Japan Bomber Raid on Yawata Mills Ushers War Push
American B 29s hit the Yawata Imperial Steel and Iron Works in Kyushu with devastating effect. Roy Porter reported glowing wreckage in coke ovens and open hearth furnaces as the attack faced heavy anti aircraft fire but most planes returned safely. The mission, from bases in China, marked a strong show of air power against Japan with large fires observed and two planes lost in accidents.
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New York
America
Yawata
Japan
Roy Porter
China
Porter
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Tyre
Imperial Steel and Iron Works
Kyushu
CBS
20Th Bomber Command
Javan
Pearl Harbor
See Steel Mills
Washington
20Th Ai Force
20Th Air Force
Local Playgrounds Open Monday June 19 10 A M
Indiana Borough Recreation Commission opens playgrounds Monday at 10 00 A M unless weather favors Tuesday. Grounds at Second and Church Fifteenth and Church and Thaddeus Stevens School. Leaders named Dorothy Ann Kelly Betty Rolston Anabel Burkett. Y W C A girls assist. Mrs Sara Johnson director Miss Charlotte Moorhead assistant. Activities planned for ages three to sixteen. Open Monday through Friday 9 00 A M to 4 00 P M.
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Indiana Borough Recreation Commission
Second
Church Streets
Fifteenth
Thaddeus Stevens
Dorothy Ann Kelly
Betty Rolston
Anabel Burkett
Dorothy Murdock
Sara Johnson
Charlotte Moorhead
Kent charged with murder in dental operator death
James Kent, 38, charged with murder in the December death of George Kern, a Johnstown dental laboratory operator. Kent and two women suspects were arrested in Philadelphia. the women were released. Kern disappeared December 9 and was found December 11 along a country road in Somerset County, three miles south of Windber.
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Somerset
James Kent
George Kern
Johnstown
Justice of the Peace Charles
J. Harris
Kent
Philadelphia
A. J. Hudoe
Greensburg
Kern
Somerset County
Windher
Bond Show At Empire Theatre In Homer City PA
Empire Theatre in Homer City presents Robert Taylor in Song of Russia on June 27 at 8 30 PM Tickets are bonds bought at Homer City State Bank or the Post Office Admission helps the boys overseas and funds the Fur College Fund A rummage sale follows at the Community Center Bidg 9th and 6th Phils Sts June VI funds drive 253
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EMIRE
Homer City
Robert Taylor
Homer City State Bank
Empire
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sai
Sts. Fur College Fund
Two Teachers Resign From Indiana Borough Schools
At the June school board meeting in Indiana, Elizabeth McKeon Webb and Beatrice Harvey resigned from Indiana High School and Thaddeus Stevens School respectively. The board approved a sidewalk drainage plan, authorized coal bid ads, and endorsed summer school improvements. War Savings sales for 1943 44 totaled 52595 with February stamps and bonds sales at 23233640 and pupil participation rising to 95 percent.
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Board of Education
Indiana Borough
Elizabeth McKeon Webb
Indiana High School
Beatrice Harvey
Thaddeus Stevens
Guy Kanable
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana
Edgar de Perry
Indiana High School War Savings Program
School Board
Bond Sales To Date In Indiana County During Fifth War Loan Drive
Torn bond sales at the end of day two totaled 244 765.50 with banks closed Wednesday. County quota stands at 52 823 000. Only 2 3 percent of the goal has been reached with 16 2 8 percent of time elapsed. At this rate about 50 percent of the goal is likely. Citizens urged to buy their own bonds rather than wait for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Casualties Rise in Italian Campaign Amid Rome Push
American forces in Italy report 4,472 additional casualties over six days of heavy fighting south of Rome and in the Alban hills. Since Allied landings last September through June 5 the totals show 11,103 killed, 42,489 wounded, and 8,409 missing, with missing-to-death transfers likely affecting the numbers.
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Washington
Italy
Rome
Maly
Bombers Hit Boulogne And Other French Targets
Allied air forces continued the assault on Nazi targets with RAF four engine bombers hitting Boulogne with 12 000 pound bombs. British long range incursions also struck Valenciennes Lens Chatellerault and a Berlin Mosquito raid followed by heavy American bomber operations and 3 000 sorties reported by Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
RAF
Boulogne
Britain
Carinthia
Styvia
le Havre
Valenciennes
Lens
Chatellerault
France
Berlin
U. S
Dixonville Boy Benardini Wounded in Med Theater
In the Tuesday iGazette a War Department casualty list misdated Dixonville resident James N. Benardini as killed. He is alive and wounded in action in the Mediterranean theater, per his parents awaiting further news.
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War Department
Jomes N. Benardini
James Benardini
Dixonville
Benardini
Mediterranean
Former Doctor in England joins U S Army Medical Corps
Major McPherson, once a physician for R. and P B Company at McIntyre, now serves in the U S Army Medical Corps in England. His wife Lois Mae and son Charles, previously residing in Columbus, South Carolina, plan to move to New Brighton, Pennsylvania for the time being.
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McPherson
R. and PB. Cust Company
McIntyre
U. S Army Medical Corps
England
Lois Mae
Charles
Columbuus
S. C
New Brighton
Roy Fee Promoted Indiana Post Office Superintendent
Roy Fee, World War I veteran and former Marine, began as a special delivery boy and was appointed clerk on January 1, 1920. He rose through all post office departments and was named superintendent of mails on June 16, 1944, succeeding Walter Malcolm who retired June 5, 1944. The Gazette congratulates Mr. Fee and wishes Mr. Malcolm well.
