Draft-age men to war plants in Pennsylvania
Frank L. McNamee of the War Manpower Commission said movement of draft-age Pennsylvanians into essential industry is picking up. During the first two days of the latest work-for-fight effort 1,518 nondeferrable men registered. 1,058 were referred to war jobs. Major concentrations came from Philadelphia 693, Pittsburgh 115, Scranton 60, Williamsport 45. Scranton offered 101 nondeferrables at once due to backlog. State offices noted some pre Pearl Harbor fathers who did not shift to essential work have been inducted into the armed forces.
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Philadelphia
Frank L. McNamee
War Manpower Commission
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Williamsport
Scranton U. S. E. S
Mason
Selective Service
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Bondwagon features and War Bond drive event
A lively open air program includes Mickey Morton, a 12 year old War Bond salesman, plus songs by Louis W Sheehe with Dutch L Campbell at the piano. Frank L Neff praises Indiana's War Bond efforts and promotes accepting checks and partially filled stamp books converted to Bonds. KDKA will broadcast a Salute to Indiana at 10 45 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PFM
Mickey Morton
Louis W. Sheehe
Dutch L. D. Campbell
Frank L. Neff
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Indiana
KDKA
Glider Emergency Landing Ends With Narrow Chase
An army cargo glider, released from its tow plane near Blue Springs Missouri, plunged through fences and ditches, ducked under telephone wires and finally halted. The crew escaped unharmed as the chaotic descent unfolded across the field, narrowly avoiding serious damage or injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Spring
Oil price dispute sparks PA producer demand
Gavin blasted Brown over a 3 cent barrel increase, urging at least $1. He argued large producers benefit little while 390,000 stripper wells suffer. Gavin accused bureaucrats of seeking profit control and regulating economic life, warning Pennsylvania can’t meet demand without a price boost.
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America
Brown
Gavin
Pennsylvania
Army
Navy
War Bond Quota Emphasizes Sacrifices for Campaign
A government official urged heavy sacrifice to fund the war effort, noting September bond quotas exceed April ones. He stressed the campaign as the nation’s greatest undertaking and warned that state and national war financing rests on public response. The Third War Loan quota for Pennsylvania totals 1.071 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Mister Big Goes Overseas Aboard The York Letter
Palo Alto correspondent notes Pfe. T. L. Chandler a towering six foot five soldier awaiting orders. A letter postmarked on York lands with a humorous line showing he won’t depart soon as the army lacks helmets large enough for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Pfe. T. L. Chandler
York
Army
NO DICE Salt Lake City Soldier Loses Bid For Movie Tickets
In Salt Lake City a second lieutenant tries to buy movie tickets for himself and his girl. The clerk quotes a total of $17 more after a $5 bill. The exchange ends with the lieutenant retreating, noting the Army is premier on premier night. The ticket price includes ten dollars per ticket plus two dollars tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Army
Aerial Freight Trains Forecast as Postwar Boon
Iowa City August forecast of coast to coast non stop aerial freight trains switching cargo in the sky. Roy A Watkins Chicago Aircraft Company executive says farmers could own or lease fuselage cargo units and load, then glide to airports where ground crews attach wings. Such aerial trains would cross the nation without stops, using aerial switchers to join gliders to the trains once peace policies settle.
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Iowa City
Ffreight
Roy. A. Watkins
Chicago Aircraft Company
Watkins
Howard Aircraft Corporation
Watkins Con
Heliccofter
Will Peadie
Invasion seen as key to opening Western front
Ally plans for a possible invasion of Italy and western Europe loom as Moscow pressure and German redeployments in Italy shape strategic talks. British observers note troop moves into Italy while Allied broadcasts urge patriots to ready invasions and emphasize liberation of occupied lands.
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Ottawa
Germany
Sicily
Moscow
Red Star
Stalin
Tourier
Anthony Eden
Milk Prices Urged by Dairy Association
The dairy association called for an early price boost to sustain milk production amid rising feed costs. The hearing cited district milk costs rising from 14 to 15 cents per quart last February, with a potential second hike pushing retail to 18 cents. Key testimony came from Hunering, Dr Barr of Pennsylvania State College, and Warner, who argued boosts are needed to stimulate production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunering
Barr
Pennsylvania State College
Warner
Haering
Invasion talk as Allies push plans and battles rage
Allied leaders discuss rapid invasion of Europe amid high command broadcasts urging readiness in conquered Europe. Reports from Russia to New Guinea note Soviet advances, Allied naval actions at Vella Lavella, and heavy Japanese losses while air power is hammered in New Guinea and Salamaua.
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Eisenhower
Europe
Algiers
France
Madrid
Hitler
Bizerte
Tunisia
Russia
Kharkov
Bryansk
Berlin
Izyum
Dnieper
New Guinea
Salamaua
Solomon Islands
Vella Lavella
U. S
Quebec
Eden
Stalin
Low Countries
Italy
Victtorio Emanuele
Gadoglio
Red Star
Roosevelt
Churchill
William F. Halsey
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Vella Gulf
Shee
Labor board prompts union leadership over eight hour day
The article outlines moves since the War Labor Disputes Act, noting Lewis’s shifting stance toward the War Labor Board and the potential impact on unions and deferments. It details wage boosts from longer weeks, premium pay, and vacation and equipment allowances, plus hearings for Atlantic Basin Iron Works and McGeorge Contracting Co. and other cases seeking compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
War Labor Board
Congress
Iinois
UMW
WLB
Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Inc
Brooklyn
McGeorge Contracting Company
Bauxite, Ark
Donaldson Iron Company
Emmaus
Tess Drastic Sanclinns
Indiana county farmers get fewer fertilizer analyses this fall
County Agent J W Warner outlines the reduced fertilizer analyses available in Pennsylvania for this fall and next spring. Recommendations from the Pennsylvania State College agronomy department list preferred N P K ratios for wheat, barley, rye, alfalfa and pasture, with amounts per acre and adjustments for higher analyses, manure, and lime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
J. W. Warner
Pennsylvania
Department of Agronomy and Extension Agronomists
Pennsylvania State College
iThe
Bell Tolls for Casualty in Sharpsburg
The Sharpsburg fire gong tolled at 4 p.m. for Pfo. Louis Pntrick Jr the first youth from Allegheny county town to die in World War I. Stores closed and flags flew at half mast during a one hour toll. Anterieri a Coast Artillery member, died Feb 2 when his ship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic.
