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OLEAN TIMES HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1945 PAGE SEVEN Men and Women in Service fie or warir Wins Bronze Star revealed uri; siip Slav co; be discloses. POETV1LLE PHILIP HOLCOMB, s. has 5 his address: Box 3, N.A.S., Bennett Fiele. BrooJdyn 29, V. KICHARO CHAMP I retorted to the Loekboume Air a Co'ismbsis.

hio, after spending a few caysH vith his parents, Mr. and Sirs on Chaiiiblin. Temple Street. PYT. KOBEKT HATCH of Cars? N.

is spending a fur- j'-gh with his parents, Mr. and Irs. Reuben Hatch, Brooklyn I PVT. MILTON LATIMEK. stationed at Rhoauis General! iospitad.

Utica, N. has been ransferred to Camp Edwards' leneral Hospital, Camp Edwards. liss. Pvt. Latimer spent the first i the week as the guest of Capt.

Smith, Portvilie. K1CHAKD CASI.KR is now tationed somewhere in France. Weekly activities of Olean, SVestern New York and Pennsylvania in condensed form, reviewed and compiled for mailing: to men and women in the services of the United States, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1945 Men and Women in Service BELMONT PVT. PALL K. SPUING is now tar D.

after having i eauo3 or acdre-ses scsrwn The ccie oj jwaetl forces overseas. peraiiocs rcay teir or shi? so: be disclosed. SATLKDAY, FEBKL AKY 17 Letters written oy Samuel C. Epe5. coarsed with the siarcter of his wife, to a Siocae Private Breger Abroad By October, 1940, and west overseas in December.

1 Privaie ccording to received by his Mrs. Casler, of Obi. Sgt. asler is the son of the Rev. and rs.

L. M. Casler of Obi. SGT. EDMUND P1LON.

who has en stationed at Yuuia. has en transferred to Kearn, Salt City, Utah. ROY CAMPBELL and rs. Campbell are spending a few ys with the former's family in ortvilie. A RUPERT CHAFFEE been transferred from the tirmont Army Air Field, the "316th Bomb Wing.

Peterson Colorado Soring. SGT. GORDON" LOUIS HEN- RYX. now in the South Pacific. as' just been promoted to his esent rank from that of corral.

He is the son of Gordon ison Hendryx. machinist's mate rst class, stationed at Lido each, L. L. and Mrs. Hendryx Portville.

PFC. PETER P. POCKALNY now stationed in France, ac- rdiaar- to word by his Helen Little. He left overseas in Januarv. HUGH N.

WEST. C.W.T., son and Mrs. Niles- West of ortvilie. has as his address: U. S.

aval Hospital, Ward 20. Albans. N. Y. His wife, Mrs.

esta West, resides at Kew Garns, L. I. BOLIVAR JAMES B. COFFIN, Q.M. on Central Pacific duty.

He the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. ames Wakeman. JAUES SHANER has been -ansferred from Ellington, rordins to word received bv his and Mrs. P.

haner. His new address is: -140046. Sec. N. 509.

Victorville, Cauf. M.M. GEORGE HOT7BEN. serving in the Pacific area. His ife.

the former Miss Dorothea ordan of Washington, D. is siting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. ercy M.

Jordan and familv. CPL. DANIEL DEMPSEY, son Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dempsey Bolivar, has been promoted to present rank from that of pri- ite first class.

He is stationed i'th the military police in the Islands. JOSEPH DEMPSEY. S-K. brother of Cpl. Daniel Dempsey.

as just been promoted to his resent rating. He is stationed in Pacific. Both brothers are raduates of Bolivar Central chool and attended Ryder Col- ge, Trenton. N. the former received his degree before ntering- the service.

FRANCIS WOOD of amp Atterbury, is spending twenty-one days' furlough with' is-parents. Mr. and Mrs. Urgos "bod of Roulette. former Bolivar residents.

He was a end guest at the home of brother. Gene Wood. here. Sgt "ood has been receiving medical -eatment at Camp Atterbury for received while serving verseas in the Pacific area. ROBERT N.

BI3ELL has een awarded the Good Conduct edal for "demonstration of fidel- through faithful and exact per- ormance of duty." according to -ord received by his parents. Mr. nd Mrs. Mynon Buell, South treet. His" brother.

Richard uell. F.iL of New York itv. is visiting here. rVT. JAMES E- HOLLY, son Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence Sher- of Bolivar. R. has been to the Philippine Is- inds. 1ST LT.

