Allied forces push toward Florence within Arno valley drive
British and Indian troops seize key heights including Mt Foresto near Florence as Polish Italian units gain ground on the Metauro river 12 miles inland from the Adriatic. German losses rise with 800 prisoners taken by Poles. artillery shells fall on central and southern Florence while nazis flee to northern Italy urged by Allied commander Sir Harold Alexander to resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sucker
Rome
Arno
Florence
Mt. Foresto
Adriatic
Metauro
Art City
Cully
Tyrrhenian Sea
United Nations
Algiers
Yanks Describe Normandy Air War Realities in Southern France
A veteran French villager explains Allied air strikes that hit all key targets around a town without wrecking roofs. Reporter Carlton Kent notes the man’s military knowledge while Maj. Jay Wessels and Col. Tex McCrary join invasion scenes, including risky passes and improvised entries with paratroopers and vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Dixon
AEF
France
Heap
Carlton
Bill) Kent
Chicago Lias
Yanks Meet With Tito In Yugoslavia Mission
An American mission headed by Col Ellery C. Utting arrives at Marshal Tito's headquarters in Yugoslavia. The group, preceded by British and Russian envoys, is the fourth foreign pro Yugoslav leader to engage with Tito, as the area is served from the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Morton
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Ellery C Tington
Redding
Conn
Formto Tito
Goebbels Orders 60-Hour Week and Wider Ration Card Reforms
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels decreed a 60 hour work week for public administration and industry to free workers for armament, closed theaters and arts, and restricted education and media. He announced a new austerity order to save 300 million ration cards per period and issued new collective cards for the Oct 16 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Yarbrough
London
Germany
Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Wehrmacht
Das Reich
Goebbels
Fortress of Europe Is Crumbling
Article by Wes Gallagher argues Allied advances under Patton threaten a collapse of Hitler's European fortress. It describes satellite capitulations, reoriented German forces, and predicted German retreat while Allied fronts widen from the Channel to the Swiss frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Hitler
George S. Patton
Germany
15Th Army
France
Belgium
Europe
George S. Patton, Jr
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Harold Alexander
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Czechoslovakia
Poland
East Prussia
Channel
Swiss
Russia
Wehrmacht
Berlin
Drive Continues as Allied Air Power Sinks German Ships
Allied aircraft pounced on a drifting German sail, sinking ships as German resistance stiffened northeast of Lisieux. American forces pushed behind the Risle line toward the Seine, while British reports say the Seventh Army and reinforcements crossed the river amid bad weather. Some sources suggest Germany may now have ten divisions left in northwestern France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisieux
Risle
Seine
Seventh Army
France
Paris
Sear
Liberation of Paris hailed by officials
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull hailed the liberation as symbolic proof of Nazi defeat while acknowledging reports that Paris was not yet fully secured. The White House noted the joy, Hull called it one of the most heartening events, and Stimson urged continuing war effort as troops advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Peacock
Washington
Roosevelt
Paris
Tate Hull
Stimson
Charles de Gaulle
Cicss
Supreme Headquarters
Feling
Hull
White House
Hitler
SGT CLARK WOUNDED IN FRANCE LETTER FROM ENGLAND HOSPITAL
Meyersdale residents Mr and Mrs John H Clark receive word Sgt John Clark Jr now in an English hospital after a battle in France. He describes a slight wound to his left arm and says he is healing. Clark, a Meyersdale graduate, worked in Harrisburg before induction two years ago and served in field artillery. His father is active in Republican politics. he has two brothers in service. The War Department has not notified the parents of injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Clark
Meyersdale
John Clark, Jr
England
France
Set. Clark
Harrisburg
Department of Revenue
Somerset County
Field Artillery
War Department
Deaths Annie Evora Sipple Snyder 72 Pocahontas
Mrs Annie Evora Sipple Snyder 72 widow of John H Snyder died Wednesday night at her Pocahontas home in Elk Lick township. Born in Elk Lick to Deeter and Nellie Miller Sipple she leaves children William R. Snyder Meyersdale Lester C Snyder Kent Ohio Robert Snyder Pocahontas Mildred Snyder Hazel Mankemayer Cumberland Md and Mary Bitner California Pa. Also sisters and brothers and half siblings. Funeral Saturday 2 30 p m at St Mark s Evangelical and Reformed Pocahontas with Rev J E Gindlesperger. burial Greenville Lutheran cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Evora Sipple Snyder
