Union church services at City Park led by Rev B S Mc Neeley
City wide gathering sponsored by the local young peoples council featured the U B church presiding Rev Mc Neeley and the Methodist choir with Mrs C T Sherwood directing. An all day program of music talks readings and recreation followed dinner on the grounds. Joe A Price aged 70 died at Mitchell South Dakota while visiting his daughter. His sister Mrs G H Yeomans learned of his death.
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Union
City Park
B.S. McNeeley
U. B
Methodist
C. T. Sherwood
Haseman’s Grove
Young Peoples Council
Joe A. Price
Mitchell, S. D
G. H. Yeomans
O.P.A Tightens Used Car Sales Tactics
Indiana OPA officials announce plans to tighten enforcement after a 21 day Marion county check found 615 sales with 98 incomplete records and side agreements aimed at exceeding ceiling prices. Officials say dealers used private deals or trading cars to force higher payments and that many transactions require adjustments.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana District Office of Price Administration
Marion County
OPA
German Paul Revere Prediction Provokes World War News
The Lawrence Tribune jokes that a German Paul Revere will have to shout a long list of Allied nations when warning of an impending attack. The item notes humorous, wartime bravado about Britain the United States and allies in World War II.
Tribute to John R. Uland
John Robert Uland born August 20 1918 in La Salle Illinois grew up in Linton Indiana. He worked as a welder before joining the Navy in 1943 serving with the Seabees and died July 30 1944 at Barin Field Pensacola Florida. Survived by his wife Ruth and two sons Billy Ray and Bobby Gene his mother Ella and siblings. Funeral at the Christian Church in Linton with military honors and burial in local cemetery.
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John Robert Uland
John
Ella Uland
la Salle
Ill
Greene County
Indiana
Linton
Ind
New York Central Railroad Co
Bob
Naval Air Training Station
Barin Field
Pensacola
Fila
Philip Lane
Christian Church
Lintém
Charles ,Wite
Harry
Babine
United Navy
John Robert
Ruth A. Uland
Billy Ray
Bobby Gene
Lane
Japanese sisters found guilty of conspiracy in treason case
In Denver, three Japanese American sisters were convicted of conspiracy to commit treason for aiding two German soldiers in escaping a prisoner camp. They were found not guilty of treason. Federal Judge J Foster Symes will set the punishment, with a maximum of two years and a $10,000 fine.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
J. Foster Symes
Red army drives wedge across southern Poland toward Kielce
Soviet First Ukrainian Army pushes 18 miles from Kielce threatening to split German force in Poland and outflank Warsaw from the south. Other Red armies advance to 10 miles, aiming to crumple the Warsaw East Prussia line as German resistance intensifies.
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Moscow
U.P
Poland
Kielce
Warsaw
East Prussia
Riga
Wehrmacht
Riga-Warsaw
Ivan S. Knoev
Vistula
Lagow
Rakow
Krakow
Radom
Paris Defenses Under Attack Seizure Near Caen Front
British forces on the Caen front captured Vimont seven miles down the Caen Paris road and extended their grip on the Orne river bridgehead. They took Thury Harcourt and moved toward Falaise as 25 000 enemy troops defended the peninsula.
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Peninsula
Caen
Vimont
Caen-Paris
Orne River
Thury Harcourt
Falaise
Soldier’s Saipan letter hints at combat and foxhole life
Lawrenceville reports 22 year old Marine Earl J Leitbinger wrote his mother from the front describing the Saipan battle. He extols the Marine Corps and life in a foxhole, closing with a postscript noting the ink used is Japanese.
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Lawrenceville
U.P
Earl J. Leitbinger
Saipan
Marine Corps
Pig in a Pound Sparks City Meal Joke
Sparta Michigan reports a stray pig found roaming a main street in the town pound. City Marshal W F Lerner warns that if no owner is found the city will butcher the animal for fall meat.
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Sparta
III
W. F. Lerner
71 Years in Grange Highlight Dalton Leader’s Service
George N. Brown, 90, a charter member of the Dalton Grange, is completing his 71st year as a Grange member. He has served in key local roles and helped sustain community programs in Dalton, Massachusetts.
