Rhine Crossing Aims To Link Allied Fronts In Final Lunge
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports the Allied push toward the Rhine steps up as Eisenhower readies a possible final lunge with Montgomery favoring a swift river crossing. He notes 30 000 prisoners taken, Allied pockets forming, and a northern push threatening German bases and V bombs from Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Rhine
Heig
Montgomery
von Rundstedt
Roidh
Ike
Rundstedt
Ninth Army
Ninth
Neuss
Duesseldorf
Wig
Notth
Holland
Engand
Skely
Marshal von Rundstedt
Donald Dickson to Sing at College Recital on March 5
American baritone Donald Dickson, famed for dramatic roles and a life in music from a young age, will perform a 50 minute recital at Indiana State Teachers College on Monday evening under the Cultural Life Committee. Admission is $1.80. details appear in the Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Dickson
Indiana State Teachers College
Cultural Life Committee
I Music
Dickson
Metropolitan Opera
Mr. Dickson
Samuel Goldwyn
Adur Rodzinski
Cleveland Symphony
Ford
Lawrence Tibbett
Germany
Count di Luna
Garrick
Cousty
Japs Seem to Be Touchy About Cemeteries Near Front Lines
Marine combat correspondent Sgt Tony Smith and photographer Byrd Ferneyhough entered a Japanese burial ground at Iwo Jima's northern sector to document battlefield graves. Mortars then hit the area, killing one and wounding two as they observed and photographed the grave markers. Smith, a former AP and Philadelphia Bulletin writer, covers the scene for United Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Marine Division
Iwo Jima
Pi- Star
Tony Smith
Marine Corp
Washington
D. C
Kane
Iowa Jima
Smith
Byrd Ferneyhough
Fernyhough
Ferneyhough
Scott Smith
The
Kane Republian
Morrisburg
Associated Press
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
United Press
Marine Corps
Trier From the Moselle to the Rhine Front Line Push Closes on Cologne
American forces drive toward Cologne from Trier and Venlo capture and cross Moselle bridges as Ninth Army eyes Neuss and Krefeld. Venlo and nearby towns fall, Ruhr targets questioned, while German resistance stiffens in the Cologne corridor and Bonn remains within reach.
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Ninth Army
Simpson
15Th Army
First Army
Cologne
Nouth
Third
Trier
Moselle
Het
Second Armored
Roer
Brittany
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Rhine
Maas
Ruhr
Montgomery
Willam H. Simpson
Venlo
Muenchen Gladbach
U. S. First Army
Bonn
U. S
Third Army
Middle Rhine
Neuss
Meunchen Gladbach
Rus
Krefeld
Sante Fe
Ninth Arm
Maas and
Vierse
Meuse
Rhinelland
Roermond
Hitler
Coblenz
Mainz
Kuskirchen
Buhr
Rheydt
Ninth
Duesseldorf
Joseph Goebbels
William H. Simpson
Erft
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Neusse
Duisburg
Saltsburg Fighter Pilot Sees Action
Second Lieutenant Arthur T. Shupe of Saltsburg Pa, assigned to combat duty in the European theater, flies with the 56th Fighter Group a top Eighth Air Force unit. The 56th, led by Lt Col Lucian A. Dace Jr of Hopkinsville Ky, has 841 German planes to its credit. Shupe escorts heavy bombers over Germany dives on targets and fights Luftwaffe with P 47 Thunderbolts. He joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 and trained at Marianna Army Field Fla earning fighter wings. A former Kiski Preparatory School and Grove City College athlete he worked as a Vandergrift plant accountant. His wife Marie Elwood lives Vandergrift and his parents Benton and ______ Shupe reside in Saltsburg.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Arthur T. Shupe
Saltsburg
Shupe
56Th
Lucian A. Dace, Jr
Hopkinsville
Will
B. Kepner
Germany
Luftwaffe
Army Air Forces
Marianna Aly Field
Pla
Kiski Preparatory School
Saltsbury
Grove City College
Vandergrift Telephone Company
Marie Elwood
East Adams Ave
Vandergrift
Benton T. Shupe
Fligh
Wreck on Route 80 Manages Minor Damage
Two cars collided on Route 80 near Clarksburg yesterday at 8 30 pm causing 400 dollars in damage to both vehicles. Indiana state police reported no injuries.