WILLIAM SHANNON, in of Mrs. William Shannon of alt Rising Road, has been transpired from Greensville. S. C-. to His new address is: -694737 Sq.

111. Fit A. Sec. M.M. A.A.C.C..

San Antonio. Tex. PFC. JACOB E. WALTON For achievement on the field 01 battle," Private First Class Jacob E.

Walton, now with a medical detachment in Germany. has been awarded the Bronze Star. He is the husband of Mrs. Florence M. Walton.

419 North Tenth Street, this city. Entering sen-ice September 2. 19-12, Pfc. Walton went overseas in November, 1943. He attended Olean High School and was employed SLI the Ford Brothers Grocery" here before entering- service.

With the Eighth Infantry (Golden Arrow) Division, he has seen action in Normandy, Brittany, the Crozon Peninsula and He recently drove his superior's jeep into Hurtgen the evening before the town finally fell, in line of duty, he rescued wounded from the back door of a command post there while doughboys were fighting out of the front door. ihe Columoia, S. police as seek a clue to the strange death of wife. House passage of the George Dili, stripping Depart- of of its control of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, paves the way for zhe confirmation of Henry A. Wallace as Secretary- of Commerce.

fire ragzng through OL.KAX ROBERT DEAN KELLEY, S. in the U. 3. Merchant Marine, is now in the Pacific, acording- to word-received by his parents. Mr.

and Mrs. B. Kelley of Olean, R. D. 1.

formerly of R. D. 2. SGT. WILLJAM R.

FRIEL has arrived safely in Belgium, according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Yvonne Friel, Louisville, Ky. He is the son of Mrs. J. Howard Foley, 133 South First Street.

PVT. GLENN E. SWART2, 12216457. is stationed at Class Las Vegas, Nev. CLAIR COMES, S.

Grossman Avenue, has completed basic recruit training at Sampson Naval Training- Center. LT. STANLEY D. SWTFT has arrived safely in France, according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Joan Swift, Queen Street.

WILLIAM P. STRUBLE, SF has returned to the U. S. Naval Hospital. Sampson.

N. after visiting his wife and family at their home at Pleasant Valley. FRANK C. ROSE was recently promoted to his present rank from that of staff sergeant, according to word received by his narents, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles F. Rose, 137 Vi North Fifteenth Street. Sgt. Rose is serving overseas in France. SBT: CLAIR DONNELLY has arrived safely in Belgium, according to word received by his mother, Mrs.

May Donnelly, 305 Laurel Avenue. Sgt. Donnelly's wife and infant daughter have returned to Tampa, after spending some time-in Olean. apartment house in Taconia. for nearly two hours, results in several deaths of persons trapped in upper stories.

The administration in Washington is working oa plans to bring many of its present labor agencies into "the Labor Department. Sally Rand, fan dancer, who makes $2,500 a week, aays iu Holiywoou that she is broke again, it is reported in New that Allied airmen high in the air over Germany can now see the flash of gunfire along the eastern and western fronts at the same time. Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grey warns Americans not to demand "impractical perfectionism" in the proposed world security machinery. A committee headed by George W.

Holbrook. Wellsvilie, begins search for a suitable site for a camp for Seneca Council, Boy Scouts of America, somewhere in Cattaraugus or Allegany counties; the camp construction will be a post war undertaking. Dr. Wendell B. Ames, County Commissioner of Health, speaks on socialized medicine, before the Women's Republican Club of Oiean.

Mrs. Mary J. Crowley, former resident of Olean, dies at her home in Ashtabula, Ohio, after a long illness. George Dunn is elected president of the Olean Men's Club; T. Clark Boyd is chosen vice president and Leon B.

Burdsail, secretary-treasurer. Lieutenant Commander John D. Hausselt, Wellsville, has reported as plans and progress engineering officer hi the industrial manager's office in the Eighth Naval District headquarters in New Orleans, La. More than one hundred and fifty pupils of Emporium, grade schools are rehearsing for an operetta. The Huskies of the Olean High School defeat Allegany in a closely contested basketball game 6y the score of 28-27; the Portvilie team defeats Randolph.

