New European Alignment Shifts Toward Moscow Says Mackenzie
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie surveys a growing trend of Eastern and Southern European states tilting toward Moscow as World War II moves toward its final phases. He notes Czechoslovakia’s pact with the Soviet Union and Benes’s call for Slavic solidarity, signaling a possible realignment involving Poland Bulgaria Yugoslavia Finland and Romania while Britain and America remain key partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Russia
Moscow
Europe
France
Committee of National Liberation
General de Gaulle
Algiers
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Poland
Dr. Benes
Sue
Free World Magazine
Soviet
Benes
Jan Masaryk
New York
England
Soviet Union
America
Britain
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Finland
Romania
League of Nations
Its
Gssembly
Thomas Masaryk
Germany
Geremany
Explosion at Chicago apartment ends with coffee invite
Excited tenants waited outside an apartment as Theodore Reisch found a hand grenade in the basement. Police arrived after he escaped through an unwatched door. The weapon, soaked, exploded with a 1918 era explosive. Reisch invited onlookers to his apartment for coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theodore Reisch
Hessely
Reisch
Senatorial Endorsement Debated by Pennsylvania AFL Delegates
In Wilkes Barres on April 21 AFL delegates debated a resolution not to endorse Senator James J. Davis or Rep. Francis J. Myers for the U.S. Senate. The resolution cited unclear labor records and faced pushback from Philadelphia labor leaders amid broader convention actions. Delegates reelected McDevitt as president and weighed World Labor Congress plans while opposing housing project hostility and urging continued fair employment practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
US 8
James J. Davis
U. S
Francis J. Myers
U. S. Senate
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Normen Blumberg
Philadelphia Building, Trades Council
Philadelphia Building Trades Council
Joseph J. Burke
Pennsylvania
Federation
J. L. McDivitt
William Green
AFL
Davis
McDevitt
Earl C. Bohr
Pittburgh
World Labor Congress
London
British Trades Union Congress
Harold G. Wagner
Pennsylvania Auditor General
Fastor
Responsibility and Freedom of the Press at Editors Meet
President Roy Roberts urged journalists to balance freedom with responsibility at the American Society of Newspaper Editors conference. He outlined three priorities: keep the home front sound and constructive, keep campaigns honest and free of smear, and align foreign policy with core democratic principles. The two day program included off the record talks with top military leaders to discuss wartime information and press duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roy Roberts
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Society
Hitler
America
Robert
Hit
Lucerne Mine Safety Score Highlights Early Year
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co reports top Class A mine safety for Q1 with Ernest mine second in output. Lucerne mine produced 262 768 tons with 11 lost-time accidents while Commodore and Kent mines show multiple incidents including fatal cases. Other leading mines include Clymer Sagamore Daytounie Barr Slope and Wat ermin with varying tonnage and accident counts.
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Rochester & Pittsburgh Cost Co
Lucerne Mines
Indiana Council
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Ernest
New York Central
Clymer
Sagamore
Kent
Commodore
Kent 4
Daytounie
Barr Slope
N.Y. C
Destructive Allied Bombing Campaigns Across France
A report describes sustained Allied air attacks on northern France and coastal installations, aiming to cripple railways, factories, and defense sites. It notes large bomber formations, Marauders, Spitfires, and night raids, with rail lines and ports targeted near Brussels, Calais, and Paris outskirts, while German industries face growing strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Continental
France
Brussels
Pass De-Calais
Alex
Jea Chapelle
Paris
Uwe
Cologne
Byitai
Umar Gul
Stele Lad 9 Hurts After Bicycle Crash in Indiana
Steele lad, nine, riding a bicycle down Philadelphia street between Fifth and Fourth streets yesterday after noon, lost control, collided with a car driven by Delbert Nichols of Indiana B. 4. He was taken to Indiana Hospital, examined, and x rays showed no broken bones. He will be discharged today. Father Joe Steele, a Seabee, leaves today for camp in California then will fly back.
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Philadelphia Street
Fifth
Fourth
Barry Steele
Joseph Steele
Luke Kelly
Delbert Nichols
Indiana B. 4
Indiana Hospital
Joe
Steele
California
Milk Policy Push Aims to Boost Northeastern Dairy Prices
Governor Martin leads a northeast coalition in Washington to press the Milk Commission and federal authorities for immediate producer price increases. He argues higher returns are needed to maintain milk supply and fund labor, equipment, and inputs, amid looming feed shortages and a fragile winter reserve.