John H. Snyder
Pocophntas
Elk Lick Township
Deeter
Nellie Miller Sipple
William R. Snyder
Meyersdale
Lester C. Snyder
Kent
Ohio
Robert Snyder
Pocahontas
Mildred Snyder
Hazel Mankemayer
Cumberland
Mary Bitner
California
Milton Bodes
St. Paul
Lloyd Sipple Salisbury
Francis
Jerome
George Sipple
John Weigle
Somerset
Florence
Roy Sipple
Margaret Walker
R. D
St. Mark's Evangelical and Reformed Church
J. E. Gindlesperger
Greenville Lutheran Cemetery
Mrs Alice J Baldwin dies after illness in Meyersdale
Mrs Alice Jane Baldwin 79 of Meyersdale died after a brief illness. Born in Berlin she was a daughter of Jacob and Mary Musser Coleman. Survived by son Harry A Baldwin Meyersdale merchant two daughters Edna Dia and John Fullem of Meyersdale seven grandchildren three great grandchildren and sister Eliza Zimmmerman of Stoystown. Funeral 2 pm Sunday at home with Rev R M Dunkelberger D D officiating burial IOOF cemetery Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice J. Baldwin
Alice Jane Baldwin
Meyersdale
Berlin
Jacob
Mary Musser Coleman
Charles Baldwin
Harry A. Baldwin
Edna Dia
John Fullem
Eliza Zimmerman
Stoystown
R. M. Dunkelberger
D. D
IOOF
Mary Diehl Herring dies at 73 in Meyersdale
Mrs. Mary Diehl Herring 73 widow of Albert Herring died at her Meyersdale home after a three year illness. Born in Meyersdale she was daughter of Daniel and Arminta Diehl. Survived by seven children, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren, plus siblings. Funeral at 4 p m Saturday at the Herring home with Rev Thomas Thomas officiating. Burial in Union Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Diehl Herring
Albert Herring
Meyersdale R. D
Meyersdale
Daniel
Arminta Haer Diehl
J. Walter Herring
Primosa
Ralph and
Lee
Roy
Ida May
Maude Herring
Ruth Irwin
Charles M. Diehl
C. Tressler
Boynton
C. M. Tressler
Acosta
Michael Wiland
Akron
Ernest Barker
Kenmore
Ohio
Herring
Thomas Thomas
Methodist Church
Union Cemetery
Dentist Dr George Blymeyer Dies at 66 in Parkesburg
Dr George W Blymeyer 66 longtime Somerset native and dentist died Wednesday at his Parkesburg home where he practiced for years. He was son of John F and Martha Blymeyer. sister Miss Susan Blymeyer of Parkesburg survives. Body to be brought to Hoffman Funeral Home Saturday. funeral Sunday at 4 conducted by Rev George L Roth. Burial in Union Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Blymeyer
Somerset
Parkesburg
John F
Martha Blymeyer
Susan Blymeyer
Hoffman Funeral Home
George L. Roth
Union Cemetery
Widow Julia Kania Died in Somerset Hospital
Mrs. Julia Kania aged 58 widow of Paul Kania died in Somerset State hospital on Tuesday. A funeral service will be held at the Holy Family Church in Hooversville Friday at 9 am with Rev Father Pilg officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Kania
Paul Kania
Somerset State Hospital
Holy Family Te Church
Hooversville
Father Pilg
Chinese defend Yangtze frontier and strike north of Hankow
Chinese forces harass overland routes from Hankow to Ichang along the Yangtze and seize several strongpoints near Tangyang and Kinshan. Reports say Japanese reinforcements move south in Hunan as Chinese operations expand in Kingmen, Chungsiang, and surrounding areas with gains in Ling and Ansen amid heavy rains. The Salween front notes liberation of over 160 towns and more than 10 000 square miles since May 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Yangtze River
Hankow
Ichang
Cu China
High Command
Hunan
Canton
Yangtze
Tangyang
Kingmen
Chungsiang
Kingshan
Kinshan
Hengyang
Chaking
Leiyang
Ansen
Salween Front
Suthwest
China
Burma
Convicts Elmer McCord and Marshal Wittman Escape Berks Prison
Police intensified a manhunt for two convicts after a stolen car linked to Elmer L. McCord and Marshal Wittman was found in a ditch near Dauberville. The pair, armed and with money and clothes, beat and robbed Mahlon and May Reifsnyder in their home before escaping in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Berks County
Dauberville
Elmer L. McCord
Philadelphia
Marshal Wittman
Hancock
Mahlon Reifsnyder
Reifsnyder
Charles W. Mertz
Lynoak
Dauberville Dam
McCord
Wittman
Community Leaders To Hold Parley in Somerset County
A Somerset county meeting of community leaders will follow a dinner at Fort Stanwix hotel Johnstown Thursday August 31 at 6 30 pm. The event hosted by Johnstown Chamber of Commerce is the first in a state series sponsored by the Pennsylvania Commercial Secretaries Association and the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown Chamber OF Commerce
