Tito claims Trieste and Austrian lands ignite crisis
War Today notes a looming test as Yugoslavia under Marshal Tito asserts Italian territory around Trieste and Gorizia and Austrian lands in the Aillach Klagentatt zone. Troops have occupied the disputed areas while Anglo American orders urge evacuation planning. The article frames a tense showdown amid East Adriatic tensions.
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Yugoslavia
Italy
Austria
Marshal Tito
Tito
Trieste
Gorizia
Isonzo River
Aillach-Klagentatt Zone
Victory Garden Drive Aimed at 1.5 Million Plots
Harrisburg May 1 Victory gardeners are urged to boost home food production after last year’s shortfall. State Defense Council says 500000 fewer gardens than 1943, target 1500000 plots statewide with 1043’s peak production. Local units form garden committees and coordinate with state agencies to promote planting and canning.
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Robert K. Moormead
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Victory
Walter Spoffard
State Defense Council
Commonwealth
Alexander
State Council
Tito
State Department
Yugoslavia Crisis Signals Rift With Allies
Columns discuss Tito's stance in Yugoslavia as British and American diplomats warn of possible evacuation and Tito withdraws from Austrian territory. The piece notes Moscow’s backing of Tito, the risk of shifting spheres of influence, and Yugoslavia’s leftward trend shaping Eastern Europe’s postwar security landscape.
Reds Accept Regional Defense Plan
Reds accept a regional defense framework amid disputes over base development control. Russia proposed designating bases through the council, risking a veto by any major power. A compromise appeared likely as the US and Russia backed opposite terms for colonial self rule while Britain may soften opposition.
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Russia
United States
Truman and Congress honor 100th CMOH recipient Lindsey
President Truman and Congress joined in recognizing the 110th infantryman awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for World War I valor. Sgt Jake W. Lindsey of Lucedale Mississippi, 24, killed 20 Germans with rifle and bayonet. Lindsey traveled to Capitol Hill to receive the medal from the President in a joint session, with a formal 400 word presentation speech prepared for the House chamber.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Neh
Pilots praise and mock heroics mix in homefront interview
In Washington at the Pentagon a censored public interview with Lt. Rudder, famed for air battles, reveals his bravado and humor about medals and champagne bets. Col Beaver moderates as reporters press for details about duty, training, and the homefront welcome. Separately in Okinawa, two Marines and a sow provide a grim foxhole anecdote about a night air raid and survival.
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Wareriow
Europe
Pentagon
Washington
Roger Rudder
America
Ald
Edgar Beaver
Army Public Relations
Rudder
United States
Mac
Troy
Diwnb
Col. Rudéer
Col
Okinawa
Joe ‘I'yson
Oregon
Wid Pile
Walter Dahl
Poposky
Mann
Tyson
Dahl
Ration Time Tables and Coupon Notices Span June to August
The page lists ration time tables and coupon details with multiple dates and values. It mentions gasoline coupons, pound weights, and live gallons figures, along with due dates and ongoing invalid or placeholder entries.
Homer City Lions express thanks for clothing drive
The Homer City Lions Club thanks all who contributed to the United Clothing drive. About 8500 pounds of clothing were shipped with help from Center Township and Homer City Schools, local churches, and many individuals. Communities include Brush Valley, Coral Graceton, Lucerne Mines, Tide, and Waterman. Lucerne Mines St Louis Church collected 70 pounds, noting the clothing was in excellent condition and will aid the needy.
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Homer City Lions Club
United Clothing Drive
Center Township
Homer City
Brush Valley
Coral Graceton
Lucerne Mines
Tide
Watermi
St .Louis Church of
Pennsylvania drivers urged to keep 35 mph tire saver
Harrisburg May 2. Governor Martin asks motorists to rededicate to the 35 mph speed limit to conserve tires through the hot summer. The executive notes tire wear increases in warm weather and urges extending current tires while civilian cars stay operable. Gazette Classified.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Martin
Miners Return to Work as Coal Pact Is Reached
Anthracite mines in United Mine Workers District Seven resume operations around Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre after a May 1 contract expiry. Daily output nears 190000 tons, with 128000 miners in District One and 14000 in District Seven. Wage increases, travel time, and shift pay adjustments outline the settlement. federal reviews await wage policy and coal pricing decisions. Officials report production losses of 3.5 to 4 million tons during the shutdown.
