Rhine Crossing Coup Changes War Prospects
War Today reports the surprise Rhine crossing by American First Army south of Cologne. The move, paired with the Russian Oder offensive, could shorten the war as forces flood the east bank and threaten a two-front squeeze. Rundstedt faces a dangerous, exposed Rhine line and potential Dutch withdrawal. The article notes high uncertainty over German counters but calls the crossing a major Allied breakthrough with broad strategic implications.
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Rhine
Cologne
Oder
Berlin
Eisenhower
Hitler
I Nner
Reich
Wehrmacht
Germany
Marshal von Rundstedt
Hanpower
Holand
Holland
Rundstedt
England
Britain
East Bank
Holstein Breeders Elect Indiana Club Officers
The Indiana County Holstein Club met at the Community Center Building. Cornell of Blairsville was named president for 1945, Jay B Dilts of Marion Center RD as vice president, P D Wilson Indiana RD as secretary-treasurer. Directors include C S Gerhard Stairsville and others. A field day is planned for early August and the annual meeting date was moved to the second Friday in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Holstein Club
Cornell
Blairsville
R. D
Jay B Dilts
Marion Centr
P. D. Wilson
Indiana
C S. Gerhard
Stairsville
Myr
Stewart
Marion
Venter
Harry A. Nichol
Inddiana
Dale Marshall
Reyer
William K. Ridey
Tunkhannock
Holstein Friesian Association of America
Conference Opens At College Tenite
The Middle Atlantic region Christian Movement leadership conference opens at the college tonight with an address by Reverend R P Johnson on minorities in the United States. Fifty delegates from seven regional colleges arrive for a three day discussion of Christianity at Work in the World. Saturday sessions cover organization of the Student Christian Movement and a talk by Reverend Edwin Kautz on What Christian Faith. Evening remarks include Kautz discussing Christ ity and the New World Mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Atlantic
Dent Christian Movement
R. P. Johnson
Unitedates
Student Christian Movement
Edwin Kautz
Sanae Street
Fact On How Efficient Is Our Bombing
Cologne and Rhine industrial centers show that Allied air raids devastated the inner city yet did not crush civilian morale. Incendiaries caused more damage than high explosives, rail yards resisted due to German repair, roads proved largely useless, and bridge targets were only occasionally productive. About 70,000 to 80,000 people in Cologne were killed or injured last summer and fall.
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Cologne
Rhine
Germany
Krefeld
Muenchen-Gladbach
Neuss
Dusseldorf
Kaiser Welhelm Ring
Man“batten
Blairsville Kiwanis Dines 65 Farmers at Church
Sixty five farmers from Blairsville were hosted by forty eight Kiwanis members at a dinner meeting in the Lutheran Church. President Wallace Barr led the gathering with Emerson Dean and Charles Siegfried assisting. E S Bayard of Pittsburgh spoke on farming wisdom and plans for a Blairsville area 4 H club enrollment on March 2 with aims to form Capon, dairy veal, pig feeding and garden clubs under local agricultural leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Cecil Bergman
J. W. Warner
Commando Kelly to Marry Miss May Boish
Medal of Honor recipient Charles E. Kelly known as Commando plans marriage to May Boish of Pittsburgh. At Fort Benning base his in-law family confirmed the engagement and noted Boish was unavailable until Monday. Kelly met Boish in Pittsburgh after serving with the 38th Infantry Division in Italy.
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Pittsburgh
Chuck
Charles E
Commando
Kelly
Maly
Fort Benning
May Boish
May Boist
Joseph Boish
Mrs. Boish
Miss Boish
Italy
38Th Infantry
Rhine bridgehead push widens as Allies secure Remagen
Allied columns push deeper into the Rhine line following the Remagen crossing. American Third Army and First Army units drive toward Coblenz and Bonn while suppressing German resistance and seeking to envelop the Ruhr valley. Bradley commands a decisive advance with Patton and Hodges linking to cut off remaining German forces.
Horse Breeders New Officers Named in Indiana County
Twenty five leading live stock men met in the Community Building for a session on steer feeding beef cattle and breeding trends. County Agent J W Warner screened Meat and Romance and a college color film on beef production while L C Madison urged economical pork production and legume pastures. Madison noted Pennsylvania has over 200000 horses worth more than hogs and cattle combined. Officers of the Indiana County Horse and Mule Association for 1945 were elected: President Russell Crago Homer City, Vice President Jack Smith Indiana, Sec-Treas Wilbur Bell Indiana, Directors Mark Simpson Indiana and G C Swan Marion Center. County Fair directors warned horse racing may be omitted at the usual fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
J. W. Warner
L. C. Madison
Penn State
Madison
Pennsylvania
Indiana County Horse and Mule Association
Russell Crago
Homer City
Jack Smith
Indiana
Wilbur Bell
Mark Simpson
Indipo
RD. Land
G C. Swan
Marion Center
County Fair Assor
Soviets Press German Positions Near Berlin Stettin Is Key Target
Soviet forces pressed toward Stettin and Berlin area as units crossed the Oder estuary and engaged along the isthmus. Reports said Red Army ground troops rushed amphibious craft toward the Dammscher See and Stettin approaches while air bombardment intensified. Australians rely on air travel for remote medical calls as fences stretching 1100 miles guard against dingoes and rabbits.
