War Today and Fronts Ready for Simultaneous Offensives
The article notes Western and Eastern Allied fronts gearing for major offensives, aiming to strike simultaneously to blunt German forces. It highlights the Russian capture near the Oder defenses, anticipated westward strikes, Rhine operations, and Eisenhower’s preparations for large river crossings with amphibious support, while invoking Napoleon themes for strategic context.
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AngIy
Red Comthand
Walt
Bdl
Méing
Kuestrin
Oder
Berlin
Jong Jfront
Rhenish
Rhine
Iudendorff
Rundstedt
Furermore
Remagen
Eisenhower
Nepoleon
Thomas R. Phillips
Napoleon
Eienhower
Urgent Call For 10 000 Radar Help
The Office of War Information asks 10 000 workers for 153 radar plants to catch pace with wartime demand. Ninety percent of jobs suit women, apply at nearest U S employment office. Also appeal to donate magazines and books to Red Cross chapters for veterans hospitals.
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Washington
Office of War Information
United States
The
Red Cross
Veterans
Indiana State
Teachers College
Ini
Funale
WIJB
Greensburg
Horace Mann
Betlar
Big Corpal
Far West
Abigail Bourdinian
Emily Bronte
Reverend Wightman
Martha Curry
Madeleine Adams
Ron Aller
Janeine Ross Degger
Duenald Rubb
Dr. Boardman
West Penna Firemen Meet Sat in Donora
The Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association gathers Saturday March 17 at 8 p.m. at Donora Borough Building in Donora, the first time meeting there in twenty years. Burgess August Chambon and Fire Chief Charles Cumberland host with speaker Dr. Grant Furlong and legislator Thomas Heatherington among presenters.
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Western Pennayljvada
Association
4Th and
Thompson Streets
Donora
Donota
Burgess August Chambon
Charles Cumberland
Grant Furlong
Washington County
Thomas Heatherington
Allegheny Co
Harrisburg
Jos
Steiner
School of Instruction
Fins
Pennsylvania
Wm. M. Smith
Brunner Anti Pollution Bill Passed
Harrisburg March 13 A bipartisan win sent the Brunner Anti Pollution Bill through the House by 177 to 24 and toward Senate endorsement. The measure tightens coal mine waste dumping controls and raises penalties to curb acid mine drainage while a companion dredging bill advances for the Schuylkill river.
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Harrisburg
Sendta
Gd. Andrews
House
Philadelphia
Wills
Marth
Mange
Martin
Anthravila
Andrews
Charles H. Brunner, Jr
R-Montgomery
Ellwood J. Turner
Delaware
Schuylkill River
Norristown
Brunner
Hodges Inspects Rhine Bridgehead From East of Rhine
Lt. Gen. Meg Hodges crossed into the east Rhine bridgehead amid rain and enemy shelling. A shell landed within 50 feet of the First Army position. no casualties were reported as soldiers held the line and continued to extend the bridgehead under fire.
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Howard Cowan
The
Rhine
Wml
Court
Meg Hodges
First Army
Four Miners Killed In Fall Of Rock At Mine
Four coal miners were killed and rescue crews battled hundreds of tons of debris to reach a fifth man missing after a section of the Crucible Fuels Co mine collapsed along the Monongahela River, 17 miles east of Waynesburg Fa. Names include Mike Gragish 36 and Edward H Johnson 28, both timbermen, plus Grover Johnson 85 and Martin Spellar 685. Tory Spollar survived and aided crews. No explosion or fire reported, company to investigate cause of heavy fall. Mine employs 780 men.
