Yanks Resume Biak Advance Amid Heavy Air Support
American amphibious forces reinforced and backed by heavy air power resumed the drive along Biak Island coast toward Mokmer air field and adjacent airstrips. MacArthur’s troops pressed a two pronged attack, bombing enemy positions as patrols report 75 more Jap deaths and total enemy killed and captured rising to 4 058 with 590 prisoners.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Owi
Wandiwo
Mokmer
Rais
Geeivinkar
Sarmi-Malffin Bay
Hollands- Altape
British
MacArthur
Jop
Wewak-Hatusa Bay
Truk Island
Carolines
Rabaul
New Britain
Germans Face Problem of Staying on Peninsula
The article analyzes German withdrawal from Italy, noting risk of being trapped along the western flank and possible captures of Navi divisions. It argues Kesselring will try to save troops, while Allies could land more expeditions and Corsica threatens retreating units. It outlines two possible defense lines north of Italy: La Spezia to Ancona, and the Po River Valley, with a likely retreat into the Alps.
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Marshal Kesselring
Corsica
Kesselring
Lea
Italy
Ligurian Sea
la Spezia
Ancona
Adriatic Sea
Alps
Po River
Naples Radio Reports Clark Speech To Fifth Army Corps
Naples radio aired General Mark Clark’s Rome balcony speech praising Fifth Army troops and air support from Ira C. Eaker. He saluted the fallen, noted destroying parts of the Tenth and Fourteenth German armies, taking 20 000 prisoners, and praised Rome’s utilities and cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mark Clark
Rome
Fifth Arms
Ira C. Eaker
Clark
Food situation in Rome prompts relief plans
Experts said plans for civilian relief in Rome were perfected months ago as the city nears seizure following the Anzio landing. The effort will strain Allied supply lines while the Germans hold prime wheat lands and bread rations stay at a quarter normal. The State Department expects civilian chaos to be addressed before any government transfer from Naples to Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Anzio
Italy
State Department
Naples
President Roosevelt May Speak Tonight On Allied Advances
The president may announce that decisive Allied offensives against Fortress Europe are underway. Reports indicate American and British troops have landed somewhere in western Europe as tensions rise for a major wartime broadcast.
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Pacific
Roosevelt
Fortress
Europa
Europe
Deaths of the Day Lamont L Wagner and others
Obituary notices list several New Castle area deaths including Lamont L. Wagner a B O conductor aged 65, and Charles H Tate 67 and Mrs Anna Walker 59. Also noted are services funerals and interments at local churches and cemeteries with multiple survivors and affiliations.
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Lamont L. Wagner
Mercer Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Wagner
New Castle
Ira and
Matilda Wisner Wagner
Nana Miller Wagner
T. Warren Miller
Akron
Robert Mort
U. S. Navy
William Mort
Duke Mort
Robert Mort, Jr
John Knox
Clyde Burkholder
No. 69
B. of
R. T
Joseph B. Levde
Highland
Oliver W. Hurst
R. D. Bomer
Castle View
Charles H. Tate
Hillcrest Avenue
New Castle Hospital
Pittsburgh
Charles H
Margaret Sheen Tate
Tate
Oldtimers Fishing and Hunting Club
Emmi Peterson Tate
Steven Skuba
June
Jack
William
Charles Skuba
James Phillis
Jamestown
John Flood
I. W. Tate
Gus Tate
Leyde
S. E. Irvine
Anna Walker
Albert Walker
Walker
Alfred
Margaret Lutz Rowland
Trinity Episcopal Church
The
Dames of Malta
Rhoda Margaret Walker
Corp
Alfred E. Walker
Camp Gruber
Okla
William H. Walker
Lincoln Neb
Charles Moore
Elizabeth Robinson
Robert Griswold
Oak Park Cemetery
A. Darrell Burke
North
Jefferson Street
Allied Bombers Strike Europe In Massive Daylight Assault
Large formations of U S bombers attacked northern France and Cologne while rocket carrying Typhoons hit radio networks. RAF and American aircraft conducted night and day raids with no losses reported, as explosions rocked southeastern England and the Boulogne area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Ministry
Second Tactical Air Force
Paris
RAF
Cologne
Germany
English Channel
England
Dover Straits
Boulogne
St Joseph Aspirin Ad Promotes Value and Trust
An advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as surer stronger or faster than rival brands. It claims to be the world's largest seller at 10 cents and lists sizes: 36 tablets for 20 cents and 100 tablets for 35 cents. It urges readers to demand St Joseph Aspirin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Fierce Fighting Rages in Romania From Moscow Reports
Moscow reports fierce combat in Romania with regiments decimated and tanks destroyed. Soviet high command says 29 German tanks and 44 enemy planes were shot down, while the previous day 53 planes fell. Soviet claims of counterattacks near Vitebsk and liberation of 8,000 civilians from a German concentration camp accompany the dispatch.
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Red
Iasi
Moldavian
Lasi
Vitebsk
Rome Givers Way To Celebration Across the City
Report from Rome describes peaceful celebrations as Allied troops are thanked. A Brooklyn doughboy imitated Mussolini from the Palazzo Venezia balcony drawing cheers. Carabinieri police the crowd while groups march with flags and songs. Floral displays and royal flags mark the scene.
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Benito Mussolini
Piazza Venesia
Jeditor
CBS
Farnsworth Fowle
Brooklyn
Mussolini
Rome
Nazis Succeed In Retreat On Tiber, DNB Says
New York June 5 INS The German DNB agency reported Nazi troops on the lower reaches of the Tiber river withdrew to lines in the rear as ordered. Allies in Naples were said to have destroyed at least 600 retreating Nazi vehicles and were unable to hamper the retreat while German defense lines northeast of the city moved back to more favorable positions under strong enemy pressure.
