West Front Push Gains Proportion Of Major Attack
Allied troops push along the Roer river headwaters and breach Siegfried defenses as First and Third Armies advance toward Schmidt and Pruem. Patton fortifies new invasion positions while other columns strike north of the Schwammenauel reservoir and across the Roer dam region.
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West Front
Prens
Paris
First Army
Bloody Schmidt
Roer River
Third Army
Qwall Tapther
Fins
Pruem
Amerikan First Army
Roet
Aren
Amerigam
Eifel
West Wall
Berlin
Roers
U 5
Seventh Army
Saartromt
Courtney “H. Hodges
Siegfried Line
Roer
Sis
Ormsbee Road Opened After Snow by Concord Highway Crew
Concord township from Darrow's Hem to Hemlock school the Ormsbee road was opened by State Highway Department workers using a caterpillar tractor plow. They also cleared the route over Nash Hill to Cottage Hill Church and down Oxbow Hill. Crews focused on Lindsey Hollow road, aiming to keep farms accessible amid heavy snowfall. progress reported on national roads in the district.
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Ormsbee Road
Nash and
Oxbow Hills
Concord Township
State Highway Department
Darrow
Hemtock
Nso
Nast Hill
Cottage Hill
Lindsey Hollow
Leo Mediate Iubire
Highway Department
Moenerti Wayne
Pasig River Front Line In Fighting
Associated Press reports fierce fighting along the Pasig River in Manila as Japanese resistance debuts and Allied forces push toward the city center. U S troops secure areas north of the river while heavy shelling and bridge destruction hinder river crossings. Internees at Santo Tomas endure bombardment as combat rages in surrounding districts.
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Associated Press
Manila
Fev
Pasig
Ody
Hemoli Jon
Santo Tomas University
Beng
Escalta
U. S
Ttd Airborne Division
Auburban Pasig
Manila Bary
Carpegidor
Abiet
Ican
Steal
Rev Fr Walsh Dies At Meadville
The Rev Fr John F Walsh, 48, pastor of St Stephen's Catholic Church Otley and a familiar figure in the Breviocese, died at Meadville Hospital after a heart attack last week. Ordained December 18 1921 at Erie, he served at St Andrews Erie St Columba Calumet Stonehorn Help of Christians City and Immaculate Conception Osceola Mills and returned to Os City in 1941 to lead St Stephen's parish.
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Vibbi Ay
Eeys
Iain F. Walsh
St. Stephen's Catholic Church
Otly
Meadville Bospital
Tofiay
Father Walsh
Erie
Johh Mark Gannon
St. Andrews
Eris
St Colimbkille’s
Btonehorn
Help of Christian Church
6 City
Immaculate Conception Church
Osceola Mills
OM City
St. Stephen's
Beginning of New Era in Foreign Policy
Washington February 8 Big Three plan for joint political action in Europe will mark a new period in U S foreign policy The plans are being worked out by President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin at a historic conference believed half finished somewhere near the Black Sea area The meeting reportedly may be on Russian soil with discussions continuing to shape European settlements and engage American participation
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John M. Wightower
Washington
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
Chiurchill
Statin
Black Sea
Roosevel
Churchill
Stalin
Poorly Guarded Big Three Meeting Revealed
Reporters noted the Big Three leaders Roosevelt Chamberlain and Stalin met in a high profile conference amid strict censorship. Legislators welcomed the talks and anticipated a formal report on outcomes after the leaders return. Censorship limited coverage despite widespread European speculation on preliminaries.
Anglo Soviet talks agree on joint operations to end war in Europe
A joint announcement from London Moscow and Washington states military talks led to complete agreement on joint Anglo Soviet American army operations in the final phase against Germany. Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill also tackled issues for securing peace, occupation plans for Germany, governance of liberated Europe, and a world organization to maintain peace, with further discussion anticipated on Yugoslavia Poland Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.
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Stalin
Germany
London
Moscow
White House
Ag Cook
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Yugoslavia
Poland
Ily
Greece
Pittsburgh Weatherman Optimistic But Flood Fears Rise
The Pittsburgh weather bureau foresees limited melt this week but state officials fear floods. Five inches of unmelting snow over watersheds, plus bitter cold, prompted emergency measures. Vaccines and civil defense units mobilized. evacuations advised along Susquehanna and nearby rivers.
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Pittsburgh
W. & Brotzman
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Brolémay
Missing Jamestown Woman Sparks Wide Search
Mrs Catherine Glark aged 20 vanished from her Jamestown home more than two months ago leaving a seven year old daughter. Police report she has not appeared at her mother's West Spring Creek home or a cousin's in the area and local rumors place the daughter with relatives while the mother may have found work near Fredonia or Dunkirk.
