Invasion Near Shifts Tide As Planes Hit Reich
CHUNGKING May 1 Chinese field reports admit the fall of Hulao Pass opening the road toward Loyang in Henan. Japanese forces fortify the pass while attacking Loyang and Mihsien. US planes back Chinese troops northwest of Chenghsien as Stilwell’s command reports the first All American tank unit in Northern Burma.
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Chungking
Hulao Pass
Loyang
Henan
Yellow River
Sunghai Railway
Chenghsien
Mihsien
Peiping- Hankow
Huschang Bos Niessei Poy
Hsuchang
Anhwei
Peiping-Hankow
U. S. Army
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Japan
Stilwell
Secretary Knox Is Buried Today at Arlington
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox is to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with Navy and allied forces observing memorial services. The funeral follows his death from heart attacks, with a church service in Manchester New Hampshire where he once published a newspaper. Dr. Fred S. Buschmeyer will lead the rites.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Arlington National Cemetery
U.S. Navy
Admiralty
United States
Knox
Manchester
N. H
Fred S. Buschmeyer
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Stalin Calls For United Blow Against The Reich
May Day broadcast from Moscow quotes Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin calling for simultaneous eastern and western offensives to finish off Germany. He praises Allied contributions and stresses a united front to crush the Axis power.
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Stalin
Ellsworth Lowry to Retire From State College July
Dr Ellsworth Lowry associate professor of education at Pennsylvania State College will retire July 1 after 16 years in the education extension department The Butler Pennsylvania native holds degrees from the University of Texas Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh He previously directed extension for the State Teachers College at Indiana
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State College
Ellsworth Lowry
Butler
Pennsylvania State College
College Board of Trustees
Acttive
Martinsville
Til
Lowry
University of Texas
Columbia University
University of Pittsburgh
State Teachers College
Indiana
Mrs George dies in Indiana after long illness
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Knees George widow of Robert Burns George died at her home 17 Water Street Indiana on Saturday afternoon April 29 1944 at 3 05 PM. Born October 16 1867 in Armstrong County she married July 10 1890 and lived in Elderton before moving to Indiana 31 years ago. Surviving daughter Ruth Jensen of Cleveland and brothers John and George Kness of Apollo. She belonged to Whitesburg Presbyterian Church Indiana Chapter Eastern Star and Sorosis Club. Services Tuesday May 2 1944 at 1 30 PM at Robinson Funeral Home with Rev How ard M. Thomas officiating. Burial Whitesburg Cemetery. Ice cream ad text follows.
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Mary Elizabeth
Knees) George
Robert Burns George
Water Street
Indiana
George
John
Margaret Amanda (Scott) Kness
Armstrong County
Mr. George
Elderton
John D.ruth Jensen
Cleveland
Ohio
George Kness
Apollo
Whitesburg Presbyterian Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Sorosis Club
Robinson Funeral Home
Howard M. Thomas
Whitesburg
Double death by own action near Blairsville
An alleged love affair ended in a double death by own action in a car on Burrell Two school grounds near Blairsville. Joseph Fircott, 26, Wilton, Westmoreland Co, and Catherine Petripovic, 22, Blairsville, were found unconscious in a running car filled with carbon monoxide fumes. Fircott died before aid arrived. Petripovic survived briefly, dying later at Indiana Hospital. Police report the deaths as carbon monoxide poisoning with intentional self harm. holes were found in the car floor and exhaust pipe. Authorities believe Fircott cut the floor hole and punctured the exhaust after parking on school grounds. Both victims were employed at Acme Dye Co. plant.
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Burrell
Blairsville
Albert Cummings
Joseph KE. Fircott
Wilton
Westmoreland Co
Catherine Petripovic
Steve Masssimini
Massimini
Fircett
Petripovie
Blairyville Fire Co
Fircetz
Acme Dye Co
Ijn
Blairsville Leads Blood Drive With Record Pints Donated
Blairsville again tops Indiana County in the opening phase of the blood donor campaign. The Blairsville mobile unit collected 608 pints, 1 pint over the quota, at the Laboratory School site as the all week drive began. County Red Cross officials urge prompt appointments to meet the 1525 pint county goal, recognizing civic groups and individuals for strong cooperation.
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Blairsville
Indiana County
John
Davis
Margaret Serene
Gross
County Red Cross
Paper Pickup Ends Tomorrow on Philadelphia Street
Scrap paper collection runs Tuesday between 9:00 A.M. and noon on Philadelphia Street and all north streets. Business houses on Philadelphia Street will help by placing their scrap paper in front of stores.
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Philadelphia J
Philadelphia Street
Wreck kills two on New York to St Louis train near Trafford
Pittsburgh AP May 1 reports the head locomotive crew of the Jeffersonian were killed when the New York to St Louis passenger train struck a derailed freight east of Trafford. Engineer Walter Klein and fireman R Briggs died. engineer Joseph Campbell and fireman Donald Burk were unharmed. All 600 passengers uninjured. Four main tracks blocked and seven freight cars derailed.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Trafford
Walter R. Klein
Portage
R. Briggs
Altoona Pa
Freeman
Joseph Campbell
Derry
Donald F. Burk
Altoona
Judge Holly Hears Ward Arguments
Federal Judge William H. Holly heard Montgomery Ward and Company pleas to dissolve a restraining order on plant operations. The hearing, before NLRB trial examiner Samuel H. Jaffee, set an election on union representation by June 7 if required. Troops were withdrawn from the plant Saturday.
