War clouds over Japan and Southeast Asia
War Today columnist Dewitt Mackenzie discusses the Far East crisis, arguing Japan risks a military clash with Britain, and possibly the United States, while seeking to seize Thailand and threaten Singapore and the Dutch East Indies. He notes Soviet neutrality questions and Japan’s fragile economic position amid U.S. and British sanctions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Japan
Britain
Russia
United States
Washington
England
John Bull
Thailand
Singapore
Dutch East
Indies
Philippines
Tokyo
Nippon
Constantin Smetlanin
Toyoda
Red
Far East
Moscow
London
Siberia
Dutch East Indies
Russian Siberia
America
Senate approves deferral bill for men turning 28
Senator Lee urges rapid passage as the Senate backs a compromise deferral law. It provides mandatory postponement from Army service for those who reach 28 before July 1 without induction and directs similar treatment for later 28th birthdays. Those who became 28 during a July prior to induction would be released on request.
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Lee
D-Okla
Senate
Senator Tydings
D-Md
William Bryden
War Department
National Guard
Wrecks Delay Crack Trains Near Pittsburgh
A derailment of a crack passenger flyer and a freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad delayed traffic for several hours. The Clevelander bound for New York derailed in the yards, after three freight cars left the tracks at Sharpaburg. No injuries were reported.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Pennsylvania
Sharpaburg
Property Seizure Bill Moves Toward Final Action
Washington reports House passed the measure 241 to 136 to empower the government to requisition army and navy munitions and equipment for national defense with compensation to owners. A Senate-House conference will resolve differences. major change by Rep Taber bars removing crucial plant machinery. Pennsylvania roll call listed Democrats Boland to Weiss in support and Republicans Kunkel to Wolfenden in support or opposition.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hep. Tabor
R-Ny
Aug
Pennsylvania
Boland
Bradley
Eberharter
Faddis
Flannery
Haines
Kelley
McGranery
Moser
Myers
Scanlon
Smith
Snyder
Walter
Weiss
Wright
Kunkel
Disputed Fronts and Allied Warnings in World War II
International reports show Stalin line breakthroughs met by Nazi denials of Soviet disarray while Lozovsky claims German disintegration and heavy losses. Churchill’s deputy Attlee questions German claims, warns Japan, and Britain maneuvers in Asia as Soviets hold firm on multiple fronts amid heavy combat in Leningrad Smolensk and Ukraine.
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Russia
A. Lozovsky
Hitler
Red Army
London
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Attlee
House of Commons
Leningrad
Moscow
Kiev
Japan
Far East
Okyu
Thailand
Unat
Indo-China
Britain
United States
Smolensk
Ukraine
Ankara
United States State Department
Tokyo
Singapore
Malaya
Stage drive for new parties in Harrisburg area
Political leaders raced to boost voter registrations before the Saturday deadline. Aug 9 is the final date to register for the Sept 9 primary in most counties, with Scranton and Pittsburgh extending to Aug 26. State totals show Republicans 2,782,890, Democrats 2,161,307, Non-Partisan 4,876, other 15,637. Only Republicans and Democrats can vote in the primary. independents skip the primary but enter the general election.
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Harrisburg
Aug
Scranton
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Robbery on Jersey side of river nets bank cash haul
Four gunmen crossed an abandoned railroad trestle to raid First National Bank foretelling a planned, well staged heist. They seized $78,000 while escorting the bag to a post office block, then abandoned their car five miles away and disappeared toward New York using a concealed machine gun and a well dressed, practiced team.
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Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
PBI
Ralph Rheinfels
Teller
Lewis Heiney
R. A. Morrison
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
FBI
Joseph Breig
Aboca
Rural high schools suited to local needs urged
Dr Kolb urged rural life officials to shape high school programs around rural communities. He warned urban schools often fail to fit rural education needs and warned centralized systems must not erode local communities, or risks to rural life. Dr George Brandon discussed peopemic trends and the farmer at Penn State.
