Churchill Says Hitler Purge Spreads To Full Revolution
Churchill asserts Hitlerite purges are widening into a revolution as Nazi Gestapo crackdowns extend from the army to front nations. Reports from Prague claim eight eastern front commanders were arrested or removed, with Kesselring seized in Italy and executions possible. Churchill, back in Britain after Normandy duties, briefed on the crisis as Germany, France, and possibly Italy feel the purge’s reach.
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Associated Press
London
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Prahee
Adolf Hitler
Germany
France
Eastern Front
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Geb
Johannes Blaskowita
Bordentis
Hitler
Blaskowita
Churchill
Brilgig
Normandy Front
Gereman
Rap
Fropee Seaterdiy
Derailment blocks P R R traffic in city yards
A single westbound freight car derailed in the east end yards yesterday afternoon on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Damage was not extensive, but freight and passenger schedules faced delays as crews cleared the wreck. The cause remained undetermined and one track point suffered a draft. The wrecking train arrived and work began, blocking No. 80 and delaying No. 97% into the night.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
East End Yards
Howard Tannery
Avenue A
Spring Creek
Yanks Invade Tinian and Guam in Pacific Push
Allied forces landed on Tinian and Guam as part of a broad Pacific campaign. Marines and infantry hit northern and southern shores, isolating key positions while air and artillery pressure increased. US divisions, supported by naval bombardment, pressed inland as operations continued in the Marianas.
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Associated Press
Tupail
Marianas
Nippon
Tindu Wes
Suniday
Guam
Quam
Aulfield
Adm
Ghester Nimitz
Jand
Port Apr
Tinlun
Saipan
Japan
Superintendent Dewey Attends Postwar State College Meet
Superintendent of Schools Dewey travels to State College for a wartime conference of state school executives. Floyd Preiz accompanies him from Bradford. The annual event focuses on postwar changes in curricula and district planning with guidance from Department of Public Instruction officials. The Corry Board seeks actionable ideas for local postwar programs.
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Reibi
Dewey
Shale College
School of Education
Floyd Preiz
Bradford
Scholes
Department of Pubic Instruction
Harrisbore
Corry Board of Education
Tocal Distriet
OPA raises butter points to 16 under ration plan
Washington July 24 housewives face four extra ration points per pound of creamery butter as OPA raises value to 18 points to curb civilian demand. Farm and processed butter stay at eight and four points respectively while creamery butter usage exceeds July allocation by about 20 percent. OPA also sets lower prices on many war products and hints at gasoline and other shortages affecting consumers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Prine Administration
OPA
Starket
Beximine
Molris
Tllea Els
Bombers Crash at Spokane War Show Killing Four
A crowd of about 100000 watched two attack bombers collide during a Spokane war show. The aircraft, part of the Spokane Air Service Command Stay-On-The-Job program, fell in flames. Four men were killed and the event continued after a delay.
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Wyasaulaien Rede
Spokane
Wash
Navy
Aelldivers
Spokane Air Service Command
RAF Night Bombers Hit Kiel Naval Base
July 24 a large RAF bomber force dropped well over 2800 tons of high explosives on Kiel as Allied aircraft pounded across Europe from the Baltic to Bucharest. German reports claim heavy attacks over southwest Germany and Bavaria while remnant raids targeted Danges and northern France. Mosquito squadrons attacked Berlin with large bombs in daytime and night sorties continued to aid Allied ground forces.
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Associated Press
London
Kiel
Europe
Baltic
Bucharest
Reich
Germany
Bavaria
Thaly
Britain
RAP
Danges
St. Nadare
France
Berlin
Olsnes
Allied Drive In Normandy Intensifies As Forces Mass
Supreme Headquarters reports huge Allied and German concentrations facing off on the Normandy front as fighting sharpens. Omar Bradley’s forces advance toward Periers while German counterattacks reclaim Seves. Caen area sees renewed actions near Maltot and Bravaux. Casualty figures show 156,000 Germans killed or captured, with 60,958 prisoners taken and 8,094 buried. American gains remain within two miles of Periers. Gen Josef Dietrich identified as chief of the 5th SS Panzer Corps, a veteran of the Balkan campaign, linked to Hitler’s purge and Kharkov accusations. Russians label him a war criminal.
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Associated Press
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Tittle Leves
Periers
Seves
Perfers
Caen
Maltot
Bravaux
Emireville
Paris
Troarn
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Josef Dietrich
Mi SS
Panzer Corps
Munich
Balkan
Kharkov
Commander Walling Appeals Corry Workers on Navy Orders
Commander R G Walling of this city, in charge of naval production, broadcast Ralph A Bard s appeal urging Corry workers to stay on the job amid peace rumors. He cites heavy demand from the Navy and notes production will rise in 1945 while a shortage of about thirty thousand workers persists on the Pacific coast. The war will end only with Japan s defeat.
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Navy
R. G. Walling
Ralph A. Bard
Index
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Purana Walline
Joyo
Eine Aval
Pacific
Europe
Sapam
Moose Charter Emerges In 340 Members At State Armory
The Moose organization opened with 340 charter members far exceeding estimates, forming Corry Lodge No. 98 at the State Armory. Officers and visiting members from Warren, Kane, Titusville, and nearby towns attended as J. Stehr and other leaders outlined plans and installed officers.
