Fifth War Loan Drive Starts In Indiana Monday
Indiana county launches the Fifth War Loan Drive with a county quota of 4 823 000 for bonds including 1 040 000 for E bonds. The drive runs two weeks from June 12 to June 26, urging every resident to buy at least one $25 bond to support war efforts. Local chairmen John G. St Clair O K Guthrie and S S Orange organize solicitations.
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Indiana
Indiana County
Tim
Gazette
John G. St. Clair
O. K. Guthrie
Borough of
Ss. J. Orange
United States
England
France
Bill Moore Gets Office In ACT
Adam Co. Brown of Erie elected grand counselor of the Pennsylvania Grand Council United Commercial Travelers of America. Other officers include Charles H. Frederick Beaver Falls grand past counselor William J. Moore Indiana grand conductor and Willem T. Trostle Philipsburg grand page. Erie chosen as next year's convention site.
Generous Plmiura Recovered Most of Stolen Funds
Six year old Felica found his grandmother's strongbox key and distributed $160 among friends. He recovered all but $1.50, returning most of the money after the incident.
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Plmiura
Felica
G I Bill of Rights Reaches Final Senate House Accord
Washington June 10 final agreement was reached today by a Senate House Conference Committee on a G I Bill of Rights establishing a broad program of benefits for World War II veterans. Passage expected early next week with Senate approval Monday and House action soon after.
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Washington
Senate House
Clark
D.-Mo
Senate
House
White House
Canvass For Service Names Begins June 14
The canvass for names and addresses of Pennsylvania's men and women serving in the Armed Forces and War Services will begin on Flag Day June 14. It aims to reach a million homes and is led by Doctor Ralph Coopey Hutchison, executive director of the State Council of Defense. Volunteers from defense councils, veterans groups, and clubs will assist with distribution. canvassers will carry credentials and will ask only for the information required by law, no extras. Continued on Page Two.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Ralph Coopey Hutchison
State Council of Defense
War Services
Councils of Defense
Defense
Indiana County Fair Planned With Aug Event Dates
A lively Indiana County meeting set August 20 30 31 and September 1 for this year’s fair. New managers filled vacancies left by deaths of B H Lichteberger and J E Faith. Highlights include McCreary Tire and Rubber Co track race and Beef Breeding Herds exhibit. Officials listed James Heilbrun president J B Flenniken vice president S W Shearer Harry W Leech Blaine Short Foster Park J S Mack Jr L W Robinson Jr James White general manager W M Bennett honorary VP John M Thompson treasurer Bertha Jones secretary.
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Commissioners Office
Indiana Fair Association
B. H. Lichteberger
J. E. Faith
Messrs
J. S. Mack, Jr
L. W. Robinson, Jr
McCreary Tire and Rubber Co
Sohle
James B. Heilbrun
J. B. Flenniken
S. W. Shearer
Harry W. Leech
Blaine Short
Foster Park
L. W. Robinson
James White
W. %. Bennett
John M. Thompson
Bertha Jones
Catastrophe Befalls German Army In Italy
Allied forces report a disorganized German withdrawal in Italy as the German Sixth and Tenth armies retreat northward. Field Marshal Kesselring’s lines falter while Clark with the Fifth Army advances toward Tuscany and Tarquinia, but von Mackensen’s decimated 14th army evades capture, and the Eighth Army moves along the Adriatic front amid demolitions and difficult terrain.
Memorial Service for Two Local Casualties
On Sunday at 3 p m the Pree Methodist Sunday School and church will hold a memorial service for Franklin E Hinton Indiana R D and Robert Wentz Indians who gave their lives in the Mediterranean theater of operation in the service of their country
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Pree Methodist
Franklin E. Hinton
Indiana
R. D
Robert Wentz
Mediterranean
Ploesti Oil Refinery Is Bombed
Swarts of American P-38 Lightning fighters bombed and strafed the Romana Americana refinery at Ploesti Romania last major refinery left operating. The raid followed earlier attempts to halt Romanian production. The target was enveloped in black smoke as enemy planes attacked after the raid.
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Italy
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Messerschmitts
Focke-Wulfs
Eve of Invasion Pictures Here
Film previews depict United Nations preparations for the Second Front with scenes of England loaded with tanks trucks planes and guns. Troops trained in large numbers poised for action while fleets of planes drop explosive on Nazi defenses as the 11 000 plane armada dominates the skies on D Day and new weapons are shown See PICTURE.
