Passing of a great power Germany faces collapse and war weariness
The article analyzes German morale collapsing under Allied pressure. It frames Nazi Germany as in flight from Berlin’s defenses, with civilians fleeing and shortages worsening. It notes Hitler reliance on upper Silesia industry and the Red Army’s continued offensive, while predicting the next eight days to decide the war’s outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drwitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Upper ‘Silesia
Red
Klasdom
Mun Kci
Hitlerdom
Pjlihe
Upper Silesia
Reichswehr
Hitler
Baltic Sea
Hungary
East Prussia
Peter Zaviaris Named Captain at Fort Mason Headquarters
Announcement from San Francisco Port of Embarkation cites Peter B. Zaviaris son of Nicolas Zaviaris of Indiana as now a captain in Military Police. He is a Duke University graduate (1940) and a Temple law student before induction in April 1942. He earned his commission after Officers Candidate School in October 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fromotlon
San Francisco Port of Embarkation
Fort Mason
Peter B. Zavlatis
Nicolas Zaviaris
South Sixth Street
Indiana
San Francisco
Duke University
Temple University
Guptalh Zayliyis
Farm Wages Jump 19 Percent in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports farm wages rose 19 percent to a twenty year high while national farm labor numbers fall. The Agriculture Department notes average earnings as of June 1 with aid at 59 dollars monthly, without board 4.40 a day, and with board 3.50 a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Agriculture Department
Fire damages rear of old Bruchmiller home
A small fire on Friday evening at about 6:00 at 14 North Fifth Street in Indiana damaged the rear of a one story section of the Bruchmiller home. The Indiana Fire Company extinguished the blaze after it was discovered by Edward Bennett of Indiana Read the Gazette Classified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Fire Company
Bruchmiller
North Fifth Street
Edward Bennett
Indiana
AWOL Soldiers Highlighted by Stars and Stripes Editorial
The Stars and Stripes editorial blasts 18,000 American soldiers in the European theater who are absent without leave. It quotes officials noting many are stragglers or delayed in returning, while a minority risk black market crime or worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stars and Stripes
Red Army
Jeny
Triyal Ameri
Ben Lear
Anit
P. B. Rogers
Seine
Showdown over limited national service bill in Congress
In Washington on January 20 a showdown over limited national service for men 18 to 45 looms as debate and maneuvers begin on a bill requiring draft board approval for leaving essential jobs and mandating acceptances of draft-board assigned work. Labor, union issues, and FEPC protections ignite a split, with Chairman May opposing a ban on compelled union membership and fighting a controversial anti closed shop amendment amid broader power and hiring disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William TF
Washington
Nea Moor
May
House Military Committee
Focal Draft Board
FEPC
Last of the 25 Nazi Prisoners Taken
Jurgen Wattenberg, a German naval captain and former navigation officer of the Nazi warship Admiral Graf Spee, was recaptured near Phoenix after 25 U-boat officers and men escaped through a 400 foot tunnel. All were taken in Arizona, many along the desert south of Phoenix near the Mexican border. Wattenberg was the highest ranking member of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenta
Ariz
Jan
Anglert Gity
Jurgen Wattenber
Papago Park
Carp
Admiral Graf Spree
Arizona
Phoenix
Wattenberg
Runaway Bus Crashes Into Homes Killing Woman and Injuring Eighteen
A runaway local bus rolled ten blocks on an ice covered street, crashed into two Arnold houses, killing 88 year old Bernice Esser and critically injuring 12 year old Joseph Oswald and 46 year old Helen Tartt among eighteen total injuries. Driver William Cathers, 24, escaped. he was pinned with a crushed leg and treated later. The bus damaged a porch and tore through concrete blocks at James Knox residence before stopping with its front end over a basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Rtmaway
Bernice Esser
Joseph Oswald
Helen Tartt
William Cathers
Bracurn
Hese
Citizens General Hospital
James Knox
Pacific Fleet moves toward Japan from new forward HQ
United States Pacific Fleet establishes an advanced forward headquarters closer to Japan, led by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Communiques report carrier planes sinking or damaging over 123 ships in the Formosa Ryukyus raid, with 177 planes shot down and 202 damaged on the ground. The location remains undisclosed for security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Forward Ardu
United States Pacific Meet
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Ryulyu Islands
