Wounded Son Parshall Sends Word Of Condition
Mr and Mrs Earl Parshall of 711 Junior High street report word from their son Tech 5 Robert Parshall Infantry Corps that his left arm is injured but treatable and he is in good spirits. He was hospitalized in Belgium then transferred to England for care and is expected to recover. The War Department bulletin dated December 18 notes he was wounded November 30 in Germany and has been overseas six months.
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Earl Parshall
Junior High Street
Tech
Robert Parshall
Infantry Corps
Belgium
England
War Department
Nimitz Sees Saipan Victory as Pacific Push Accelerates
Admiral Nimitz tours Pacific bases with generals and Seabees, says 1944 progress is very satisfactory and plans call for bombings to intensify as bases move closer to Japan. He notes potential invasion and occupation may be necessary to win the peace, while implying a continued heavy air offensive.
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Ram
Nimitz
Saipan
Adm
Nimitzz
Pacific
Guam
Japan
Adm. Nimitz
Milkweed Pods Shipped Today Aids Life Jacket Buoyancy
Pods shipped today used in life jackets praised for quality and buoyancy. County officials John C. Syling and Rov F. Conway led storage work in the county garage loft with Thomas G. Allen and Boy Scouts assisting. The improved floss from milkweed pods replaces kapock, aiding crews on ships and troop transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolstencroft
John C. Syling
Rov F. Conway
Court House
Svling
Conway
Boy Scouts
Thomas G. Allen
Card Of Thanks For Dad Steve Kopsky
We thank friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and sympathy during our father Steve Kopsky illness and death Also for flowers and cars donated by the children and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Kopsky
Notice of Personal Responsibility Claim
Notice states the signer will not be responsible or pay debts contracted by others. Identified as ROBERT F. KENNEDY with address 1326 East Brook St New Castile Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myself
Robert F. Kennedy
East Brook St
New Castile, Pa
Pennsylvania reports 1451 infantile paralysis cases
The State Health department said 1451 Pennsylvanians contracted infantile paralysis this year, the worst epidemic since 1916, as of December 30 reported by INS.
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Harrisburg
INS
State Health Departtment
Woman and Three Children Perish in Suburban Fire
Grace Morrissey a 46 year old Philadelphia broker’s wife and her children Robert Jr 15 James 13 and Mary Frances 11 died as flames swept their three story Haverford home believed to have started from a Christmas tree. Morrissey escaped through a window and was hospitalized for shock and burns. Ardmore fire chief James Mullin was treated for burns after rescuing Morrissey from entering the house. The family had moved in three months ago.
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Philadelphia
Grace Morrissey
Haverford
Robert, Jr
James
Mary Frances
Morrissey
Bryn Mawr Hospital
James Mullin
Ardmore
Merion Fire Company
Invasion of Europe Tops News Story of Year
INS editors rank the invasion of Poland and multiple Axis territories as the year’s leading events. Other top stories include MacArthur’s return to the Philippines, attacks on Hitler’s regime, Rome’s capture, the Dumbarton Oaks talks, and early B-29 raids on Japan.
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Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Philippine
MacArthur
Australia
Adolf Hitler
INS
Italy
Cassino
Rome
Europe
Dumbarton Oaks
United Nations World Security Organization
Japan
Tokyo
Germany
U. S
Britain
Deaths of the Day in Grove City Area
Multiple obituaries list infant Maner. Cpl Alfred Maner of Casper Wyo awaits word on funeral plans. Also: Sara X Allen 87 of Grove City dies from burns. Mrs May Houk Evans 52, Madison Ave Christian Church member, dies in New Castle hospital. Alexander Bonner 67 Stoneboro dies at Westinghouse plant. Praises and details of survivors, burial plans, and funeral homes given.
