The War Today analysis by Dewitt Mackenzie
War dispatch analyzes Allied victory over Japan in the Bismarck Sea, noting air power’s dominance, rising armament output, and the strategic need for bases, with emphasis on Chinese aid and Burma operations as part of the broader Pacific push toward Japan’s defeat.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Bismarck Sea
Britain
Orient
Patterson
Pacific
Japan
Makado
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
Australia
China
Burma
Bay of Bengal
India
Indiana Evening Gazelle Postcards to Army Navy Reader
A reader from Indiana writes a note to loved ones serving in the Army or Navy, describing the letters as daily comfort like home. The message conveys warmth, nostalgia, and steady support from home amid service.
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Indiana Evenine Gazelle
Army
Navy
State to shift hospital costs to communities debated
Harrisburg March 5 AP Senator George Woodward says he will sponsor legislation to shift operating costs of ten state owned medical and surgical hospitals to their local communities a plan urged by Governor Martin as a fair return of support. The governor noted two year costs at 3 75 million with 970 thousand from patients and 2 78 million in free service funded by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
George Woodward
Rphila
Martin
Woodward
General Assembly
Ira T. Fiss
Ashland
Blossburg
Coaldale
Connellsville
Hazleton
Locust Mountain
Nanticoke
Philipsburg
Scranton
Shamokin
Welfare Department
Embreeville
Hollidaysburg
Mayview
Somerset
Woodville
Clarks Summit
Retreat
Blakely
Ransom
State Selective Service
Pennsylvania
H. B. Eliason
State Defense Council
Victory Barren
Cadets to Attend College Courses For Air Service Training
Draft text outlines that privates will be sent to colleges for 60 hours each in history English geography and math and 180 hours in physics. Air Force officers will teach drill discipline customs and physical education at the training center. Eligible youths include enlisted reserve air forces personnel and civilians ages 18 to 26 who may qualify for aviation cadet training via draft boards.
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Air Force
University of Pittsburgh
Air Forces
Army
BLACKOUT Continued during HAPPEN HERE air drill over Indiana
During a nationwide blackout drill an aircraft passed over Indiana causing fear as signals in Philadelphia caused confusion. The State Defense Council reported the rehearsal mostly successful though changes in signals led to widespread disorder. Some areas kept lights on until the red signal while others went dark early. A shelter remained unused in Philadelphia and a hotel rooftop sign briefly displayed red. One accident occurred with a fatality reported shortly after. Coast Guardsman Walter Kooley and Miss Geraldine Forees waited for the blue signal.
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Indiana
State Defense Council
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Saving Fund
Uns
Cie
Central City
Coast
Blackout Confusion Hits Several Cities During Test
Amid a wartime blackout drill, a hurried death in York raised questions as coroner blamed a heart attack triggered by haste. In Pittsburgh, air raid wardens faced signal mixups and unfamiliar duties while pedestrians and stores reacted to the all clear and blue signals. Philadelphia and surrounding towns reported varied responses, including sheltering in place and street chaos, with officials noting mechanical light failures and confusion over signal meanings. French sailors observing from shelters described the scene as like Paris.
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Pitality
Jacob Dogole
My York
Beware Miller
L. A.zech
Pittsburgh
Ralph Griswold
Falls
Pauline
Kaznar
Harrissburg
M. Livingston
Ralph C. Hutchinson
State Defense
State Control Center
Capitol
Philadelphia
Chester
Reading Terminal
Broad Street
Bernard Samuel
Civil Defense Council
Montcalm
Paris
Penn State Alumni Event Flags Schedule Changes
Alumni gathering reveals Penn State football and boxing star of a dozen years ago will join next fall’s gridiron team. Travel limits may force home games, possibly delaying opening with Georgia. McAndrews to replace Bob Higgins in the sports staff. Stole Clark re-elected as toastmaster amid lively posturing.
