Stormbound City Reopens Schools as Roads Stay Blocked
Schools resume in Corry city with most pupils returning while St Edward’s remains closed. Bus service remains halted. West Ridge routes blocked. Police and fire crews work to open main streets, with limited progress on side streets. Route 8 is prioritized and Spartansburg highway work to begin, trains run near normal. Oil, bread supply disrupted. supply drops continue.
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Corry
St.Edward's
Clisses
Reeulve
Jess Attundancn
West Ridge
Greyhound
Meadville
Erie
Tilt Yond Express
Andrew Prulson
Corey
Stanford Hose
Amy
George Stowe
State Highway Department
Spartansburg
Clymer
Wattsburgh
New
Belle Valley
Pennsy
East Main Street
Renovo
Thousands Of Japs Drowned As Convoy Sunk Near Leyte
World War II dispatch from the Philippines reports a Japanese convoy of eleven ships with nine vessels sunk and thousands of Japanese troops drowned. MacArthur’s forces claim heavy losses for the enemy as they blasted ships with aircraft and night assaults, detailing damaged transports and patrols off northwest Leyte.
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Algennsted Fox
Fhve de
Axit-Shin
Montiny
Mowthwest
Leyte
Ambulance Stormbound On Trip To Hospital
James Dougherty of Erie was badly injured in an incident on Monday night and transported by Bracken Keating Ambulance to Hamel Hospital for treatment. Driver Steve Rograt faced a long delay as the stormbound highway between Waterford and Erie remained blocked by stalled trucks and cars. Officials in Erie attempted to clear the route, but the return trip to the city was repeatedly interrupted by further roadblocks.
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James Dougherty
Everning
Erle
Hamel Hospital
Fortune
Steve Rograt
Union City
Jay Sherman
Erie
Waterford
Oweviy
Wink Regrap
Hert
Pone
Hamel
Fos- Weal
Mam
Nils
Point Not
Tom Kearserge
Northbound PRR Train Returns for Detour
Pennsy train No. 914 from Pittsburgh to Buffalo was diverted after a freight derailment near Prospect station beyond Mayville. The early morning run was brought back to this city and held at Mayville while crews cleared the wreck, then detoured via Warren and Olen and did not reach Buffalo until late afternoon. The derailment's extent was not detailed, but officials expect continued line blockage today.
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Pennsy
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Prospect Station
Mayville
Warren
Olen
Reds tighten siege circle on Budapest amid Soviet advances
Moscow reports Red Army forces advancing from Godollo toward Budapest with artillery massing on northern and southern outskirts. Germans hold out in the city as fires rise. Godollo’s fall opens a gap north of the capital. Soviet communique notes German losses and village takings near the Slovakia border.
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Moscow
Buda
Godolly
Morthesst
Budapest
Iso
Sajoszentpeter
Miskolc
Slovakia
Taylor Heads State Senate By Associated Press
Harrisburg December 13 The Republican Senate majority chose M Harvey Taylor party chairman as president pro tempore for 1945 bypassing many veterans for his one term in office The move also re elected Weldon Heyburn as floor leader and kept Clarence Becker as party whip with Tallman re elected caucus chairman
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Taylor
Senate
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Republican Senate
M. Harvey Taylor
General Assembly
GOP
Weldon B. Heyburn
Delaware County
Clarence D. Becker
Lebanon
C. J. Tallman
Lehigh
Becker
Tallman
City Bond Total Grows by 4200 Credits to Local Club
War Finance Committee reports four thousand two hundred dollars added to the city bond total this noon. The amount is credited to the Tusilan American Club. Daily sales push the sixth coin grand total to 1,598,007.50 with today’s bond sales credited to the College Wontelv’s Club.
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War Finance Committee
Tisilan—American Club
Gollege Wontelv
Snow Storm Claims Eleven in Pennsylvania Across Regions
The winter blizzard left at least eleven dead across Pennsylvania as heavy snow and high winds halted travel. In Pittsburgh district six deaths were blamed on overexertion while shoveling snow. hunters were marooned in camps in Warren and Kane counties. roads and rail lines faced severe disruptions as crews struggled to clear jams and maintain service.
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Anabelated
Pennsylvania
Pittaburgl
Busute
Hayes T. Englert
Warren
Venaigo
Erie
Mercer
Crawford
Butler
Lawrence
Warren County
George Nortis
Tihe Kane
Clearfield Ates
Franklin
Butler Oil City
Pittsburgh
Iit
Clearfield
Pennuymtita Railroad
Tyrone-Grampian
Erwin
H. Woodring
Tyrone
Allied forces press east in dawn push toward Bonn and Siegfried Line
American First Army units surged from the Rhine toward Bonn and crossed the Siegfried Line area. Majority of action centered along the western front with rapid advances across the Roer and into Saarland as Third Army push continued. Multiple towns reported engagements, with German defenses crumbling under Allied assaults.
