Hitler alive or dead a wartime debate in Allied press
A reader argues about whether Adolf Hitler survived or was killed after the July 20 bomb plot. The piece cites Himmler Goering and Goebbels as potential power brokers and notes the difficulty of concealing Hitler’s fate. It suggests most think he is alive until solid proof appears. Also mentions a local bake sale notice and a Western Pennsylvania weather outlook.
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Gsif Hitler
Atieh Bergner
Dicta- S
Ater
Dean
Ghana
Hitler
Altied
Wehrer
Wer
Reich Marshal
Goering
Foabbels
Himmler
Germany
Mannner
Thas
Iter
German Oil Plants Hit By 1 100 Heavies
London July 28 A force of 1 100 American heavy bombers struck Germanys Leunasnythette oil plant at Merseburg and attacked Bremen One thousand British bombers hit Stuttgart Hamburg Frankfurt and Buzzbomb bases in France RAF Spitfire bombers hit a German village Scrignac near Brest Aerial battles over Seine Bay plus Russian and Soviet air activity reported Several ships damaged and rail targets hit in East Prussia and Latvia
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John A. Moroso
London
Germany
Leunasnythette Oi
Merseburg
Bremen
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Frankfurt
France
Air Ministry
Reid
Watten
Pas de Calaig
Ploesti
Seine Bay
Transocean
Kirkenes
Norway
Warsaw
Insterburg
East Prussia
Krustpils
Daugavpils
Riga
Superforts raid Manchuria targets Penhsihu area
Reports say B 29s raided the Mukden region and attacked Anshan and Penhsihu industries. Allied air forces claim significant damage while Japanese broadcasts minimize impact noting only limited residential damage in the Penhsihu and Anshan sectors.
Guam and Pacific War Update From Crews and Commanders
Allied reports describe Japanese losses on Guam reaching about 4 700 killed through Thursday while Tinian and Saipan figures exceed 2 000 and 21 086 buried respectively. Marines seize a new airstrip near Gurgan point on Tinian as Ushi airfield serves American planes. MacArthur says planes sank two more Japanese ships near Ceram and north Dutch New Guinea and attacked 17 targets.
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Agana
Guam
Nimitz
Tinian
Saipan
Ushi
Gurgan Point
Richard W. Johnston
Tarawa
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Ceram
North Dutch New Guinea
Rayne Twp 4-H Club Meets Canning Update
The Rayne Township 4 H Club The 411 Victors Canning Club met at Ruth Houser's home on June 26. Members canned black berries Luckleberries beans apples beet tops peas and rarrels. The next meeting is planned for August 9 at the home of Nancy Abby. War Stamps are being peeled and promoted.
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Victors Canning Club
Rayne Twp
Ruth Houser
Fumigate Granaries to Control Insects in Storage
county agent J W Watsner urges fumigation and cleaning of granaries to prevent weevil damage before threshing. He warns that heat and infestation grow in poor storage and recommends spraying empty bins with oil lye mix and applying safe fumigants at 70F or higher.
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J. W. Watsner
Pennsylvania State College
J. W. Warner
Indiana County
Play At The College In Night At An Inn Curtain Raiser
Everett Scott Fortescue stars in the one act play A Night at an Inn by Lord Dunsany as the Toff. The all male cast includes Robert Wilson Earnest Kennerd Hyndman Bill Clark Moore Sniggers and three Indian priests. The production runs as a college entertainment segment in the Auditorium on Saturday evening July 29 with ticket admission via Cooperative Association tickets.
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Everett Scott Fortescue
Toff
Lord Dunsany
Robert, Wilson
Earnest Kennerd
Oakdale
Albert
Charles Smith
Hyndman
Bill
Clark Moore
Ft. Washington
India
Joseph Bona
Elk
Joseph O'Connor
Roswell
Todd Boden
Indiana
Donald Robertson
Punxsutawney
Gideon’s Bold Tactics and Enduring Courage
A compact study of Gideon as a military leader. The account blends faith, cool courage, and ingenious strategy. It highlights his selective use of 300 men, his lamps and trumpets rousing fear in Midian, and the ultimate rout. It questions whether such tactics could prevail against modern armies, but praises the enduring spirit that wins battles.
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William EB. Gilroy
D. D
Gideon
Moses
Israel
Normandy push tightens as Allied advance nears Coutances
Allied forces driven by Omar Bradley push 15 miles south of Coutances while Rommel shifts armor from Caen. Ninth Air Force claims 70 German tanks knocked out near Granville Villedieu. over 300 square miles of territory already overrun. Prisoners exceed 5,000 with about 1,500 captured yesterday.
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Atlantic
Granville
Coutances
U.S
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Rommel
Caen
Ben
Bernard L. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
St. Lo
Vire
Tessy- Sur-Vire
Commun
Seadong
Yvire
Lessay
Periers
U.S. Ninth Air Force
Granville-Villedieu
Montpichon
France
Avranches
Jorner
Noremandy
Brittany
St. Denis-Le-Gast
London
Normandy
Eal i Acre
Hengyang Holds Amidst Fierce Hengyang Battle In Hunan
Chinese and American air units pounded Japanese positions as the Hengyang area in Hunan remained in Chinese hands amid heavy fighting. Major General C C Tseng said Japanese forces in Hengyang were rotating and the battle remained decisive with reinforcements arriving.
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Chungking
Hunan
Hengyang
Kiangsi
C. C. Tseng
Bat‘tle
China
Great
Liang River
Yochow
Bad Enough for Franklin Schenck Pinning Incident
Franklin Schenck cited a grim accident being pinned under his car as the worse part, but the true aggravation was his location in a dense poison ivy patch, highlighting the plant’s discomfort alongside the crash.
