German Morale and Allied Invasion Prospects Collected Analysis
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie discusses Nazi leadership and public messaging as Germany braces for invasion. Lt Gen Kurt Dittmar signals a last-ditch defense while Goebbels exaggerates victory. Allied forces mass near the western front as Patton advances, and German reserves are pooled for Siegfried Line defences. The piece notes slowing German retreat, renewed Soviet pressure, and cautions against expecting an immediate wholesale invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Kurt Dittmar
Igh
Reich
Colunn
Dittmer Evan
Germany
Eisenhower
Mya
Ditlmar
Goebbels
Iles
Cverman
Dittmar
Les
Hiller
Siegfried Line
Oder River
Fuhrer
Europe
Patton
Ex Sen James Reed in Critical Condition Report
Former Missouri senator James A. Reed was listed in critical condition at a large ranch near Alpena after suffering bronchitis and a severe cold. Attending physician Dr. H. J. Burkholder said Reed was not feeling as well as when he left the hospital and did not expect an immediate improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpena
Mid
James A. Reed
Missouri
Big Ranch
Faseview
H. J. Burkholder
Reed
Dewey Opens Wartime Campaign Train Tour For President
Thomas E. Dewey led a 87 person train entourage from New York City toward Philadelphia to begin the first wartime presidential campaign since Lincoln era. He will give a 40 minute speech in Convention Hall and speak on postwar jobs with NBC and CBS coverage. Dewey will meet Republican leaders in Philadelphia then proceed to Louisville for another speech the next night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Dewey
Abraham Lincoln
Dewey
GOP
Homines
New York City
Philadelphia
Convention Hall
Wendell L. Willkie
NBC
CBS
Edward Martin
Bernard Samuel
James Davis
New York
Pacific Coast
Services Man
Labor
Independence Hati
Louisville
Dewey Targets Foreign Policy In Campaign Drive
As Dewey began his speaking tour he indicated he would focus majorly on foreign policy. He praised progress at the Dumbarton Oaks conference in Washington toward a non partisan approach to establishing permanent peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Repub Can Women's Clubs
Dewey
Washington
Old Girl Killed By Bullet in Labor Day Picnic
TARENTUM Sept 7 A 22 caliber bullet killed 13 year old Goar Houn Lehosky during a Labor Day picnic. She and her father Joseph Lehosky a county commissioner and a brother were in a Victory garden when she tripped. Three men at the picnic said the bullet likely ricocheted from a target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarentum
Labor Day Plenihers
Goar- Houn Lehosky
Miss Lehosky
Josep Lehosky
J. Edward Webber
Emperor Calls for Total War Mobilization at Home Front
Koiso urged Japan to mobilize fully under a total war plan, warning of increased homeland attacks and the empire’s life or death stakes. He urged consolidating military and civilian power, boosting aircraft production, and sustaining fighting spirit while pursuing Axis cooperation and Asia unity. He also praised Germany and stressed strengthening air defenses and foreign policy alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Koiso
Diet
Hidetsi
Tojo
Europe
Koisa
Gepmanuy
Japn
Germany
China
15 More Mine Seizures By Government
Seizures of solvent coal pits in Pennsylvania and West Virginia bring total to 93 under government control amid widespread walkouts. NLRB plans strike votes at 13 mines seeking recognition of a new supervisory workers union. Interior Secretary Ickes says seized mines will reopen tomorrow with 5,100 workers affected and 27,000 tons produced daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
National Labor Relations Board
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Workers Union
T He United Mine Workers
Ickes
Strikgbound
Northwestern Mining
Change Co
Kramer
DuBois
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corp
Ehrenfeld
Marston
Republic Steel Corp
Russellton
Hulman Coal and Coke Co
Oak- “Mont
Barking
Consolidation Coal Co
Renton
Renston
North Renton
Glendale’ Gas Coal Co
Alexander
Moundsville
Hitchiun Coal and Coke Co
Hitchmannive
Benwood
Kelley's Creek Colliery Co
Maiden King
Maidsville
Valley Camp Coal Co
Elm Grove
Pennsylvia
Kent
Rochester and
Christopher
Morgantown
Bridgeville
American Dynapid and Chemical Co
Industria) Collieries Corp
Tadus
Dellslow
Barracksville
Carolina
Jamison Coal and Coke Co
Faruington
C.H. Mead Coal Co
East Gulf Crab
Four New Polio Cases Reported In Pittsburgh Area
Sept. report from Health Department notes four new polio cases in Pittsburgh area bringing total treated to date. cases originate in Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties with 73 city cases, 41 from Allegheny, 39 from Western Pennsylvania. one case from Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westoreland
Enters Counties
Allegheny County
City
Ohio
Nazi Mobilization Seeks Child and Worker Roles in War Effort
The article outlines continued mobilization with eighth grade girls and seventh grade boys assigned to work alongside lessons, including social work through Nazi welfare groups. It notes War Bond sales among automotive industry workers averaging 95 percent of total payroll.
