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Williamsport Sun-Gazette from Williamsport, Pennsylvania • Page 15

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Guild rranges Annual its SStrT year of serv- the Needlework a national or- which supplies new persons through rimutions, will hold its' i i ingathering during! Oct. 8 to 14 which i designated by 48 i National Guild Mem- coming week, a 1:1,1 i two or more: i or household ic guild will be given the national organ-' a a meeting at are displayed, they are' among the following! the County: Chil, Florence Critten- V-C Muncy Valley Hoss Srrvice Tuberculosi 'Williamsport Putting a B-29 Together be in need "dirfd'Ts are also included. live in the city r.n Williamsport. 1 i 1 i Branch of the chapter was organized i 1 nnv soliciting member- 'proparattton for its 54th a' scheduled for Nov. i The i will be strongest the specified week starting 'ay.

le'r about the or- can be obtained from Branch secretary, Charles Ecroyd, Muncy, it announced Thursday, ii. Bor Taken Prisoner by Foe op.unued from First Page) any Tie of these three ef- A of a new to MOSCOW. ''Kft'jrn of the post to n.erz S.vnkowkll At Wichita, Boeing factory, 17-ton main center wing section of a B-J9 snperfortrn-, rying two of the four motors, is lowered place. of ilitary au- Yanks Fight Four Miles into Reich I truce declared to enable civilians to evacuate the channel port of Dunkerque had been extended enemy also utilized huge slag piles until 10 a Frid as supplementary positions. morning, when British and Cana- Thmgs definitely are beginning a forces were to re i i I a roH nn A -m OT-I assault against 'a holdout German; Some 12.000; were reported to have i i the town since the guns fell silent.

Canadian troops accelerated their i to' throw a protecting ring (Continued from First Page) i teeth" of the Siegfried Line, the to open up," declared an American staff officer. "We are definitely ison of through his main fortifications. He Civilians -is trying to stop us now i mobile guns instead of fixed concrete defenses." Try to Plug Gaps He said the Germans were he capt defenses and using their better units as a mobile reserve to try to plug up tured intact by the Germans had been pushed. The Road to BeJin By the Press 1. Western front: 302 milei (from north of Venlo.) 2.

Russian front: 310 miles (from Warsaw). 3. Italian front: S46 miles (from south of To Release Men Without Delay (Continued from First Page) Meadville Host To Meeting of Game Commission The taw enforcement, game replenishment and educational phases of an extensive post-war conservation plan were discussed at a closed session of the State Game Commission, attended by Harold Moltz, Williamsport member, at Meadville, Thursday. The inaugurated a policy whereby the commission will meet in various sections of the state in addition to the regular sessions at Harrisburg. Ross L.

Leffler, of McKeesport, president of the commission, presided. Other members attending were Vice President Robert Lamberton, of Franklin; G. I. Phillips, of Alexandria; John Herman, of Harrisburg; H. E.

Kilgus, of Brockway, and Dr. C. B. Rosencrans, of Stroudsburg. Gtiette Bulletin Friday Mermiig, i Commander JCOfflllMffliStlSSlH! "Red Herring Octttir IS44 If British Seize (Continued from First Page) better it will be for the country as a whole." Cites Demobilization i mentioning his Republican opponent, Governor Thomas Dewey, by name, the President hit out at Dewey's repeated charge that the administration does not plan to bring service men home as quickly as possible because it fears they cannot be provided with jobs.

Mr, Roosevelt cited administration announcements on demobiliza- id added; i pity that reckless words, based on unauthoritative sources, should used to mislead and tp. weaken the morale of our men on the fighting fronts and the members of their families here at home." President referred to a statement by Chairman Anderson 1 of the House Committee on Campaign that a Wellsboro Hfer Missing Afler Contort Mission WELLSBORO Mr i. Evelyn Wilkinson, Charleston Street, boro, was notified by a telegram from the War Department Thursday that her son. Second Lt. Harold Culver, is missing after action over Germany Sept.