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Roy Fee
France
Indiana Post Office
Indiana
Roy
Walter“Malcolm
Fee
the Gazette
Mal]volm
Two Alverda Boys Injured in Dynamite Accident
Two brothers from Alverda, Herbert Kinter aged 14 and Gilbert aged 12, were injured yesterday as a dynamite cap exploded during a dangerous experiment. Herbert suffered extensive powder burns to his back, both hands, and right thigh and is in fair condition at Indiana Hospital. Gilbert is treated for back powder burns and listed in good condition. Their father Charles Kinter said they found several caps and tried to dismantle one when it exploded.
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Alverda
Herbert Kinter
Indiana
Gilbert
Charles Kinster
DuBois Merchant And OPA Tangle
Federal judge R M Gibson issued an injunction restraining Harry M Cohen of DuBois Pa from selling women's or children's apparel until GPA regulations are complied with. Cohen was charged with failing to prepare and keep available for inspection two pricing charts.
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Pittsburgh
R. M. Gibson
Harry M. Cohen
DuBois
Cohen
Homer City Bond Contest and Community Events
Homer City hosts a fifth war bond sale with an award from the American Legion for the top boy and girl fundraiser. Register at the Empire Theater to enter. Also announced are O F annual church service for Pal ladium Lodge No 116 and Una Rebekah Lodge joining Pal ladium members at Christian Church on Sunday June 18 at 7:30. Ice cream festival at Episcopal Church basement features baked beans, potato salad, sandwiches, cake, sundaes, and coffee from 4:30 to 10 p.m.
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Homer City
American Legion
Empire Theater
O. F
Palladium Lodge No
Co. O. F
Una Rebekah Lodge
Christian Church
Lynch
Episcopal Chugeh
Soldier from Rossiter Dies of Wounds in London
Sergeant James T. McCloskey, native of Rossiter, died June 6 in a London hospital from wounds suffered in action. He enlisted May 21, 1942, served overseas for months, and is survived by his mother Mrs. Susan McCloskey of Detroit and several siblings in Detroit Punxsutawney and New Orleans. Includes a second dispatch noting Allied advances near Cherbourg amid worsening weather and heavy fighting with German forces.
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James T. McCloskey
Rossiter
London
England
War Department
Susan McCloskey
Detroit
McCloskey
William
Donald Dennes
Patrick J
Michael Horan
Punxsutawney
Bernard E
India
John
U. S. Army
New Orleans
P. J. McCloskey
Pilotless plane called secret weapon strikes southern England
London dispatch reports German pilotless aircraft used in the invasion response, exploding on impact and at landing, causing deaths and damage across scattered points. The craft, possibly jet or rocket propelled, flew straight in at high speed with bright exhaust flames and a pulsing noise. Civilians were urged to keep clear as the air campaign continued.
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London
England
France
River Thames
Ministry of Home Security
Marianas Invasion Advances Toward Saipan
American forces landed at Saipan in the Marianas 1,500 miles southeast of Tokyo, advancing under heavy naval and air support. Beachheads were secured as troops pushed inland from agingut Point toward Charan Kanoa, with Saipan described as a possible B 29 base and a target in ongoing operations.
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Associated Press
U. & Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas
Japan
Agingut Point
Charan-Kanoa
Act
Allied Troops In Italy Advance 25 Miles Reported
Fire destroys the home of William T. Craig near Parkwood shortly before noon. The Craig residence, four rooms, was occupied by his son and family and burned after Mrs Craig left cherries on the stove while canning. No insurance and no one injured.
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William T. Craig
Parkwood
Shelby Jean
Craig
Tme
Land near courthouse sold for one fifth of assessment
Pittsburgh report notes three acres of land near the courthouse, assessed at 700000 dollars, were auctioned for 137700 dollars to real estate brokers and individuals. The Pennsylvania Railroad owned the property, and it included ten commercial buildings and 21 houses.
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Meee
Pittsburgh
Court House
Pennsylvania Railroad
Italian Front Gains Ground as Germans Retreat
Allied forces push from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian Sea advancing up to 35 miles in 24 hours. Key towns captured include Acquapendente Narni and Terni as the Eighth Army seizes Todi. Fifth Army moves above Lake Bolsena and takes Acquapendente, while Narni and other hill towns fall under rapid pursuit. German withdrawals along the Pisa to Rimini line prevent organized defense, with no clear opposing line seen.
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Rome
Adriatic
Tyrrhenian Sea
Acquapendente
Narni
Terni
Eighth Army
Todi
Pisa-Rimini
Pisa
Florence
Rimini
Fifth
Lake Bolsena
Castured Acquar Pendente
Home
Pines
Orvisia
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Imperial Steel
Ole
E” Bend
Bond
Empire Theatre
B., B. Ewing
Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Ewing
Pennsylvania
West Virginia League
Methodist
United Presbyterian Evangelical
Presbyterian
iSchool Board
Goering
Iock
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Greiner
Homer
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
St. Sauveur
Allied Headquarters
Toay
Carentan
Reigneville
St Saveur
Bradley
Monteborg
Caumont
Cyen
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Texas
Nevada
Augusta
Ffs
le Haye du Puits
Carén— Tan
Ste. Mere Eglise
John Henry Newton
South Pacific
U. S. Pacific Fleet
William ¥. Balsey
Halaey
Greinex
Molly Ann
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