Hitler on the defensive as Allied push nears Paris
Dewitt Mackenzie notes the left wing of Hitler's Normandy front weakening as American armor drives toward the Seine and Loire gap, threatening Caen. He warns Hitler must mobilize civilians and faces internal revolt while three weeks may prove pivotal as the underground resistance grows in Poland and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Normandy
Paris
Seine
Loire
Hitler
Ignes
Caen
Montgomery
Nior
Germany
Reich
Fuehrer
Europe
Warsaw
Nazi Collapse in Balkans Seen
In Cairo on August, Greek Premier George Papandreou warned of the Nazi Balkan front’s collapse. If Turkey enters the war, its Aegean coast could serve as a base for operations against Greece’s occupied islands and western and northern coasts, said Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Philip Draggumis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Turkey
Germany
George Papandreou
Balkan
Aegean
Greece
Philip Draggumis
Hitler Calls for Blind Confidence Amid Allied Setbacks
London dispatch reports Hitler urged Reich leaders to back his endgame resolve and to stand firm despite Allied advances. He praised not capitulating and ensuring absolute security at home while his aides pledged loyalty. Tass and Bern dispatches note SS expansion, mobilization of foreign workers, and a Nazi drive to unify forces under a national socialist banner. Reports also describe Gestapo and police searches in northeastern Germany as authorities crack down on potential dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Europe
DNB
Hitler
Konstantin Hier
Reichsminster
Labor Service
UN Uder
Tass
Zatrich
Heinrich Himmler
Hangman Himmler
Bern
Joseph Terboven
Norway
Railio
Oslo
Germany
Stockholm
Gestapo
Senate Reconversion Bills Target Urgent Action
Senate leaders plan to move urgent reconversion legislation next week aiming to clear surplus property disposal and the machinery for managing the reconversion program. House Republicans echo the push while suggesting a strong stance against defeatist attitudes. National Farmers' Union head James G Patton urges Congress to authorize up to 40 billion dollars annually to fund full employment. Chick hatchlings from large eggs noted as larger than those from small eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Dirksen
Miingis
Congress
James G. Patton
National Farmers’ Union
OPA Increases Bed Sheet Prices
The Office of Price Administration raised maximum prices for four grades of bed sheets and pillow cases in greatest demand in retroactive action to June 30. It remains unclear if the increases will be passed on at wholesale or retail. The move follows the extension act requiring parity with cotton grower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Induction Board 3 Prepares Candidates for Pittsburgh Exams
Board 3 lists candidates for pre induction physicals to be sent to Pittsburgh. Names include Marlin Groy Laney Homer City and many others from Clymer Glen Campbell Blairsville and surrounding areas. A second group will travel to Pittsburgh the same day for exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Groy Laney
Larnesboro
Watson Eve Campbell
Homer City
Jesse Benton Buterbaugh
Donald Clare Layton
Clymer B.D
Myitieen Dickie Meehan
Brushvaley
Edward Francis Dobrenick
Clymer
Stanley August Recek
Starford
Leonard Albert Hudak
Joseph Gonas
Gilbert Leroy Keith
Barnesboro
Donald Stiles
Wintondale
R. D
New Florence
Russel Claude McAfoos
Rochester Mills
Frank Joe Pisarcik
Samuel Clair McMillen
Glen Campbell
Charles Edward Civens
Glen Campbel
Anthony Alphonsus Pampe
Penntun
Do Mack Brown Croyle
Commodore
Nermndn Carl Palmer
Ernest William Patterson
I D
Ray Campbell Sanderlin
Nivelahies Shilling
Harry Harold Sherwin
John Fako
Bernard John Hincke
Stafford
Robert Emerson Cunningham
Rohinson
Eee
Anthony Faleane
Murray Nalgeng Hoover
Anthony Tomings
Penn Rm
Board 3
Pittsburgh
Robt
Richard Piccolin
Blairsvillle
Frank Xavier Gurgon
Blairsville
Charles Edw. Miller
George Povlick
Braddock
Charles Herbert
Miller
Blairsv Ile
Joseph Albert ‘Fuscano
Horner Hill
George Rebovich
Leonard George Hazlett
Jasper
Texas
Robert Byron Reedy
Salisburg
Philip Joseph Cravetta
Black Lick
Edward Yankuskie
Waterman
Joseph John Babyak
Graceton
John Petrovich
Josephine
Samuel Bruce Blattenberger
Hack Lick
Robert Lebanon Hancock
Black Aluk
John Mytrysak
Raymond James Christopher
Clairsyile
Allied Forces Break Through in Brittany and Normandy Fronts