Nimitz
Pacific
Guam
Saipan
Army
21St Bomber Command
Formosa-Ryukyus
Ed D Little Arrives to Work at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Edwin D. Little of Indignz Pennsylvania has joined Pearl Harbor as a civilian worker for 18 months to support the U S Pacific Fleet. He boards in a Navy run housing area with recreation and sports organized by Navy staffs for wartime workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin D. Little
Indignz
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Little
Japan
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Sheep Meeting Tomorrow for Indiana County Cooperative
Despite snow and cold, the Indiana County Sheep and Wool Cooperative Association will hold its annual meeting at Zion Lutheran Church starting 10:00 a.m. A sound motion picture titled Nation's Emat will be shown. Speakers include William B. Connell of Penn State and W. R. Gordon of Pony State. A roast team diver will be served at noon. The business meeting will elect directors and report on the wool pool and tam sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Sheep and Wool Cooperative Association
Zion Lutheran Church
eMat
William B. Connell
Penn State
W. R. Gordon
Pony State
Edward Sterlin Becomes Seaman First Class AEM
Navy announces Edward L. Sterling of Indiana Pennsylvania has graduated from the Aviation Electrician's Mate School in Jacksonville Florida and was promoted to Seaman First Class AEM He entered naval service May 18 1944 and completed recruit training at Camp Peary Virginia before transfer to the Naval Air Technical Training Center Sterling is now a qualified Aviation Electrician's Mate and likely to serve with a naval air unit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Air Sea
Jacksonville
Fla
Jo Edward L. Sterling
Ghedinat St
Indiana
Aviation Electrician's
U.S Navy
Navy
Canp Peary
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Sterling
Aviaton Electrician
Gloria Vanderbilt and Pat De Cicco Separate
Gloria Vanderbilt and her husband Pat De Cicco have separated by mutual consent, announced by her attorney Thomas B. Gilchrist. The 20 year old heiress will soon control her fortune of 4.5 million dollars. De Cicco is in California for business and plans to stay, while Mrs. De Cicco remains in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gloria Vanderbilt
Pat de Cicco
Thomas B. Gilchrist
Prunette
de Cicco
Potato Sales Investigated by P A Office in Altoona
Mr. Robert W. Anthony, enforcement attorney in the Altoona district office, is conducting investigations of potato sales by producers in Somerset, Cambria, Bedford, and Blair counties. A farmers group authorized to buy for the army cannot obtain potatoes at ceiling prices due to transport and weather issues. Some producers have exceeded ceilings and will be served injunctions or fined. repeated violations may lead to criminal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Anthony
Altoona
Allied Push Through Snow Slows Nazis Near Frontiers
In heavy snow the Allied advance continued with two mile gains as German positions drew back beyond the Our River. Patton’s Third Army pressed northeast of Wiltz while the First Army struck toward the Belgian frontier, taking several towns despite deep snow and fog. On the Ruhr, Rhineland, 2,000 bombers hit rail yards as aircraft and ground forces support the push.
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Ardennes
Eisenhower
Colmar
Strasbourg
Calmar
Rhine
Third
Geo. Ls. Patton, Jr
Germany
Our
Luxembourg
Wiltz
Thhe
Sing
Saarburg
Dorscheid
Rodey
Clervaux
Purscheid
Diekiveh
Third Army
Rus
U. S
Vesterday
Ruhr
Rhineland
RAF
Berlin
First Army
Courmgy Hodges
St. Vith
Berschgid
Valender
Hepsbeig
Heppenbgeh
Gorgp
Stewart Warns Water Cos On Flood Precautions
Harrisburg health secretary Dr A H Stewart told water works officials there is no immediate flood danger but a heavy snow cover poses high water risks. He urged protecting reservoirs and equipment, storing purification chemicals above flood levels, planning for alternate supplies, blocking openings with sandbags, conserving water, and establishing public information systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
A. H. Stewart
Water Works
Stewart
Russian Red Army pushes into Breslau and Memel front
Soviet forces widened their Oder bridgehead at Steinau and advanced toward Breslau while encircling Memel after seizing the Baltic port. Zhukov’s and Zhukov led detachments claimed deep penetrations toward Berlin as German defenses buckled.
Hospital Behind Front Lines In Leyte Jungle
During the Leyte battle two Army doctors and five corpsmen ran a hospital ahead of front lines for over a month. They treated wounded, evacuated by air, and even fought off Japanese attempts. Led by Capt Milton E Johnston and Capt John W Guepe, the unit operated in a native grass hut with supplies flown in.
