Balkan politics loom large after war as destinies shift
The article surveys Balkan states Greece Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Romania facing postwar political upheaval. It cites Yugoslavia under Tito and a provisional National Council of Liberation, Greece's Blas and Edes factions, Bulgaria’s drift toward popular rule after King Boris's death, and Romania fearing Soviet influence with Moscow’s weight shaping outcomes.
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Hitler
der Fuehrer
Europe
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Stoyan Gavrilovic
Belkan
Ime
Balkans
Peter
Reds
National Council of Liberation
Marshal Tito
Wadip Broz
Committee of National Defense
Tito
Bin
Blas
Edes
George
Boris
Moscow
Balkan
Russia
Allied confusion on Rome operation and German shifts
European forces captured Liboria twelve miles east of Nettuno as Allied plans for Rome remain unclear. Reports indicate German reserves moved toward a northern thrust between Pisa and Leghorn while Russians targeted German supply lines and routes to the southern front.
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Liboria
Nettuno
Rome
Fron
Pisa
Leghorn
Public notice of land and sale details at Bennetts Mill
Legal notice reports a public sale involving property tied to the Wells Fargo area, listing court executor Bennett Stammileel as the party arranging the sale. The notice names locations on North Fifth Street and East Boy and West with details of the parcel, balance due, and delivery terms. Authorities at the county in Pennsylvania are cited as overseeing the proceedings.
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North Fifth
Wyat
Leo Mo Ata Phernin
Law Ciltar
Boetiets Stadtaaadler
Aerial Roundup of World War II Action Across Europe
London reports a third day of heavy Allied air strikes along the French invasion coast from Dunkirk to Boulogne as American and British bombers clash with German defenses. Communiques note 21 German planes destroyed, several heavy bombers and fighters missing, while Soviet forces push toward Leningrad and Estonia and Italian fronts show minor gains amid ongoing battles along the Adriatic and Italian front.
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London
Mianedler
Eneligh Ghani
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Kogtuish Oa
Dawea
Werther
Germany
Leningrad-Nstonia
Smolkove
Baltic States
Pushkin and
Pavlovsk
Leningrad
Ulinnovka
Leningrad-Moscow
Red Army
Khrasnogyardeisk
Dnieper Bend
Erlinea
Fron Diunkergur
Borlogne
Tualy Strunk
Vratisa
Sofia
Skopko
Yugoslavia
Rome
Unite States
Bolivia
U. S
Nilo
Yuroslav
Seni
Fiume
Legislation Seeks Inquiry of Federal Judges Johnson and Watson
The House judiciary committee is asked to authorize an investigation into U S District Judges Albert W Johnson and Albert L Watson of Pennsylvania s Middle District. Proposed by Chair Sumners and Kefauver the inquiry would probe bankruptcy proceedings and the administration of justice with no specific charges stated. Both judges sit in Scranton Lewisburg Wilkes-Barre Williamsport and Harrisburg and have long federal careers.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
U. S
Albert W. Johnson
Albert L. Watson
Middle District Court
Pennsylvania
Howse
Sumners
Judicial Com- House
General Administration of Justice
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Walter
D-Pa
Johnson
Watson
Scranton
Lewisburg
Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Susquehanna County
Ameherst College
Bucknell University
Union
Snyder Counties
Coolidge
Allied Invasion Notes And Movements In Italy
Allied reports describe northwest formations drawn from several divisions facing the South Army. Gen Sir Harold Alexander directed the Nettuno landing operations. Unverified German claim said Littoria captured. Bombers hit rail yards at Vratsa and Skoplje. Despite bad weather, Allied fighters covered beaches and supply routes. several Nazi bombers were shot down.
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Soirth
Norther Laly
Rome
Harold Alexander
Italy
Nettuno
Morocco
Littoria
Pontine Marshes
Nethung
Vrattsa
Sofia
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Bishop Pardue Elected Bishop at Special Diocesan Convention
The diocesan convention elected Dean Pardue as bishop on October 19. The article lists clergy roles for the service including Rev. Dr. Harold L. Brown and Rev. Dr. Arthur B. Kinsolving among others, and recalls predecessors Cortlandt Whitehead and John B. Kerfoot.