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Dalton, Mass
U.P
George N. Brown
The
Dalton Grange
Grange
Junior O'Hern Selected for Navy Island Tour Team
Junior O'Hern S 1c stationed with the United States Navy in Hawaii has been selected as a member of an all star basketball team. The squad will tour the Islands, according to word received by his parents Mr and Mrs Con O'Hern of this city.
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Junior O’hern S 1c
United States Navy
Hawaii
Islands
Con O’hern
Local Promotion for Lt Homer E Bales in Murcoce Calif
Lieutenant Homer E Bales, stationed at Murcoce California, son of Mr and Mrs C R Bales of route 3 Linton, has been promoted from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant according to word received by his parents.
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Homer E. Bales
Murcoce
Calif
C. R. Bales
Route 3
Linton
Major R. T. Patton Arrives Safely in England
Major R. T. Patton has arrived overseas and reached England. The confirmation came to his wife Mrs. R. T. Patton of this city.
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R. T. Patton
England
Allied Bomb Raids Target Davao and Halmahera in Philippines Area
Allied air forces bombed industrial targets in Japan and struck Halmahera and Davao in the Philippines operational theater. Davao airfields reportedly blasted as part of a growing campaign while Halmahera’s northern fields were attacked. Liberator bombers pressed scans on Yap Island as Domei reported Wasile raids with over 50 planes.
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Philippines
Davao
Noemfoor
Biak
Geelvink Bay
Halmahera
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
Comunique
Driniumor River
British New Guinea
Aitape
Adachi
Carolines
Yap Island
Comet Agency
FCC
Yap
Manokwari
New Guinea
Domei
Wasile
Game Hunter at 90 Still Hunts Without Glasses
Tyrus Sidener, 90, continues hunting and shooting game without eyeglasses. He has bought a hunting license every year except one since licenses became required.
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Metropolis
U.P
Tyrus Sidener
Greene Circuit Court hearing set on birth time for Belva Wright
Belva Mae Wright files petition in Greene Circuit Court to determine her birth time and place. Hearing set for August 19, 1944. Petition dated August 11, 1944. Clerk Frank A. Lenning signs. Pd 8/11/44.
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Belva Mae Wright
Greene Circuit Court
Frank A. Lenning
Greene
Youngest College Heads Named at New England Schools
New England features the nation s two youngest college presidents Lt Comdr Geo F Funston 33 of Trinity College Hartford Conn and Dr Charles F Phillips 34 of Bates College Lewiston Me Funston on leave Phillips to take over in fall at Bates College in Maine
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Boston U.P
New England
Geo. F. Funston
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Charles F. Phillips
Bates College
Lewiston
Funston
Dr. Phillips
Maine College
Thieves Open Bethesda Church Door In Warren Township
Thieves bored holes in a Bethesda Church door at Warren township and removed the lock after finding the doors unlocked. No injuries or further details reported by police.
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Huntington
Ind
U.P
Bethesda U. B
Warren Township
Water safety class ends with lesson in injury
In Fayetteville a spontaneous mishap during a city pool water safety and accident prevention class led instructor Mrs. Dwight Moore to fall and break her leg while walking toward the pool.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Fayetteville City
Dwight Moore
Carterville Sailor Takes Part in Five Invasions
Arterville, Ill. Frank Tregoning of Carterville attached to a Navy landing craft has gone through five invasions without a scratch. He has been with the first landing waves in North Africa Sicily Salerno Anzio and Normandy.
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Arterville, Ill
U.P
4Frank Tregoning
Carterville
North Africa
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
Normandy
Livestock Report from Indianapolis Finds Mixed Prices
Livestock sales in Indianapolis on August 11 show hogs active with varying weights bringing 14.05 to 14.80 per cwt and sows around 14.00 to 14.05. Cattle and calves offer limited, with steers and heifers 8.00 to 13.00, beef cows 8.50 to 11.50, canners 5.00 to 7.75, vealers 14.50 top.
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Indianapolis
U.P
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Ray Walker
Jeff Bonwell
Rosert Williams
Danny O'Neil
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King Cole
Tre the Chords
Ben Carter Cheir
Monte Brice
Wallace MacDonald
Lew Landels
Russell Hay
Rochester
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Correll Electric Co
Century-Fox Pricel
Maxwell Anderson
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William Eythe
Michael Oshea
Vincent Price
Ruth Nelson
Ray Collins
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George Secton
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