American units report rapid advances across Brittany and northern Normandy. Vire and Caen areas witness newfound footholds while St Brieuc and St Nazaire show progress. British and Canadian troops push near Mont Pincon as Allied line widens toward an interior France corridor. Prisoner counts rise with 13,300 captured and 3,400 Nazis dead in Brittany as operations push toward Nantes and Angers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huelgout
Brest
Carhaix
Omar N. Bradley
St. Nevaire
Loire
Nantes
St. Nazaire
Dinan
St. Brieue
Brittany
Normandy
Pavis
Domfront
Avranches
Varenne
Mayenne
Laval
Houssay
Chateau-Gontier
Cinglais Forest
British land advance in Burma finds light resistance
Southeast Asia Command reports British forces pursuing Japanese beyond the Tamu frontier base encountered no organized resistance and seized prisoners described as in a shocking state. Remnants at Bashas and a northern village show about 200 Japanese dead or dying. Allied aerial strikes hit strategic targets amid the monsoon as Gen Stilwell’s troops capture a hill 12 miles southwest of Mogaung after hard fighting along the Mandalay railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Tamu
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stillwell
Bashas
Kabaw
Mogaung
Burima
Joseph Stilwell
Thet Town
Mandalay
Australian Brides to Move Into U.S. Homes Amid War
More than 300 Australian brides will soon join American households of servicemen fighting the Japanese in the southwest Pacific. Seventy eight homes will gain a baby born in the United States by birthright citizenship, with three years of legal steps needed for the mother to become American as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
United States
Fathler
Russians Break Near Warsaw as Garrison Fights On
Soviet forces press toward Warsaw amid fighting in the city and surrounding fronts. Rokossovsky probes for crossings of the Vistula while Red Army units push toward Krakow, Niemen, and the East Prussian border. Polish underground fights in Warsaw persist despite shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelaava
Latvia
Riga
Warsaw
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Vistula
Krakow
Silesia
Red Army
San Vistula River
Ivan Retrov
Feodor T. Tolbuchkin
Carpathians
Niemen River
East Prussian
Virbalis
East Prussia
Kaunas-Konigsberg
Moscow
London
Ghetto
Japs Regroup Internees In Philippines
San Francisco reports indicate Japan plans to concentrate American and other civilian internees in two camps in the Philippines. Messages from Manila note internees at Santo Tomas and Los Banos, with growing crowded conditions and transfers from Davao, Cebu, Naga, and Bacolod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Philippines
United States
Manila
Davao
Mindanao
Los Banos
Manila Santo Tomas
Santo Tomas
Earl Jor
Cebu
Niplon
Bacolod City
Naga
A. Kodak
Holmes
Bontoc
Baguio
United Nations
America
Holmes Camp
Guam raids clear wreckage of 76 Japanese planes
Allied advances report heavy pressure on Japanese forces across the Pacific. 22,000 Guam civilians shelter behind American lines as Sixth Army troops land at Sansapor in Dutch New Guinea and cut coastal communications. Bomber strikes hit Wake Island, Palau, Ponape, Yap, and Marshall Islands bases while Allied commanders report high enemy casualties and strategic demoralization in rear areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Sixth Army
Sansapor
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Korim Bay
Biak Island
Mokmer
Wewak-Aitape
British New Guinea
San Sapor
Amboing
New Guinea
Palau
Carolines
Wake Island
Ponape
Yap
Marshall Islands
Pearl Harbor
Robert Richardson
Depoyal
Pacific Ocean Areas
New Caledonia
Solomon Islands
Tengchung
Yunnan
U.S. 14Th Air Forces
Burma Road
Mangshih
Lunngling
Tokyo
U.S
Bonin Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Philadelphia transit strike ends as army takes control
Federal forces seize operations easing a week of war production slowdowns and racial tension. Troops restore service with 95 percent of strikers returning. arrests, new wage and draft actions, and a grand jury probe follow as officials warn firms against hiring strikers and suspend deferments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
CIO Transport Workers Union
Philip Hayes
Roosevelt
U. S
Marshalls
James H. McMenaninin
Smith - Connally
War Manpower Commission
WMC
War Production ‘Board
National Selective Service
Robert P. Patterson
OPA
Biddle
Hayes
William D. Dixey
Frank P. Carney
Frank Thompson
McMenamin
Norman J. Griffin
Whr
PTC
Grand
Manpower Commission
Employment Stabilization Plan
President
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Chetnick Leader Seeks Unity Under Third Yugoslav General