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Hazleton
United Mine Workers District Seven
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
District Seven
United Mine Workers
District One
UMW
Pottsville
Union
Philadelphia
General Mining
Army payroll unaffected by 1945 discharge plan
Washington May 21 The Army plans to release 1 800 000 men under the point system next year but Treasury officials say total soldier pay will not drop. Each man gets a $300 mustering out payment plus regular pay. Ted R. Gamble War Finance director noted the discharge payments will total about $390 million from the 7th War Loan funds as the bond drive enters its second week.
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Washington
Treasury
Ted R. Gamble
Gamble
Stimson
We Cant Jail All Germans
May 21 Pittsburgh Senator Alben Barkley argues for economic punishment of Germany to force repayment for war damage. He urges immediate punishment of war criminals and denies rebuilding war plants or rearming. Barkley recounts horrors of concentration camps observed by Congress, calling them brutal and sadistic.
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Pittsburgh
Senate
Alben Barkley
Dky
Barkley
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Congress
US 15th Army to Rule 14,000 Square Miles in Germany
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED EXPERIMENTS, May 21. The U S 15th Army will control about 14,000 square miles in Germany including the Saar Basin Rhine Valley and western Ruhr with 300,000 to 400,000 troops. Lt Gen Leonard T Gerow commands the area eight times the size of postwar Allied territories. Major cities include Duesseldorf Aanchen Trier Cologne and Coblenz. Displaced persons total about 291,437 in the 175th Army area with 100,600 roaming outside camps. The 15th Army’s present role may not be its future one as Germany’s army is slated to be the main policing force in the American zone.
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Allied Exp. Porce
U. S. 15Th Army
Germany
Saar
Rhine Valley
Ruhr
15Th
U. S
Leonard T. Gerow
15Th Army
Duesseldorf
Aanchen
Trier
Cologne
Coblenz
175Th Army
Gerand
Occupation
Gerow
Pacific
45Th
West Bank
Rhine
Auto Repair Labor Prices Established
The Altoona District Office of Price Administration announced limits on labor hours for 56 common passenger car repair jobs. Effective June 14, shops will be checked for overcharging hours, with a supplementary regulation on ceiling charges to be distributed through War Price and Rationing Boards.
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Altoona
Office of Price Administration
Eday
OPA
Cpl McClarren Receives Bronze Star for Meritorious Service
Corporal Wilbert J. McClarren of Alliance is awarded the Bronze Star by Major General A. C. Gillem Jr. for meritorious service with the 18th Corps Artillery in operations against foes in Holland and Germany. He aided wire communications and led his crew to support successful military actions.
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Wilbert J. McClarren
Alliance
A. C. Gillem, Jr
13Th Corps
McClarren
18Th Corps
Holland
Germany
McClar Yen
J. W. McClarren
Last Auld Street
MelClarren
England
France
Belgium
Transue Aid Williams Steel Forging Corporation
Josephine
Wilbert
Ward MrClarren
Leonward
Robert
Wounded on Okinawa brothers cited in family note
Mr and Mrs A Bulet of Eucerne report their son Sgt Joe Plukas was wounded on Okinawa as of April 25 in a War Department notice. A brother Pic Charles Bulet was wounded in the European campaign and is at Camp Atterbury Indiana. A third brother serving in the Navy is based in the South Pacific.
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A. Bulet
Eucerne
War Department
Sgt
Joe Plukas
Okinawa
Pic
Charles Bulet
Camp Atterbury
Ind
South Pacific
Jug
Obituary notices from Punxsutawney area deaths
Multiple obituary notices summarize deaths in Punxsutawney area. John B McCormick of Covode dies after heart illness in Adrian Hospital. Mike Bestvina of Clymer dies from burns, survived by wife Anon and children Dorothy and Joseph. Jessie Clair Craig and Margaret Bell Stuchell die in Indiana and Washington townships, with details on families and burial plans. Henry Charles Shank, longtime Indiana barber, dies after illness, with survivors listed. Mary Elizabeth Gahagan dies in Oak Park Illinois, with children and siblings named. Funeral arrangements, churches, and cemeteries noted for each.
