Read Ford Mindreader on war’s end in two months
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie discusses Henry Ford’s two month end date for World War II. He notes Hitler’s weakness and ongoing destruction of German war industries, while warning of no immediate collapse. The piece weighs possible invasion timing and Moscow’s Pravda for decisive eastern blows.
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Associated Press
Henry Ford
Ford
Hitler
Fuehrer
Cassine
Hungary
Wehrmacht
Russia
Luftwaffe
England
Europe
Bate
Old Mother Hubbard
Reich
Pravda
Moscow
Western Europe
Franklin George linked to Met Life and Ferndale High
Franklin George formerly with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and a Ferndale High School teacher and coach is slated for overseas service. A Indiana native and Indiana State Teachers College graduate, he studied at Columbia, Pittsburgh, and belongs to the Pennsylvania State Education Association. Mrs. George will reside in Indiana during his service. Minarels 2b AP notes the safe arrival of 127 American Red Cross workers in India, including 12 Pennsylvanians, joining 5,000 already serving abroad in the China Burma India theater. George is among the twelve. Soda should seldom be used...
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George
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ferndale High School
Johnstown
Indiana High School
Idiana
State Teachers College
B.S
Columbia University
University of Pittsburg
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Indiana
Franklin
Justice of the Peace
B. George
Alexandria
American Red Cross
India
Wes
United States
China- Burma-India
Mgr. George
Miss Kaung
County Council of Defense
Office of War
Mt. Holyoke College
Walter Allen Blair
Jesse Husted Blair
Spangler
Walter A
Helen
Allen) Blair
Mary Husted Bre
Blair
Patton
Arnot
Mansfield State Normal School
Pennsylvania State College
Medico Chirurgical College of
Philadelphia
Miner's Hospital of Northern
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Church of
Patton Lodge
Williamsport
Jaffa
Altoona
Greyhound Bus Strike Unsettled in Pittsburgh War Effort
Labor and management mediators and army ordnance officers resumed talks to end a six hundred Greyhound Lines strike in Pennsylvania as a walkout spreads inland from Pittsburgh. The Amalgamated Association withheld ruling on extending the boycott east of the Mississippi while hundreds of travelers and war workers face delays and stranded passengers mount in Mobile and across the Ohio Valley.
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Pittsburgh
Army Ordnance
Pennsylvania Greyhound
Passenens
Mobile
Ala
Teche Greyhound Tings
Tale
Pennsylvania Watteout
Orddnance
Pennsylvania
Suiges
Greyhound
Washington
New York
Columbus
Ohio
St. Louis
Detroit
Chicago
Ohio Valley
Ambridge
Leetstair
Midland
Beaver County
East Liverpool
Pennsylvania Newspaper Boys praised as soldiers of democracy
Ted R. Gamble of the War Finance Division lauded Pennsylvania Newspaper Carrier Boys for selling 137,787,117 War Stamps. He cited Philadelphia origins and praised Pennsylvanias role in national war bond and stamp drives. George A. Brandenburgh noted editors' efforts despite wartime to deliver more news with less material. Association sessions concluded with officer elections and next convention site set.
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Treasury Department
Harrisburg
Interstate Circuation Managers’ Association
Ted R. Gamble
War Finance Division
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Penneyonia
Mannekers Association
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Ganaste
Pennsylvanya
George A. Brandenburs
Chicique
No Ladder Today In Williamsport Local Prisons
Joseph M. Selumacher claims success after taking office in January by urging Lycoming County to relocate a pole described as a ladder for escaping jail. The pole, once used to help prisoners flee and dating back to 1896, is now targeted for removal to end escape risks.
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Williamsport
Joseph M. Selumacher
Lycoming County
Court Clears McClure and Associates
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled there was no evidence of fraud in the Chester Water Service deal. Former state Senator John McClure and associate William Purdy need not repay $250,000 alleged excess profit, reversing Judge Shull's order. The case, tied to Chester’s water sale, saw acquittals on conspiracy charges and involved broader inquiries by a grand jury.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Chester Water Service Company
Chester Municipal Authority
John 2. McClure
William C. Purdy
McClure
Purdy Hhus
Jude Samuel E. Shull
Chester
Philadelphia
Chicago Bend
Mederal Water Service Corporation of
New York
Chester Municipal
Federal
Purdy
Shull
Supreme Court
McClre
Chester Authority
Nat
Pulpwood Transferred From Camp Scot Macle
A dozen men in Boy Scouts work moved pulpwood from Camp Scot Macle to be trucked to a Tyrone paper mill. Fred Ray supplied horses and wagon, Harvey Moose provided a tractor and trailer, and Clarence McFeaters supplied a skidding mare. County Agent J W Warner invites truck owners planning lime hauls from Tyrone or Williamsport to bid on the pulpwood transport.
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Boy Scouts
Camp
Scot Macle
William Penn Inc
Fred Ray
Harvey Moose
Clarence McFeaters
Tyrone
Williamsburg
J. W. Warner
4-H Club Meet Tomorrow Night
Smyrna George Wille 4-H clubs meet Wednesday March 22 at 8 00 p m at Howard Lockhart s home. County Agent J W Warner says members will plan the next six months program. A similar Dockers Point 4-H club meeting follows Thursday March 23 at the Grange Hall Deckers Point, with Mr Warner attending both sessions.