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Lion
Penn State
Bucknell
McAndrews
Bob Higgins
Andrews
Nantes
Georgia
State
Penn
Stole Clark
Clark
Indiana
Embarrassed Salt Lake City Fire Station Report
The Utah Building and Construction Congress criticized Salt Lake City public safety facilities, labeling the Salt Lake City Central Fire Station as inadequately maintained and calling for improvements. The report notes official discussions and next steps toward addressing the cited shortcomings.
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Salt Lake City
Price ceilings to curb meat and staples during wartime
Uniform price ceilings will soon limit retail prices for beer veal lamb and mutton with pork ceilings to come within weeks to prepare for meat rations starting April 1 Officials say the plan will curb black markets and help housewives know exact costs The move includes a rigid licensing proposal for slaughter and storage while an OWI probe investigates how news of ceilings leaked from the Agriculture Department and sparked interagency tension
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Wickard
Charles M. Elkinton
OPA
Chicago
Points System Shows Family Rationing Spending Patterns
Page one continues with OPA guidance for housewives to shop early for rationed foods. It details a 48 point per person allotment spread over four March shopping periods and presents point usage by family size from two to eight people, showing remaining points at the start of each period.
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OPA
Unclear Whittier incident ends with abandonment at dawn
A non paying Whittier gas station operator recalls a harsh episode where two men forced him to drive until his gasoline ran out and abandoned him at dawn. He carried $100 in receipts and noted a moral in enduring life’s hardships without being overcome.
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Whittier
Cattl
Col. Dedmon
Tam
War Life Answers for Home Front Questions from Gazette
Public service Q and A column on wartime adjustments explains fuel rationing limits, emergency boiler priority, furlough car use with leave papers, and banana sales by weight under price controls. It notes O W I and War Production Board guidance, urging readers to submit questions through the Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of War Information
The
Gazette
OPA
War Production Board
Allied and Japanese War Actions Across Fronts Update
Allied and Japanese forces clash across the Pacific and Europe. Soviet operations push toward the German salient with heavy enemy losses at Lgovy. British Mosquitos strike rail networks in France as U S Fortresses bomb Hamm yards and Rotterdam docks. In the Pacific, Kennedy’s airmen annihilate a Japanese fleet near Lae and destroy 82 planes, while Burma sees coordinated raids on Akyab Rangoon and Maymyo areas.
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Lake Ilmen
Red Army
Khirkov
Lgovy
British
Air Ministry
Germany
Britain
France
le Mans
Valenciennes
U. S
Hamm
Rotterdam
Pacific
Associated Press
Bismarck Sea
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Lae
George C. Kennedy
Southwestern
Douglas MacArthur
Oper
Kenney
Burma
New Delhi
RAF
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Patundaung Bridge
Ahtone Dock
Rangoon
Maymyo
Sea Disaster Survivors Describe Calm Evacuation
Third Mate Irwin White Jr. of Philadelphia and Assistant Purser James Cauley of Brownsville, Pa., were among survivors after the ship lurched and sank. Eyewitnesses recalled no panic as lifeboats and rafts were lowered and passengers moved to safety in icy waters.
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Irwin White, Jr
Philadelphia
James Cauley
Brownsville
Sal-J
Congress Roundup Spurs OWI Probe and Food Controls
Washington notes a busy OWI day as Republicans challenge wartime propaganda and the agency. Wickard warns Americans to tighten belts for UN needs while Brown publicizes price ceilings on beef veal lamb and mutton with wider rationing planned. The House Labor Committee awakens to potential probes into labor conditions as OWI denies political motives in Roosevelt pamphlets.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Claude R. Wickard
United Nations
Prentiss M. Brown
House Labor Committee
Elmer Davis
Survivors recount torpedo attack on Gargo liner in Atlantic
James Caulley of Brownsville and Irwin White Jr of Philadelphia survived the worst sea disaster of the war after a torpedo struck the Gargo passenger ship. Caulley forced a jammed door, retrieved a lifebelt, and escaped during the line breakup while White swam to a rescuing boat as lifeboats jammed and sank. Kerr the army doctor was among those rescued.
