War Today reports slim French and Belgian manpower in 1945
War Analyst Dewity Mackenzie explains the war aims amid a Soviet Vistula push and Turkey opening the Dardanelles for Allied aid. He outlines France with 2,000,000 potential troops but many prisoners and workers, shortages of arms and equipment, and Belgium's loss of mines and heat, electricity, and transport, while Belgians fight on the Western Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewity MacKenzie
Garman
Vistula
Poland
Marshal Vor Rundstedt
Goa
Turkey
Dardanelles
Russia
Soviet Vistula Front
Uncle Sam
Europe
Pacific Theater
Washington
France
Belgium
Alsace
Lorraine
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Berens
Congress
Hitler
Vassel
Germany
England
American Boys Face Typhoons
The article recounts sailors aboard the Spence during a typhoon, detailing large battle complements of 520 men, seas that rolled them end over end, and a rescue escort destroyer that fired on sharks. One sailor lost part of a foot but there were no shark attacks. Henry Deeters, 28, of New Orleans and Boston, recalls the Spence tilting to its port side and him swimming six hours before rescue.
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Fon
Spence
Hull
Monaghan
Kief
Henry John Deeters
New Orleans
Boston
118 Cadet Nurses Finish Their Course at Indiana Teachers College
118 cadet nurses from Indiana Hospital complete the semester's work and will be honored in a special convocation at Indiana State Teachers College on Tuesday at 10 00 a m Nurse education consultant Miss Mary Jenney and five hospital nurses from Indiana will lead the program Ray Elaine Karchner Clearfield Hospital and Eleanor Thomas Spangler Hospital will present colors Rose O Neil Indiana Hospital will salute the flag and Lela Cooper Butler Hospital will introduce the speaker The public is invited List of table officers from Indiana Hospital follows with names of graduates and related details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa*Mary
O. Jenney
U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Indiana State Teachers College
Miss Jotney
St. J. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York
Jenney
U. S. Public Health Service
Indiana
Elaine Karchner
Clearfield Hospital
Eleanor Thomas
Spangler Hospital
Rose O'Neil
Indiana Hospital
Dean Wright
Latrobe Hospital
Lela Cooper
Butler Hospital
Brown
Betty Jane
Campbell
Peggy Jane
DeVinney
Betty Mae
Dorn
Kathryn Marte
Dudich
Irene May
Gates
Josephine Lytle
Fulmer
Norma Catherine
Gazza
Louisa Ann
Galisko
Margaret Leonilla
Gralak
Virginia Catherine
Harding
Kathryn Louise
Henderson
Lola Marie
Sarah Vida
Holt
Betty Ann
Hudson
Jean Loretta
Kaneutf
Nellie LaRue
Kantor
Helen Lorraine
Keener
Alice June
Kingensmith
Jean Catherine
Lindholm
Belly Geraldine
Lawmaster
Irma Tousse
Oblaszt
Margaret Eleanor
O'Neil
Rose Margaret
Pennington
Eleanor Vada
Peterson
Jean Doris
Sloni
Wille
Bla Mae
Wolann
Genevieve Ann
Planes Hit Motor Columns on Luzon Front
US air forces strike Japanese motor columns and rail facilities in Luzon as MacArthur forces press north. Navy Wildcats and destroyers target San Fernando and Grace Park Airdrome while guerrillas block Luzon passes. Patrols report light enemy presence beyond abandoned pillboxes and captured equipment.
Weather in Western Pennsylvania Turns Cold with Light Precipitation
Western Pennsylvania remains cloudy and cooler today and tonight with light rain or snow in the far south this morning. Snow is expected to begin late tonight or Sunday morning as temperatures rise.
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Pennsylvania
Two Negro suspects held in Maryland murder spree
State Police in Chance Maryland report two young Negroes in custody after a violent outbreak on the Eastern Shore left one man dead, another wounded, and two women assaulted. Authorities say the attacks began around 6:30 PM and continued for five hours as troopers ferried suspects across the Chesapeake Bay amid a wide search by state, county officers and civilians. Victims include Kenneth Willing of Chance wounded in the head, Peggy Price 16 beaten, Ada White 40 from Chance shocked, and Raynor Graham of Deal Island shot dead near his oyster packing plant.