19-15 and Hinsdale defeats West Valley, 32-14. William P. Hyde, an oil producer for seventy-two years in the Bradfrod field, dies at his home in 'Bradford, at the age of, ninety- seven. John R. Hill, chief torpedo mate, Portvilie, who has spent twelve years in the United States Navy, now in the submarine service, wears the combat insignia with five stars and for his latest mission has received the Presidential citation.

First Lieutenant Vernon C. Ames, Olean. a member of the Third Air Division, has completed the sixth month of an outstanding combat career. Albert R. Perry, formerly of the New York State Police, has been appointed a deputy sheriff for the R1CHBURG PVT.

HOWARD E. MOSES, son of Mrs. Nina Moses of Richburg has been transferred from Fort Dix. N. J-, to Mississippi.

His new address is: A. A.S., Base Unit, Sqd. V. o7, Class 420, Kessier Field. Biloxi, Miss.

Pvt. Moses entered the Army in January. 1945. SEAMAN RICHARD EST, Mrs. West and daughter of Grove City were recent guests at the home of the former's mother, Mrs.

Vera West of Richburg. PVT. ROBERT WILCOX of Alabama is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben jam hi Wilcox.

U. S. Wonderful To Olean Soldier, Now In Italy "America is a wonderful place" Private First Class George Beliles, who has been serving overseas a little more than year, JOHN J. WARD, son of i writes his parents. Mr.

and Mrs. John J. Ward. Kincaici Street, M. 'r ingerios.

113 North Sixth been transferred from Las Street. -ijs to Seattle. Stationed in Italy with the band here he will attend a B-29 school, of the Eighty-eighth Division of wife, Mrs. Liiiia Ward, has! the Fifth Army. Pic.

BeJiies has -turned toh er home in Rome, Ga. 1 been overseas since December, 1943 and participated in action INDEPENDENCE 1 in North Africa and Italy. LT. RAYMOND TURCK. "Italy isn't much of a country a Navy leave at his home to live in now." ne -writes, "Rome has returned to Portsmouth, ariC 5 Florence are about the K.

I cities that have been saved from northern County. district of Allegany MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 SYNDICATE- SIGHTS visited England asd Scotland. niest outfit. LT. LEWIS M.

BKOWNING.J boiiie for a froai active 1 Navy sea duty is. the Medirerran- has left "for Boston, where he will be assigned for fur- and Mrs. Fuikerscn have bees ther duty. recent guest? of the former's BUOOKS, grandparents. Mr.

and lira. rivinw MI ar i Greenwood Street. the 1ST LT. LEO FULKERSON West River I nw n. from the War De- lkerson has gone to her tioned at Atlantic City.

"Okay, you been braggin' long enough how quick you assemble a machine gun blindfolded! Now show us!" wounds received in action in Germany; the medal has been sent to his wife, Mrs. Esther Mater, who resides in Gowanda. Private Carl A. Sawaya is missing hi action in France since January 9, according to word received from the War Department by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Dan Sawaya, 105 Coleman Street, Olean. First Lieutenant John M. Ritter, Olean, has been assigned as instructor in the navigation school at the San Marcos Army Air Field, Texas; he wears the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Mayor Gustafson again urges householders to conserve coal, in the face of a threatened shortage; the mayor is solid fuels administrator of Olean. Sergeant Charles R.

Hoff, North Thirteenth Street, is one of the "Keep 'Em Flying" personnel commended by Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle for teamwork with the 357th. Fighter Group fliers on the Western European front. Technical Sergeant Hulet C. Mohr, North Eighth Street, Olean, has returned home on leave after completing his tour of duty with the Ninth Air "Force; he has flows more than sixty bombing missions.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Government agencies prepared today to enforce what may well become the most unpopular nation-wide order since prohibition, the midnight curfew on all bars, theaters and other amusement places, beginning next Monday. Washington reports that Radio Tokyo, in a broadcast heard in the" United States, has told the Japanese people that they must expect an American invasion of their homeland. The Condon bill passed by the State legislature, and The Office of War Information creating a Workmen's Compensa- American citizens in the one tion Board in the State of New red and sixty-seventh week York, awaits only the signature hundred of war to help speed production to meet war's fast pace by filling 6,700 jobs in 175 plants, making castings for parts for trucks, tanks, gun carriages and other heavy items. Seventeen bodies have been removed from the ruins of the Mayfair Apartment house in Tacoma, destroyed by fire; eight more are believed to be buried in the ruins. A modified man-power bill may be passed by the Senate it is believed in Washington, containing less drastic provisions than those contained in the bill already passed by the House of Representatives.