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Kolb
George Brandon
Esslatant
Egri Cultural Encgomisg
Pennayvanis
1600 Selectees Arrive at Indiantown Camp Croft Group
About 1600 selectees from Camp Croft, D.C., arrive at Indiantown to join the 28th Division, boosting strength by nearly 1,000. Recruits are assigned to 109th 111th 110th and 112th Infantry units. heat and dust from Croft noted but new troops praised. Major General Edward Martin urged training to avoid war, stressing morale as key. State College program discussed farm defense food purchases and rising farmer income amid price changes, plus recreation as leadership development for farmers and their families.
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Indiantown Gay
Camp Croft
D. C
Pennsylvania
Fred M. Kelly Pottstown
Croft
Iron Division
Col. Kelly
New Jersey
New York
Illinois
Lickdale
Reading Railroad
109Th Infantry
Scranton
Stanley F. Coar
111Th Infantry
Philadelphia
110Th Infantry
Albert O. King
Altoona
112Th Infantry
Kane
John H. van Vilet
Harrisburg
Joseph McCullough Conway
Scottdale
10Th Infantry
Edward Martin
America
State College
P. F. Ayer
University of New Hampshire
Sid Old
Vara McCrea
Dairymen's League
State Bans Security Board Edict on Unemployment Costs
Harrisburg Aus. Pennsylvania signs into law a provision that the unemployment compensation agency can recover funds deemed not judiciously spent after the security board threatened to withhold grants. The bill passed amid lobbying and a Senate warning that inaction could invite federal control. Governor James also signed measures on milk prices and a pay raise for state highway workers.
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Harrisburg
Aus
Pennsylvania
Feds Era
Social Security Board
James
Weldon B. Heyburn
Delaware
Senate
Historic stock tickers and corporate names list
A dense catalog of company names and stock symbols including Am Can, Alco, Anaconda, Boeing, Chrysler, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Gen Elec, Gen Motors, IBM, Int Harvester, Kennecott, Lehigh Valley, Mack, North American, Penn RR, Radio Corp, US Steel, Warner Bros, Woolworth, and many others. The fragment presents trading indicators, percentages, and cross-listed firms without narrative context.
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Alco
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Chrysler Corp
Cons Edison
Consol
Socony-Vacuum
Ois Sperry Corp
Sle
Stand
Stand Oil Ind
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Corp
United Aircraft
United Gas
US Steel
Warner Bros
West Union
West Ei
Woolworth
Yellow Train
Youngat
Aero Supply
Petunsoad Corp
Market snapshot from Pittsburgh and Chicago grain notes
In Pittsburgh livestock markets salable hogs and cattle moved, with prices shown for various weights. Calves and sheep were steady. in produce Apples and Potatoes listed with regional price ranges. In Chicago wheat led futures higher on Aug 4 with May at 1.09 and corn improving on opening, amid talks of freezing government grain holdings.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Attlee warns on Japan link to Indo China threat
In a wartime review in London August 6 Major Clement Attlee warned that Japan's focus on Thailand mirrors moves that led to Indo China. He urged vigilance in the Far East, criticized Japan's press tone versus official statements, and praised Russia's fighting, while noting U S aid and Atlantic battles.
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London
Japan
Thailand
Indo- China
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Seig
Russia
United States
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Britain
New Taxes Still Moot Question
Washington Aug 6 Still higher income tax rates and lower personal exemptions were debated as Senate finance panel prepared for a detailed review of the 3 206 200 000 House tax bill. The joint filing provision was killed and views varied on raising revenue through exemptions, rates changes, or new excise taxes with luxury levies possible.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
George
D-Ga
Roosevelt
Byrd
D-Va
Nice George
Brown
D-Mich
Congress
Senate
Years Dream Ends In Death In Sail Boat Plan
Philadelphia August 6 Winfield Scott Baxter retired from contracting at 74 to build a sail boat for Delaware Bay cruising He fashioned a 20 foot California redwood craft in his cellar and garage and planned a christening party But the excitement triggered a heart attack and he died last night resulting in an abrupt end to his dream
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Philadelphia
Winfield Scott Baxter
Delaware Bay
Baxter
3205 PA Men to Be Inducted in September
Harrisburg August 6 The state is asked to provide 4205 men for U S Army induction under the selective service act between September 16 and 25. Induction centers include Fort Meade Maryland New Cumberland Pennsylvania and Camp Lee Virginia with breakdowns by race and white selectees. Local boards will be called when the requisition is filed.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
U. S. Army
Fort George Meade
New Cumberland
Camp Lee
Invasion Plans Delayed Despite German Setbacks
The speaker argues Germany’s hopes for a swift victory were foiled and invasion plans postponed though not abandoned. He cites large Allied aid to Britain and heavy Axis losses, noting July totals of 438,000 tons of shipping sunk or damaged and 69 ships compromised in the North Sea and Atlantic, with 23 ships sunk in the Mediterranean. He rejects German claims of sinking vast tonnages as grossly exaggerated.
