The War Today Invasion News From Cherbourg Peninsula
This early morning broadcast declares Allied forces have landed on the Cherbourg peninsula and advanced inland. The column notes heavy German reserves and the expected fierce fighting ahead as Montgomery and Rommel face off in the Cotentin region.
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Europe
Eisen
Shower
Hitler
France
England
Cotentin
Cherbourg
Caen
Seine
Paris
Edward II
Germany
Ito
General Montgomery
Marshal Rommel
Fox Rommel
Churchill Addresses War Effort and Anzio Battle
Churchill declares confidence in Eisenhower and Emery as allied leaders. He plans to brief the House and press on tonight. He notes grim persistence and recounts Allied strength at Anzio with about 20,000 friendly troops holding firm against 25,090 Germans. New York City reports 310 classes for physically handicapped children.
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Eisenhower
Emery
Cormmons
Grimess
Churchill
Anzio
Mary
New York City
Inventive German Weapons From WW2 Invasion Defense
German war engineers devised a wide range of weapons to thwart Allied landings. The catalog includes rocket gliders, prefabricated pillboxes, plastic mines, bouncing betty mines, anti tank guns named hornet, rocket guns, rocket planes, infrared detectors, and a giant glider for troop transport, with many reports later questioned or debunked.
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Paul Kern Lee
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Europe
I & One
Salerno
Bay of Biscay
Saradius
Russia
Italy
French
London
Africa
Siciily
Messerschrmitt
Al‘Mesme
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
West Wall
Siegfried Fine
Elks Flag Day Remembrance of the Nation's Banner
The piece extols Flag Day as a unifying national observance dating to 1918 and earlier, praising Woodrow Wilson and presidents for elevating the day. It notes public schools and Elks rituals, and urges citizens to honor Old Glory as representative of all people while acknowledging wartime service and sacrifices regardless of race or class.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Union
Karty
Calvin Coolidge
Early
Frank
Sin D. Roosevelt
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Invasion Prayer and Rocky Mountain Fever Update
A wartime prayer pleads for courage faith and unity to conquer greed and racist arrogance while seeking world peace. The note then shifts to a health alert stating Rocky Mountain fever, once thought regional, now appears nationwide with reports of 66 food fish finds in Canadian waters.
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Canadian
Fire at 483 Philadelphia Street Causes $800 Loss
A small fire at 1:00 am in the apartment house at 483 Philadelphia Street, caused by a refrigerator short circuit in the Robert Thomas unit, spread to the attic before the Fire Company rapidly controlled it. Three hoses laid, only the pumper used. building owned by Barr Estate. damage about $800.
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Philadelphia Street
Robert Thomas
Barr
Walter Schroth Speaks on Lumber at Indiana Rotary
Walter A. Schroth, operator of five sawmills in Indiana County, delivered the talk at the Indiana Rotary Club meeting at the Indiana Hotel. He described the regional lumber industry and noted his mills saved over six million board feet of timber last year and produced 233 million linear feet of pit posts.
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Walter A. Schroth
Ing of Indiana Rotary Club
Indiana
Schroth
Indiana County
Equipment Increase For Indiana Plant Contract
The Defense Plant Corporation announced a $100,000 increase in its contract with McCreary Tire and Rubber Company of Indiana Pennsylvania to supply additional equipment at the Indiana plant.
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Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
McCreary Tire and Rubber Company
Indiana
Invasion Continues Assault on French Coast Oct 1944 fronts
Allied and German accounts describe massive combined operations across the Normandy coast. Waves of ships, paratroopers, gliders, and air support initiated landings around Caen and Cherbourg with heavy bombardment by British and American warships. Allied air forces report thousands of planes and broad naval shelling, while German defenses and sea conditions posed challenges but failed to halt the invasion momentum.
