War shift as Russia declares war on Bulgaria edges Balkans
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Russia's wartime move against Bulgaria and its ripple effects on Hitler's strategy, Turkey's Dardanelles access, and postwar power dynamics. He notes Bulgaria's dual Axis neutrality and Moscow's aim to secure influence from the Balkans to the Mediterranean and argues the move could disrupt German forces and reshape alliances. He questions Turkey's neutrality and Churchill's views on future alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Prast
Russia
Hitler
Bulgaria
Balkan
United States
Britain
Cairo
Balkana
Axis
Romania
Dobruja
Sofia
Mostow
Hiller
Stalin
Sovies
Balkans
Moscow
Europe
Germany
Turkey
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Dardanelles
England
Churchill
Pracure
Jap Air Fleet In Hiding War Report
Japan's air force has followed the Japanese fleet into hiding. August saw only 21 Nipponese aircraft destroyed in the Pacific with Allied losses at 40. Last June had 1,041 Nipponese planes destroyed, including 402 in the Mariana invasion action, with 182 Allied losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph II
Weppe
Associated Press
Japan
Millard F. Warmon
Pacific Ocean
Philippines
Pacific
Australia
Mariana Islands
Sussex
Mariana
Cubs Triumph In Exhibition At Deshon General Field
More than 1,000 wounded overseas veterans watched the Chicago Cubs rout the Pittsburgh Pirates 11 to 3 in an exhibition game at Deshon General Hospital in Butler Pennsylvania. The new athletic field was dedicated by the Masonic Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and named for Col. G Z Goenkow, Deshon’s commanding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Army
Deshon General Hospital
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Pennnsylvania
G. Z. Goentzkow
Deshon
Foreign Nazi Workers Told To Desert
A spokesman for General Eisenhower urged foreign Nazi workers in Germany to desert their factories at the first opportunity as part of an Allied plan. He warned against Gestapo provocation and urged workers to boycott liaison officers and await further instructions via radio and leaflets from Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sept
Rim
Dwight JD. Eisenhower
Germany
Reich
Gestapo
Office of War Information
Allies Break German Lines Across Western Front Campaign
Allied forces push through France and Belgium in a broad offensive. American and Free French units advance near Besancon Baume les Dames and Nancy while Italian fronts see gains from Coriano towards Rimini. British and Soviet reports indicate pressure on Rotterdam Gent and Liege as German lines bend under Allied strategy.
11000 Bombers Produced In Eight Months
Washington reports that American factories produced upwards of 11,000 four engine heavy bombers in the first eight months of the year. Output hit about 1,000 a month in May 1948 and rose to 1,500 monthly since June. Plans call for 7,034 total planes of all types in September, with major production cuts ahead in late 1945 and 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sept
War Production Board
Germany
WPB
Japanese Air Power Massed Says Forrestal
Navy Secretary Forrestal reported that Japan can mass air power in a narrow theater covering the Philippines, China, and Japan proper. He said the loss of many bases and better supply has reduced their need to spread forces, with improved technical aircraft potentially boosting future engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Philippines
China
Japan
Guernseys Sold Well at Butler and Brookville Sales
Glen Hf Coleman of West Lebanon, a member of the Elders Ridge Guernsey Bull Association and the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, sold two cows at the Butler Guernsey sale for 515 and 475 dollars. Fifty-two head averaged 344.40. H M Travis of Smicksburg sold a first half holstein at Brookville on August 1 for 285, another cow 375, with fifty cows averaging 317. Breeders using high quality sizes and keeping DHIA records command strong prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Hf. Coleman
West Lebanon
Elders Ridge Guernsey Bull Association
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Butler Guernsey
H. M. Travis
Smicksburg
Travis
Brookville
Letter Carriers Elect Pittston Leader at Pittsburgh Meet
