Allied Forces Drive On Cherbourg In Major Allied Attack
Allied forces blasted Cherbourg with land and air power in a massive assault. U S troops breached outer defenses as bombers pounded fortified positions, encircling the port and advancing from Martinvast St Pierre Eglise Quettehou and Rufosses as air and ground units closed in.
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Cherbourg
London
Martinvast
United States
U. S
Omar N. Bradley
St. Pierre Eglise
Qpettehou
Rufosses
United Press
Henry A. Gorrell
Gorren
Richard D. Christinsen
Lake Geneva
Wis
Anthony V. Grossett
Tuscan
Ariz
Normandy
Russians Open New Offensive Against Faltering Finnish Lines
United Press reports amid World War II action as Moscow says Red Army opens three pronged drive north of Leningrad against Finnish defenses. Soviet forces reach near Ladoga and Onega regions with heavy losses on both sides and claim German deaths and captures mounting.
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Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Leningrad
Soviet Information Bureau
Viipuri
Lake Onega
Leningrad - Murmansk
Aunus
Onega
Ladoga
Lake Ladoga
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad-Murmansk
Lodovice Pole
Vichka
Medvezhegorsk
Aunus Peninsula
Svir
Lodeinoe Pole
Voznesenye
Svirstroi
Home Fire Damages West Linton Residence
A fire damaged a West Linton home owned by Leo Alien on Wednesday night about 10:30. The blaze started in a bed and spread to the mattress and bedroom rug before being discovered. Linon city firefighters confined the flames to the one room, with damage estimated at about fifty dollars.
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Leo Alien
West Linton
Linion City
Special meeting of Quapaw Council No 80
All members are asked to meet at the Red Men’s hall between six and six thirty Tuesday evening for a special gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quapaw Council No. 80
Red Men’s Hall
Indiana News Roundup Several Fatal and Notable Incidents
Greencastle sees a fatal injury when Mrs. Howard McClellan 36 was struck by a car driven by R D Averill. Henry Kirner 53 is fatally injured when his coal truck overturned on Ind 45 near Huntingburg. Police pursue amnesia victim identity after wandering into an army recruiting station in Richmond. Joseph Deditch pays 200 for violating price ceilings in LaPorte fruit trade. Notre Dame awards 51 athletic monograms across baseball track tennis and golf. Detectives seek a sailor and a girl companion in connection with Fred Schmidt death. Three Indiana G A R members will attend the 65th state encampment in Indianapolis. Jesse C Gamble faces jail for divorce trial perjury with Boy Scout oath required as penance.
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Greencastle
Ind
Howard McClellan
R. D. Averill
Stilesville
Indianapolis
U.P
Jesse C. Gamble
Ralph Hamill
Gamble
Mrs Louise Nagel Buried After Bloomfield Funeral
Funeral services for 75 year old Mrs Louise Dowden Nagel were held at Wesleyan Methodist church in Bloomfield. She died at her Worthington home Tuesday and is survived by her husband John Nagel and ten children including Milton Nagel, Frank Nagel, Ernest Nagel, Virginia Stouffer, Mary Rainbolt, Delphia Sweldl, Maymie Martin, Rose Myers, Mina Kiel. Burial followed at Grand View cemetery in Bloomfield.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church
Bloomfield
Louise Dowden Nagel
Worthington
John Nagel
Milton Nagel
Chicago
Frank Nagel
Ernest Nagel
United States Army
Camp Atterbury
Virginia Stouffer
Columbus
Mary Rainbolt
Bargersville
Delphia Sweldl
Kerkirk
Iowa
Maymie Martin
Rose Myers
Mina Kiel
Indianapolis
Grandview Cemetery
1 H Club Girls to Meet for Switz City Judging
All 4 H club girls slated to participate in judging and demonstration at Switz City June 28 are to meet at Lin ton Stockton high school Friday at two and Monday at two. No meeting will be held Wednesday.
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Switz City
Linton Stockton High School
Paper shortage drives Linton war effort and waste pickup
Linton leaders and Mayor William B. Carlton heard from L. P. Hastings of the Container Corporation of America on the need to save waste paper. With War Production Board limits and 27 percent of materials allocated, the community is urged to collect ten to twelve tons monthly. Boy Scouts, aided by city trucks, collect and residents should bundle papers on curbside pickup days. City plans wire containers in alleys and a large bin near the post office for convenient drop offs to support war needs.
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Linton Boy Scouts
William B. Carlton
L. P. Hastings
Container Corporation of America
Hastings
War Production Board
Linton
Boy
Carlton
Post
Captain Paul Evans Wounded in Sicily in World War II
Mrs. Paul Evans received official word from the War Department that Capt. Paul Evans of the United States Army Medical Corps was seriously wounded in Sicily. The June 2 accident left him with deep flesh wounds and nerve injuries. he is expected to be hospitalized at least 30 days but is improving, per three letters from him.
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Paul Evans
United States War Department
Paul Evans Hadeen
United States Army Medical Corps
Sicaly
Raymond A. Spraance
Nimitz
Philippines
U. S
Formosa
Luon
Newborn Herbert Larry Burch Reported at Local Hospital
A 7 pound 4 ounce boy named Herbert Larry was born to Mrs. Herbert Burch of Linton route 2 on Wednesday evening. Viola Schmaltz, four, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Schmaltz of Coal City, underwent a tonsillectomy this morning. A girl was born to Mrs Renus Reynolds of Coal Mrs Frank Sharp of Marco was discharged this morning. Mrs Charles Walton of Linton route 3 and Christley Decourcy were discharged Wednesday evening.
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Herbert Burch
Linton
Herbert Larry
Viola Schmaltz
Arthur D. Schmaltz
Coal City
Renus Reynolds
Frank Sharp
Marco
Charles Walton
Christley Decourcy
Ohio State President Misclassified in Draft Pulse
Dr. Howard L. Bevis, 58, president of Ohio State University, was told by a draft board he was classified 4-F. The error came from a clerk who confused his name with another individual.
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Columbus, QO
U.R
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University
Bevis
War Bond Drive Surges as Greene County Hits Milestones
Greene county advances toward a 975000 bond goal with 130883 in sales. Socony Vacuum Oil Co. Inc. plans to buy over ten million in bonds, while Jasonville and Wright township race to top their quotas with a watermelon feed reward.
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Greene County
Indiana War Finance Committee
W. C. &Eenan
Socony Vacuum Bulk
Linton
E. V. Bul
Socony Vacuum Oil Co. Inc
Heenan
George Wildman
Switz City
Jack Dowd
Bloomfield
Wright Township
Jasonville
E. V. Bull
Rev. Wildman
Mr. Dowd
Dugger Airman James R. Taylor Wounded Over France
Mr and Mrs Ern Taylor of Dugger received word from the United States War Department that their son S Sgt James Robert Taylor 24 was seriously wounded while serving with the Army Air Corps over France on June 7 He graduated from Dugger Union High School and had worked at Burris Feed Store before enlisting over two years ago He had spent nineteen months overseas and a sister Mrs Ralph Spencer lives in Linton Details to follow by letter.
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Ern Taylor
Dugger
United States War Department
James Robert Taylor
United States Army Air Corps
France
Taylor
Dugger Union High School
Burris
Ralph Spencer
Linton
Hi Mom and Pop: Missing Airman Walks Home
After a War Department telegram notified them their son was missing in air action over Austria Mr and Mrs Charles E Gladsby heard nothing more until he walked in a month later with a cheery Hi Mom and Pop The homecoming brings relief to the Glendale family as they recall the long wait and the surprise reunion.
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Athor
Ida
U.R
War Department
Austria
Charles E. Gladsby
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