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Stetlin Bay
Dammscher See
Stettin
Red Army
Poelitz
Oder Estuary
Ihnai
Isthmus
Centralront
Berlin
Oder
Favestia
Stargard-Stettin
Altdamm
Baltic
Griefenhagen
Conquest of Iwo In Its Last Phase
Pacific front dispatches describe Iwo Jima nearing a final phase with small gains by the Third Marine Division near the northeast coast. Japanese defenders, squeezed into coastal troughs, use desperate tactics as American units press uphill amid cave and bunker warfare. Admiral Nimitz foresees continued resistance until all Japanese are killed or captured. Reports cite conflicting casualty tallies from Washington and Tokyo, with Forrestal noting 2050 American deaths to date.
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Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo
Jima
Pacific Islands
Third Marine
Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Radio Tokyo
United States
FCC
Nimitz
Navy
James Forrestal
Across Rhine With Yanks Hold Fast In Desperate Crossing
A vivid field diary describes American troops marching toward the Rhine, sharing jokes amid danger as shells fall and ambulances return. Soldiers glimpse the river and German defenses, with Doughboys advancing in double columns toward Berlin while civilians, fear and war fatigue, color the scene.
Funds From Waste Paper Sales For Wounded Veterans
Washington March 9 AP plan to use funds from waste paper sales to comfort sick and wounded veterans returning at over 30,000 a month. Sponsored by the American Newspaper Publishers Association the Double V salvage drive supports radio headsets movie equipment books games and telephone calls home for patients in veterans hospitals. Army Deputy Surgeon General Maj. Gen. George Lull notes more than 1 000 soldiers daily are being brought to hospitals. WPB chief Hiland G Batcheller warns needed increases in salvage to prevent diverting personnel from fighting. Friendly estimates this year’s demand will surpass last year’s 7 000 000 ton record though current collections run 8 000 tons weekly under 1944 due to slump.
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Washington
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Edwin S. Friendly
Army
Navy
WEB
Hed Cross
Boy Scouts
George Lull
Hiland G. Batcheller
WPB
Friendly
Hitler Visits Oder River Front Assertion of Soldier Spirit
London report from March 9 states that Hitler visited the Oder River front and the Transocean agency claimed he personally witnessed the fighting spirit of German troops. The broadcast also said Hitler had assured himself of German defensive measures though the exact date of the visit was not specified.
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London
Hitler
Oder River
Transocean
Oder
Obituary notices for Shafteron Statten and Benamati family
Obituary notices list Rose Statten of North Homer City with services at St. Louia Church Lucerne Mines and interment in St Bernard's Cemetery Indiana. Also reported is the death of Richard Anthony Benamati of Alverda at Indiana Hospital from bronchial pneumonia, with funeral arrangements by Marlin Funeral Home in Clymer, and details on his family.
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Rosh Staffen
Rose Statten
North
Homer City
St. Louia Roman Catholic Church
Lucerne Mines
M. Rossenthal
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Indiana
Richard A. Benamatti
Deimo Benamati
Alverda
Indiana Hospital
Marlin Funeral Home
Clymer
Richard Anthony Benamaty
Delmo Benamati
David
David Benamiati
Vincent Geneva
Bakerton
Sacred Heart Church
Christopher Murphy
St. Nicholas
Nicktown
Martin Luther McQuown
Morris ‘Street
Clearfield Bituminous Coal
James A
Mary Jake (Shankle) McQuown
Grant Township
Ralph
Niles
Ohio
James Glen
McDonald
Ada McQuown
Boyd C
Fort George Meade
Maryland
Edgar. F
Tara C. MeeQuown
Mineral Ridge
Ivan H
U. S. Armed Service
Harry
Ernest
Rochester Mills
Charles
Marion ‘Center
R. D
Murray
Deckers ‘Point
Paul
Hillsdale
New Kind of Subways NoTrains Plan In Detroit Akron
Business Week reports a futuristic Detroit Akron subway concept using a broad steel rubber conveyor belt moving at 30 mph underground. Passengers board a motionless outside belt, then transfer to the rising belt as it accelerates, with reversing steps to exit. Details arise from patents by D S R fan Herman Taylor and Detroit planning groups. John Howard Payne noted as a pioneering American stage figure.
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New York
Detroit
Akron
Business Week
Detroit Department of Street Railways
Detroit Postwar Planning Commission
D. 8. R. Fan
Herman Taylor
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
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College
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
Legrande A
Diller
Charles P, Stivers
Charles A
Willoughby
Spencer A. Alin
Richard , Sutherland
MacArthur
Richard J Marshall
Hugh J. Casey
Sydney L. Hult
Wm. F. Marquet
J. R. McMicking
Normandy
Hodges
Supreme Headquarters
Gertrans
Remagen
Coblenz
Ruhr
Saar
Palatinate
Ludendorf
Count Zeppelin
Joxnet
First Army
Third
Middle Rhine
Mulheim
Xanten
Siegfried
Wesel West Rhine
Wesel
Alpen
Bonn
University City
Cobienz
Bad Gocesberg
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Omar N. Bradley
12Th
von Rundstedt
Roer
Courtney H. Hodges
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Kuestrin
Australia
Hitle
Lode
Jand
Chester
Poland
Oder River Front
Western Pentafrail
John Howard Payne
Che
Marion Center National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit. Insurance Corporation
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