19. Lieutenant Culver recently wag awarded the Air Medal for men- torius action in bombing on German and target! in co-operation with ground on Western Front. His unit was also died by tha President for bombing in Posen, Poland. Having entered the lervice in October, 141, Lieutenant Culver received his wings in January of this year at Blythejville, Ark. (Continued from First Page) I pered by patriot forces which were plowing up bridges and blocking! roads).

Closely coordinated, with lesser Allied operations on the Albanian coast and the Greek island of Kythera to the couth, and coupled' with the Russian approach to grade and the advances of Tito's Partisans in Yugoslavia, this newest invasion promises to speed the disintegration of Hitler's Balkan positions. Treated at Clinic This photographic study of Gen. Dwtght D. Elsenhower, commander of all Allied on the western front, is the latest formal picture of the general. GALETON SCHOOL CLOSES gfessmen under their legislative) a i privilege without paying! postage.

"The document says." the Presi- WELLSBORO A crippled ehU. dent continued, "that the 'red spec- dren dinic for victims of rt tre of Communism is stalking our cent Uo outbreak in this iec country from east to- wwt, from, vu he ld the center, north to south the charge being Wednesday Speak, of Dictatorship ed by the following: Alphons. The President did not mention Glaubitz, brace expert. Irvine name his Republican opponent, erti physiotherapist, Ellis Marablin, Governor Thomas E. Dewey, but shoe spec Miss Margaret GALETON The Byam school his Prepared speech swept over thin nave 611 he Announced only yesterday closed Monday to eive students the i Allied jforce headquarters, the in-; opportunity to aid in the area's': araggea Ull me campaign, some vasion was already several days; potato picking, and will re-open old.

It began with airborne land-loct 10 according to an announce-! ings which met no opposition, andt ma de Thursday. on win lwa DrotMt our na the Tommies ran into fighting only lons W1 alwavs protect our na as they neared Patrai. i TO SERVE DINNER lion against any such possibilities. There they found a German gar-i GALETON--The Methodist W.S. a el ctl 1 he sa rison, believed to be one of the c.S.

will serve a chicken dinner! being held despite the-prophecies few left in southern Greece. Sid i in the church parlors Saturday af-' 0 1 some Iltlcians an(1 a ew Feder, Press corre- i ternoon starting at 5 p.m., it was spondent with the Invasion forces, announced this week. reported that the Germans made one offer to surrender to the Brit-; i of nurses, all of Williamsport; Mrs. Grace Worseck and Miss Sula Hostrander, state nurses for Mary Ward, clerical and Rnena Boom and BUs nelper ot BUS8 a ipen OZ Low clouds and fos clinein" to from the northern ed of the ci To another question--what were ixiw ciouas ana jog cunging 4 t.j aulcklv as Dossible after but had not been able to comeienemy positions on Rhodes in the armed services will; Liberty; Mrs. Jennie Hayes, Wells defeated I to That was Monday -i other Aegean islands, and huge unable to vote an obvious, boro; Raymond Calkins, Osceola lushed away.Gennany is defeated, he said.

whnrf 0 reference to his displeasure with-; Bettv Fereuson. there has been no specific word; fires observed on Rhodes were a the coufttri'side prevented A i i i of defense. anaT i anes from'giving close support to. a which was formed Hodges' attacking forces and en- oerate i Komorowski stillp abled Germans shift their Ki Warsaw. Gen, Stan- reserves a i fcjl has been serving ae hal harassment.

OTornwski's deputy here. I. Some ot rday's toughest outside lne armored n- of the rival Polish group ag ent a Beggendorf-cen- in i a hoH Canadians had advanced i views on the reported proposal the Dutch border at Secretary Morgenthau for re- had Up to that ef pastoral state--Stimson the enemy, and the east bank comment to make." the Schelde River leading into the! port was held eight had the invasion of the air of a tant stronghold. no entry than of a military assault. Call out t'o aLndoning that impor- to fix the responsibility for this state had charged was a "criminal the Polish people." Osub- contended that wa? responsible for a tv- 'jj-Tisinj wh.ch cost scores of iands i iives.

