Fake Holdup Shooting Chiefs Greene County Case
Sheriff calls the Ada Headley shooting a fake holdup one of Greene County s worst crimes and says two women Mrs Otis Cumberledge and Mrs Elizabeth Pettit will be charged Monday. Headley and Mrs Cumberledge known as friends with two children. Mrs Headley in hospital after chest abdomen and jaw wounds with two masks and men s clothing recovered nearby.
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Waynesburg
Henry W. Flowers
Ada Hubb Headley
Greene County
Flowers
Robert Headley
Otis Cumberledge
Slim
Elizabeth Pettit
Headley
Pettit
Pine Bank
Headley Home
Ordnoff
Orndoff
Germans claim air raid losses and new British tally
The article reports a night air war over the Humber area with a German bomber shot down by British fighters. Air and Home Security Ministries revise yesterday’s German losses to 163 shot down by fighters, 13 by anti aircraft, one by Lewis gun and two by infantry fire, while 34 British planes are listed as lost.
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Humber Arca
Air and Home Security
Income Ahead of Year Ago in Farm Markets
Franklin Mullin reports U S farmers show cash income growth through mid 1940, with marketings and government payments totaling 3.824 billion dollars in six months, up nine percent from 1932. Prices of dairy, cattle, hogs, grain rise versus 1939, while war and trade conditions shape the outlook for a decade peak income potential.
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Franklin Mullin
Chicago
United State
U. S
Night Bombardment Across Britain and Midlands Toll
The report describes widespread German bombing across the Midlands and southeast, with many killed and fires quickly controlled. British fighters and anti aircraft defenses fought back as bombers targeted Portland Scarborough Bridlington Middlesbrough Hull and Birmingham. A sixteen bomber raid on southeast shipping was halted by Spitfires and flak.
New Fleet Continues. British Air Losses Reported
The daily communiqué cites 106 British planes destroyed in air combat with the rest either on the ground or via German anti aircraft batteries. It also notes 21 barrage balloons shot down by the high command.
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High Command
Democrats Set Date for Drive in Pennsylvania Campaign
Democrats of Pennsylvania chose Tuesday September 10 as the start of their November campaign. Leaders said stumping will carry the record of the current Republican state regime into every hamlet and city. Campaign leaders met four hours at the state committee and a five member delegation went to Washington to hand President Roosevelt a list of 36 presidential electors. The group, including U S Senator Joseph F Guffey and State Chairman Meredith Meyers, predicted a big Democratic victory in Pennsylvania. The finance committee, led by Henry W Brockerhoff, will meet August 22 to discuss fund raising methods.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Committee
Washington
Roosevelt
Luther A. Harr
Wendell L. Willkie
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Harr
Meredith Meyers
Paul C. Lewis
David L. Lawrence
Guffey
James
Henry W. Brockerhoff
Bellefonte
Aerial War Updates From German High Command
The communique says 32 Nazi planes did not return while the Red Cross plane service rescued nine German and one British airman in the English channel. Britain reports 144 German planes down yesterday against 27 British. Many harbors were mined last night. The high command claims two armed British merchant ships totaling 14 000 tons sunk by a submarine. German minesweepers say they shot down four of 10 Spitfires in one formation. Night damage hit Portland Scarborough Bridlington Millesbrough Birmingham Brough hangars barracks and airfields in southern eastern and central England. Informed sources say 520 German bombers and fighters took part in raids over southern and central England with unknown others over Scotland. Britain claims 1 000 planes engaged. Germans emphasize ground blows against air power and note Poland’s earlier air force paralysis as a model. Pilots say they can now fly farther into England before resistance and that all parts of Britain are within bombing range. Residents are promised a chance to see three enemy planes shot down by the Germans tomorrow.
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Scarborough
Bridlington
Millesbrough
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Hull
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Italy
Rome
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Greece
Turkey
Husein Djahid Yalchin
Hitler
Croydon
Land's End
Obituary of Mrs Julia M Bollinger in Indiana residence
Mrs Julia M Bollinger died at the home of her niece Mrs Ira J Jobe at 616 Maple Street after a complication of diseases. Born March 9 1864 in Philipsburg she was daughter of Levi and Margaret Adams Mun son. She previously lived with sister Mrs Spencer H Rhoads on South Sixth Street and is survived by sister Mrs Mercy McClelland of Bellefonte. Burial will be from Ebeach Funeral Home Philipsburg with services planned for tomorrow or Sunday.
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Julia M. Bollinger
Indiana
Ira J. Jobe
Maple Street
Philipsburg
Levi and
Margaret Adams
Munson
Spencer H. Rhoads
South Sixth Street
Mercy McClelland
Bellefonte
Ebeach
Bombers and French Plane For Red Cross Drive Display
Wellington bombers and a Breguet general purpose aircraft will be shown near the State Opera House on Unter Ben Linder as part of a Red Cross collection drive.
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Wellington
Unter Ben Linder
Red Cross
Battle Across Britain and Balkans Escalates in World War II
German squadrons swept Dover and bombed southern coast towns including Southampton amid fierce RAF resistance. RAF bombers struck northern Italy, while British and Turkish warnings over Greece and Albania signaled broader intervention. Axis losses rose as 149 RAF planes were claimed destroyed and 169 German planes shot down, with widespread bombardment and naval threats across Europe.
