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CARMEL ITEM. MOUNT CARMEL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1945. PAGE SEVEN. Sloppy Landing (6th USAAF photo from NEA) "At sea" on their own landing field in Panama, Lt. Nathaniel L.

Armistead, left, of Richmond, and Lt. Martin L. Messenger of Pond Creek, 6th Air Force pilots, ride out a lashing storm that turned the airfield into a lake. AMERICAN HEROES by JULIAN OLLENDORFF. A Although he realized that an enemy submarine was close at hand and his U.

S. destroyer would leave him in the event of attack, Fireman, First Class, David Jack Stephenson, U.S. C. G. of Clendenin, went over the side to rescue three men in a small raft.

He swam to the raft and fastened lines around the survivors. Stephenson was cited for his heroic performance. The ropes, raft and destroyer were paid for out of War Bond funds. U.S. Treasury Department GERMANS GIVING UP POLAND; ENTIRE DEFENSES COLLAPSE (Continued from Page One) a Moscow dispatch said they were only 10 miles or less from the city.

Although Moscow had given ofAciel confrmation to only two of the oviet offensives blazing along the entire eastern front, Soviet dispatches said the winter offensive was developing with a scope and savagery unparalleled in the war between Russia and Germany, that an all-out campaign to liberate Poland was developing rapidly, and that the Soviets were determined to slug through to the German border as soon as possible, preliminary to the predicted push on Berlin. Russian field dispatches said that in the initial battles around Radom and Kielce, the Red Army smashed five full panzer and four infantry divisions, some units losing upward Classified Advertisements FOR SALE FOR SALE- -Home made sauer kraut at Ochs' store, Fourth. and Chestnut streets. ad. 2-tf.

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Apply at 249 east Avenue. NOTICE INSPECTION is here-For superior quality and guaranteed service, install L-O-F safety glass in your car or truck for this inspection. Installed while you wait. Shusner's Auto, Radiator Glass Works, 17 N. Market Shamokin.

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Apply rear 331 north Maple street. ad. WANTEDUSED CARS 1936-42 All Makes, Models TOP CEILING CASH PRICES ALBERTINI MOTOR CO. Mount Carmel Shamokin Phone 116 Phone 2207 of 75 per cent of their effectives. The German high command reported as that 25 Russian infantry divisions and many tank formations had bene hurled into the battle of East Prussia, which was said to be raging all across the eastermost patch of the German homeland.

Between Romintern Heath in the southeast corner of East Prussia and the area of fallen Schlossberg, fortress city in its northeastern corner, the Rusisans were reported by Berlin to be attacking incessantly with strong air support. "Except for several breaches which meanwhile have been sealed off, the main fighting field remains firmly in German hands," the Berlin communique said of the East Prussian battle. It claimed that more than 300 Russian tanks had been wrecked on the East Prussian front and: in the area north of Warsaw. Far to the south, the Germans reported their forces were engaged in "fierce defense against Soviets who have broken into their posttions" west of Jaslo, in the Carpathian foothills of south Poland 75 miles southeast of Krakow. This offensive.

still unannounced by Moscow, appeared to be synchronized with the -left flank of Konev's forces striking for Krakow and Silesia. Two Russian armies had broken open a 120-mile breach in the German defenses of Poland, outflanking Warsaw and Krakow, and sweeping westward in a winter offensive undermining the German grip on Polish soil. The greatest land battle of the war raged on an ever -widening front from the Carpathian footbills to within 20 miles of Warsaw, and Berlin accounts said major Russian forces also were on the attack to the north in a double-barrelled drive to envelop and wipe out the Nazi military base of East Prussia. Everywhere the Germans were reeling back toward their frontier in a general retreat that at some points was taking on the appearance of a rout. Five days after the start of the Soviet winter offensive, German casualties were running into the tens of thousands, with the enemy sacrificing entire divisions in a desperate effort to slow the Russian advance long enough to permit formation of a new defense line.

