Cadet Nurse Corps enrolls 136 at Indiana Pa teachers college
One hundred thirty six students from five regional hospitals enroll for the fall term at State Teachers College Indiana Pa in the U S Cadet Nurse Corps program. Hospitals include Butler Clearfield Indiana Latrobe and Spangler. Mrs John H Dumm Spangler Pa coordinates the program. she has a background in nursing and nurse education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College
Indiana
J. M. Uhier
U. S
Butler
Clearfield
Latrobe
Spangler
Uhier
State Council of Defense
State Council of Education
State Board of Nurse Examiners
John H. Dumm
Duquesne University
Washington School of Nursing
Washington, Pa
Dumm
Columbia University
New England
Pennsylvania
George M. Ruffner Begins Training At Texas Field
An aviation cadet, Pvt. George M. Ruffner, has started basic training at Sheppard Field Texas after being called into service on September 9. Ruffner, son of Mr and Mrs Murray Ruffner of 45 North Sixth Street, graduated from Indiana High School class of 1944. He will undergo pre cadet tests to determine best fit in Army Air Corps training before assignment to an Air Force training station for intensified instruction.
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Sheppard Field
Texas
George M. Ruffner
Murray Ruffner
North Sixth Street
Ruffner
Indiana High School
New Cumberland
Army Air Corps
Army Air Force
Guy Zerfoos To Begin Navy Training At Fort Pierce
Guy Zerfoos son of Mrs Eugene Zerfoos of Homer City will depart for Fort Pierce Florida today to begin studies and instruction as a Maveal Ensign. He recently graduated from the Midshipman's School in Chicago and spent his furlough with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Zerfoos
Eugene Zerfoos
Homer City
Fort Pierce
Florida
Guy
Midshipman's School
Chicago
New Allied Policy for Italy Extends Oversight and Aid
The Roosevelt-Churchill plan extends Allied control over Italian affairs, with Rome to send diplomats to Washington and London. British and American envoys will be recognized as ambassadors, aiming to relieve hunger while mobilizing Italy’s resources against Germany and Japan. Trade with the outside world to resume with modified enemy restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Roosevelt-Churchill
White House
London
Hyde Park
N.Y
Quebec
Rome
Washington
Germany
Japan
United Nations
Nazi Defeat Will Release 4,000,000 Workers
New York Sept. 27 The defeat of Germany will release about 4,000,000 workers from current jobs and cut the munitions program by 40 percent. War Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt announced that government recruitment retreats will be stripped away on V-E Day to return civilians to production. He called for 68,000 new hires for explosive and loading plants and 50,000 for ship production and repairs, among other needs, and noted six pilot plants to explore employing nationals from Costa Rica and Barbados.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Paul ¥. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
American Management Association
Lawrence Appley
Vick Chemical Co
Army
WMC
Costa Rica
Barbadoes
McNutt Sain
Allied Troops Halt German Flight in Albania
Allied dispatches from Italy report German forces attempting a long withdrawal across southern Albania toward the Adriatic coast were checked by Yugoslav partisans. The fighting near Snarande, and a German buildup on the Greek border, are described as heavy. Tito’s partisans claim 3 towns taken and a major net in eastern Bosnia reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Morton Bari
Italy
Greece
Albania
Adriatic
Snarande
Corfu
Ban- Taluk
Sherwood Eddy’s Broad Europe Asia Work and Travels
Sherwood Eddy has traveled through Russia Poland Germany France Great Britain and other European countries visiting the Spain battlefront meeting the President at the start of the Czechoslovak crisis and meeting Prime Ministers and cabinet members across Europe and Asia. A Yale graduate of 1891 he funded his own trip to India and after fifteen years there became Secretary for Asia for the Y M C A and worked with Dr John Mott across the continent. He lectures constantly in camps and before diverse audiences and has spoken in hundreds of colleges in the United States Europe and Asia and addressed countless forums clubs conferences and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Poland
Germany
France
Great Britain
Europe
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Asia
Yale
Sherwood Eddy
India
John Mott
United States
DEWEY Rallying Support Amid War Time Travel
Dewey continued campaigning as he travels toward Albany, expressing plans for a rest period and speech writing before the next foray. He dismisses cash contribution questions, notes radio time costs, and greets large crowds in Claremore, Vinita, Monet, and Monett, urging public support for Washington changes.
