Allied bridgehead at Remagen shapes morale and strategy
War dispatch analyzes the Remagen bridgehead impact on Allied morale and the broader campaign. It notes the crossing as a potential morale boost that may outpace its military gain, the rugged terrain complicating assaults, and the strategic aim of pressing into the Ruhr while monitoring Rundstedt’s possible counterattacks and northern Rhine crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
der Wuehier
Yeasterdlay
United Nations
Reich
Sountry
Remagen
Idan
Ruhr
Ba’ ‘Ptuck
Hil- Terites
Andy
Mar- Yon Rimdstedt
Rhine
Rundstedt
Dtke
Vasily
Sneral Eisenhower
Agerwin
Ite
Hodges
Ruhr Indvetria
Eisenhower
First Army
V. 5 Ninth
North Sea
Hamburg
Battle of Iwo Appears All But Over
The battle for Iwo Jima neared end as U S Marines pressed Japanese into last pockets. By March 24 the enemy held a final 1000 yard Kitano Point triangle with heavy artillery and naval bombardment. West force by Major General Keller B Rockey sealed off Kitano Point as Fifth Division moved along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jina
U. S
Kitano Point
Sabes
Keller B Rockey
Kitano
Burnyystyapese
Enat
Amor
Cussap B. Cales
Pt Beach
Mikes
Eneny
Inconsistent Thinking On Home Front
Washington correspondent Peter Edson surveys wartime contradictions in domestic policy and industry. He notes strikes at Detroit war plants, labor demands, price controls, rising profits, and shifting labor rules under the Smith Connally act, asking what all this proves amid vast production and inflation pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Washington
Washington, D. C
Detroit
War Manpower Commission
John L. Lewis
Asxa
Ba Marold Tu
Ickes
Lewis
Smith-Connally
War Labor Board
WLB
Davis
Relative of Local Woman Buried in Reynoldsville
Albert Hepler reports the funeral of a Reynolds ville resident who died last Thursday at 1 00 PM in her home from a heart condition. Survived by husband, daughter Doris, son Paul of Titusville, sister Mrs Mary Gearhart of Youngstown, and brothers Elmer George and Frank Spangler. Services held at 3 30 PM Saturday at the family home on Olvia Street with interment in Reynoldsville Cemetery. Also named are Mrs L Rittenhouse and family, and a list of other relatives and mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hepler
Reynoldsville
L. §. Rittenhouse
South Fourth Street
Indiana
Rittenhouse
Clark Buchanan
Brandron Paul Rittenhouse
Janet Buchanan
Olvia Street
Doris
Paul
Titusville
Mra
C. Gearhart
Youngstown
Ohio
Elmer
George
Frank Spangler
Mary C. Hepler
Brown Trout Stocking for Yellow Creek in Indiana County
George Leydle announced the Indiana County Fish and Game Association would receive an assignment of brown trout for Yellow Creek and requests all fishermen to meet Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. at Edwing's Mt. Ebensburg Road to aid stocking. Streams are in time condition for this stocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Leydle
Indiana County Fish and Gama Association
Yellow Creek
Edwing
Mt. Ebensburg Road
Realized from Prisoners Exceeds One Hundred Million
James Marlow reports that the government has realized over 102 million dollars from war prisoners in the United States. It notes 80 million saved through prisoner labor, 22 million paid by farmers to hire contractors, and details on prisoner counts and escapes. Prisoners earn canteen coupons, with wage rules and Geneva convention compliance guiding pay and task limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Maron
Dantractors
Germare
Stattons
Ottr Fhat
Pearl Harbor
Archer
Letch
Hello
Merch
Germany
Comona
Whr Manpower Commission
Senate
Lerch
War Department
Bombers Hit Ruhr and Baltic Bases in Allied Offensive
Allied air forces pounded Germany across multiple fronts. RAF bombers destroyed Essen and Stettin area targets as 4,000 Allied planes assaulted the Reich. Mosquitos struck Berlin while American heavy bombers shifted toward Hamburg Bremen and Kiel submarine yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
RAF
Ruhr
Stettin
Germany
Swinemvende
Oder River
Holland
Vienna
Munich
Reich
Aly
Rome
Brenner
Italy
Essen
Rhine
Berlin
Reich Sagd
Hamburg
Bremel
Kiel
Promotion For Local Boy In England
Peter G. Coussoule of Indiana Pennsylvania, a 19 year old, has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant in the Eight Air Force at a Gy Fortress base. A member of the 96th Bomber Group under Colonel Robert Warren, Coussoule serves as a Bull turret gunner aboard a bomber. He attended Indiana High School before enlisting in November 1943, and is the son of Mrs Irene Colis beers of 132 North Ninth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
Peter G. Coussoule
Indiana
96Th
Robert W. Warren
Vernon
Texas
Cansaoule
Indiana High School
Army
Irene Colis+ beers
North Ninth Street
Big
Ration Timetables and Coupons Mentioned in Sato Wao Copy
Ration timetable notes appear with references to May validation and coupons such as three airplane stamps and gasoline offers. Mentions include Indefinitely valid permits and VASOLINE M A coupons usable through March 2, plus four gallon coupons for fuels and heating season, with prior period coupons noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Vasoline
Galland
Aisa
Operators Call Off Today's Meet
Washington reports bituminous operators called off Saturday talks with the United Mine Workers to craft responses to John L. Lewis 18 demands. The negotiating committee will refine proposals and resume talks tomorrow as Smith notes a dispute may not exist under the labor disputes act until two parties are involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
United Mine Workers of Americ
van Horn
Smith
D-Va
NIRB
NLRB
Southern Bituminous Coal Producers Association
Obituary for William Scott Cunningham
William Scott Cunningham died at his Torrance home on March 10 at 9 00. He was born July 7 1871 in Indiana County to Robert and Mary Neal Cunningham and was a former teamster at Torrance State Hospital. Surviving are three sons Nelson Pittsburgh Glenn Torrance Blair Jacksonville. one daughter Mrs Bula Sell Reading PA. one sister Mia Mary Little Jacksonville PA. 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral from Ferguson Funeral Home Blairsville Tuesday at 2 00 with burial in Blairsville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scott Cunningham
Torrance
Mr. Cunninghan
Indiana County
Robert
Mary Neal Cunningham
Torrance State Hospital
Nelson
Pittsburgh
Glenn
Blair
Jacksonville
Bula Sell
Reading
Mia
Mary Little
Ferguson Funeral Home
Blairsville
War Manpower Controls Explained For Workers And Bosses
Today on the home front explains how the War Manpower Commission and Uses operate to allocate labor. Firms are ranked by priority with No 1 most essential and No 6 least. Workers must obtain a statement of availability before changing jobs and referrals come from USES. Employers must cooperate or face penalties including loss of workers and shutoffs of lights fuels or materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
U. S. Employment Service
USES
War Presiduction Board
Newark
N. C
War Department
Hare
Smith
Javanghity
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iwo
Bowles
Congress
New York
CPA
Stablizaion
House of Representatives
Defense Plant Cororation
Stt
War Agency
Wiliam Tyerks
Top
Test
Alies Dutch Wille
William J. Heger
Reymond J. Hirsch
Ludendorff Bridge
Rhine River
Ninth Armored
Navy
Hoe
Ninth Army
Dueren
Witsian
Cologne
U. S. First Army
John K. Patterson
Riverside
Calif
Thomas Power
Tokyo
Japan
HitEssen
Seng the
Indiany Evening Gazette
Bhume
UW Warner
Wouzhear
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