First Infantry Division Adds To Record List
At the 21st Allied Army Group HQ on June 8 the First United States Infantry Division added to its long list of firsts in France and earlier campaigns. Reports say Allied progress continued as German resistance remains strong with pockets of Nazi forces being pinched and hundreds of prisoners taken. Air superiority is evident as bombardment neutralizes coastal defenses before landings.
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21ST
Allied Army Group
United States Infantry Division
France
England
21St ‘Army Group
Northumberland Division
North
Africa
Sicily
Eagles members meet to honor Brother George Wyman
Notice states Eagles 4il members meet at their home at 7 30 p m Friday June 9 to pay last respects to Brother George Wyman Services 8 p m at 939 Maryland avenue. Herbert E Johnson W P lt
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Eagles
George Wyman
Maryland Avenue
Herbert E. Johnson
W. P
Ladies Auxiliary Services at Pitts Home in Mt Jackson
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Earl J. Watt Post will hold services at the home of the late Mrs. Louisa C. Pitts in Mt. Jackson Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Adv it.
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Earl J. Watt
Louisa C. Pitts
Mt. Jackson
Dieppe Raid’s Role in Shaping Allied Invasions
A wartime account credits Dieppe and earlier commandos with invaluable experience guiding Allied tactics. It notes Dieppe on August 19 1942 and claims subsequent North Africa landings Pantelleria Sicily and Tarawa benefited from gathered insights. It emphasizes British commandos’ work underpinning Normandy landings.
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Dieppe
France
North Africa
Pantelleria
Sicily
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Normandy
Progress Report On Invasion Targets Normandy Peninsula
The Normandy peninsula emerges as Eisenhower's likely first objective. A military strategist warns that securing the peninsula is vital and outlines two potential Allied routes from Bayeux and Caen to isolate German forces. He notes German panzer activity in Caen as a gauge of high command emphasis.
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Bayeux-Caen
Caen
Russians claim heavy Nazi losses in Carpathian front action
A communique reports up to 200 Nazis killed and 150 captured in tank battles near Russian Drive. South of Tiraspol in Bessarabia Russian scouts stormed trenches, wiping out a full company of German infantry. On another front, 40 enemy AT guns crossed the Dnestr river before being stopped by Russian fire.
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Tiraspol
Bessarabia
Dnestra
Plant food yields return on investment in growth
For every dollar spent on plant food in the United States, about 3.60 dollars are returned as increased plant growth based on a national average.
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United States
Food Conservation Meetings Planned in New Castle Area
Arrangements by the New Castle Victory Garden Committee chaired by Charles Lininer set two food conservation meetings for June 29. Penn State extension specialist Mrs. Mary English will present demonstrations at George Washington Junior High School at 1 30 p m and Ben Franklin Junior High School at 7 30 p m. Dehydration freezing and canning of vegetables and other foods will be discussed with no demonstrations by Mrs. English.
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New Castle Victory Garden
Charles G. Lininer
Mary English
Penn State College Extension
George Washington Junior High School
Ben Franklin Junior High School
Allies Press Forward in Normandy From Formigny to Cherbourg
Allied forces pushed beyond Formigny toward Cherbourg as Gen Bradley inspected frontline conditions. Berlin reports claim Allied bridgehead widening along the Orne estuary and advances toward Bayeux and St. Lo with multiple beachheads at Port En Bessin and Ste Mere Eglise.
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Ste. Mere Egisse
Valognes
Cherbourg
English Channel
Reuter
Berlin
Ste Mere Eglise
Cherboure
Carentan
Orne Estuary
Bayeux
Port En Bessin
St Mere Eglise
Bad Weather Hampers Allied Aerial Assaults In France
Weather woes hinder daylight bombing as Allied air armadas strike from battle area to 150 miles away. Eighth Air Force reports 429 railroad cars and 372 military vehicles destroyed or damaged, plus 25 locomotives. 27,000 sorties flown from D-day dawn to yesterday midday.
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France
United States
Eighth Air Force
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Europe
Churchill's Nerhen Reported Prisoner
German high command bulletin claims Lieut. Col Tom Churchill, British commander of the island of Lissa off the Dalmatian coast, has been captured. Churchill is a nephew of the British Prime Minister.
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London
INS
High Command
Tom Churchill
Lissa
Dalmatian
Churchill
Deaths of the Day Mrs Louisa C Pitts and Mrs Margaret Boozell
Mrs Louisa C Pitts 87 of Mt Jackson widow of John F Pitts died Thursday at 12 45 PM after two months of poor health at luncheon time She was born January 4 1857 in North Beaver township and left seven children 19 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren with one sister Mrs Margaret Palmer of New Castle Funeral will be Sunday at 3 PM from Mt Jackson U P church Rev J A Crawford to officiate Interment Mt Jackson cemetery Also noted is the death of Mrs Margaret Cross Boozell 78 wife of Henry Boozell who died at home in Brent Volant R D 3 after eight this morning She leaves husband two sons Harry and Floyd Boozell two daughters Grace VanKirk and Olive Houston a sister Mrs W E Hall and a brother Samuel Cross Funeral services will be Monday at 2 PM from the Plaingrove U P church Rev J Leslie Bell to preside Interment Presbyterian cemetery Plaingrove
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Ae C. Pitts
Mt Jackson
John F. Pitts
North Beaver Township
Daniel
Catherine Mollenkopf
Mt. Jackson
U. P
American Legion Auxiliary
Earl J. Watt
Irena D. Meanor
Harriett Lusk
James Pitts
L H. Pitts
W. O. Pitts
Almyra Pitts
Laura Henry
Hammond
Denry Boozell
Margaret Cross Boozell
Henry Boozell
Brent
Volant
R. D
W. E. Hall
Ellwood
Samuel Cross
Branchton
U. P Church
Plaingrove
J. Leslie Bell
Jefferson Center
Presbyterian Cemetery
Buses to Run to P R R Roundhouse from New Castle
H LeRoy Shoaff Shenango Valley Transportation announces buses will operate north and south to the P R R roundhouse on South Cedar street effective Sunday. The plan follows an inspection with Streets Director James Gibson and ends the Tremont street loop.