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United States
Seine
Eisenhower
Ger- Lemans
Saen
Schaef
Werman
Supreme Headquarters
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Germany
Orne
Ivre
Caen
Cherjbourg
Stockholm
Aftonbladet J
French
Paris
Normandy
le Havre
Channel
Obituary notices from Indiana area mourn multiple locals
A series of obituaries from Indiana area list Charles Nollenberger former Central Hotel proprietor dying at 10 10 am Sunday at home 1360 Philadelphia Street with services by Rev Arthur J Pfoh and burial arrangements in Philadelphia. Other notices honor Frank S Eberharter husband of Florence Eberharter of Seattle with church services at St Peter's and Boeing workplace history. Barbara Bruncf wife of Robert Bruce of Dixonville noted with family survivors, and Julia Clarke Rorke former Indiana Hotel proprietor's widow with four children and church funeral at St Bernard in Indiana. Also Ella May Wise of Hillsdale dies after a stroke with three children and siblings named. Raleigh Funeral Home to handle services. A final line notes about two million people in the United States have malaria each year.
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Charles Nollenberger
Central Hotel
Indiana
Philadelphia Street
Robinson
Arthur J. Pfoh
Indiana Zion Lutheran Church
Philadelphia
Joseph M. Haas
Frank S. Eberharter
Florence
Hoffman) Eberharter
Seattle
Washington
St. Peter's Church
Boeing Aircraft Company
Clarence C. McIntoch
Roscoe
Calif
Bruce
Sykesville
Dixonville
Scotland
Alec
Margaret (Clark) Wise
Margaret Park
Johnstown
Mabel Sweitzer
Thomas
Albion
Everett Leasure
Margaret Wise
Baptist Church of
Reynoldsville Lodge of
Eastern Star
Reeds
F. H. Baker
Baptist Church
Morningside Cemetery
DuBois
Julia (Clarke) Rorke
Homestead Hospital
Michael J. Rorke
Indiana Hotel
Edward W
Julia ‘(Conion) Clarke
Edgewood
Homestead
Patricia Ann Rorke
Michael
Smithton
Patricia
Paul E. Williams
Robert G.reed
Clearfield
Edward W. Clarke
Greensburg
Bernard J
Detroit
Mich
E. J. Hayes
New York City
St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church
Church
Streams Funeral Home
Ella May Wise
Hillsdale
William N. Wise
R. D
William N
Joy Blair
Cleveland
Ohio
Orren Napp
Luna Rowe
Shelocta
Raleigh
Funeral
Mahoning Cemetery
New Pastor For Iselin Church
Rev Waller Iwaniski assistant pastor of St Marys Polish Catholic Church McKeesport has been assigned by Bishop Hugh C Boyle to pastor Holy Cross Church in Iselin Indiana County He will take charge June 10 The priest has emerged as a noted speaker and religious leader during the past year Father Iwan Iski was assigned to McKeesport parish in March 1849 serving as assistant to the late Rev Anthony Tarkowski and to Rev Anthony Gonet
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Waller
Iwaniski
St. Mary's
McKeesport
Hugh C. Boyle
Pittsburgh
Holy Cross Church
Iselin
Indiana County
Iwan Iski
Anthony Tarkowski
Anthony Gonet
Plaintiff Seeks $100,000 Damages in Railroad Injury Suit
Prank O. Stephens of Clarion Pennsylvania filed a federal court suit against the Lake Erie Franklin and Clarion Railroad seeking 100000 dollars for injuries alleged while working as an extra brakeman and locomotive engineer last January.
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Pittsburgh
O. Stephens
Clarion
Lake Erie, Frankin and Clarion Railroad
Aircraft Dot Fields In France
Gladwin Hill reports from a Merit base in England as Allied forces land in Northern France. Parachute drops and suspected gliders blanket the coast while naval guns fire across the Channel. Aircraft bear the invasion markings as battles rage on sea and shore.