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Martin
Milk Commission
OPA
War Food Administration
Whiel
Bowles
Inderstate
Philadelphia
State Council of Farm Oyganizations
Washington
Miles Horst
Joha Mo McKee
New Hampshire
Convicted Scamster Noted in Alabama Prison Vault Deal
A garbled report from Alabama cites a slick swindler tied to a vault case at the courthouse. The readable figures mention 40,000 pounds of sugar and 40,000 gallons of gasoline as part of the scheme, with authorities seeking further security measures.
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Poernia Crey
Ala
Leone
Geri
Courthovss
Civilians Win This War in Camp Reynolds Drive
Greenville reports Captain Wm. W. Hague urges total wartime effort through War Bonds Red Cross plasma, civilian defense, and scrap drives. Camp Reynolds offers immediate civilian employment for those not in essential industry, via the U. S. Employment Office at the Municipal Building, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Wm. W. Hague
Camp Reynolds
Red Cross
UU. S
Municipal Building
Indiana
Notice to Owners Commercial Cars
Notice from Mr. P. W. Keely District Manager Pittsburgh reminding operators of commercial motor vehicles that tire inspections remain required under ODT orders. Under General Order ODT 21 as amended trucks buses and taxicabs must have tires checked after every 5 000 miles or every six months if the mileage is under 5 000. Inspections may be conducted by any agency designated by the OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Keely
Motor Transport Division
Pittsburgh
Wat Price Administration
Keely
OPA
Allied air power strikes as World War II actions widen
Allied forces reported heavy air and naval activity across Europe and the Mediterranean. U S heavy bombers attacked Venice harbor and targets from Ancona to Trieste while Monfalcone shipyards and the port of Livorno were hit. Over 2,000 sorties formed a major raid with eight German planes shot down for Allied losses. Ground fighting persisted near Anzio as German units resisted and artillery fire intensified.
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Naples
uPi
Balkan
Italy
U. S
Veonice
Ancona
Trieste
Anzio
Americans Named To Posts At International Labor Conference
Two Americans win positions on governing bodies for the International Labor Conference opening in Philadelphia with 40 nations present. Henry T. Harriman chairs the employers committee, Robert J. Watt leads the workers committee, each subject reviewed by government, employee, and labor groups. Additional officers include Col Pedro A. Chapa and others across Canada, Peru, Argentina, Greece, China, France. The workers committee backs Palestine’s request to send visitors without vote to meetings on dependent peoples, pending approval by all three groups.
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Philadelphia
International Labor Conference
Henry T. Harriman
New England Power Assclation
Employers Committee
Robert J. Watt
American Federation of Labor
Workers’ ‘Committee
Col
Pedro A. Chapa
Mexico
Viice
William €. Coulter
Canada
Carolos A. Vidal
Peru
Joseph Hedsworth
Great Britain
Walter Scheveneles
Belgium
Watt
General Federation of Labor of Palestine
Japanese Offensive Advances In Henan And India Conflicts
Japanese forces press southward across the Lunghai rail line near Chenghsien while massing around the Yellow River bridgehead. They aim to seize wheat-rich Henan as famine-haunted China endures years of drought and floods. In India, Kohima’s siege loosens as British troops mount a counteroffensive to block Japanese reinforcements and protect the Bengal Asia railway, with Allied air strikes hammering targets across the Caroline and Marshall islands.
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Lunghei
Yellow River
Chungmow
Lunghai
Chenghsien
Henan
China
India
Kohima
Iaphal
Kohima Ste.tor
Japan
Woliai Island
Caroling Island
Salawan
Truk
Caroline
Chester Wl Nimitz
Otter Vendal
Ponape
Wake Island
Marshalls
Price to be interviewed on WHIB about returning to college
College News notes Art Price, Indiana State Teachers College football star and honor student, serving in the Navy, will be impersonated in an interview tonight from 7:30 to 7:45. Host Dr. Ralph E Heiges will discuss continuing education while serving and how colleges plan to credit service work and academics for Price and other veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Art Price
Indiana State Teachers College
United States Navy
WHIB
Greensburg
Ralph E. Heiges
Price
Indiana
Obituaries from Ernest area noting multiple deaths
A batch of death notices from Indiana Hospital and local churches lists Mrs. Mary Stella Maddie of Ernest wife of Martin Maddie aged sixty two born in Poland died April 20 at Indiana Hospital. Also Jessie Lydia Lydie born April 10 1887 in Clearfield County died April 20 in Indiana Hospital. Jemima Kooser widow of John Kooser died yesterday in Indiana Hospital. Joan Oliver Wobaugh wife of Hobaugh died Thursday in Citizens General Hospital New Kensington. Friends and funeral services details given for each, with interment plans in local cemeteries and times for viewings and services. Timeframes include April 21 22 and locations Robinson Funeral Home and Assumption Church.