Elaborate fortifications that had been building since the Nazi occupation of Poland more than five years ago collapsed in a matter of hours as the whole Soviet front be-' low Warsaw moved westward in giant strides. The First White Russian Army under Marshal Gregory Zukhov, Premier Josef Stalin's military deputy, hammered out the most spectacular gains through the German flank resting on Warsaw. Zukhov's armored and infantry divisions went over to the offensive at dawn Sunday behind an earthshaking artillery barrage and in three days of ferocious fighting they broke open the German flank, linked up two bridgeheads on the west bank of the Vistula river 33 and 66 miles below Warsaw, and overran a 12-mile deep chain of defenses thrown across the southern approaches to the Polish capital. The advance carried westward as much as 37 miles on a 75-mile front engulfing more than 1,300 towns and villages, including Radom, the Lufewaffe's biggest base in central Poland. Radom, 54 miles south of Warsaw, fell to Zukhov's troops after a three-day battle that cost the Germans several thousand dead out of four divisions defending the town and its strategic airfields.

On the Hungarian front, Soviet troops continued their house-tohouse mop-up in Budapest, capturing another 120 city blocks and 160 more prisoners from the trapped Axis garrison. Rationing Units Attend Dinner A dinner commemorating the three years of service of the volunteer members of the War Price and Rationing Boards of Mount Carmel, Shamokin and Danvilie was held last night at the Hotel Penn-Lee, Shamokin. Attorney Michael Kivko, of Sunbury, a native of Diamondtown, was the featured speaker. Joseph L. Ray, District Director for the OPA, presided.

Members of the Mount Carmel War Price and Rationing Board, who attended the festivities were Dr. W. R. Buckley, chairman; Walter J. Shierant, Roy T.

Prosser, Albert W. Ruzgis, Vincent McHail and Dan Marnell. A. SOUTHWOOD IS APPOINTED TAX COLLECTOR (Continued from Page One) or by failure or neglect to give bond as required by law, or in any manner whatsoever, the borough council shall fill such vacancy by appointing by resolution, a qualified resident of the borough to such office for the unexpired term of the office." Dog Licenses And Fishing Licenses In Dog licenses for 1945 and fishing licenses for the new year have been received at the Columbia office of Robert H. VanSickle, county treasurer, and can now be secured.

Charged With Robbing Two Business Places Lester Zigner, 48, part-time janitor at a number of Shamokin business places, was arrested last night by Constable H. Walter Rhoades and the State Police, charged with burglarizing the Aldine Restaurant and the Goodwin Hosiery Shop, Shamokin, on New Year's Day. Zigner, who is being held in Shamokin Borough lockup pending further investigation by police authorities, is charged with taking more than $100 in cash at the restaurant and 78 pairs of hosiery at the Goodwin store. Police officials said that Zigner at first denied the charges but later confessed. Zigner told police he got into the restaurant through the cellar and also claimed he found the front door of the Goodwin tsore unlocked.

ARDENNES SALIENT HAMMERED DOWN TO NARROW POCKET (Continued from Page One) Cassino on the Italian front. Field dispatches said the Nazis were well-entrenched in cluster of ruined buildings in the southwestern end of the town, fighting back savagely with tanks and mobile artillery. Equally-fierce fighting swayed through the streets of Rittershofen, a mile to the west, where the doughboys were closing in slowly on two strong pockets fresistance in the town graveyard and a church. In the Ardennes, meanwhile, tank and infantry units of the American First and Third armies joined up in a solid front at Houffalize, captured keystone of the enemy salient, and wheeled against the remaining German positions astride a wooded ridge extending northeastward to St. Vith.

Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army forces scored gains running to a mile or more in the Bastogne area yesterday, extending their, lines to an arc extending roughly five to six miles north, northeast and east 0 fthat town. The Americans captured Rachamps, Michamps, Longvilly, Oberwampach and Niederwampach, and pushed on in close pursuit of the retreating German rear guards.

U. S. First Army forces simultaneously buttressed their road blocks northeast of Houffalize with the capture of Cherain and Sterpigny, four to five miles above that town, while other units pushed down one to two miles south of Cherain to close off secondary escape roads at Brisy and Rettigny. Scattered German read guards who were cut off when the First and Third armies entered Houffalize yesterday were reported surrounded in a 15-mile pocket west of the town. Birthday Party For Mrs.