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H. LeRoy Shoaff
New Castle
Shenango Valley Transportation Company
P. R. R. Roundhouse
Cedar Street
James Gibson
Tremont Street
War Labor Board reports no strikes nationwide
The War Labor Board said its docket was free of strikes as workers nationwide supported Eisenhower and his invasion forces. The Wright Aeronautical plant at Lockland Ohio ended a 12,000-strong strike that halted production of war engines since D-Day, clearing the strike calendar.
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Washington
INS
National War Labor Board
Dwight D. Eisenhower
WLB
War Labor Disputes Agency
Pearl Harbor
Nation Board
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
Young People Meet at Plain Grove and North Liberty
U P church youth from Plaingrove, North Liberty and Presbyterian groups gathered Tuesday with 55 attendees for games and music. A lunch followed and program items included Scripture, poems by Miss Agnes Peebles and Miss Mary Kate Elliott, a talk by Miss Agnes Peebles, and a closing prayer and song. Plaingrove Grange quartet returned from a college contest placing second. members named Leoraw, Mary Elizabeth McCommons, Jean Minor, and Mrs. Robert McCommons. Mrs. Genevieve Niles Hodgson of Ann Arbor visiting Plaingrove home of FO Miles. others attended a New Castle recital as Miss Marjorie joined the class.
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U. P
North Liberty
Presbyterian
Agnes Peebles
Madge Neely
Austin Patterson
Mary Kate Elliott
Plaingrove Grange
Leoraw
Mary Elizabeth McCommons
Jean Minor
Robert McCommons
Genevieve Niles Hodgson
Ann Arbor
Mich
FO. Miles
Ray Foster
Artery
M. G. Munn
Melva Jane Miles
New Castle
Marjorie
Plaingrove Reading Circle Met At Peebles Home
The Plaingrove Reading Circle met Friday evening at Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peebles home. The program included songs, prayers, talks by Lester Offut on Time Savers in the Home and Mrs. Sara Brown on Choice and Care of Flowers, reading by Evelyn Minor, recitation by George Maxwell, and group singing. dessert was served by the hostess with help from the younger group.
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Plaingrove
Robert Peebles
Lester Offut
Sara Brown
Florence Shaw
Tiss Evelyn Minor
George Maxwell
Singerie Luneh
First female officer named instructor at Fort Leavenworth
Maj. Mary Bell becomes the first woman in Army history to be appointed as an instructor at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The milestone marks a breakthrough for women in military education and leadership roles.
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Army
Maj
Mary Bell
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth, Kan
Allied Eighth and Fifth Armies push inland near Rome
Allied forces advance from the Tyrrhenian coast as German retreat deepens. Fifth Army drives toward Tarquinia while Civita Castellana severs key highways and rail lines north of Rome, threatening communications and nearby centers Viterbo and Terni. Naval and air actions damage transports, vehicles, docks, and Yugoslav rail hubs.
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Regio
Crecchio
Eighth Army
Tollo
Fifth Army
Tyrraenia
Rome
Mediterranean Air Force
Polo
Nis
Civitavecchia
Moera
Fifth
Eternal City
Tarquinia
Civita Castellana
Viterbo
Terni
Yanks Triumph in First Tank Battle in Pacific Sector
Battle description with tanks engaging Japanese forces on cliff and brush, 63 thousand rounds fired, enemy fire silenced after tanks pulled back for ammo. Morning counterattack by Jap infantry with tanks. American tanks and infantry repulse the assault. Army Ordnance Armory at Springfield, Mass, has assembled its million heartand rifles.
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Pacific
Army Ordnance Armory
Springfield
Mass
Father’s Day Card Message Reminds of Absent Defenders
A heartfelt nondenominational message urges families to remember fathers serving away from home. It calls for sending a card to honor dads who defend loved ones, home, and country.
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Dad
Warship Attack Near New Guinea Amid Biak Island Battle
Reports say a large Japanese warship was attacked off New Guinea as U S forces led by General MacArthur launched heavy bombardment around Mokmer Noemfoor Namber and surrounding airfields. The Biak offensive included infantry assaults and air strikes against fortified positions, with additional raids over the Bismarck and Caroline archipelagos. The Walker family expresses gratitude for support during a bereavement.
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Namber
Noemfoor Island
Wewak
British New Guinea
Bismarck
Caroline
U. S
Card Of Thanks From The Lytle Family
The family of Mrs. George Lytle thanks friends for love and kindness shown during bereavement.
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George Lytle
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St. Lo
Dwight D Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomerys
Orne River
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Pal
Meenly
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Old Pennsy
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Nerhen
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Young People's Party
Plaingrovei
Smith
Smith’s
Adriatic
Castle Stationery Co
N. Mercer ST
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Sixth Army
Biak Island
Mokmer
Biak
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