Elizabeth Guthrie obituary notes church ties and family links
Elizabeth Dibby Guthrie wife of Andy Guthrie and daughter of George and Bibby Dryburgh died Saturday night at 11 15 p m at her daughter Mrs Bustite Brandon’s home in North Hamer City Born in Scotland on July 20 1874 she was a Lutheran member and Eastern Star survivor list includes nine daughters and three sons with spouses in Homer City Lucernemines Clearfield Barnesboro Cleveland and other areas Friends may gather at her brother Merle Black’s Smicksburg home after 3 PM Tuesday Services Wednesday at 3 PM conducted by Rev J B Troutman Burial at Lutheran Cemetery Smicksburg
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John B. M'Cormick
Adrian
Punxsutawney
Covode
Samuel
Isobel (Cunningham) McCormick
Smithport
Elizabeth Whittaker
Neal
Norma Jean
Warry Shaffer
Niagara Falls
Lew
Will
Rochester Mills
jCarl
Lucernemines
jAbott
Jake Troutman
North Point Cemetery
Mike Bestvina
Clymer
Indiana Hospital
Valier
St. Anthony
Umwa
Anon
Eshanko
Dorothy
Joseph
Karabinos
St. Bernard Cemetery
Indiana
Margaret Bell Stuchell
Washington Township
James L. Stuchell
Stuchell
Alice Stewart
Bradford
George King
Warren
Ohio
Harmony Grove Lutheran Church
Streams Funeral Home
Five Points
J. B. Troutnan
E. N. Rumbaugh
Henry Charles Shank
Center County
Jennie I Shenk
Edna Brandan
College Avenue
Christian Church
Joseph and Mary (Smoyer) Shank
Nora Altman
Youngstown
Mary Johnston
Homer City
Ethel Paul
Smicksburg
R. D
Edna Brandon
Raymond
Eva Kepler
Bellefont
Myrtle Close
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Nora Mineyer
Tyrone
Bert Blythstone
Waterman
Eustice Brandon
Margaret Blyhstone
George Marsh
Eton
Doe Marsh
Burnwell
W. Va
Ted Marsh
William Lewiss
W. Finfield
Joe Bibby
Spangler
Wm. Bibby
Windber
L.T. Wells
Nazerene Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Mary Elizabeth (Black) Gahagan
Oak Park
Adam
Nancy (Brown) Gahagan
J. B. Tighe
W. H. Briggs
Buffalo
Miami
Fla
P. S. Weston
Canton
Merle L
Walted
New Stanton
West
Mahoning Township
Lutheran Church
Eastern Star
Merle Black
J. B. Troutman
Lutheran Cemetery
Elizabeth
Dibby) Guthrie
Andy Guthrie
George (Drybaurgh
Bibby
Bustite Brandon
North Hamer City
Scotland
H. F. Long
Wm. Reed
Walter Langford
Clearfield
Harry Shortencarter
Barnesboro
Paul Bianco
Jack Hanzick
Cleveland. O
House Vets Committee Contempt Showdown
The House Veterans Committee may reverse itself in contempt against PM reporter Albert Deutsch or risk a possible rebuke from the House as it questions magazine writer Albert Q. Maisel in the VA probe. Ranking Republican Edith Nourse Rogers would press to overturn the 18 to 5 vote against Deutsch and defend press freedom. Rep Rankin says the House will uphold the committee.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Veterans’ Committee
House
Albert Q. Maisel
Veterans’ Ac
Rankin
D.miss
Backi Town
the Hause
Deutsch
Federal District Court
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Republican Committee
Rogers
House & Syntids
Rep
Wolcott
Congress
Paid 700 a Month For Doing No Nothing
Kansas City May 21 A C Utterback once called the man paid 700 a month by the government for doing nothing says he was discharged by order of Claude R Wickard secretary of agriculture Utterback a supervising examiner for the Farm Credit Administration was removed for six months allegedly for refusing to change a bank report In July 1944 Utterback and his assistant Roland W Bush fled a report on a Texas bank for cooperatives Bush resigned in October 1944 Officials said FCA did not seek a change to the report but to substantiate charges he made in it.
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Kansas City
A. C. Utterback
Claude R. Wickard
Utterback
Farm Credit Administration
Roland W. Bush
Texas Bank For Cooperative
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