Brigadier General David Samoff. president of the Radio Cor-, poration of America, in a speech in New York, envisions a world- aide television system, shrinking the earth so that the world can go "sightseeing by radio." Francis B. Sayre. former high commissioner "of the Philippines, declares in a speech in Buffalo that future neace plans must be based on Woodrow Wilson's ideal of world- of Governor Thomas E. Dewey to become law.

The Navy Department announces the loss in the Philippine area from enemy action of the small minesweeper YMS 48. The War Department and the House Military Affairs Committee are. headed for a showdown on the question of giving Army commissions to American Communists. Gloria Vanderbilt Di Cicco, "the poor little rich girl," comes of age and into her fortune, estimated at four and a half million dollars. Selective Service Director Lewis B.

Hershey says in Washington that local draft" boards will have to triple calls of men over thirty before the end of the year. Senrear.l Ralph M. Grimes, son of Mrs. Eva Grimes. Route 2, Olean.

is 'a tank gunner in the 757th. Tank Battalion, functioning as artillery from behind ridges bordering Italy's Po valley on the south. Richardi E. Vossler. serving with the infantry in General Patton's Tnird Army in the European humcusly to Private First Class Clark J.

Hughes, Olean, killed in action in France. November 29, 1944. Sergeant Homer Hickoff, Emporium. serving with an Armored Engineer battalion, is reported missing in action in France since January 17. Miss Theo Marie Perkins and Corporal Robert Wolfer, Friendship, are married in Olean.

Private First Class Durward Brennan, Pa. is reported wounded in action in Luxembourg. January 23. The marriage of Miss Muriel Blum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

J. J. Blum, Dugan Road, to Dr. Bernard Lipman, Wallingford, takes place at the Hotel Espeanade, New York City. Lieutenant John C.

McLaughlin, son of the late Allen A. McLaughlin of Olean, has been wounded in action in the battle of Luzon. Philippines. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 The Senate Military Affairs Committee hopes to finish work on its own version of manpower legislation today after rejecting President Roosevelt's new plea for a bill with penalties for slackers. The determination of Governor Thomas E.

Dewey to force legislative approval of an unprecedented anti-discrimination bill was interpreted today as a strong bid for support of liberal voters. Secretary of the Navy James Forrea- tal declares in Washington that he is strong for a big post-war fleet, backed up by an independent research agency, to keep all American forces up to date. War Manpower Commission officials are wrestling with the problem of how to enforce the entertainment curfew which goes into effect on Monday. Six men, officers of Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Combined Shows, are sentenced to prison and jail terms in Hartford, in connection with the circus fire in that city which claimed 168 lives last July. Charles Chaplin, moving picture actor, charges in Hollywood that suggestions that he be deported of a "political smear campaign." Joseph W.

Snyder. sixty years old. and two boys riding with him in the cab of his truck, Donald Bovaird. aged eleven and Donald Dentler, aged nine, all residents of Allegany. are instantly killed the "truck is struck by an Erie Railroad passenger train at a crossing in Allegany.

Mrs. Kate Sheldon, widow of Park Sheldon. Alleganv. dies at Hospital after a long illness. John Morrison, seventy-nine years of age.

dies at his home in South Vandalia. Edward Mattern. technical sergeant who had been held prisoner by the Germans, since October. 1944. is expected to reach the United States today on the Swedish liner Gripsholm: he is one of those released in an exchange of prisoners: he was badly wounded -when he was shot dovm in thp raid over Schweinfurt.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dwaileebe. Olean. announce the engagement of their daughter.

Josephine, to Technical democracy if a third world theater, has been promoted from war is to be avoided. The Office sergeant to staff sergeant. George of Price Administration announces eleven year old, 100S Vine prices to be charged for cotton street Olean. loses his left leg. wearing apparel produced under three inches below the knee when Corporal William Byrne, Fort rU- the government's new lower-cost run over by a Pennsylvania Jesany.

Pa. i freight train crossing the i Forty relatives and friends oi. CahTi tracks near the Soconv-Vacuum re- American prisoners of war held a p-, attend the meeting heM at clothing Captain Jack A. commander with the Ninth Air Force in France, has been award- THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22 It is announced in Washington that Chairman Andrew J.