May Win The Peace Thru Monopolies
Washington reports Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge warned that Germany could win the peace through continued cartel ties with Zeiss and Bausch Lomb. He cited 1921 actions to sidestep Versailles limits, secret German military info passing to Germans, and urged U.S. measures to break German monopolies by acquiring patents and spreading German tech to global labs and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Wendell Berge
Justice Department
Anti Trust Division
Carl Zeiss
Jena
Bausch and Lamb Optical Company
Rochester
N. Y
Versailles
Geremany
Berge
Zeiss
Bausch-Lomb
America
Bausch and Lomb
United States
Witler
United States Navy
Bausch
Lomb
Navy
England
France
Casualties and Allied gains outlined by Stimson
Navy toll stands at 59,964 with 23,080 killed and 21,894 wounded. Stimson says the German army is crippled in western Europe while Allied forces grow stronger, with over 300,000 prisoners taken in northern and southern France. Berlin not yet in Allied hands, but northern France largely liberated and a new Italian offensive moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
Europe
Germany
France
Berlin
Belgium
Lyon
Atlantic
Italy
Stinson
Gethic
Thrilling escape by battered B 24 crew over France
An Eighth Air Force B 24 Liberator after a Stuttgart raid made a risky landing on a tiny French fighter strip. Captain Sargent and First Lieutenant Hurst flew the crippled bomber while engineers repaired rudder cables and engines. Crew included navigator Reberg and bombardier Foreman. Commanded by Colonel Fairbanks. commended by Lt General Doolittle for Berlin mission, the unit's longest initial attack in European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
Itle
Erator
England
France
Stuttgart
Germany
Hubert B. Sargent
Ely Street
Montpelier
Vermont
B. P. Hurst
New York Avenue
Evansville
Ind
William J. Norris
Bulin Avenue
Columbus
Ohio
Sargent
Tlieutenant Hurst
Wngram
Arnold C. Reberg
North
Calispel
Spokane
Washington
Sampson L. Diets
Hunting Park Avenue
Philadelphia
Wiliam E. Foreman
South Ninth Avenue
Poechello
Idaho
Robert H. School
Lancelot Avenue
Cleveland
John Oo. Gienn
East Third Street
Castoria
North Carolina
Warry Widdowson
Church Street
Indiana
Orren M. Widdowson
Alexander R. Noble
Seventy-sixth Street
Ozone Park
New York
Luther J. Fairbanks
Burt
Iowa
James H. Doolittle
Berlin
Soviet and Allied War Movements Reach Deep into Eastern Fronts
Ankara reports Soviet ambassador returning to Cairo as Bulgaria seeks armistice terms through Moscow. Red Army advances near Belgrade and into Yugoslavia, with parachute forces aiding a Danube crossing. In Poland, battles threaten Warsaw as Russian groups attack along the Narew front and Rokossovsky’s guns threaten East Prussia. Russian offensives claim gains across Romania and Transylvania as Campulung and Pitesti fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Egypt
Moscow
Cairo
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Belgrade
Danube
Iron Gate
Transylvanian Alps
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Turnu-Severin
Orsova
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Narew
Ostrobla
Red Star