Delegates to the Pennsylvania Association of Letter Carriers re elected James Langan as Pittston president for the sixth time. Williamsport will host the 1948 convention. Frank M. Roller of New Kensington chosen secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Pennsylvania Association of Letter Carriers
James Ic. Langan
Pittston
Williamsport
Frank M. Roller
New Kensington
Kittanning Presbyterial Sessions Outline Education and Missions
Rev Edward M Thomas leads Christian Education in Kittanning with Ray Downs as speaker. Pension and Social Education actions plus Youth Budget presented by named pastors. Two evening talks include Lloyd S Ruland and Robert J Bleck on missions and education. Women’s Missionary Society fellowship meets at Saltsburg Lutheran Church during presbytery. Large gathering expected across sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Thomas
Ray €. Downs
Pension Committee
M. M. McDivitt
Foreign Missions
C. John L. Bates
United Promotion
Lloyd. S. Ruland
D. D
China
Cause of Foreign Missions
Robert J. Bleck
Synod of Pennsylvania
Women of Kittansning Presbyterial Missionary Soccety
Charles W. Cochran
Saltsburg Lutheran Church
Presbyterian Church
Gund
Town Council Plans Tax on Juke Boxes
TIMONTOWN Sept 6 The city council approved a plan to tax juke boxes in soda fountains and rooms. City Solicitor W F Lane was authorized at a meeting last night to prepare the necessary ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timontown
W. F. Lane
Demobilization Plan Aims Shifting Forces to Pacific
War Department outlines rapid demobilization with emphasis on ground forces and limited Navy cuts until Japan is defeated. Plan details priority credits to determine surplus troops, transfer of units to Pacific, and pooling of US reserves for replacements, including Women’s Army Corps. Aimed to end Germany and quickly defeat Japan, with rotation and furlough debates in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
House
Senate
May
D-Ky
Navy
Japan
Jean A. Brunner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White House
Smith
R-Wis
War Department
Europe
United States
Army Service Forces
Army Air Forces
Continental
Ufe
Pacife
Pacific Theater
European
Women's Army Corps
Washington
Department
Germany
Pacific War Zone
Parenthood
McCarran Leads in Nevada Democratic Renomination Fight
McCarran holds a lead nearing completion of ballot counting in Nevada over Lt. Gov. Pittman in the Democratic renomination race. Nationally, Republican governors attack the New Deal as Dewey campaigns for the presidency amid party debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Setawe
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Vail Pittman
Bredneis
McCarran
Pittman
Senate
Pittmen
Camp
Roosevelt
Pitt
Marty
CIO Political Action Committee
George W. Malone
Malone
Kenneth F. Johnson
Kendrick A. John
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican National Committee
Edge
New Jersey
Kelly
Michigan
Langlie
Washington
Signnally
Dewey
McCormack
D-Mass
Philadelphia
New York City
Stephen
Texas
Stephenson
Dallas
Red Columns Advance 70 Miles In Day
Soviet forces race across western Romania surpassing Craiova and approach the Yugoslav frontier within 500 miles. In northern Poland, Red Army units broke German lines on the Narew River and pushed toward Warsaw while closing on Wyszków and Nis, with Belgrade and Sofia within striking distance as Bulgarian rail links remain contested. The drive aimed at forging a united front with Tito’s Partisans and pushing into the Hungarian plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baume Les Dames
Belfort
Germany
Maselle
Nancy
Strasbourg
Oslo
Red Army
Bulgaria
Russia
Balkan
Sofia
Moscow
Tito
Romania
Craiova
Warsaw
Narew
Italy
Eighth Army
Coriano
Adriatic Sea
Rimini
Transocean
Eisenhower
Netherlands
Paris
Rotterdam
Gent
Brussels
Charleroi
Namur
Liege
Agaden
Aachen
Saarbrucken
Daniel DE Luce Mosco
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Iron Galf
Danubian
Serbia
Nis
Poland
Wyskow
Bug River
Narew River
Obituary notices from Rochester Mills area fall foliage rites
Obituaries from multiple towns note deaths of Nora Altman and family survivors including eleven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and siblings. Services planned at Bell Funeral Home Indiana and Oakland Cemetery with Rev Randolph officiating. Additional notices for Joseph Pushnik Hanna Anderson and George Hosack list surviving relatives, funeral arrangements, and arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal