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Chance
Atise
Stotts
I N
Balthor
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Somerset County
Deat Yaland
Inga
Kenneth Willing
Chanea
Belgian Bulge Is Reduced
Allied actions in the Belgian Bulge show continued German retreat across multiple fronts. First Army advances reach within three miles of Houffalize and nine miles of St Vith. Third Army pushes toward Vianden and Bastogne area. Maarnd frontline holds around Strasbourg and the Maginot Line as von Rundstedt orders a measured withdrawal.
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Meuse River
First
Langlir
Houttalize
Houttaline SU
Mouftalize
St. Vith
Vianden
Siegfried
First Army
Salm River
Luxembourg
von Rundstedt
Third Army
Hne
Echternach
Machtum
Moselles
Belgian Bulge
U.S. Ninth Army
Lindorn-Lidfarth
U. S. Seventh Army
Oeting
Saarbrucken
Ritchie
Hatten
Maginot
Strasbourg
Rossfeld
Herbshelm
Benfeld
Belgium
County needs feeding game due to heavy snow
The Game Commission appeals to sportsmen farmers Boy Scouts school children and rural mail carriers for help feeding starving wildlife after heavy snow. W. Catherman county official has feed at 9th Street residence available for interested parties to pick up or contribute, phone 203.
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The
Game Commission
Boy
W. Catherman
9Th St
Japanese Radio Propaganda Claims Wild Invasion Losses
Japanese propagandists claim 31 American ships sunk and 86 damaged off the Sueda Inland invasion area in five days ending Jan 10 Tokyo time. A JAP Board of Information recap recorded by the FCC says 20 transports sunk, three aircraft carriers, five cruisers, battleship and two destroyers. The damaged ships include four carriers, 13 destroyers, at least one battleship, two other ships and five warships not identified. A Domel news agency total cites a second convoy of 60 transports and about 250 landing barges under attack, claiming up to 40 percent sunk or damaged. Tokyo radio adds an unconfirmed note of submarine attacks on an enemy fleet including battleships and carriers with one loss.
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Sueda
Philippines
Tokyo
Musashi
Hide
China
Sted
Nimitz
Halsey
Formosa
Luzon
MacArthur
South China Sea
Battle of the Philippines Sea Deepens Allied Air Supremacy
Reports detail heavy carrier air power and fleet action near Saigon and Indo China. Allied forces claim sinking at Formosa and Luzon protection as Nimitz and Halsey coordinate air strikes, with dozens of enemy ships and numerous planes destroyed or damaged.
Reds Launch Winter Offensive in Budapest and Poland
The report describes a major Soviet push with 500 guns and multiple air fleets aimed at Kielce and Silesia, while Budapest endures street fighting as German and Hungarian forces retreat. Civilians suffer amid heavy bombardment and destruction, with city blocks falling and patriots resisting from cellars and rooftops.
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Moscow
Budapest
Berlin
Stockholm
Poland
Kielce
Warsaw
Krakow
Silesia
Women Must Help Men In Last Mi. Fight
A wartime appeal by Sophie Kerr to mothers wives sisters and sweethearts urging women to sustain morale on the home front The piece praises women who manage homes tend Victory gardens donate blood and support war production while pledging unwavering effort until victory is achieved and Johnny comes marching home
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Sophie Kerr
Armed Services
America
Red Cross
Johnny
Enurope
1368 Service Men Home From Europe
Techinical Sergeant John Corulla of Uniontown and a group of about 1,000 U S service personnel return from Europe after serving in Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium and Germany. Corulla, thrice wounded, led a platoon in First Army’s First Division and earned furlough after efforts near the Ruhr. Other travelers include Pic William J. Butlin, Sgt. Vincent Butterworth of Philipsburg, Pic George Kokus, Cpl. Clare Heffner, Pvt. Clarence Burkhart among Pennsylvanians. Brazil opens its first chemical engineering school in Sao Paulo.