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Atlantic
Study Case of Model Student in Pittsburgh Slaying
15-year-old John Richard Eskey labeled a model student is held after his mother Ruth Bailey Eskey 40 an X ray technician at Homestead Hospital is beaten and slashed in her Pittsburgh apartment. Police say the youth admitted attacking her with a table lamp and knife after months of alleged nagging about smoking and late nights. Mrs Eskey is seriously wounded but expected to recover. The boy is in juvenile custody while the case proceeds.
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Pittsburgh
John Richard Eskey
Eaacior
Monaghan
Ruth Bailey Eskey
Homestead Hospital
Eskey
Shadyside Hospital
Immaculate executive Gives Shoes to Beggar in Surprise Act
Julian Price of Greensboro North Carolina president of a large insurance firm entered a Columbia business meeting with his shoes off. He recounted being approached by a shabby stranger outside the building who asked for better footwear. Price removed his own shoes and handed them to the man who could not thank him.
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Columbia
8. C
Julian Price
Groensboro
N. C
Price
Obituaries From Dixonville and Nearby Towns
Multiple obituaries list Nancy Nora McMillen Bank Diana M Mir. Mrs Nora McMillen Bank born Dixonville Indiana County died in Edinburg Virginia. Michael Maruschak age 38 died of pneumonia in Cherryhill township. Janet White Dixon 70 resident of Clymer died at daughter’s home. Funeral details include services in Homer City Methodist Church and Dixonville Wesleyan Methodist Church. Interments planned at Oakland Cemetery and Thompson Cemetery Glen Richie. Surviving relatives include children and extended family from Philipsburg Detroit and New York. Funeral dates and locations vary with services set Friday and Thursday.
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Homer City Methodist Church
F. A. Edmond
Oakland Cemetery
Nora (M'Millen) Bank
Indiana County
Dixonville
David
Hulda McMiller
Edinburg
Fred Wheeler
Wesleyan
Othay
Michael Maruschak
Austria
Cherryhill Township
Pnaumonia
Anna Maruschak
Harry Winchinin
Frank Shuffran
Philipsburg
Robert Boyd
Detroit
Michael Maruschak, Jr
Alex Maruschak
Clymer
Nicholas Maruschak
Ernest
Anna Barto
Jessie Aukey
Grays Flats
Francis Maruschak
the Maruschak
New York
Edgewood Arsenal
Paul Stephen Maruschak
Janet White Dixon
Rockford Martin
Lee Street
Scotland
Thomas Dixon
Danes of
Malta
William Coldwell
Johnstown
Martin
James White
Patton
Henry White
Lewiston
Martini
C. C. Fulton
Clymer Presbyterian Church
Thompson
Glen , Richie
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William J. Hamilton Jr
Hame Iton
Hamiton
Harvis
Hamilton
Republican Party
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Ittaburgh
Milk Central Commission
Alain
A. Evans Kephart
R-Phila
Kephart
Thaddeus Stevens
Lancaster
Pottstown
Board Ofinance
Soviet
Ruma
Zhitom
Oy Sales
Zhitomir
Luck
West Virginia
Duchess
Wealthies
New Jersey Cobblers
Idaho Bliss
Long Island Cobblers
S.C
Empire Personal Loan Co
Woom
Murphy
Phita
Tadigus
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