War Today urges Allied unity to deny Russia dominance
The article argues cooperation among the United States Britain the Soviet Union and China is essential for lasting peace. It rebuts isolationist peacemaking proposals and denies any need to appease Moscow. It stresses that unconditional surrender to Hitler would threaten freedom and that coalition victory is the path to a safer postwar order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hiller
Rother
America
Britain
Russia
Reich
Hull
Foehrer
Aic
Franto
Spain
Germany
Generalissimd
Arriba
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
North Atlantic
Pacific
Pan
Hitler
Wachscher Beenbachter
Europe
Stalin
Anysia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Hall
British Commonwealth
China
Erlin
iB _Somatirani
Fay
Moscow
Rel
Martial Law Ruling Upholds Writ in Hawaii Case
Judge Metzrer upholds release on habeas corpus for a worker and declares martial law under Hawaii's act ceases to be valid once the government is willing and able to resume normal functions. The ruling notes agreement between General Richardson and Admiral Nimitz on no threat of invasion, with ongoing military governance continuing pending higher court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metzrer
Navy
Lisyd
Duncan
Sheridan, Wy
Richardson
Nimitz
Hawaii
Guy
Col Wood Morrison
Wold Doepeal
Ae Hughest Court
Blood Donor Drive Faces Slow Registration Surge
Front page update shows a Red Cross appeal urging immediate blood donations to support soldiers in battle and relief for those wounded by war. Executive Margaret Serene of Indiana County Red Cross warns registration has been disappointingly slow despite a ten day campaign. The drive lists new registration locations and hours at venues including Indiana Theatre and various county sites, urging volunteers to sign up before April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Serene
Adiana County
Red Cross
Ileave
Indiana
Wayne Avenue
Anet Trom
Elvisville
Amor Eat Legion Hume
Clymer
Neal's
Clymer No
Weather chaos with scattered storms bemused readers
Fragmentary weather report notes fair to fairer conditions in southern ports with scattered storms and rain expected. War bonds promotion urges purchase tomorrow and today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanewhat Werner
Civic Clubs Dinner Speaker At Sonman Mines Event
Civic clubs host a joint dinner led by Kiwanis and Lions with the Chamber of Commerce to honor Joe Irvin as super sponsor. Captain Henry M. Gross of the State Selective Service speaks on postwar planning for Indiana. Changes at Koppers Coal Co mines include Joseph Irvin as mining superintendent and Margot Williams as mechanical mining supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Irvin
Sonman Mines
Everning
Charitt
Henry M. Gross
Veterans Personnel Division
State Selective Service
Indiana
Gross
Edw. Martin
Pennsylvania
Kiwanis and Lion Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
Sautinan
Koppers Coal Co
Joseph Irvin
Heisley Coal Co
Nanty Gla
Margot Williams
Harry Moore
Atcountant Jroy Ae
Lon‘man
Koppers Mines
Aerial Torpedo Navy Crew Dress Blues Feature
Navy air squadron at Charleston shown in dress blues with torpedo crew insignia. The image highlights a torpedoman's insignia, rating crew, campaign bars, and crewman’s wings with a star for a single air mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Ploto
NEA
Torpedo
Muscat
Charleston. S
Westy Aspcot
Motion Picture Industry Marks 50th Anniversary
New York April 14 1894 marks the motion picture industrys 50th anniversary. Edison kinetoscope was shown to the public for the first time in a Broadway shoe store. A report noted that $120 was fixed that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lotay
Thomas A. Edison
Broadway
Meat In Fare Box Ration Tokens Foil Chicago Buses
Chicag o motor coach drivers report tokens replacing coins in fare boxes with red ration tokens. A bus company spokesman notes similar incidents in other cities with comparable fare registers. The American Transit Association filed a complaint with the Office of Price Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicara
American Transit Association
Office of Price Administration
Allied raids strike coast and London defenses
Bombers and fighters hit the invasion coastal area while German forces sent a small number of planes over Southeast England and London. Authorities reported limited casualties as London faced a heavy searchlight defense and scattered explosions at the city edges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Essex
Home Counties
London
Londouw
Burma Air War Updates and Southeast Asia Front Moves
The report covers Allied air offensives across the Pacific and Southeast Asia. It notes 288 American air force planes supported operations from Koepang to Truk and Caroline Islands with attacks on multiple targets in the Solomons and New Guinea. Mountbatten visits Imphal for a brief conference with the garrison commander amid heightened Bengal Assam railroad concerns and reports of Japanese activity northwest of Imphal. Casualty figures at Akkyvab coastal base are cited as seven hundred killed in a week.
