Atlantic charter sparks debate over postwar world order
Dewitt MacKenzie surveys the Atlantic Charter as a pillar of future peace, noting its cautious status and calls for formal approval. He highlights Lord Bennett's critique and the risk of binding promises without legislative backing, urging lawmakers to clarify the charter’s legal force and national commitments.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Guarantee
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Sill
Lord Bennett
Dominion
House of Lords
United States
Senate
League of Nations
Wilson
League
British Empire
Graduation course listings for engineering program prompt
The list details graduates and instructors across engineering drafting and related courses including Engineering Drafting H and I, Electric Motor Control, Fuels Analysis I, Foundations of Engineering I, and Management, naming instructors such as Stephen W. Dukes Glen W. Senner Gerald W. Stump and Ralph Rowland, with numerous faculty listed.
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Swan
Stephen W. Dukes
James C. Bence
Michael J. Sorelli
Ruth V. Peck
Olga Philips
Martha E. Pierce
Dorothy C. Saukers
Andrew W. Smith
Robert B. Thompson
Glen W. Senner
Stuart L. Cochran
Harry Cox
Glen Hammers
Fernand Lejeune
Curtis C. Luckhart
Vincent C. Neiler
Maurice Oxenreiter
Donald D. Warden
John N. Watterson
Gerald W. Stump
Paul R. Baur
William D. Bullock
Joseph 8. Mackanos
Fiore Municeia
John Rash Jr
Alpheus E. Worth
Bruno M. Zambetti
George H. Kennedy
Lorraine Crawford
Henry J. Haverilla
Elizabeth M. Kirkpatrick
Marty Replogle
Frank M. Uncapher
John Vinton
Winona J
Warden aide held for court in Beaver Falls case
Beaver County jail conspiracy case sees Chest er W. Calvin suspended deputy warden and former Beaver Falls mayor, and Alex Bentley held for court. They allegedly aided George S. Puskar, Ambridge auto dealer, escape last year. plan foiled when a jail matron intercepted a letter. Puskar faces embezzlement and forgery charges.
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Beaver
Chester W. Calvin
Beaver County
Beaver Falls
Alex Bentley
Puskar
California
Calvin
Bentley
Juskar
Edgar
Fuskar
Neighborhood Gang leads U S O drive in Indiana County
In Saltsburg youth groups like The Neighborhood Gang again aid the U S O campaign past the first quarter. All individuals and businesses in Indiana County are urged to support the quota, with contributions sent to Indiana headquarters or arranged by volunteer callers. Look for the Home Front Honor Rally notice next week. A small promi se makes a big impact.
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U.S
Pennsylvania to use conscientious objectors for state jobs
Harrisburg August 8 The Welfare Department will fill personnel gaps in state institutions with conscientious objectors. Twenty objectors from camps will join the Philadelphia Byberry Hospital staff next week, addressing shortages caused by the draft and war industry pull. Courses and trainees are listed among the plan details.
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Pennsylvania
George H. Ashley
Harrisburg
State Department of Welfare
Neven Detrich
E. Arthur Sweeney
Philadelphia Byberry Hospital
Pratsfers
Lions Plan Ladies Night at Pete's Place banquet
Lions and Lionesses will host their annual steak fish and chicken banquet next Tuesday August 11 at Pete's Place Leechburg. The event opens a calendar year with no speeches and dancing after banter and group singing. Members urged to call Hal Thom for reservations and carpool to fill vehicles.
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Leechburg
Hal Thomas
World War II front reports clash with German armored push
British sources say Germany is fielding two Panzer armies and two infantry armies totalling up to 15 divisions with about 4,000 tanks and 300,000 troops. Red Army says it halted the Nazis in places like Armagh and Kretskaya while scattering German tanks, as Nazi plans to defend western Europe deepen. Allied actions include bombing Rabaul and Lae, sinking Axis ships off Sidi Barrani, and air strikes on Canton.
