War Today on Empire Breakup and Britain's Fate
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes a letter from Memphis arguing England cannot win the war and will see the Empire break up. He cites the 1926 imperial conference and the 1931 Westminster statute, noting autonomous Dominions and a fragile bond of blood and shared ideals. He questions future shifts in the British Commonwealth.
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England
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Webster's New International Dictionary
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Survivors recount shark attack and two deaths at sea
Survivors describe a fishing voyage ending in tragedy as a seaman named Miller was bitten by a shark and died, and a 65-year-old cook, Parsons, perished in a lifeboat from exhaustion. They later reached an inhabited island and were taken to the Bahamas aboard Betty Carstairs’s yacht. The navy announced the sinking of their craft and another U.S. ship and a British vessel, lifting wartime losses in the Western Atlantic to 414.
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Miller
Cook
Parsons
Bahamas
Betty Carstairs
U. S
Associated Press
Train Hits Bus in Crystal Springs Killing 13
A bus with 52 passengers collided with a fast passenger train in Crystal Springs Mississippi, killing 13 and injuring more than 0. Witnesses said the bus appeared lifted into the air briefly, riding atop the locomotive in the sudden crash.
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Mississippi
Water Ensign Charles Spry Drowns in Slippery Rock Creek
Ellwood City, Aug 8. Charles Eugene Spry 24 of Pittsburgh drowned last night while swimming in Slippery Rock Creek at McClonnell's Mills 18 miles north of Ellwood City. Spry, son of Samuel Spry secretary to the Pittsburgh City Board of Water Commissioners, was commissioned an ensign in the Navy last week and ordered to Washington next week. He had served two years as executive secretary to the Pittsburgh Art Commission.
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Ellwood City
Charles Eugene Spry
Pittsburgh
Slippery Rock Creek
McClonnell’s Mills
Here
Spry
Samuel Spry
India awaits freedom amid war constraints
The text describes Britain’s plan to retain control of India during the war with a path to self-government after victory. Nehru explains the quit India stance to 10,000 in Bombay urging Britain to withdraw while not urging Allied forces to leave. Washington monitors mass civil disobedience and Hull reinforces liberty only through allied victory.
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Cotton Mill
Bombay
United Nations
Britain
India
Washington
State Department
Hull
Morrow Across Channel Defenses Cited Invasion Talk
Reports describe German coastal fortifications of concrete and iron inland from the English Channel as Soviet dispatches note heavy casualties on invaders. Moscow hints at a Russian counter offensive but shows little sign of a major swing against retreating Red Army. Maj Gen Follett Bradley arrives in Moscow bearing Roosevelt letter to Stalin, signaling renewed American air aid. In the Pacific, Japanese forces claim occupation of Kei, Aru and Tallimbar Islands between Timor and New Guinea, extending the invasion base arc toward Australia.
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Hitler
Follett Bradley
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U. S. Eastern Defense Command
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Stalin
Australia
Imperial Tokyo
Timor
New Guinea
Kei
Aru
Tallimbar
Rankin pushes immediate dependent allowance payments
Washington August drive seeks instant cash for service members dependents under the pay allotment act. Rep Rankin of Mississippi urges the House to waive delays and start benefits now, citing hardship while initial sums were due after June 1. Democrat opponent Rep Eberharter blocks motion, with possible withdrawal if military committee backing appears.
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Washington, Aug
Rankin
D-Miss
Dependent
Herman P. Eberharter
Pittsburgh
Eberharter
Commanders report quiet fronts as Chinese clash with Japs
In the Pacific theatre Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters noted quiet on the New Guinea front while Chinese forces reportedly press a drive toward Port Moresby. Chinese and U S allies claim Japanese posts near Wenchow and the Kiangsi Chekiang line are under pressure as Sulchang near Lishui is retaken. American flyers, nicknamed Sky Dragons, join the former Flying Tigers in air raids that rattle Japanese authorities at Mankow, amid broader war updates and treason trial coverage.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wenchow
Kiangsi-Chekiang
Sulchang
Lishui
Chekiang Province
Sky Dragons
U. S. Army Air Forces
Flying Tigers
Burma
Mankow
Cook Forests Father Dead
Thomas Liggett an 88 year old retired peat dealer and conservationist known as the father of Cook State Forest on the Clarion river in northwestern Pennsylvania died yesterday at his home in Sewickley. He became interested in the 7500 acre forest in 1912 and organized the Cook Forest Association to campaign for its purchase by the state.
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Sewickley
Thomas Liggett
Cook State Forest
Clarion River
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Liggett
Cook Forest Association
Salable Livestock and Produce Prices at Pittsburgh Market
Salable hogs 159 steady. cattle 125 unchanged. calves 100 steady to strong. sheep 500 steady. choice lambs strong. Produce demand moderate. apples about steady. New Jersey and Long Island potatoes steady with prices listed for various varieties. Also notes on baseball games and unrelated items including glow mittens for motorists.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Breslin for Finance of Democrats
John F. Broanlin of Carbon County will head the Democratic State Committee finance drive for the November election. David L. Lawrence named him finance chairman and appointed Harry M. Turrell as resident secretary to lead the vote drive. Lawrence commented on Harvey M. Taylor's plea for rank and file contributions, noting Republicans have the money while Democrats have the votes.
