Australians To Join In Battle In Pacific Area
Gen Sir Thomas Blamey says Australian troops will be used in the western Pacific. He notes Australians trained for months and 59 percent volunteered for service anywhere on battlefronts. Blamey spoke after conferences with Gen MacArthur and Lt Gen Krueger on Leyte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Philippines
Thomas Blamey
Leyte Island
Douglas MacArthur
Western Pacific
Blamey
Celebes
Borneo
Java
Malaya
China
MacArthur
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
British seize more towns in Italian area
The U S Fifth Army advanced two miles on the right flank and seized Mount Penzola cutting the lateral road to Imola. British and Allied air forces attacked targets from Bologna to La Spezia, while German positions south of Bologna were shelled. Allied Navy and air units attacked Lussino in the north Adriatic, silencing batteries and destroying enemy shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Fifth Army
Mount Penzola
Imola
Itala
Bologna
Brenner Pass
la Spezia
Padua
Mediterranean
Royal Navy
Lussino
Adriatic
Average American Family Buys 2.4 Bed Sheet Sets Yearly
A survey indicates typical households replace bed sheets about 2.4 sets per year. Factors include wear, stains, and changing decor. Data reflects consumer habits across regions in the United States.
Russian forces score gains of twenty miles across Hungary
Soviet third Ukrainian army pushed toward Lake Balaton cutting rail lines and seizing Szigetvar near the Yugoslav border. Russians advanced 13 miles along the Drava river, taking towns and rail points, overrunning 120 towns and villages and reaching near the Austrian border as Germans retreated toward Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Lake
Balaton
Szigetvar
Drava
Red Army
Nagybajom
Balatonboglar
Armed Clashes in Athens Drive British Involvement
British and Greek regulars clash with Elas and rival factions in Athens amid police evacuations and abductions. Reports say naval officers and civilians were seized as Elas move on the city. paratroopers clear the Polytechnic school while tanks patrol with machine guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Athens
Elas
Adrian’s Arch
Felas
Polytechnic School
Pfc James Sadler Killed In Action With Patton’s Third Army
The 21 year old son of Mr and Mrs W Albert Sadler of Highland Heights was killed in action while serving with General Patton s Third Army in the Saarlautern area. He graduated from the local high school in 1941 and had served 20 months with seven months overseas before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sadler
W. Albert Sadler
Highland Heights
Patton
Third Army
Saarlautern
Six Bridgeheads Established Over Saar River Front
American forces crossed the Saar at six bridgeheads along a two and a half mile front between Mertz and Saarlouis amid heavy small arms fire. In the Saarbrucken area, advance columns from the 35th Infantry Division neared Sarreguemines while other units pushed toward Sarreguemines from multiple directions. Farther north on the Roer, Bergstein fell near Aachen as First Army troops pressed toward the Roer. fighting remained stiff near Vossenack and the Hurtgen forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saar
Merzig
Saarlautern
Saarbrucken
Sarreguemines
35Th Infantry Division
Sixth Armored Division
Sarregue
35Th
Fourth Armored
26Th Infantry
Saralbe
Fifth Infantry
der Karlsorunn
Roer River
First
Aachen
Bergstein
Roer
Vossenack
Hurtgen Forest
Britain Reaffirms Stance on Italy Political Choice
Prime Minister Eden states British position on Italy remains unchanged after U S Secretary Stettinius says America will not influence Italy's political outcome. Eden defends Sforza as unreliable and not acceptable for foreign minister despite U S comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Edward Stettinius
America
Italy
Carlo Sforza
Ivanoe Bonomi
Foreign Ministry
Eden
Sforza
Stettinius
Card Of Thanks From Mr and Mrs Sadler
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during our recent bereavement. Mr and Mrs W A Sadler and daughters express appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Sadler
Deaths of the Day In Mercer County Community
Obituary notices cover Melvin F Maxwell aged 66 of Mercer Mrs Zelda Snyder Barber 52 of Grove City Miss Anna Collins 77 Volant William P DeRosa 1131 Dewey Ave and others funeral details and estates listed with survivors and interment plans across Mercer County churches cemeteries and family homes
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Melvin Foster Maxwell
R. D
Mercer
Glendon King
Mr. Maxwell
John W. Maxwell
Margaret Wilson Maxwell
Coolspring Township
Mercer County
New Castle
Methodist Church of
Joe S. King
Los Angeles
Calif
Clara McCullough
Grove City
Austin Maxwell
Dempseytown
Mont L
Jackson Center
Zelda Snyder Barber
Cassius Barber
Tidball Avenue
Barber
Seth Snyder
Zelda McCandless Snyder
Brady Township
Butler County
de Elma Smith
Alexandria
Carl L. Barber
Cassius Barber, Jr
John V. Barber
20Th Air Force
South Pacific
William S. Barber
England
Eighth Air Force
William Snyder
State of Washington
George Snyder
Luella Neely
Lawrence County