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New York
INS
DNB
Tiber River
Naples
FCC
Community thanks for kindness during illness and death
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy shown during the illness and death of our husband and father Willis Linton. Appreciation also for floral tributes and car donations from neighbors and friends. MRS WILLIS LINTON AND FAMILY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Linton
In Loving Memory of Thomas McNamara Aliso
The McNamara Aliso family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and death. They note appreciation for beautiful flowers and cars donated by loved ones. SONS AND DAUGHTERS
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Thomas McNamara Aliso
Correction: Ladies spring suits price range updated
In Saturday's The Ladies Store ad the spring suits were listed at 15.00 but should show a range from 19.95 to 29.50. This correction clarifies the accurate pricing and directs readers to use News Want Ads for results.
Three Slater Brothers Set Attendance Records at Local Schools
Willis S Slater graduated New Castle High School with 12 years of perfect attendance and no tardies. Older brother Kenneth J Slater, a 1942 New Castle Senior High graduate, matched the 12 years with perfect attendance and now serves as a sergeant in Ireland. Fred L Slater completed eight years at Clenmore School without absence or tardiness and is a sergeant in England as Allied troops advance in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Slater
Wilmington Road
Willis S Slater
New Castle High School
Kenneth J Slater
New Castle Senior High School
Kenneth
All Forces
Ireland
Fred L. Slater
Clenmore School
Fred
England
Americans Enter Rome as Allied Forces Take City
A Rome report describes U S Army units advancing from the Adriatic front through Ciasterna and Valmontone, entering the city amid shell damage. The correspondent notes few civilians and traffic police, blasted buildings, and residents fleeing from cliff caves as guns hammer the hills nearby.
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Cisterta
Valmonione
Alzio
Ciasterna
Cor
Vualmontone
Casilina
Tilallanen
Mercer County Grand Jury Names Foreman for June Term
Forrest C. Austin of French Creek township was named foreman of Mercer county June grand jury. Seventeen jurors were appointed to consider 22 cases including charges against Janice Graham, a farm girl previously not indicted for murder. The term is expected to begin hearing murder evidence tomorrow.
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Mercer. Pa
Forrest C. Austin
Prench Creek Township
Mercer County
Bond Janice Graham
Bank Embezzler Sentenced At Pittsburgh Bank
Daniel Lloyd Baumgardner former manager of the savings department at Pitt National Bank was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling 64000 dollars over six years. Judge F P Schoonmaker noted the loss was insured as Baumgardner gambled on money for dining living expenses and a restaurant.
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Northwestern Mutual
Pittsburgh
Daniel Lioyd Baumgardner
Pitt National Bank
F. P Schoonmaker
Walfroid Baumgardner
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Peninsula
Naples Radio
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Daniel H. Treloar, JR
Johnson Bldg
New Castle, Pa
East Washington St
Cassella
Angeline Cassella
South Bay Street
St. Vitus Church
Nicholas DeMita
Albert M. Inteso
Dante DeLillo
Francis Ginoccni
Louis DeAlexander
Mike Cassella
Mike Marino Sam Carlo
Frank Lama
Robert Lemuel Coates
Summerville
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Clementine
Coates
Volant
Goldie Davis
North Mill Street
Wright
Goldie Davis Coates
Ralph E. Coates
Bainbridge
Chester William Coates
R. D
Wilbur R Coates
Ruth Edie Volant
Russell C. Coates
U. S. Marines
South Pacific
Andrew Coates
Tacoma
Wash
George Coates
Aberdeen
Burr R. McKnight
William Lloyd
Jos S. Rice Company
Clarence Graham
Delia Graham
Pennsylvania Avenue
Cambridge
Sarah Draper Peaker
Central Christian Church
Lucille Pulford
Gladys Patterson
Wheeling
West Va
William R. Graham
Joseph B. Leyde Mortuary
J. N. Rainey
Eva Shaffer Sanders
Bartram Avenue
R. L. Boyd
Oliver Hurst
Donald Hacket
Edward Hackett
Floyd Shaffer Louis Reich
William Gilbert
David Carr
Linton Funeral
Epworth Street
Cunningham Funeral Home
East Washington
Chestnut Streets
Carl Hauffle
Edward Porter
Carl Frazier
Clare Stitt
James MecCallion
Wilbur Porter
Greenwood Cemetery
Shaffer
Avery G Shaffer
Farrell Pa
Chestnut Street
W. A. Thornton
Frank Kerr
Fred Clark
Ellsworth Weaver
Merle Rodgers
Avery Rigby
A. E. McCarthy
Clinefelter
Clark Samuel Clinefelter
West Nortin Street
R. L Boyd
North Jefferson Street
Harvey Birtrim
Wilbert Porter
William Crawford
Robert Crawford
Donald Houlette
Mt. Herman Cemetery
Rodgers
Edna Susan Rodgers
Clairton
D. L. Ferguson
Graceland Cemetery
Catherine Pearsall
Volant RD
Joseph B. Leyde
Harry Pearsall
Kenneth Pearsall
Russell Pearsall
Robert Pearsall
Otto Pearsall
Howard Kimmil
Father King
Charles E. Allen
Clare B. Book
American Legion
Fred Duff, Jr
U. S
France
Thunderbolt
Super Market
East Long Ave
Evers
Romania
Moscow
Tasi
Prom
Capitoline Hill
Palazzo Venezia
Americal
Lluftwaffe
Fifth Army
Highway Six
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
S11
Castle Stationery Co
N. Mercer ST
J. R. Frew Co
Mill & North Sts
Austin
Irv
Estremates
Lorcer
United States
Canada
Eugene A. Mayfield
George E. Watters
Washington
Phowe
Powerar geierTe
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