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Mary Stella Maddie
Martin Maddie
Ernest
Indiana Hospital
Vobshali¢e
Victoria (Svollock) Lucci
Poland
Maddie
Buffalo
Assumption Catholic Church
Sophie Smulick
Stanley Vole
Frank Volk
Walter
Louis Maddie
EB. E. Farvi
the Assumption Roman Catholic Church
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Jessie Lydic
Way Bor
Clearfield County
George
Luella Magee Lydie
Senwna
R. C
Dilltown
Robinson Funeral Home
J 2. Wheeling
The
Fundamental Baptist Church
Jemima Kooser
Maple Street
Tachain
Tie John Kooser
Indiana
Edhacue
Rev. J. KK
Boston
Washington Church
Joan Oliver Wobaugh
Anna
Hobaugh
Saltsburg
R. Od
Citizens General Hospital
New Kensington
Robinson
Salisbury
Timorrow
Peper
Presbytery Meeting Recounted At Leechburg in April
The Presbytery of Kittanning met at Leechburg Presbyterian Church on Tuesday April 18 with strong attendance and active business. The evening featured a centennial celebration of Presbyterianism in Leechburg as the church marks 100 years with special services. The morning focused on Christian Education, ordination exams for David B. Molyneaux, and a May 19 adjourned meeting for his ordination and installation at Ford City First Presbyterian Church. Additional notes covered camp sessions, spiritual addresses, and leadership elections for the coming year.
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Presbytery
Kittanning
Seechburg
Leechburg
Charles W. Cochran
Apollo
Board of Christian Education
David BE
Molyneaux
Redstone
First Presbyterian
Ford City
Camp Kitt
Corbly
Alva V. King
Richard A. Davis
Rural Valley
E. C. Good
D. D
Lecceburg
Plummer Harvey
Glen Campbell
R. W. Heffefinger
Presbyterian Council
General Assembly
Chicago
R. A. Davis
Pat Lowain
Clarksburg
R. J. Werner
Slate Lick
W. J. Alcorn
Concord Church
Synod of Pennsylvania
Wilson College
Chambersburg
M. M. McDivitt
C.J. L Bates
Saltsburg
W. M. McElwain
John A. Cribbs
Liversstore
W. Garson
Dayton
I. A. Elgin
Elderton
W. H. Mooney
Lof
Cherry Tree
R. R. Stull
J. Henry Thorhsner
Worthington
J. M. Abler
Indiana
H. S. Kissinger
Homer City
Roy MccClay
Connansville
iCherry ‘Free
Freeport
Na‘tional Missions
Foreign Missions
Home For the Aged of
Western Pennsylvania
Cochran
H. B. Boyd
Walter Kenedy
Templeton
J. M. Uhle
M. McDivitt
Living Church
Lecesburg
Army Crile Hospital Dedication in Cleveland Today
The 35 million Crile General Hospital will be formally dedicated in Cleveland with a 2 PM ceremony led by Lieut Gen Somervell of the Army Services of Supply. The event will be broadcast nationally and attended by Sen Burton, Sen Taft, presidential hopeful Bricks er, Mrs Crile, Mrs Baker, and Mayor Lausche, among others.
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Cleveland
Pye Army
Crile General Hospital
Army
Brel B. Somervell
Hier
Army Services of Supply
Coh
Hodgekinison
Oi City
George W. Crile
Gay
John W. Brickser
Republicws
Crile
Newton D
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Moorhead
Navy Brass
Navy
Juliet A. Yoksas
Marlboro
Mass
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
CIO
York
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council
Amer
David Jo McDonald
United Steel Workers
Phidhips
Pye
Ieresia
Pulice
Uemployment Compensation Bureau
Employment Service
Ligika Contral Board
Pentexlyaui
George C. Marshall
HM. 1. Arnold
Air Force
Ernest J. King
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine
Earl Warren
Lucerne
Steele Lad
Man of the Hour
Tedeyt
Eee Secannantes Atret
O — Ervey
Papitalia
U.S. Signal Corps
Admiralty Islands
Black Sea
Tarnopolifie
Western Ukraine
Jihetivrs
Latvia
Peat " Sociacy
Estonia
Ortona Hegufy Andrews
Arlantic Front
Aomurder
Pollo
Partyls
Gyo Sentrties
Cassinone
Alog
Ilo
Indiana Tronic Gazette
College News
Cen Fitty Frid
Chrapl
Memeny
Vallea
Tot DeLee
Jay
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