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Maner
Alfred
Barbara Jane Huff Maner
East
Garfield Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
J. W. Huff
City
W. L. Maner
South Carolina
Joseph B. Leyde
Highland
Cpl
Alfred Maner
Casper
Wyo
Sara X. Allen
Bessemer Avenue
Grove City
Bushline-Rossman Hospital
Miss Allen
Robert Allen
Jane Wilson Allen
Rose Point
Springfield Township
Mercer County
Covenanter Church
Mercer
New Castle
Cunningham Funeral Home
Harvard
Bessemer
W. T. K. Thompson
Findlery Cemetery
Wallace D. Evans
May Houk Evans
East Long Avenue
New Castle Hospital
Samuel P
Margaret Houk
Madison Avenue Christian Church
Wallace D
Margaret E. Johns
Beryl M. Mann
Chester W Evans
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Floyd George Evans
Ruth E. Neyman
Margaret Park Houk
Jennie Weatherby
Pearl Nowling
Jessie James
Warren, O
John
Floyd Houk
Houk
Sacramento
Calif
Ritchie Funeral Home
South Mill Street
Valley View Cemetery
Mahoningtown
Alexander Bonner
Linden Street
Stoneboro
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Sharon
Bonner
Margaret Hall Bonner
Margaret Anne Bonner
Jeremiah A. Bonner
Lida B. Cann
San Francisco
Jessie B Poushey
Flushing
L. I
N. Y
Margaret B. Quinley
Jerry
New York
Yeager-Taylor
Ralph I. McConnell
Stoneboro Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bombers Attack Luzon Area With Heavy Strikes
Allied air forces reported continued attacks on Japanese positions in Luzon and nearby areas. The offensive claimed 268 additional enemy casualties from scattered resistance pockets and highlighted heavy bombings on Panay bases, Palompon port, and the Matina and Mindanao airfields with multiple planes destroyed on the ground and large fires following the raids.
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Palompon
Panay
Visayan Sea
Matina
Davao
Mindanao
Green Troops Hold Sector as Nazi Onslaught Rages
American Doughboys and support personnel stalled a German spearhead in Belgium and Luxembourg, with many wounded or killed while fighting back amid a heavy offensive. Despite losses, Allied divisions pushed the advance back, and prisoners were taken as the German assault slowed.
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United States
Quartermaster Corps
Eenelor
Hitler
Belgium
Luxembourg
Europe
Reich
New Year’s Eve Programs In New York City Announced
A busy New Year’s Eve is planned with Stage Door Canteen and various open houses offering entertainment and refreshments. Prices reflect OPA ceilings, ranging from $2 to $15 in top clubs like the Copa Cabana Zanzibar and Leon and Eddie’s, covering supper favors entertainment and dancing with liquor extra. The Immortal Eight refers to Milton Shakespeare Coleridge Shelley Keats Byron Browning and Tennyson in reference.
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Stage Door
OPA
Copacabana
Zanzibar
Leon and
Eddie's
Milton
Shakespeare
Coleridge
Shelley Keats
Byron
Browning and Tennyson
German Withdrawal Likely As Patton Presses Bastogne Area
The article argues Germans may pull back from gains rather than defend the Bastogne road junction, citing Von Rundstedt’s limited offensives and a possible aim to withdraw to the Siegfried line. It notes Patton’s counterblows and portrays the retreat as probable rather than a decisive German defense.
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Meuse
Siedfried
Patton
Bastogne Road
Bulge
von Rundstedt
Snowbound state faces roof collapses amid heavy buildup
Snow storms sweep through the region causing multiple building collapses and accidents. A farm reports a leghorn hen laying a marked egg as residents remark on quirky observations while others mourn Concetta Perrino in a memory note.
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Yugoslavia
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Czechoslovakia
Lexander Bonner
Emily Morgan
East Leasure Avenue
George Braun
Oak Park Cemetery
Frera
Breva
Forrestville
Rev. L. A. Shindledecker
Prairie Cemetery
Fred Nene
Frank Mastren
Louis Bongivengo
Louis Cassella
Justin Carney
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Streiff
Father Green
Father Unger
Pyle Funeral
James A. Pyle
McConnell Avenue
Charles T. Greer
H. E. Taylor
H. L. Davis
C. W. McCullough
J. EF. Collins
James C
Woodlawn
Danny Davis
Patrick Davis
W. R. Riddle
Danny
Wilbur Gildersleeve
Leonard Sopher
Robert McCoy
Clyde Wilson
Union Home Cemetery
Luzon
Watch
N. Mill St
Brenneman
O-n-Buy Market
Washington ST
Morton
Fender Quick
Fender Quick Guns
Yank
New York City
Aeed
Navy Department
Sam
The
Equitable Life
M. J. Donnelly
Special Agent
N. Mercer St
Jesse N. Kerr
N. Mill Street
Zenith
M. M
Warren Ave
Streamline Market
Rinso
Ige
PA Newc
Victory
Edward Pivovar
Oak Street
President Roosevelt
Pa Nene
Secon
Pa Nence
Memoriam
Concetta Perrino
Perrino
North Carolina
U. S S
E. Wallace
Tewrea
Maroreet
Quasisito Mene
Highland Ave
Winter Phone
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company
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