A- dispatches have estimat- tne struggle but a Siock- Pvies were tered tsqund a hill east of the lage of a mile southwest of Ubach, which American troops Wedn.es4ay,_ During Wednesday night In Albania, commandos were at; The British soldiers were welcomed tacking the small but important Asked if the War and Navy'with wild enthusiasm by the na- port of Sarande, through which, as far Department boards investigating 'lives, who swarmed around i enemy was trying to maintain an north- the a Harbor disaster might with shouts and gifts of food, flow-j its communications with its garri- have their reports ready soon, ers and kisses. CT Near xubnr; he replied that the Army board "is Escorted by fighters, parachute' Cor by a Allied lines last night ran east working very hard and I do troops made the first regiment of Nazi troops. Active In YugosUvia devote the rest of our lives and all our lb itie 1to the buildin 5 of a solid durable structure of rom through Capellen, know-when its report will airfields from which to Baarle Nassau in Holland and submitted." i Spitfires were operating by the In a statement, the secretary the -sea-borne troops arrived placing troops only said there wag a -tendency toward at a sma11 can artillery gave the-entire area cu said there was a "tendency toward three "serenades" in whcih-every three mlles utn east of Tilburg, a public let-down in precautions a a Dutch communica- ta ken to safeguard military infor- tU I 4 ftA Ann continued to harass Ger-j small turnout of voters." man communications and gun bat- not many miles from the rocky teries on the mainlOTd Island of Ithaca, home of the: slavia opposite tne island of Brac when a tankXolumn moved up to the heiShi yesterday sec-! population. A brief battle which flared''Wed- ba'cTTha't es 11 ou th ot Arnhem te "there are so many dead Germans a nd dl It Jl on theToad that and- -counterattacks, spokesman here said Fmtr ro trend was dangerous and must be curbed before "the shifting of phibious assault troops found vtheir curoN oeiore iniiung cov er already operating frorn armed forces on-a vast scale" fronv-S' 'Europe to Asia begins. as price, rent control and rationing; 01 national effort" the territory they were and hun to invade.

They even found ma.l. In Greece, the population-- which ialt temporary and declared no ad- failed to provide any sizeable body ministration would "dare" to ask of collaborators with the Nazis, and their continuance beyond the time which suffered extreme hardship r.vernment still was in i out the underground a At He reported Army casualties i awaiting them as tfiey came ashore. Bnasi which-Gen. Sir, from -pearl HarBor thiough- -test (- There- has 'been no hint from F' and in i emp! BntlS I September 21, totalled 351.293. A headquarters of the size "of the i A pushed mile of Arn- separate tally Italy, covering! force involved in the invasion, but nem the period from the American: believed to be much smaller Far the south in the 1 wa Allied pa-1 landings through last September 25 han the.

armfes which landed in j. The British, said i penetrated i telegraph agency dis-j ti.p Fulfil underground Forest, just across a German plan to Gen. George S. Patton Thi southeast of Nijmegen. r.B.v,,cre all prisoners in! A TM'shock troops fought viciously a i apparently had lurgest Nazi concentra-, day inside the been hdrawn.

in Poland, to eliminate nnths of Fort a one great stronjholds defending Iht. CIRCLE TO dt a A I WELLSBORO The TrOOpS Wifhin During Wednesday wght St Paurs Within friendly Episcopal four Miles, of Tiddim can troops in the sou hwest corner wm meet of the mile-and-a-half fort pwe- rooms Tuesdav ve trated. underground and made the hold a salft ct. 10. Sundiv Sundjr its October at Malchell's store.

ASIA COMMAND' ground fortifications, but BQ'JARTERS, KANDY CEY.l tiotI nbo were under ITRPB 'APi-Indwn ad-1 ir a i snipers and A Tidd.m in northwest-i guns across the Moselle: i a Uie Oarma hfivs struck behind I River. defenders and cut the Last night Patton's men, 0 a Church- held TM "-'d four miles north'once were prematurely reported by i 5J, eetin an tur PP er in the base, Admiral S'Allied headquarters to have captur-f Church arlors Monda evenul the fort, were inching their a through the caverns of PLAN STAFF PICNIC rj; road behind- thefdieval bastion against suicidal re GALETON school en. Japanese infantry I sistance from youthful Nazis a will enjoy a picnic Mon-p "have beenjuntil recently attended a a a everting, it was announced as daily communique i military school at Metz. faculty made its, plans this reported 82,111 killed, wounded or missing. sENiKRTAINS AT DINNER --Mrs.

