Notes From Riski To Service Men Graduate 30
John Martin son of Mrs John C Martin Indiana is spending a few days with his mother He is an Army Air Force member en route to a new assignment He entered the army in October 1940 trained at Langley Field VA and has served in the Caribbean area He goes to Fresno California for reassignment. Robert Swanson at invasion base in England heads a large signal center coordinating traffic for headquarters base Lt Robert M Swanson 24 of Erie PA directs handling of 4000 messages weekly and commands a rotating company of finance medical and communications personnel He attended OCS at Ft Monmouth NJ and Teachers College at Indiana PA In June 1942 his father Peter L Swanson lives at 724 West Ninth Street Erie. Also notes McFarland brothers Harold captive in Germany and Robert commissioned in Naval Air Force at Glenview IL. Kiskiminetas Springs School will hold its fifty sixth annual commencement with Rev Gill Robb Wilson addressing seniors and diplomas awarded. Byron Bahr Memorial Track to be dedicated with a bronze plaque by Andrew Weamer.
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Indiana
Pfe
John F. Martin
John C. Martin
School Street
John
Army Air Force
Army
Martin
Langley Field
Caracas
Venezuela
Fresno
California
Robert Swanson
England
Robert M. Swanson
West Ninth Street
Erie
Pennsylvania
Swanson
Swansen
Swannson
Swaanson
Ft. Monmouth
New Jersey
Teachers College
Peter L. Swanson
McFarland
The
Gazette
Richard McFarland
Italy
Tech
Harold McFarland
Germany
Robert McFarland
Naval Air Force
Naval Air Base
Glenview
Ilinois
Harold
Robert
Kiskiminetas Springs
Saltsburg
Gill Robb Wilson
Civil Aeronautics Authority
J. M.clark
Byron Bahr
Andrew Weamer
Revival Meeting At Hood School
Revival services announced at Hood School with evangelist Reverend Leonard Pittman leading. Meetings run nightly for two weeks starting June 4 with all welcome to attend.
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Hood School
Leonard Pittman
Stimson affirms Allied landings and foresees tough days ahead
Secretary Stimson notes foothold in France and successful coastal landings on German-occupied soil. He credits Allied air power for reduced enemy opposition, warns against optimistic distortion, and says hard days lie ahead as the invasion begins.
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France
Stimson
Grand Jury Returns Nontrue Bills and Tax Figures
The grand jury continued from page one with two nontrue bills listed. Names include Rachel Patterson charged with larceny and Frank Aimino and Geneva Aimino accused of selling beer without a license. Treasury receipts from amusement taxes were $168,748,025 in 1943.
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Verried &Re
Rachel Patterson
Frank Aimino
Geneva Aimino
Treasury Department
Six Miners Trapped After Fire In Emerald Shaft
Six coal miners were trapped in the Chartiers shaft of Emerald Coal & Coke Co near Clarksville after a fire damaged timber supports and caused a short circuit. Flames and fumes blocked escape as rescuers from the Bureau of Mines rushed to reach the men in the 400 foot entry. names were not immediately available.
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Clarksville
Chartiers
Emerald Coal & Coke Company
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Bombers Smash Big RAF Losses Amid Invasion Skies
Allied air forces claim heavy bombers struck targets from Chateaudun to Tours with about 500 escort planes. Night fighters claimed 29 RAF bombers, while Allied daylight sorties over Normandy and Cherbourg peninsula damaged rail hubs and oil targets. German losses reported include 82 planes destroyed in daylight. weather improved for operations after invasion began.
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Supreme Headquarters
RAF
Chateaudun
Lemans
Rennes
Nantes
Tours
Stratefei
Lessay
Pontaubault
Valognes
St. Lo Os
Cherbourg
Hayocs
Periers
Lihaye du Puits
Air Ministry
Cologne
Cran
Normandy
Pas-de-Calais
Paris
Acheéres
Versailles
Massy-Pal- Aiseau
Juvisy
Lorient
France
England
East Anglia
Invasion advances on Cherbourg as Allied forces push inland
Allied troops push from landing areas along a 50 mile coastal stretch toward Cherbourg with linked beachheads through Caen and Bayeux. British Canadian units seize towns, deploy air and ground support, while Berlin reports counterattacks and Soviet actions rise on other fronts.
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Eisenhower
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Romania
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Orne
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Cap de la Vwanne
Atlantic Wall
Ninth Air Force
Bernard L. Montgomery
Alles
Owen
Falaise
Argentan
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Prine Marttister
Churchill
Opti
Normandy Invasion Advances Push Toward Cherbourg
Allied forces continued heavy fighting across Normandy with Bayeux captured five miles inland from the coast as troops press toward Caen and Cherbourg. Berlin and Axis reports describe intense air and armored combat, airborne landings behind German lines, and Allied gains widening the invasion bridgehead amid improving weather.
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Cherbourg
Nisin
Supreme Headquarters
Bayeux
Normandy
France
Berlin
Bayeaux
iWuglass
Vichy
Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Atlantic Wall
Caen
Thatarea
Cherbourge
Falaise
Argetan
Continent
Fiers
William the Conqueror
Eywit Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Hitter
Ramwel
Dieppe
Ste. Mere
English
Cherborug
Vargille
Orne River
Seulles
Wounded captain recalls rescue and blood transfusions
A wounded captain is carried to his cot by Sgt. Maj. John Cook in Lexington as medics work to save him. He notes sending messages despite injuries and mentions blood units carried aboard a naval vessel en route to the field hospital.