Peter Simniski A birthday party was held in honor of Mrs. Pete Simniski, of Fifth and Chestnut streets. The guests were Misses Regina Lucas, Theresa Linetty, Shamokin; Veronica Shopshinski, Margaret Simniski, Mary Sedar, Anna Pechulis, Mrs. J. Miskell, Mrs.

L. Sinahaski, Mrs. J. Galitski, Mrs. Ososki, Mr.

and Mrs. F. Megosh, Mr. and Mrs. A.

Bakus, Mr. and Mrs. G. Kraft, Mr. and Mrs.

A. Luskus, Mr. and Mrs. S. Kale, Mr.

and Mrs. C. Lucas, P. Simniski and the guest of honor, Mrs. P.

Simniski. The evening was spent dancing, with music furnished by Francis Stanitskie, of Kulpmont. A delicious supper was served. HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS SHAMOKIN HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 7:00 P. M.

P. Sunday, 2:00 P. M. to 3:00 P. M.

ADMISSION Bernard Strawn, Mount Carmel. BIRTH Peter and Pauline (Sosky) Koronkiewicz, 303 north Maple street, Mount Carmel, a girl. ADMISSIONS Mrs. Naomi Malloy, Brady; Howard Fessler, Mrs. Teresa Bakowicz, Adam Yagodzinski, Mrs.

Mary John, Anna Choker and John Petorak, Shamokin. BIRTHS Arthur and Irene (Thomas) Sipple, 228 8 south Chestnut street, Mount Carmel, a boy. Thomas and Elizabeth (Kulick) Chapelsky, 1436 west State street, Shamokin, a boy. ASHLAND HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7:00 P. M.

to 8:00 P. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 2:00 P. M. to 3:00 P. M.

Sunday, no visiting hours in the wards, Children under 12 years of age are not permitted at any time in the wards. OPERATIONS Richard Purnell, Ashland; John Kennedy, Lavelle, and Howard Marquette, 301 south Grape street, Mount Carmel. DISCHARGES Mrs. Dorothy Stine, Locust Dale. Henry Herbert, Aristes.

16-INCH SNOW BLANKETS REGION (Continued from Page One) was reported moving over all roads in the area. HEAVIEST SNOW IN YORK Many secondary roads in Pennsylvania were closed today as the State Highway Department's maintenance crews sought to keep main roads clear after yesterday's statewide storm left from eight to 29 inches of snow in its wake. Pittsburgh alone escaped the full fury of the blizzard that raged through eastern and central Pennsylvania, and edged toward the northwest mountain sections. The heaviest snowfall yesterday29 inches--was recorded at York, a 24-inch fall broke a 25-year record in Wayne County, and some sections of Luzerne County, and at Honesdale, 23 inches fell, winds piled drifts four to five feet high. A 21-inch fall at Harrisburg broke a 54-year-old record of 18 inches.

Reading reported 18 inches, Scranton inches and Philadelphia and eight inches. In Schuylkill County, ten -incl falls were reported. Highway officials reported main routes open, but driving was hazardous throughout the State. The snowfall presented a particular problem in rural areas, and scores of schools were compelled to suspend sessions. ENTIRE EAST COVERED The nation's Eastern Seaboard from Maryland to Maine dug out today from a blanket of sleet-topped snow piled up during a blizzad that began yesterday and lasted most of last night.

From the coastline to points several miles inland, the storm was whipped by winds that hit a peak of 55 miles an hour. Mixed sleet and snow clogged cities and highways slowing traffic and stalling thousands of automobiles. Trains and buses were delayed, and pedestrians slogged through streets that would have challenged the manpower of peacetime. The Weather Bureau promised fair but colder weather today. Albany reported four to nine inches of snow in the southeastern section of New York State, and the Weather Bureau there said the blizzard.

piled onto previous snowfalls, left a total of 20 inches on the ground. Many rural and city schools were closed in the Albany section, and yesterday Gov. Thomas E. Dewey ordered all State workers dismissed early. In New England the blizzard the third heavy storm in ten days.

