War value and De Gaulle's role in Cherbourg drive allied strategy
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie surveys the Cherbourg front as Nazi reserves clash with Allied forces. He notes De Gaulle's dramatic return to French soil, debate over recognition of his National Liberation Committee, and the risk of imposing a powerful leader before French voters decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Cherbourg
France
Attics
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulie
Committee of National Liberation
Churchill
House of Commons
de Gaulle
Washington
London
Eisenhower
America
England
Altoona Woman Heads USWV Aux in Pennsylvania
June 15. Fr Jennie Black of Altoona was elected department president of the ladies auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans of Pennsylvania. Also named were Louise Keiper Philadelphia senior vice president Florence Cranage Philadelphia junior vice president Dora Mawhinney Franklin chaplain Sara Halpenny Philadelphia patriotic instructor Margaret Bulver Philadelphia historian Florence Fritz Pottstown conductress Bladwyn Tipton Gettysburg assistant conductress Mary Hamilton Johnstown guard Mee Jenkins Cheswick assistant guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
FrJennie Black
Altoona
Ladies Auxiliary
The
United Spanish War Veterans of Pennsylvania
Louise Keiper
Philadelphia
Florence Cranage
Dora Mawhinney
Franklin
Sara Halpenny
Margaret Bulver
Florence Fritz
Pottstown
Bladwyn ‘Tipton
Eagles Install Community Ladies Auxiliary Group
The Eagles install a community Ladies Auxiliary planned to hold regular socials and offer sick and funeral benefits. Mrs Anna Turnbull Mrs Geneva Ray and Mrs Josephine Gulda lead enrollment efforts. Members are invited to enroll by contacting the organizers after meetings. Following the meeting a lunch and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Turnbull
Geneva Ray
Josephine Gulda
Paralysis Treatment Of Sister Kenny Criticized
A report by seven university physicians presented to the American Medical Association in Chicago contests Sister Elizabeth Kenny's polio treatment. They say there is no evidence it prevents paralysis and criticize her claims of 80 percent recovery, noting spontaneous recovery ranges 50 to 80 percent and that many patients showed no muscle involvement.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Chicago
Elizabeth Kenny
American Medical Association
Kenny
Orthopedic Section
Americary Medical Association
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
American Orthopedic Association
Miss Kenny
Tio
Alee
FEPC Debate Links to National Socialism
Senator George labeled the Presidents FEPC a step toward national socialism arguing it removes managerial control from business owners. The FEPC aims to prevent racial discrimination in war industries and government work, with Southern lawmakers opposing the budget but not blocking final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D.-Ga
President's Fair Employment Practices Commission
Senate
George Old
FEPC
Military Ballot Canvass Urges Secure War Information
Indiana County Defense Council launches a civil defense canvass urging volunteers to obtain only non sensitive war information from interviewees. The effort aims to protect servicemen while warning of penalties for distributing false or unauthorized data. Volunteers operate without compensation, in pairs, under strict rules.
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U. S
Act of Assembly
Defense Council
Indiana
Evening Gazette
Indiana County
Indiana County Defense Council
Zivic to Fight June 26 at Forbes Field Pittsburgh
Former welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic, now in private life at Kessler Field, Miss, has signed to meet Tommy Bell of Youngstown in a ten round bout at Forbes Field June 26. The Rooney McGinley Club announced the bout last night. Zivic returns to pro ring after a layoff, currently on furlough.
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Pittsbergh
Fritaie Zivic
Annemy
Kessler Field
Miss
Tommy Bell
Youngstown
Forbes Field
Rooney- McGinley
Zivic
Caponizing Demonstration Tomorrow at Hess Home
A caponizing demonstration will be held tomorrow Friday at 3.30 PM at S. W. Hess's home, 1226 Water Street, Indiana Courty. Agent D. W. Warner will conduct the demonstration. Yoting machines were first deer in England.
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S. W. Hess
Water Street
Indiana
D. W. Warner
Lt Geo Shea in Italy with 1080th Engineers
First Lieutenant George H. Shea son of Mrs A C Shea of Indiana Pennsylvania serves with the 1080th Engineers Base Section in Italy. The unit, aiding Allied advance, rebuilt large city utilities destroyed by retreating German forces and undertook diverse tasks from power plant repair to hospital water purification and camouflage of HQ buildings.