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Smyrna-George- Wille
Howard Lockhart
J. W. Warner
Dockers Point
Grange Hall
Deckers Point
Warner
South Pacific carrier action wipes out Japanese convoy
General MacArthur reported that a carrier strike along with air forces sank two transports of 6,000 and 4,000 tons and three corvettes off Wewak New Guinea. Hundreds of enemy troops were lost. about 1,500 Japanese were killed or drowned. The attack followed an earlier four day chase up the coast, with reinforcements said to be heading to Wewak.
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Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Hullandia
Olen Clements
Associated Press
Catalina
Boston
Mount Vesuvius Eruption Rages Across Villages
Aerial lava stream from Mount Vesuvius pours at 40 mph burying San Sebastino and Massa di Somme, destroying orchards and vineyards. Cercola’s 5,000 residents evacuated as lava nears town hall. 7,000 more evacuated overnight from two other villages. No casualties reported. Allied troops and relief set up food dumps and medical supplies as rescue work continues.
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Naples
Iai
Mount Vesuvius
San Sebastino
Massa di Somme
Carcola
Pollena
James L. Kincaid
York City
Kindaid
Charles Poletti
New York
China Sees Education Change Driven by Western Ideas
Miss Kaung, a Chinese student and future scholar, urged a convocation that China’s education is shifting from a purely literary and political exam system to a broad curriculum with science. She linked wartime disruption to a push for universal elementary education, simplified characters, and national standards, praising US-Chinese cultural exchange.
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Me ‘Sunk Kating
China
Chiang Kai Shek
Uni
Tree Ching
Miss Kaung
Supreme Court limits union bargaining for charity cases
Pittsburgh March 21 AP The State Supreme Court ruled the legislature did not intend charitable institutions to bargain collectively with labor unions. The Salvation Army Evangeline Home case reverses a Labor Board election order for 28 employees and could affect related rulings. Justice Allen M Stearne authored the opinion with the full court concurring.
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Pittsburgh
State Supreme Court
Salvation Army
Evangeline Home
State Labor Relations Board
Aations
Common Pleas Court
Allen M. Stearne
Birthday party invitation reaches six year old from abroad
CHICAGO Sgt. Lou forwards a birthday invitation sent to Marilyn Gundersen after a long Atlantic crossing. The note, posted Feb. 5, went to Sgt. Harry Lo, stationed in England, who found the invitation slipped into a V mail letter and joked he would crash the party if nearby.
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Chicago
Marilyn Gundersen
Atlantic Ocean
Find
Harry Lol
England
Marilyn
Evanston Woman Recovers Purse After Chase
Miss Artine Hipple pursued a purse snatcher who grabbed her purse containing her pay check and $5. He jumped a fence. she followed, caught him, reclaimed the purse, and left unharmed after reporting the incident to police.
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Evanston, al
Artine Hipple
Miss Hipple
Navy V-12 enrollment at Penn State College
About 200 navy and Marine trainees join Pennsylvania State College under the Navy V-12 program for pre-officer training. Roughly 40 came from combat zones including Tarawa, the Gilberts, the Marshalls, Sicily, and Salerno, with many others transferring from other institutions. Apprentice seaman Thomas B. King of Clymer and Ronald Hartman of Commodore, R. D. 2 are among the enrollees.
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Navy
Marine
Pennsylvania State College
Tarawa
Gilberts
Marshells
Sivily
Salerno
Wil md
Thomas B. King
Clymer
Ronald . Hartman
Cammoudore
R. D
Hungarian Occupation Deepens War Tension in Balkans
The German move into Hungary follows Hitler pressuring Regent Horthy and top Hungarian leaders, while Premier Kallay reportedly resists. London and Washington sources note possible aims to secure Germany’s lines, deter Bulgaria and Romania, and push toward independent civilian rule in occupied Balkans as Russian advances threaten the region.
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Stockholm
Hitler
Nicholas Horthy
Jeno von Chyczy
Franz Szombathelyi
Army General Staff
Bern
Nicholas Kallay
London
Kallay
Hungary
Germany
Yugoslavia
Buglgaria
Rumania
Istanbul
Associated Press
William B. King
Washington
Balkans
Help Needed From Gazette Subscribers And Friends
Indiana County has about ten thousand in service with many scattered globally. Over seventy from the county have sacrificed. Gazette asks families to report live news quickly, sharing name home service details and any awards. Send photos by mail or call. news on accidents marriages births fires and anniversaries also welcome with full details. The Gazette cannot hire staff and reserves right to censor or edit.
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Indiana County
the Gazette
Gazette
Obituary notices from Rochester Mills and area
An obituary column recalls the deaths of Frank A. Moore of Rochester Mills and other local residents. Services are planned in Pittsburgh, New Kensington, Spangler and Saltsburg with survivors listed, including sons, daughters and spouses. Obituaries mention former hotel enterprises, medical careers, and community involvement in local churches and Masonic bodies.
Cassino Raid Boosts Allied Beachhead Action
Allied forces at Cassino dropped 96 parachute bundles and pushed toward a small plateau en route to Benedictine Abbey while roads were shelled. British troops conducted two large raids at the western beachhead as Eighth Army front saw sharp patrol clashes. Air forces struck ports and rail links around Rome, mounting daylong dive bombing. Morale focused on Porta San Stefano and Terni targets. six enemy planes fell for 50 sorties, with four Allied planes lost.
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Eighth Army
Gall
Cassino
Rome
Fiombino
Leghorn
Port Ercole
Porta San Stefano
Terni
Allie
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Rochester Mills
Citizens General Hospital
Newhersington
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Marie Hunt Russell
Shelopta
Robinson Funeral Home
Lloyd Cemetery
Ebensburg
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Vincent B. Kuklcki
St Bernards Cemetery
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