Allied push across Rhine faces supply limits in final drive
War dispatch notes Allied forces crossing the Rhine face supply constraints as General Eisenhower signals a difficult phase ahead. The plan aims to split Germany by advancing from Remagen toward Berlin while preventing German regrouping, with Patton’s Third and the Seventh Army offering pressure to the south and northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhineland
United States
Eisenhower
Berlin
Ike
Rhine
Hisenhower
Hitler
Wast
Ninth
First Army
Sts. Remagen
Germany
Patton
Third
Patten
Greatest Show on Earth On Road From Sarasota
The Ringling Bros. circus trains loaded with performers began moving toward a New York opening on April 4 after winter quarters. President Robert Ringling said the tour hinges on six officials still under prison sentences for involuntary manslaughter linked to the Hartford fire that killed 168 spectators last July. A Hartford hearing will consider their plea withdrawals at no contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Fla
Madison Square Garden
New York
Hartford
Sunday Visits And Local Social Calls Highlight Pennsylvanian Town Life
March and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Petter and son near Trade City along with Charles Peffer and son visited the Harry Peffer home. Mrs. Virgil Knox and family of Rochester Mills called on Esther Zener Wednesday. Lynn Knarr and By Wells of Diamondville were Bundey visitors at Walter Wineberg’s home. A. IL. ex hosted Joseph Potts Berl Cittle and son from Home Pa, and Forest Work from Rochester Mills Pa. Rev N A Pearce also noted. Visitors included Mrs Annie Moot C M Wingert Esther Zener Lydia Hill Jennie Moot and Mrs Samuel Dorn of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Petter
Near Trade City
and Myre
Charles Peffer
Frank White
Coyode
Harry Peffer
Virgil Knox
Rochester Mills
R. D
Esther Zener
Lynn Knarr
Wells
Diamondville
Bundey
Walter Wineberg
A. IL
Joseph Potts
Berl Cittle
Home
Forest Work
N. A. Pearce
Annie Moot
C. M. Wingert
Lydia Hill
Homer City
Jennie Moot
Samuel Dorn
Indiana
Fresh concerns on world food shortages and U S response
Washington reports a fresh admonition that foreign food demands will rise as Congress probes the world food situation. Marvin Jones urges more civilian sacrifices while Roosevelt signals belt tightening. British ministers Lyttelton and Llewelyn arrive to discuss global production and equitable distribution. House creates a seven member committee to tour cities and inspect conditions for black markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marvin Jones
MBS
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Frep
Oliver Lyttclton
J. J. Liewellin
House
Rep. Anderson
D-Nm
Seven Armies Break German Defenses Across Rhine
Allied forces push through central Germany with Patton and Hodges leading advances toward Frankfurt and Mainz. Third Army crosses Rhine while Seventh Army forges a major bridgehead north of Mannheim. British and Canadian units press toward Wesel Emmerich. Ruhr towns like Holten fall as cleanup of the Ruhr Valley begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Hanau
Main
Aschaffenburg
Wuerzburg
Nuernberg
Wiant
Third Army
Rhine
Roppard
Fourth Armored
Gemtenden
Lohr
Courtney H. Hodges
Frankfurt-Am-Main
George S. Patton
Third
Welsbaden
Omar N. Bradley
First
Nuremberg
Wherzburg
Fulda
Czechoslovakia
Westphalian
Ruhr
Dorsten
Wesel
Isselbure
Holland
Emmerich
Vrasselt
Ninth Army
Holten
Ruhrchamie
Wehofen
Duisburg
Hitler
Great
Est
Eisenhower
Mannheim
Asurb
Deadliest Defenses Hold Iwo Jima Assault Line
Marine Corps dispatch from Iwo Jima describes Fourth Marine Division troops crawling along the northeast coastline under brutal terrain and dense pillbox fortifications. Officers like Lt. Torrance and Lt. Davis compare the fighting to blood and guts, with 28 Japanese soldiers counted after dawn and pillboxes rising 200 to 300 feet, fortified since 1944, dominating ridges and the beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack C. Smitil
Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
Fourth Marine Division
Maine
James R. Torrance
Brooklyn
N. Y
Saipan
Titan
Warren ©. Westcott
Los Angeles
Cal
Monroe Tt. Davis
Woodridge
Mount Suribachi
Allied air and ground bombardment drives German losses
In London March 28 Allied dive bombers and air forces destroyed or crippled over 10 German tanks and affected rail and supply lines. RAF Mosquitos attacked Berlin for the 35th straight night, destroying or damaging freight cars, locomotives and vehicles. U S Army Air Forces supported Russian offensives by destroying or severely damaging rolling stock in Austria and Hungary, and shooting down five enemy planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rhine
Berlin
U. S
Sth
Unes
Austria
Hungary
Ballot Bill Would Let Party Official Sign Nomination Petitions