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Allied Force Advance Press Headquarters
Haly
George H. Shea
A. C. Shea
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Sicily
Italy
Albert P.dennis
Richmond
Army Hospital
General Constructio
Bombing Raid Across Normandy and German Targets
RAF and American air forces conducted heavy night and dawn raids targeting Le Havre Douai Cambrai St Pol and Caen area rail centers while striking Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr and Le Mans base. More than 2400 bombers and fighters dropped 1485 tons amid losses nine German planes shot down and ten on the ground. Numerous targets in Cherbourg peninsula and surrounding zones faced concentrated efforts as Allied forces maintained pressure around the invasion front.
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Angouleme
Bordeaux
la Poissonniere
Nantes
la Friliiere
Tours
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Hitler
Navy
Channel
RAF
le Havre
Douai
Cambrai
St. Pol
Evreey
Aunay-Sur-Odon
Caen
Normandy
Gelsengirchen
Ninth
RAF Tuc Tieal
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Coutanves
Granville
Tessy
le Mans
Odd Fellows Elect State Officers
The Grand Lodge and Rebekah assembly in Pittsburgh tabled plans to consolidate four Pennsylvania orphanages at Meadville Sunbury Philadelphia and Pittsburgh into two institutions and also shelved a shift to a commercial group insurance plan. G P Horne to be installed grand master succeeding John B Thompson with officers Franklin B Hosbach Eric Haas W E Preston Haas and B F Shannon. Rebekah president Alice Spring with Vernice Ayers Miriam Hurd and Bessie Stone as new officers.
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Pittsburgh
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania
Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Meadville
Sunbury
Philadelphia
Lalgo
G. P. Horne
Chambersburg
John B Thompson
Tarentum
Franklin B. Hosbach
Eric
W. E. Preston Haas
Bristol
F. Shannon
Ann E. Updegrat
Rebekah Group
Alice Spring
Montoursville
Vernice Ayers
Rochester
Miriam Hurd
Port Allegany
Bessie Stone
Elya Morrow
Fraternal Order of Police elects McCallum president
Johnstown June 15 The Fraternal Order of Police of Pennsylvania chose Frederick W. McCallum of Philadelphia as president at the convention closing session. Pittsburgh named as 1946 convention site after by law changes to biennial meetings. Other officers named include James McGuckin Homestead and Samuel Painter Dillsburg.
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Johnstown
Fraternal Order of Police of
Pennsylvania
Frederick W. McCallum
Philadelphia
Martin O'Toole
Pittsburgh
James McGuckin
Homestead
Samuel Painter
Dillsburg
William Consalata
Scranton
William Doll
Reading
John Mladger
Carlisle
Charles Miller
Aliquippa
Thos. Foley
Pittston
C. J. Beaver
Clement Patrick
Mt. Carmel
Paul McKinney
Chester
Jack Martin
Eric A Hahn
Nazareth
Wayne Allwe
Lebanon
U M W Officers Set Back To Work At Clyde Mines
Clarksville Pa June 15 Officials of United Mine Workers Local 688 were to return to work today at Clyde Mines 1 and 3 with a back to work decision for other miners left to themselves citing it as a matter of their lives Some miners fear inhaling noxious gases from the sealed Chartiers mine where six lives were lost in a recent fire The State Mines Department has deemed the pits safe according to the company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
United Mine Workers Local 688
Clyde Mines
Offieys
Chartiers
State Mines Department
Allied factions press toward Villers Bocage in Normandy clash
Allied troops push south along the front near Caumont and Villers Bocage as heavy fighting continues. The front line sits near Villers Bocage with the river Seulles splitting the combat area. Air forces fly extensive sorties from bases in captured territory while Lancasters bomb German E boat pens at Le Havre.
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Caumont
Villersbocage
Villers-bocage
Seulles
Montebourg
le Havre
RAF
Trourn
Caen
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Allied forces advance in Italy push through Orvieto and coast
Allied troops break German resistance along the Italian front advancing across the line. Orvieto Aquila Narni and Orbetello fall as Fifth Army pushes along the west coast reaching Magliano and the town center after counterattacks and a blown bridge delay. French and American units also move near Lake Bolsena and the Saline river.
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Rome
Maly
Orvieto
Aquila
Nara
Narni
Fifth Army
Eighth
Lake Bolsena
Terni
Magliano
Orbetello
Fitigliano
Adriatic
Saline
Italy
Halsey and Newton Shine in South Pacific Command
Vice Admiral New ton joins Admiral Halsey’s South Pacific force as senior commander after serving under Nimitz at Pearl Harbor and as deputy chief of naval operations under Ernest King. Newton, Annapolis graduate of 1905, commanded destroyer Patterson in WWI and is married to Eisie Barr Curry. they have one son.