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Trayedite
Tulc
America
Koepang
Buteh Timor
Darwin
Australia
Truk Woihe
Caroline Islanos
Wewe Lins Bay
Madang
New Gui Va
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bougainville
Iss
Solomons
Karte Islands
Hor
Japan
Japan Were Raked By 11Th Airforce
Tiree
Matsussisha Alboad
Dnndia
Bombay Times
Ito India
Rengil-Asaty
Adia
Luud Lows Mountbatter
Nevbiet
Liaphal
Silchar
Tokyo
Imipual
Janphal
Archan
Ven
Bula
Akkyvab
Byrnes outlines six wartime to peacetime unemployment aids
Washington April 14 War Mobilizer Byrnes urged Congress to consider six main measures to ease unemployment after the war. He called for a national mobilization plan with a stabilization law, a nationwide minimum and maximum benefits, dependents’ allowances, extended benefit weeks, coverage for nearly all workers, and mandatory reporting to unemployment services to curb benefit abuse. He cited rising unemployment figures and noted current benefits in February t were 6.16 million dollars. He also cited casualty totals and postwar plans in New York.
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George Zielke
Washington
Byrnes
Congress
Academy of Political Science
New York
Roosevelt
Social Security Board
Wagner D
Tlawani
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Cuba
War Manpower Commission
Senator Wherry Critiques Bureau Power and Policy
Pittsburgh April 14 Senator Kenneth Wherry argues the presidential campaign centers on the survival of constitutional government as bureaucratic power erodes checks and balances. He criticizes Roosevelt's foreign policy, cites Mackinac principles as key, and urges GOP unity and active door-to-door organizing among workers. James J. Davis and Arthur H. James call for party unity. Judge J Frank Graff adds a brief remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Kenneth Whery
Repubicar Party
Mackinac
United States
Sen. Wherry
Sen
Wherry
Republican Party
James J. Davis
Arthur H. James
J. Frank Graff
Armstrong County
Canadians Invade France Rumor Stirs Invasion Worry
A garbled Nazi warning mentioning Canadians and a Dieppe reference sparked reports of an invasion into France near Calais. London officials called the claim entirely untrue. Canadian stations near Toronto reported hearing the disputed broadcast, fueling speculation of an imminent assault or a smokescreen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
Calais
Dieppe
London
Anl
Toronto
Customs auction of scotch whiskey over tax debts
A Collector of Customs auctioned several cases of scotch whiskey for nonpayment of taxes or duty. The first case brought in 79 dollars and 90 cents, the next two 97 dollars each, and the third 107 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LUDAM
Office of Price Administration
Collector of Customs
Wnng
Russians Liberate Crimea as Simferopol Falls to Axis Forces
Soviet dispatches say Tolbukhin’s forces seized Simferopol and western Crimea while Yeremenko’s Maritime Army pushed to Feodosiya and Koktebel. Moscow reported more than three quarters of the peninsula cleared, vast German stores captured, and rail lines and towns falling, with a dramatic victory salute in Moscow after Stalin’s orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolbukhin
Simeropol
Sevastopol
Yevpa‘tat
Peninsula
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Feodosiya
Koktebel
Dusyt
Krim
Crimea
Yevpuforiya
Moscow
Simferopal
Stalin
Simferopol
Crimean
Ovidlopol
Odessa
Ogidiepul
Red Army
Germany
Wolfgang Rost
Suuferopel
Eevastopol
Tergstig
Red Star
Agdrer I. Yeremenko
Mariine
Chiney
U S Ace Gentile Discharged From Hospital In England
Captain Don Gentile, top U S Ace in Europe, has been discharged from a hospital after minor injuries from a forced crash landing on a return from a mission. He is back in his quarters and feeling very good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Don Gentile
U. S
Gentile
Bock
Bomb Found In Vatican City Time Bomb Report
London reports in Rome radio claimed a very large time bomb was found hidden in the Sistine Chapel behind Michelangelo's Last Judgment. The German controlled broadcast said the device appeared of British origin and similar to other bombs dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
London
Rome
Sistine Chapel
Vat ‘Ican
Michelangelo
Cancer Aid Drive Seeks Local Donations for Patient Care
Indigent cancer patients in the area would receive timely treatment through a volunteer campaign run by the Women’s Field Army. Citizens are urged to donate to the campaign fund or receive free literature by contacting listed county officers and local coordinators across numerous towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Field Army
Indiana
J. W. Campbell
H.C. Williams
W. E. Beatty
A. K. Simpson
Roy Stephens
Paul McGregor
C. E. Winger
W. W. Eicher
George Metcalfe
L. 5S. O'hara
Armagh
John D. Jack. Aultman
Jennie Bloonquist
Beyer
Jermnes Edwards
Blacklick
M. Bushnell
Blairsville
J. F. Noble
I. W. Lintner
Mary Jane Alder
Cherry Tree
Robt. Moore
Clarksbury
Clair Marshall
Clymer
W. N.templeton
Leland Thorburn
Covade
Jay Hamilton
Creekside
Effa Duncan
W. L. Johnson
Elders Ridge
O. B. Harvey
Ernest
Charles Reynolds
Glen Campbell
B. D. Wilnoth
Heilwood
Raymond Locknd
Gladys McGaughey
Homer City
Hans Adair
Frank Moore
Harold Nesbitt
Charles Bush
Laura Rankin
Iselin
J. A. Ranke
Jacksonville
Jennie Bloomquist
McIntyre
Paul Stuchett
Marion Center
J. W. Meanor
Howard Aber
Brushvalley
J. O. Mack
Margaret J. Overdorff
Penn Run
Archie Stewart
Phimville
J. W. Douds
Nelson Shaffer
Saltsburg
John M. Staul
Stafford
Wesley Lidgey
Snacksburg
J. Bo Me-Cormick
Mistake Cost With Our Babies' Lives at New London
April 14 1944 New London Conn AP four babies died from baric acic powder substituted for dextrose at Lawrence and Memorial Hospitals. Seventeen others ill. Coast Guard father of one victim says no blame yet. Coroner notes no charges unless criminal responsibility found. Navy and Army personnel updates follow, including promotions and transfers.