The New York Times quotes General Dvaja Mihailovich stating he would accept under a single command led by a third Yugoslav general acceptable to both his Chetnik forces and Marshal Tito's Partisans for national unity against the Nazis. He notes past efforts failed but could unite under the right commander if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NW York
New York Times Today
Dvaja Mihailovich
Geenral
Marshal Tito
Josefp Broz
Mihailovich
CL. Sulzberger
New York Times
Cairo
Mihailovich Juneat
Chinese Scale Tengchung Wall Takes City Defenses
Chinese troops occupy Tengchung inner defenses after scaling 15 foot walls with ladders and flame throwers. They advance toward a junction with Stilwell’s Burma forces as B 25 bombers attack city barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Tengchung
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Assas
U. S
Obituary notices for Markley Gearhart Crawford and kin
Obituaries observed for James Samuel Markley at 53 of Clymer with service at 2 p.m. in residence and interment at Oakland Cemetery. Margaret Keller Gearhart Hart dies at 62 in Derry Township with funeral from Blairsville and Blairsville Cemetery. Mary H Crawford, 71, dies at home in North Point after illness. survivors include children, sisters, brothers and grandchildren. services at North Point United Brethren Church with burial in North Point Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Samuel Markley
Sixth St. Clymer
Samuel
Louise
Markley
Chesterfield
Clearfield Co
Madera
Johnstown
Clymer
Presbyterian Church
Wilmore Fuel Co
Margaret Keller Gearhart
Clair S. Gearhart
Derry Township
Clarion
Samuel and
Lavina Anthony Keller
Indiana
Blairsville
Seguson
R. EB. McClure
Ferguson Funeral Home
Mary H. Crawford
North Point
Eugene
Jane Spacy Barrett
Frank C. Crawford
Marcus
K. Crawford
Charles Furl
Punxsutawney
Elmina Adams
Smicksburg
McCurdy Kmad
Baxter
T. D. Corbett
Strattville
W. E. Barret
H. M. Barrett
C.H. Barrett
A. M. Barrett
Smicksburg and Vicinity
G. C. Barrett
Brookville
Harrisburg Papers Back Dewey in 1944 Election
Harrisburg Patriot and Harrisburg Evening News will endorse Republican Thomas E. Dewey for president. The papers had backed Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 and Wendell Willkie in 1940. They warn against socialism and communism and defend Jeffersonian Democratic principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Patriot
Harrisburg Evening News
Vance C. McCormick
Wilson
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Ship of State
Roosevel
Wendell Willisfe
Allied forces advance along Florence south bank and Adriatic front
Forces clear the Arno south bank from three miles east of Florence to Montelupo with pockets of resistance. Indian and British units push through rough country northwest of Arezzo, while in the upper Tiber Valley San Sepol tero and San Giustino are cleared. Poles reach a 20 mile front on the Adriatic in front of the Cesano River as Italian troops seize Montale and Ostra Vetere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Switzerland
Caen
Brittany
Mont Pincan
Orne
Vire
France
Chateau-Gontier
Paris
Mayenne
Domfront
Avranches
Varenne
Arno
Florence
Montelupo
Arezzo
Tiber
Umbertide
San Sepoltero
San Giustino
Adriatic
Cesano River
Rimini
Ripe and
Lucia
Montale
Ostra Vetere
Stock Market Snapshot From An Erratic Trading Day
A volatile session lists numerous prominent stocks with varied moves led by Am Air Reduction and Am Tel & Tel. Large percentages appear for Anaconda, Chrysler, General Electric, Gen Motors, Navy brands, and United States Steel, with many quotable shifts in rail, chemicals, and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Market Air Reduction Am
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Gt Greyhound Corp
Hark Walker
Tnt Harvester
Tel & Tet
Nick Can
Kennecott Cop
Kresge (Ss
Libby McN & L
Aie
Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Distiers
NY Central Rrigh North Ameria
Northern Pac
Packard Motor BM Param Pictures
Penn R R
Pure Oil
Radio Corp of Am
Reading Co
ITM
Repab Steel
Sears Roebugh
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Cal
Ind
Stand Oil N. J
Big Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Cola United Gas
Imp
US Steel
Warner Bros
West el & Mfg
Woolworth
Youngst Sh
Churb— Cities Service
Elec Bond & Share
Pennroad Corp
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Balkans
Florsheim Shoes
Plareweooe
Moorhead
Senate
Gerald Wilson Swatsworth
Vamer
William Ernest Nyland
Peter Dravecky
Dixonville
Carr Buscoe Emigh
Penn Run
John David Myers
Joseph Delmont Pardee
Nile Valley
Egypt
England
Liberty
Bell
Chetnick
Tengchung Wall
S.C
Phooe
Murphy
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