Mayors Dept budgets loom large as winter talks intensify
City budget plans presented for 1944 show a projected rise to around 8800,000, a nearly 50 percent increase in ten years. Mayor Hepler cites Public Affairs as facing the toughest crisis with requests of 324,297 next year for police and 28,183 for the Streets Department, signaling expanded police staffing and costs amid wartime pressures.
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Hepler
Uteells
Estimara
Streets
Barnes
Steel Union to Ask Pay Hike for War Labor Board
Pittsburgh December 2 A 11 cents an hour wage rate nine guaranteed weekly wage and a severance pay allowance are among the nonobligatory demands the United Steel Workers of America plans to submit in its drive to challenge the War Labor Board's Little Steel formula Philip Murray president of both the Steelworkers Union and the CTO said formal requests to reopen contracts and to begin bargaining conferences will be mailed next week to 485 steel companies The wage and policy committee approved the first four planks of a 22 point program and study of the remainder continued today A bargaining machinery is to be set with Mon days
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
United Steel Workers of America
War Laboy Board
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
CTO
International Executive Board
November Bond Sales Reach $77 016 In Gorey Reports
Bond sales in Gorey for November totaled $77 016 25 with many bonds cashed at maturity. The War Finance Committee reported November cashing of $17 850 in maturities, nearly one fifth of purchases for the month, raising concern the city may approach 25 percent cashing in. Senior High led school bond sales with December totals: Senior High $965 average $4 reduced by student, Sir Ed Ward $250 95 average $4 09, Concord $290 95 average $1 20, Fair-Wine $7685 average $81, Junior Elementary $4285 average $ .67, Washington $7295 average AB, Junior High $235 50 average 56, Harding $680 05 average $1 52.
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Gorey
Corry
Sir Ed Ward
Concord
Washington
Harding
Seal Fund Reaches $842 For TB Campaign In Corry
Miss Eva Kepler announces the TB seal campaign total to date is $842. She has ten moving picture films from the National Tuberculosis Society available for groups or organizations with an operator provided. A film on work among colored people in the southern states will be shown at the Broken Straw Valley Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution meeting tonight at the Junior High School practice house.
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Eva Kepler
TB Seal
Corry Arew
Kepler
Nalional Tuberculosis +Society
Brokenstraw Valley
The
Daughters of the American
Revolution
Ten Car Freight Derailment On PRR Near Phoenixville
Ten cars of a 76 car freight train derailed near Pedldomen Junction Phoenixville Pa blocking three tracks on a main Reading Company route. No injuries reported and cause not determined. Train was southbound toward Philadelphia from Newberry Junction. This follows two earlier wrecks in four days in the same area.
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Associateneres
Phoenixville
Reading Company
Pailadelphia
Newberry Junction
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paoli
Liscome Bay Sunk In Gilbert Islands Carrier Loss
The U S escort aircraft carrier Liscome Bay was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Gilbert Islands engagement. Rear Admiral Henry Mullins is missing in action aboard the carrier, with Captain Truman Wiltsee reported missing as commander. Casualties not yet disclosed. the loss marks the first escort carrier sunk since Pearl Harbor and the first of its kind in over a year.
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Associated Press
Washington
U. S
Navy
Gilberts
Henry M. Mullin Ni
Tronie D. Wiltete
Mander
Liscome Bay
Fish
Earl ‘Yiets
Lissome Bay
Aero Ground Crew to Hold Christmas Meet at Hotel Corry
The Aero Ground Crew plans a 6:30 p.m. Wednesday gathering at Hotel Corry for a Christmas meeting. Officers announced a self-contained entertainment program with internal contributions and a 25 cent booby gift. Glenn Middleton will perform solo, and nominations and officer elections for the coming year will occur. Members are urged to submit dinner reservations promptly.
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Aero Ground Crew
Hotel Corry
Glenn
Solovox" Middleton
Yeu
Hunters Report Deer Kills Across Regions
Corry's hunters report continued success with several deer entries including Robert Patterson four points 100 pounds from Cherry Grove. George Patterson ten points 184 pounds from Cherry Grove. Russell Glenn 125 pounds from Dutchman Run. Gerald Blakeslee eight points 15 pounds from Bull Run. Lester Rhodes four points 125 pounds from Hul ton. Charles Linsky one point 190 pounds from Spring Creek. Harold Robins six points 160 pounds from Big Wil.
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Corry
Robert Patterson
Cherry Grove
George Patterson
Russell Glenn
Kuigua
Gerald Blakeslee
Lester Rhodes
Hulton
Charles Linsky
Spring Creek
Haratd Robins
Bie Wye
Heavy bombers hit Solingen and Allied raids expand
Allied air forces strike Solingen for a second day, pounding the Rhine industrial city with heavy bombers as Marauders hit Luftwaffe airfields in northern France and Belgium. RAF mines German waters. 27 Flying Fortresses and Liberators fail to return. German losses include 42 aircraft.
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Associated Press
London
Rhineland
Solingen
U. S
France
Belgium
Wir
America
Germany
Albert
Germa
Holland
Brest
Man Confesses To Ohio Slaying In Triple Murder Case
Toledo December 3 Prosecutor James W Collett 60 faces a first degree murder charge after admitting a single killing Elmer McCoy 57 in self defense during a money dispute Collett claims memory loss about the rest of the Thanksgiving Eve shootings Sheriff Greenhower says the McCoy family death near Washington Court House involved three people Mildred McCoy 22 a school teacher was among the victims.