May. of the House Military Affairs Committee, lias decided that there will be an investigation of the commissioning of Communists as army officers. The plants of the Jones Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh are shut down by a strike of S.500 workers in defiance of CIO President Philip Murray. American combat casualties announced in Washington have passed the SOO.OOO mark, but Secretary of War H. L.

Stimson states that the Allies have captured more than 900,000 German prisoners in western Europe since D-day. New York's one hundred million dollar entertainment industry has discharged approximately 5.000 employes as result of the midnight curfew which goes into effect Monday. Staff Sergeant a J. Hughes, Olean, a soldier since 1942. has won the high praise trom his commanding general for battle backing efforts.

The Rev. Harris, and sisters, Janet and i Patricia, for a short furlough. Iro lc SGT. FREDERICK G1LLULY, ror at with General Pat'on's Third Army. Air Course has written his parents, Mr.

and Edwin L. GiHuly, and sent them the Purpie Heart awarded to him recently for being "slightly wounded." PVT. WILLIAM B. CRONK. a recent inductee, is now stationed at Camp Slandir.er, Fla.

PFC. ROBERT LYNCH of Ridgewood, N. a son of Mr. and Mrs. T.

F. Lynch of Belmont, is now overseas. ROBERT QUINN. S. son of Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur J. Quinn. has been assigned to a destroyer escort. NELSON CL1NE.

S. son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cline. Belmont- Scio road, has been chosen an in- at an AEM school at Jacksonville.

after completing a course of several weeks there. ROBERT W1THEE, S. of Rochester, a son of Mrs. Louise Withee of Villa Belvidere, is now somewhere in the South Pacific. ROGER J.

TL'TTLE has just been promoted to h-s present rank, according to word received by his wife. Mrs. Tuttle. PFC. LAWRENCE E.

DEAN is now stationed at Fort George Meade. Md. CPL, EARL RIFFLE of Camp Swift. Texas, is spending a sbnrt furlough with his' family in Andover. SGT.

JOSEPH McANDREW. son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McAndrew. Dyke Street, writes home of his service in the invaded areas of Italy, France and other sectors.

ALFRED WINTHUOP DAVIS, u-ho Clarence Melin. pastor of the has been stationed at Orlando, Bethany Lutheran Church, an- spent two days this week his parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. HINSDALE CPL.

HAROLD WILLIAMS, son of Mrs. Margaret Williams of Hinsdale. has just been promoted to his present rank from that of private. He is a mechanic with the 24th "Red Bull" Division of the Fifth Army in Italy. PFC.

JTJLLV MOODY of the Marine Corps, Women's Reserve, has left for San Diego. after spending ten days' furlough with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moodv of Hinsdale. nounces a confirmation service to be held Sunday.

Lieutenant William B. Pelton. in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William F.

Pelton. Crown Street. Olean. tells of the thrilling experience that befell him and his co-pilot after their Mitchell Bomber lost its right rudder in a crash in Brenner Pass arid he flew two hours to his home base in Italy. Miss Elizabeth Mary Bucher of Buffalo, formerly of Allegany, is sworn into the Army Nurse Corps as a second lieutenant.

Mrs. Lora Humphrey, Maplehurst, is celebrating her eighty-seventh birthday. Sirs. Ruby E. Woodard.

wife of Clinton P. Woodard. dies at her home. North Fourth Street, at the age of seventy-eight Cattle breeding will be the subject of a two-day discussion under the auspices of the Allegany County Farm Bureau dairy committee to be held in BelmonL Lidia Manson, Russian-born engineer at Clark Bros. is guest speaker at the February dinner meeting of the Business Girls held at the Olean Y.M.C.A.

A share of the proceeds of the City Basketball League games Friday night in the Olean Armory will be used to benefit George Kisel. eleven year old parochial school basketball player who lost a leg when he was struck by a Pennsylvania train. Sergeant William Ed Bell, Shinglehouse. has returned to the United States after spending more than two years in India. Wilbur J.

Siebert, Roulette, has been promoted to the rank of captain; formerly with the Manufacturers Charcoal Co. of Bradford, he is serving with the Army overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gaylor Maple Avenue, Allegany, announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Louise, to Gunner's Mate Basil V.

Lamb. Olean; he is a member of the naval armed guard. a a i George Bradley Lundberg, Olean. son of Brigadier General George G. Lundberg and Mrs.

