Lt Ashmore Killed In Action In France
Army telegram reports Lt James L. Ashmore 25 of Ansonia died in action in France. His widow Loretta receives word he served with an infantry unit after training at Camp Blanding and Camp Bend, stationed in North Atlantic, and had a young son. He was a Naugatuck high school graduate and had worked at Farvell Foundry in Waterbury.
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Anim
Raokker Niaupae
James L. Ashmore
France
Ala
Loretta Ashmore
Ansonia
Ashmate
Nesesherk
Judy Do
Bu Ashmete
England
Naugatuck Highy School
Bridgeport Trade School
Farvell Foundry and Maghing Co
Waterbury
Flu
May
Jimny
Albert Pfeifer 80 prominent resident dies after long illness
Albert Pfeifer 80 longtime Watertury resident and former DS South Main street worker died Sunday at the Connecticut Hospital for the Crippled and the Aged. He was born in Germany and lived in Wauga tuck 22 years. Survived by two daughters and two sons, funeral from Ruckmiller Funeral Home to St. Pranglis church with a high mass. Burial in St. James cemetery. Funeral home hours today from 9 to 10 p.m.
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Albert Preifer
DS South Mainatecet
Connecticut
Hoxplint
Winttertown Avenue
Watertury
Teetfer
Germany
Waugatuck
Lie
M Chewing Kot
Jobe Vucker
Néugneudhk
Nell West
Ruckmiller Funeral Home
Park Plage
St. Prangls
O Oclonk
St. James
Local Sergeant Wounded Slightly In France
The article notes a local sergeant, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Campbell, Union City Conn, wounded slightly in France. He will undergo training at Regis fa Wet Air school to learn heavy armament maintenance and night procedures over about 17 weeks including the turbine fuel and electrical systems.
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Spee Po
Kewler Field
Paioxl
Miss
Mit
Yam
J. Cueiplielt
Focuag
Wis
Nolo
AAT
Taining Command
Fis
Regis Fa Wet
Fund
Walter Canpligh
City Hillteecr
Union City
Conn
Local GOP Delegates Commit to Hartford Convention
Local delegates at the Republican state convention in Hartford will support Raymond E. Baldwin for renomination. Naugatuck delegates include Rep. Anon Fyck Dr. B. H. Ef. Gorton and Rep. William A. Painter. Others listed as alternates and focal delegates include Judge Thomas Neary Mrs. Helen T. Ruswall Fred Nawenth and William G. Gotwn with Myrtle Hotchka and Raymond Stingen.
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Tlay
Hartford
Raymond
Whicn Sonalsts
Thomas Neary
Helen T. Ruswall
Nawenth
William G. Gotwn
Mix
Myrtle Hotchka
Raymond Stingen
Cong. Talat
Yanks Press Toward Paris in 50 Mile Front Advance
Allied forces push along a 50 mile front toward Paris with German departures from the capital noted. American units reach near Le Mans 112 miles west of Paris while Britons report progress in Normandy and Brittany. Substantial gains include Brest, St Nazaire, and Lorient in American hands anticipated within the week.
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United Cross
Antgrteaun
Thale Chiel
Nancy
le Mans
Paris
Mayoade
Muaymanie
Ladies
Normandy
Yire
Orne
Thurs Harvourt
Naxi
Caen
Brittany
United Press
Robert C
Miller
Aue Thieux
Lortenat
United Press War
Erleuc
St. Malo
Brest
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Warden reviews Gem theater ban and safety upgrades
Warden Leo J. Brophy states no decision yet on the boroughs next move after state officials issue a transcript on closing the Gem theater as a public assembly venue. A meeting with State Fire Marshall Edward J. Hickey and others notes possible $5000 plus costs for alterations and a welfare board vote before any work and lease implications are settled.
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Leo J. Brophy
Gem Theater
Brophy
Office of
State Fire
Edward J. Hickey
Hickey
Hartford
Warden Brophy
Ralph S. Pasha
Lewsee
Gena Theater
Eugene Pasha
Joseph &. Talbot
Wreden Brophy
Welfare Board
Town Hall
Board of Warden and Burgesses
Ralph 8. Pasha
Freeman's Assembly
Freemen
American Bombing Raid Targets French Rail Networks
About 1000 American Flying Fortresses and bombers attacked fuel tanks depots and railroad junctions east and northeast of Paris and southeast of Bordeaux and Amiens. Fighter escorts supported the raid as Allied forces pressed air campaign over occupied France.
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London
Paris
Bordeaux
Amiens
France
Allied forces establish bridgehead on east bank Orne river
Supreme Headquarters reports British troops have secured a bridgehead on the east bank of the Orne river and are building a major threat to the rear of German lines below Creuil.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied’ Headquarters
Orne River
Creu
Bombers Hit Oil Plants in German Silesia
A group of about 500 U S bombers based in Italy attacked two synthetic oil plants near Blegh fiamer in Silesia, about 75 miles southeast of Bresicuu. The action followed allied air raids against targets in occupied territory.