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Pittsburgh
Sharpsburg
Pfo
Louis Pntrick, Jr
Allegheny County
Anterieri
Coast Artillery
North Atlantic
Service members enlistments and promotions in wartime area
In Missouri and at various bases, young men including Alex 21 and 9 corporal in the Marines are noted for Guadalcanal service. Andrew and Charles plan or seek military paths. Lt. Molsko joins a medium bombardment group. Corporal Robert Johns of Clymer earns a promotion at Alexandria Army Air Field. Charles Gallagher graduates from Army Air Forces training in Detroit and heads to an AAF unit. Alfred Anderson Paul Harrold and Thomas Patterson from Lucernemines complete basic training at Sampson and become eligible for petty officer ratings.
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Infantry
Missouri
Alex
Marines
Guadalcanal
Andrew
Charles
Army Air Corps
Mike
Steve
Ernest
Molsko
Gallagher
Charles T. Gallagher
Charles Gallagher
McIntyre
Army, Air Forces Technical Training Command School
Detroit
Army Air Forces
Armed Forces
Gannon College
Erie
Sampson
Alfred A. Anderson
Paul C. Harrold
Lucernemines
Thomas Patterson
Alex Patterson
U. S. Naval Station
N. C
Sunday Magneto Scrap Pickup Hits War Plant Yards
A new magneto scrap pickup in Schenectady collects scrap from yards and parking fields of a war plant every Sunday. Over six Sundays the effort gathered more than 8,000 pounds of scrap and saved workers tires from tacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
WNY
Stock Market Tickers and an Odd Historical Note
A long list of stock symbols and percent figures from major companies like General Motors Chrysler Corp and US Steel fills the page. The final line adds a random historical footnote: the name Munda derives from an ancient Spanish town noted as a historic battleground.
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Rad & St
Ant Smelt & R
Kresge (Ss
Libby McN & L
My Liggett & Myers
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
WNY Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pac
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penn RR
Sye NJ
Pullman
Radio Corp of Am
Reading Co
Repab Steel
Sears Roebuck Ban Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Cal
Stand
Oil Ind
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
U. S. Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West Union Tel
West el & Mig
Woolworth
Tr & C
Sh & T
Curb— Ark Nat Gas
Elec Bond & Share Tea
Pennroad Corp
South Penn Oil
Munda
Spain
Seabees Recruit Visit Planned in Indiana County
A Navy recruiter from Johnstown's Navy Recruiting Station will visit Indiana County next Tuesday in the auditor's room of the Court House from to 4 o'clock. Men aged 21 to 50 with construction trades are eligible for Seabees ratings after basic training and ashore assignments. George B. McCutcheon will serve at the post, also accepting applications from 17-year-olds with proof of birth. Women aged 20 to 46 may obtain WAVES literature and applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
U. S. Navy
Johnstown
Richard 7. Butts
Court House
Seabees
Butts
George B. Ma‘Cutcheon
Claka
Indiana
Lawmaker urges mail curb to save newsprint in Quebec
Rep Richard F Harless of Arizona proposes a law banning mailing by any federal bureau of printed matter unless requested by the recipient. He cites potential statewide savings in newsprint and says such a measure could balance national conservation efforts. He is a member of the House subcommittee touring Quebec’s newsprint and paper industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenogami
Que
Richard F. Harless
D-Ariz
Harless
House
Quebec
United States
Treasury balance report shows large net balance increase
Washington August 19 indicates Treasury receipts 114 791 665 68 and expenditures 336 620 197 44 leaving a net balance of 8 345 209 264 12. Total debt stands at 147 278 008 430 03 with a day rise of 53 902 159 22.
Masculine Tide at Wellesley College in Oct
Wellesley Mass Aug 19 The 78 year old exclusively feminine college will take on a masculine tinge starting Oct 1 Two hundred male supply officers will be transferred from the Naval Supply Corps School at Harvard University and will occupy several longstanding quarters at Wellesley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Naval Supply Corps School
Harvard University
Maximum for alfalfa meal set by OPA
The Office of Price Administration announced nationwide maximum prices for alfalfa meal for use in poultry feeds. The order could raise processor prices up to four dollars a ton in some areas while lowering them in others. OPA cited meat price levels frozen since March 1942 as preventing broader alignment with rising hay costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Obituary: Mrs Nora Snyder Risbun of Chambersville
Mrs Nora Snyder Risbun 51 of Chambersville died Wednesday in Indiana Hospital from a paralytic stroke. Born March 22 1882 in Maryland she was married to Joseph Risbun and had two sons and several daughters. Services at 9:00 a m Saturday at Assumption Catholic Church Ernest with burial in St Bernard Cemetery. Friends may call Leydic Funeral home after 7:00 p m today.
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Nora (Snyder
Bon
Chambersville
Maryland
William Snyder
Indiana Hospital
Rishon
Joseph Rishon
Francis
Ashville
Thomas
U. S
Leo
Edward
Earl
Thelma
Edna
Carl Chip‘pin
Cumberland
Edith ‘Hecker
Sewickley
Emilio Farri
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Leydic
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