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Waynesburg
Crucible Fuels Co
Monongahela River
Here
Mike Gragish
Crucible
Rodsman
Martin Spellar
Chestnut Ridge
Fayette County
Timberman
Edward H. Johnson
Grover Johnson
Edward
Robert B. Matthews
Brattlesman
Rices Landing
Tory Spollar
Company Animvials
Super-agency To Distribute American Food
Washington reports a new national committee under War Mobilizer Byrnes to assure minimum home front food needs. Lea Crowley named head of the agency to oversee allocation, with War Food Administration relinquishing standard stock division duties. The panel will approve export commitments only for essential military purposes and lend-lease supplies.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
fForeign
iLea T. Crowley
J Byrnes
Ithe War Food Administration
WFA
Byrnes
Cordell Hull May Attend United Nations Conference
Cordell Hull's health has improved and he hopes to attend the San Francisco United Nations conference if his condition remains stable. The former secretary of state, 88, has regained weight and appetite, and doctors expect to move him from Bethesda Naval Hospital to a hotel apartment within three weeks. he remains a senior adviser to the eight-man delegation led by Secretary of State Stettinius, who begins meetings today without Hull present.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Cordell Hull
San Francisco
Bethesda
MD. Naval Hospital
Hull
Stett Inins
Hollywood Studio Strike Vote Looms For Guild Members
The Screen Actors Guild along with directors and writers guilds prepare a strike vote among about 8,000 members likely on Friday. Stars like Lang Turney Turman Bey and Arturo De Cordova crossed picket lines while others refused, while the Painters local seeks recognition as bargaining agent for set decorators and a wider review is being pursued by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. The Conference of Studios Unions backs the Painters with eight affiliates and a total 8,000 members involved.
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Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors, Directors and Writers Guilds
Lang Turney
Turman Bey
Arturo de Cordova
Mnes
War Labor Board
International Alliance of Theaterical Stage
Conference of Studies Unions
Cigarettes Stolen From Tobacco Warehouse in New Castle
Police report the theft of 80 cases of cigarettes with a retail value of 5760 dollars from a tobacco warehouse in New Castle during the weekend.
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New Castle
Dewey Signs Discrimination Law Today
Albany reports Governor Dewey signed the first state anti discrimination law in New York. The measure bans religious and racial discrimination in hiring, with Dewey praising the act as living reality of the nation’s principles. He said it reaffirms equality and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
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Albany
New York
Dewey
Ivas-Quinn
State of
United States
Lubin Named U S Rep on Moscow Reparations Commission
Secretary of State announced Dr Isador Lubin as United States representative on a three power reparations commission to be based in Moscow. The body includes Soviet Britain and the United States to determine amounts and kinds of postwar reparations following Yalta decisions after Lubin’s return from a 26000 mile trip covering the Crimea conference and the Mexico City inter American meeting.
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Washington
StetiInius
Sador Lubin
United States
Moscow
Crimea
Mexico City
Yalta
Soviet Union
Britain
Kiwanis Hears District Governor Report and Address
Reverend Edgar Heckman lieutenant governor of Division 7 in the Pennsylvania District visited the Kiwanis Club of Indiana on March 12. He reported to the club and presented Emery Boyle with a Kiwanis International Certificate of Merit for 1944. He urged a continuing pioneering spirit to lead America and serve in hope and community.
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Edgar Heckman
Pennsylvania
Kiwanis Club
Indiana
Heckman
Emery Boyle
Kiwanis International
America
Mindanao Invasion Advances as Zamboanga Falls
Manila reports the 41st Division seized Zamboanga town and four nearby villages as Japanese retreated into Mindanao hills. Los Baños and Batangas on Luzon fell with light resistance, while Mindanao’s San Roque and Wolfe Field airstrips were overrun. MacArthur says forces press on with minor losses amid rapid, surprise advance.
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Manila
Tantee
41St Division
Zatiboanga
Mindanao
Luzon
41St
Zamboahgsan
Toton
Zamboange
Luzot
11Th Airborne Division
Los Banos
Batangayo
Aber
Batangas
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Zamboanga
Philippines
San Roque
Jets A. Doe
Wolfe Field
Douglas MacArthur
Lesae
Zamboanka
Dream Revealed Son As Prisoner
Mrs. Coleman learns her son Sgt Albert J Coleman is missing in action likely a prisoner of war after a bedtime dream. A Nazi film later appears showing American POWs, confirming the family’s fear. Albert served with the 121st Infantry. other Coleman siblings also served across Europe and in nursing roles.