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United Nations
France
England
D -Day
Debt limit raised to 260 billion for fifth war loan
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed legislation reducing the tax from 30 to 20 percent effective July 1 and raising the national debt limit to 260 billion dollars, clearing the way for the 16 billion dollar Fifth War Loan Drive starting Monday. The present debt ceiling is 210 billion. raising it allows additional borrowing though the debt total remains about 168 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Senate
Armed Services
Dance Recital At State Teachers College June 12
A dance recital by pupils of Mrs. Erma Seibert Ossier will be in the college auditorium Monday evening June 12 at 7 30 p m as part of the pre session activity program. Repeated May 31 under Sixty Minutes of Enlightenment. Numbers include Dutch and Russian dances, Pas de Deux, Turkey in the Straw, Little Miss Elen by Ellen Meluckle, acrobatics by Judith Gordon, and songs like Singing in the Rain Baton Dance School Days and Gipsy Dance. Accompanist Mrs Chester Van Dyke. Free admission for students faculty and the public.
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Erma Seibert Ossier
State Teachers College
Miss Elen
Ellen Meluckle
Judith Gordon
Chester van Dyke
Seabee Mascot Jimmie Carrick to Visit Camp Thomas
Six year old Jimmie Carrick, disabled but spirited, will travel with his mother to Camp Thomas, R. I., for Jimmie Carrick Day and an exhibition game with the Seabee team. The boy, adopted by 265,000 Seabees, has followed their exploits from his hospital bed via letters and newspapers.
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Pittsburgh
Jimmie Carrick
International Seabee
Camp Thomas, R. I
Jimmie
Louis Carvick
Camp Thomas
U. S. Naval
Davisville
R. I
Rolland Rayburn
Rayburn
Seabee
Marion Center Boy Wounded in Italian War Action
Marion Center residents hear their son David E Doyle a 4th grade technician and paratrooper was wounded in action at the Anzio beachhead in Italy He was promoted shortly before injury and is eager to hear from friends due to Army rules the Indiana Evening Gazette cannot publish his full address The U S Ninth Air Force has advanced headquarters in France as part of preparations for air bases to provide close air support Allied forces report heavy fighting near Caen Cherbourg and Carentan with thousands of prisoners taken including parachute veterans from Russia and Cassino The latest Allied front dispatch notes German resistance weakening but a possible counterattack looms General Bradley says progress is satisfactory See INVASION Continued on Page Two
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Frank Doyle
Marion Center
David E. Doyle
David
Kiska
Indiana Evening Gazette
U. S. Ninth Air Force
France
Omar Bradley
Russia
Cassino
Caen
Berlin
Bayeuxt
Haa
Beah
Cherbour
Carentan
U. S
Tesislange
Bradley
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
Ste. Mera Eglise
C ‘Ity
Casesino
Italy
Radios Wanted At Deshon And Camp Reynolds
The Camp and Hospital Council of the local American Red Cross chapter seeks items for Deshon Hospital Butler and Camp Reynolds Greenville PA. Donations of games furnishings books magnzes and other items are welcomed. The council coordinates services and entertainment for convalescing service men and supports hospital programs.
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Americaty Red Cross
Deshon Hospital
Butler
Camp Reynolds
Greenville
American Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Cambria County Names War Loan Drive For Esther McCabe
In Cambria County the War Loan drive will be the Mother McCabe War Loan Drive honoring Esther McCabe of Lilly a War Mothers pick with ten sons in the armed forces. County War Finance Chair Rudolph G Kirschmann announced the drive seeks to lift the county quota from 9 505 000 to 10 000 000 via a Monday start.
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Johnstown
Cambria County
Warren H. Kidder
Bombers Sink Four Jap Destroyers Near Biak
American Mitchell bombers off Mangkwari New Guinea sank four Japanese destroyers with 1000 pound bombs and damaged a fifth while driving off a cruiser and another destroyer. The action, part of Biak operations, occurred as a Japanese task force moved east toward Biak. American planes faced ten enemy fighters, shooting down five and likely one more. three American planes were lost. Meekmer air defenses were quieted as U S forces prepared for further operations toward Borokoe and Sorido.
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New Guinea
Mantha
Biak' Ne
Tony Mitchell Lommbers
Mangkwari
Dutch New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Biak
Meekmer
Mokmer
Borokoe
Sorido
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Elders Ridge
West Lebanon Presbyterian
Rhodes General Hospital
Utica
New York
P. A. C. Howard J. Teyssier
Teyssier
Old Concorde College
Athens, W. Va
G.I
5Th Army
Tuscania
Rome
Albert Kesselring
Fifth
Nocthenal
Tarquinia
Mark W.clark
Eberhard von Mackensen
14Th
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Mackensen
10Th Army
Tiber
Viterbo
Newell Miller
Creekside
Newell L. Miller
Radio & Gunnery
Air Force
Milo Miller
Creekside, R. D. 1
Helen Little
Scott Little
Allied Expeditionary Force
Sardine
Normandy
Ste. Mere Eglise
Montebourg
Marion
Deshon
Gearhart
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