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Rity
White House
Paul Lockwood
Roosevelt
Dewey
Newey
Repubican National Committee
Albany
Claremore
Vinita
Oklo
Monet
Springfight
Monett
Washington
Vinita Dewes
Dewey Promises Unity and Honest Government
Dewey told about 2,500 in Springfield and Vinita that a Republican administration will bring home soldiers first after the war. He warned against brain trusters and said 10 million men will return home soon. From Tulsa he pledged to maintain national unity and restore honesty in government in all respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Dewey
Vinita
Svary Towers
Washington
Tulsa
Avery
Welcome Home Mrs. Dewey Stirs Town Rally
Mrs Dewey and Governor Dewey rode through a Sherman Texas born, Dewey connected family gathering as crowds cheered in the town. Admirals name banners and a welcome sign lined East Dewey Avenue while Mrs Frances Hutt Dewey was honored by the locals. The governor paid tribute to his wife and hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orla Hott
Sherman
Texas
Dewey Avenue
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Sribute
Lions Celebrate Weekly Dinner Attendance High
The Lions club at Allied Club held its regular Monday meeting with strong turnout. Guests included Geo Ruffner and Petty Officer DuBvis Rotus of Bloomington. Lt. Bob Graham visiting on furlough. members sang and greeted retirees, and the club adopted a weekly service-touch plan sending cards to service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Allied Club
Campbell
Geo, Ruffner
DuBvis Rotus
Bloomington
Harry Graham
Bob Graham
Morton White
Mayhbe
Walter Hile
Frank Tocci
Club
Doctors Evolve Working Program To Study Cancer
AR HARBOR Me Sept 27 A five day cancer coherence closes with adoption of a national plan to study heredity and environment in cancer. A 14 point program covers breast uterine and skin cancer with lifelong family histories and twins groups plus hormonal influences and maternal milk effects.
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AR Harbor
Iman Mather
Five Clarion Women Injured In Auto Crash
Five Clarion residents were injured when their car hit a tree on West Main Street and burned. Identified: Amies Dolby 44 Mrs May Eisenman 38 Mrs Harry Burns Mrs Anna May Rhodes and Mrs Margaret Emer.
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Brookville
Clarion
West Main Street
Amies Dolby
May Eisenman
Harry Burns
Anna May Rhodes
Margaret Emer
Unpolitical Campaign Speech Praises Sapulpa Neighbors
A bareheaded man, husband, addressed Sapulpans in a non political title talk. He paid tribute to the local neighbors and to his wife, marking his first non political speech of the campiagn in Oklahoma sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Campesign
Cities Heavily Bombed Across German Fronts
London reported a third straight day of heavy Allied raids targeting German communication lines and war plants. RAF and American air forces struck Karlsruhe and Frankfurt, inflicting fires and evacuating air defenses amid 6,000 tons of explosives across six centers. losses included two bombers.