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A. Corps
Cow Yard
Albert J. Coleman
Tom
Shearer's Hollow
Coleman Farm
Albert Sed
Baltimore
San Franccisco
California
Albert Coleman
Samuel Coleman
Albert
Washington, D. C
Szt
Coleman
Hteals
Germany
Chleman
Tme
Oyiseas
Pyi
Elmer C. Coleman
France
3Éth
John Hopkins University School of Nursing
Indigna Hospital
U. Ss. Army
Miners Vote Poll Set For March Twenty-Eighth
Washington reports the NLRB ordered a nationwide miners poll covering about 400000 bituminous workers under the contract expiring March 31 between Lewis United Mine Workers and operators. The vote aims to determine whether wartime production should be interrupted by the contract dispute. Polling will cost about 300000, with 4000 agents to manage turnout and results to be announced March 29. Only Lewis can halt the poll unless operators pursue court action.
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Washington
John
Lewis
NLRB
Martech
United Mine Workers and
National Labor Relations Board
Edward R. Burke
Southern
Bridgehead Extended As Rhine Front Presses East
Allied forces push along the Rhine near Remagen with heavy German resistance. Artillery pounded the Ludendorff Bridge while an Allied air and ground attack targeted Dortmund and the Ruhr region. Nine hundred plus gallons of details describe the tense advance and strategic crossings.
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Tal
Ludendorff
Hargarten
Rhine
Ger Tman
Honnef
Ruhr
Hoenningen
Coblenz
Third
Bullay
Cohhen
Moselle
Trier
Third Army
Thobarn Wiant
Remagen
Dortmund
February air raids kill civilians in Britain report
British Ministry of Home Security figures show 484 civilian deaths and 1151 injuries from enemy air action in February, a drop from January with 102 fewer deaths and about 500 fewer injuries. A stray line urges sending the Indiana Evening Ghetto to a service member.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Obituary notices from Indiana Evening Gazette items
Crawford Kyle Fiscus died at 2 00 a m today at 205 North pth street Indiana County He was born June 21 1886 in Armstrong Township The body was moved to the Robinson Funeral Home In Totters row s Indiana Evening Gazette Mrs Elizabeth Ellen Williams Barnesboro R D passed away in the home of her son William Hay Ebensburg while visiting Ebensburg Thursday March 8 She was born February 1 1868 in Indiana County a daughter of John J and Maria Askin Martin of Indiana County She is survived by William Hay Ebensburg John Aiverda George Brockway Sara Thorburne of Clymer Three brothers Thomas Martin Allen Martin and Leroy Martin and one sister Mrs J E Napp Funeral services were held at the deceased s late home in Barnesboro R D Sunday afternoon March 11 Reverendlis W Roberts Ebensburg officiated Interment followed in the McDowell Cemetery
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Crawford Kyle Fiscus
Elizabeth Ellen Wits Liams
Barnesboro
R. D
Witlisrd Hay
Wiliams
Ebensburg
Williams
Indiana County
John J
Maria
Askin) Martin
Indigqna County
William Hay
Cs John
Aiverda
George
Brockway
Sara Thorburne
Clysmer
Thomas Martin
Allen Martin
Leroy Martin
J. EB
Public Assistance rolls rise in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg March 13. Public Assistance totals in Pennsylvania edged up to 205,406 over the last three months. Old age aid reached 78,400. aid to dependent children 84,900. general assistance 24,100. blind pensions 12,900. The DPA also cited living-cost figures for a lone bachelor at 33.90 monthly and for three typical families ranging from 58.90 to 153.90 monthly.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Public Assistance
DPA
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Aachen
Bernard J. Montgomery
Alen Brooks
Imperial General Staff
William H. Simpson
Ninth Army
Am. Food
Hollywood Studios
Isador Lubin
Kiwanis
Dream
Son
Ben Avery
Army
Navy
Weather Report
Westarte Patti
Penna
Gazette
Hickok
Moorhead
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