We War Today Analyzes We n Front Battle Threats
War Analyst DewilT Mackenzie notes severe casualties on the Western Front and warns of rough battles ahead in Cologne Plain. Eisenhower concentrates on destroying Nazi forces, forcing von Rundstedt to defend Cologne and Saar while Allied pressure grows along the Rhine and Ruhr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewilt
MacKenzie Maes
Patterson
Aon
ColJogne Plain
Eisenhotwer
Cologne
Ruhr
Hitler
Berlin
Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Rhine
Saar
Europe
Middle Rhine
Cate
Roer
Ike
Japan
Examination For Burnside P M Postmaster Position
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for the fourth class postmaster at Burnside Ta Applications close December 28 1944 Examinations occur at Barnessoro Pa Eligibility and dates will be shown on examination cards sent after applications are received Salary starts at 100 with a temporary 4.5 percent increase not exceeding 25 monthly under Congressional authority
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United States Civil Service Commission
Cless
Burnside
Barnessoro
Congress
Make Coal Piles Last 20 Pct Longer
Minneapolis dispatch reports Investors Mutual founder N. Dion urging greater coal conservation to stretch supplies by about 10 percent. He cites a national study and government goals, notes shortages of anthracite and bituminous coal, and urges furnace cleaning, weatherization, and reduced heat waste to avoid heatless days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
N. Dion
Investors Mutual Today
Mr. Dion
United States
Dion
Openend
Solid Fuels Administration
Ohio
NOT Breen Mep
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
War Manpower Commission Seeks To Reallocate Labor
The War Manpower Commission acts to chase down workers who leave munitions plants and redirects them to war production. Plans include strict limits on nightlife, taverns, racetracks to keep workers on task. Leaders seek stronger authority and possible presidential powers to prioritize manpower and reallocate labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling, Green
Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Roosevelt
New York State
Senate
National Defence
Germany
Charles M. Hay
William Haber
WMC Nev Orless
WPE
Heating expert identifies four waste sources to save a year
A heating engineer cites four waste sources in heating systems: poor combustion and absorption, radiation loss in transmission pipes, and poor heat emission. He notes coal shortages but praises mine operators, miners, railroads, steamships, trucking firms, and coal dealers for rising production despite reduced miner numbers. About 93,000 miners are in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dion
Elderton Bazaar to Hold Chicken Supper and Bazaar Booth
Elderton Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society hosts a church basement chicken supper on Friday December eight at six oclock. A bazaar booth will feature handmade articles and opens at seven thirty p.m. Candy hot dogs baked goods also offered. Everyone is welcome. Australians report tropical cyclones called Willy-Willies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elderton
Elderton Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society
Indiana Co 6th War Loan Drive report and article author
Dr Ray H Simpson Indiana Pa on military leave from University of Alabama serves as captain at Fort Benning Ga and wrote Reading Disabilities among Teachers and Administrators for Clearing House. His article is among eighteen selected for republication from the magazine’s past eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana CO
Ray Simpson
Savings & Trust
Indiana
Ray H. Simpson
R. D
Clearing House
Dr. Simpson
Indiana State Teachers College
Columbia University
Pennsylvania
Harry L. Hollingworth
Barnard College
Simpson
University of Alabama
Army
Fort Benning
Georgia
Obituary notices for Zorman, Mullaney, Coryell, and Mack
Obituaries note the death of Frank Zorman at 60 in Homer City after a career as a coal miner and a Catholic church member with survivors in Homer City. Elizabeth Mullaney Lane Mullaney of DuBois and Johnstown, a nurse, dies of pneumonia, with services planned in Indiana and Johnstown. Nilson Coryell, Indiana resident and former mortgage loan agent, dies at home with funeral arrangements in Streams and Oakland Cemetery. Margaret Gordon Mack, widow of J Sephus Mack, dies in McKeesport Hospital with services in Indiana and Greenwood Cemetery this weekend.
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Frank Zorman
Columbia
Homer
City
Indiana Hospital
Thurgeisy
Michael
Frances
Dogan) Zorman
Austria
Arizona
Homer City
St. Louis
St. Louis Roman Catholic Church of Lucerne and the S. N. P. J
John Zele
Frances Zorman
Law
Joan :Zale
M. Rosenthal
Church Cemetery
Elizabeth C. Mul, Laney
Hammer Ave
Municipal Hospital
Pittsburgh
Mercy Hospital
Johnstown
Mary Harrington
A. H. Harrington
DuBois High School
St. Francis School of Nursing
Mullaney
Leech Farm
Pennsylets Nurses Assn
DuBois
John
Margaret
Finnan) Mullaney
Ireland
Joseph
James Mullaney
Church of the Visitation
James B. Hebron
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Indiana
John R. Blimmel
Harrington
Maria (Kane) Coryell
J. M. Vargo
School Street
Coryell
Florida
Buffalo
N. Y
Equitable Life Insurance Co
United Presbyterian Church
Streams Funeral Home
Margaret Gordon Mack
J. Sephus Mack
McKeesport
Union Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
Negro Woman and Four Grandchildren Die in Fire
In Chester an 88 year old woman Mrs Margaret Holland and her four grandchildren Carrie 8 Shirley 7 Rosa 5 Earl Holland 6 died in a early morning fire. Two other grandchildren leaped from a third floor window to escape. Their mother Mrs Mary Holland 38 and sisters Agnes 16 and Pauline infant were saved. Cause undetermined.