Somerset County
Fort Stanwix
Johnstown
Somerset
Somerset Area
Carl Friedhofer
C. H. Sanner
I. Hess Wagner
Oscar Reith
Chester Egolf
John H. Beerus
Charles R. Blatt
James O. Courtney
A. D. Graham, Jr
J. S. Picking, Jr
George W. Schenck
Leon H. Schnerr
John Scull
W. E. Schell
D. B. Specht
William S. Barber
Rockwood
Geisel girl returned from Maryland in death case
Lorraine Geisel aged 13 from Poca hontas City is involved in a case after a decomposed infant body was found on the Geisel property north of Central City. Three people are jailed including the child's parents and a man who found the body. Hearing set for September 2 but postponed due to the attorney's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Geisel
Pocahontas City
Geisel
Central City
Somerset
Maryland
Mike Hondros
Owen Geisel
Corporal Walter S. Smith Wounded in France
Mrs Pauline Mankameyer Smith of Meyersdale is advised by the war department that Corporal Walter S. Smith age 26 was wounded in action in France on June 9 when struck in the left shoulder by a rifle bullet. He has served since September 23, 1941 and trained in Texas before going Overseas last October. He is the father of one son and a son of Mrs Mary Smith of Meyersdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Mankameyer Smith
Meyersdale
War Department
Walter S. Smith
France
Corporal Smith
Texas
Mary Smith
Red Armies Capture Chisinau and Drive Toward Galati Gap
Soviet forces rout Romanian and German units, taking Chisinau and Roman and Bacau as they cut toward the Galati Gap. Tolbukhin's 3rd Ukraine Army advances rapidly with 25,000 prisoners reported in a five day tally. Five day total shows heavy Axis losses and strategic position near the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hercher
London
Romania
Red
Bessaraban
Chisinau
Kishinev
Galati
Balkans
Platov
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Third
Ukraine
Moscow
Tolbukhin
Rodion Y ¥. Malinovsky
Lzo
Alrest
Momacual
Barlad
Iasi-Galati
Stalin
Siret
Putna
Focsani
Carpathian Mountains
Roman
Bacau
Czernowitz
Bucharest
Babbit to Speak on Plastics at Somerset Rotary Lunch
Pittsburgh investment broker W. H. Babbit will be guest speaker at the Somerset Rotary noon meeting today. He will discuss Plastics, a hobby of his, at the Ferner Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babbit
W. H. Babbit
Pittsburgh
Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner
Tired Kidneys Sleepless Nights Ad Warns Readers
Readers learn kidneys contain filters that purify blood and prevent illness. Fatigue in daytime leads to night waking and kidney or bladder issues. Symptoms include frequent urination, backache, and swelling. The ad urges asking a pharmacist for a remedy used by millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nhis
Dry Weather Threatens Potatoes Across Regions in 1944
Wet conditions show reduced potato yield with a drop of 14 million bushels from last month. The U S Department of Agriculture notes total prospective production at 385 295 million bushels, below 1943 and the ten year average, with yields down to 127.9 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Midwest
Mississsippi
U. S. Department of Agriculture
New York
Pennsylania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Long Island
Nebraska
Maine
Far Western and Atlantic States See Mixed Rain Outlook
The passage notes varied conditions across Idaho Wyoming Bath Nevada fornia and Arizonia with Aroostook County Maine benefiting from late July rains and an expected above average yield per acre overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Wyoming
Bath
Nevada
Fornia
Arizonia
Aroostook County
Maine
Honor For McNamee After Regional Director Role
Frank L. McNamee, regional director of the War Department commission, is drafted to replace Vernon A. in the War Manpower Commission's national office during McGee’s vacation. He will report in Washington on August 28 after the regional director’s conference in Chicago. Region III, including Pennsylvania, is cited for its excellent work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNamee
Frank L. McNamee
War Department
Cision
Natinal Office
Vernon A.e
War Manpower Commission
Washington
McGee
Chicago
WMC
Pennsylvania
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Italy
Jay Wessels
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Italian Bay
Perini
Third Division
Wessels
Airforce
Tex McCrary
New ES Mirror
Tex
Yanks
Tito
Golebels
Sgt. Clark
Mrs
Annie Snyder
Mary Herring
George Blymeyer
Cannes
America
Great Britain
Mediterranean Sea
International
Geisel Girl
Cpl. Smith
Galati Gap
Oak Grove
Somerset County Memorial Park
Somerset County Memorial Park, Inc
Somerset, PA
Nefrin
Main St
Rexall Store
Hurff
Pillsbury Best Flour
N. Center Ave
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