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Axseciated
Paris
U.S. First Army
Rhine
Bonn
Rot Testitleli
Dive
Airlaen
Olin
Daven
Westwen
Third Army
Siefried
Saarlandt
Roer
First
Derichweiler
Gey
Murlayeller
Slivers Mills Foutuy
U.S Seventh Army
Karlsruhe
Bernsruhe
Anchitiustrial
Saavland
Third
Freulictenn
Saarlautern
Couinter
Nooded Bars
Pupwing
Hubkirchen
Sunveenieminies
Nazis Plan Underground War After Collapse
Inside Germany information shows Adolf Hitler’s inner circle mapping five years of underground warfare against the Allies after Germany’s defeat. The plan, attributed to Heinrich Himmler, includes sabotage and guerrilla actions directed from a mountain HQ, partisan activity organized by districts, and propaganda campaigns by Nazi followers across Europe and beyond.
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Aesdorf
Germany
Arert Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Hitler
Europe
Sam J Irvine Named President of Aero Co
A meeting in New York yesterday elected Sam J Irvine as president of Aero Co with directors including L. Graham and Arthur Creighton attending. The article notes his prior roles and ties to Aero Supply and related firms, detailing corporate leadership transition and ongoing collaboration with other executives.
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Sam J. Irvine
Aero CO
Tvibie
Aero Supply Mig
Frank N. Ams
New York
Chix
Trvine
Grahim
Arthur Creighon
Aero
I A
Eberhied Airlines Prod Wess Company
Tinyton
Cony Organization
British Labor adopts call for immediate armistice
London reports show the Labour Party urging government action toward an immediate armistice in Greene while avoiding explicit criticism of Prime Minister Churchi's intervention policy. Bombers raid Baxen and other targets. Allied air forces strike with numerous aircraft. Soviet lines and Allied gains update from Rome fronts with new riverfront fortifications.
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Associated Press
London
Britis Labor Party
Greene
Chruchi
Greek Rebels Debate British Cease Fire Terms in Athens
ELAS troops pressed attacks in central Athens despite British calls for an immediate cease-fire. A British communique reported reinforcements and some progress against ELAS in Piraeus and central areas as Maj Gen Scobie presented terms demanding ELAS lay down arms in Attica and obey British orders nationwide. The report notes potential political shifts as ELAS leaders questioned Premier Papandreou.
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Assue Aing Press
Athens
ELAS
Titsis
Piraeus
Ronald M. Sopbie
Greece
George Papandreou
Scobie
Miltines Porphyrogens
EAM
Nations Liberation Front
Papendreou
Attics
Corry Soldier Rescued by French After Downing
A Corry resident recounts a World War II rescue in which a U.S. prisoner of war was saved by French forces after his plane was shot down. The report notes exchanges and efforts to release 17 American POWs and mentions individuals including Alan Foster of West Main and Andrew Stuka of Swayerville, with details of the mid war prisoner exchanges and the crash site near Nozay.
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Pve
Odect Hiummbalm
Tepoyzne
Alhauetials
Amessaur
Mixsible
Alan Foster
West Main
Byer Muanes
NOZAY
Li Rochelle
Wiehb
Levi
Thaly
Hyinn
Ray Tio
Eboult
Robert Alusllehowm
West Mull Street
Corry
Germin Captai
Phyl Kvelphia
Beam
Andrew Stuka
Warsaw Istreet
Swayerville
Basls
Allied Big Three Conference Hopes Rise In London
Dec 13 report from London says President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and possibly Marshal Stalin likely to meet soon. Wary of delaying and fears over security but British press long urged a trilateral summit. Diplomats question timing and safety amid wartime tensions and German threats.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
London
Ministe
Marshal Stalin
Britain
Anthony Eden
Bombers strike Nagoya in large Allied air raid
American Superfortresses bombed Nagoya Japan's third largest city in broad daylight raids. The Navy radio report describes massive air power and heavy bombing concentrating on industrial and urban targets southwest of Tokyo with continued coverage expected on Page Two.
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Nagoya
Japan
Tokyo
Honshu
Associated
Hrens
Saipan
Navy
Appromatia Naweyn
Nisroy
Wiverstt Syiel Aleeratt
Pau
Nebh
Witleipal Agricultura
Nusaya
Tokyn Usito
Ome
Amin
Ratel
Honehw
Oday
Voufiering Ua
Fedeval Communications Commission
Hainpreter
Tneer
Lipa
Wounded soldier PFC Flanders listed in telegram
A telegram to Mrs. Ruth G. Flanders reports that her husband Pfc Walter E. Flanders of the 5th Infantry was slightly wounded in Germany on November 29. This is his second wound after being missing in action in August. he later recovered in England and earned the Purple Heart.
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Adjutant General's Office
Ruth G. Flanders
East Congress Street
Pfc
Walter E. Flanders
Germany
Pfo. Flanders
Wilh
Sth
Belgium
England
St Lo
France
Pfe
Flanders
Aero Supply
Plan
Pte
Ateiy
Shelby
Miss
Graces
Mry
Mia
Vernon Flanders
Jolmsonbore
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Barking
Sati Uavon
Closseoyryyi
Lone McMineig
Willy Hye
Hamet
PRR
Buffalo Run
Olean
Godollo
Philadelphia
Cahrine Scott
Fifth Panzer Army
Duren
Patton
Saarland
Beneramiankges
Mir
Ames
Graham
Ater
Cory
Dee
Wight
Baxen
Kearny Ate
Raseneid
Nomby
Lanse
Rome
Lamone
Paci
Alliott
Ueannus
Treasury
Washington
The
Pvt
Robert Stufflebeam
Purure
Battle of
St. Lo
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