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France
John Corulla
Union Town
First Army
First Division
Africa
Sicily
Belgium
Germany
Ruhr
Eschweller
Pic
William J. Butlin
Vincent Butterworth
Philipsburg
Paris
George Kokus
Colver
Clare Heffner
Huntingdon
Clarence Burkhart
Pittsburgh
Little Corporal of the 30th Division Leads With Bravery
Hal Boyle profiles Col. Walter M. Johnston of the 117th Regiment in the 30th Infantry Division, praising his leadership and daring across France and Belgium. The piece highlights ten battles won, 3,500 prisoners taken, and nearly 700 decorations earned by regiment men, plus Johnsons Silver Star and Bronze Star for service at Mortain and related actions.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
Walter M. Johnston
Missoula
Mont
Johnson
Robert KE. Frankland
Jackson
Tenn
Ben
T. Amsnons
Tackson
S. T McDowall
Rockhill
30Th Division
France
Maastricht
Holland
Warren Giles
Athens
Meas
Fort
Benning
Vire
St. Lo
Aachen
Mortain
Stavelot
Johnsons Regiment
Chateau Nebelwerfer
Nebelwerfers
Promotion For R Joseph White
Reno Joseph White son of Mr and Mrs Fran White of Water street Indiana has been promoted from ensign to lieutenant in the U S N A as of November 1 1944. He served four months in New Guinea with the Naval Beach unit and writes of meeting several hometown friends over Christmas. Mrs White and infant daughter Regina Jo reside with Mrs Short and Mr Short in Hast Pike.
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Reno Joseph White
Fran White
Waterstreet
Indiana
Ensigt
White
New Guinea
Hatch Williamd
Bart Calhoun
Sheldera
Bill Naylor
New Jersey
New Century Club To Meet January 16 With Guest Speaker
The New Century Club will meet Monday evening January 16 at eight o clock. Dr M E John a sociologist from Pennsylvania State College will be the guest speaker. The meeting is expected to be well attended as the first in the new year.
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New Century Club
M. E. John
Pennsylvania State College
Tt Ja
Obituary notices for Bennett Truby Robertson Henderson
Multiple obituaries from Indiana County detail the deaths of Elsie Martin Bennett, Cora Jane Truby, Willam Frank Robertson, and John J Henderson. Bennett of Barnesboro, Truby of Brushvalley, Robertson of Homer City, and Henderson of Indiana with family survivors, church ties, service details, and burial plans in Mt. Union, Brushvalley, Oakland, and Five Points Lutheran Cemetery.
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Elsie Martin Bennett
Alverda
Mrs. Bennett
Green’ Township
Mt. Union Evangelical Church
Green Township
Indiana County
William Hadden
Margaret Dinwiddle Mertin
Henry S. Bennett
Barnesboro
R. Dione
Dale Bennett
Hulda
David Martin
Indiana
H. C
Brassfield
Blairsville
J. A. Harmon
Charles H. Ream
Friends
Robinson
Mt. Union Cemetery
Willam Frank Robertson
Homer City
E. M. Thomas
Oakland Cemetery
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Mangong-Pozorruble
Seventh Fleet
Grace Park
U.S
Celebes
Moluccas
Associated Press
Tiva Cooking
A. P
Spencer
Davis
Bead
JAP Radio
Reds
Joseph Conrad
Josef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
Russiaan
Tealand
U. S
Americas
United States
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Pals
Mr. Propwash
John
Pepper) Fusselman
Hamilton Field
Calif
Pepper
Harry G. Fusselman
Iui
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Sversinc
Indlee
Genoa
R. Joseph White
Cora Jane Truby
Brushvalley
S) Hovey
Jennie Hood’ Truby
Aist .Bwited Presbyterian ‘‘Church of Indiana
John Truby
State College
J. F
Agnes) Banmah
Wilkinsburg
Harold
Mary) McCormick
Plumville
Misa Cora Nesbit
James K. Leitch
United’ Presbyterian Cemetery
John J. Wenderson
Mr. Henderson
J, G
Harriet (Weber) Henderson
Washington Township
Elderton Academy
Susquehanna University
Kings School of Oratory
Ohio Northern University
Sagamore
Armstrong County
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Kittanning
Lillian (Duppstadt
North Eighth Street
Streams Funeral
Arthur J. Pohl
Zion Lutheran Church
S.C. Streams
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