Germany
Marshalito
Walentin
Narew River
Ostroleka
Konstantine K. Rokossovsky
Lamza
Wallachia
Transylvania
Campalung
Fallort
Pitesti
West Wall fortifications near end of great stand
World War II dispatch reports the West Wall nearing its last stand as Allied forces push from the First Army pocket around a large German force near Mons. Prisoners total 25,000 with two generals, lifting First Army losses to 154,000 and combined Allied toll beyond 230,000. British, Canadian, Polish, and Belgian forces seize Malines and Leuven while Rotterdam advances loom. Patton’s Third Army fights heavy near Metz and approaches the Moselle, with German defenses along the Siegfried Line delaying a possible push into Germany. Production figures show 1943 heavy truck output at 37,611 versus 21,609 in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
First Army
Associated Press
Courtney H. Hodges
Germany
First
Mons
Dday
Belgium
Malines
Leuven
Louvain
Albert Canal
Pas de Calais
Holland
Rotterdam
Moselle
Metz-Nancy
Wés Gallagher
Patton
Third
France
Metz
Third Army
Giegfried
Gallagher
Spid
Obituary notices from Indiana County details many deaths
A sequence of death notices from Indiana County covers Burton Reinard Sr and several other locals. The items list survivors, burial plans, and funeral arrangements, including Green wood Cemetery Indiana, Mich., and various family ties across Homer City, Armstrong and Saltsburg. Interments and services are noted for Saturday and Sunday with local funeral homes handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Charles " Reinard, Sr
Indiana
Burton
Helen Johnston Reinard
Homer City
William Reinard
Lill Johnston
Robert
William
Boyd
Railroad Avenue
Clair Wicks
Greenwood Cemetery
Tadiana Hospital
Edward L. Fleming
Indiana County
Lucindia L. Lydic
Earl Lydie
Dayton
R. D
Lydie
West Mahoning Township
Jacob Lydie
Eng
Earl
Ayl
Bowser
Plumville
Hone
Hugh Gwen
Georgeville
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Dieppe
Abbeyville
Rue de la Barre
Jas. Reed
Huntsman
Vere
Saturday Evening Post
Moorhead
Gazette
Harry Widdowson
REDS
Greece
Western Front
Sram
Thomas Edison Jr
Stanley Hiller Jr
Berkeley
Calif
Army
National Bureau of Aeronautics
Mary McGaughey
Armstrong Township
Streams Funeral Home
Harvey Charles Ferrier
Wayne
Mich
C. W. Baker
Cockport
Ferrier
Indiana Co
Cherryhill
Twp
Amags
Anna
Ow)Ferrier
Carrie Ream
Paul W
Jackson
Leah Moschgat
Elizabeth DeRosie
Dorothy Sanders
Marlin
Charles E
Mary
Rosalie Schulert
Belleville
Donald J
New Guinea
Joseph
West
Chester
Ruth Pouzer
Elton
Harry
South Fork
Clare Hammers
Edna Baker
May Bowen
Windber
Baker
Michgian Memorial Park
North Lockard Lydick
Penn Run
William and
Amanda (Lockard) Lydick
Apollo
Vandergrift
Ashtabula
Lena (Fowler) Lydieck
Dora M. Stewart
Harry B. Boyd
D. D
First Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Harmony Cemetery
Antonio Lindo
McIntyre
Indiana Hospital
Robinson Funeral Home
Clara Belle Woolweaver
Harry Woolweaver
Saltsburg
Presbyterian Hospital
Dwight Fennell
Salisburg
Floyd Schall
Salina
Wilmer Cunningham
Frank Dunn
Greenseburg
Daniel Gallagher
West Lebanon
Robinson
C. J. Bland
C.streams
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