American War Planes support Russians in Drive Across Germany
The United Press reports 1,550 American planes renewed support for the Red Army as Soviet troops cross the Neisse near Forst and Dresden while British bombers strike Chemnitz and Berlin. Zhukov and Konev push toward Saxony with heavy fighting reported. Goerlitz and Goerlitz area battles unfold as Berlin braces for possible eastern assault.
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Robert Musel
United Press
London
U.P
Berlin
Neisse River
Forst
Dresen
Red Army
Dresden
Cottbus
U. S
Ivan S. Konev
Savony
Neissee
Neisse Line
Moscow
Neisse
Saxony
Konev
Gregory K. Zhukov
Zhukov
Oder
Lower Silesia
All Silesia
Prague
Chemnitz
Leipzig
Germany
Bober
Prayer Meeting At Ben Franklin Home In West Linton
A prayer meeting will be held tonight at the home of Ben Franklin in West Linton with the public invited to attend.
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Ben Franklin
West Linton
Mrs Venus French Dies After Long Illness At Home
Mrs Venus French wife of Grover French died at the family home on East Vincennes street at 6 30 this morning after a yearlong illness. She was born September 10 1883 in Bloomfield daughter of David and Carolyn Spainhower aged 61 5 5. Survived by husband two sons John French Linton rural route and Charles Greenville Ky a daughter Louise Hudson Edina Mo a brother Fred Spainhower Moss Landing Cal and four grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday at two at M J Aikin Funeral Home with Rev H J Rains. burial in Fairview cemetery.
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Venus French
Grover French
Vincennes Street
Bloomfield
David
Carolyn Spainhower
Linton
H. J. Rains
Fairview Cemetery
Lyons Soldier Back in States
Mrs. Lillie Cramer of Lyons reports her son Pvt. George Cramer has been returned to the United States General Hospital at Scaltine New York after being wounded in the left hand and right leg. He had been in an English hospital since November 16. Mrs Audra Cramer has received the Purple Heart awarded posthumously or to her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Cramer
Lyons
Pvt
George Cramer
United States General Hospital
Scaltine
New York
Englan@s
Audra Cramer
Chaplain White to Speak at World Day Observance
Chaplain A. V. White of Stout Field will speak at the World Day of Prayer observance in the First Christian church Friday afternoon and also address Linton Stockton High School students from 11 to 11:30 Friday morning. Superintendent O. L. Johnson invites public attendance at both events.
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A. V. White
Stout Field
First Christian Church
Linton Stockton
O. L. Johnson
Harris daughter enrolls at Butler University for spring
Miss Evelyn Leanore Harris of Linton has enrolled as a sophomore at Butler University Indianapolis for the spring semester. She majors in business courses and is active in Deta Tau Alpha sorority the Women's Athletic Association and the YWCA on campus.
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Evelyn Leanore Harris
Carl E. Harris
Linton
Butler University
Indianapolis
Deta Tau Alpha Sorority
Women’s Athletic Association
Indiana Highway Death Toll Rises in 1944 Report
Indiana's 1944 highway fatalities reached 782, up more than nine percent from 1943. Rural deaths rose to 468 and urban traffic deaths to 314, with pedestrian fatalities totaling 228.conomic losses were about 41.4 million, per state police superintendent Austin R. Killian, as various accident categories showed increases.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Austin R. Killian
Killian
Praise Given A Forgotten Front
Gen George C Marshall praised Allied forces in Italy for pinning down a large German army and hindering eastern and western fronts. He spoke to officers and troops during a three day front tour, highlighting infantry, artillery, supply, air, and engineering achievements.
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Rome
Italy
George C. Marshall
U.S. Army
Marshall
United States
Fifth Army
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Plane crash at George Field claims three lives and injures two
In Vincennes Indiana Col Tracy K Dorsett reports a C 47 cargo plane crashed seven miles southwest of Robinson Illinois last night killing 2nd Lt Monte R Hamilton 20 of Yakima Washington 2nd Lt Alexander S Cairney 23 of Brooklyn New York and Pfc Clarence C Orr of Saginaw Michigan The injured Lt Eugene R Harrison of Orrville Alabama and Cpl Jack E Bowers of Warsaw Indiana were hospitalized at George Field.
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Vincennes
Ind
U.P
Tracy K. Dorsett
George Field
Robinson
Monte R. Hamilton
Yakima
Wash
Alexander S. Cairney
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clarence C. Orr
Saginaw
Mich
Eugene R. Harrison
Orrville
Ala
Jack E. Bowers
Warsaw
Harrison
Bowers
George Field Hospital
Girl born weighing eight pounds four ounces at hospital
Hospital report records a baby girl named Wanda Mae born to Mrs Roy Weaver on Wednesday night. The same file notes Miss Delee Jones of Bloomfield had an appendectomy Wednesday night. Mrs George Harrell and baby of Newberry went home Wednesday evening. Esther Carmichael of Sanborn and Mrs Henry Walls of Newberry were dismissed today.
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Roy Weaver
Wanda Mae
Delee Jones
Bloomfield
George Harrell
Baby
Newberry
Esther Carmichael
Sanborn
Henry Walls
Ladson's Miners Meet Dugger Here In Season Finale
The Linton Miners vow a scoring spree in the last game of the season against Dugger. After a rest, they aim to turn it on with starters Perigo Dudley Moehlman Friedman Woolsey McNew Wright. B team plays at seven, main game at eight before sectional tourney in Linton next Thursday.
