WORLD WAR II

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	Cowansville Soldier Checks Wire  - SGT John E. Elder	1
	Worthington G-I has Broken Leg - CPL Walter Anthony	1
	Worthington Soldier is Wounded - CPL Walter Anthony	1
	Tarrtowner Given Medal - SGT Joseph R. Leard	2
	Arrives in England - LT John F. McGrady	2
	Area Youth A Prisoner - PFC Vernon Belles	2
	Soldier Brothers Meet in Germany - SGT Leonard S. Kilgore and PVT Robert Kilgore	2
	Lost Boys Found in Coal Mine - William Buzzard, 11, and Harry Buzzard, 8	2
	District Soldier Slightly Wounded - PVT. Donald J. Sedwick	2
	Visits Relatives - CPL Stanley J. Palinski	2
	Soldier Sees Kin in Italy - SGT Oswaldo Gaggini	3
	Beam Falls; Foot Injured - Elmer G. Sipes	3
	West Kittanning Youth a Prisoner - Pfc Robert E. Sanders	3
	Adrian Soldier is Missing in Action - 1st SGT Wade S. Toy	3
	Ten-Day Furlough - PVT John S. Toy	3
	Coal Mine in a River	4
	Young Father Listed Dead - PVT Richard Joseph Brown	5
	Local Youth to Man Gun - CPL Fred Sanders	5
	Father of Two Killed in Battle Action in Belgium - PVT Reynolds Bowser	5
	LT Don Bone Back at Base	6
	Father of Three Dead - PVT Kenneth J. Rodges	6
	SGT1st Class Wayne Woodall Home on Leave	6
	Furnace Run Youth Wounded in Action - PFC Raymond Lemmon	6
	Marriage Application - John William Kennedy and Ernestine Jean Sipe	6
	PVT John S. Toy Home on Leave	6
	Kittanning GI Missing - PFC Yates Mast	7
	Brothers Meet in Philippines - Orville Bofinger, Petty Officer, 2nd Class and PVT Charles Bofinger	7
	(Recipe) For a Happy New Year	7
	Worthington GI Promoted - CPL William R. Beers	8
	Happy Birthday - CPL Neil Jack	8
	Sipe - Kennedy Wedding	9
	James B. Hindman, 61, Obituary	9
	Lloyd Pyle, Infant, Obituary	9
	14 1/2 Inch Fall Covers Area; Travel Snarled	10
	Snow Falls 7 Mondays	10
	Fresh Snow Pelts Area	10
	Drifts Shut Some Roads	10
	Rural Road Shut Again	10
	Snow Scenes	11
	Local Man's Unit Cited - PVT William G. Curren	12
	Killed in Action - PVT Kenneth John Rodgers	12
	Girl's Burns Prove Fatal - Dorothy Marie Pyle, 4	12
	Leg Fractured - Edward Pyle	12
	Eleanora Anthony's Marriage Announced	12
	Auto Accident - Lester Pyle	12
	Glassmere Plant Damaged by Fire	12
	Rural District Couple United in Matrimony - Norabelle Schaeffer and Clair Anthony	13
	Makes Sacrifice � PFC Kermit M. Claypool	13
	Medal Received by Widow of Soldier � Mst. SGT Daryl LaVerne Lowry	13
	Picnic Held at Buffalo Valley � Pyle Family	13
	Father of 3 Missing � PFC Theodore M. James	13
	Listed Missing � PFC John L. (Jack) Young	13
	Dies in Belgium � PVT Reynolds Bowser	13
	Made Sacrifice � PFC Kermit M. Claypool	14
	Lies Buried in Holland � PFC Harold C. Wray	14
	Woundee is Visited by Soldier Brother � PFC John Ulsky and PFC Walter Ulsky	14
	Kittanning GI Missing � PVT Wallace R. Belles	14
	Prisoner of War Writes � PFC Joe Polinsky	14
	Baker � Smith Wedding � Mildred M. Baker and PO 1st Class Edwin P. Smith	14
	Kittanningite is Made LT = 2nd LT Evan L. Bowser	15
	Soldier Home for First Time in 39 Months � PFC John Hepfl	15