Harrisburg reports a bill to place Lt. Col. Linus Hoban on the primary ballot would allow the party chairman to sign nomination petitions for judge candidates. Hoban, a Democrat, is on leave from the Lackawanna bench with term ending next year. Also in Harrisburg, emergency taxes on cigarettes and utility receipts were renewed for two years, and a board of trustees was approved to run the Pennsylvania Industrial School at Camp Hill. In Philadelphia, doctors report a penicillin compound cures gonorrhea in 12 hours using a processed vegetable elt to protect from stomach acids. Washington notes urging a bar on postwar German immigration and possible removal from the quota system. Evanston reports a federal ban on future liquor holidays and coal beer production to conserve grain. Iceland’s Sveinn Bjornsson faces an uncontested election by acclamation. Calcutta notes Allied bombers batter Japanese positions near Mandalay as Allied forces advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Linus Hoban
Lackawanna
Germany
William J. Stoner
Hoban
Martin
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Camp Hill
State Welfare Department
Evanston, II
Leigh Colvin
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lidental
Sveinn Bjoernsson
Reyjavik
Iceland
Deaths of Maj. Smith's Twins Under Carbon Poisoning Theory
Deputy Coroner Bishop discussed carbon monoxide as a possible cause of death for Maj Edwin H. Smith jr’s three month old twins found in separate cribs. Pathologist report and organ analysis found no definite cause leading to re examination of the coal stoker unit in the apartment house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Atta
Phoenixville
New York
Cooper T. Bishop
Bishop
Edwin H. Smith
Spring City
Valley Porge General Hospital
No Lay-off of Workers at Wright Plant
Buffalo March 28. A union official of Local 685 says talk of a 6,681 employee layoff at Curtiss-Wright airplane plants is nonsense. The company notes reduced force since Oct 1 due to efficiency, with less than 20 percent of 6,041 laid off. 800 more cuts planned by April 15 as C-48 transports continue at a record pace to December 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Louis J. Mayer
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Increase Refused by John L Lewis in Coal Strike
The article details John L. Lewis rejecting a $1 wage increase and proposed $3.06 weekly Wade benefits as outlined in the March 16 counterproposal. Ickes, as Solid Fuel Administrator, may again seize mines to avert a shutdown if directed by Roosevelt, with a strike vote looming among 72,000 anthracite miners and contract expiry dates noted for April 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Lewis
Ming Teader
Ickes
Roosevelt
All Heat Records Broken Tuesday in Eris, Pa
All March heat records for Eria were broken yesterday when the temperature reached 61. The previous record was 74 set in 1925. The mercury was 70 at noon today. Also some unrelated cooking tips and a note about sending the Indiana Evening Gazette to your boy in the Army or Navy are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eris
Eria
Mercury
Indiana Evening Gazette
Army
Navy
Manpower Law Approval Is Expected by Francis J. Kelly
Washington March 28. A manpower control bill cleared the House by a tight margin and faces a Senate test. The measure carries jail or fines for workers and employers who ignore directives. Byrnes would oversee selective labor freezes, plant ceilings, and hiring bans. Convicted willful violators could face up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Kelly Washington
House
Senate
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Republicans Will Gamble On Party's Manpower
Washington March 28 AP Republicans reject outside committees for 1946 campaign relying on a strengthened party organization led by National Chairman Herbert Brownell The plan emphasizes mobilizing about 200 000 elected Republicans and officials to win seats in the House and Senate where GOP candidates previously polled 40 percent or more but lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Brownell
GOP
CIO
Political Action Committee
Roosevelt
Brownell
Raid on Ryukyus Islands Reported by U S Navy
The March 27 communique says carrier aircraft and surface units attacked coastal objectives and installations in the Ryukyus with naval gunfire. Navy search planes probed within 1800 miles of Tokyo, near Hachijo island, to attack small ships, as reports indicate continued Pacific Fleet operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimitz
U. S. Pacific
Ryukyus
Tokyo
Hachijo
Obituary notices for Annie E Clever and others in Vandergeist area
Widow Annie E Clever dies at home aged 76 born September 26 1808 survivors include many children and grandchildren. Also noted are obituaries or notices for James Fisher Raymond Harvey McCombs infant Ray McCombs and Mariam McKee with brief family details and service plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E. Clever
Arthur Clever
Joseph R. Clever
Vandergeist
Clever
Fred Khepshield
Apollo
Thomas Keeman
Youngstown
R. Clever
Vandergrift
Clarence Grugie
Cleveland
Eight-ship Japanese convoy hit in Ryukyus raid report
An imperial communiqué quotes a Saturday convoy attack near the Ryukyus. In Kyushu a Marianas-based force of B-29s bombed Kokura for about ninety minutes Tuesday night. The enemy claimed several aircraft downed while Allied headquarters said over 200 B-29s struck Kyushu earlier Tuesday.