Cunningham Funeral Home
Harvard
Bessemer
James M. Barnett
Woodland Cemetery
Anna Collins
Volant
William Collins
Pendleton
Ore
Thomas F. Collins
Adamsville
Hiram J. Collins
Campbell
North Hill
Moody
Dela Ware Avenue
Volant Methodist Church
William P. DeRosa
Dewey Avenue
First Pentecostal
Pearson Street
John Sarbo
Domenic D’aloiso
Mary
Josephine Massaro
Ann Palloit
Valie
Samuel Galano
Nancy D’aloiso
Harry Saunders
Dick and
Ralph Hoover
Dave Memo
Ralph DeLillo
Carmen Pia
Greenwood Cemetery
Heavy rains hamper Leyte attacks and Allied bombing
Masbate island in the Visayan sea and Sibuyan sea actions report destroyers hammering shores and sinking a small freighter and three Jap cargo vessels. Fighter-bombers sweep Ormoc Bay while Liberator bombers operate from Palau airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mashete
Visayan Sea
Ormo Bay
Sibuyan Sea
Palau Islands
Aachen Veterans Demand More Shells At Rally
Aachen veterans told of shortages and shells not firing during their Europe campaigns. Captain William Scott introduced four veterans from Aachen front who urged for more ammunition while sharing war humor and grim truths. Industry leaders and local officials hosted the event with multiple rallies and a press conference preceding tours of Oliver Iron and Steel facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I
William Scott
Merrill
India- Burma-China
Aachen
Richard C. Vanderbloemen
Stanley Palka
Steve Janecki
Mel Byrne
Eisenhower
Pfc
Ambridge
Catherine Janecki
Helen Janecki
John Janecki
Stanley Janecki
R. L. Dunkel
William S Rial
A. J. Koskie
Gause
H. R. Lesnik
Pittsburgh Ordnance Bureau
Hays
Oliver Iron and Steel
Oliver Iron and Steel Corporation
West Pittsburg
Armando Diaz
Oliver Iron & Steel Corporation
Ammunition Demand Slammed by Gigantic War Needs
The article details enormous ammunition needs for modern artillery, calculating daily and per-gun loads for 155MM and heavy howitzers, and noting weights of projectiles. It emphasizes the massive scale of shells required and urges immediate production to win the war. It also reports a Pittsburgh bond promotion offering cigars with bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Deer hunts, inflation pleas, and postwar air maps in PA news
Local notes report a deer killed by Jess Shaffer of Volant after three days in Warren county, with two hunters missing a second chance. Gov Martin urges Pennsylvanians to hold food prices and join an anti inflation campaign. The PA Aeronautics Commission asks towns to mark air routes with yellow roof markers for postwar flight expansion. D day and Pearl Harbor anniversaries noted. An eight point buck weighed about 150 pounds near Pekin Hill. Campus is defined as level plain in Latin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Sokovitz
Beckford Street
Jess Shaffer
Volant
Ed. Ellison
Garfield Avenue
Johnny Munnels
Shaffer
Warren County
Ellison
Munnels
Warren
Lokovitz
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Aeronautics Commission
Col. W. L. Anderson
Ed. Campbell
Harbor Road
Pekin Hill
Franklin
Dedication at Deshon Annex on Thursday
The Fourth Naval District oversees a new therapeutic course at Deshon Annex designed for constant arm and shoulder use. City Architect William Pyle of Pittsburgh, Deputy Secretary of Revenue Otto F. Messner, Public Relations Director Arthur Burgoyne, Allen Finch of International News Service, and Paul L. Cullin of Hartford, Conn., will attend the dedication as part of the annex’s rehabilitative exercise schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Naval District
William Pyle
Pittsburgh
Otto F. Messner
Arthur Burgoyne
Allen Finch
The
International News Service
Paul L. Cullin
Hartford, Conn
United States
Local Soldier Killed in PA Automobile Crash
Pfc. Claire E. Mentzer of Lititz a 21 year old veteran with two years in the South Pacific and Peleliu died today near Ephrata when his automobile plunged over an embankment. Pvt. Luther Hartranft, 24 of Lititz, escaped injury. State police said Mentzer suffered a broken neck as the car rolled over several times.
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Lancaster
Claire E. Mentzer
Lititz
South Pacific
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Ephrata
Luther Hartranft
Ilite
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Frank Robertson
Julian Goldman
E. Washington ST
Greece
WFA
OPA
Neshannock Township
Saar River
Yanks
Britain
U.S
Rumford
Melvin F. Maxwell
Mrs. Cassius Barber
Miss Collins
MeRosa
J. J. Leight
J. J Leight
Wampum
Raymond
Dettle
Ben Dettle
Seventh Street
St. Lucy’s Church
Cedar Street
Wabash Avenue
St. Lucy’s Cemetery
Archie Blythe Young
Wampum R. D
Marshall Funeral Home
William B. Young
College Avenue
Beaver Falls
Clinton Methodist Church
R.D
William R. Wigton
Clinton Cemetery
CIGS
Oakland
Jack Dines
Ate AY
Joseph
Webster's
Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary
Webster's New School and Office Dictionary
Bastic
Sonid Bs
Luis Tomas
PA Newc
State of
Pearl Harbor
Shia Ruay
Washington St
College
McGoun
Cis
Ener
Deshon Annex
Boyd
R. L. Boyd
Une Lab
Jefferson ST
Citizens Lumber CO
White St
Wit Ces Eas
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