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Harrisburg
John F. Broanlin
Carbon County
Democratic State Committee
David L. Lawrence
Harry M. Turrell
Springville
Harvey M. Taylor
Rank and
Lawrence
Taylor
Pew
Ellen
Grundy
Rank and File
Clearfield County Fair Opens With Higher Attendance
Officials report the Clearfield county fair, the first in the state to open this year, drew 20 percent more visitors since Monday than in the previous year.
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Clearfield
Clearfield County
Worcester boy's fuel ration request rejected
Fuel rationing officials denied Clark Wereson a request for one gallon of gasoline every six months to run a model airplane engine. Chairman Michael J. O'Hara said no machinery allowed purchases of such small quantities and sent a note to Washington outlining the decision.
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Worcester
Mass
Clark Wereson
Michael J. O'Hara
Washington
Rasberry seeks surname change to Berry in Muscogee Superior Court
Ernest Pershing Rasberry files a petition in Muscogee Superior Court requesting a legal surname change to Berry. He states his current name invites social jokes and public ridicule leading to humiliation and annoyance.
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Columbus
Ernest Pershing Rasberry
Berry
Tapioca Pellets Mistaken for Weapon Debunked in San Francisco
In San Francisco hundreds of peanut sized white pellets rained down after a plane pass. Residents feared a weapon, police and lab experts investigated and found the pellets were tapioca. Children had been using the pellets in slingshots and pea shooters.
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San Francisco
Peanut butter sandwich becomes casualty tale in war report
New York dispatch recounts a U S bombing raid victim, gunner Sergt E V Bain, who died from a peanut butter sandwich mishap during a mission last April. Flight engineer Sergt Jacob Eierman relates how Bain forgot the sandwich until the return flight revealed blood and the tragedy.
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Japan
E. V. Bain
Jacob Eierman
U. S
Bain
Hiertran
Charles Henry dies Greensburg printer at 72
Greensburg obit for Charles M. Henry 72 proprietor of a local printing company who died after a long illness. Henry had been a printer since 1898. Services set for Saturday in Greensburg.
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Greensburg
Charles M. Henry
Henry
Treasury balance and daily receipts and debits reported
On August 4 the Treasury recorded receipts of 46.98 million dollars and expenditures of 128.25 million, yielding a net balance of 3.561 billion. Total debt stood at 82.3525 billion, up 268.37 million from the previous day.
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the Treasury
Obituary for Mrs Margaret A Hill of Vandergrift
Mrs Margaret A Hill 62 of Vandergrift died in Braddock General Hospital Tuesday afternoon after swallowing insect poison. Westmoreland County coroner reports she was visiting a daughter in Swissvale when the incident occurred. Surviving: her husband A. Hill. Services will be held at her late residence at 2:00 p m Saturday with Rev John Jacobs officiating. interment in Apollo Cemetery.
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Apollo Cememtery
Margaret A. Hill
Vandergrift
Braddock General Hospital
Westmoreland County
Hill
Swissvale
U S O Funds Drive Continues in Indiana County
The U S O appeal urges continued support for war relief with Indiana County quota set at 16500. Plans call for 2000 additional clubs nationwide and local drives to fund troops with reminders that funds buy guns planes and ships. Donors are urged to send checks to U S O Indiana County at 562 Philadelphia Street or visit a local office.
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Uncle Sam
Everett
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Obituary notices list mourners and services across several towns
Dale Hill and three siblings are named along with surviving relatives Teresa Smittey Carolyn Fiscus Paul Hill and Bertha McBryar and others. Visitation at 1263 Hancock avenue Vandergrift then church service at 2 40 pm with Rev Samuel Shaulis and Vandergrift Cemetery interment. Louise Marie George to be mourned with visitation today then service at 2 30 pm Friday by Rev Kenneth Estey and Oakland Cemetery interment. Mary Emma Miller funeral arrangements include visitation at Laura Rankin home Homer City with service at 2 30 pm Friday and Greenwood Cemetery Indiana interment.
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Teresa Smittey
Swissvale
Carolyn Fiscus
Apollo
Paul HH
Butler
Claude Hill
Leechburg
Bertha McBryar
Avonmire
W. V. Fitegerald
Vandergrift
Hancock Avenue
First Lutheran Church
Samuel S. Shaulis
Vandergrift Cemetery
Louise Marie George
Robinson Funeral Home
Kenneth F. Estey
First Regular Baptist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Mes
Mary Emma Miller
Laura Rankin
Church Street
Homer City
Greenwood Cemetery
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