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Gladwin Hill
Associated Press
England
France
French Channel
Chanel
German Counterattack Claims 35 Allied Tanks At Asnelles
German forces reportedly launched a counterattack in the Seine bay area and destroyed 35 heavy Allied tanks at Asnelles by noon according to a Berlin DNB report. The German account says beach obstacles hinder landings and that heavy counterthrusts east of Cherbourg are making progress. Paris radio also quoted Marshal Petain appealing to Frenchmen to avoid actions that could invite severe reprisals as France becomes a battlefield.
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London
Asnelles
Seine Bay
DNB
Berlin
Cherbourg
Oystreham
Seine Bight
Paris Radio Today
Marshal Petain
Aircraft Carrier Block Island Sunk in Atlantic War
Washington reports the sinking of the Escort Carrier Block Island in the Atlantic on the eve of the invasion. Navy’s fortnightly submarine warfare tally also notes 16 Japanese merchant ships sunk by U S underwater craft.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Block Island
U. S
Pitt Banker Gets Three Years
Daniel Lloyd Baumgardner, 41, former manager of the savings department at Pitt National Bank, was sentenced by Federal Judge F P Schoonmaker to three years in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling 64000 dollars in bank funds. A weather note follows describing cloudy cooler conditions with thunder showers in the southeast and extreme east portions, and a Kremlin size fact is noted.
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Pittsburgh
F. P. Schoonmaker
Daniel Lloyd Baumgardner
Pitt National Bank
Baumgardner
Eisenhower's Allied Headquarters Hidden Near Embarkation Bases
A June dispatch from England describes Gen Dwight D Eisenhower directing the Allied invasion from a camouflaged, tented post in thick woods near invasion bases. Reporters were briefed on confidential plans and saw maps of Allied and Axis troop concentrations in a highly secret war room.
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E. ¥. Roberts
Allied
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Supreme Head
France
Hisenhower
Russians Massing For Attack On Germany From East
Moscow June 6 Russians massing for attack as Allied forces prepare a two front blow against Germany. Reports say Soviet armies join Eisenhower’s invasion from the west and Alexander’s push up the Malian peninsula. Russians had long pressed for a second front and reacted with cautious optimism.
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Moscow
Germany
Eisenhower
Alexander
Malian
France
June 6 Marked Momentous World War II Dates
San Francisco dispatch notes June 6 marks two momentous dates in World War II history. The reporter highlights key events tied to June 6 in 1942 and 1944, emphasizing their lasting impact on the war and global affairs.
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San Francisco
Fight County Men Enlist In The Navy
Eight Indiana County young men enlisted across May 16 to May 31 at the U S Navy Recruiting Station Johnstown Pa Two chose to become Navy regulars to serve until age 21 Jack Edgar Spicher and Geo Dewey Sager Jr enlisted in the Regular Navy Six joined Naval Reserve to serve for the duration of the war They are Donald Charles VanHorn Ernest L Cramer William Arley Brady Claire Lugene Fulmer Pay Perry Justin Altimus Edwin Lawrence Sawyer and others Also mentions Alaska gold output and Midway battle reference, with garbled WWII era context.
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Indiana County
Navy
U.S. Navy
Johnstown
Jack Edgar Spicher
Everett L. Spicher
Cherry Tree
Geo. Dewey Sager, Jr
George D. Sager
R. D
Indiana
Naval Reserve
Donald Charles VanHorn
Robert L. VanHorn
Plumville
Ernest Laird Cramer
Cyrus G. Cramer
Marion Center
William Arley Brady
Arley
A. Brady
Claire Lugene Fulmer
Roy J. Fulmer
Perry Justin Altimus
Charles
Altimus, Robinson
Edwin Lawrence Sawyer
Lawrence McK. Sawyer
Invasion Declared: Allied Forces Begin Normandy Landing
The Associated Press reports Col. R. Ernest Dupuy read Allied communique No 1 from supreme headquarters announcing Allied armies landed on the northern coast of France. Eisenhower’s Allied forces, with naval and air support, began the invasion today prompting global news coverage.
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Associated Press
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
United States
R. Ernest Dupuy
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dupuy
United Nations
France
Britain
Greenwich
Meridan
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