J. Fred Abrahamson entertained at a dinner at her home Sunday in honor of her husband's birthday anniversary. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Peter U.

Abrahamson. Miss Edna Abra- hsrmson, Arnold Abrahamson. the guest ofj honor and the" was along the Staircase" of steep a ci a curves. the road troops 'beat off a strong counterattack. 'n Technicolor! 1 OF THE ST TIMKS TONIGHT 'AUtETTf GODOAK) LOVE A SOI DIER" SATTRDAT HOST CATCHERS' "FREEDOM OF OPPORTUNITY" TONIGHT Ar a Network WOR 7 0 1-30 to p.m.

Bond ef $,,,,, hy iind Ex- ASSN. UKE, fl 3006 It was announced that the 48- week. WOMAN OF MYSltllY Sicily or Italy. Planes Prepared Way For a fortnight preceding the Invasion the airfields, ports and rail centers of Greece had been pounded by more than 1.100 American and British bombers in an effort to paralyze German attempts to evacuate the mainland and the Aegean islands. The Greek invasion was accom- paninrf Ky naua) of Starts TODAY Show.

1 3 5 7 P. M. would follow quickly behind the invasion froops. are essential to the war. to help the in- Turning to the international as- their sup- pect the campaign.

Mr. Roose- and to of-; ve aid I united "wHh our allies in a power- headquarters, world organization which is ready and able to keep the peace-'if necessary by i I I "We owe it to our heritage of freedom, we owe it to our God, to Come It's A Great ONE NIGHT ONIT A A A A TUESDAY OCT. MAIL OKOHS NOW al A MODtW'rtO PBANZ tEHAR'S IMMOCTAL MUSICAL ROMANCE Monica Silly Frank Malcolm MOOKE KENT MELTON 1AYES PITHS Cent of Symphony Orchestra Opera Corps DC Ballet Great Singing Ensemble BOX OFFICE SALE OPEN MONDAY, "oCTOBM 9TH Orthcitra tog. J3.60-J3.00 laic. J2.40-J1 War Tax Included in Added Sftorfj and Current Events Ivilt Strictly NOW AYING I M-G-M HEART-TO-HKART ROMANTIC Hi tfiirtr Kinr-dil alluring .77 as bcwHching bridt about mtn LAND Or INTRIGUE! Vbik'i BRUCE AURl SIM LOCKHAR1 Mort Thrllli and Action lUSTEt AL ST.

JOHN "Rustlir't Hidiout" TtfEATKE TODAY, TOMORROW TONY Md SALLY DeMARCO FELIX BRESSART THEREVUERS BL08SBURGH 6LOSSBUHG Late admission! that it was my sinister purpose to i to the Blossburg State Hospital abolish all elections." i Fred Bostwick, Knoxville; Charging that many men and, Bufford, Knoxville; Stephen Burd, i taken as indication the 6 6oldl vote bill passed by Con- Ri Wellsboro; Mrs. Rose Shaw. -4 litluiis 8 ast i rakland Holland, haines. will be able of affairs." 'They know." he "that during this past year there worw of the Roosevelt spoke from the in sel- WhitB House on a radio program ison tm-the strongly'-TieTd island ol for smaH vote by the National Demo- Then pleading for a maximum cratic Commitee. In asking for a turnout at the trie 'President a vy registration and vote next 'said he would be "very sorry" to: mcmth he especially urged women up.

the coast. British i or ose i ec on On a use their ballots, declaring that because of their war work and Controls Temporary sacrifices" they have become more He said such wartime measures I an ever sntegral part of FUZ1Y KNIGHT EDWE DEW VIVIAN AUSTIN RAY WHmrf nnJ his BAR-6 COWIOYS ADDED -3 STOOGES SERIAL CARTOON KEYSTONE '1UKNKR Latiit MARCH TIME "MITISH IMPERIAUSM" JAMES CRAIG JOHN HODIAK Milorfy CoUr TICK-TOOK TUCKERED i as '3 lEWSFAPESr iEW'SPAFERt.

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