Blowing out to sea, the storm was expected to leave ten inches or more of snow. In the metropolitan New York area, appeals for manpower to combat the storm were broadcast. School boys and adults were asked to report to railroad and highway offices for snow shoveling assignments. The New Jersey State Highway Department appealed to the Picatinny Arsenal for the loan of military personnel to help dig out. At La Guardia Field, 160 flights were cancelled yesterday because runway conditions precluded takeoffs and landings.

SHOULDER DISLOCATED Edwin O'Gara, 46, of 249 south Market street, Shamokin, is in Shamokin State Hospital with a dislocated right shoulder, sustained when, while shoveling to get his car out of the snow, he slipped and fell. tight INFANTILE PARALYSIS WAR BONDS in Action Army Air Corps Photo B-26 Marauder of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces showers destruction on railroad yards at Florence, Italy. The bomber and the seven bombs in mid-air were purchased with War Bond funds over here. U.S. Treasury Department I Kulpmont Girl Becomes Bride Of Heights Man Miss Teresa Louise Mannello, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Dominic Mannello, 542 Chestnut street, Kulpmont, and Mr. Joseph Anthony Bressi, son of Mr. Anthony Bressi, 410 North street, Keiser, were married in a Sacred Heart ceremony by the Rev. Dr.

Joseph J. C. Petrovits in St. Mary's Church, Kulpmont, at nine o'clock this morning. Maid of honor was Miss Barbara Mannello, sister of the bride.

Miss Betty Pupo, of Keiser, a niece of the bridegroom, was bridesmaid. Frank Pupo, nephew of the bridegroom, served as best man. Usher was Edward Weimer. The bride wore a white chiffon gown with a brocaded neckline, bishop sleeves, low bodice and full skirt, long train, finger-tip veil with crown of ostrich feathers, and white slippers. She carried a colonial bouquet of white roses.

Maid of honor and bridesmaid were similarly attired in gowns of white net with sweetheart necklines edged with ostrich feathers extending over shoulders and backs, low bodices and full skirts, with two spotted feathers, white headpieces, illusion veils, white gloves, red slippers. They carried colonial bouquets of red roses. The Blessed Virgin Mary Choir, of which the bride is a member, sang the Convent Mass. Organist was Miss Genevieve Dulovich. The soloist, Miss Rose Scicchitano, sang "On This Day, Beautiful Mother" and "Ave Decorations were yellow chrysanthemums.

A reception followed in Yoch's Hall, Marion Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Bressi planned to leave on a wedding trip to New York and New Jersey. Upon their return, they will reside at 513 Chestnut street, Kulpmont.

Mrs. Bressi, a graduate of St. Mary's Schoil and Kulpmont High School, class of 1940, was employed in the sewing department of Kanmak Mills, at Kulpmont. Kulpmont Sergeant Twice Decorated As Able Killer Of Japs Sergeant Edward J. Gekosky, son of Mrs.

Stella Gekosky, 963 Scott street, Kulpmont, today held a Bronze Star Medal "for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against the enat Bougainville, Solomon Isemy lands," March 11, 1914, with an Infantry unit of the U. S. Army. "During the battle of Hill 260," reads the citation just received by the soldier's mother, "Sergeant Gekosky (then Private), distinguished himself as a rifleman and assistant squad leader in his platoon. By his accurate fire, Sergeant Gekosky helped neutralize an enemy pillbox, killing one enemy soldier.

Later, when his squad leader was killed. Sergeant Gekosky immediately took command of the squad and performed his duties efficiently. It was often necessary for Sergeant Gekosky to expose himself to direct enemy fire. When one of his men was wounded in crawling to another position, Sergeant Gekosky, without regard for his own personal safety, crawled to the wounded man and dragged him to safety." Subsequently decorated for meritorious achievement in the same theater of operations, he was awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster with the following citation: "During an attack against enemy positions in the vicinity of the Laruma Road Block, Sergeant Gekosky, a squad leader, displayed outstanding leadership by leading his squad into positions while, under enemy fire. When the enemy attempted to reinforce their forces.