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South Pacific
Tojo
Halsey
Newton
Pacific
Chester Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Ernest King
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Annapolis
Patternon
Eisie 'Barr Curry
Roy Westish
Frightened team kills aged man on Westmoreland farm
A 61 year old man, Leslie A. Stouffer, was fatally injured when frightened horses bolted on a Derry Township farm in Westmoreland County. He confronted the animals to quiet them and was knocked down and trampled, a wagon wheel passing over him. A local physician said he died almost instantly. He is survived by two sisters and a brother. A separate dispatch from Geneva reports the Gestapo chief Werner was reportedly captured and executed by French partisans near Pontarlier.
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Leslie A. Stouffer
Derry
Westmoreland County
Mr. Stouffer
E. M. Hill
Millwood
R. J. Stouffer
West Derry
Ondon
Reuters
Geneva
Switzerland
Werner
Gestapo
Pontarlier
War Cost Bill Up In Congress
Washington reports that Rep Snyder urged unanimous approval of a 49.1 billion dollar Hitler doom bill for the War Department. The measure would raise war and defense obligations to about 390 billion since 1940, funding large scale offensives and endorsing Ike’s knockout punch with hopes Germany exits the war by year’s end.
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Washington
Germany
Snyder
D-Pa
Housa Today
War Department
Appropriations
Tojo
Eisenhower
Appropriations Committee
Joseph T. McNarney
Pennsylvanian
Treasury
Father of Vocal Resident Dies At 8 Barrett Father Dies
Frank M. Barrett eight year old resident of 85814 Beatrice Avenue Johnstown died yesterday morning his death attributed to heart attack and failing health following his wife's death five months ago Naomi North of Jefferson County was his mother in law He was a former Johnstown police officer who retired five years ago Survived by three sons John Hay and Ralph all of Johnstown and Mrs Viola Haberkorn of Indiana Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at A A Wagner Funeral Home with Rev Woodward Peffer officiating Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery Also reported Joseph Brey of Homer City Route 1 died in Indiana Hospital last night Body to Bell Funeral Home Indiana Funeral arrangements incomplete
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Frank M. Barrett
Beatrice Avenue
Johnstown
Barrett
Naomi North
Jefferson County
Windber
Indiana County
John
Hay
Ralph
Viola Haberkorn
Church Street
Indiana
A. A. Wagner
Woodward Peffer
Forest Lawn
Joseph Brey
Homer City
Rod
Indiana Hospital
Bell Funeral Home
Red Army presses toward Viipuri in bold advance
Moscow reports Red Army forces hurled Finns across a key river and push toward Viipuri as heavy bombers and forest warfare shape operations. Dispatches note stiff Finnish resistance and expanding Soviet efforts including Baltic fleet sailors aboard, location undisclosed.
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Moscow
Red Army
Viipuri
Red Star
Leonid A. Gavorov
Izvestia
Lancaster County Leads State in Paper Collection
Lancaster County leads Pennsylvania in waste paper collection with 2,137 tons more than its 7,762 ton eight month quota, averaging 93.4 pounds per person. State Salvage Committee secretary Colley S. Baker hailed the record and urged other counties to match it. Rural carriers join the drive, collecting bundles left by farm families. Nesquehoning adopts an ordinance banning burning paper. Also, Allied troops reach Pretot near Carentari as Berlin radio cites advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Colley S. Baker
State Salvage Committee
Pennsylvania
United States
Baker
Post Office Department
Clearfield
Schuylkill
Franklin
Washington Roundup: Postwar fairs and policy notes
Senate forecast buyers market after the war with floods of small perks and eased annoyances. OPA price control extension faces White House veto risk. open challenge in federal courts. War manpower group urges maid hiring priority for women war workers. Infantry Day observed nationwide. Unemployment benefits for Q1 1944 fall 32.7 percent with $17,777,510 disbursed. Senator Johnson of Montana argues radio cannot provide free speech due to limited hours and frequencies.
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OPA
House
Congress
Murdock
Utah
White House
Roosevelt
Senate House
Federal Security Agency
Johnson
Cole
Montanan
Weather update for Western Pennsylvania scattered storms
Scattered thundershowers in western Pennsylvania today with warmer conditions in the east. Partly cloudy tonight into Friday with thundershowers expected Friday. A note explains water expands about 1 700 times when it becomes steam.
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Pennsylvania
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