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Catherine Glark
Jamestown More Ther
Corry
Spring Creek
Jamestown
Fredonia
Dunkirk
SEEK WOMAN MISSING FROM NORTH EAST POLICE APPEAL
Mrs Dorothy Rychecks, a North East housewife, has been missing since last Friday from her R D 3 home near North East. Police teletype and local authorities seek information on her whereabouts. Husband John Pycheck says she had about $650 visible in her handbag but offers no reason for her disappearance after several days. He checked relatives in nearby towns and wrote to police after not finding her.
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Dorothy Rychecks
North East
Informaton
John Pycheck
North East Borough
Rycheck
Reli Lives
Vets Offer Bonds To First Members In Berlin Tokyo
ArchWy Thompson Post veterans voted to give $100 war bonds to the first Corry post members who reach Berlin or Tokyo after the Axis capitals fall. Corry post has over 100 members in service in Europe and the Pacific. The offer runs 45 days after official announcements.
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Berlin-Tokyo
Archie ‘Wy Thompson
Corry Post
Bevjiry
Tokyo
Cory Post
Europe
Pacifie Theater
Berlin
Benin
Big Three agree on complete military unity for war end
London and Moscow dispatches report the Big Three agree on a complete military agreement aiming to hasten Nazi defeat. Press notes the leaders will meet on Russian soil with announcements in Washington and London delaying public comment. RAF bombers strike at enemy shelters while caution signals rise over the Europe war outlook.
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Associated Press
London
Teday
Toosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Raf Tancasters
Jmuiden
Hulland
North Sea
Penny clears 200 cars near city in coal shortage effort
The Pennsylvania Railroad moved a camp train from Erie to Carry yards and a chartered bus from Oil City to transport laborers to Childs siding north of Corry. Empty gondola cars snowbound for weeks are being shoveled free to restore use for Buffalo and Pittsburgh division freight. Labor force from Pittsburgh operates in Erie yards and at Childs siding amid coal mine car shortages.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Oil City
Childs’ Siding
Corry
Childs
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Pennsy
Will Prosecute Driver Of Auto Striking Boys
Archie Powers of East Columbus Avenue faces a reckless driving charge after a serious crash on North Center Street that injured 15 year old James Davis and his younger brother Richard. Police say witnesses contradict Powers account that the boys darted from between parked cars. Officers collected measurements and prepared full reports as the case moved toward service on Powers.
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Archie Powers
East Columbus Avenue
Nori Gentwr Street
James Davis
Richard
John D. Flanigan
Kelly
Powers
Triforma
Hon
Hay
Corry Hospital
North Center Street
Nazi Soldier Becomes Human Booby Trap Victim
Temple Texas February 8. Private William H Edwards had his right foot blown off by a mine and later described how Germans wired explosives to his body while he lay helpless. He said rescuers were shot at and that the Germans refused water, then rigged him with multiple cigarette packages to guard the charge before moving him.
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Temple
Tex
William H. Edwards
Edwards
McCloskey General Hospital
Yunus
Mel
Breslau Under Soviet Siege by Heavy Artillery
Berlin reports say Soviet artillery hammered the western Oder front and forged bridgeheads near Berlin as Russian forces push toward the capital. Moscow confirms gains east of the Oder while German lines falter. evacuation traffic snarls roads south and west of Berlin amidst advancing fronts.
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Breslau
London
Berlin
Sali Marshal Stalin
Matibor
Silesia
Gruenberg
Frankfort
Moscow
Heinrich Himmler
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Kuestrin
Stettit
Oamereka
Nndia
Flissians
Hod
Ratetrin
Maxie
Frankfurt
Darinvorst
Redlo
Berlin-Kusstrin
Gregory Fi Zhakovs
Oderani
Fifth Army Drive Stalled In Italy
Fifth Army advance in Italy halted as Allied forces face strong enemy positions in the Apennines near Bologna. Weather and rugged terrain slowed progress while high command reassessed tactics and supply lines amid ongoing combat in the mountain front.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Rome
Tie Mountains
Bolognia
Audtien
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Pruiem
Patton
Concord
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Heart of Manila
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Meadville
Sinatra
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Fdr
Boswell
Somerset County
Pernsylvania
Philadelphia
Rgpuyest
Pillsburg
Pennsylvania Health Department
Lancaster
Coast Guard
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T.atea
Guy Ueavy
Delaware
Setuylkil
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Allegheny
TLS. Army Engineers Office
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Blacks Sea
Anpan
Philippines
Domei News
Jagan
MacArthur
Tokye
British Foreign Office
Arime
Thouse
Chunghing
Heb
Albert
Wedemeyer
Dion Island
China
Senate Military Committee
O'Mahoney
Penny
Will
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