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London
U.S
Karlsruhe
Frankfort
Karlsruhe J
Rhine
Metz
Frankfurt
Luxembourg
Channel
Boroynica
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Vienna
Corfu
Po Valley
Ostigli
Bologna
Air Ministry
Associated Press
Germany
Allied planes reach Dutch corridor in NATO relief effort
Allied transport planes landed in a Dutch corridor pasture as gliders and parachuted supplies were supplemented by jeeps and troops. German reinforcements pressed into the Siegfried line sector while Nazi units were rerouted to front lines. Eisenhower reported repulsed German moves along the Eindhoven Nijmegen road and Allied gains along the Meuse and Antwerp canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Siegfried Line
Germany
Holland
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
Eisenhower
Leadership Should Be Not Demand
London Sept 27 Rep Karl E Mundt said the United States earned the right to world leadership after its war roles and urged the nation to press for recognition above junior partner. He praised Britain’s postwar rehab plans but warned U S prosperity underpins Britain’s success in a stable world order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Singleton
London
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
United States
Mundt
Washington
America
Britain
Home Community Fair Plans Return to Consoli dated School House
The annual Home Community Fair at the Consoli dated School House announces a Friday and Saturday program. C B Kinter leads the executive committee with Harry Kirkland, GC B Washington, W P Frech, Effie Altman, and others. C L Furman handles advertising. The Marion Center Fire Department sponsors bingo both nights. Wyatt the Magician headlines Saturday with horse shoe pitching contests run by J I McElhoes and prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Kinter
Marion Center
R. Dy
Kinter
Harry Kirkland
R. D
GC. B. Washington
R. di
W. P. Frech
Effie Altman
C. L. Furman
Home
J. I. McEihoes
Rural Elec Association Seeks Postwar Loan Plan
Roosevelt and the Budget Bureau back earmarking 585 million dollars for rural electrification loans over three years after the war. William J. Neal of St. Louis, deputy administrator for the REA, told REA officials at a conference yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
William J. Neal
St. Louis
REA
Allied advance across western front gains momentum
North of Aacen in Germany to south of Belfort near the Swiss frontier, Allied forces report light to moderate artillery fire and engagements near Aachen Stolberg and Borgen. In Luxembourg Grieveldange is occupied, Marsal near Nancy repulsed, Moselle crossed north of Epinal, and several towns south of Epinal captured. Channel coast operations at Calais continue, Cap Gris Nez attacked, Osnabruck and Hamm targeted, Bremen industrial targets hit. 38 enemy aircraft downed, 7 Allied fighters missing. Nearly 1,000,000 German casualties since June 16 reported. Arnhem credits cited for enabling Nijmegen bridge capture.
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Aacen
Germany
Belfort
Aachen
Stolberg
Borgen
Luxembourg
Grieveldange
Marsal
Nancy
Neurthe
Epinal
Moselle
Chatel Sur Moselle
Cocelles
Tendon
Channel
Calais
Cap Gris Nez
Osnabruck
Hamm
Bremen
Breskens
Gleve
Holland
Arnhem
London Daily Express
Lower Rhine
Waal
Nijmegen
Murray Aims for Quick Action on Steelworkers Pay Dispute
Washington reports CIO president Philip Murray urged rapid resolution of the CIO United Steelworkers wage demand, citing an unpublished OPA study showing the union's 17 cent increase could be granted without triggering a steel price rise. The study argues (A) no basis for an overall steel price hike and (B) even full wage gains would be offset by overtime loss and labor upgrading reversal.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
OPA
Murray
Unnion
War Labor Board
Four Hollern Brothers In Service
The four Hollern brothers of Mrs Eva Hollern 9 Indiana street Homer City serve the country. Joseph D Hollern aviation cadet enlisted June 1943 promoted to corporal trained at Miami Beach and wings earned at Laredo Texas. Gerald A Hobern AAF hospital patient at Walter Reed Washington Paul BR M a C U S Navy somewhere in the Pacific and Regis with the engineers battalion Fort Breckinridge Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva. Holern
Indiana Street
Homer City
Joseph D. Hollern
Miami Beach
Florida
Laredo
Texas
Gerald A. Hobern
AAF
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Paul
BR. M
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Cpl
Regis
Engineers
Fort Breckinridge
German Factory Workers Limited to Fifteen Minute Noon Meal
Madrid dispatch reports German factory workers will be allowed only 15 minutes for the midday meal as part of a drive to boost war production. The Voelkischer Observer notes excess idling in factory districts and prescribes a "table Fuehrer" at each table to enforce the limit.