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Ryukyus
Tokyo
Kyushu
Kokura
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Japan
Amura
McKee widow of McHenry survivor and kin listed
Mrs ag Mckee born June 29 1862 in Rayne township widow of Jackson McHenry later married James McKee deceased. Survived by son Clayton McHenry and foster son William Harmon Beakley. Lived in Rayne and White townships member of Grove Chapel church. Friends receive at Robinson Funeral Home noon Thursday service Friday 2:00 p.m. Interment Washington Church cemetery. QUINTEN A WHITAKER died at daughter’s home Covode heart attack age 99 born near Kittanning son of Martin Whitaker and Eva Shrecengost Whitaker. Survived by children A D Burkett Anita Craig N of Niles Edward Moat Punxsutawney Ethn McCormick Covode Paul Stiteler Smicksburg George Ridgeway 29 grandchildren 156 great grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2:00 p.m. MecCormick Covode Interment Georgeville cemetery. ADA WINONA WEAMER died in Allegheny Valley Hospital Tarentum born April 3 1868 Plumville daughter of Robert Smail member Saltsburg Presbyterian charter member Saltsburg Eastern Star. Friends receive at home after 7:30 p.m. today Service Friday 3:30 p.m. Reverend C John L Bates. Interment Edgewood cemetery Saltsburg. Survived by husband Harry L Weamer daughter Grace W Forbes Camp Hill three grandchildren and siblings Day A Small Atwood Jesse W William of Avonmore Mrs John Fleming of Indiana Mrs John Snyder of Elderton Mrs John Fleming of Indiana and Mrs E H Green of Avonmore.
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Jackson McHenry
James McKee
Alam
Ag Mckee
Rayne ‘Township
Clayton McHenry
Indiana
R. D
William Harmon
Beakley
W. A
Quinten' A. Whitaker
John @ McCormick
Covode
Kittanning
Martin, Whitaker
Eva (Shrecengost
Georgeville
Reat
A. D. Burkett
Anita
Craig N
Niles, Ohio
Edward Moat
Punxstrawney
Ethn McCormick
Paul
John MecCortmick
Georgeville Cemetery
Ada Winona Weamer
Saltsbury
Allegheny Valley
Tarentum
Robert Smail
Plumville
C. John L. Bates
Edgewood Cemetery
Saltsburg
Harry L. Weamer
H. Clair
Grace W. Forbes
Camp Hill
John Fleming
John Snyder
Elderton
E. H. Green
Avonmore
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Churchill
Rhine Crossing
East Bank of the Rhine
Stanford W. Mulholland
Lloyd B. Seager
Woman's Medical College
Dickstein
D-Ny
House Immigration Committee
Calcutta
Kyaukse
Mandalay
Wright
John L. Lewis
Ryukyus Isles
Holy Week
Methodist
Robert Clark
First Presbyterian Church
McKeesport
William Altman
Gastown
William Fisher
California
Gestown Lutheran Church
James Ef, Fisher
Raymond Harvey McCombs
Indiana Hospital
Aurel R
Virginia (Erwin) McCombs
Lea McCombs
Harvey Mc Combs
Clymer
John. A. Erwin
Penn Run
Robinson Funeral Home
Cockport Methodist Cemetery
Harold L. Loveless
Mis. Mariam McHenry McKee
John and
Hannah (Hicks) Stuchell
Mar
Western Periat
America
Stetson
Dobbs
Dalton
Moorhead
C. Streams
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