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John Cook
Lexington
Cook
France
Aprile
Thei Tin
Dov
Signal Corps
Navy
Sergeant Kerr Improves After Injury in Corsica
Staff Sergeant John Kerr, wounded in Corsica, is improving per word from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kerr of Purchase Line. He is a bomb sight maintenance man and has received the Purple Heart. He has two sisters in Indiana.
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John Kerr
Corsica
Frank Kerr
Purchase Line
Seggeant Kerr
A.P.O
New York
N.Y
Kerr
Indiana
Paul Jeffries
Vernon Phillips
Southern Democrats Hoist Storm Signals
The South rejected the Democratic nominee in several states over demands tied to white supremacy and anti tax policies. Mississippi and Georgia moved to restrict Negro participation, while Texas and South Carolina timed electors to pressure the national convention. New Mexico shows Republican opposition and a federal inquiry looms on CIO PAC funding.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
South
Mississippi
Georgia
Texas
South Carolina
Walter George
Supreme Court
Georga
New Mexico
Clinton P. Anderson
Antonio M. Fernandez
Johm d. Dempsey
Carroll G. Gunderson
Dempsey
Manuel Lee
Ben F. Meyer
Congress
Washington
Senate Gambaiga
CIO Political Activities Committee
Sidney Hillman
Senator Tunnell
D.-Del
Pope Pius XII Receives Lt General Clark in Vatican Office
In Rome on June 8 Pope Pius XII and Lt General Mark W. Clark met in the Vatican library. Afterward Clark visited St. Peter's with Monsignor Walter Carroll. The Pope urged war correspondents to write for a peace that satisfies all and preserves human dignity.
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Rome
Pope Pius XII
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Vatican Library
Alfred H.gruenther
H. H. Johnson
Edgar E. Hume
Patrick Ryan
Clark
St. Peter’s Church
Msgr
Walter Carroll
Pittsburgh
Vatican
Italian attack advances as Allied forces push toward Rome
Italian forces report rapid progress while the Eighth Army drives into the Tiber valley north of Rome. Gen. Sir Oliver Leeserg's units claim capture of the strategic Monterotondo area, about 12 miles northeast of the city, signaling a widening advance along the river’s eastern bank.
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Eighth Army
Tiber
Rome
Oliver Leeserg
Monterotondo
Obituary of Ann Elizabeth Mardiss from Grafton
Ann Elizabeth Mardiss died at home of Mrs Susie Dias Mardis in Grafton on Wednesday June 7 at 11 30. Born June 24 1908 in Grafton she was a daughter of the late David Mardis and Susie Dias Mardis. Surviving with her mother are three brothers Ernest of Grafton Earl of Blacklick and William of Mansfield Ohio. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 30 conducted by Reverend H E Miller at Blacklick Methodist Church burial Blairsville Cemetery. Weather: Western Pennsylvania fair in south increasing cloudiness in north warmer today and tonight with showers in northeast and north thundershowers in south.
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Ann Elizabeth Mardiss
Susie Dias Mardis
Grafton
David Mardis
Susie (Dias) Mardis
Ernest of Grafton
Earl of
H. E. Miller
Blacklick Methodist Church
Blairsville Cemetery
Paul Sutter Killed In Action In May At Anzio Beachhead
Tynero resident Paul Sutter Jr Cpl 21 was killed in action near the Anzio beachhead on May 12. Survived by parents Me and Mrs Paul Sutter of Tyneau wife Doris Swagger of Aliquappa one daughter Janice Pauline 18 months five sisters Kathryn States Bessie McHenry Mc Henry of Aliquippa Gayle Anderson Cedarville Ill Bonnie Sutter four brothers Lawrence Rossiter R D 1 Seaman 2/c Donald Lee elsewhere in Pacific Henry Wayne at home Served 1942 to overseas duty in North Africa then Italy with tank corps. Discharge details and training at Camp Campbell Ky and Camp Reynolds Shenango.
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Paul Sutter
Tyneau
Corporal Paul Sutter, Jr
Anzio
Bonnie Sutter
Akron
Lawrence
Rossiter
R. D
Donald Lee
Pacific
Henry
Wayne
Sutter
Camp Campbell
Camp Reynolds
Shenango
F F A Plans Initiation at East Wheatfield Armagh Chapter
The East Wheatfield-Armagh Chapter of the Future Farmers of America plans to confer the Green Hand degree on select Southern Indiana County School students this evening in the vocational agriculture building. Eligible boys must have completed one year of vocational agriculture and present a satisfactory project in livestock, crops, home beautification, or records. Chapter officers leading the event include William Campbell president Dwight Plowman vice president Roger Brehm secretary Carl Fry treasurer Bill Doyle sergeant at arms Paul Marbito reporter Clyde Hunt doorkeeper Jack Griffith conductor and Galen Oellig adviser.
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East Wheatfield - Armagh
Future Farmers of America
Indiana County
William Campbell
Dwight Plowman
Roger Brehm
Carl Fry
Bill Doyle
Paul Marbito
Clyde Hunt
Jack Griffith
Galen Oellig
Inspectors Are Needed Here in Indiana Pennsylvania
Urgent announcement from the U. S. Civil Service Commission calls for women to work as Inspectors of Ordnance Material in Indiana Pennsylvania. No prior inspection experience required. special training provided. written exam not required. Minimum age 18. Shifts rotate. Contact U S Employment Service Office Indiana PA or local Civil Service secretary for details. The Fairchild AT-21 trainer aircraft is noted as the largest and fastest plane for advanced training at 210 mph.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
U. S. Civil Service Commission
U. S. Employment Service Office
Civil Service
Indiana Post Office
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