Lundberg. North Second Street, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action during the Ninety- Fifth Division's drive from Metz to the Siegfried Line. James A. Kayes, 313 South Seventeenth Street. Olean.

died unexpectedly. Sergeant James Petty. 1113 Irving Street. Olean. has been awarded the Combat Infantryman badge for sendee in Italy.

Albert L. Cousins. Hamilton Avenue. Olean. has been promoted to corporal while serving with the Fifth Army in Italy.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Threats of a textile strike arise as the government seeks to unravel the tangle of its first court- challenged labor draft; cotton manufacturers warn that c-nforce- Eugene Davis. GERALD E. LEWIS. M.M. has returned to Armed Guard Pacific, San Francisco, after visiting for several days with Mrs.

Lewis. RUSSELL SAEGER. Samp Stewart, is home for a furlough with his wife and daughter at the home of Sir. and Mrs. Everett L.

Davis, Alfred Station. PVT. WAYLAND PIERCE Of Liberal, and Pvt Franc Pierce of Washington, D. are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Ira L. Pierce of Alrred Station. SHINGLEHOUSE SGT. EDWARD EBELING, who has been in an Army hospital in Memphis, is spending thirty days' furlough with his mother, Mrs. Nellie Bbeling of Shinglehouse.

He was accompanied here by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Ebeling. Sgt. Ebeling received a fractured leg in France. He has served nineteen months overseas.

BELFAST PFC. LAFAYETTE EOLLMAN is reported to have been wounded the second time during the siege of Bastogne, France, and has been sent'back to England for recuperation. LEONARD WTNGERT of the U. S. Navy is home on leave.

FILLMORE LT. PHDLIP ACKERMAN. who has been awarded the Air Medal for "outstanding gallantry" on D-Day, has also received three Oak Leaf Clusters. LITTLE GENESEE PFC. MERLE E.

JOY ar- rived safely in "Italy, according- to word received recently by his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Joy of Little Genesee. PFC. OLIVER HURD is novr stationed overseas, somewhere in the European area, according to' word received by his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Miles Hurd of Little Genesee. ISCHTJA PVT. PAUL YAW, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harvey Yaw, has arrived safely in Belgium. He inducted into the Army June I9f- 1944, and is serving in the infantry, JAMES BURTON, G. XL of Seattle, was a gueit of Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Briggs here en route to report for duty at- Norfolk, Va.

He was previously stationed in England. ALMOND PVT. CARLETON GILLETTE of Scott Field, 111., is home for fifteen days' furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gillette.

B'Nai Israel Sunday school in celebration of the Purim festival. Waters of the Allegheny River at Olean show a rise of six feet from rains and thawing weather: cellars are flooded in homes in the northwest portion of the city as the result of the overflowing of the Two Mile Creek. Technical Sergeant David R. Colby. Olean, engineer and top turret gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, has been awarded the Air Medal and in addition four Oak Leaf Clusters, for making more than thirty missions to powerfully defended strongholds in Germany.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles mott. Euclid Avenue. Olean, announce the marriage of their daughter, Jeanne Marie, to Paul W.

Kane of Nogales, Arizona, the taking place in Ncgales. L. Kent. Wellsville. is ment of a Manpower Commission awarded the grand prize at the order to fire who refuse 1 second annual County finery.

Corporal Chrislopr.er bv Germany Judge. 1 earest-of-kin to transfer to high prioritv cord tire plants may result in a general walkout Vice President Harry S. Truman in a speech in Jefferson Potato Show in WeHsville, thus becoming the "Potato King of Al- County" for 1945. James D. Chaffee.

Portvilie. has been Cpl.F.J.Bateski Awarded Badge, Commendation Corporal Frank J. Bateskl, the U. S. Seventh Army in France, has been awarded a Combat Badge and commendation, according: to word received by his parents, and Mrs.

Michael Bateski, 30i Oak Street this city. The decoration is warded to infantry soldiers who prove their fighting ability hi combat The commendation, received from the commanding officer," reads as follows: "Since the night of December 31, 1944, the Forty-fourth Infantry Division in Cpl. Frank Bateski is serving, has achieved new successes, receiving the initial impetus of the main enemy attack. "On the evening of January 2 you maintained the integrity of your defense in the determined and repeated attacks by the German Seventeenth SS Panzer Grenadier Division supported by strong elements of two infantry divisions. You repulsed with exceedingly heavy losses to the enemy several strong attacks on January I and numerous other attacks and continuous aggressive action since that date.