	Route Four Youth Dead � PFC Kermit M. Claypool	15
	Memorial Conducted � PFC Richard Joseph Brown	15
	PFC Jerry L. Slagle Arrived Safe in Germany	15
	Home on Leave � PFC James Brodhead	15
	Marriage License Application � Edwin H. Smith and Mildred M. Baker	15
	Fatally Wounded � PFC Henry A. Earley	16
	Fort Gunner is Promoted � Sergeant Fred H. Sanders	16
	Sixth Star Added to Palinski Flag � John Polinski, 17, leaves for duty with Navy	16
	Soldier Hurt in Collision � CPL Richard Trudgen	16
	Local Women Visit Tucson Residents � Mrs. Carl Trudgen, Sr. and Mrs. Theodore Trudgen	16
	Girl Breaks Leg � Shirley Adams, 7	16
	PFC William Slee Arrives Safely in France	16
	Area Soldier Listed Dead � PFC Percy B. Fiscus	17
	Area Soldier Listed Dead � CPL Homer Bish	17
	Templetonite Said Missing � PFC Jerry L. Slagle	17
	Plane Mechanic is Advanced � CPL Edward C. Lemmon	17
	Missing Soldier Back in Action � PVT Wallace R. Belles	17
	Returns from Wilkensburg � Mrs. Eberly Bowser	17
	Jack W. Vensel Promoted to Staff Sergeant	17
	District Autoists License Withdrawn � Francis M. Shaffer	17
	Merle Kunselman Promoted to Sergeant	17
	Dramatic Rescue in Burma	18
	Trucks Fall Over Bank	18
	Cadet Nurses are Capped � Marilyn Joy Wonderling	18
	Harry E. Toy Promoted to Private First Class	18
	Youth Goes to Seaman School � Robert Nelson Slagle, Jr.	18
	Combat Vet Ends Visit � PFC Donald C. Lasher	19
	Farmer is Found Dead � Calvin Bowser	19
	West Kittanning Soldier Wounded -  T/5 Bernard E. Fox	19
	Frank Mast Nearing 90	19
	Listed Missing � PFC Floyd C. Bowser	19
	Seaman 1/C Virginia Marie Snyder Visits Parents	19
	John A. Snyder Promoted to Sergeant	19
	Thomas James Krautbauer, Jr., Seaman 1/C	19
	Captain Albert R. Montgomery, Jr. Spends Weekend with Parents	19
	Local Soldier is Air Gunner Grad � PFC Louis L. Karns	19
	Wounded Soldier � S/SGT Harry R. Hooks	20
	Adrian Soldier Reported Killed � PVT Charles E. Johnson, Jr.	20
	CPL And Mrs. Paul E. Collier Return to Georgia	20
	Seaman 1/C Ralph G. Plyler Spends Weekend with Family	20
	Son Born to Mr. And Mrs. Chester Toy, February 22, 1945	20
	Soldier Completes Technical Course � William A. Schultze	20
	PVT Harry E. Toy Returns to Outfit	20
	Petty Officer 3/C Lawrence Dailey Telephones Sister	20
	PFC Wilbert Beckwith Arrives in France	20
	Prisoner of War � SGT Harry Shea	21
	Killed in Action � PFC Byron K. �Barney� Gould	21
	Seaman Sees Many Lands �Seaman 1/C Theodore C. Kerr	21
	Johnson � Claypool Wedding	21
	Craigsville Pilot Crash Lands B-24 After Wobbly Flight Home from Iwo � LT James B. Fagen	22
	Air Vet to Ferry Ships � LT Charles C. Soloski	22
	Pacific Vet Given Tests � PFC John T. Hepfl	22
	District Man Commended for Heroic Achievement � PFC Joseph E. Wyant	23
	District Woman in Good Health at 88 � Mrs. Carrie Corbett	23
	Palinski Family Attend Funeral	23
	Elmer E. Eckman Admitted to Veterans Hospital; PFC Albert L. Eckman Transferred to New Guinea	23
	Sidney Sedwick Promoted to Captain, Army Medical Department	23
	Wounded Soldier Telephones Wife � PVT Warren Dosch	23
