War Today analyzes Allied strategy across fronts
War Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues the war effort must be complementary across the western and eastern fronts. He notes the Balkans' collapse loosening Hitler's grip, Hungary's tremors, and Rome's eastern advance pressuring the Vis tula line, while Eisenhower predicts a 1944 European victory if duty drives th shift to invade Germany.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Reich
United Nations
Hiller
France
Balkans
Germany
Hitler
Balkan
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Fuehrer
Vistula River
Vistula
Eisenhower
Europe
Indiana County Fair Wraps Up After Rain
The 82nd Indiana County Fair concluded despite heavy rain on Thursday and Friday. Attendance remained strong with a smaller cavalcade, horse showcase restricted to center-track events, and a successful pet show featuring 35 children and their pets despite muddy grounds.
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Indiana County Fair
Hone
Goering Relieved Of Air Command
Basel dispatch reports Hitler stripped Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering of air defense command and entrusted it to Nazi Party chiefs. An informant said Goering is under house arrest at Karinhall, with no direct evidence of involvement in the July 20 plot, though many aides were executed.
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Basel
Switzerland
Geneva Tribune Today
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Germany
Paver
Goering
Karinhall
Pan Hitler
Rowley Cemetery Clean-Up Set for Labor Day
Labor Day will be Clean Up Day at Rowley Cemetery Hillsdale. All plot owners are asked to be present to help with the maintenance and restoration efforts across the grounds.
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Rowley Cemetery
Hillsdale
Emerald Isle Maquis Leader Patrick O Neill Heads 6000-Fighter French Resistance
HAL BOYLE sketches Patrick O Neill a 6 foot Irish born Maquis commander who leads about 6000 resistance fighters across four departments near Orleans France. He trained at Steyr served in the French army was wounded twice in 1940 and later rallied French youths to resist German labor draft. His force ambushed convoys blew trains and bridges while maintaining radio contact with London. His wife the former Maurice Fombarton lived in Boston for 20 years before leaving in 1938.
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Hal Boyle
Orleans
France
Fish
Paddy
Robin Hood
Patrick O'Neill
Erin
Ireland
O'Neill
Steyr
West Point
Germany
London
Maurice Therese Fombartron
Boston
Mass
British 8th Continues Push Toward German Border
Allied forces opened a broad advance from Verdun and St Mihiel toward the Moselle River, nearing the German border. British Second Army and American First Army moved toward Belgium, while Vimy Ridge fell to British efforts near Armentieres. Germans retreated from Pas de Calais as Allied press surged, with Lyons threatened as Seventh Army closes on the city. Allied prisoners exceed 55,000 in the southern France campaign. Fifth Army advances toward the Arno from Florence.
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James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Force
Third Army
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Moselle
Siegfried Line
France
First
Belgium
Flanders
Vimy Ridge
Armentieres
Low Countries
Weuch
Holland
Brussels
Touxembourg
Nancy
15Th Army
Pau-De-Calais
Hitler
Pas-De- Calais
Finis
Pas-De Ais
Folkestone
Dover
Calais
London
Axis
Reich
Lyon
Seventh Army
Sothern
Ty Haly
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Arno
Florence
New Deal Policies To Be Attacked in Campaign Remarks
Governor Martin says Republicans will attack the New Deal administration for bunglings and quarrels on a national radio program with Governors Schoeppel and Thye. He argues the New Deal proved incapable of sustaining postwar peace and full employment over 16 years. He criticizes Truman and references the War Production Board collapse.
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Warrisburg
Martin
New Deal Administration
Republican National Committee
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
Edward Thye
Minnesota
America
Harry
iUruman
Truman
Washington
War Production Board
Secret Eighth Army Move Before Adriatic Push
An Associated Press report describes a major buildup of Eighth Army forces in the Adriatic sector before a mountain warfare push. The movement transferred thousands of guns, vehicles, and equipment from central Italy, puzzling German defenses as planes monitored road traffic. 11,000 vehicles reportedly crossed the routes, with tank transporters logging extensive miles in heat and dust.