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Harold Ll. Brown
St. Mark's Church
Evanston
Arthur B. Kinsolving
Calvary Church
Pittsburgh
Frederick G. Budiong
Connecticut
Benjamin F. Ivans
Milwaukee
Robert D. Crawford
St. Barnabas Church
Omaha
Neb
John H. Fitzgerald
New York
Dean Pardue
John B. Kerfout
Cortlandt Whitehead
Mann
Pacific air offensive expands to new atolls in Pacific blitz
The Allied air offensive reports 105 tons of bombing on Rabaul and toppling Japanese air strength. A Marshall Islands raid targeted Lae Kunai airdrome with 70 interceptors thwarting the attack. Seventh Army Air Force and Fleet Air Wing Two struck nine missions over the Marshalls, hitting 85 Japanese fighters. New targets include Raren Maloelap Atoll and Ailinglapulap. In Britain, Gen George Gilford and Lt Gen W J Slim named to Mountbatten's Southeast Asia command.
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Wewalk
Rabaul
Lakunai
Seventh Army Aire Force
Fleet Air Wing
Marshalls
Maloelapatolla
Ailinglapulap
Jaluit
Kwajalein
Batnam
British War Office
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Ant
Mountbatten
W. J. Slim
US demands Bolivia move toward recognition shift
The United States and cooperating governments weigh Bolivia and Argentina reactions before further steps. Ambassador Pierre De L. Bual, 48, in La Paz since March 1942, is ordered home. Other American capitals may announce similar recognition policies as Uruguay Cuba and Venezuela already did.
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Unites States
Bolivia
Argentina
State Department of
Neial
Ammbassador
Pierre de L. Bual
le Paz
United States
Uruguay
Cuba
Venealoha
Washington
Coupons in York area tied to salvage firm investigation
Evidence from Harrisburg shows loose obsolete coupons found near York over recent months. An employee of a salvage firm with a government waste paper contract is among those arrested, with more arrests expected. Investigators intercepted a York County paper mill haul and recovered coupons as bales were opened. Some coupons and stamps were not properly destroyed and entered illegal circulation after being shipped from the national office to regional offices.
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Harrisbore
York
Loftus
Waste Paper i Washingston
OPA
York County
District of Columbia District
Indiana National Guard unit to serve for duration of emergency
A list of notable local figures including Dr Joseph M Uhlig Indiana State Teachers College president and William Hildebrand County Commissioner are named among officers and supporters of the National Guard in Indiana. Company A Tenth Regiment will serve for the duration of the emergency and likely remain Indiana's National Guard unit after hostilities end. the latest regimental inspection praised by officers Colonels Hager Wordside and Captain Lowry.
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Joseph M. Uhigr
Indiana State Teachers College
Burgess J. Roy Maloney
Sheldon G. Spicher
Indiana
William Hildebrand
Sharyn Beck
Fpust
Silas C. Streams
Rotary
Edgar C. Perry
Eugene Wilson
Clair M. Freedline
Post 177
Sons of Union Veterans
Frank M. Smith
Indiana Evening Gazette
N. DeWitt Ray
the Gazette
R. H. Kelly
Yet Creary Tire and Rubber Company
William Stephens
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
J. Clair Irvin
Harry W Fee
Indiana Armory Board
James Tierney
Kiwanis Club
Fred Phillips
Lions, Club
J. W. Woollend
Blairsville
State Armory Board
Steele Clark
H. B. Bulerkaugh
Richard White Watson
Veterans of
George Smith
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Tenth Regiment
Hager
Wordside
Lowry
Lost savings cover infant surgery in Camden
Mrs Gemma Crosley, wife of a soldier, reported $90 saved for her infant's eye operation stolen while shopping. Police say the operation will be performed. Lions Club and Red Cross pledged hospital costs. Her husband has emergency leave to be with the baby Elmer as cataracts are removed.
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Camden
N. Judaa
Gemma Crosley
Ruskey
Cinder Lions Club
Red Cross
Crusigghia
Elmer
Temperance Pioneer Lyene Maupin Dies
Temperance pioneer Lyene Maupin dies at Bellevue after a lifetime of reform work. The report notes a final illness and funeral plans at County Plowing Engineer Parish. War bonds are mentioned in passing amid the obituary.