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Linton Miners
Dugger
Ladson
Perigo
Dudley
Moehlman
Friedman
Woolsey
McNew
Wright
Linton
President Roosevelt Rumored to Visit Marseille France
Paris reports say President Roosevelt visited Marseille, southern France on return from the Yalta Big Three conference. The dispatch, citing French sources, gave no date or purpose and followed earlier denials of a Paris visit. Judge Rosenman was in Paris surveying needs of liberated countries.
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Paris
U.P
Roosevelt
Marseille
France
United States
Yalta
Churchill
Athens
Samuel Rosenman
Indiana aims housing, Wa bash plant needs drive Terre Haute growth
Indiana director for the Federal Housing Administration said priorities for 10 new dwelling units will be set for Terre Haute with likely further units to support the Wa bash River Ordnance plant needs. Federal agents arrested Charles Harris, 17, after an escape from Allen county jail. accomplice James Bolden, 29, remained at large. Texas oil operator Arthur Cameron and actress Kay Aldridge, once billed America's most beautiful model, wed in a secret Henderson Kentucky ceremony.
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Indianapolis
U.P
R. Earl Peters
Indiana
Federal Housing Administration
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cleveland
Charles Harris
Allen County
James Bolden
Evansville
Arthur Cameron
Texas
Kay Aldridge
Henderson, Ky
GM trims Allison Division to 54 hour week in push to boost engine backlog
General Motors announced that 7,000 workers at the Allison Division plant in Indianapolis will shift to a 54 hour week immediately to build up an engine backlog before peak jet propulsion engine production. Most workers have been on 45 hour weeks.
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Indianapolis
U PR
General Motors Corporation
Allison
Birth of Steven Earl Pierce in Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Morris Pierce announce the birth of a son born January 28 weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces. The baby has been named Steven Earl. Mrs Pierce is formerly Miss Betty June Patrick daughter of Mrs Earl Newman of Linton route 3.
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Morris Pierce
Indianapolis
Steven Earl
Pierce
Betty June Patrick
Earl Newman
Linton
Corregidor Landing Boosts Manila Bay Assault
American forces formed an armored cordon and pressed from the south and east to storm Intramuros as Corregidor and Fort McKinley came under artillery and air attack. In Bataan, the 40th Division pushed inland, routing cave defenses and seizing supplies.
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Manila
Corregidor
Manila Bay
U. S
Cavalier
Intramuros
Imperial Marines
Fort McKinley
Nichols Field
First Cavalry
Nielson Field
Harrison Park
Bataan
Olongapo-Diampihan
Abucay
Douglas MacArthur
40Th
Stotsenburg
Crash Near Stanford Hospitalizes Two Residents
Greene county residents were shaken and two people were hospitalized after a Tuesday night head on collision one mile south of Stanford. Charles B. Thorn of Crane Naval Ammunition Depot and his wife were en route to Bloomington when their car struck a vehicle driven by Mrs. Clyde Holmes of Stanford. Injured were Mrs. Thorn with a broken leg and shock, Lt. Thorn with a broken nose, and Mrs. Holmes with a punctured eyelid requiring minor surgery.
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Greene County
Bloomington
Stanford
Charles B. Thorn
Crane Naval Ammunition Depot
Clyde Holmes
Holmes
Jess Inman
Myra Lou Holmes
Thorn
Lt. Thorn
Bloomington Hospital
Canadian Troops Break Through to Rhine in Crossing Battle
Canadian First Army units moved to the Rhine opposite Emmerich after a day of heavy air and ground assault. Scots and English divisions advanced toward Goch and Calcar while British and American planes pounded the Ruhr frontier, as German defenses fought to halt the crossing.
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Boyd D. Lewis
United Press
Paris
U.P
Rhine
Emmerich
Germany
Ruhr
Reich Forest
Goch
Cakar
Canadian First Army
Rhineland
Arnhem
Kleve
Warbegen
Harendeich
Black Watch
Gordon Highlanders
Calcar
Bed+burg
Kleve-Goch
Gennep
Hommersum
Kessel
Hammersum
Niers
The
Flossie Boruff Dies in Greene County at 69
Mrs Flossie May Burott longtime Greene County resident died at Freeman Greene County Hospital at 4 45 this morning from a broken hip. She aged 69 14 with ties to Lyons farm and Little Shiloh Baptist church. Survived by two daughters a stepdaughter a grandson and several brothers and a sister. Funeral arrangements by Welch and Cornett Funeral Home.
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Flossie May Burott
Greene County
Freeman Greene County
Ben
Alice Shepherd
Lyons
Little Shiloh
Missionary Society
Levi Boruff
Mary Campbell
Nellie Layman
Marjory Campbell
Jimmie Campbell
Clarence Shepherd
California
Newton
Dencil
Delbert Shepherd
Bloomfield
R. S St
Schricker Becomes Vice President of Indianapolis Bank
Former Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker of Knox has been named vice president of Fletcher Trust Company in Indianapolis. The appointment, effective March 15, was announced by board chairman Hugh McK Landon. Schricker, a banker in Knox before his 1940 election, called the move a high compliment and said he and Mrs. Schricker value renewed ties with Indianapolis citizens.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Henry F. Schricker
Knox
Indiana
Indianaolis Bank
Schricker
Hugh McK. Landon
Fletcher Trust Comany
Landon
Farmer offers two-year-old colt for cigarettes
Kokomo Indiana February 15 U P. Farmer D D Ousley advertises trading a two year old colt described as a good one for 15 cartons of cigarettes.
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Kokomo
Ind
U.P
D. D. Ousley
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