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Earry
Cory Dydge
Moose
State
Lorie
Fw. Pierotti
Kane
James Schouten
Order
Mouseheart
Corry
No. 98
Laval Order of Méare
Walter Wisin
Warren Jodre
Secuhary
Tudge Eevee
Mare
Fepler
MHP Mass
Danny Quinn
Atihe
Garry
Iil
Frank E. Tepler
Worth Hammond
J. F. Needham
Arthur Cochran
Frank
Pittsburgh
Walter Kiser
Warren
Indge
Corry Lodee
Merle Claris
Mooseheart
Worl
Corny
City
Titusville
Warren BrxAford
Johnsonboys
Merzer
Jamestown
Mills Robbery Pair Sentences At Western Penitentiary
Erie reports say Clark Campbell aged 30 and Clay Campbell aged 34 pleaded guilty to multiple mill robberies and offices in the district. Campbell and accomplices were sentenced to serve terms at Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh, with others awaiting guilty pleas. Authorities linked a string of robberies across Mills and North East areas during a several week period.
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Erie
Clark Campbell
Tis Yeas
Western Penitentiary
Sentengudl
Erie County
Anil
Dbtrict
Joseph Mui
Elmer Evans
Leon
Losis
Pittsburgh
Aon
D. Apvesti
Yeny
Maudie
Spartansburg
Lieshi
Glider Pilot Killed in Private Plane Crash
Leechburg Pennsylvania July 24 an army glider pilot home on leave suffered fatal injuries when a private plane he was in crashed on a farm near here. Flight Officer William Staymates of Turtle Creek identified by the Army Transport Command as the pilot. Charles Bellon of Pittsburgh a passenger suffered injuries. The plane’s propeller fell apart causing the ship to spin out of control.
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Associated Press
Leechburg
Here
Yester
Army Transport Command
Flight
William Ms. Staymates
Turtle Creek
Charles Bellon
Pitentrn
ATC
Karloff Resting Comfortably After Spine Operation
Horror icon Boris Karloff lies resting in Good Samaritan Hospital awaiting spinal surgery to ease arthritic pain that plagued him for years. Attendants say he is resting comfortably as doctors prepare for the procedure.
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Hollywood
Boris Karloff
Semeritan Hospital
Ody
Fifth Army Holds Southern Pisa As Arno Push Continues
American forces of the Fifth Army secure the southern district of historic Pisa while other units clear enemy positions on the northern Arno banks from the sea to near Empoli. Advance columns push from Poggi Bonsi toward Florence as counterattacks form along the San Miniato area and south Arno fronts.
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San Miniato
Associated Press Home
Fifth Army
Pisa
Arno River
Empoli
Popgibonsi
Florence
Arno Conn
Cascina
San Miniaso
Ponte O Bvala
Sin Jomo
Angelica
Tewuca del Tombolo
Marina di Pisa
Anna
Sar Miniato
Arno
Aesnay
Seca
Sixth Victim Dies After Bomber Crash in New York State
Six victim bomber crash tragedy widens as sixth fatality listed as Stantey from Martinsburg West Virginia. Names Judy and Blackville region linked. Sainty died Sunday at Jamestown General Hospital New York. Official notice released by Lt. Col. R. Young at Topeka Army Air Field Kansas confirming base operation.
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Haralt Ty Stenney
Martinsburg
W Va
Catlier
William ML Stan Uy
Diet
Jamestown
N. Y
Blackville
Panama
Ashville
Stantey
Gol. R. Young
Topeka Army Air Field
Topeka
Karsna
Deer carcass found under bridge near Hare Creek
Carcass found hanging from a bridge over Hare Creek near Sample Plats roul bridge. Police and district game wardens notified. Suspect killed deer out of season and concealed hind quarters and remaining meat under the bridge. Local authorities investigating the incident.
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City Perry
Hare Creek
German generals deaths and Nazi military reforms tale
Bulletin from London and Manila reports indicate German field marshal figures killed in Thursday’s blast at Hitler’s headquarters with Meinu Brandt also mortally wounded. Tokyo dispatch names Abe as governor general and Koiso Japanese premier. British radios note mobilization as robot attacks persist and Nazi troops are urged to salute the party.
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Vy Associated Press
London
Bertin
Guenther Korte
Air Force
Hitler
Meinu Brandt
Stam
Tokyo
Tae
Nobuyuki Abe
Kuniaki Koixo
Prems Abe Das
Nanking
Pheasants Arrive For Corry Gun Club Release Plan
The Corry Bird and Gun Club received 290 six week old ringneck pheasants from the State Game Commission farm at New Castle. Birds were transported in crates holding fourteen each and placed in Mead Park dens for daily care. Some will be released locally this Fall and the rest in spring.
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Corry
Nazis in full retreat along 150 mile front
London reports from July 24 that German radio acknowledged Russian advances within 50 miles of Warsaw as Nazi forces retreat along a 150 mile front through Poland. Siedice and Jaroslaw fall, Lwow and Lublin become battle zones, Brest Litovsk bypassed, and German generals cited killed on the Lithuanian front.
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London
Warsaw
Siedice
Joruslaw
Berlin
Nagidem
Lwow Choy
Liklin
Poland
Ural
Lwow
Brest Litovsk
Stalingrads
Kaunas
Lithuania
Prats
Scheller
von. Treschov
Wellon
Indemian
Doidler
Under 26 Men to Fill Army Needs
Washington reports that the selective service system can likely fill most needs with men under 26. The House Military Affairs Committee said induction and deferment policies will continue, noting the national pool stood at about 222 million on July 1 and that about 10.25 million had served or were in the armed forces.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
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Kessling
Tamintale
Uel
Navy
White
Bebe
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