War Today: Red Army Drives on Crimean Front to Balkans
The War Today analyzes the Crimean conquest as a prelude to a Balkan clash. It outlines Hitler’s plan to keep the Galati gap open for retreating Axis troops and to deploy reserves there, while Russian pressure tightens on multiple fronts north and east.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Red Army
Crimean
Jong Hitler
Russia
Balkans
Balkan Peninsula
Galati Gap
Carpathians
Danube
Black Sea
Romania
Galati
Odessa
Crimea
Hitler
Ukraine
Balkan
Lwow
Poland
Iito Cacces
Lovakia
Wolfgang Rost
Sevastopol
Sve
Critics question timing of 26 and under draft policy change
Washington reports debate over drafting men under 26 for combat roles. General Marshall warned months ago that the army would need younger replacements as it neared its strength, while critics urged age-group drafting akin to Europe. The current program is now by age groups 18 through 25, with uncertainty about the 26 to 30 bracket.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate Military Committee
Marshall
Fragmentary Notes from Warresbum Journal
A garbled, incomplete record from Warresbum mentions a cautious father, a disliked song about a suit of weapons, Flo buying a flock, a remark about six Wien dying after eating Ivy, and a general sense of disjointed phrases without coherent narrative.
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Warresbum
Farher
Aen Williams
Flo
Wien
Anglers Start War Time Trout Season Across Pa
Harrisburg April 14 AP Pennsylvania anglers opened the trout season amid wartime travel limits. Streams stocked with over 1,000,000 regal trout in excellent condition. State Fish Warden Charles W Long reported streams in Juniata in prime shape. County streams in Diaplin Lebanon also yielded browns and rainbows six to 16 inches. Commissioner Charles A French stressed anglers would be out in force as the season continues with ten legal fish daily.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Censon
Blate
Juniata
Charles W. Long
Diaplin
Lebanon
Charles JA. French
127 Year-Old Church Burns in Erie Fire
A 127 year old church in Erie burned with a fire that crews fought for hours. A fire captain reported the loss at about $175,000. Nearby courthouse and an exclusive area escaped damage while one person reportedly suffered a leg injury when a wall collapsed.
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Raby
Lerian
Erie
Heaves Miraneiseo
Eve Couthy
Deferment Points Suggested for Farm Labor Groups
The article discusses deferment criteria for farmers under a new points system. It notes older eligibility required 16 units, with proposals to raise to 18 or 20 for 18 to 29 year olds and stricter treatment for those over 29. A state AAA committee meeting will decide on final recommendations.
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Hess
Boehner
AAA
Service Men News From Indiana Area World War II
War updates report PFC Richard Goblinger of Greenville improving after injuries in Italy. Brothers Carl and Forrest Gobinger serve overseas in England. Pvt Joseph M. Pikel graduates as aircraft mechanic at Seymour Johnson Field, NC. Howard Alton in aviation cadet training at Kessler Field Biloxi. Lisle M. Jobe graduates from B-24 bomber mechanics school at Kessler Field. George Joseph McKullia completes boat training at Sampson Naval School and awaits assignment. James W. McCormick graduates aerial sextant procedures in New York and returns to Love Field. Emerson Marrs Business Jr. reports to Biloxi for aviation cadet pre-processing. Charles Raymond Pentz arrives at Parris Island with brother also serving at Camp Gordon Florida.
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Richard Goblinger
Italy
War Department
John Goblinger
Greenville
Pel. Gobinger
Pfc
Carl
Medical Engineers
England
Forrest
Gist General Hospital
Joseph M. Pikes
Fred B. Pikel
Walcott St. Clymer
Army Air Force Training Command
Seymour Johnson Field
N.C
Pikel
Army
Clymer High School
Priory
Swank Brick Works
Clymer
Pvt
Lisle M. Jobe
Sara G. Jobe
Indiana
Kessler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Army Air Forces Training Schools
James W. McCormick
Homer City
Camera and Instrument Corporation
New York City
Fairchild
Tr. McCormick
Love Field
Dallas
Tex
Emerson Marrs Business
Emerson Bushnell
Black Link
Charles Raymond Pentz
Marine Base
Parris Island
South Carolina
Gordon
Johnson, Fla
Wid
Charles Raymond
Clara,Pentz
Rls, Ponty
Oak St. Indiana
Awal Ashes Scattered After Army Cadet Death
STATE COLLEGE April 16 Awal ashes scattered over Bellefourche after a pomp and sad day. Awal was a cadet at Pennsylvanian State College and rode a trainee bus to the airport before his death. An automobile killed him and he was cremated as Carlisle Baylor, a civilian images, handled the remains.
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State College
King Awl
King Witt
Carlisle W .Baylor
Tie Aippers
Weather fragment from Hesvth era reports unclear data
Fragmentary OCR text describes unpredictable conditions with mentions of showers and northeast winds. Missing dates, places, and coherent details prevent a full forecast.
Admiral Kings says Japan's fleet beyond repair
Washington April 15 Admiral Ernest J King declares Japan's war fleet is damaged beyond repair and cannot be rebuilt. He cites attacks on Palau Yap and Woleai and notes substantial merchant shipping losses while promising continued heavy strikes to force dissolution of the Japanese empire as the Pacific war objective. He also says Germany focuses on submarines but unlikely to terrorize Atlantic lanes again.