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Madrid
Hitler
Voelgtschter
Hindu Moslem talks broken off in Bombay clash
In Bombay on September 27 Hindu Moslem unity discussions between Mohandas K Gandhi and Mahomed Ali Jinnah ended. Jinnah reportedly said he failed to convert Gandhi and released correspondence between them. Gandhi leads the Hindu side while Jinnah heads India's Moslem community of 80,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Jinnah
Ghandi
Gandhi
India
March visitors and extended gatherings at Huey home
Indiana visitors and family stays fill weekend at the Huey residence with relatives from Punxsutawney New Kensington and Pittsburgh. Mrs Mages and Miss Homan return to Pittsburgh after a week with Elmer Homan family. Preaching at the local church is set for Sunday at 7 45 p m with Rev Norman Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Huey
Indiana
Charles Peffer
Punxsutawney
Moot
Rossiter
M. Lewis
Ray Huey
New Kensington
Ada Bevans
John Mages
Eleanor Homan
Pittsburgh
Virginia Eckertson
Eau Claire
Wis
Elmer Homan
Horace Huey
Ethel Scholl
Norman Pierce
Weather and awards mix in Pittsburgh brief
Western Pennsylvania sees increasing cloudiness and moderate temperatures with showers and cooler conditions tonight. In Pittsburgh, war savings certificates totaling $6 835 were presented to Pittsburgh Coal Company Warden nine employees honored for three months without a post time accident. Pall mall is noted as an obsolete English game similar to croquet.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Japan presses in China as Chennaul t outlines losses and air force moves
Maj. Gen. Chennault reports Japan is tying up large forces in Southeastern China and moving air units from Manchuria and North China to seal internal lines. He notes the Japanese underrested aerial opposition and warns they cannot exploit north south links without stronger resistance. He believes Kweilin and Lui chow may still be defended and that American bases near Kweilin remain contested as seasweeps by Liberators persist.
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Kwellin
14Th Air Force
Channault
China
Chennault
Kweilin
Liuchow
Paoking
Siang River
Sportsmen oppose pollution of Pennsylvania streams
Washington County Sportsmen and Conservation League and affiliated clubs have urged the State Fish Commission and the Sanitary Water Board to stop mine drainage into streams. The resolution cites Sec. 310 of the 1937 Pollution Law and covers clubs across Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Sportsmen’s and Conservation League
Pennsylvania
State Fish Commission
Sanitary Water Board
Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
Little Raccoon Creek
Washingtong County
J. H. Scott
McDonald
Jules Duboisgy Midway
Warren
Columbia
Raccoon
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Fayette
Greene
Indiana
Somerset
Washington
Westmoreland
Dinah Shore Back From the Mob Circuit
Blues singer Dinah Shore reports returning from the mob circuit where her troupe gave 135 shows for the doughboys in France. She says she sang up to 15 songs per show, traveled by jeep and horseback, and slept under a roof only six times in seven weeks.
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Hollywood
Dinah Shore
France
Normandy
Doughboys
Dinah
Obituary notices for Samuel Frederick Martin and John A Anderson
Funeral services for infant Samuel Frederick Martin of Lucerne were held at Robinson Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. The infant is survived by parents Samuel A and Martha Martin, paternal grandfather George Martin of Carbon, Indiana, and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Dorka of Lucerne. John Anthony Anderson, watchman at the Federal Laboratories Plant, Indiana, died at work September 25. He resided in the area for eight years, born April 12, 1885 in New Millport, Pa. Survived by his father James and stepmother in New Millport, wife Bertha Fisher Anderson, two daughters Catherine Hayes and Florence Shaffer, five grandchildren, and siblings Frank, Harry, Carl, Mrs Bessie Connely, and Mrs Chlove West. Funeral services will be at New Millport Methodist Church September 26 at 1:30 pm, Rev Peter Tucker officiating, with burial in New Millport cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Frederick Martin
Samuel A
Martha (Dorka) Martin
Lucerne
Robinson Funeral Home
Wick
Green ‘Wood
George Martin
Carbon
Indiana
Fred Dorka
John Anthony Anderson
Federal Laboratories
Anderson
New Millport
James
Margaret White Anderson
Clymer
Catherine Hayes
Florence Shaffer
Josephine
Frank
Altoona
Harry
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