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Fittsbuay
Ina
Franklin Schenck
Nazi Women Called To Real Employment Mobilization
London dispatch reports Nazi broadcasts reveal plans to widen home front burdens. Reichsminister Goebbels and aides push to draft the last fit manpower into the army and raise the working age from 45 to 50. Transocean cites a move toward real employment for women. Swiss rumors claim Hitler may address August 3 to justify policy and military measures, possibly elevating Himmler to field marshal.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Cen Armjyy
Monkeys and Midget Pets Stir Philadelphia Police
A gardener reported monkeys in a yard prompting a police investigation. Two five inch tall monkeys were found and their owner explained they were from the present, adding a quirky note amid wartime dispatches about American and German forces in Normandy.
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Philadelphia
Minesweeper Swerve Lost in Mediterranean Action
Washington reports the loss of the 890 ton minesweeper Swerve in the Mediterranean due to enemy action. The ship carried a normal complement of 60 and was under Lt. Andrew Northland of Los Angeles, a former San Francisco Chronicle reporter, who survived. Commissioned January 1944, built by John H. Mathis Company New Jersey and completed at Philadelphia Navy Yard.
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Washington
Navy
Mediterranean
Andrew Northland
Los Angeles
San Francisco Chronicle
Northland
John H. Mathis Company
N. J
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Oil City Ace Gabreski Missing In Action
Oil City Pa July 20 4 The War Department telegram informs Lt Col Francis Gabreski top U S Air Force ace with 28 planes shot down and 3 destroyed on the ground has been missing in action since July 20 over Germany. Parents notified and to receive updates as details arrive.
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Oil City
Francis
Germany
Vny 2U
Gabreski
Balkan Front Collapse Possible as Turkey Weighs Break
Washington reports say Adolf Hitler faces a possible collapse on the Balkan front as Ankara signals Turkey may cut ties with the Nazis. Bulgarian talks with the Allies to exit the war add to Axis pressure as Red Army advances in Romania. Turkish economic and diplomatic breaks are cited by German diplomats as imminent.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Ankara
Turkey
Hitler
Near East
Bulgaria
Edward Stettivius
Russia
Red Army
Rumania
United Nations
Save The Surplus Can More In 44
Community canning program invites residents to attend weekly instruction and use Armory canning equipment under the Federal Food Production War Training Program. Four kitchens operate in Crawford County, offering faster, labor-saving preservation with supervision and social benefits, with tin cans purchasable from Continental Can.
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Federal Food Production
Continental Can Company, Inc
Baltimore
Crawford County
Hungary to Relax Jewish Policy Under Red Cross Accord
Admiral Horthy promised the United States and Britain Hungary would stop sending Jews to Nazi death camps and allow some to leave. Under an International Red Cross deal Jewish children under 11 could exit, and Jews with Palestine entry permits would be released. Red Cross relief to Jews in Hungary was also to be allowed. Transportation remains a major Allied hurdle.
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London
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
United States
Great Britain
International Red Cross
Palestina
Horthy
Red Cross
Russians Press Toward War Say Front Near Niemen
Reported forces moved toward the Niemen River area with large German infantry concentrations from Tilsit to Kaunas as battle lines widen. Moscow eyed possible liberation of Lithuania within a week and Latvia and Estonia shortly after, as fronts shift east.
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Niemen
Tilsit
Kaunas
East Russia
Moscow
Lithuania
Latvas
Estonia
Road to Berlin Front Distances Updated
The Associated Press lists current front lines in Europe with distances to key campaigns. The Russian front stands 337 miles from Kolobel, the Normandy front 630 miles from Tronto, and the Italian front at 605 miles from Senigallia.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Kolbell
Normandy
Tronto
Senigallia
Boy Scout Paper Drive Seeks 687000 Tons of Waste Paper
The Witwam Penn Council launches an August 1 to September 20 drive to collect 687,000 tons monthly for military and civilian needs. Donald M. Nelson leads the effort with Sterling Orange and S. V. Wiley as co-chairs. Scouts, troops, and individuals can earn pins for 1000 pounds collected, while troops gathering 1000 pounds per day registered by June 30, 1944 earn merit certificates. Local troops and Scoutmasters across Indiana County are listed for participation and assistance.
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Eye
Boy Scouts of America
Donald M. Nelson
W. PF. B
Boy Scouts
Witwam Penn.Council
Sterling Orange
S. V. Wiley
Obituary notices from Indiana County deaths compiled
Multiple obituaries list Gregory F. Gallo of 726 Wayne Ave Indiana who died riding in a car near Seventh Street and the Presbyterian Church. Surviving his wife Margaret Torquato Gallo five children and a brother in Fresno. Funeral at St Bernard Church with interment in St Bernard Cemetery.
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Gregory F. Gallo
Wayne Ave
Indiana
Seventh Street
Presbyterian Church
Margaret (Torquato) Gallo
Frank
Albert
U. S. Army
France
Bernadine
Margaret
Jean
Jack Gallo
Fresno
California
St. Bernard R. C
James Brady
St. Bernard Cemetery
Lthe
William Newton Craig
Indiana County
Vantergrift
Mr. Craig
William M
Ana Charlotte Daugherty Craig
White Township
Effie Mc Henry
Mra Nora (Stepp) Craig
Rex Craig
Perry Fox
Vandergrift
Dells Bracken
Bess McGregor
Jesse C. Craig
Srecerpant
Oakland Cemetery
Jane
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