Plan for India interim government proposed by India League
Sirdar J J Singh, president of the India League of America, proposes an interim popular government in India with five seats for the All India Congress, five for the Muslim League, and five chosen by the Viceroy. He calls for proportional representation and guarantees of independence after the war, else British terms risk destabilizing Allied effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Gandhi
Japan
Hitler
Caucasus
Middle East
Britain
New York
Sirdar Kumar J. J. Singh
India League of America
All Irndia Congress Committee
All-Indian Congress
Mohandas Gand Iis
Moslem League
All-India Congress
D. M
Canada
United Nations
Churchill
World War II chaos and battles sweep across fronts
Reports detail arrests of Gandhi followers in India as troops fire on crowds. In Asia, U S Army Air Forces claim gains against Japan near Nanchang while German and Soviet forces clash near Stalingrad and the Caucasus. British forces save crews from a Mediterranean convoy and strike near Mainz as the war widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gandhi
India
China War Front
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States Army
Nanchang
Adolf Hitler
Don River
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Volga
Katelinikovsk
Red Army
Red Star
Semeon Timoshenko
Ies
Voronezh
Odel
Kletskaya
Smilea
Britsn Aircran Earrey
Mediterraness
Wa Fanip
DNB
Officiel
Mahan
Isolation Loses Ham Fish Wins In FDR's Precinct
In prewar foreign policy debates, four of five states show officeholders winning against isolationist challengers. Hamilton Fish, veteran Republican, won renomination in the President's home district amid praise of sunk prewar ideas. In Ohio's 20th, Michael A. Feighan ousted incumbent Martin L. Sweeney. Nebraska's Harry B. Coffee lost the Democratic nomination to Foster May. Kenneth S. Wherry won the Republican Senate nod. Idaho's Senator John Thomas led GOP renomination, while Arkansas selected John L. McLellan over Jack Holt for the Senate race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hamilton Fish
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Wish
Ohio
Martin L. Sweeney
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Michael A. Feighan
Charles H. Elston
Cincinnati
John M. Vorys
Columbus
Nebraska
Harry B. Coffee
Foster May
Omata
Geo. W. Norris
Kenneth S. Wherry
Midwest
Norris
John Thomas
Idaho
Arkansas
Orbinary
John L. McLellan
Jack Holt
British India unrest and Alamein skirmishes reported
Delhi dispatches note escalating Hindu Muslim clashes across India after Gandhi arrest. Telegraphs say martial law withheld. police and troops fire in self defense as protesters torch offices and damage property. In Egypt, El Alamein front shows skirmishes with no major action yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
el Alamein Front
Alexandria
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
India
Subcontinent
Roger Lumley
Bombay
New Delhi
All-India Congress
Gandhi
Lucknow
Congress
Patna
Madras
Agra
Niree
Taj Mahal
Nibs
Tax Withholding Proposal Tied to Income and Investments
The bill proposes a 4 percent withholding tax on all compensation, dividends, and interest after personal exemptions. It also backs an incentive-saving plan allowing deductions from taxable income for voluntary government security investments, non interest-bearing during hostilities, but negotiable with minor return and early maturities after hostilities end.
Violence Clashes Rise Across India Before Independence
Bombay reports describe escalating unrest with police and buoys deployed as mob violence spreads. New Delhi sees an official call labeling events ugly after a mob burned a town hall. troops fired on civilians and looting continued in Bombay as tensions flare during the independence movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
New Delhi
India
Rubber glut worries hair curler maker in wartime
W C Caley, a Philadelphia haircurler manufacturer, holds 28,000 pounds of processed rubber he cannot place. Despite being salvaged for wartime use, the Army and War Production Board deem it rubber and unavailable for his use, while wholesalers and scrap dealers offer little value. The stalemate leaves Caley unable to move the material he cannot use but cannot be permitted to convert.
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Philadelphia
W. C. Caley
Caley
War Production Board
Su Tu Hu Says Being Mistaken as Jap Shows FBI On Job
Su Tu Hu, son of the Chinese ambassador, says he does not mind being mistaken for a Japanese spy. He was picked up near a defense plant by Haverford College where he studies, and was detained twice in Washington during a visit to his father, Dr Hy Shih, with a light remark about the FBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Su-Tu Hu
Haverford College
Washington
Hy Shih
FBI
Dr Musgrave Dies of Injuries After Table Collision
Pittsburgh August 12 Dr. John Knox Musgrave 60 chief anesthetist at West Penn Hospital died from injuries after backing into an operating table while helping move it on July 28. He previously served as state economic zoologist in Harrisburg.
