Cherbourg Captured German War Tools Exhibit Here Thursday
American troops captured German equipment from the Anzio beachhead including a Messerschmitt 109 wing and fuselage and a 150 mm howitzer. The display travels to Indiana Thursday June 29, 8 to 9:30 P.M. at the Court House. John G. St. Clair leads the Fifth War Loan drive committee. Deshon Hospital veterans and the Indiana High School Band will attend. Two films, Report From the Beachhead and What Makes A Battle, highlight the display. Pvt. Robert H. Snyder, from River Rouge Michigan, will accompany. he served overseas since 1942 and saw action at Tarawa, wounded in multiple places.
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Anzio
Indiana
Court House
Punxsutawney
John G. St. Clair
Indiana High School Band
Deshon Hospital
Butler
Imake
The
Marshall
Robert H. Snyder
U.S. Marine Corp
Snyder
River Rouge
Michigan
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
1200 Strike at Bethlehem Steel Car Shop in Johnstown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania six hundred workers walked off and five hundred joined, as twelve hundred Bethlehem Steel Co. car shop employees protested a wage adjustment in the wheel and axle department. CIO United Steelworkers officials said the walkout aimed to restore earnings after a ten day drop, while management labeled it a violation of labor pledges.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Co
Cio-United Steelworkers Union
Ralph E. Hough
Harry Baxendell
CIO
Hough
Russia
United Steelworkers
Young Boy Captures German Prisoners in Utah
In Salt Lake City on June 27 an 11-year-old, Don Baldwin, said it was a good experience after capturing two German prisoners of war who had flagged a ride on his truck. Baldwin will be inducted into the army within the next few days.
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Salt Lake City
Don Baldwin
Baldwin
Bond Drive Lags as Indiana County Hits Half Quota
John G. St. Clair announces Indiana County has reached only half its Fifth War Loan quota of 2,823,000 while local servicemen contribute 48,600 in bonds. The piece urges citizens to buy extra War Bonds for safety, price stability, and postwar purchasing power, stressing home support for the war effort.
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John G. St. Clair
Indiana
Two Boys Drown Near Olivet in Mining Area
In Olivet a nine year old, John Wasil Seich, and an eight year old, Richard Kenneth Malee, drowned after visiting a stripping mine in South Bend Township Armstrong County to swim. The bodies were found at 2 45 this morning and the drowning is believed to have occurred about 3 PM yesterday. A double funeral is planned with obituaries to follow in tomorrow's paper.
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Olivet
John Wasil Seich
Mike
Mayle
Curfioff) Seich
Richard Kenneth Malee
John
Virginia
Curtioff
Malee
Buairdford
South Bend
Armstrong County
Seich
Three Berry Pickers Killed in Bus Apt Accident
Three boys died and 34 injured when a berry picker truck from Scranton left the highway near Binghamton New York. Names include John Danilich 12 and Joseph Danilich 10 of Dunmore Pennsylvania and Thomas Esgro 10 of Jermyn Pennsylvania. Driver Robert Dibb le 29 of New Berlin was hospitalized with others.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Scranton. Pa
Broome County
A. J. Stillson
John Danilich
Joseph
Dunmore
Thomas Esgro
Jermyn
Howard Sifson
Sherburne
Robert Dibble
New Berlin
Two Girls Injured In Accidents
Two Indiana County girls survived serious mishaps yesterday. Lois Lee Gromley ten, of Rochester Mills, was thrown from a frightened horse and dragged by her foot caught in the stirrup, suffering back injuries, abrasions and lacerations. Aldine Bouch five, of Clymer R D 2, fell into a neighbor’s well and was rescued by playmates, with head lacerations and abrasions and shock. Both received care at Indiana Hospital and were reported fair.
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Indiana County
Lois Lee Gromley
Ruth Gromley
Rochester Mills
Lois
Itf
Aldine Bouch
Carrie Bouch
Clymer R. D. 2
Aldine
Indiana Hospital
Sibley Heads County Democrats for Two-Year Chair Term
At the Court House Saturday the Democratic County Committee elected Frank Sibley as Chairman for two years on the third ballot. Sibley and State Committeeman Earl Lieb will meet Pittsburgh leaders Senator Guffey and David L. Lawrence to outline plans for the upcoming campaign.
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Court ‘ House
Frank Sibley
Mr. Sibley
Earl J. Lieb
Pittsburgh
Guffey
David L. Lawrence
Red Cross Chapter House Saturday Closures In July and August
Notice states the Red Cross Chapter House will be closed on Saturdays during July and August. A separate item notes a Menoher Heights Minstrel Show taking place Friday night in Cookport Pennsylvania with no stated admission fee.