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Red Army
Armagh
Stalingrad
Kateelnikovski
Volga
Kletskaya
Kretskaya
Russia
Moscow
Europe
Stockholm
England
Scotland
RAF
Egypt
Mediterranean
Sidi Barrani
Rabaul
New Britain
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
United Nations
Douglas MancArthurs
Buna-Guna
Port Moresby
Waltedeon
New Genea
Hue Gwigle
Mani
Lam
Ching
Joseph W. Stilwell
Canton
Canlon
Remember Paul Satko Finds Wild Alaska Prosperity
Paul Satko, once a Richmond machinist, left the United States with his wife and eight children to settle 26 miles up the Eagle River in Alaska. He built a home, cleared 13 acres, and now sells produce locally, saying he owes nobody and is better off than back in Virginia.
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Juneau
Alaska
Paul Satko
Richmond
United States
Paul
Milly
Satko
Eagie
Aid Charts for First Aid Available to All
As a wartime public measure the Hospital Service Association offers approved First Aid Charts free to employees of local organizations and the public. Request a chart with a self addressed stamped envelope to Farmers Bank Building Pittsburgh. Over 20 injuries and illnesses covered including bruises eye injuries fainting fractures burns sunstroke and poisoning. The chart is designed for kitchen cabinet posting with space for a doctor’s name and phone number.
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Hospital Service Association
The
Farmers Bank
Pittsburgh
India Seeks Britain to Free India From Bondage
Quote from a speaker on page one argues Britain must take bold action to withdraw rule over India. He says freeing India is essential for Britain's moral standing before world conscience, which he asserts exists even if not vocal.
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Great Britain
India
Britain
Treasury balance and war dispatches update
Treasury reports Aug 6 receipts of 55.7 million and expenditures of 205.7 million leaving a net balance of 3.834 billion dollars. Separately RAF and Allied air forces claim sinking two Axis ships off Sidi Barrani with additional damage, while ground fighting continues along the battle line in North Africa with Artillery activity reported and Mediterranean convoy operations noted.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Janean
Sidi Barrani
Batte
Cairo
Um — United
North Af
Mediterrica
Second Street Wins Mushball Tourney Again
The Second Street playground clinched first place in the mushball tournament. A larger, more thrilling second event drew bigger crowds and will feature a guest appearance by the Playground Association at the Manos Theater Monday. Players include Second Street Jim Simmons Walter Stapleton Don Riley Jim Shaffer Ronald Brandon Elmer Greesley Pat Shaffer Joe McCloskey Bill Cravener Bob Henry David Roberts Fifteenth Street Tom Gourley John Orr Jim St Clair Bill Hunter Lisle Carney Bob Barry Bob Gibson Bill Davis Jim Rankin Sass Nibrit Bud Elliott Ed McDowell Thaddeus Steverns Don Peterson Bob Jamieson Ed Lutz Wayne Lutz Dave Ferguson Ward Reed Douglass Everett Harry McNaughton Julius Shulick Kenneth Wilde Charles Jamieson
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Second Street
Playground Association
Manos Theater
Jim Simmons
Walter Stapleton
Don Riley
Jim Shaffer
Ronald Brandon
Elmer Greesley
Pat Shaffer
Joe McCloskey
Bill Cravener
Bob Henry
David, Roberts
Fifteenth Street
Tom Gourley
John Orr
Dim St. Clair
Bill Hunter
Lisle Carney
Bob Barry
Bob Gibson
Bill Davis
Jim Rankin
Sass Nibrit
Bud Elliott
McDowell
Thaddeus Steverns
Don Peterson
Bob Jamieson
Ed. Lutz
Wayne Lutz
Dave Ferguson
Ward Reed
Douglass Everett
Harry McNaughton
Julius Shulick
Kenneth Wilden
Charles Jamieson
Billy Rose stages musical cabaret with Mrs Astor’s Pet Horse
Billy Rose, a producer star on Broadway similar to Flo Ziegfeld, unveils Mrs Astor's Pet Horse at the Diamond Horseshoe after delays. The revue blends nostalgia, horse and buggy whimsy, and a Placid humor with Pansy the horse as narrator and a spoof of Mayor La Guardia.
