Eastern Front Update Rats of War Report From Leningrad
British and Soviet dispatches describe the war’s front lines near Leningrad and Crimea with shifting gains. Soviet outlets claim German advances halted north of Leningrad while Red Army forces reclaim positions near the city. Allies report 26 German planes down in two days and a large air battle from the western front, alongside heavy fighting across the vast front.
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Associated Press
London
Perékop
Sieset Leningrad
Lenin
Struggze
Red Star
Iningrad
Red Star Red
Air Ceim
City Tax Valuation Hearings Set By Council Board
Property owners may discuss assessed valuations at a city tax appeal hearing planned Thursday at the Municipal Building. The board of tax revision will meet from 7 to 9 PM to hear concerns of individuals aggrieved by assessments and any protests on their properties.
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Hursday
Memders
Irene Mullen
Wame
Frank L. Heath
Ieee
Drought Hits Farms Hurts In Crash Congress Will Not Pass Bill
Washington September 40 Secretary Morgenthau proposes a 6 percent profit limit for corporations inviting swift opposition. Senator Vandenberg calls it an indirect attack on capitalism and predicts Congress will not pass it this session. Chamber leaders warn the plan could destroy private initiative and curb production if profits are capped at six percent.
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Congress
Associated Press
Washington
Morgenthau
Vanjenberg
H-Mich
Van~ienberg
Michigan
Morgenthaug
Vandenberg
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Nye
Pennsylvania faces drought as farmers haul water
A month-long drought hits Pennsylvania with many farms forced to haul water for stock and reduced well pumping. Water shortages persist despite some rainfall, as authorities plead conservation and irrigation wells run low. The U.S. Weather Bureau notes rainfall well below normal, intensifying the water crisis across counties and towns from Philadelphia to Marietta.
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Pennsylvania
Corry Water Supply Company
U.S
Bour Paper Mills
Philadelphi
Sellersville
Mount Joy
Benver
Marietta
Columbia
Susquehanna
Charge Jury Tampering in McClure Trial
Two female jurors in the McClure fraudulent conversion case testified they were approached by a Chester Republican committeeman urging them to “stick by your guns.” Judge Shull halted the trial for an open hearing amid reports of attempted jury tempering.
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Associated Press Media
John J. McClure
Samuel E Shull
Anna D. Smithson
Brook— Ime
Titian Beck
Chester
Annabella Jones
Eighth Ward
McClure
Train Collision Kills Soldier In Oakley Rear-Freight Smash
A troop train collided with a freight train near Oakley Station north of Charleston today, killing a sergeant and injuring several soldiers aboard. The Amilanitic Coast Guard reported the crash caused by unknown factors, with emergency crews rushing to the scene to aid the wounded and determine fault.
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Apromatest
Charleston, & C
Qvea
Oakley
Sialles North
Suiare Sk
Parachute assault reported near Changsha and Chuchow
Japanese army landed a small detachment of parachutists at Chuchow a key rail junction thirty miles south of Changsha. Chinese authorities say Changsha remains under Chinese control despite four days of Japanese claims of fall. Japanese sources later claim withdrawal except for a protective patrol. Chinese sources expect a decision on Changsha's fate in coming days.
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Laos
Chuchow
Changsha
Tate
Hull 10 Urge Full Scrapping Neutrality Act
Roosevelt and Hull move toward revised neutrality policy as Hull presses for scrapping the act while Roosevelt weighs a limited modification. Talks with congressional leaders and possible changes loom after meetings at Hyde Park and planned consultations with Senate and White House aides. Willkie allies signal support for relaxing the law as 1940 politics influence the debate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Inter
White House
Hull
Ater
Roosevelt
Willkie
Refrigerator Cut Ordered Reduces Production for Defense
The government directed household mechanical refrigerator makers to curb output by 43.2 percent in the last five months of 1941, with further reductions likely in 1942. Don Ald Nelson, priorities director, announced the curtailment affecting about 30 factories and 45,000 workers to conserve steel and other strategic materials for defense. Similar drastic cuts are expected for autos and other durable goods.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Irvine man in hospital after Route 5 crash injures boy
Charles McCauley aged 5 from Corry was seriously hurt when a car driven by 21 year old Joseph James Sullivan left the highway on Route 5 near the State Fish Battery and went over a small embankment. McCauley was riding in the rear seat and attempted to grab Sullivan’s arm as the vehicle swerved. Sullivan's fate remains under investigation. The car suffered heavy damage and McCauley was taken to Corry hospital in serious condition.
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Charles McCauley
Corry Hospital
McCauley
W Delven
Joseph James Sullivan
Pennsylvania
Warren
Sullivan
Erie
McClurey
McCailley
Pictock
Mag
Corry
British, French ships repaired at Philadelphia yard
The 2400 ton British cruiser Manchester visits the Philadelphia navy yard for a general refit under Rear Admiral A. S. Watson. It is the second British warship to arrive for repairs after the battleship Resolution. The Manchester is part of a class with twelve 6 inch guns and 32 knots speed, commissioned in 1937 and completed in 1938.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Manchester
Philadelphia Navy Yard
A. &. Watson
Yard
H. Drew
R. N
Navy
Resolution
Aeson
Navy Department
Washington
Piredrake
California
Boston
German Hint of New Move On Eastern Front
Berlin Sept 30 A German military spokesman said there would be little news from the eastern front for the next few days due to undisclosed reasons. He noted that statements in the German press suggesting the campaign might extend into winter months carry significance.