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Toledo, G
Dot B. Bill
Fayette Courty
James W Collett
W. H.reenhower
Collett
Hill
Elmer McCoy
McCoys Bos Urn
Washington Court House
McCoy
Mildred
Officials Watch Mine in Pictorial Pottsville District
Federal officials in Washington are monitoring Pennsylvania's southern anthracite fields since the mining ban took effect. An anonymous source says agencies are alert and moving daily to oversee developments in free trancing mining areas. Beetles mining continues in the district.
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Pottsville
Washington
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
Ares
Agercies
Oulls
Beatles
Tarawa Landing Opens Push Against Japan
Associated Press reports on December 2 that Tarawa and Attu mark a bold opening wedge in the Pacific campaign. The piece notes the vast naval buildup and Allied troop concentrations, with analysts predicting encirclement or isolation of Japanese-held islands while the US aims to bypass weaker targets and concentrate attacks on key outposts.
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LY Associated Press
Pacific Fleet
Japan
Philippines
Pacific
Indies
Kurlles
Metals Society Meets Tonight at Hotel Cornwall
W Vollmer will address the Metals Society dinner at 7 PM on quenching in oil. A moving picture Cannons On Wings furnished by Bell Aircraft Company will highlight the evening, with Vollmer noted for metallurgical expertise from Gulf Research and Mellon Institute.
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W. Vollmer
Hoelhwesers
Auroriey
Society For Metals
Corrs
E.W. Voller
Gulf Research and Development Co
Vollmer
Pennsylvania State College
Mellon Research Institute
Bell Aircraft Company
Pittsburgh Banker Held on Bank Shortage Charge
Pittsburgh reporter: Daniel Lloyd Baum Martinez, manager of the savings department at Pitt National Bank, was arraigned before a U S commissioner on a shortage charge amounting to approximately $62,000. He was held on a $10,000 bond pending further investigation.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Daniel Lloyd Baum~ Martinez
Pitt National Bank
War bulletin outlines accelerated drive against Japan
Secretary of War Stimson predicts an accelerated offensive against Japan yet warns reconquest will be long and costly. A separate report notes Yugoslav partisans damaging German forces in southwestern Slovenia with 3 600 killed and wounded. Chinese forces tighten around a Japanese group in Hunan after seizing six towns and driving back troops from Chaneteh. A new war strategy favors a China drive reclaiming Singapore and the Philippines, de-emphasizing Burma, following the Cairo conference.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stimson
Ue Pacific
Phungking
Toose
Hunan
Chaneteh
Japan
Burma
China
Singapore
Philippines
German Counter Blows Check Soviet Advances Across White Russia
Russians claim lines hold under fierce assaults with slight gains in White Russia and the Dnieper bend as Moscow reports crushing German defenses near Kremenchug and Cherkasy. Soviet sources cite multiple counterattacks, prisoners and materiel gains amid heavy fighting along a 600 mile front.
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Russia
Associated Press
London
Hif
Burdey
Maxsaw
Dnieper 2
Kiev Bulge
Zhitomieland Korasten
Leningrad-Odessa
Dnieper
Moscow
Kremenchug
Dnnieper
Cherkasy
Smela
Warships Shell Points on New Britain
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific shell New Britain Madang and New Guinea targets. News describes carrier and destroyer actions with aerial bombardments totaling about 74 tons on November attacks. Capes Gloucester and Madang air facilities are key targets as sea and air strikes press Japanese defenses.
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Southwest Pacific
Dec
David Cruft
Vite
Thoms
Incaid
Ted Gasmalitan
New Britainland
Madang
New Guinea
United States
Duchy
Xislhalry
Madaig
Madany
Villaz Surat
War casualties total 126 969 announces figures
Washington December 11 1941 Stettling of War Stimson reported American Army casualties from the start of the war to November 11 totaling 94 918. The combined casualties for all services reach 126 969 with Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard losses including 13 490 killed 7 40 wounded 9 926 missing and 4 2 7 prisoners of war from earlier Gilbert Islands operations.
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Washington
Dec
Stimson
Ney
Department For the Navy
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Coast Guard
Yenarts
Navy bomber crash claims six lives at Beaufort base
Six crew members die when a Navy bomber crashes during takeoff at the base in Beaufort. The aircraft was returning from a routine flight when it went down, with Navy officials confirming the loss of all six aboard. Names of the trainees and ranks listed among the casualties include Lieut. Albert V. Singeuff and Pvt. Ferdinand Deeley.
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Abemams
Gundalenpal
Beaufort
Salerno
Laudhing
Pennsylvania
Albert V. Singeuff
Upper Darby
Ferdinand Deeley
Philadelphia
Invasion Talks at Tri Pan Conference Report
Associated Press reports Cairo dispatch on December 2 detailing Britain and the United States agreeing on invasion plans for Europe and possible Balkans strike. The telegram mentions leaders Li and Chou En Lai and predicts parallel developments. a four power meeting is cited with plans for pressure by sea and land.
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Britain
United States
Europe
Balkans
Chin
Luuvelen
Tapa Fata
deVelopmenix
Roose
Chivehili
Chiche Kai-Snele
Reuters
Lisbon
Yorie
Tran
Joseph Stark
Berlin
Qnet
Hey
Sinley
Japan
le Sage
Parry
Iuiho
Treasury report shows debt and deficits in early December
Treasury figures released from Washington on December 2 illustrate May 31 cash balances, total outstanding debt and net increases. The report details large figures across multiple accounts, including deficits and increases over prior periods, with highlighted totals and supporting line items.
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The
Treasury Mey
Fan— Seipts
Met Helens
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