Red Armies Surround Orsha and Press to Minsk
Soviet forces envelop Orsha and push toward Mogilev and Minsk on the Moscow to Warsaw front. The 3rd White Army drives northeast, nearing Minsk, while the 1st and 2nd White Army advances threaten northern and southern flanks and encircle German divisions west of Vitebsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.P
Orsha
Mogilev
White Russia
Minsk
Warsaw
Berlin
Vitebsk
Vitebsky Riga
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Red Army
Chereya
Death of Cpl Clifton Pershing in Italy
Cpl Clifton Paul Pershing died of wounds on June 3 in Italy after being wounded June 1. He was born May 11, 1920 in Greene County and lived in Linton before entering service December 30, 1941. Survivors are wife Mary B. Pershing of Indianapolis, parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pershing, two sisters Mrs. Paul Woolf and Norma Pershing, and brother Dale Pershing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Pershing
Linton
United States War Department
Cpl
Clifton Paul Pershing
Italy
Pershing
Secretary War
Greene County
Linton Stockton
Kroger
Mary B. Pershing
Indianapolis
Paul Woolf
Muncie
Norma Pershing
Dale Pershing
James R. Taylor Killed in Action Over France
S/Sgt. James Robert Taylor, 24, of Dugger, Indiana, was killed in action over France on June 7 while serving with the United States Army Air Corps. He had been overseas nineteen months after graduating from Dugger Union High School and working at Burris grocery before enlisting. Survivors include his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Taylor and sister Mrs. Ralph Spencer of Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Taylor
Dugger
United States War Department
James Robert Taylor
United States Army Air Corps
France
Taylor
Dugger Union
Burris
Ralph Spencer
Linton
Command Changes at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot
Bedford Indiana June 27 Capt. L L Hunter assumed command of the Crane Naval Ammunition Depot succeeding Capt E G Oberlin who commanded since its start in December 1941 Hunter comes from the Bureau of Naval Ordnance in Washington Oberlin will report to the 12th Naval District for duty Vincennes June 27 Chester Winkles 38 Hammond died in a Vincennes hospital from third degree burns suffered while cleaning a stove with gasoline Coroner J R Flummer said the victim died in a hospital Edbar Sanders 40 Bicknell miner died after being caught beneath a slate fall at American No 1 mine near Bicknell Two other men were injured in the same slate fall Huntington Indiana June 27 Funeral arrangements for Orville E Johnson 58 an Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission excise officer and former Huntington county sheriff who died yesterday at his home Survivors include two daughters a brother and a grandchild
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Bedford
Ind
U.P
L. L. Hunter
Crane Naval Ammunition Depot
E. G. Oberlin
Hunter
Bureau of Naval Ordnance
Washington
Oberlin
12Th Naval District
Vincennes
W.p.chester Winkles
Hammond
Vincennes Hospital
Gladys Soyer
St. Francisville
J. R. Flummerfelt
Winkles
Edgar Sanders
Bicknell
American No. 1
Julian
Fritchton
Huntington
Orville E. Johnson
Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission Excise
Huntington County
Church League Announces Games This Week
The inter church league of baseball schedules games for Tuesday through Thursday. Junior teams under 11 play at 9:00 a.m. Intermediates under 16 play at 6:00 p.m. The week’s matchups are Tuesday Christian versus United Brethren, Wednesday Baptist versus Methodist, and Thursday Saron Reform versus Glenburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Church League of Baseball
Gams
Christian
United Brethren
Baptist
Methodist
Saron Reform
Glenburn
Dinner guests of Asa Williams family named
Dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Asa Williams and their daughter Treva included Mr and Mrs Vernon Griggs of Delton Missouri Opal Beckwith of Oak Park Illinois and Mr and Mrs E J Beck of Linton Indiana with a Monday evening gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Williams
Treva
Vernon Griggs
Delton
Opal Beckwith
Oak Park
E. J. Beckwith
Linton
Dewey Expected to Deliver Acceptance Speech at National Convention
The report notes Dewey will likely give his acceptance speech at the Republican national convention tomorrow. The article details schedule items from the Chicago Stadium with sessions, addresses by Joseph W. Martin Jr. and Herbert Hoover, and remarks on party fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Chicago Stadium
U.P
Earl Warren
California
Mildred Maule
East St. Louis
Ill
Joseph Simonson
Christ Lutheran Church
St. Paul
Minn
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Herbert Hoover
Clare Booth Luce
Conn
Bloomfield Scotland Road Joins State Highway System
W B Noel of the State Highway Department announced the Bloomfield Scotland road will enter the State Highway Maintenance fund on July 1 and be designated as State Road 157. The Greene county segment from Townsend Corner to Scotland to road 54 near Bloomfield will also be included with new markings and sign posts to be installed immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Noel
Linton
State Highway Department
Vincennes
Department
Bloomfield-Scotland
State Highway Maintenance Fund
Greene County
Townsend Corner
Scotland
Bloomfield
FEA
Linton Guild Members to Meet Wednesday
Linton members of the Greene county hospital guild are asked to meet at the Freeman Greene county hospital Wednesday to assist in sewing. An earlier notice incorrectly read Linton members. The British Empire with 9,000,000 men and 500,000 women under arms has suffered 667,000 casualties in this war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Greene County Hospital Guild
Freeman Greene County Hospital
British Empire
Linton Soldier Recalls Italian Passes in Naples and Pompeii
Champ Heaton, serving in Italy, writes home about five passes including trips to Naples and Pompeii. He praises Pompei’s ruins with marble interiors and gold statue details, notes ticket prices and train basics, and mentions nearby Mt. Vesuvius Capri and Rome as future hopes.