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Kerr
Calbly
Atlantic
United States
James Caulley
Brownsville
Irwin White
Philadelphia
Caulley
White
Navy
Cawley
Trusty Reed Flees Jail To Wander City Streets
Police in Salt Lake City reported quick results from a broadcast about Trusty Francis Reed escaping jail. Reed emerged from the jail basement and wondered who was seeking him as authorities pursued the case. Rural regions saw kerosene and fuel oil grants to farmers extend to six months, not three. Defense Transportation Director Joseph Eastman urged large cities to plan staggered work hours to widen transit use.
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Salt Lake City
Trusty
Francis Reed
Mr. Reed
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Obituary for Mrs. Julia Rodgers of Nettleton Pa
Mrs Julia Rodgers of Nettleton Pennsylvania aunt of Miss Gertrude Rodgers an Indiana nurse died at 455 PM Wednesday in a local home funeral details are not provided celebrants are asked to observe family privacy and mourners to contact the funeral director for arrangements
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Julia
Judge) Rodgers
Nettleton
Gertrude Rodgers
Indiana
Obituary Notices Include Judge Shank and Rummel Deaths
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Patrick Judge of Luzerne County who spent the last 23 years in Nettleton and survived by two husbands and several children, JOHN WARVEY SHANK aged 70 who lived in Westmoreland County and formerly worked for ALCOA, and WILLIAM RUMMEL born October 30 1854 who died near Cherrytree. The notices include funeral plans and interments in local cemeteries, with survivors named.
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William Rummel
William Degarmin
Cherrytree
John
Margaret
Barr) Rummel
Fourth Term Denial Sparks War Office Controversy
Washington reports GOP charges that an Office of War Information pamphlet about Franklin D. Roosevelt’s life constitutes fourth term propaganda. OWI Director Elmer Davis denies politics, noting 500000 copies printed for foreign troops and limited English distribution in the U.S. He emphasizes Roosevelt as president and symbol of liberty.
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Farm Dept
Washington
Office of War Information
Agriculture Department
OWI
Associated Press
Roy Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
American Society of Newspaper Editors
OWS
Elmer Davis
Becomig
Roosevelt
Representative Tabor
R-Ny
House
OWT
Brown
OWL
Davis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Taber
Reporta's
Widow Nancy Rummel, services in Sutertown Evangelical Church
In Clearfield County the death of Mrs Nancy Rummel is noted with services set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Evangelical Church in Sutertown and interment in Thompson Cemetery. Also reported is the death of Mrs Vina Welchence near North Point at 7:50 a.m. Wednesday born July 13, 1873, daughter of William P. and Julia A. McHenry. She was a United Brethren Church member of North Point. her husband Franklin M Welchence is deceased. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Floyd Schrock of Smicksburg and Mrs R A Miller of East Butler, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, plus sisters Amaminta C Bush of Punxsulawney RD 4, Margaret Postlewait of Walier, Pearl Dilty of Butler, Fannie Wilson of Punxsulawney RD 4, and J J McHenry of Dayton. Services will be held at North Point United Brethren Church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with interment in North Point Cemetery.
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Indiana Hospital
Patrick
Cecilia
Miles)Judge
Luzerne County
Nettleton
St. Charles Catholic Church of
Twin Rocks
Thomas Clark
Hugh Rodgers
John Claris
Monessen
William Clark
Charleroi
Patrick Judge
Wyoming
Mary Curry
Vina, Welchonce
North Point
William P
Julia A. McHenry
United Brethren Church of
Franklin M. Welchence
Floyd Schrock
Smicksburg
R. A. Miller
East Butler
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Smolensk
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Lewis
Alice (White) Shank
Washington Township
Westmoreland County
New Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
Apollo
R. D
Leydie Funeral Home
Wayne Avenue
New
Clearfield County
Nancy Rummel
Evangelical Church
Sutertown
Thompson Cemetery
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Bell Telephone Company OF Pennsylvania
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