	District Soldier Wounded on Luzon � SGT Gerald Trudgen	24
	Captain Jacob C. Fair Returns to Base	24
	Cowansville Man Rescues Engineer After Collapse of Bridge at Remagen � SGT Merle Williams	24
	Pauline-Anthony Wedding � Miss Virginia Pauline and Charles Anthony	24
	1st LT James E. Goodwin Arrives in U.S.	24
	Merchant Seaman Visits Parents � Mr. and Mrs. John Stubrich	24
	Gunner�s Mate Leno Baresi Visits Parents	24
	Twin Sons Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bowser	24
	Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. King have Son, February 23, 1945	24
	Airman is Listed Dead � 2nd LT Robert S. Shearer	24
	Father of Two Killed � S/SGT Paul F. Edwards	24
	Soldier�s Buddies Send Condolences to Parents:  Adrian Couple Told of Death and Burial of SGT Ernest Eugene Steffey	25
	Wounded Soldier Returns to Duty � PVT Harry E. Toy	25
	SGT Patyck Reported Ill	25
	Open Letter � CPL L. Arnold Bish	25
	Seamen End Visits Home � Seaman 2nd Class William R. Allott and Seaman 1st Class Carl Lasher	25
	Seaman Wayne W. Wible at Boot Camp	25
	LT Claude (Boomer) McNabb On Way into Active Duty	25
	Mrs. Ralph Plyler and Son Visiting in Fairmount City	25
	Service to Honor Soldier�s Memory � PFC Kermit M. Claypool	25
	District Soldier Report Missing � PFC John L. Young	25
	Kittanning Soldier Awarded Star Medal � CPL Eli M. Smith awarded Bronze Star	27
	Heart Medal Received � PVT Reynolds C. Bowser	28
	Adrian Soldier Slightly Wounded � PFC William A. Bouch	28
	Awarded Combat Badge � PFC William Slee	28
	Seaman 1/C Paul William Long transferred to Norfolk	28
	STM 2/C Robert C. Whitesell Home on Leave	28
	PFC Paul Bennett Arrives Safely in England	28
	Robert Paul Garis receives rating of Fireman First Class	28
	Mrs. Pearl Woods receives letter from grandson, Robert Woodrow Conway, in South Pacific	28
	Marriage License Application � Norman George Bennett and Mary Alice Schultze	28
	Templetonite is Prisoner � PFC Jerry L. Slagle	28
	Army Driver Gets Stripes � PVT Charles I. Yockey	29
	Death Word is Confirmed � PVT, Earl M. Lytle	29
	Terrace Wall is Damaged in automobile accident	29
	Navy Enlistee is Honored at Tarrtown � Walter Matthews	29
	Jack Nolan Toy, aged four weeks, dies, March 23, 1945	29
	Local Seabee on Iwo Jima Island - Edward �Ted� Atwood	29
	Killed on Iwo � John A. Bentley, Jr.	30
	Makes Sacrifice � PFC Bernard Polinski	30
	Kittanning Airman Reported Missing � S/SGT William Klester	30
	PVT Frank Recupero now in Germany	30
	Mr. & Mrs. Howard Lemmon move to new home	30
	Soldier�s Wife Gets Souvenirs � Mrs. Melvin R. Toy	30
	Sea Shells Sent Home � Seaman 2/C D. R. Johnson	30
	Gunner�s Mate 2/C George Gelles surprises parents with telephone call	30
	Local Men Meet in Marianes Islands � Charles Enders, USN, and Chester Black, Marine Corps	30
	Kittanning Marine Wins Medal for Saipan Action � Marine Platoon SGT John W. Slagle	31
	Killed in Action � T/5 Joseph M. Geidel	31
	Ernie Pyle Killed	31
	Soldier Gets Home before Embarkation � S/SGT Richard E. Clepper	31
	PVT Jay R. Edwards spends furlough with parents	31