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Pittsburgh
John Knox Musgrave
West Penn Hospital
Musgrave
Harrisburg
Fairs Seen as Morale Builders for Pennsylvania Farmers
Harrisburg Aug 12 John H Light Secretary of Agriculture predicts larger attendance at county fairs and farm expositions this year News reports show Clearfield County Fair opening with a 20 percent boost in paid admissions He says farmers seek relaxation and concern for current agricultural issues While opposing broad postponement of National Defense Transportation Director Joseph Eastman fairs remain vital morale builders and farm tours attract record crowds
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Harrisburg
John H. Light
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
Dismissals Slated Over Tax Collectors In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports Dr. Edward B. Logan urges county officials to dismiss enough mercantile and inheritance tax staff to return to April 1941 staffing levels. Auditor General F. Clair Ross disputes the move, noting existing tax yields exceed the cost of staff and accusing political use of 187 of 273 Philadelphia positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Edward B. Logan
State Secretary of Revenue
Logan
Register of Wills
Commonwealth
F. Clair Ross
Ross
James
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Democratic Organization
Missing AP Writer from Plane En Route to New Guinea
Yern Haugland, Associated Press staffer, is listed as missing after a transport plane carrying journalists disappeared in a storm over the Australia New Guinea route. The 34 year old had waited in Townsville for five days for passage to the war front and won a seat on the lead plane by luck of a coin toss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Australia
Yern Haugland
Associated Press
New Guinea
Haugland
Townsville
Treason Indictments Sought Against Nazi Suspects
Washington August 12 Attorney General Biddle planned to announce treason indictments against possibly half of the 14 men held as suspected accomplices of eight Nazi spy saboteurs. Treason carries the death penalty. The last Federal Treason conviction was Max Stephan in Detroit for aiding a German pilot who escaped from a Canadian prison camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Biddle
Max Stephan
Detroit
Canada
Treasury Balance Report Aug 10 Receipts Expenditures
Washington August 12 AP reports treasury data showing receipts 65.3 million dollars and expenditures 326.3 million dollars. Net balance 3.586565654 million, total debt 83.369068386 billion, and an increase of 123.45010845 million from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mys
Washington
the Treasury
Call for Science Professors to Join Naval Reserve Instructors
A Pittsburgh request seeks science teachers to serve as officer instructors in physics engineering and related fields for the Naval Reserve. Eligible applicants aged 25 to 40 with degrees and physical fitness may apply, with grades from ensign to lieutenant commander. Boating experience valued. wartime veterans preferred.
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Naval Reserve
Office of Naval Office
Keystone Hotel
Pittsburgh
Comat
McK. Lynch
Comdr
C. McK. Lynch
Authority cuts staff at state building agency
Harrisburg Aug 12 The General State Authority build ing Agency for the Commonwealth was authorized to cut its staff to 45 persons for the duration of the war. Previously large-scale layoffs are expected as materials priorities halt new work. About 3.5 million in War Risk Insurance will be sought for the State Finance Building. other insurances are to be considered for remaining authority owned structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
General State Authority
the Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Authority Board
James
State Finance Building
Capitol Group
Diehl
Flood Control Area to be Surveyed in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Aug 12 two major flood hit areas will be surveyed next week by the flood emergency committee to assess corrective measures. Governor James ordered studies of the Lehigh River basin including Easton Allentown Bethlehem and Potter Tioga McKean Cameron and Elk counties. G Albert Stewart heads the committee outlining survey goals to fix immediate dangers, decide what protections can wait until after the war, and recommend new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
James
Lehigh River
Easton
Allentown
Bethlehem
Potter
Bombers Halted as Dog Birth Delays Landing at Base
An Albuquerque Army Air Base control tower kept several B 29s aloft after spotting a dog on the airfield. Military police rushed to clear the runway. The bombers landed safely after the dog gave birth to three puppies on the tarmac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Army Air Base
Twins Abroad Share Same Picture Postcards
Two brothers Alan and Lester Earl Burl, separated by oceans and continents, both sent identical picture cards to their mother Mrs. Lloyd Burl. One card came from a southern U S camp and the other from a foreign port, a poignant echo of home. The Indiana Gazette notes the twins’ close taste in correspondence and soldiers’ daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conshohocken
Alan
Lester Earl
Lloyd Burl
U. S
War Production Board weighs slowing output to save materials
War plants ahead of schedule may be deliberately slowed or cut back for three months to ease scarce material drains, via WPB curtailments. Army and Navy lists of overproducing contractors may be requested. some newly built plants operate well above needs, reducing efficiency. Senate Defense Committee chair Truman blames steel shortages on lack of new expansion, calls for WPB reorganization to boost iron and steel production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Army
Navy
Truman
Donald Nelson
Iron and Steel Division
Missourian
California
British Columbia
Lady Astor issues new wartime apology in speech note
London august 12 Lady Astor defended her august speech claiming only a fifth columnist would separate her remarks that Russians are not fighting for us from the speech context. She said misinterpretation spread worldwide and stressed Russia fights for its own freedom while all nations work to destroy Hitler.
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London
Lady Astor
Southport
Russia
America
Poland
China
Hitler
Britain
Astor
Parkwood Notes and Funeral Visits Across Indiana
Parkwood area residents record many social calls and attendances as families visit relatives and attend services in Indiana and nearby towns. Notable items include funeral attendance for Mrs Laura Blakely and Mr Edd Townsend, various calls to the Craig and Shirle families, and local shopping and school activities. The Erie section reports war production pennants to Erie City Iron Works on August 17 and to Skinner Engine on August 25 by Col Herbert D Vogel.