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Clarksburg
Route 80
Indiana
Vernon Reger
Livermore R. D
R. A. Neighley
Apollo
Marion Center Sr W O L Meet Review
The Marion Center W O L Senior Extension Club met Thursday evening March 1 at 8 30 in the Marion Center Independent Hall with Dick Phillippi as chair. Musical games sponsored by Mr Lang opened the session and minutes plus business were discussed centering on postwar adjustments. An hour of square dancing led by Mr Lang followed, then a community bouques planned for April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Center
Marion Center Independent Hall
Dick Phillippi
Lang
State College
Reparation plan for Germany faces major postwar test
Washington reports that shaping postwar German reparations remains unresolved after Yalta. Three main paths are seen: divide up German plants and send them abroad. limit to products for a set period. or destroy key munition works and export machinery while leaving some industry intact. A Moscow commission will craft the plan with US and UK input, France possibly involved, and US expectations uncertain on what Germany may supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Russia
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Yalta
Moscow
United States
Britain
Third Oak Leaf For Rossiter Man
An Eighth Air Force crew member, Staff Sergeant George P. Tomko of Rossiter, assigned to the 851st Bombardment Group, received a third Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for meritorious achievement on over 20 combat missions over Europe. The citation praises his courage, coolness, and skill reflecting great credit on himself and the U.S. Armed Forces. Tomko, 20, attended Rossiter High School before enlisting. his parents are Mr. and Mrs. George Tomko of Rossiter.
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Eighth Air Force
England
George P. Tomko
Rossiter
Europe
United States
Sgt. Tomko
Rossiter High School
George Tomko
Clinton ,J., Rossiter
Indiana Lodge of Loyal Order of Moose formed Sunday
The New Moose lodge to be constituted Sunday March 4 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sons of Italy Hall Indiana. Officers named include H A Orr Past Gov Clayton K Street Gov Ed Hartnett Jr Gov Lawrence Stadtmiller secretary Harold Edwards treasurer John C O Callaghan prelate Hart Ray set at arms trustees P C Stapleton Andrew Stahura H A Stahlman. Apollo degree team to exemplify ritual to class over one hundred. Deputy Supreme Gov Joseph Washingtion to install officers. Supreme Auditor Harold Robinson to institute lodge. Judge McCann of Cambria county to speak. Membership Director M L Clark in charge.
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Indiana Lodge of Loyal Order of Moose
Sons of Italy Hall
Indiana
H. A. Orr
Clayton K. Street
Ed. Hartnett, Jr
Lawrence Stadtmiller
Harold Edwards
John C. O'Callaghan
Hart Ray
P. C. Stapleton
Andrew Stahura
H. A. Stahlman
Apollo
Supreme
Joseph Washington
Cresson
Supreme Auditor
Harold Robinson
Steubenville
Judge McCann
Cambria County
M. L. Clark
Leave of Absence For Harry Kimmel
Harry O. Kimmel, a soil conservation service worker in seven Western Pennsylvania counties, has been granted a six month leave at the request of The American Friends Service Committee of Philadelphia to do educational and sociological work among farmers and farm organizations. He will be headquartered at his farm home in Sheloca and work under Dr. John H. Ferguson, with travels mainly in the Middle Atlantic states. He plans to return to the Soil Conservation Service at the end of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry O. Kimmel
Pennsylvania
American Friends Service Committee of
Philadelphia
Society of Friends
Kimmel
Sheloca
John H. Ferguson
Pennsylvania State College
My. Kimmel
United States
Middle Atlantic States
The
Soil Conservation Service
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Starford Miners Injuries Reported Steady After Slope Accident
Six men hurt when a coal car trip ran wild at James Coal Mining Co. in Starford. Attaches at Indiana Hospital report condition unchanged today. The incident occurred on a slope causing the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coal Mining Co
Starford
Indiana Hospital
Oil subsidy in Pennsylvania deemed effective by producers
Bradford PA March 2 The government oil subsidy program has not been ineffective says John W Bryner president of the Bradford District Pennsylvan ia Oil Producers Association Responding to Walter Callanan Petroleum Administration for War Bryner argues subsidy spurred overall price gains and steadier producer confidence He points to Bradford field which accounts for over 63 percent of PA grade production noting only a small drop in daily output in late 1944 compared with 1943 and 1944 periods
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
John W. Bryner
Pennsylvania Oil Producers Association
Walter Callanan
Petroleum Administration For War
Bryder
Evergette
Bryner
Pennsylvania
Obituary notices for several Indiana area residents
Obituary notices report the March 1 death of Mrs. Alice Beatty Wetzel of Marion Center aged 63 in Indiana Hospital, with funeral arrangements at Marion Center Methodist Church and interment in Marion Center Cemetery. Also listed are brief death notices for Tohn Bernard Cribes of Indiana, Mary Amanda Dark of Geneva, Joseph Balitske of Clymer, with service details, birthplaces, and survivors.