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Peter Eel Leyth
Philippines
Leyte
11Th Airborne Division
Milton E. Johnston
Tarrytown
John W. Guepe
Milwaukee
Wis
Corp
John Gale
Pittsburgh
Jack Johnson
Republic
Sons B. Pearson
Dixonville
Johnston
Njungbeo Uw Base
Army
U. S. Army Combat Center
Park Ave
New York
N.Y
Lieutenant Ernest Stewart With Adm Halsey
Lieutenant (jg) Ernest T Stewart USNR of Indiana served as Combat Intelligence officer aboard a Third Fleet carrier in strikes on the Philippines under Admiral Halsey. His squadron of Grumman Hellcats strafed ships hit airfields and installations, sinking eight Japanese cargo ships in Manila Harbor and aiding a convoy interception that sent six destroyers and four transports to the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest T. Stewart
N. Ry
College Ave
Indiana
Philippines
William FP. Halsey
Hardhitting Third Fleet
Stewart
Grumman
Manila
Third Fleet
Stafford Soldier In Philippines Invasion Force
Corporal Leonard G. Gowin, son of Mr and Mrs Grant Gowin of Stayford, arrived in the Philippines with the first American invasion forces. He serves in an advance combat team of a Fifth Air Force Troop Carriers unit operating near Tacloban on Leyte Island, handling air freight for vital supplies and personnel. Before enlistment he worked for James Coal Company of Starford.
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Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Leonard G. Gowin
Grant Gowin
Stayford
Philippines
Leyte Island
Tacloban
Tean
Army
Gowin
The
James Coal Company
Starford, i
Rev Oran Fyock Dies After Long Clerical Career
Reverend Oran Fyock died at Indiana Hospital Sunday evening after a long ministry with the Montgomery Church of the Brethren. He served as pastor until recent years, widow Elizabeth Bundy Fyock preceded him in 1942, and he leaves four children, two brothers, twenty two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Raleigh Funeral Home Hillsdale with Rev. Ivan Fetterman officiating, interment in Montgomery Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran Fyock
Indiana Hospital
Montgomery Church
Indiana County
Daniel
Levina (Fyock) Fyock
Montgomery
Ivan Fetterman
Montgomery Cemetery
Obituary of John Franklin Cover and others in Blairsville
John Franklin Cover died at his home 146 Conemaugh Street Blairsville on Saturday January ith at 7 30. He was born November 18 1869 in Bielreville and survived by his wife Cora Lively Cover and several children including Mabel Audrey Alice and others. Interment in Blairsville Cemetery. Also reported are obituaries for Thomas Brown 78 of Commodore and Philip Wylie noted for writing a 100000 word novel in nine days aboard the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Franklin Cover
Conemaugh Street
Blairsville
Mgr. Cover
George F
Sarah (Cribbs) Cover
Bielreville
Cora (Lively) Cover
Mabel
Audrey
Alice
Howard Hawshurst
Clayton Marshall
John Hoffman
Vantergrift
Clarence M
Raymond E
Cleveland
Carrie Kunkle
Indiana
Walter C
John MacCulough
Blairsville Cemetery
Thomas Brown
Charles Johnson
Commadore
Berkshire
England
William
Sarah (Stettle) Brown
Punxsutawney
Alice Jones
Childen
Panama
Walter Brown
Detroit
Miah
Charles Jojnson
Commodore
Edward
Stafford
Marie
Philip
Sarah Gidbin
Reading
Anna Charleston
Maine
Morrison Funeral Home
Greenwood — Cemetery
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Peter Zaviaris
North Fifth St
Robomb
Midale
USAAP
Paramount
Stettin
Kolberg
Neustettin
Stargard
Frankfurt
Cottbus
Schneidemuh
Driesongt
Danzig Pr
Riesandy _Giudrinds gl
Bydgoszcz
Torun
pSwardedz
Zbaszyni
Kolo
Kalisz
Ostrow
Warsaw
Alodz
Stejnau
Breslau
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Qppern Glen
Radom
Czestochowa
E. PR
Feurstangy
Otilsi
Goldby
I Angelhi
Treuberg
Allenstaig
Naraw RJ
LITH
Augustow
Bialystok
Vistula K
Rakow
Tarnow
Miles
Poznar
Pozhan
Silesia
Cis
Adm
Nimitz Holgers
D. Little
Edward Sterlin
Guy Olpy
Gloria
Pat
A.H. Stewart
Water Cos
Danzig
Capital
Silesian
Oder
Poznan
Poland
Steinau
Konigsberg
Transocean
Ivan Konev
Ohlau
Baltic
Memel
Ivan Bagraniga
Mare
Premisy Stalin
Kytowice
Beuthen
Ukraine
Gregory K. Zhukay
Zhukov
Phiewy
Fezny
London Radio
CBS
Heinz .Guderian
Ernest Stewart
Halsey
Omer Hoorread
Rgt
Sistipatoy
MUSE
Rev. Fyock
Philip Wylie
Atlantic
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