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The Indiana Gazette from Indiana, Pennsylvania • 1

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4 I Ji 'Jo-Wt-- 1V4T Att Indiana County Newspaper That Serves Every Member of the Family IjWMtWM- (faffpyfc COVERING THE WORLD FROM THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF WEST CENTER PENNSYLVANIA Jeaftirp Btoart Made to Indiana iw nine Cintto Hi nawa-popar bon and rab-cribers for Uwlr pa-I trtotto auppsrt of (ha Wkr Savin Program TEDDY: The itonn Inal night bi-paaaed Indiana but it was the worst that has hit this vicinity in the last sixty years The damage was terrific VOLUME 40 NO 266 TELEPHONE 600-501 INDIANA PENNSYLVANIA BATUHDAY JUNE 24 1944 EIGHT PAGES THREE CENTS tfy'-f j- Yanks 2000 Yards From Port Of Cherbourg Russians Open Offensive On 75 Mile Front Picture Below Is Remains of House Where Mother Daughter Were Killed 1 Capture 7200 GenMontgomery Moves Ahead 2 Near Caen Hundreds In Hospital Two Are Killed In Indiana County Damage Great The tornado which wrought no much ham in the Tri-State Area last night traveled across Indiana Countjr about the middle of the County Coming from the west the storm traveled across Washington and Bayne Townships almost due east- Leaving Bayne and entering Chenyhill Township the path of the storm seemed to turn almost directly southeast crossing Cherryhill and Pine Townships This path cut by the storm at its wont runs about seven miles north of Indiana Nazi Resistance Stub-Reds Cut Rail Line Cen-born As ter Head Towards Forces Take Key Posi- Move On To tions Helsinki UFBEUE HEADQUARTERS AL- By EDBIK G1LMOBK LIED EXPEDITION ARY FORCE MOSCOW Jun If a army new eantral front UuShtwyiot ran lira that was an integral part amartiing yard-by-yard drap Into of Allied grand alratesy rolled tha powerful outer Mull of tha wmtwird in spectacular faahion to- Cherbourg Una drove Ihi nurrUng' ju milee from the Latvian border XumUo battled awelto a of tha port an the south and 'stream! and ronalderable mud ahowod dgna of northwcat of Vitebsk where they erumblinc" Said dboatch da- 'P upon Polotak IS mllea away oapaten a- WH lrom lht (rut ciarea were that tha new drive had da- An American spearhead punctured traded nothing from the drive -lhe plrai yjurt aoutharaat orir a I DWk enapieMy demolished stood here Mr daughter Meredith (Dick) Luke and the luttertten-month-old daughter Cathy wen killed instantly vkn the tornado completely destroyed the Mr Dick and Barbara Ana Lake are ia the Indiana Hospital in i The Wilbur Bothell Home On Clymer Road Was Moved About Fifty Feet an David Mia aai Lawk Onto aaptojraa af tfea A a Banned belb tram Pmuaatewnayt WUbar Baikal aad Mia liiilan diaaa I Clymer and and (hair hn year aid aaa Daalaii Hemqr Dick aad graoddaaghter Barkan Aaa tha iitL aftfe a juiMrixing air and artillery bonbardment Amo-Coaiaapoudant Don Whitahond aaid In a dfapatcb wrtt-tan at Srlf A today W1S A T) fighting parantly atill unable to Add weight af Ruarian armor and la fantry Soutlicaft of Vitebak an the central front when the Hunriano have daairayad to to a Mr Dlak waa to the haaaa at tka With him wara kla daajkiar Mrs Maradttk Mah Lake aad bar twa akildraa Barbara Aa aad Oathy Mrs Laka aad Cathy wan Mr Diak laMalaad aarara kmraUaaa af tka aaalp aad bath haada aad la fraataraa af bath Ian bath famar has aad a paaalbta fmstara af tha akaU Bar aaadttlaa la Mrs Laka ana tka wife af Pvt Charlas Laka Oaaw Balkan Atohaam Laka la aa kla way haau thb mandog Mra Baikal baa a haak lajary toaaratlaaa af tha aaalp aad li sugaring fraaa aback Mr Baikal baa laiiraHiaa af bath Ian aad bady aialailiai Ha alii Baikal baa toaaraHraa af tha tanhaad aad a haad lajary Tha aaadBlaa af all thrsa ihrsa as bb Tha Batkati wars lajarad arhaa thalr fcaaaa waa BBsd fraaa tha faaada Mao aarrlad aaraaa Uwlr parkad aataawbila aad drappad la a haap i- Headquarter! aaid tha doughboy I M0M th highway from fought forward slowly and had aU I Vitebsk to the Gorman-held fort ram but ranched ti aaa on both aidea of the Red army aurged forth! baaiacad port in hand-to-hand ward out lha railway which otruiuUa wlthGannan raaletinc th highway tt jnovod in fmatically The naaauit Iroopa rtirectlon of Minak hattilng dtfd ef the lin pH to be outflanking Vilctok badly- amm ha talSL il-hadiy that the big Bui Mlfiion onara have bam taken bi the toe: tato th dty 3 haunt and that tha Cherbourg: Artillery and aircraft battered 355 h4 Nail fnrtiflcalioiia for aeraral houra i then lha wake of a wall of Are Allied ultimatum to arandar and infantry began tha attack won breed to fight by German of- Ruton communique mid fieen holding gun at their bneka TheJTSiStha tanidia gdna hi bitter battle the Americana