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Curt Heaton
Champ
United States Army
Italy
Pass
Naples
Pompei
Jupiter
Paris
Mt. Hercules
Mt. Vesuivus
Isle of Capri
Rome
Mt. Vesuvius
Condition Improves for Ef F Sachs After Illness
Ef F Sachs is reported improved from illness and able to visit his place of business after confinement to his daughter Mrs. Leo Sheehy’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF. F. Sachs
Leo Sheehy
Americans Win First Big Victory Of War In Western Europe
Allied forces complete Cherbourg conquest signaling western front port opening. British advance swings toward Caen as American tanks and infantry clear pockets west and east of the Cotentin peninsula amid heavy bombardment and torrential rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Europe
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.2
Cherbourg
Norman
Caen
Normandy
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
McMillan
Brettevillette
Odon
Villers-Bocages
Flanders
Cotentin
Pearl Harbor
Naples
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Hannecke
Hoosiers Hopeful of Party Harmony
Hoosier Republicans favor Ernest M. Morris of South Bend for GOP national committeeman from Indiana. Morris, backed by a majority of eleven district chieftains, was re elected to a four year term, reversing June 2's Lyons selection. Morris is a South Bend investment banker noted for a high 1943 salary.
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Indianapolis
Ernest M. Morris
South Bend
Indiana
Morris
Chicago
Robert W. Lyons
Lyons
United States
Texas court voids chiropractors licensing law
Texas court voids the statewide chiropractic licensing law after ruling it unconstitutional. The decision comes as prosecutors prepared to use the law in the first case under its terms, ending a 20 year battle for legal recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
U.P
Texas
State Court of Criminal Appeals
License Issued For Goodman and Imrie Marriage
A marriage license was issued Friday in the county clerk’s office to Charles Ernest Goodman a truck driver and Dora Imrie a nurse’s aide both residents of Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ernest Goodman
Dora Imrie
Linton
Hospital Admissions And Discharges Report
Mrs Claude Maxwell admitted for medical treatment Monday afternoon. Charles Johnson of Bloomfield admitted Monday evening. Harry Antibus of Linton admitted Monday night. Mrs Homer Gardner of Jasotr ville underwent minor surgery this morning. Irene Mast dismissed Monday. Carol Mae Emory of Newberry taken home this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Maxwell
Charles Johnson
Bloomfield
Harry Antibus
Linton
Homer Gardner
Jasotrville
Irene Mast
Carol Mae Emory
Newberry
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Marion County
South Bend Tribune
the Tribune
Tom
Harry
Broughton
North Carolina
South
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
North
Gettysburg
Paul Pershing
Ation
Roy Conrad
Monticello
Stassen
Bricker
Dirksen
James R. Taylor
Indiana News
Church League
Linton Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Boy Scouts
Joseph Martin
Martin
Rev. Baldridge
Bloomington
Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church
Robert B. Baldridge
Baldridge
Father
Worthington
R. J. Stevens
Switz City
John Hand
G. S. Sutton
Paul Burris
Jasonville
R. S. Chafee
W. C. Patrick
Ernest Morris
S. Bend
GOP
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