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Lyene Puptsburgiee
Starr Maupin
Siberbier
Bellevue
Pars da Marti
Surah
Pitt
Women 80 Percent Of Men's War Jobs Found By Study
A study by the Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America reports women can perform about 80 percent of industrial tasks done by men. In 4 war plants across 10 states, 131,000 of 450,000 workers were women, with higher sickness absences but lower accident rates. Postwar employment depends on unemployment, servicemen returning, and incentives for women to stay in or leave industry.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Rosie the Riveter
Winnie the
Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America
Pittsburgh
C. O. Sappington
Chicago
East
Southeast
Midwest
Congress
Senator Davis Backs Pin-ups Shelf Safety Pin-ups
Sen James J Davis of Pennsylvania champions safety pin ups in a Washington chat with Scranton War Mothers president Mrs Mary Sossong and Lucille Summer of the National Bureau of Press Relations. They discuss diaper needs and lend lease effects on infant supplies with Davis pledging support for any necessary appropriation.
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Washington
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Mary Sossong
Scranton
E. Elm St
American War Mothers
Davis
FDR Pardons Richardson in habeas case clash
Washington January 25 A Justice Department official says President Roosevelt granted an unconditional pardon to Lieutenant General Robert C Richardson Jr commander of the Army Hawaiian Department who had been cited for contempt of court for refusing to obey a habeas corpus writ. The case involved civil and military authority in Hawaii over whether habeas corpus applies under partial martial law. The writ by Federal Judge Delbert Metzger in Honolulu called for Richardson to present two German ancestry prisoners held by the Army. The pardon decision was under review with the White House not confirming. The deadline for appeal of the contempt charge was today. In Somerset County New Jersey a homicide case sees Farland arraigned after a stabbing of Manchester and a pursuit of Mrs Manchester. details of a confession were not disclosed. Also in New York Wayne Lonergan a Royal Canadian Air Force cadet charged with murder of his wife had his trial postponed to February 1 to finalize defense.
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Washington
Justice Department
Roosevelt
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Army
Hawaiian Department
Hawaii
Delbert E. Metzger
Honolulu
Richardson
White House
New York
Trist
Wayne Lonergan
RCAF
General Sessions
John J. Freschi
Millard H. Ellison
Lonergan
Ormaty
Jacob Grumet
Sailor Admits He is Murderer in NJ Stabbing Case
North Plainfield police say a 36 year old sailor charged with murder in the stabbing of James C. Manchester, a 61 year old New York bartender, expressed no regrets. The suspect, Scott Wolfe Farland, a Navy gunner's mate third class, is from North Plainfield and said he was enraged over a marriage to his former sweetheart.
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North Plainfield
N. J
Ralph C. Farmer
Farmer
Scott Wolfe Farland
Navy
North Phillafield
James C. Manchester
New York
Pustimnad
Blakvnester
Manchester
Notable Escape Incident at 14th Story Window
In Los Angeles, 16 year old Ponciana Pena wriggled through a 14th story window, squeezing a 12 1/4 by 12 1/2 inch opening. A deputy shot wounded an unidentified suspect outside the 4th floor area as Jai ey Robert Fisher claims the event involved a 50 measure.
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Ponciana Pena
Alcons
Unclear Suitcase Incident Ends in Argument at Home
In Salt Lake City N P O Riley searched a suitcase for his wife, but she refused to carry it in. A third party took on the load. The couple left, a weapon was implied as a suitcase, and confusion followed amid the domestic scene. Reynoldsville reports a large fur pelt claimed as black silver tips by Leach of Pleasant Wade, measured at 450 inches with a value estimated from 100 to 1000 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
N. P
O'Riley
Reynoldsville
Nuitrat
Pleasant Wade
Leach
AFL Seeks London World Labor Conference Terms
AFL leaders weigh inviting British participants to a London world labor conference amid hints of a polite rejection. Robert J. Watt reports on London talks while the ILO meeting heads to Philadelphia. John L. Lewis seeks reinstatement under prior terms, with district and chemical jurisdiction issues shaping potential charter rights for an autonomous international union.