	Wounded Soldier Leaves Hospital � S/SGT Franklin C. Mechling	32
	Brothers United at Pearl Harbor � Seaman 2/C John Henry and PFC Ralph Henry	32
	Soldier Tells of Months Old Wound � PFC Linford Toy	32
	PVT Francis Shaffer reports to Fort Meade, MD	32
	CPL Stanley J. Palenski home on emergency leave	32
	Adrian Woman�s Son a Prisoner � SGT Wald S. Toy	32
	LT Claude McNabb Breaks Right Arm in Fall	32
	Flowers Sent Here from Bermuda Shop � Mrs. Thomas M. Bowser	32
	Souvenirs Sent Home � PFC Harry J. Wagaman	32
	Cowansville Man Lauded � CPL Melvin Zellefrow	33
	Motor Wreck Kills Miner � Leonard Arthur Davies, 33	33
	PVT Herman W. Jones now in Germany	33
	Slagle-Eckman Wedding:  Miss Ruth Slagle and Elmer Eckman	33
	Steward�s Mate 3/C Fred Jones Reports to New London, CT	33
	Rural Kittanning Soldier Wounded � PVT Harry Toy	33
	PVT John McNutt Lands in France	33
	Local Soldier Killed by Mortar Shell Fragments � PVT Earl N. Lytle	34
	Helm-Adams Wedding � Miss Annabel Emmaline Helm and Capt. Vernon G. Adams	34
	West Leechburger Held by Germans � PFC Paul Libarakis	34
	West Kittanning Church To Be Wedding Scene � Miss Mary Alice Schultze and Norman Bennett	34
	Seaman 1/C Ralph G. Plyler Transferred to Naval Training Base in California	35
	SGT C. J. Toy Lands in France	35
	PFC Paul Bennett Sends Mother Flowers from France	35
	Mrs. Ralph Plyler and Son Return from Detroit	35
	PFC Paul Palleno is Given Medical Discharge	35
	Mrs. And Mrs. Glenn Hooks are parents of a son born March 26, 1945	35
	Harrison Street Soldier Wounded � Staff Sergeant Clyde Mechling	35
	Worthington Man Honored � LT Donald Lewis	35
	Injured Soldier Returns to U. S. � CPL Richard Trudgen	35
	Ends Life by Hanging � Frank Painter, 89	35
	Makes Sacrifice � PFC Harold W. Nulph	36
	Dies in France � CPL Homer Bish	36
	PFC Senes A. Orton returns to Camp Bowie, TX	36
	Jack G. Nicely receives Seaman First Class rating	36
	Woundee�s Wife Receives Medal � PVT Warren Dusch receives Purple Heart	36
	Non-Support Charged	36
	Killed in Combat � PFC Percy B. Fiscus	37
	Memorial Rites to be Conducted � PVT Reynolds V. Bowser	37
	Brother of Combat Casualty Missing � PFC Floyd C. Bowser	37
	Sympathy Extended � PVT Joseph Brown	37
	Soldier Dies from Wounds � PFC John A Stover	37
	Arm Operation Undergone � PVT Warren Dosch	37
	CPL Samuel Slee Was Among First to Land on Luzon on D-Day	37
	Wounds Fatal � PFC John A. Stover	38
	Krautbauer � Foster Wedding � Miss Mary Jane Krautbauer and S/SGT Meade J. Foster	38
	Airman Gets Third Leaf � S/SGT Earl P. Clark	38
	District Soldier Helps Wreck Tanks in Luzon � PFC William J. Walls, Sr.	38
	Citation Received by Soldier�s Widow � PVT Clarence D. Hill	38
	Seaman 2/C Thomas R. McMillen home on leave	38
	Franklin D. Roosevelt	39
	Kittanning Joins Nation in Mourning Over Death	39
	Churchill Calls Meet	39
	Stalin Pays High Tribute	39
	Muffled Drums Signal Nation�s Mourning at Loss of Great Leader	39
	High Naval Officers Form Honor Guard on Long Journey to Washington	39
	As President Accepts His Nomination	40