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Rome
Italy
Blegh= fiamer
German Silesia
Bresicuu
Turkish ship sunk with Jewish refugees aboard
A German wire service report states a Turkish vessel sailing from Constanta, Romania, to Turkey with 260 Jewish refugees sunk. Only about four survivors are said to remain, with most passengers perishing.
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Junidon
DNB
Wgeney
Conpanta
Roswania
Turkey
WOUNDED American Sgt Mikelskas in Italy July 19
Staff Sgt Mikelskas 29 of 11 Myrtle Ave Waterbury reported by wife Thelma wounded in Italy July 19. He said his wound was minor and he hoped to rejoin his outfit soon. He has served since May 1942 overseas since last December and has Purple Heart processing. He has a five month old son and is son of Mrs Sophie Mikelskas. He previously worked at Joe’s Tire Shop Waterbury.
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George Mikelakas
Myrtle Avenue
Ba Ies
Italy
Thelma Mikelskas
Mikelskas
Gergier
Oymall Set
Sophie Mikelskas
Francis Street
Waterbury
Friar
Sgt
Mikelsina
Joe's Tire Shop
Local Sailor Hurt As Shell Bursts At Rhode Island Range
Coxswain Wayne K. Mowrey of the U S Coast Guard received shrapnel wounds when a defective 20 mm anti-aircraft shell exploded on a Rhode Island firing range. He was treated on site and later taken to a naval hospital, then granted furlough to his Rockwell avenue home. Mowrey, recently trained at a naval school with high honors, had been stationed in Rahway New Jersey and was in Rhode Island for target practice.
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Wayne KK
Mowrey
U.S Coast Guard Service
Rhode Island
Fred Mowrey
Rockwell Avenue
Wa&s
Jess
Loge
Naval Hospital
Manley
Rahway
N. J
Former Editor of News Now in Hawaii Under Military Leave
Sergeant Joseph P Donahue USMC former managing editor of The News is on leave for combat duty in Hawaii. In a letter to his wife Teresa Sweeney he describes a beautiful sector near Diamond Head and a million dollar Doris Duke Cromwell residence. His address is Headquarters Company Public Relations San Francisco PacFPO San Francisco CA.
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Joseph P. Donahue
United States Marine Corps
the News
Hawaii
Donahue
West Coast
Washington
Teresa Sweeney
Cherry Street
Sergt
Donanne
War Dept. Confirms Hadzega Prisoner of War
The War Department confirmed Sgt. John O Hadzega, son of Mr and Mrs Eling Hadzega of 382 Chevy Street Extension, is a prisoner of war. His parents had earlier received Red Cross word that he was missing in action in June and later prisoner status was reported. He serves in the Army Air Forces.
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War Department
John
Hadzega
Eling Hadzega
Chevy Street
International Red Cross
Army Air Forces
Soldier Wounded In Burma Fighting Getting Along Well
Mrs. Anna Sovin of 81 Quinn Street received a letter from her son Pvt Edward Sovia describing a neck wound from shrapnel in Burma near Myitkyina. He had been overseas about four months, in service over a year, and is a Naugatuck High School graduate.
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Anna Sovin
Quinn’ Street
Pie
Edward Sovia
Pfe
Sovia
Burma
Myitkyina
Naugatuck High School
Grandmother Joins WACs in Whitinsville Recruitment
Mrs. Agnes Swift mother of three daughters and grandmother of five joins the Women's Army Corps. She will report to Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia on August 5 for active service.
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Whitinsville
WAC
Agnes Swift
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Concord broker Henry S. Thompson dies at 72
Henry Smith Thompson a Boston investment broker and former Hoover aide in WWI relief drives died at his Concord home after two short illnesses. He was 72. Services are set for Wednesday in Concord.
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Concord
Mass
Boston
Hoover
Henry Smith Thompson
Naugatuck Soldiers Serve at English Bombing Base
Three Naugatuck soldiers stationed at an Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base in England support B 2 Liberator missions. Sergeant Howard Firis, radio mechanic in the flight control tower, Technical Sergeant Wallace Baxter, engineer for the bomber Rugged But Right, and Sergeant Saxton, Air Medal recipient, contribute to radio and flight operations amid Allied bombing of Nazi targets in Germany.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Naugatuck
Conn
Edward R. Furs
Stad
Jules Furs
Crown Street
Wallace T. Saxton
Tefe
Mex Johnson
Locust Street
Violet Suxton
Avex
May Street
Stanley 3. Widuch
Daniel Protasen
Spring Street
Torothy Widuch
Quilon Street
Highth Air Force
Arnaul Punner
al Iron
Nazi
Europe
Stat
Sergean
Howard BR. Furs
Jules Pure
GT Crown Street
Firs
Truex Field
Madison, Wise
Br Company
Wallace T. Baxter
John Bony
Germany
Saxton
Bridge St. Soldier Wounded in Italian Front
Pre. Marion Chmielewski of Bridge Street was reported wounded in action in Italy, via his cousin Mrs. Regina Rozum. The injury was described as slight. he has served two years in the Army and overseas over a year. Wound date listed as July 14 with location undisclosed.