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Chester
Margaret Holland
Carrie
Shirley
Rosa
Earl Holland
Loraine Holland
Praine
William
Mary Holland
Agnes
Pauline
Gasoline From Coal Advocated by Expert
Pennsylvania State College fuel technology professor C R Kinney argues a united coal operators program at war start could have paralleled synthetic rubber efforts. He says such research and manufacturing might have produced both synthetic rubber and needed gasoline, easing shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania State College
Coal Mining Institute of America
C. R. Kinney
Alcohol and Petroleum Distillers
Churchill Stakes Future in Europe Intervention Debate
Churchill warned the House that a direct issue must be pronounced on Britain's actions in Europe as Labour calls rose for assurances troops not be used against democrats. Seymour Cocks voiced anxiety and grief over liberal and left factions stance, urging an immediate end to fratricidal strife amid British and Greek casualties on sacred Athens soil.
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Britain
Greece
Churchill
Europe
Friends of Democracy
Seymour Cocks
Athens
Acropolis
Anssered
S ‘Unis
Four Year Old Lost Boy Found Safe Near Indiana
A four year old boy, Charles Culliver, son of William and Anetta Culliver, wandered from a store in Indiana during a heavy rainstorm yesterday afternoon. He was found walking along the highway two miles from town by Indiana Borough Police. Earlier, George E. Swan reported seeing a small boy on the highway a mile west of Indiana and offered a ride, which the child refused. The boy said he did not know he was lost and was not afraid.
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Indiana
Charles Culliver
William
Anetta Culliver
R. D
George E. Swan
Swan
Yank Best Man Based on Information in War Report
The report contrasts the average Japanese soldier with the American Doughboy, noting the Yank is superior in marksmanship and night skills. It refutes the stereotype of Japanese as stupid and uneducated, citing schooling, long training since age eight, and unquestioned courage.
Dorsey Assault Trial Eligible For Oscar Mock
A Los Angeles court dismissed charges againstMusic Maestro Tommy Dorsey Pat Dane and neighbor Allen Smiley in the assault case involving Jon Hall declaring the testimony mass conflicting and Crum found witness Icaza a fabricator. The judge deemed the case not suitable for trial and joked about Oscar worthiness.
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Los Angeles
Dee
Tuo
Tommy Dorsey
Arthur Crum
Dorsey
Pat Dane
Allen Smiley
Big Jon Hall
South Sea Island
Antonio Icaza
Weather Update for Western Pennsylvania Today
Cloudy conditions persist with colder tonight. Saturday will be mostly cloudy and colder with snow flurries. A note encourages early eye correction for children with defective sight and suggests corrective glasses promptly.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Parties Report Over 1.5 Million in Election Spending
Financial statements filed with the State Elections Bureau show that more than 1.5 million dollars was spent by the Republican and Democratic parties in Pennsylvania’s presidential campaign. Disbursements include 994,698 by the Republican Finance Committee and 519,846 by the Republican State Committee, plus a 25,000 loan to State Chairman M Harvey Taylor, while Democratic totals run 131,563. Contributions totaled 1,248,346 for the GOP Finance Committee and 516,563 for the GOP State Committee, with notable individual donors including Thurston Wright and several Heinz and Mellon family figures. Democratic contributors include U S Senator Joseph F Guffey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Elections Bureau
Republican
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Republican Finance
Republican State Committee
M. Harvey Taylor
Democratic Committee
Republican Finance Committee
GOP
Allegheny Co
Thurston Wright
Helen Clay Frick
Howard G Heinz
C. S. Heinz
Col. Rich
Ard K. Mellon
Worthington Scranton
James F. Hillman
S&s
Ramsey S. Black
Margaret T. Biddle
David L. Lawrence
John Malinowski
Raymond A. Myers
Canadian Premier Wins Confidence Vote on Conscription
In Ottawa the Canadian parliament backed Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King 143 to 70, endorsing his decision to conscript 16,000 home army replacements for service on the western front and in Italy, a move that divides French Canada and appears to quiet the conscription controversy for wartime.
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Harry T. Montgomery
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Europe
Canada
Western Front
Italy
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Barnes & Reinecke
Chicago Industrial Engineers
Moorhead
Manpower Commission
Willy-Willies
Farmers Bank
First National
First Federal Say
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Acra
Blairsville National
Blairevilla P.O
Teneerenes Dbdee
Peoples Bank
Clymer
Clymer P. O
Commodore P
Stafford P
Dixonville P
Farmers & Merch
Cherry Tree
Cherry Tree P
Homer City State Bank
Homer City P.O
Graceton P
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Ntti
Salisburg
Edii P. O
Clune P. C. Peoples Bank
West Lebanon
McIntyre P
Iselin P.O
Shirley Jane Dilts
Thelma (Rhoads) Dilts
Arcadia
Genevieve
Joan
Dorothy
David
Elaine
Sandra
David Rhoads
Emeigh
Charles Dilts
Mahaffey
Raleigh
Hillsdale
C. A. Blair
Martin Cemetery
Nilson L. Coryell
South Third Street
Lewis and
Matilda
Large) Coryell
Lamberville
N. J
U. S. Navy
Gazette
Churchill Stakes
Chungking
Chengty
Kwelyang
A. Sian
Chikklang
Pooki
Nanchang
Slongtan
Ae Klan
Sulghwon
Kong
Miles
Ang
China
Liuchow
Yangtse
Ichang
U .S
Free Ching
Yank
Jap Saldtar
U. S
Coul
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Raul Oam Bulan LI
A. R. Younis
Phila. Street
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