Fall of Rome Heralds Allied Edge in Europe
The Allied capture of Rome marks a major milestone in Italy, signaling a crushing blow to German forces under Kesselring. Allied air power pounded the front, with about 20,000 German prisoners taken and heavy casualties reported as columns fled northward toward Rimini and the Po. The victory strengthens resolve for further operations before D-Day, though the exact timetable remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Europe
Ded Fuhhrer
Germany
Rome
Herr Schicklegruber
Italy
Kesselring
Sea
Whesselring
Rimini-Pisa Une
French Riviera
Balkans
Never Give Up In Bridge Says Mayfair Club Hand
From the Mayfair Bridge Club Newark comes a hand from Harry J. Fish's little Black book. The piece argues not to discard nine spots too quickly and warns against counting missing cards to test memory, urging players to persevere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William EB. M'Kenney
America
Harry J. Fishbein
Mayfair Bridge Club
Newark
West's odd opening leads to surprising endgame
Declarer misreads singleton fears after East wins with ace and clubs. West's club ruff becomes pivotal as Declare rips spades and counts losers. Leads king of diamonds reveal West's queen dropping, then a club discard from dummy signals the unfolding misfortune. The hand ends with the jack of diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
East
Declarer
Declare
This Weeks Rationing Update For Indefinite Stamp Validity
The Associated Press outlines rationing details with Book Four red stamps AS through WS valid indefinitely, Book Four blue stamps AS through V6 valid indefinitely, Sungr Book Four 40 good for five pounds for home canning through Feb 28 1945, Shoes Book Three airplane stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely, Gasoline 10 A coupons in Northeast and Southeast good for rare gallons through Aug 8, elsewhere 11 A coupons good for three gallons through June 21, B 3 and C 3 coupons good for five gallons everywhere, Fuel oil Period four and five coupons valid through Sept 30, and new period one coupons usable immediately upon receipt from local rationing boards.
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Associated Press
Sungr
Predicts Postwar Prosperity After World War II
Pittsburgh June 5. Alfred N Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, forecast postwar prosperity despite a huge debt if reconversion from war to peace industry is prompt and intelligent. He cited a potential 300 billion national debt and a 20 to 30 billion annual federal budget, aided by pent up demand and upgrades to housing, equipment, railroads, utilities and municipalities.
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Pittsburgh
Alfred N. Williams
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
United States
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
The
War Finance Committee
Williams
Boat Capsizes Off Lake Erie. Fifteen Feared Lost
PORT STANLEY Ont June 3 Fifteen persons believed drowned after the motor Jameh Olga capsized off this Lake Erie harbor during a Sunday excursion crowd Thirteen others were rescued The bodies of three young women Jillian Babcock 23 of London Ont Berniece Wood 29 and Barbara Martin 20 of St Thomas were recovered after the vessel listed and rolled when a wave struck her side following an engine failure
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Port Stanley
Ont
Lake Erie
Jillian Babcock
London
Berniece Wood
Barbara Martin
St. Thomas
Olga
Shuttle Bombers Front in Russian Skies and Casual Banter
Front line reports describe light flak as American planes press through, with a colonel refusing to be named. An American among troops, Sgt. Leroy Massey formerly of the Detroit Lions, chats about football and trench mishaps while Russian soldiers observe a softball game during lunch.
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Chicago
Russia
Kansas
Georgia
Leroy Massey
Jcenter
Detroit Lions
Cyl
Pacific airwar and ground offensives reshape frontline
Tokyo voices bold claims as Japan presses to defend Changsha and Loyang while Chinese forces retake Ansiang and advance toward Yochow. Yunnan troops near Tengchung push toward northern Burma as Allied air strikes hit Truk, Shumushu, Paramushiro, and Matsuima. MacArthur launches new push to seize airfields in the Schouten Islands amid Japan’s heavy anti aircraft activity.