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Chicago
William H. Holly
Montgomery Ward and Company
Gecpcal
Holly
Samuel H. Jaffee
National Labor Relations Board
John Barr
Francis‘ Heisler
NLRB
Allies launch new US station as April bombings pace invasion
London May 1 AP The Allies press the nerve war with a new US broadcasting station in Britain telling occupied Europe that Allied armies will soon come from the west and south. In a seventh day of heavy bombing, 1000 tons of bombs and 3000 aircraft pounded targets in France Italy and Germany, with Genoa Milan and Paris area attacked and German fighters largely destroyed. Stalin urged eastern and western onslaughts to finish Nazi tyranny as Red Army repelled local German thrusts in Poland and Sevastopol fleets.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
U. S
Britain
Europe
France
RAF
Maintenon
Paris
Acheres
Somain
Lille
Germany
Genoa
Livorno
Monfalcong
Trieste
Italy
Milan
Bisws
Saults
James Doolittle
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Marshall Stalin
Russia
Romania
Finland
Hungary
Bulgaria
England
Athabaskan
Old Poland
Stanislawow
Roma Jola
Iasi
Sevastopol
Idritea
Former Local Teacher Dead
WILLIAM BERNARD MILLER, 37, director of the Hershey Pat Vocational School, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, on April 27 after a prolonged illness. Born in Creekside, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Miller and held degrees from Indiana State Teachers College and the University of Pennsylvania, with PhD work at Columbia and USC. He taught mathematics at Hershey Vocational School, physics at Hershey Junior College, and directed the Vocational School for two years. He leaves his widow Evelyn Mary McCarthy of Los Angeles, two children, his parents, a brother and two sisters. Friends may visit at Creekside. A Requiem High Mass will be held Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Bernard Catholic Church, Indiana, with interment in St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Mr. Miller
Creekside
John P. Mill
Hellefonte Academy
Indiana State Teachers College
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
New York
University of Southern California
Miller
Hershey
Hershey Vocational School
Hershey Junior College
Evelyn Mary McCarthy
Los Angeles
Calif
Evelyn
William Jr
John P. Milley
John Miller
Ephriata Consolidated Schools
Bernard Albright
Tide
James Macro
John P. Miller
Raequiem
St. Bernard Catholic Church
Indiana
Willian ‘K. Mullen
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Sergeant Glover to be Retired at Age 16
Sergeant Desates A. Glover of Pittsburgh whose Air Medal was recently awarded is being retired from the U S Army Air Force at age 16 after being grounded for underage during six missions including one to Berlin. He enlisted in 1942 at 14 by misrepresenting his age and hopes to re enlist for pilot training when legally old enough. Members of the Eastern Star will hold services for Mary K. George at Robinsons Funeral Home this evening at 7 80 pm.
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Britain
Desates A. Glover
Makee Place
Pittsburgh
U. S. Army Air Force
Berlin
Glover
Army
Eastern Star
sis+ iter
Mary K. George
Robinson
Owlett Attacks Ward Seizure as Tyrannical Blackjack
Philadelphia May 1 AP G Mason Owlett president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association calls the federal government seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company a copugnant piece of tyrannical blackjacking and says it will turn people against Washington bureaucracy He telegrams Sewell Avery board chairman praising his stand.
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Philadelphia
G. Mason Owlett
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
Montgomery Ward & Company
Washington
Owlett
Pennsylvania
Sewell Avery
Miners Under 22 Yrs To Be Drafted
Harrisburg May 1 Abc press dispatch reports Pennsylvania coal mining draft boards began releasing miners under 22 for processing and possible induction per a State Selective Service directive issued April 12. The directive also authorizes Solid Fuels Administration representatives to use form 424 special for registrants ages 22 through 25 with at least three years of coal mining experience.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Armed Services
State Selective Service
Solid ‘Fuels Administration
Siamese Twins Born To Widow In Phoenixville
Siamese twins joined at the pelvis enter a second day at Phoenixville Hospital. Doctors say they may never walk and cannot be separated, with one showing poor circulation. The mother, Mrs Macy Stierly, is widowed after her husband Harold died in a motorcycle accident two months ago. The twins weigh about 4 pounds and share a single foot with one toe, with outer legs and torsos well formed.
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Phoenixville
Phoenixville Hospital
Macy Shierly
Harold
J Elmer Gotwals
Stierly
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Maly
Rus Sian
United Nations
Robert B. George
Water St
Indiana Dairy Co
Wayne Ave
P. R. R. Jeffersonian
St. Louis
Greiner
Bex
Ward
AXIS
Nix
William B. Miller
Baltimore Hospital
William Bernard Miller
Hershey Pat Vocational School
Johns 'Hopking Hospital
Baltimore
Washington Blackjacks
Mont. Ward Co
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