Odessa Evacuated by Germans Sharpens War Prospects
The report from Berlin that Odessa has fallen under Soviet control signals a major shift for Axis supply routes in the Crimean peninsula. As the Crimean fortress weakens, Soviet forces could reopen Sevastopol and threaten Romanian and Bulgarian coasts, widening Red operations. In Algiers, De Gaulle and Giraud clash over command, foreshadowing postwar France. Hull asserts Unfettered Allied authority for Eisenhower and endorses the French Committee of National Liberation as a leadership body, while leaving ultimate constitutional choices to the French people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Odessa
Black Sea
Berlin
Crimean Peninsula
Russia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Crimea
Sevastopol
Red Command
Cordell Hull
Europe
France
Algiers
Charles, de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Army Command
Giraud
Thys
Eisenhow
Hull
Committee of National Liberation
Sforts
Liberation Committee
JAPS IN INDIA AND CHINDWIN VALLEYS STRATEGY OUTLINED
Military emphasis on holding the mphalt plain to block Japanese blows north and west into India. Plans to retain roads for strikes in the Mogaung Valley, Burma. Brig Gen Frank Merrill’s Marauders reportedly trapped Japanese troops, aiding a rescue column arriving after an eight day fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chindwin
India
Mogaung
Burma
Get. Frank Merrill
New Citizens Admitted in Naturalization Court Race Gentry
List of individuals admitted as new citizens in naturalization court last Wed and Thurs with examiner Stamper of Pittsburgh and Judge Creps presiding. Names span towns such as Dilltown Blairsville Homer City Blairsville Rossiter and more, with dates April 5 and 6 and numerous places including Meintyre Ind Indiana Heilwood and Clymer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChrisUne Neuse
Blairsville
Angelina Remoll
Meintyre
Gusepina Curatti Blacklick
Elizabeth Bottegal
Heshbon
Antonio Bungsaree
Heilwood
Harry Magalich
Luckport
Alvin Girolami
Dilligwa
Mary Serray
Clymer
Alessandrina Calabrese
Ite
Abn
Marie di Stanislaw
Lic
Vincenza Stasio
Mihaly Reba
Bolts
Steve Mroain Kent
Pasiente Rupi Indiana
Josephine Fay Butogaa
Dili
Bambina D'Attilio
Antonia di Vencenzo
Blairsy
Maria di Nardo
Creekside
Elisa Ghiappelli
Menticle
di Maria Belloli
Waterman
Joseph Cipolla
Rossiter
Joseph Gabella
Mary Pusti
McIntyre
Kon Gaydaes
Graceton
Sebastian Falcone
Montele
Peter Sirko
Kent
Joseph Petyof
Commodore
George Simon
Bolla
Macy Gajdush
Clymer R
Mary Polyak
Celestina Azzeglio
Melntyre
Anna Talarovich
Wateman
Antonia Mormer
Metro Kaletto
Dixonville
Odessa Surrender Battles and Racing News Mixed Report
Russian forces reported advancing toward Odessa as German troops defended the city and rail links near the port, with estimates placing German and Romanian forces at 100,000 to 200,000. In New York and Jamaica coverage, Bobby Permane drew crowds as a top attraction, winning 50 races in Florida and preparing four mounts at Jamaica with concerns over grooming fees and program costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Odessa
Mavlentul
Ovichospel
Ovidiopel
Russia
Romania
Jasi
Razdelaya
Hitler
Skala
Talkar Pass
Ber Vik
Red Army
Crinean
Sell
New York
Jamaica
Bobby Pernane
Camden
N. J
Caudeville
Floridas
Permane
Miss Puritan
Blockader
Metropolitan Jockey Club
Service Men News From The Front and Promotions
Service men updates from page one include praise for troops in the Solomon Islands campaign and the continued strains on personnel. Promotions and assignments follow for Martha Schiefer, Peggy E. Park, Walter K. Rowley, and Sgt. B. Decker, with notes on Lt. Harrison and other service members moving to new posts and training as the war effort continues.