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Red Cross
Menoher Heights
Cookport
Dewey May Run with Bricker as Possible VP
Albany June 27 The AP reports Gov. Dewey may head to Chicago tonight for a possible nomination acceptance at the Republican National Convention. Bricker’s status unclear. Delegates seek a running mate with Earl Warren’s stance under scrutiny as Hoover and Luce address the gathered delegation.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas J. Dewey
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Dewey
Paul Miller
Associated Press
Washington
Chicago Stadium
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Earl Warren
California
BE. Pope
Warren
Joseph W.martin
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Wendell L. Willkie
New York
World Organization
Bricker
Tornado Toll Reaches 153 Across States
Western Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland suffered 153 deaths with 108 in West Virginia 42 in Pennsylvania and three in Maryland The Red Cross set relief hubs in Clarksburg Washington and Pittsburgh to aid 125 families across Greene Washington Somerset Indiana Armstrong Westmoreland and Fayette counties and arrange rebuilding materials priority for those needing reconstruction. 85 people remained hospitalized in serious condition.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Shinnston
W. Va
Greene County
McKeesport
Fayette
Jerry Wakesfield
National Red Cross
War Production Board
Wakefield
Red Cross
Ellwood City Tops War Bond Drive Again
Ellwood City residents surpassed their goal in the first ten days of the war bond drive with E bond sales of 427013 and total bond sales of 2221111 50 against quotas of 400000 and 1400000. Drive Chairman C H Blank credited house to house campaigning and industrial salesmen.
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Ellwood City
Elwood City
C.H. Blank
Blank
Pittsburgh
Ft. Pitt
Allegheny County
Presidents Night at Indiana Rotary Club Reports Tornado Tour
Si Streams, outgoing president, presented the incoming president John Davis and detailed a year's activities. Streams gave a vivid account of his tour of tornado stricken districts in the county and described many freakish results of the big blow.
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Indiana Rotary Club
Silas’ C. Streams
John Davis
Bombing Raids Amid Clouds Across Europe Struck Key Targets
Allied air forces pressed raids on Budapest and Brod as U S strategic bombers hit a Polish oil plant at Drohobycz and British Halifax aircraft attacked northern France. Mosquitoes raided Gottingen while German and Romanian defenses limited daylight results. Russian and Italian bases supported operations with weather described as excellent.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Upgdrr
Budapest
Brod
U. S
Russia
Drohobycz
Poland
Englan
France
Channel
Britain
Gottingen
Germany
Caen Inormandy
Italy
Allies take Cherbourg as Caen drive continues in Normandy
American troops completed the conquest of Cherbourg tying up a major deep water port as British forces push east toward Caen, seizing La Gaulle Cheux and St Manvieu. The capture ends a phase in the liberation of France, with Gen Montgomery’s forces advancing near Caen and German resistance still holding in pockets of the peninsula. Lt Gen Omar Bradley announced Cherbourg’s liberation after five days of heavy fighting.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Normandy
Caen
Doughboys
Carl Wilhelm von Schleiben
Hennecke
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
la Gaulle
Cheux
St. Manvieu
Tilly
Sones Sha Ct
Omar N. Bradiey
France
Germany
Maupertus
Cap De-Laz
Red Air Fleets Pound Germany's Forward Wall
Soviet air forces from four fronts attacked German forward positions along a 250 mile front as Red armies closed on the Minsk gateway to Warsaw. In ground operations, forces converged on the Germans in the Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk bulge while aircrews under Col Gen Vershinin and other commanders blasted armor, trenches, and bridges.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Germany
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Minsk
Warsaw
Hitler
Reich
Great Bulge
Bulge
Udlyi
CBS
Vitebsk
Vershlnin
Sevastopol
Timofiy Kruikin
Ser Gei IL Rudenko
N. P. Papivin
Ivan Bagramian
Baltic
Ivan Cherniakshevsky
Twelve From Board No. 3 Leave For The Navy
Twelve men from local Draft Board No 3 departed Indiana this morning for a Navy training camp. Named among the group are Vincent James Medora Clymer Michael Burba Arcadia Lisle Gibson Russell leader Clyrer R D 2 George Neil Baxter Clymer Myles Lyons Rossiter Nick Julock Rochester Mills Edward J Bence Clyapar Kosturka Frank Poneck Dixon Neely Campbell RD 1.
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Indiana
Vincent James Medora
Clymer
Michael Matthew Burba
Arcadia
Lisle Gibson Russell
Clyrer
R. D
George Neil Baxter
Myles Joseph Lyons
Rossiter
Nick Julock
Rochester Mills
Edward J. Bence
Clyapar
Kosturka
Frank Poneck
Dixon William Delmont Neely
Campbell
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G.O.P
Oil City
Marjorie Blair
J. D. Blair
S. S. Star
Sibley
Dewey Big Issue
Saltsburg
Richard Shirley
Joseph Shirley
Richard E. Rankin
Harry Rankin
Ninth St
Rankin
Rangers
Navy
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