28 Sep 1944
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
1
The piece argues the war will continue into 1946 with Europe still contested. It stresses Japan’s defeat is not yet certain, notes China’s worsening leadership and supply issues, and warns against overreacting to Arnhem setbacks. The author critiques public mood and calls for continued resolve across theaters.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced that by Oct. 2 more than 19 000 banks will be equipped to redeem Series E war bonds and Series A B and D savings bonds. Banks will pay upon satisfactory identification, replacing prior Federal Reserve and Treasury direct methods with faster service. He urged use only in absolute necessity amid ongoing war expenditures.
Weather in Western Pennsylvania calls for rain today and tonight with little temperature change. A wartime strategic briefing describes Allied strength on the Western front, German counterattacks, Soviet prospects, and anticipated operations around Caen, the Rhine, Arnhem, and Moscow, noting the large Allied forces and plans for future offensives.
U S Pacific Fleet HQ at Pearl Harbor reports rapid progress by American forces in the Palau Islands and Mindanao area with air attacks broadening over the southern Philippine waters. MacArthur confirms long range patrols, barge sinkings off Mindanao, and continued pushes on Peleliu. In China, Stilwell’s forces batter Japanese columns near Kweilin, with heavy air and ground operations along a wide arc from Changsha to Yunnan and French Indochina.
Moscow dispatch describes German retreat from Riga pocket and westward pull by German and Hungarian units. Soviet analysts call the situation strategically hopeless as heavy fighting and encirclement efforts continue near Latvia, Slovakia, and the Carpathians, with Petrov’s Fourth Army driving along the Carpathian border.
Prime Minister Churchill paid tribute to the British First Airborne Division for its bravery in crossing the Rhine in Holland and for delaying enemy advances. He warned the war could continue into 1945 and outlined allied gains, inclining toward Russia security and Poland sovereignty, while noting heavy Allied casualties yet transforming the war effort.
Harrisburg September 28 The Pennsylvania Electric Company filed with the Public Utility Commission a new rate schedule effective October 28 promising annual savings of 1 535 054 for 134 863 customers across 16 western counties. No customer will see a rate increase with 121 671 residential users saving 300 300 and 13 192 commercial users saving 235 054. the move aims to simplify Pennsylvania Electric's rate structure after mergers.
Russell Brines reports the Pacific war may drag on as Allied forces crush Japan's ability to wage large scale resistance. Guerrilla bands behind front lines could prolong operations and hinder postwar recovery, even as 280000 Japanese soldiers remain behind Allied lines in islands like Truk Halmahera and New Guinea.
Aimee McPherson appeared Monday to assist in the medical salon at a pew Mom Square church. She had been ill for weeks last spring but associates believed she recovered. Fiery sermons drew great crowds to her Los Angeles temple and world tours.
Allied reports say about 400,000 German troops may be cut off as advances in the British line threaten the Neder Rijn and areas near Oss Heesch and Nistelrode. Churchill addressed Parliament noting 200600 troops reportedly isolated. weather delays German countermeasures as Eisenhower prepares for Rhine crossings with heavy defenses ahead.
The Indiana County Teachers Institute opens the sixth annual Central Western Education Conference at State Teachers College Indiana with a 9:00 a.m. devotional service and sessions on elementary and secondary education. Delegates will be elected to the PS Readings and reports from two committees, with demonstrations in class room method and practical English. Saturday features a dinner for principals and a general session with Dr George Counts.
Allied forces of the Fifth Army seized Castel Del Rio and Mount Carnevale, while British and Dominion troops expanded the Adriatic bridgehead toward Savignano. Canadian troops captured Bellaria as Fifth Army units advanced toward Castiglione dei Pepoli and Bruscoli near Bologna. Strong actions continued northwest toward SantArcangelo and Mont Albano with ongoing heavy resistance.
Obituary notices list survivors and service arrangements for Mrs. Denning Mrs. O Hara Harry Evans Stewart Miss Streams and Joan Patterson among others. The notices name spouses children siblings and grand children and provide viewing times and church or cemetery details. The stream of deaths includes locations Indiana Punxsutawney West Virginia and Blairsville with funeral homes Streams Robinson and St Bernards listed.
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