Belated Purple Heart Award for San Juan Hill Hero
Belated honor for James Wo New con, advised by the army as a Purple Heart recipient for wounds suffered in the Battle of San Juan Hill on July 3, 1898, Cuba. The article notes clothing for U.S. soldiers is now packed in bales rather than boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolse
Little James Wo Newcon
San Juan Hill
Cuba
U.S
Hull outlines unity plan to keep foreign policy from election year disputes
Secretary Hull launched a radio explanation of American foreign policy and a plea for home front unity, proposing a bipartisan congressional committee to shape postwar plans. He urged cooperation with Connally and similar House leaders, aiming to keep policy decisions out of politics and build a unified postwar world order with Allied powers. The talk covered immediate issues in France Italy and neutrals, the need for a stable European framework, and the requirement that Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States act in harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
United Nations
Congress
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Department
United States
Committee of National Liberation
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Germany
Nooon
Sweden
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Europe
Soviet Union
China
New Inlay Skull Repair Using Tantalum Plates Revealed
Army neuro-surgeons at Walter Reed unveiled a new inlay technique to fix skull fractures. Tantalum plates are flush with bone and secured by tiny wedges, demonstrated on Private Edward J. Dombeck, with 60 to 70 percent of treated men returning to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
APY
Walter Reed Hospital
New Georgia Island
Neato sUlgeEans
Waller Reed
Edward J. Dombeck
Rockville
Conn
Planes Over Reich Report of Heavy Allied Losses and Strikes
Sunday tally shows 92 planes reported down or damaged, with 43 destroyed by Fortresses and Liberators and 29 on ground. Ninth Air Force fighters aided by Mustangs and Marauders attacked rail centers and targets in Belgium and Northern France, with reports of seven German planes shot down by a fighter group and about 40 more enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground across operations. Extensive Allied daylight raids hit Mannheim and Line in northern France, striking rail lines, steel works, and locomotive plants as longer-range mine-laying missions continued through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Run
IX Air Force Service Command
England
Decker
Adjutant General
Europe
UN Air Puree Service Command
Ninth Air Force
Allied Expeditionary Air Puree
Peon Run
Indiana State Teachers College
Inetiana
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Belgium
Arly
France
RAF
Villeneuve- St George
Devin
Fraimee
Center
Paris
Lille
Mannheim
Fives-Lille Steel and Engineering Works
Pheerty
Northern Railway
Dairy Meeting At Armagh Tonight
Dairymen in Indiana County meet at 8:00 tonight in the William Penn Grange Hall Armagh under County Agent J W Warner. Penn State dairy experts Robert H Olmstead and J F Shigley present on rapid milking and mastitis with slide shows and pictures. ladies invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armagh
Indiana County
William Penn Grange Hall
J. W. Warner
Robert H. Olmstead
Penn State
J. F. Shigley
Obituary notices from Indiana County April death toll rises
A sequence of obituaries from Indiana County reports the passing of Mrs Ida Milliron Brilhart near Marion Center on April 7 at 4 30 pm born June 21 1868 in Armstrong County she left seven children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren with service at Gilgal Presbyterian Church and burial in Gilgal Cemetery also noted are the deaths of Sarah Ann Patrick Mary Lessnick Albert Hill Mrs John Wallace Twila Annie Miller and several other local residents with funeral plans in Mahaffey Indiana and Brushvalley areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Thomas J. Harrison
Iacidua
G Group
Carrier Command
Army Air Forces
Berggtron Field
Austin
Texas
Indiana High School
Qiata State Teachers College
Wat
Maning Li Harrison
Mrs
Harey Diarrison
East Church Street
Ida (Milliron) Brilmart
Samuel Brilhart
Marion J Center
Margaret
Jacob Milliron
Armstrong County
T. L. Brilhart
Covode
W. R.brilhart
Plumville
L. C. ‘Morehead
W. M.good
Indiana
W. J. Johnston
Rochester Mills
A. M. Bril' Shart
Atwater
Ohio
J. C. ‘McCord
Marion Center
H. M. Stineman
Homer City
Lysle Good
Max Good
Italy
James Brishart
J. L. Brilhart
Brazil
Sarah Ann Patrick
Bellwood
Dallas Patrick
Jesse and
Matilda (McGee) Weaver
Punxsutawney
Methodist Church
Mahaffey
Grand Army’ of the Republic
Blairsville
Mary Dunlap
Detroit
Mich
Bess Kerr Brown
Philadelphia
Filste ‘Baughman
Blaisville
Nell Wilson
Annie P. Dysart
J. Frank Patrick
Tot Springs
Ark
Patrick
Shindler
Mahaffey Methodist Church
Olterbine Cemetery
Mary Lessnick
Pete Lessnick
Nicholas Vloytovithh
Austria
Bagley
Coral
St. Mary’s
Henry
Albert Hill
Penn Run
Christopher
Elizabeth
Wakefield) Hill
Pine Township
Indiana County
Brushvalley Township
Zora(Schreehengost) Hill
Effie I. Dey
Armin
Brushvalley
Edna M. ‘Orr
Washington Township
Addie Z. Palmer
Cora E. Hill
Elma ¥. Hill
Marlen E. Hill
Lewis Hill
Cyrus C. Hill
Strongstown
John Wallace
Wallace
Bombay
India
Edwin M. Clark
Howard
Elizabeth (Gregory) Martin
United States
WHS
Jack
Jane
Twila Nannie (McGaughey) Miller
Philadelphia Street
James W
Elizabeth (Johnson) McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Harry A. Miller
William
U. S. Army
Dale
Yeats Ville
Dwight
Fort Jackson
DeLoss
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Donald
Burnell
Todd
Ruth Louise
Selser
Pittsburgh
LeRoy Selser
England
Emily Hamilton
D. R. Graham
Howard Cannon
Free Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
William C. Pattison
White Township
Robinson
Harmony Cemetery
Pea Ry
O. J. Pattison
OG. T. McHenry
Johnstown
Blood Donor Committees Named for Indiana County Drive
The Indiana County drive to organize 27 districts under a general chairman opens with registration from April 10 to 20 at multiple centers. Eligible donors aged 21 to 60, or 18 to 21 with parental consent, may register for blood donations in Blairsville and Indiana during May.
