Ration Periods
Pennsylvania liquor statistics show a steep drop in whisky purchases across rationing periods. In the six weeks ending August 18, purchases fell by about 50 percent from the prior periods, with 1,800,265 Pennsylvanians buying whisky versus 3,016,150 in the first period last December. The number of new buyers also reached a low, while allotments and consumption remained tightly controlled under rationing rules.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Toconl
Italy Liquor Control Bosra
Bowsd
Mearshem
Likenere
Roosevelt Confirms Private Contact With Willkie
President Roosevelt stated he had been in private contact with Wendell Willkie but knew of no plans for an immediate meeting with the 1940 Republican nominee. A reporter pressed for details, and Roosevelt suggested no further private talks were planned, though he noted a possible future encounter with his former foe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Svm
Willide
Will
Bith Quilting
Panther rumor: panther shot near Angola report
A traveling man brought word to Clymer that the panther sighted weeks ago in the Clymer French Creek and Corry area and later near Fredonis had been shot last night near Angola. Attempts to verify with Jamestown were unsuccessful.
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Clymer
French Creek
Corry
Fredonis
Angola
Jamestown
County Sends $500 To Corry Hospital Directors
Erie County commissioners announced receipt of a $500 check from county funds to Corry Hospital. The donation fulfills a prior assurance that at least this amount would be granted to the Corry Hospital by the Erie County Transnational District for the current year.
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Corry Hospital Association
Erie County
Erie County Tnsiaitional District
Assurauers
Corry Hoxipith
Child Found Hurt By Hit And Run Driver
An infant son of Mrs. Joseph Baresi was badly bruised yesterday on Fourth Avenue in a hit and run incident. The driver, identified as a dark colored civic, fled the scene while the child and mother yet to confirm if the child ran into the street or was struck. Police seek the driver and full facts of the crash.
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Joseph Baressi
Fourth Avenue
Joseph Baresi
Romania Declares War as Bucharest Bombed by Germans
New York August 25 Cairo radio reported Romania had declared war on Germany and that German planes heavily bombed Bucharest. The FCG recorded the broadcast, though other sources had not yet confirmed the claim.
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Romania
Bucharest
New York
Cairo
FCG
Churchill Leaves Rome After Private Audience With Pope
Prime Minister Churchill met the Pope in Rome for a 34 minute private audience on August 25. The Vatican brief noted discussions touched on essential questions of the present hour. Churchill’s visit occurred amid papal splendor and formal ceremony.
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Rome
Churchill
Willy Fone
Valican
Fuld
Papal Court
Fighting Continues Across Paris and Marseille Battlefronts
Allied reports say French second armored division moved toward Paris center as fighting rages in Paris and around the capital. Detachments under General De Gaulle penetrate toward the city while German forces attempt a last-ditch retreat across the Seine near Austerlitz and the surrounding area.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine
Tronl Dleparthes
Billigre
Germans Swing Back To Marne In Major Front
Allied forces press the Germans from the Somme to the Seine as Canadian units advance toward Le Havre and Paris. Paris outskirts were entered by the Second French Armored Division around 2:30 AM amid fading enemy resistance. Allied push threatens to seal the pocket 20 miles long and 15 miles wide as German retreat continues toward the Seine.
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Marne
Associated Press Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Atiz
Guenther von Kluge
Somme
Mure
Channel
Paris
Selle
Hondeur
Seine Bay
le Havre
Seine
Saiki
Jamnad
Poscession
Supreme Command
George 8. Pateon
Parix
Montargis
Dave Ries
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Tokyo Radio
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Evans
Admini Irish
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Te Dalure
Patton
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Corry-Union City
Pope
Toulon
Briy
Jacques de Clerc
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Eisenhower
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