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Miami
Fla
AFL Executive Council
Salu
London
Savance
Robert J. Watt
AFL
Waller Irine
British Trades Union Congress
Watt
International Labor Office
Philadelphia
CIO
ILO
Triparte
International Federation of Trades Unions
International Federation
Council
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Committee
Lewis
Illinois
AFL Progressive Mine Workers of America
District 50
APL
Ued
Council For
Unio
ATL
Treasury balance and debt rise amid daily receipts figures
Washington reports the Treasury balance at 10 332 383 126 29 with receipts of 80 922 301 05 and expenditures of 207 217 922 34 leaving a net balance of 10 332 383 126 29 and total debt at 171 599 674 284 35, up 261 542 636 82 from yesterday. In Pittsburgh the garbage strike escalates as city council debates privatizing services to end the three year municipal system amid a health warning and ongoing work stoppages.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Pittsburgh
Move to End Part of Army Training Program Affects Prewar Dads
Washington reports House Military Committee may urge abolition of much of the Army's special training to save about 200000 prewar fathers from induction. Public hearings near completion reveal overwhelming sentiment against continuing the program, with potential funding cuts looming. The proposal would not affect other training for engineers and government operations abroad but could impact 140000 students in colleges studying dentistry, surgery, medicine, languages and related fields.
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Washington
House Military
House Appropriations Committee
Mhany
Mtt
Plans Set for 1944 County Fair Season in Reading
Reading hosts the 82nd annual Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs convention January 25 to 27. Sessions include United States A Trotting Association District No 8, Central Fair Circuit, and talks by Roger Duncan and other fair officials on cooperation with the war effort. Noted speakers include Bligh A. Dodds and Col. C. M. Wilhelm with Reverend Seidel among dinner speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
United States
Roger Duncan
Trotting Association
Walter Parker
Stoneboro
Harry B. Correll
Edward
Scholl
R. J. Ferguson
Bligh A. Dodds
Col
C. M. Wilhelm
Pennsylvania State Police
Grant H. Seidel
Bangor
Obituary items from Polish era noted in local notices
Obituary notices list Mary Smysky Yanick born in Poland 1879 who died at her daughter’s home in Fulton Run. widow of Anthony Yanies, with 21 grandchildren and several surviving children. Also noted are the deaths of Shirley Jean Wheeler born 1943 and Clarence Coleman. Robert Reed of Cleveland. multiple funeral arrangements and services details follow.
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Mary (Smysky) Yanick
Poland
United States
John Cisek
Fulton Run
Anthony Yanies
Cisek
Jamins
Detroit
Michael
Donora
Charles Suba
Repubelie
Carmen Bruscehi
Pais Banks
Shirley Jean
Frederick Albert
Edith Elsie (Marks) Wheeler
Aultman
Lilly
Robert Charles
Gilbert Lee
Roberta Ann
Mary Wheeler
Charles Marks
Clarence McBride Coleman
Robingson
Saltshore
Ridgeview
Elders Ridge
Robert H. Reed
Cleveland O
Apollo
William R. Reed
Hannah M.helmay Reed
St. Vincent's Hospital
Cleveland
Catherine cThorney Reed
Cleveland, O
Robert H. Reed Jr
U.S. Navy
Mave Held
Laura Duncan
Hulda Newhouse
Blairsville
Hunter
Joseph C. Stuart
First Presbyterian Church
Blairsville Cemetery
Weather Outlook Warms But Winds Persist Across Week
Mostly cloudy and windy with rising temperatures. Clouds increase tonight and tomorrow with warmer highs. Wednesday brings continued cloud cover and a chance of rain as temperatures moderate. Expect breezy conditions and gradual warming through the period.
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Johnson and Watson
House
Sauthoff
Pacific
National Guard
Temperance
Sen
FDR
Manchesters
Beekman
Sailor
Jersey
Une Cailer
Los Angeles
Jaiey
Robert Fisher
Selneess
Lou Bond
Kendell Hill
Vatley Forge Military Academy
Wayne, Pa
Sell- Wg Bond
WAC
Nellie Bogue
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