War Today: The Big Three and World Peace Realism
DEWITT MACKENZIE argues from a London report that France Britain and Russia form a wartime bloc core for postwar order. He says smaller nations must trust the Big Three, possibly joined later by France and China, and that San Francisco talks will test whether this realist path yields lasting peace. The piece stresses the urgency of coordinated action and Pan American optimism for peace.
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Francé
San Francisco
United Nations
League of Nations
Peace
Geneva
Deadhopes
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Britain
Russia
France
China
Americas
New Light Contract Raises Pinball and Juke Box Tax
The council passed an ordinance taxing pin balls and juke boxes at $25 yearly per device with a 40 percent surcharge for machines installed after the duty date. Tax year runs January 1 to January 1, effect April 1. A gas storage tank regulation increased the maximum size to 10,000 gallons under state rules. Stop signs on Chesnut and North Fifth streets were reconfigured to make North Fifth the stop street for safety. February parking meter receipts totaled $1,043.30, well below typical figures.
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North Fifth Street
Chestnut St
Endiaps Schools
Sehoo
Council
Burgess J. B Maloney
Luzon Campaign Enters Final Phase Says MacArthur
Manila dispatch reports Gen Douglas MacArthur announcing the Luzon battle has moved into its final phase after 58 days. With Manila liberated and Corregidor retaken, U S Sixth and Eighth Army divisions regroup to pursue scattered Japanese in the mountains as 300 caves at Corregidor are sealed.
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Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Corregidor
U. S
Eighth
Manila Bay
B03rd Parachute Regiment
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Shimbu
Mari- Kina
First Army closes on Bonn as Rhine defenses fall
Allied forces push toward Bonn and the Rhine crossing beyond, with Cologne and Wesel breached. First Army Ninth Division engages near Alften, Fourth Armored Division advances toward Coblenz, capturing German commanders and large booty as Third and Seventh Armies outflank the Saar industries.
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Cologne
Rhine
Bonn
Beethoven
First
Alften
Hugh Gaffey
Middle Rhine
Coblenz
Graf von Rothkirk
Saar Industria
Seventh
Eifels
Third Army
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Thoburn Wiant
Kyl
Bliburg
Fourth Armored Division
Rothkick
Baslogne
Belgium
Biv
Anthony C. Mee Auliffe
Surrendher
101St Airborne Division
Fourth Armored
Bastogne
Courtney H. Hodges
Italy in turmoil as riot spreads to Regina Coeli Prison
Rome reports disorder as Carabinieri clash with demonstrators outside the royal palace after a Communist protest hallmarked by a prison riot at Regina Coeli. Prisoners attempted escapes. bombs exploded across Rome. Cabinet meets in emergency session to demand for resignation amid purge plans and pursuit of Fascist war criminals. Royal guards and tanks deployed. Allied personnel wounded in the palace riot.
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George Bria
Rome
Maron
Regina Coeli
Ialy
Royal Palace
Carabinieri
Mario Roalta
Brunetto Brunetti
Taddeo Orlando
Roalta
Yugoslavia
Lyanos Bonomi
Corazzieri
Viminale Palace
Signal Corps
Channel saves Johnstown from flood surge test
Johnstown, March 7 AP reports that new flood channels held as streams rose above former levels but stayed below rebuilt walls. Stoneycreek river peaked at 10.6 feet then fell to 7.9. Conemaugh crest reached 14 feet against a 32 foot wall while Stonycreek stayed under its 24.5 foot curb. Waters receded toward Vandergrift, engineers said, securing a flood-free claim by locals.
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Stonycreek
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McKees Rocks
Coroapolis
Sharpsburg
Coast Guard
Monongahela
Allegheny
Tygart
Grafton
W. Va
Youghiogheny
Tionesta
Mahoning
Crooked Creek
Loyalhanna
Brackenridge
Freeport
Allegheny River
East Deer Township
Creighton
Glassmere
Carnegie
Heidelberg
Chartiers Creek
Washington Street
Bridgeville
Washintogn
Dravesburg
Pittsburgh
Market
Ninth
McKeesport
Meadville
French Creek
Harry A. Sutter
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania
Herr’s Island
Conway and
Freedom Yards
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Monongahela and
Ohio
War Food Administration
Harvey Scott
Ohio River
Dravo Corp
Ligonier
Greensburg
Mill
Lincoln Highway
Somerset County
Somerset-Rockwood
Conemaugh
Seward
Jollingtown
Cambria County
War Years Highlight 4-H Clubs Record Strong Wartime Role
The 4-H clubs across the nation contribute to victory with 1.7 million rural boys and girls, 41 states active in war efforts. Members number over 800,100 serving in the military, with extensive canning, gardening, and food preservation output. 4-H participants raise 400,000 acres of victory gardens and 33 million birds, producing 47.1 million quarts of preserved foods and 37 million meals aligned with nutrition. Bond purchases total 140 million dollars, and home safety, health exams, and wartime homemaking skills are promoted, signaling a lasting commitment to victory.