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Marion Chmielewski
Fridge Street
Italy
Regina Rozum
Pre
Chimielewski
Delegates Named as Democrats Attend Convention
Nauagatuck and Ansonia Democrats head to the congressional convention in Torrington with a large delegation led by J Francis Cullen Daniel Callahin Harold Murtha and others. Backing may go to Waterbury’s slate with 47 votes while Ansonia supports Lea Gaffney for governor and Hurley leads the gubernatorial ticket at Hartford.
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Noaugatuck
Torrington
J. Francis Cullen
Daniel J. Callahin
Harold Murtha
Peer I. Meccan
John E. Ash
Edward Ryan
Milton Shea
Leo J, Brophy
Rocco Rado
Thomas Brodeur
Richard T. Parkinson
Nora Standbridge
Frank Madden
Thoms Nash
Mary T. Caine
Creslo Klimaszew
George Lambert
Henry Luke Camig
Naupatuck
Bus Catches Fire on Providence Turnpike Norwood Mass
Twenty women and one soldier escaped unharmed when a bus traveling from Providence to Boston burst into flames on the Providence turnpike in Norwood early morning. Driver Raymond Fude of Attleboro used a hand extinguisher to curb the blaze before the bus continued on.
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Norwood
Mass
Aug
UPJ
Providence Turnpike
Providence
Boston
Raymond Fude
Attleboro
Aerial Gunner Shilinakas Returns After 30 Missions
Sergeant Frank P. Shilinakas of the United States Army Air Corps has returned from the Italian front after completing 30 bombing missions. He earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster for his work with a B 24 Liberator group and has been in combat over the Balkans, northern Italy, and Austria. He arrived in Virginia to join his parents and expects to be home on furlough soon. he and his two brothers, Joseph and Vito, are all graduates of Naugatuck High School and former Garnet and Gray ball players.
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Frank P. Shilinakas
United States Army Air Corps
Melbourne Court
Joseph Shilinskas
Shilinskas
Balkans
Italy
Austria
Virginia
Joseph
United States Marine Corps
Vito
United States Navy
Naugatuck High School
Garnet
Gray Fomball
Pin Up Girl Contest Planned at U S Rubber Co Event
United States Rubber Co announces a Pin Up Girl contest at its Family Outing on August 23 at Linden Park to select Miss U S Rubber. Department ballots will pick fourteen entrants from the Footwear plant with judging by Harry Lb Carter George Froelich Harold WW Barrett Stephen Knapik Victor Peterson and Michael San Angelo. The 5:30 to 6:00 p m event follows a history of beauty contests at the plant, last won five years ago by Tilly Gray and later launching pageant and screen careers.
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United States Rubber Company
St Linden Park
Linden Park
United States Rubbes Company
Local Sergeant Wounded in Action in France
Staff Sergeant Edward J. Dillon, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Dillon of Rubber Avenue, was mildly wounded in action in France on June 16. He has served over three years in the Army and has been overseas since December 1943, arriving in France shortly after the invasion. He previously worked at Chase Metal Works in Waterville.
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War Department
David Dillon
Rubber Avenue
Edward J. Dillon
France
Army
Dillon
Northern Ireland
Chase Metal Works
Waterville
Tavern Proprietor Overcome By Gas
Jere Duffy, tavern proprietor, was overcome by illuminating gas from a leaky range. Dr. Victor Casea treated him Saturday, and he recovered quickly.
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Jere Duffy
Victor Casea
TZ Man William Mavner Among Flight Fatalities
Sioux City Iowa reports the death of Flight Officer William Mavner of Brooklyn New York in a collision between two Flying Fortresses on Saturday. The loss was announced by Lieutenant Colonel Wallace Dawson, commandant of the Sioux City Army air base, as seventeen airmen were killed.
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Sioux City
Iowa
William Mavner
Brooklyn
New York
Wallace Dawson
Sioux City Army Air Base
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News Now
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Grandmother
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Furs
Widuch
Bridge St
Jeff's Restamint
Church St
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Metro Music Matt
Ady
F. P. Shilinskas
U. S. Rubber Co
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