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New London
Conn
Lawrence and Memorrial Associated Hospitals
Fred Thomasula 1
Coast Guard
Fred Patrick
Buffalo
WN. C
Thomasalas
Thomasula
Richard F. Hanlcock
Edward G. McKay
Cave Man Lover A Little Haywire
New York report on Joseph Wilson, 48, and Enrique Torres, 23, held on kidnapping, abduction, rape, and Sullivan Law violations after Wilson allegedly abducted Mrs. Monica Bonelli on Easter Sunday and kept vigil with Torres until Bonelli escaped. Wilson works as a longshoreman on Brooklyn waterfront by night and sells coffee in Harlem by day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Wilson
Monica Bonelli
Joseph Donovan
Sullivan
Enrique Torres
Wilson
Obituary of Lmer E Cribbs of Blairsville
Lmer E Cribbs a retired carpenter of Blairsville died suddenly at home at 5 15 PM from a heart attack. Born November 14 1863 in Blacklick Township he lived in Blairsville and belonged to the Church of Christ. Surviving wife Mully Huston Cribbs daughter Mrs Mary Shank sister Mrs Jennie Bennett brother Frank Cribbs four grandchildren and three great grandchildren including Sgt Elmer H Shank in England. Funeral at 2 30 Sunday at 24 W Brown Street Blairsville with interment in Blairsville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lmer E. Cribbs
W. Brown Street
Blairsville
Blacklick Township
George W
Keziah Davis
Mully Huston Cribbs
Mary Shank
Renefrew
Jennie Bennett
Frank Cribbs
New Bethlehem
Sgt
Elimer H. Shank
England
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Salisburg Sullstig
Rea Curuiy
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Ansios Nettung
Kiwanis
Time Magazine
Paul Meenhlin
Hatls Book Store
H. B. Boyd
Ruuter Upper
Russell Guiurel
Burma
James F. Barnes
Pat
Berlin
Dapg
Humber
United Kingdom
Soviet Republic
J. T. Russell
Newton, Kans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Piqua
Col
Donald Binkestee
Fairport Harbor
U.S. Ace
Cancer Fight
Comely
Hollace Shaw
Vivien
Coloratura Sopramno
Maj
Clarence Turner Foster
Carbondale
Robert J. Dunbar
Dunbar
James &. Dunbar
John W. Lonechar
Yatesboro
U. S. Marine Corps
J. Wendell Fleming
South Eleventh Street
Great Lakes
San Diego
California
Merle
Mae Fleming
Howard R. Pennington
Pennington
E. J. Pennington
Roger Pennington
Camp White
Oregon
George Pennington
Desk
General Hospital
Butler
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Harry L. Baan
Frank G. Moore
Grant ‘Street
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Army Air Forces Training
L. Wayne Elder
E. E. Elder
Rochester Mills
New Guinea
Cpl Elder
Armed Forces
Calvin Price
Camp Sutton
North Carolina
Davrs Price
Base
Equipt
Charles R. Shuster
Salisburg
War Department
Captain Shuster
Robins Field
Warner Robins
Georgia
Steve Felicko
Mike Felicko
Merchant Marine
Paul
John
North Africa
Thomas J. Eckenroad
Great Lakes Naval
Foster Eckenroad
Honor City
Clifford Eckentoad
George William Yuckenberg
F. A. Yuckenberg
School Street
Illinois
John T. Dishong
Thomas Bianca
Marian Syriceia
Bianca
Indiana State Teacher's College
U. S. Infantry
Louisiana
Llote
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