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Bong
Popular
Wisconsin
Pearl Harbor
4-H
Drafting Of Miners Is Opposed in War Effort
In Washington March 7 two Pennsylvania coal region congressmen Rep Snyder and Rep Kelley argued against drafting more essential coal miners. They warned new regulations could seize 70 percent of miners aged 18 to 20 in Pennsylvania, risking a 12,750,000 ton yearly production drop. Kelley urged that coal is essential to war, while Snyder noted that nearly 30 percent of miners nationwide are already drafted and replacements take as long as two years.
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Pennsylvania
Snyder
Kelley
House
Medical Society Meets Tomorrow
The Indiana County Medical Society will meet in the American Legion Home tomorrow evening at 8:00. The topic is Penicillin. Brief remarks will be given by Dr. G. W. Hanna, Dr. Dan Bee, and Dr. T. J. McNelis, followed by a general discussion.
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Indiana County Medical Society
G. W.hanna
Dan Bee
T. J. McNelis
Cincinnati and Portsmouth Hit Hard by Flood Crests
Pittsburgh area flood disaster details show Cincinnati and Portsmouth as hardest hit. Evacuations rose in Brackenridge Freeport and other Allegheny communities as rivers rose, with crews using boats and skiffs to rescue residents. Dam levels reached critical percentages and roads and rail lines faced closures.
Red Cross Blood Donor Service praised in wartime appeal
The Red Cross Blood Donor Service is presented as a modern miracle saving lives at the front. Doctors and nurses recount the life returning effect of blood plasma, with the Surgeons General calling it the foremost life saver of the war. Indiana reports 2,884 pints donated in 1944. County Chairman John E. Davis notes strong citizen cooperation and mobile units operating near laboratories to ensure timely processing. Citizens are urged to support the Red Cross with at least half a day’s pay.
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Army
Navy
American Red Cross
Indiana
Pittsburgh
John E. Davis
Blood Donor Service
Indiana County
Pittsburgh Center
Fifth Army In Italy Gains 5 Miles
American mountain troops pushed five miles in the Apennines southwest of Bologna in a highly successful limited objective attack. They captured dominating peaks and the town of Castel D Alano near Bologna, taking over 1,200 prisoners. Brazilian troops, advancing with the 10th Mountaineer Division, seized Castelnuovo and nearby areas along Highway 64.
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Apennines
Bologna
Fifth Army
Tron
Pistoia Highway
Castel D’alano
U. S. 10Th Mountaineer Division
Castelnuovo
Castel D'Aiano
Pistoia
Cologne Now Ruled By AMG Under Army Government
Cologne wakes to an American military government led by Lt. Col. John K. Patterson. An advance unit seeks quarters as Cologne lays in ruins from three years of bombardment with 150000 to 10000 civilians estimated. AMG will register residents and weed out disguised German soldiers while utilities remain nonfunctional.
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Howard Cowan
Cologne
Rhineland
John K. Patterson
Riverside
Calif
Patterson
AMG
France
Belgium
Obituary notices for Fisher Liscinsky and Duplack in Punxsutawney
Friends receive Ida Jane Fisher funeral services set for Thursday at Robinson Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. John Liscinsky, Austro Hungarian native and Punxsutawney resident, dies aged 83. funeral Friday at SS S D Church with burial in West End Cemetery. Kenneth John Duplack dies at grandparents' home in Graceton. obituary to follow in Thursday Gazette.
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Ida Jane Fisher
Tun Jane Minhet
Robinson Funeral Home
John J. Bates
Greenwood Cemetery
John Liscinsky
Austro-Hungary
Punxstitawney
Mandgay
Austro|Hungary
Paul Liscinsky
Elizabeth Firment
Punxsutawney
SS C
West End
Kenneth John Duplack
Fran Stern
Graceton
John and
Pauline (Stern) Duplack
Bell Funeral Home
Gazette
College Radio Program Thursday in Greensburg
A program on Indiana youth facilities airs Thursday at 10 30 a m over WHIB Greensburg. Written by Isabel Edwards, home economics, the cast includes a minister a business man a school superintendent a housewife and a taxpayer debating Indiana needs and tax impacts. The conclusion favors protecting children’s health over a slight tax increase. Dr Abigail Boardman supervises, following music education programming at 10 35.
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WHIB
Greensburg
Isabel Edwards
Abigail Boardman
Music Education Department
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