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Tokyo
Japan
Changsha
Nvaders
Hunan
Ansiang
Yochow
Honan
Loyang
Sunghsien
Yunnan Province
Shweli River
Tengchung
Burme
Weet
Central Pacific
Truk
Kuriles
Shumushu
Paramushiro
Matsuima
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Bridge play turns tense as clubs decide the outcome
In a tense deal West faced a decisive choice. If he did not trump, declarer would ruff in dummy and lead clubs. If West covered, declarer could ruff returning a trump to the queen and lead the eight of clubs, leaving West to only win a trump trick and the ace of hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Declarer
Fide
Mines Need 7500 Workers In Greensburg Area War Effort
The War Manpower Commission plans action to supply 7500 workers for coal production as shortages threaten fuel for war plants railroads and exports. Hart warns that staffing must rise to avert a national deficit of 36 million tons while praising cooperation of labor and industry in current stabilization efforts.
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Greensburg
War Manpower Commission
Washington
Indiana
Uniontown
Somerset
Kittanning
Oil City
Carl B. Harr
WMC
Hart
Rome Taken In Drive From Coast To Alban Hills
Allied forces broke through the German lines around Rome as Fifth Army armored units pushed toward the city. Prisoners and wrecked vehicles mounted, with German depots and supply lines hit along highways north of the capital. British and Eighth Army forces advanced in the Alban Hills and Sacco Valley, while air strikes disrupted retreat routes and tied up transport. Weather: thunderstorms and warmer spells with cooler trends expected later on.
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Fifth Army
Albert Kesselring
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Italy
Palestrina
Via Castlina
Valmontone
Eighth Army
Sacco
Fiuggi
Piglio
Pallano
Guarcino
Cave
Hermann Goering
North Africa
Sicily
Eleimenta
Highway 7
Alban Hills
Gottaferrata
Marina
Genzana
Tiber
Rio Torto
Moutains
Liri
Highway 82
Balseruno
Pistol Packin Mama’s Night Run Over Germany
A B 24 bomber mission targets an important German aircraft plant. Despite heavy flak and loss of engine, the crew presses on and completes the bombing run. Heavy air combat follows as six Nazi planes are shot down and several crew members are wounded or killed before bailout over enemy territory.
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J. W. Montagna
NEA Service, Inc
Jerry
Germany
Linnati
Herb
Mills
Sa’clock High
Paul 5
Biggart
Bombardier Lt
Ebersole
Hearings On Pollution Of Streams
Four more hearings are scheduled by the State Sanitary Water Board to address industrial wastes and sewage pollution in Pennsylvania streams. Public meetings will cover the Allegheny Monongahela and Youghiogheny river basins from Kittanning to Pittsburgh and areas south, inviting municipalities corporations and individuals to propose treatment requirements. The first session is Tuesday June 20 at 10:00 a.m. in Pittsburgh with a second at 12:00 p.m. on the same day.
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Harrisburg
State Sanitary Water Board
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Franklin
Ohio River
Allegheny River
Kittanning
Monogahela
Belle Vernon
West Newton
Beaver
More Women Voters Outnumber Men in Coming Election
Census figures show women of voting age ahead of men by about 600000 as of January. Women over 21 total 4,622,886 while men reach 4,404,368. 7,860,000 men are in the armed forces. The shift suggests women's votes may outweigh men's in the presidential election next fall.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Hearings on river dumping controls in Pennsylvania
Health Secretary A H Stewart said regional hearings will be held across the state to adopt regulations for controlling dumping of coatsilt into anthracite area streams. The schedule includes sessions in Bellefont and Pittsburgh and readings of affected rivers Conemaugh Beaver Allegheny and Lake Erie drainage. Previous hearings occurred in Haston Reading and Philadelphia.
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Belle Vernon
West Newton
Pittsburgh
Conemaugh
Beaver
Franklin
Allegheny River
Kittanning
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Haston
Reading
Philadelphia
A. H. Stewart
Bellefonte
Catholic Leaders Gratified Over Rome Capture
Washington reports Catholic leaders express gratification at Rome’s swift Allied capture. MSGR. Michael J. Ready calls the liberation a very great victory and very heartening to all. Archbishop Curley says the world can say on its knees thank God, noting the church’s hope to protect religious centers.
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Washington
Rome
Msgr
Michael J. Ready
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Michael Joseph Curley
Baltimore
Pius X11
Bombers and Typhoons Hit Northern France Invasion Zone
A small U S medium bomber force attacked the northern France invasion area at midday. Pilots reported moderate flak and no fighter opposition. Rocket carrying Typhoons of the British Second Tactical Air Force struck radio location installations in northern France for the second day in a row.