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Alice Beatty Wetzel
H. H. Wetzel
Marion Center
Indiana Hospital
Joshua and
Sara (Lowry) Beatty
East
Mahoning Township
Harry H. Wetzel
Marions Center
Howard B. Wetzel
Hu Clair Wetzel
U. S. Army
Mary
Chester Kirkland
Clymer
Charles R. Wetzel
Commodore
Robert E. Wetzel
Wilmore
Ben Lightcap
Bolivar
Fred Rising
Trafford
James H. Beatty
Marion
H. F. Pollock
Marion Center Methodist Church
Joseph Balaitske
James Coal Mining Co
Stafford
Indiana
Balitski
Poland
United States
S. M. Kaiser
Pittsburgh
Andrew
Cleveland
R. Coy Morell
Washington
B. C
Walter
Anthony Bistok
Pfc
Henry
Germany
Cecelia
Pauline
Irene
Annette
Penn Street
St. Anthony Romen Catholic
Francis Karabinos
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Blairsville Paralysis Fund Reaches $727 Donations Pledged
Mrs Willan McCrady reports Blairsville subscriptions to the Infantile Paralysis Campaign total $727 though not all donations have been received. Recent contributions include Blairsville Lodge of Bills $100 and C Blackligk Volunteer Fire Co. last 17, Second Ward eehook $MLI0.
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Blairsville
Willan McCrady
Palawan Island Falls to Yanks in Philippines Drive
Veteran 41st Division American forces seized Palawan, landing at Puerto Princesa with light resistance and advancing inland. The capture blocks Japanese shipping lanes toward Thailand and Indo China as MacArthur’s men push north. Beightler’s 37th Infantry also fights in Manila area, while North Borneo endures heavy Liberator bombing.
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James Sutcheson
Manila
41St
Philips Pine
Palawan
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Puerto Princesa
Tapital
Jens A
Doe
Infarliygs
Serlad
Puerto Frincon
Ape
Borneo
MacArthur
Boreno
Philippine
Palawoh
South China Sea
Thailand
Indo-China
Malaya
Singapora
Netherlands East Indies
Tati
Marikina
Robert 8. Beightler
North Borneo
Tokyo Major Railroads Hit by Bomber Raid
The 21st Bomber Command reports major Tokyo rail yards and a warplant suffered important damage in a raid last Sunday. Reconnaissance photos indicate damage to two large railroad yards and stations and a fertilizer works converted to munitions production. The affected zone extends from the Imperial Palace to the Sumida River and includes the Uwendo Railway station and main yards serving much of Honshu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty First Bomber Command
Guam
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
M. B. O'Conner
O'Connor
fertMizer
Imperial Palace
Sumida
Uwendo
Jabon Lines
Honshu
Marines Push Across Iwo Jima Into Third of Island
Pacific front dispatches report U S Marines advancing on Iwo Jima pressing Japanese forces into a shrinking northern third. Maj Gen Erskine and Maj Gen Rockey’s divisions surged west and center with air and naval support as shells and artillery pounded the island. Communications note enemy regrouping and shells against ships offshore while Nimitz confirms continued supply unloading. The fighting cements the island’s heavy casualties and strategic challenge near Motoyama and Hill 362.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
U. S
Iwo Jim
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Lokys
Graves B. Erskine
Motoyama
Iwo
Keller E. Rockey
Morrie Landsberg
Chester W. Nimitz
Wal‘ers
Clifton B. ‘Cates
Eas l
Florea
Sim
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Dewitt MacKenzie
College
Nebraska
Shelton
Neb
Rossiter Man
Organization of Moose Lodge
Harry Kimmel
Grand Canyon
Colorado
the Gazette
Schoondyke
Marten Zoonevylie
WAC Pie
Neeltie Zoonevylie
Sodus
Usaap 9Th Bombardment Division
Tohn Bernard Cribes
Rant Street
John B. and
Barland) Cribbs
Tarentum
John F. Steetle
Margaret Cribbs
Leydie Funeral Home
Wayne Ave
Funeral
H. L. Loverlace
Evangelical Church of Indiana
Prospect Cemetery
Mary Amanda
Geneva Hospital
Geneva
Indiana County
Vince Darr
Burnside
New York State
Guy Darr
N. Y
McCardell
Marines
Moorhead
Indiana, Pa
Minser’s Restaurant
Phila, ST
Cconn’s
Better Foods
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