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Dover
England
Southampton
Secrecy Over Weapon Described as Plaything by Radio
German radio described the device as metal mesh nets fired into the air by large cannons and called it at most a plaything, offering only limited details on its nature and purpose.
Italian claims slight damage in two villages near Turin
Italian authorities report that the British air raid caused minor damage in Merate and Olgiate near Turin with two deaths and five injuries, far short of last week’s Milan Turin toll. Turin anti aircraft batteries reportedly shot down a British plane.
Kane Firemen Fire Truck Burst Into Flames
Kane Pa August fire crews responded to a general alarm as their own Mountain Home Company pumper caught fire during gasoline transfer. Two other companies helped extinguish the blaze. Also noted are a Sons of Italy dance at Meadowbrook Inn with proceeds aiding community service and visiting relatives from Elmhurst Long Island.
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Kane
Mountain Home Company
Sons of Italy
Art DeFrance
Meadowbrook Inn
Indiana Lodge
America
Paroled Numbers Man Louis Caprio Pleads Guilty
Louis Caprio of Monongahela who testified on rackets and gambling was paroled yesterday by Judge Robert E. Burnside. He was sentenced March 29 to 11 months 25 days in the Allegheny County Workhouse and fined $500 after pleading guilty to four lottery law violations.
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Washington, Pa
Louis Caprio
Monongahela
Robert E. Burnside
Caprio
Allegheny County
Dead man found near railroad tracks in Doylestown
John Henry Martin of Philadelphia was found dead beside Reading Company tracks in Doylestown. Police theorize a fall struck by a rail, causing a fractured skull. identity confirmed by his Social Security card.
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Doylestown
John Henry Martin
Philadelphia
Reading Company
Vacation ends in drowning tragedy near Ligonier
Dr and Mrs Latimer D Meyers of Cincinnati faced a family disaster during a summer trip as their nine year old son Latimer Jr drowned while swimming near Ligonier Pennsylvania. The parents who had left the day before the tragedy were traced to Newberry South Carolina yesterday.
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Ligonier
Latimer D. Meyers
Cincinnati
Latimer, Jr
Newberry
S. C
Stock Market Tumble Lists Major Industrials In Brief Rally
A dense market note names numerous large companies across chemicals, steel, autos, aviation, retailers, and utilities. It lists Am Can Am Chem and Dye Allied lines with others including Boeing Chrysler Corp General Electric General Motors IBM and United Airlines among many others. The brief snapshot signals ongoing volatility and broad participation by blue chip firms.
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Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Briggs Mig
Budd Mig Burr Add Mach
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Chrysler Corp
Colub G
Coml
Solvents
Con Edison
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Bu Font de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Jardine Seeks Windsor Favor as Exiled Cleric Champions
Los Angeles August 16 A devout English Episcopal clergyman Rev Robert A Jardine once barred from pulpit after officiating at Wallis Warfield Simpson and Edward VIII marriage now wishes the Windsors luck as Governor and First Lady of the Bahamas He suggests Edward as Viceroy of India and predicts postwar trouble in India While his own exile continues Jardine plans to visit Florida in October and may fly to Nassau for a film project He and his wife Maude follow RAF news as their two sons serve abroad and he remains convinced England will win the war with Hitler defeated in the English Channel
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Los Angeles
Edward of England
Wallis Warfield Simpson
the Baramas
Robert A. Jardine
Church of England
Duke
Jardine
Windsors
Florida
Nassau
St. Paul's
Darlington
England
Maude
Royal Air Force
British Isles
Hitler
English Channel
Direct relief payments rise in Indiana County this week
Harrisburg Aug 16 Direct relief payments to needy Indiana Countians for the week ended show an increase of 105 over the prior week. Total payments reached 8 311 with 1 408 fewer checks than a year ago. Bureau of Assistance Disbursements figures list 8 311 in 455 checks this week and 8 205 in 1446 checks last week. Comparable week in 1939 shows 21 581 in 2861 checks.
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Harrisburg
Indiana
F. Clair Ross
Bureau of Assistance
Treasury Department
College Weather Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy and cool today with showers tonight and tomorrow. Maximum 81 degrees, minimum 65, humidity 78 percent. Barometric pressure 29.60 trends steady to rising from yesterday 29.55.
Roosevelt says United States in talks on bases with Britain
President Roosevelt disclosed that Washington is holding conversations with Britain about acquiring naval and air bases for American hemisphere defense with focus on the Panama Canal. He also noted discussions with Canada on hemisphere defense, while stressing no link to Britain’s request to obtain over age destroyers.
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Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Panama Canal
British Empire
Foreign Office
London
Jackson
Chief of Naval Operations
Grain Market Slips as Wheat Prices Fall in Chicago
Wheat prices in Chicago drifted lower with September at 71 5-8 and December 73 1-8 as the market opened softer amid wartime news. Cattle and hog quotes rose in Pittsburgh with hogs up around five cents and cattle showing broad activity across grades, while calves and sheep showed mixed demand and prices.
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Pittsburgh
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