Sergeant Gekosky immediately opened fire and killed their leader. He then directed the fire on the remaining enemy troops, killing one and dispersing the others. This quick action on the part of Sergeant Gekosky prevented the enemy from reinforcing their positions thereby contributing greatly to the success of the operation." Shamokin Man Killed In Crash In England Gwilym Richards, 26, husband of Dorothy Yeager, 250 west Wood street, Shamokin, and son of the Rev. Josephine Richards, pastor of Welsh Congregational church, of Shamokin, was killed in an airplane crash on December 28 in England. Sgt.

Richards entered the service Ion December 23, 1943, and received his training with a combat unit of the Army Air Forces at Arlington Field, Tex. He went overseas in October, 1944. To survive, Sgt. Richards leaves his mother, his wife, a daughter, four sisters and two brothers, including Llewellyn Richards, principal of the Grant public school, Shamokin, a widely known tenor soloist. Sgt.

Richards' father, the late Rev. Thomas Richards, was pastor of the Welsh Congregational church for many years and at his death was succeeded by his wife. I investiment in the world. War Bonds the finest and safest GROSSMAN'S DRAPERY SHOP The Store of Dependable Quality Elegance without Extravagance Quaker Fine Lace Curtains The lovely sheerness of these new curtains brings your windows that feeling of elegance which is the new note in homefurnishing. They are as durable as they are dainty.

You'll divide their cost over many seasons of use at to $5:98 Percival Straus Dies In Phila. Indirect word has reached this city of the death in Philadelphia of Percival Straus. Burial was announced for today at Jonestown, native home of the deceased. Mr. Straus, prominent Philadel- phia educator and influential layman of the First Methodist Church of Germantown was the husband of the late Jessie Evans Straus, for- me: Mount Carmel resident, an aunt of Miss Mary Cope.

In the absence of Miss Cope from the city, further details are unavailable at this time. Buy at least one extra $100 War Bond. WANTED -Late model cars, 1941- 1942. Attractive prices paid for clean, low mileage cars Albertini Motor Company, 218-224 West Third Street. Ad.

21-tf. WANT TO RENT-2 or 3 room furnished apartment with conveniences, located on or near Oak street. Apply by letter to Box 1661, care Item. ad. WANTED With retail grocery experience for established wholesale route; can earn fom $15.00 to $20.00 per day.

State experience and reference in letter to Varano's Warehouse or call in person at 229 west Third street after 6:30 p.m. 16-3t. LOANS PERSONAL LOANS -Auto LoansFurniture Loans Co-Maker Loans. A loan plan here to fit your particular situation. Come in or phone for cash up to $300 now.

Repay on monthly plan adjusted to your income. Popular Finance Room 201, Trust Co. Bldg. Phone 1144. Sam Relmert, Mgr.

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21-ti WANT TO BUY Electric refrigerators, fans, motors, root beer barrels, soda fountain and bar equipment. Call 508-R Ashland or write Jack Meritz, 1307 Market street, Ashland. ad. 13-7t. WANT TO BUY-6 room house with heat, bath, and garage.

Apply by letter with price to Box 1659 care Item. ad. 15-3t. LOST LOST-Lady's purse with crystal rosary on Sunday from St. Paul's chapel, Atlas, to 327 west Saylor street.

Name on cross, "Amelia Reward for return to 327 west Sayler street, Atlas. WASTE PAPER IS WAR PAPER NOW (U. S. Signal Corps Photo) The paper shell cases testify to the amount of ammunition this 90-mm. gun used on the Germans who lost this French beachhead.

Every gun battery uses tons of waste paper shell cases. AMERICAN HEROES by JULIAN OLLENDORFF. ar Bonds are appreciated when used to put machine guns into the hands of such heroes As Pfc. David Daily, U. S.

Infantry, of Richmond, Texas. When the forward motion of two platoons was halted in a Pacific island attack, he stood up, draped an ammunition belt over his shoulder and opened fire from his hip, spraying enemy pillboxes. His action permitted fellow fighters to withdraw safely. He was cited for heroic action. Buy War Bonds.

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