"The collective gallantry and superb fighting qualities of the Forty-fourth Division compelled the enemy to shift his main forces to another area." Cpl. Bateski has been serving the Forty-fourth Division since March 4. 1942. He left for overseas in August, 1944. Prior to entering the U.

S. Army, he -was employed by the Daystroin Corporation. Is Praised For Part In Attack destruction. The people Jiving W. Thompson there is very ar.d here are cMI- FORT BENNING.

Thompson of Olean. N- was vmmissio-ed a second lieutenant the Arrr.y of the United States --on completion of the nicer Candidate Course at The School at rort Benning. Thompson is the son Mr. and Mrs. F.

W. Thompson 709 East State Street. Olean. The new lieutenant was induct- into the Army September 16. arid served with the 174th if.

before going to Officer andidate School. He held the ink of Staff Sergeant before commissioned. The new officer is a graduate of lean High School in Olean. dren. however, zr.v to a c- i me to ra i I'd certainly home wita sorrv when future thev the United States from a parish.

Private First Class Whiltaker was wounded in 11 look ahead to the I have in stoic here." i "The horr.es here Italy are made out of stone because wood is scarce. The interiors of the homes are very tidy but old fashioned and lack modern conveniences." In common with all soldiers. Pfc. Beliles prays that the will be over soon ar.d we can all come home A former resident of Olean, Pfc. Beliics 'attended grammar schools in the city and is a.

graduate of Randolph High School. i turned India. T.vcnty-or.e and hall tons of action in the i scrap oaasr are collected in the i January according 1 bv his wife Mrs. Baroar isuues. Redistribution Station Miami Beach.

for Vrosea'n rcer.t processing after completing: din's to word re- i tour of duty outside the United i or.e-clsv drive cor.ductec! by the Scouts in Oiean: usir.e a new Whittaker. Black Creek: his. par- i routing svsteai the Scouts and rats. Mr. and Mrs.

WnK- nn i are reside in Oiean. First Lieu- I i i i '-'I 1 -P, i ft P-easant VaJley. to Don- OaK Leaf Clusters after if com- I I i i. i '1 M. 0 cr.

OS a ibat missions as a P-38 pilot. Weils'StanfeV Mater, Tar Motor and Seaman Geraid H. Goid. i I E. I ate First son of Mrs.

both of EMred. takes place i v. (Connell Street. O.ean, has been iTVJ Tn Order 0 the awarded the Order of the Purple pTj rp Heart and a Presidential Heart posthumously; he died of i Citation have been awarded post- E. W.

Jor.es. former county detective ar.d iater sheriff of McKear. County, Pennsylvania, dies at his home in Smethport. at the age of The annual Al-egany County Potato Show opens in Wellsvifle. Major Carlton A.

Olean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chamberlain, Fulton Street, has boen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his Courageous conduct in combat with the enemy as a member of th! Army Air Corps: Major Chamberlain entered the Air Corps in escape twelve hours before the time set for his execution. M. Scheiterle.

U. S. Marine Corps, has beer: promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, according to word received by his wife who resides in Olean: he is serving the Marines in Pacific theater of A survey just completed by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in Olean, reveals that the average housekeeping Olean family spent Slij.20 per week for food last year.

The fortieth anniversary of the founding of the International Rotary organization, is observed by the Olean Rotary Club. A p'ay and masquerade party is being held by the children of the War Fund campaign is set at 566.000. it is announced. With a record of thirty bombing missions ican Red Cross in the approaching a r. of the Seventeenth Bornbardrr.er.t Group, somewhere The statement supporting the over German occupied territory.

citaiior. proposal says: "On No- Technicai Sergeant John J. Roen- man. Oiean. radio operator on a B-24 Liberator, has returned to the United States, and is awaiting reassignment.

Private First Class Francis J. Barry, Bradford, has been awarded the Silver Star for meritorious conduct during a night patrol on the Western Front. Staff Sergeant Charles Rose, Olean. reported missing in a plane flight from Detroit to Seattle, is later reported found; he parachuted to safety from the missing plane. vember 7.

194-i. Sgt. Babsack flew in an attack on enemy troop concentrations at Forli. Italy, and performed his duties with such skill and perfect teamwork that his plane was able to drop an its bombs in the target area. His entire formation was also enabled to drop all its bombs in an cellent" concentration with devastating effect.

Sgt. Babiack's combat skill and courage have reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Army; Ale.