Kansas
Rochester Mills
Bell Funeral
Indiana
Randell
The
Christian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Josephe Frank Pushnik
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian
Hanna Anderson
Clymer
W. R. Jones
Alwin Anderson
Youngstown
Ohio
George Se‘teee
Myron Williams
Richard Howell
William Jones
Hugh Johnston
Charles Fields
Canton
Alfred Fraum
David
Glen Campbell
Lydia Mannerberg
Eleanor Carlson
Anita
Gustav Edward Anderson
Robinson Funeral Home
India
Thompson Funeral Home
Youngsstown
Nazi 5S Troops Burn Village Church and School
Seven survivors recount a massacre as German SS forces crowded a village church and adjacent school then fired with machine guns rifles and pistols. Phosphorus grenades caused fires and melted crucifixes while babies and women perished. bodies were buried in common graves. Marehel, commander of French forces in the region, confirmed no German deaths or Maquis activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchel
Limpres
Marehel
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Blairsville and Area
Multiple notices report deaths and services in Blairsville and surrounding towns. Mrs Joshua L Shanice dies at White Station with services in Indiana. Miles Theodore Frazier of Shelocta RD dies at 73 with survivors in multiple states. Ray Douglas Hunter of Marchand dies after five weeks illness with service in Evangelical Church and burial in Marchand Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edit Alters
jJoshue L. Shanice
White Station
Robinson Funeral Home
Indiana
Clarence Bennett
Miles Theodore Frazier
Shelocta R. D
Amanda (Kunselman
Frazier
George and
Lavina (Miller) Frazier
Ed Barn Township
Clarion County
William L
James
Shelocta
R. D
Betty Koppel
Franklin
B. M. Frazier
Pittsburgh
J. O. Frazier
Sadie Blair
Liberty Street
Stella Baughman
New Bethlehem
Evangelical Church
J. I. Brown
Elderton Methodist Church
Ray Douglas Hunter
Marchand
Missouri
Ida
Henderson
Hunter
Nancy E. North
Oakland Rest
Roy
British naval planes bomb German battleship Tirpitz
British carrier planes hit the 35,000 ton battleship Tirpitz in northern waters and damaged at least 18 enemy vessels. Nine German planes were shot down, eleven British planes were lost, and strikes targeted radio stations, hangars, and coastal installations near Hammerfest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Norwegian
Hammerfest
Arctic Circle
North Cape
Earthquake rattles Pennsylvania towns in northeastern shock
A powerful quake from the northeast seaboard rattled Sleepy Pennsylvania with shocks felt from Towanda to Reading. Officials called it severe, likely caused by rock strata 20 to 100 miles underground. Minor damage reported in Cornwall Ontario. several cities reported furniture jostling and alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Seaboard
Fordham University
Roy K. Marshall
Philadelphia
Cornwall
Ont
Towanda
Scranton
Allentonn
Wilkes-Barre
Reading
Williamsport
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
Allentown
Bernice Hixson
H. M. Sampson
Weather Bureau
Pitts
Lees Altoona
Meadville
Oil City
Titusville
Brie
St Patrick's Cathedral Guarded by Police on Fifth Avenue
New York police guarded St Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue after FBI agent E. E. Conroy reported a Nazi bomb threat stating explosives would be planted on the 50th Street side. A notice of administration concerns J A Stewart estate, with recipients urged to present claims and settle debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
St. Patriet's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
E. E. Conroy
FBI
St. Patrick's Co
50Th Street
Jack K
Y Patale
J. A. Stewart
Jate
Montgomery Township
Theda. Stewart
Arcadia
Hy Miller
Homer M. Niel
Banks Township
Indiana
Thore
Clara J
Niel
Tossiler
B.D
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Jap Air Fleet
Moorerad
Kittanning
Marry C. McDivitt
Committee On Social Education
J. Sanford Lonsinger
KE. C. Goad
Merlyn Chappel
Kev. Lisyd
Buland
Geo. Malone
John J. Slater
Lincoln Highway
Clearfield
Penfield Mountain
Pio Disatro
Case
George Proud
Rebecca
George Harvey Hosack
North Spring Street
Blairsville
Shady Side Hospital
Burvey] Township
M. Harvey
Margaret (Duer) Hosack
Hariette Bell
Mary O
Anna G
J. C. Stuart
Home Fleet
Sir Henry Moore
Alten Fjord
Finland
Gazette
St. Patrick’s
Teresa Ee
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