	Casket with Guard of Honor	40
	Roosevelt�s Body Rests	40
	The Thirty-First President of the Nation is Laid to Rest	41
	Navy Enlistee is Honored at Party � Walter James Matthews	42
	Navy Man Advanced � Radioman 3/C Clarence Eugene Claypool	42
	Schultze-Bennett Wedding � Miss Mary Alice Schultze and Norman Bennett	42
	Crawford-Shaffer Wedding � Miss Nellie Virginia Crawford and Clifford Lloyd Shaffer	42
	Mrs. Lester Pyle Visits Husband, S 1/C Pyle, in New York City	42
	Richey-Shaffer Wedding � Miss Rhode M. Richey and Francis M. Shaffer	42
	Eberhart-Walcott Wedding � Miss Emogene Rosalie Eberhart and CPL Reginald B. Walcott, USMC	43
	Mrs. Charles (Yingst) Hepler	43
	Claude �Boomer� McNabb Promoted to 1st LT	43
	County Men Are Freed � PFC Floyd Bowser, PFC John L. Young, and S/SGT Paul Kutch Released from German Prison Camps	43
	Cowansville Man Serving on Luzon � CPL James D. Shearer	43
	Nine to Leave for Service for Navy � Gerald Franic Hicks, John Dohrman Sinclair, Lester Byron Pyle, Thomas Frederick Crofutt, Anthony Paul Vota, Ralph Glenn Plyler, Richard James Webster, Jack Greely Nicely, and David Lee Cousins.  Carl Noble Adams is also mentioned	44
	Farewell Dinner Held for Navy Selectee � Lester B. Pyle	44
	PVT Theodore E. Anthony Obituary	44
	Seaman Honored in Cowansville Home � Seaman Lester B. Pyle	44
	Local Pilot Parachuted � Capt. Hollis Roofner	45
	Killed on Luzon � PFC George Ulisky	45
	Twice Wounded Vet Returns to Family � PFC Harry E. Toy	45
	In Memorium � PVT Clarence D. Hill, Husband	45
	In Memorium � PVT Clarence D. Hill, Father	45
	Kittanning Soldier Freed From German Prison Camp � PFC Floyd C. Bowser	46
	Air Medal is Awarded � Sgt. James F. Rau	46
	Three Hurt in Accident � Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Burns and Joe Hepfl	46
	Freeport Woman Accepts Congressional Medal of Honor in Behalf of Dead Son � PVT Donald R. Lobaugh	47
	Prisoner 16 Months Local Man on Way Home � S/SGT James Norton	47
	Information Made in Feed Mill Fire � Edgar Allen Stennett	47
	Seaman 1/C Lester B. Powell arrives in New York from overseas	47
	Air War Vet in Florida � S/SGT Earl P. Clark	48
	District Soldier Given Wound Medal � PFC Joseph Edward Wyant	48
	Seaman 1/C Lester B. Pyle returns to New York after a 4-day leave	48
	Soldier Held for Military Police � Robert M. Slagle	48
	Veteran Soldier Coming Home Soon � T/SGT Leonard S. Kilgore	48
	West Kittanning Youth Liberated � PFC Robert E. Sanders	48
	Driver Will Face Charges � William R. Bowser	48
	Recuperating � PVT Robert W. Kilgore	49
	Twice Wounded Vet Returns to Family � PFC Harry E. Toy	49
	Boy Admits Guilt in Fire	49
	Kittanning Soldier Missing in Action � PFC Carlyle T. Hall	49
	In Memorium � Thomas Black	49
	Seaman 1/C Stewart Bowser Home on Leave	49
	Overseas Soldier�s Body Brought Home � PVT Theodore Anthony	50
	Petty Officer 1/C Lawrence Daily returning to overseas duty	50
	Coxwain Charles H. Delp Home for 22-day Leave	50
	Services for Theodore E. Anthony	50

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