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Eighth Army
Adriatic
Associated Press
Tann Heinzerling
Italy
Cassino
Gustav Line
Heinzerling
Soviet Ambassador Malik Returns to Japan via Manchuria
A Camel dispatch from Tokyo reported Soviet Ambassador Jacques Alexsandrovitch Malik reached Manzhouli in Manchuria en route back to Tokyo from Russia. The Associated Press recorded the broadcast.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Jacques Alexsandrovitch Malik
Japan
Manvhouli
Manchuria
Russia
Pleasant Weekend Weather Across Western Penns
A warm dry spell is forecast with mild temperatures over the weekend. Expect bright moonlit nights and gentle breezes with little chance of rain. Local forecasts call for pleasant conditions across the region.
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Wania
Mines Hit by Seizure Spark Wide Strike Votes
Read across Pennsylvania and West Virginia a wave of strike decisions by supervisory workers in the United Mine Workers union. Governors seized 16 Pennsylvania pits, while 1,725 miners at six West Virginia mines vote to strike and 9,000 tons of coal move daily. War Labor Board urges return to work at four PA pits.
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Additions
United Mine Workers
Supervisory Workers’ Union
Pennsylvania
National Labor Relations Board
West Virginia
War Labor Board
I-State
United Technical, Clerical and Supervisory Employes Union
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
John McAlpine
Marshall For Small Peace Army Marshal For Small Peace Army
General George C. Marshall argues after World War II a large standing army has no place in a modern democracy and supports universal military training for all youths to create a citizen reserve. He proposes a peacetime force no larger than necessary, reinforced by reserves in emergencies and stresses civilian leadership, lower costs, and broad public support for a nonprofessional army.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Congress
Dublin
Willkie Extols Wilson Ideal in Birmingham Article
Wendell L. Willkie, Republican presidential nominee in 1940, wrote for the Birmingham Age Herald that he left the Democratic Party in the mid 1930s when it began to violate Wilsonian principles. He cites Newton D Baker and the League of Nations platform fight, arguing that the state exists for society, not society for the state, and that the party may have left him.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wendell L. Willkie
Birmingham Age-Herald
Democratic Party
Wilson
Willkie
Newton D. Bakers
League of Nations
Mindanao raid seen as test of MacArthur plan
The raid on Bonini Isles near Mindanao drew Japanese nerves over General MacArthur’s Philippines retake strategy. MacArthur’s communique cited only limited air actions against shipping and fuel depots. The report notes U S patrols sank an enemy merchant ship and damaged another, plus destruction or damage of 80 beached barges in Celebes.
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Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Davao Bear S
MacArthur
Manado
Dutch New Guinea
Timor
Wewak
New Guinea
Chester W. Nimitz
US 5
Mth Air Force
Takao Harbor
Formosa
Joseph W. Stillwell
Chungking
14Th Air Force
Kaitak
Mongkong
Tien Ho
White Cloud
Canton
Ogasawara
Robins
Tokyo
Mandao
Celebes
New Britain
Palau
Marianas
Marshall Island
Coal mines under strike in western Pennsylvania
In western and central Pennsylvania eight mines belong to the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co in Armstrong Clearfield and Indiana counties and two to the Ford Collieries Co in Allegheny County. Of the ten mines only one was not on strike. The Rochester & Pittsburgh's Helvetia King in Clearfield County was among the striking properties. These ten mines employ 4,911 workers and produce 28,900 tons of coal daily.
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Pennsylvania
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Armstrong, Clearfield
Indiana
Ford Colieries Co
Allegheny County
Rochester & Pittsburgh
Helvetia King
Clearfield County
WAC member killed at Patterson Field in Ohio
Pvt. Annie Guba 24 of Dunlo Pennsylvania, a WAC in an alert crew, was killed instantly at Patterson Field Dayton when she walked into the path of a tug tractor on the flight line. Col. E. H. Jose reported the accident yesterday.