lUed have bloated a wedge deep Into the Seven and one-half to nine and German line and "Cherbourg ia lone-half mile on a ll-mlle-wlda doomed aa an enemy stronghold" he1 front nortlwnt Vitebak with iidriad See BEDS 1 On the oaatem whig of the Nor- Continued on page twa Imandy beachhead Gen Sir Bernard iL Montgomary laahed out in PIL I wlft attack yeaterda at the outer la ElKffl LEWIS perimeter of Ceen'l defmaea and In Naxi tanka wara wrecked In battle Britiah iroopa captured iSte Hnnorlnc La Chardoanerette four mllaa northeaat of Caen anl Jthe German fell bask to Cuver-i villa a mile to the aouthewat Mont-Igomary struck after a powerful build-up of hia torcea A field dtapateh from thia Britiah aaetor declared the German command waa moving up reinforcement from deep within Fr ee and even drawing on atrategie rararvoa 1 In Germany itmtf "to replace form thrown Into the beachhead area Clear calm weather aped the flow of power tola Normandy today from The picture shows eleeriy how freakish storms can be The home of Wilbur Bothell was picked up lifted across tke parked autoomMle aad dropped aa ao muck kindling The home of Bob McCurdy aeroas the road was almost untouched (Bee other pictures on Page Three) Sorrow and Tragedy Small Mining Town Persons Are Dead Mr Mia aad Mia Oraba wara lajarad whaa lha aabaaaa to-arhlah they wara ridiaf waa blaara fraaa tha tracks sfOaLSh aaar ChaatkanrlUa Mr Tattb raadHIaw la asl aartaaa Wkaagk ha fcaa a haad lajary aad a haak lajary Tka aaadttlaa at Mr Onto aat antaaa Ma haa haaratlaaa af Iks bady Scores of barns and bouses wen completely do strayed Cattle horses and pigs wen killed some by electricity some by injuries Mingling with the people who had lost everything one could rend underneath the surface the pathos of the tragedy which had touched the lives of these Indiana County people Outwardly many were cheerful So much damage waa done by the storm that it will possibly be weelu before any estimate can be made of the real amount of damage done In Bural Valley tha Lutheran Church a brick structure was completely destroyed Just across the street from the church the home of Herbert Poetiewslte waa entirely destrayd Fortunately tore was no one in the house at tha time Mr Fostlewaite had gone to see hia wife in tha hospital Willet was hit very badly Two homes were entirely destroyed The home of Mary States waa demolished Three people were in the house at the time The home of Mr and Mrs Leroy Parka was completely destroyed All the other houses in the town were damaged Ralph gangs was destroyed Hia car waa In the garage and a truck owned by Dr Gemmell of McIntyre In the wake of the storm debris was carried for miles At the Mabon home on Route 119 pieces of timber from thrf bam which was completely destroyed wars hurled right through the side of the ouse Mr Mabon waa picked up by the wind and hurled through a door into the next room When he got up he waa knocked down again Everything in the house was damaged Everywhere trees wen destroyed Some wen completely uprooted others wen just broken off as with a tremendous force still others were twisted into splinters Many orchards were destroyed Evergreen trees were destroyed' In one field the corn was just twisted to shreds bringing them into tha armory Mora than 10 won aant to Btowae-vilto Hoapital and at toaat tire wont 1 to Uidontown HraplUl MeKatapart Mattie me thrown on coal trucka carried tha injured 1 to McXoeeport Homeatead and P1TTSBUROH Juna S4 (F) jBnddock hoapitala whan available -jouranda In Southwaalem Penn-! amhtilancea provad toaufffrlcnt Vlvanla ilowly extricated them- A naarty traded war houaing pro-: ralra today from wradmd homraj WM and littered atraati to tha wake of txxnelaaa twitting dorm that wove a enay- operation wara a atanddiU at itnSffldS tton tod night kidhuohti iwinoaorm Tha dead in Ptmagrlvania waro! nportad aa fbUowa: Continued an page two At McKeaaport where vkttau wan brought from surrounding i Tm towns 10 Indiana County w-w i ingtsn County 4 In 1 1 By WAYNESBORO Horror iwinuionn County Wadi-1 wraUUOSC rad Graen County June 23 4fSTC Chartiara 'munltsr 18 At IbhI a the lika of tha datiaaa JAMES If JORDAN lg-month-old granddaughter Juna M-iPl-blown 100 yard and nd and tragedy today tol-agaiMt a tree She ia in Waynea-! rorM the wake of a terrific burg HoraUal to a aerioua eondi- that ntopt through lion nai i i buckled under lha maaaira artillery that avfept through tion Hllla tiny mining com-j Carl Batea told af aacuig tha miles of hrhei( huinHalinn Mnem fWm itHflaP Bnd clow 11 Denuoa were killed oundalton Wuwn "om under were the doughboy to the German twister crumpled gg houmihi home miod hb wife and! In the deeperate atruggle that LL