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U. S
France
British
Second Tactical Air Force
Youths Paroled In Punxsutawney Theft Case
In Brookville juvenile court Judge Jesse C. Long arraigned youths from Punxsutawney and Home who confessed to stealing 13 automobiles. They were paroled into parental custody with strict conditions and no further leniency for future transgressions. they must be supervised after supper and account for every movement.
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Punxsutawney
Punxy
Jesse C. Long
Brookville
Long
Obituary notices from Latrobe and nearby towns
Obituaries record Martha Elizabeth Smith of Latrobe died June 3 at Latrobe Hospital, survived by husband James J. Smith and children Plummer Lewis Laile and daughter Mrs. Earl Roof, with twelve grandchildren and siblings in Elderton Indiana Hood River and Hillsboro. Services June 7 at United Presbyterian Church, Latrobe. Also listed are deaths of Walter Costello 17 Homer City, Patrick Carroll of Brookville, Barbara Bruce 63 Dixonville, Arlington Boyd Hoover 57 Turtle Creek, with funeral details and interment plans across local cemeteries.
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Martha Elizabeth Smith
Latrobe Hospital
Lewis
Caroline Gibson
Elderton
James J. Smith
Earl Roof
Plummer
Laile
Latrobe
Margaret Gibson
David Fiscus
Indiana
Braden
Hood River
Oregon
John F. Gibson
Hillsboro
Robert €. Gibson
Butler
Wm. Turnbull
United Presbyterian Church
Latrobe Cemetery
Walter Costello
Homer City
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Houtzdale
Clearfield Co
Peter
Elizabeth Costello
Mary Gunhouse
Helen Kitchen
New York
Frank
Sagamore
Joseph
Barnesboro
Stephen
Army Air Corps
China
Michael
Navy
Idaho
John
Drew
Stanley
St. Francis’ Catholic
Graceton
Matthew Yanasek
Craceton
Barbara Bruce
Robert Bruce
Dixonville
Indiana Hospital
Patrick I. Carroll
Charles Carroll
Oak Street
Clyde Newkirk
Dougherty
Brookville
Mr. Carroll
Hazleton
Punxsutawney
Indiana County
Brookville Catholic Church
St. Cosmas and Damien Cemetery
Arlington Boyd Hoover
Joseph and
Harriett Edwards Hoover
Shadyside Hospital
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Turtle Creek
Electric Heights Methodist Church
Daisy Faith
Hoover
Corp
Kenneth Hoover
Alice H. Stanford
Ninth Street
Pitcairn
Oakland, Cemetery
Johnston Tells Russians of U S Ideals and Bridges
Eric Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce told Soviet trade leaders there is a gulf between American and Soviet economic ideologies but bridges of practical cooperation can be built He said the United States is privately minded while the USSR is state minded and warned American Communists waste their time He proposed Russian raw materials and American machines as ideologically neutral mediators between the two systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
Johnstown
Anastas J. Mikoyan
Johnston
Local Couple Hosts Guest in Cherry Tree
Lieutenant Casselman, recently graduated from Filot's Training School in Blytheville, visited with his wife and her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Arthur of Cherry Tree. He now serves as First Pilot in a B-24 Liberator at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. The Gazette Carriers promote War Stamps and Bonds while a Q&A notes salt as a potential substitute for blood plasma in Army experiments.
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D. Hi.canterman
A. A. Arthur
Cherry Tree
Casselman
Filot’s
Blytheville
Arkansas
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Card of Thanks for Arthur Patterson
Expresses gratitude to singers friends and neighbors for sympathy after Arthur Patterson’s death. Special thanks to Fulton Run Church and community for floral contributions. Signed by 248 children and grandchildren.
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Arthur Patterson
Fulton Run
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Clymer Borough
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Joe Stasky
Clymer
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M. Elizabeth George
Tidjana
Ruth B
George Jensen
Water Street
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E. Pierce
Wu Murray Buterhaegh
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Wieging
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Carl Owens
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