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Laura Blakely
Indiana
Bill Craig
Ermin Fouts
Dale Tomb
Jack Smith
Mildred
Josephine Shirley
Stewart Shirle
Elsie Shirley
Blair Calhoun
West Union
McClelland
New Wilmington
W. J. Craig
Edd Townsend
Elder Ridge
Laney
Nan Peterman
Thomas Wilkinson
Charles Wilkinson
Ethel Mull
Francis Hamilton
Dorothy Craty
Samuel Holstein
Millen
Harry Cough
Myers
Shelocta U. P
Clair Weise
Advance
Leisening
B. Blakley
McCreight Farm
ERIE
Erie City Iron Works
Skinner Engine Company
Herbert D. Vogel
U. S. Army
Pittsburgh
Markets Pittsburgh mag 12 Produce and Livestock Prices
Produce demand moderate with apples and potatoes near steady. No. 1 bush russets and other varieties listed with price ranges for Pennsylvania and surrounding regions. Hogs, cattle, calves, sheep and lambs show mixed movement as of Aug. 12 with several classes steady or higher and demand active.
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Pittsburgh
Mag
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New Jersey
Long Island
Stock Market Roundup of Major Steel and Oil Companies
A compact stock list shows prices and percent changes for major corporations including Anaconda, Am Can, Am Smelt, Boeing, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Johns Manville, Kennecott, Reading, US Steel, and United Aircraft. The entries underscore activity across refining, chemicals, hardware and transport sectors with varied gains and losses, reflecting mid‑day trading mood. The list closes with a note about sending the Gazette to an Army friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Refining
AL Balt
Ohio
Bendix
Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Ches and
al Chrysler Corp
Cons Edison
Consol Gila Cont
Curtiss Wright
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
N Y Central RE
North Ameria
Northern
Pac Sty Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penna RR
Pullman
Radio Corp of Am the Reading Ca
Repabr Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Socony Vacuum BY Stand Brands
Stand
Stand Oil Ind
Swift and Co
Texas Ca
United Aircraft
United Gas Inp
US Rubber
US Steel
Werner Bros Pict St West Union Tel
Pennoad Corp
South Penn Gil
British lose carrier Eagle in Mediterranean battle
London reports the British aircraft carrier Eagle has been sunk in the Mediterranean with a large portion of her crew saved. German broadcasts and Italian claims cited torpedo hits and a battle involving a British convoy escorted by the Mediterranean fleet. The ship, begun as a battleship in 1913 and purchased from Chile in 1917, cost about 18.5 million dollars.
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London
Hagia
Mediterranean
Admiralty
DNB
Eagle
Atready
Almirante Cochrane
Chile
Obituary notices span several families in Blairsville area
Obituaries announce the deaths of Mrs. Jennie Deaker in Indiana and infant Laura Lee Shields of Punxsutawney, with multiple survivors and funeral plans. Also listed are Mrs. Ethyl Seaburn of Blairsville, Louis Bendetta of Blairsville, Mrs. Lottie May Coleman of Jefferson County, and Myra Couleen Kelly, detailing birthplaces, kin, church ties, and funeral arrangements across several local communities.
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Lottie May Coleman
Chambersville
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Porter
Jefferson County
Laura Lee
Quay Shields
Covode
Adrian Hospital
Punxgutawney
Anna
Ani
Marchand Cemetery
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Ng On Ra
Ham Fish
FDR
Elmer Borland
Ssrvice
Indiana State Teachers College
Red Cross
Lutz
Greensburg
Evans City
Slippery Rock
Indiana High
National Education Association
State Defense Council
Charles E. Freeman
Col
Ralph M. Mitchell
Marts
Freeman
Centre
Clinton
Cameron
Lycoming
Union
Snyder
Northumberland
Aetchum
Tuhu
DR. Musgrave
Roas-Logan
A. P
Treasury
Authority 10
Yes
D-Mo
Senate Defense Committee
Henry J. Landahl
Pacific Northwest
Landahl
United States Steel Corporation
J. P. Morgan
U, 8, Steel
Tilman
Peeress
Parkwood
Jennie Deaker
Green Township
H. B
Catherine (Butterbaugh) Baker
Gill Am
Kinney
Stephens
Brookville
R. D
Fundamental Baptist Church
Clair Decker
George Fay Roof
Buffalo
N. Y
W. Day Roof
Jackson
Mich
E. A. Baker
Home
E. R. Baker
Beaverdale
Robinson Funeral Home
Jay Wheeling
Corsica
Greenwood Cemetery
Myra Couleen
Clarence
Martha (Kinter) Kelly
Esther S. Kinter
Chevy Chase
Derry
Rodney Elwood
Jeannine Carol
Charmaine Chalis Kelly
Oakland Cemetery
Ethyl
1Houser) Seaburn
Seaburn
Ferguson Funeral Home
Blairsville
Richard Seaburn
Margaret Ann
Merle Houser
Derry Township
Westmoreland County
Louis Bendetta
Mercy Hospital
SS Simon & Jude's
Domenic Bendetta
Concetta Delccca
Lena Quinta
Latrobe
Mary Cocamese
Rose Cardellina
Misa Anna Bendetta
Nicola Bendetta
North Brady Street
Ir Ane
S.C
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