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Associated Frese Berlin
Auccexyes
Salithan Fankee
Warren Man to Get Hearing on Indecent Exposure Charge
Arthur Fehrman 45 of Warren faces a hearing this afternoon before Alderman C. B. Porter at the Municipal building after being picked up by state motor police on an open charge. Pleaded not guilty at a preliminary arraignment and is held on 300 bond. Offense reported to have occurred last Thursday in Spencer community two miles northwest of the city. Fehrman denies the charge and provided no satisfactory explanation for his presence. Extend Tax Deadline on Capital Stock Returns for Corporations until October 29 to allow revised computations.
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Dren
Spencer Sehool
Wayne Township
Arthur Fehrman
Warren
CB. Porter
Fehrman
State Motor Police
Alderman Porter
Pehlinatt
Dius Ihr
Spencer Commmunity
Aged Farmer Fatally Injured by Farm Horse
A 79 year old farmer, Tred Willover of AD 2 Ch 1, was kicked by a horse on the farm Monday afternoon. He sustained a severe hand injury and possible fracture, was taken to Corry hospital in serious, unconscious condition today.
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Willover
Eamel
Swiss Protest Planes Invasion Of Swiss Air Space
Swiss officials announced Britain used air force over northern Italy triggering Swiss anti aircraft defenses. The statement notes aircraft from Britain attacked Genoa Turin and other Italian cities on the night of September 28 29 prompting energetic Swiss response.
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Bern
Switzerland
Britain
Genoa
Turin
Ialy
RAR
Supreme Court rulings favor state GOP in city posts
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued decisions upholding Republican control of Philadelphia mayoral office and a Westmoreland county register of wills post. Acting Mayor Bernard Sammie remains in office through term end or January 1944, while Governor James names Herbert Wirsing to Westmoreland wills. Democratic leaders express disbelief at the rulings as court actions clear a backlog of cases.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
State Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Valster
Westmoreland County
Wi Court
Bernard Sammie
Robert Temberton
James B. Clark
Kite
Clark
Arthur J. James
Tate Herbert Wirsing
Democratic Register of Wills of
Westmoreland
Supreme Court
William Irwin Schaller
Executions Proceed in Nazi Roundup of Czech Figures
Berlin reports Nazi firing squads carried out swift executions of four Czechs accused of plotting to overthrow German rule. Among the condemned were Army General Joseph Bily and Generals Hugo Votja and Prang Horacek, described as leaders in the opposition group seeking an independent Czech state. The Munich agreement anniversary and ongoing clampdown followed a state of emergency in several protectorate districts.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Mons
Joseph Bily
Hugo Votja
Prang Horacek
Bohemia- Moravia
Republ
Reich
Protectorate
Heydrich
Cief
Gestapo
Bohemii- Muraviy
Geech
Tordon Seid Genetl Bily
Bohemia
Vuita
Bratislavet
Germany
Britain
France
Trely
St Munich
Cuenho-Slovakia
DNB
Tate
Alois Las
Father Uses Amplifier In Forest Search For Child
In Conway N F on September 30 a distraught father urged any listeners to follow his amplified appeal to help locate his missing nine year old daughter Pamela Wellingworth who wandered from a family picnic near Iona Lake. Hundreds of volunteers searched the woods near sawdust piles with lanterns and foot pratts for the child, who wore green sneakers. Guards reported the search intensified as night fell and temperatures dropped. The family and volunteers remained hopeful as rescuers traced woodland roads and searched for any sign of Pamela.
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Iona Lake
Pamela
Picknickine
Optimistic War Report on Britain Air Shortage and Next Moves
Prime Minister Winston Churchill stated Britain has repeatedly considered an invasion of the continent and predicts the war to continue through 1942. He noted German air shortages and warned Hitler could shift focus to Russia, Egypt, Spain, Africa, and England, while Britain seeks to seize the initiative in the air.
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Britain
Associated Press
Winston Churchill
Jesst
Adol Hitler
Russia
Egypt
Spain
Africa
England
Churchill
Germany
Reich
Finley
Nile
North Africa
British Isles
Munich
Chuchill
Housing site condemnation talks in Corry
Pittsburgh Sept 30 Stanleyr Granger an attorney with the Department of Justice said viewers would be appointed to determine the walls of land condemned by the government for a defense housing project once an abstract of title is prepared. The federal works agency is preparing the abstract to establish clear title on the tract known as the fir ground the government condemned last June. The Corry selvnlc board, owner of the land, has not yet adopted the government’s estimated value of 5 801. Granger said the board may accept the award and indicated it may take a little while yet as the abstract is not complete.
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Ascenittnd
Pittsburgh
Stanleyr Granger
Bike Department of Justice
Corry
Federal Works Agency
Corn Selvncl Board
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