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Dayton
Ohio
Patterson Field
Annie Guba
Dunlo
E. H. Jose
Jose
Guba
New Type Flying Bombs Used Against England
London dispatch reports an air ministry and home security communique stating two German aircraft, believed to be composite or successor V-1 types, attacked an unspecified English sector overnight. The brief said little damage and no casualties.
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London
Air Ministry
Home Security Comunique
England
Jackie Identified After Being Lost, Mother Says Not to Talk to Strangers
Allentown report states Jackie, age seven, admitted he was lost. His mother soon found him and explained he had been told never to talk to strangers, while authorities noted the caps could not determine his identity or residence.
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Allentown
Jackie
Caps
Enforce Peace Says Sen Davis in Reading Address
Senator James Jones urged a world organization to enforce peace after the war during a convention in Reading. He said the peace effort must be nonpartisan and led by a dedicated group, as war nears its end.
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Reading
James Jones
Loyal Order of Monge
Eastern Association of the State Organization
Obituary for John Elias Jones Services Held Sunday
Friends of the late John Elias Jones are being received at the family home Tide, where services in charge of the Rev. Charles R. Wick, will be held Sunday, Sept. 3, at 3:00 p.m. Interment follow in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana.
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John Elias Jones
Tide
Charles RN. Wick
Oakland Cemetery
Indiana
Germans Flee Belgium as Reich Seeks Leopold Bargaining
Washington reports say the German army retreating through Belgium toward the Reich may take King Leopold along for bargaining with the Allies. House Foreign Affairs chair Bloom notes Leopold’s prior capitulation and Belgium’s exile government, with Belgium officials praising his conduct and rejecting collaboration efforts.
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Thomas Reedy
Washington
Belgium
Reich
Leopold
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Petain
Denmark
Voys
Commodore Boy In England Promotes Army Public Order
Private Raymond W. Bone age 20 from Commodore Pennsylvania serves as a military policeman at a U S Army general hospital in England. He helps sustain good relations with locals by directing soldiers and ensuring proper dress and gate checks on pass. Bone joined the Army in May 1943 after welding work at American Bridge in Ambridge. He trained at Camp Pickett and was sent to Karl Jackson South Carolina to join his unit. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Steve W Bone of Commodore. The article ends with general nature observations about heat and a pinkish gray white rhinoceros of Africa.
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U. SS. Army General Hospital
England
Raymond W. Bone
Commaodore
United States Army
Army
Pvt. Bone
American Bridge Conpany
Ambridge
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Karl Jackson
South
Steve W. Bore
Commodore
France Strong After War, Hull Says United States
Secretary of State Hull reaffirmed that the United States desires a strong France and the right of the French people to choose their government after the war. He indicated no specific change in relations with General de Gaulle’s provisional government and noted no fresh German surrender proposals beyond general peace feelers.
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Washington
Hull
France
Charles de Gaulle
Federal Aid For Streets and Urban Highway Plans
Washington dispatch notes postwar federal aid for Indiana streets and highways. Bills propose three year programs with 560 million to 650 million annually, urban allocations of 150 million and 200 million for cities over 5,000, aiming at congestion relief and city traffic planning nationwide. Legislatures of 45 states met in 1945.
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Washington, D. C
Indiana
Congress
House
Senate Committees On
Senate
Relief payments up six dollars for week
State Treasurer G Harold Wagner reported direct relief payments to needy Indiana County residents rose by six dollars in the week ended today. Total payments were 1220 dollars, 120 dollars less than the comparable week last year. Bureau of Assistance Disbursements figures show current week 1220 dollars and previous week 1214 dollars.
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Harrisburg
G. Harold Wagner
Indiana County
Bureau of Assistance
State Treasury
Department
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Peter Robertson
Sgt
Joe Louis
Navy Base
WAC
Dayton Field
Sen. Davis
Kalina Paxinou
Pilar
Commodore Boy
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