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New York
Billy Rose
Broadway
Flo Ziegfeld
Earl Carroll
Rose
Hippodrome
Eddie Cantor
Mrs. Astor
Pansy
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
Markets Produce Pittsburgh Daily Prices
Pittsburgh August 8 Produce demand slow Apples steady No 1 baskets Penna Rambos Wealthys Duchess Gravensteins New Jersey Wealthys Potatoes steady No 1 100 lb sacks Pa Cobblers N J Cobblers Long Island Cobblers All prices on the Pittsburgh stock market today are steady and unchanged.
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Pittsburgh
Penna Rambos
Wealthys
Duchess and Gravensteins
New Jersey
N. J
Long Island
Pittsbarven
STOCK MARKET AND OBITUARY NOTES FROM SALTSBURG
A ledger of stock listings shows varied percentages for companies including Gen Elec at 26 54 and US Steel 48 52 amid industrial movers. Obituary reports Alfred Lysle Earhart of Saltsburg born March 15 1912 died Friday in Cresson Sanitarium, survived by widow Ruth M and siblings, with funeral at First Pentecostal Church Saltsburg Monday.
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Lon Balt
Ohio
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G
Cons Edison
Consol Oil
Curtiss-Wright
del Lack
West
Eastman Kodak
Gen Foods
Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Illinois Central
Int
Nick Can
Elec Int Harvester
Johns-Manville
Kennecott
Lehigh Val Coal
Libby
Mcn
Loew's. Inc
Montgam Ward
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow and Ltds
NY Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penna RR
Sve NJ
Pullman
Pure Oil
Reading Co
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tab B
Saars Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Cal
Stand
Ind
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West Union
West el
Woolworth
Youngst
Alfred Lysle Earhart
Saltsburg
Conemaugh Township
Cresson
Pittsburgh Dormitory Association
Ruth M
Thomas) Earhart
Mildred Rittenhouse
Rochester Mills
James
Ronald
Maxine Rittenhouse
Joseph Stewart
Edgewood Cemetery
Camouflage Course Offered for War Effort
A four week course in industrial camouflage will be offered to Pennsylvania architects engineers and other professionals in Baltimore starting August 1. Sponsored by the Third Civilian Defense region the program runs four evenings weekly to train personnel for civilian protective concealment of utilities and plants in vital areas. Applications will be accepted and a tuition fee will cover textbooks and reference material.
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Pennsylvania
Baltmore
State Council of Defense
State Council
United States Needs Tools says Knudsen in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia Aug 8 Lieut Gen William S Knudsen War Production director warned the United States is not yet producing war tools fast enough to win. He declared we can outproduce Axis nations with enough time and emphasized steel distribution issues rather than shortages. Edwin Rowse named state board of pharmacy chairman at Harrisburg meeting with other appointees taking oath. A Pittsburgh tragedy reports seven year old Jean Dillon killed by a truck after darting into the street.
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Philadelphia
United States
William S. Knudsen
War Department
Knudsen
Teddy
Harrisbury
Edwin Rowse
Beaver
State Board of Pharmacy
Rowse
James
Wilbur Good Year
Harrisburg
James Mosteller
Williamsport
Mark Rothman
Pittsburgh
Jean Dillon
Vote Strike for Third Time in Uniontown
About 100 CIO coal truck drivers voted to strike for the third time in three months over OPA haulage rate decisions not retroactive to June 18. Local 116 leader Dana McClelland said drivers’ retroactive pay was blocked, with proposed rate scales of 10 cents per ton for the first mile, 10 cents for the second, six cents for the next three, and five cents for further miles, far below current 5 cents per ton mile average.
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Uniontown
CIO
Office of Price Administration
Dana McClelland
CIO United Construction Workers
OPA
Fayette County
McClelland
Frank Pierson
Lincoln Coal and Coke
iOliver
Poland Coal
Calumet Coal Co
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Stephen J. Nastick
Josephine Nastick
Lucerne Mines
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Paul J Beck
Charles Cochran
Hubert ¥. Dorka
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Fred Mack
James R. Rankin
Henry &. Schack
Harold C. Shafer
Sam Sgriccia
Lloyd Stinson
Fred Sprankle
Plume Bowser
Helen Fleming
Ethel Humble
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Mabel Shirley
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the Theatre
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Indiana Evening Gazette
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Board of Finance and Review
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