Jamestown Soldier Killed in Action in Belgium
Jamestown confirms another serviceman loss in Belgium. Glenn Earl Thompson of Jamestown served in the 101st Airborne Division and landed in Belgium on New Year’s Eve. He was fatally wounded eighteen days later, bringing local WW II fatalities to 87. The Post Journal notes 181 area residents killed in action and 267 wounded to date.
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Jamestown
Belgium
Glen Thompson
War Department
Glenn Earl Thompson
1Th Airborne Division
Thompson
Post-Journal
Bop
Warren Elks Honor Two Life Members After Forty Years
Two Warren Lodge No. 223 B P C officers presented life memberships to Dr D A Smith P E R and Marshall Parshall for forty years in the order at the annual exalted rulers night meeting. The event drew a large crowd.
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R. W. Norris Company, Inc
George C. Sarvis
Smith
Dr. Smith
Parshall
Big Three Meeting Underway in Russia
Washington foresees five possible Allied arrangements from the Moscow talks. Prolonged joint civil control after German occupation. broadened European advisory commission powers. periodic Allied foreign minister conferences with a secretariat. advisory commissions in liberated areas until elections. and rapid relief of suffering plus reestablished industrial conditions to revive economies.
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Russia
Washington
Germany
European Advisory Commission
Russians Span Oder Front East of Berlin War Update
Soviet forces pushed near the Oder east of Berlin as 6,000 Nazis died in ground clashes yesterday and 15,460 Germans were captured on the eastern front over Monday and Tuesday. Eight generals and four colonels were named among the prisoners. Russians seized more than 100 towns in Silesia while Breslau remained besieged. Zhukov’s right wing cut toward Stettin but Pyritz changed hands.
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Oder
Eastern Front
Silesia
Berlin
Moscow
Breslau
Zhukov
Stettin
Pyritz
Baltic
Dravo Shipyards to Cut Back Production Amid War Demand
Pittsburgh Feb 8 War Manpower Commission said over 5000 workers will be freed for critical war jobs via layoffs at Dravo Corp and American Bridge shipyards. Dravo to trim about 3000 to 12,000 employees by April 1, while Ambridge yard layoffs total about 2,500 between March 1 and May 1.
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War ‘Manpower Commission
Dravo Corp
American Bridge Company
Dravo
Bater
WMC
American Bridge
Ambridge
Botulism Linked to Spoiled Home Canned Foods
Botulism cases among animals and fowls have repeatedly occurred, usually traced to consuming spoiled home canned finds.
Two Westfield Residents Safe From Manila Camp
Alan B Cutting and his wife and infant son, former Westfield residents, believed freed by General MacArthur’s forces during the Santo Tomas camp’s capture in Manila. A family cablegram confirmed safety reaching relatives in Westfield and nearby Buffalo. Alan, a Philippines sales manager for Procter and Gamble, had lived in Manila six years before the fall.
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Alan B. Cutting
Minnie Cutting
Westfield
Westfield High School
Douglas MacArthur
Santo Tomas
Warren B. Cutting
Norwood Avenue
Buffalo
Philippines
Previer & Gamble
Chester Comstock
Hastings-on-Hudson
Guiling
Died in Buffalo Hospital Former Gerry Resident
Gerald Lutz, a retired Gerry resident and upholsterer, died last night at Meyer Memorial Hospital in Buffalo where he had been hospitalized since January 27. Born June 24, 1908, in Gerry, he worked in Buffalo and Jamestown furniture plants. He is survived by his mother Mrs. John Lutz, two brothers Louis and John Lutz, both in naval service, and three sisters Mrs. Harry Morris Mrs. Mildred Helman and Miss Marle, all of Gerry. Body to be brought home today with funeral announcements to follow.
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Gerry
Meyer Memorial Hospital
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Johm Lute
East Pleasant Street
Jamestown
Seaman
Louis Lutz
Pearl Harbor
John Lutz
Navy
South Pacific
Harry Morris
Mildred Helman
Marle
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