matehwork aallerad nortiani'duSln threw than behind i Gen Omar Bradley pulled hia houaaa and even brick faun-801 ri1 'F 00 tlwm and hek to1 men bock while the bomber earn over tha eountrydde and a bar until the storm blew over I to 0 oftn fh nmy ptllhoxca loaacd automobile about a though In Uto atate armory hen the in-1 and trenches they were toys lured were laid on cola aide by: your persons whv miming Mmv Absentee Ballott than 1M wara horaitallxad Waynoaburg phydeton mat attVaSS Monday daughters Agna li Mra Aim Tino nl V- 1 Report from the Mom belt Indiana County Mra Meradith Luke end her lg-msuth old baby armo erutoad to death In thalr Indiana 1DI home whidi collipaad during tha Morm A II aqitoia milt rural area to tha county woo virtually claan af crape by the gala fkraihsuaaa nee and caurad tojurira to oiany oeeupanto DAVID ELAM LEWIS away in hia tote home Triday after-'uooii at IN o'clock He wa a son of John and Miaa Florence La Rue George daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey George IMS Philadelphia Street bdiana waa one of eight tudenta to graduate Juno IS at tha end of the pro aamlon of ranunor achool at State Teacher Colleee Indiana Him George to a member of tha Be-military Department Other graduating warn Margaret India Bcnchoff Elementary Department Johnstown Ethel Clark Elementary Department Duquaami Nepp It a Mra Declare and her to Wadiington labored through infant daughter Mra Hobart Bert- night and eonttaued today at-ra Mra Nellie Andruaky and her tondtog the injured and adininistar-tofont daughter blood leans Three person died Ther i wi armory here 17 in tha hospital and waynanoro noapuai ln arownavilto HcwplUl all from Tha body of Mrs Bertram waa chartiara Hill Pres Wallace Chinese In Accord The Absentee Ballot Canvius for Indiana Borough will Mart Monday mornlng and flnlM on galurday 1Ha WMt Mhon-DMMforWi int Towiuhlp Indiana County wiSm ill ehura There Ulrtl1 flv had made SSTlfi SaSSish andihi home In WIlkinMnirg then mov-aach poet warden will be In charge tog rojSrrjtoBburgfand Ihrmm jeare Bo ready to give the information when a eanvaaer eomaa to your- home Only thora 11 years or over (Continued on Page TWO) are entitled to a ballot for Novem- ber 7th election WhaF appeared to be tho went If you eon help offer nur acrv- Morm In many many yearn hit tho ton to your post warden Help give area around Indiana tort evefiinR 11 Indiana boy and girls a ballot 1 according to the Greinara Farm- Irane Gladys Harkleroad Etonian- found la a tree taxy Department Saltaburg Halan Loulm Houck Homo Economka De-partmant Clymer Thelma Juna Morris Elementary Department Vandargrlft Sylvia Faya Palmer Saeondaiy Department Black Lick and Eugene walker Art Department Central City PITTSBURGH Juno SI tSV-A toll of 1M dead and hundred! injured wag reportad today In tha waka of a tornado which loft a twlatad trail of davaatation and hor- CHUNGKING Juna nr through Southweatom Penney 1- vice Pnaidant Htory A Wal-vanla and Nmthorn Wert Virginia toee Pratdmt Chtang Xal-Stok goorei were reported miming md other oOciab of tha from homti demoliehed by a rad- govammant have dlannmd matter den deadly awlrllng wind which: of common totaroat and aanearn last night Riant ita fury on towiuand tbamrahraa in agraa-villagaa and farm and coal aountry ment on baAe principtoa and ahjas-ln TORNADO Itiraa" a Joint Chineea Amartoan Continued on Page Thrct )pn Waynmburg Pmrrr faihirm ware ported everyliere but at thia Gracna County community Floyd Millar editor of the Democrat-MM-igar Mood by balplem and unable to report the newa of lha county greataat fUautar Lack of poaror ballad hia praatra It wa tha flnt time to ST yam ha aaid that thmdaily paper had bean unable to publiah Waynmburg Hmpital oraa Jaamwd with atom victim and one obaarrar 4 early today: still Tha mana thia Burning an one of awful desolation Fragmtnb jlflOfllfllOUS houaaa wara scattered tor hundred 7 of yafda and not one atlck ra-j TUCSON Aria June (l malnad uprighL One detail was miming in an order ReMdmta of amaihed homes their from a soldier in England to eyas Mill reflecting tha shock of the Turnon Ooriat ahop terrlAe atorm poked about to tha I Ha meet fled tha number and type rutet aatking bodies of thorn miaa- of roam the inacription for the tag or attempting to sahraga rata- card and the exact time and day for delivery Maid Enriched Bread reporter Two thtaw nice to hire In your pomrmion First United State War Benda and second Greiner's Farm-Maid Enriched Bread Buy Bonds Uhng In tima for vacation Gearhart's Fire Away SSSxiRadto Store MSx I Mrs Della Muncr told how her He forgot to name the girL I artunitoaM aAtapsaoninaii'tswra.

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