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Indiana
John E. Davis
Blairsville
Jilong
Paul Smay
Orval Kipp
John Snure
Heath Clark
Red Crossolunteer Service
Martha Stewart
Motor Corps
James Jack
Lorraine Miller
John Saure
Ward Wicher
Rhodes R. Stabley
Armstrong Township
Walker Wiggins
Shelocta
Banks Township
B. D. Will Moth
Glen Campbell
Walter Fee
Myrs
J. H. Miller
Plummer R. Harvey
Vivian Conner
R. D. Glen Campbell
Canoe Township
Margaret McCloskey
Rossiter
M's
Cherry Tree
David McCloskey
Chery Tree
Rey
C. Patterson
Frank L. Zeigler
G. T. Cameron
Black Lick
Barrel
Jessie Steele
W. P. Lombard
Martha Kier
J. J. Hutchinson
Armagh
Buffington Township
Margaret McLaughlin
Dilltown
East Wheatfield
John Dack
West Wheatfield
Jerry A. Lear
Robinson
District 9
C. C. Larsen
Waterman
H. Louis Hewitt
Mack Zorak
William Zorak
Luciusboro
Albert Qairman
Homer City
John Garvin
William Oakman
Edward Pluchinsky
Louise Andrea
Steve Mizerak
L. F. Kettering
Lucerne Mines
Lucerne
Arthur Anderson
Ed Jones
Pete Vanity
William R. Davis
Harold Nesbitt
John Kunkle
Emory Fassett
F. W. Ressler
Aultman
Henry Turnbull
Diohn Fhipps
Frank Keiley
Transportation
Greceion-Coral
Eel
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IndiAna, Pa
Emily Taft Douglas
Jessie Sumner
Milford
Douglas
Lorado Taft
Paul Douglas
USMC
Stephen A. Day
Jamacia Park
Snnlanon Islands
Martha Schiefer
North Second St
Continental Hills
Peggy E. Park
Wake Rube Farm
Home
Techiaiva
Peninschar
Waly
Park
Janes Loder Park
Wake Rubin Pitan
Naty
Guy Overseas
Sie
Port Dever Mass
Fors Oglethorpe, Ga
Rowley
Murphy Camp Murphy
Fla
Ally
Walter K. Rowley
Mas. Bernice
Cindiana
Fits Deen
Wastyuction
Southern Signal Corps Sehours
Camp Murpus
Flo
Dea
Devries
JX Air Force Service Command
AI DE
Por MG
Rey B. Decker
Turlough
Albert Waring
Arkuttsasy
Mes
Albert Wise
Pyt
Liste Lightner
Abe
M. Jd. Lightner
Lisle
Hos
Lishe Lightner
Care Fleet
San Francisco
Calif
Listy
Ronald
Mie
Didh Fey
Roge
Bernd Wout
Missouri
Reich
Memls Montrose, Jr
Atlanta
Barbara
Roosevelt
Montrose
Rosemary
Monty
St. Mary’s Greek Catholic Church
John J. Baycura
St. Bernard's Cemetery
W. C. Baird
Oylark
Urey Cemetery
Felix Gubber
Honor Cry
R. D
E. L. Fleming
Robinson Funeral Homie
California
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