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Washington
Japan
Ernest J. King
Navy
Palau
Yap
Woleai Islands
South Pacific
Caroline Islands
Federal Bureau of Investiga
Tion
Pacific
Knox
Germany
Hitler
Atlantic
Will Attend Church Where Funeral Services Were Held For Him
Navy Warrant Officer Amos Drexel Bagley Sr. returns to Duluth Ga to attend the Baptist church where his Pearl Harbor funeral services were held. Shot down in the attack, he recalls wandering amid strafing and being listed lost before later being found. He marries Thelma Lindsey and reunites with his infant son Amos Drexel Bagley Jr.
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Duluth
Navy
Amos Drexel Bagley
Baptist Church
Hetel
Pearl Harbor
Bagley
Deel
Hier
Thelma Lindsey
Amos Drexel Bagley, Jr
Russians Drive on Sevastopol as Crimea Falls
Russian winter offensive splits German and Romanian forces on the Crimean peninsula and traps thousands. Sevastopol presses toward evacuation as Simferopol Yevpatoriya and Feodosia fall, leaving Sevastopol exposed and a dramatic advance reported across 20,000 prisoners and scattered German retreat.
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Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Sevastopol
Crimean
Black Sea
Crimea
Simferopol
Yevpatoriya
Feodosiya
Allied advance drives Japanese from Bogadjim New Guinea
Australian troops seize Bogadjim on Astrolabe Bay and push toward Madang while Liberators strike Wewak. The campaign halves the coastline area as patrols probe enemy outposts and confirm airfield damage along the coast in the New Guinea theater.
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Southwest Pacific
North
New Guinea
Philipppnes
Bogadjim
Madang
Wewak
Hollandia
Madaang
Nippon
Remu
Liberators
Allied forces push in Europe and bombing raids widen
Across the front Russians claim gains on the Black Sea peninsula while Germans retreat toward Ukraine. RAF Mosquitos raid western Germany as 3,000 American planes strike German industry and rail targets in Hungary and Yugoslavia. Italian fronts remain limited to patrols as Tito’s partisans seize Cazin near Zagreb. London sources say an Allied military government would govern Germany after invasion.
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Odessa
Ukraine
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Crimea
Romania
Carpathians
Berlin
Germany
Overorth
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Britain
Italy
Rome
Tito
Cazin
Zagreb
Sibenik
London
Reich
Installation of Homer City Lodge 41 Officers
District Deputy Grand Master J L Peterman and Indiana staff installed Homer City Lodge 41 officers last night in Homer City. Grand Lodge Officers Frank Shannon of Philadelphia and staff will visit Paladiana Lodge 346 of Indiana on April 17 for a Grand Lodge Session to confer various degrees on Past Grands. All Odd Fellows expect a fine time.
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J. L. Peterman
Indiana
Homer City
Frank Shannon
Philadelphia
Paladiana Lodge
Odd Fellows
Chaplin and Associates Freed in Beverly Hills Case
Police Judge Charles J. Griffith of Beverly Hills Chaplin and others were freed of charges alleging a conspiracy to deprive Joan Berry of civil rights. Federal Judge J F T O Connor ruled immunity protected official acts, sparking anticipated government appeal. Indictments remain against Chaplin and four others.
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Los Angeles
Charles J. Griffith
Beverly Hillis
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
J. F. T. O’connor
U. S
James Carter
O’connor
Griffith
Carter
Griffin
Chapii
Miss Berry
Beverly Hills
Chapin
New York City
Chaplin
City Cowboys POUWUKAM Roundup At Ranch Mirrored In War News
City Cowboys from UpaAn lend help as regular riders join the spring roundup at John Adams’s ranch covering more than 20,000 acres. Meanwhile U.S. Pacific Fleet reports intensified aerial strikes against Japan from the Kurile Islands to Ponape and Truk, with multiple raids over four days, including heavy blows on Trak and surrounding atolls.
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Pouwukam
UpaAn
John Adams
Weber County Mounted Sheriff's Posse
U.S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
North Pacific
Tropics
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Kurile
Nimitz
Ponape
Truk
Caroline Islands
Ulul
Pakin
Kusaie
Caroline Group
Lalso
iTrak
Seventh Army Airforce Liberators
Ony iTrak
Marshall Islands
Navy
Marine Corps
Wotje
Maloelap
Jaliut
Mili
Long-lived Indiana County matriarch marks 102nd birthday
Mrs. Bennett, born April 7 1842 in Black Lick Township, observes her 102nd birthday amid family visits. She has lived through Mexican Civil Spanish American and World War I and II eras, with seven children two living Ord Bennett John Speer and Forrest Lowman, and husband John B. Bennett deceased 35 years. No special celebration planned, but relatives will visit.
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Ord Bennett
Socialville
John Speer
Pittsburgh
Forrest Lowman
James C
John B. Bennett
Indiana County
Bennett
Black Lick
This County
Obituary of August E Weber of Troutville
August E Weber a farmer of Troutville Clearfield county died at home aged 71 after 16 months illness. Born November 29 1873 in Bell Township Jefferson county he married Eva Hech May 25 1899. Survived by widow children Maxwell Weber Ada Zimmerman Lola Frances Minnie Scribe Ruth L Marshall Helen Deemer Ruby Knorr and G J Weber thirteen grandchildren and three sisters and a half brother. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at home with burial in Troutville Reformed Church Cemetery.
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E. Weber
Tear Troutyile
Fergon County
Bell Township
Jefferson County
Jacob
Bertha D. Haag Weber
Bva Hech
Chambersburg
Kate Graffius
Pittsburgh
Fred ‘Scrook
Troutville
G. J. Weber
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