Raw steel not available to boost Bethlehem Johnstown output
In a telegram to Johnstown CIO director Eugene Maurice the War Production Board denied surplus raw steel in the Pittsburgh district to raise Bethlehem Steel’s Johnstown plant by 6000 tons a month. The WPB cited lack of surplus ingot capacity and noted Kaiser ingots aid Allied needs while Carnegie ingots are already allocated within US Steel and other firms.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown
War Production Board
Eugene Maurice
CIO
United Steel Workers
WPB
Maurice Aug
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Homestead
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Kaiser
California
Carnegie
U. S. Steel Corporation
Cost of Living Plan Readied for Post Congress Start
Washington officials said the Administration will unveil a new cost of living subsidy plan before Congress returns, with the price tag ranging from 300 million to over 1 billion dollars. Existing subsidies may continue, while the program likely focuses on vegetables and staples such as potatoes, using direct subsidies and resale at loss to boost farm production and ease consumer prices.
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Washington
Congress
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Explosion Injures Workers at Delaware Plant Blast
A series of explosions at a Milford Delaware plant caused extensive damage to storage tanks a barge and a building while injuring two people one critically Officials said the cause was under investigation and production was expected to resume within 48 hours. Federal agents and military personnel guarded the site as witnesses described a vacuum like blast that hurled workers from their positions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McArthur
Djorming
Delaware
Milford
Del
River Pollution Study Ordered As A Post War Objective
Harrisburg Aug 20 The Martin Administration moved to clean Pennsylvania rivers as a key postwar objective and named a committee led by William S Livengood Jr to map a full purification program The panel will study the Schuylkill first then extend to the Delaware Allegheny and Susquehanna rivers The governor said cooperation from industry is possible and the plan could start before hostilities end if manpower remains available
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Martin
Pennsylvania
William S. Livengood, Jr
Interal Affairs
James A. Kell
Forests and Waters
James H. Duff
A. H. Stewart
Richard Maize
Livengood
Schuylkill River
Delaware
Allegheny
Susquehanna
Artin
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Lehigh Coal Navigation Company
Schuylkill Watershed
Fire and explosions scorch Cox Company plant area
Bomb blasts ripped through a waterfront complex destroying the Cox Company building and a truck and trailer. Captain Edward M. McElven was severely burned and transported to Memorial Hospital. Hershal Harrington also suffered burns while workers fled the scene as flames spread across the gas transfer site on the Mispil ion River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. McElven
Florence
N. J
Val
Memorial Hospital
Hershal Harrington
Milford
Cox Company
Sun Oil Company
Mispillion
Cox Wharf
Marcus Hook
Monetary plan revisions remake a proposed international fund
A report outlines a revised plan that drops a central gold backed fund and leasing quotas while adding voting changes to reduce the U S veto. The White plan includes the concept of a global unit called Unitas or Bancor with strict bookkeeping and currency linkage, drawing Canadian input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Unitas
Bancor
World War II Update From Across Fronts And Talks
Imanuels proclamation in Sicily hints at peace overtures while Allies press with bombardments across Italy. Air raids strike Foggia Salerno Vesuvian coast and Crotona Cherkassy Heraklion. Soviets push in Kharkov Bryansk, while Bracken says Allies will bomb and burn Axis. Mosaqui attacks Bertin and four German air bases. Vella Lavella and Salamaua see heavy fighting as Hitler faces a fresh Soviet drive.
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Imanuel
Rome
Sicily
Italy
Moauding
Calabrian
Kahin
Cilles
Foggia
Salerno
Vesuvian
Riviera
Middle East
Brendan Bracken
Bertin
U. S
Germany
Holland
France
Solomon Islands
Vella Lavella Island
Munda
New Guinea
Salamaua
Adolf Hiler
Stalingrad
Kharkov
World War Strategy Nears Final Plans in Quebec
Canada plans a high level gathering as President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill map the next stage of the war. Brenden Bracken, the British information minister, hints that immense operations against Germany and Japan are in preparation.
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Canada
Ottawa
Roosevelt
Farly
Japan
Europe
Brenden Bracken
War Council
Quebec
Churchill
Bracken
War speech declares global fight will be long and hard
A British cabinet ember says the war will last long and be very hard as Britain seeks to conquer Japan. He vows no arms will be laid down until Japan pays the treachery price. Bracken reveals no secret details of the broader master plan during the St. Lawrence conference.
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Ember
Witler
Japan
The
St. Lawrence
Bracken
Hitler
Tojo
Cordell Hull
Amarivan
Danish Patriots Sabotage Spreads Across Scandinavia
Reports from travelers arriving in Stockholm describe a country wide sabotage campaign in Denmark aiming at land and sea trams and port facilities used by Nazi forces in Norway. The unrest follows clashes with German soldiers in Odense and suggests possible Danish government shifts as King Christian meets with Werner Bosk.
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Stockholm
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Copenhagen
Chanes
Ove Il
Christin
Werner Bosk
Odense
Flensburg
Germany
Aarhus
Red Army counterattacks as Soviet air force shells rear bases
Soviet dispatches say Red Army counterattacked while the Red Army air force pounded enemy bases to cripple supply routes. German air force repeatedly struck Soviet communication lines but was repelled. Stormoviks bombarded German positions at Bryansk and beyond as 2,400 Germans were wiped out and 30 villages fell. Kharkov area saw Soviet advances from west, northwest and southeast with one escape route along the Krasnodar railway remaining open despite a fight to the death order in the city.
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Kharkov
Great Ukraine
Russia
Pittsburgh
Krasnograd
Gerri‘son
Bryansk
Red Army
Bbut Fiel
Krasnodar
Pravda
Big Inch Spill Halts After Valves Curb Huge Leak
Doylestown reports workers repaired a broken Big Inch pipeline a mile west of town as State Police sealed a wide, flammable crude oil spill area. Thousands of barrels were lost before valves at New Hope and Lansdale halted the leak. a prior break occurred Saturday at Intercourse near Lancaster.
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Doylestown
New Hope
Lansdale
Intercourse
Lancaster
Russian Front Dispatches From Bryansk Kharkov Front
Moscow reports Soviet forces press deep near Bryansk and Kharkov amid difficult terrain favoring German defenses. Red Star notes crossings and river obstacles slow advances as troops seek to breach fortified hills around Kharkov. Frontline action remains sharp with mounting resistance from German troops.
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Moscow
Bryansk
Kharkov
Ukraine
FBI Takes Hopewell Man in Extortion Plot
Somerset August 20 Eugene Warren Grace 32 of Hopewell is jailed on charges of using the mails for extortion. FBI alleges he mailed an anonymous letter to Robert B Roher a Hopewell gas station owner demanding 1000 dollars with a fatal threat if refused. Agents say Grace sent the letter claiming he needed the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Eugene Warren Grace
Hopewell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Grace
Plane mishap near Ontario injures cadet in- flight
Civilian flight instructor T M Shriner was heard singing before a propeller detached and the engine fell away. Cadet R Hoston leaped to safety while Shriner remained with the aircraft crew, guiding the plane until contact was made with the ground within a few yards of the impact site.
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Ontario
Calif
T M. Shriner
R Hoston
Shriner
Waere
Treasury balance report posted for August 18
Washington August 20 The treasury position as of August 18 shows receipts 7,001,226,480 expenditures 490,590,344.87 net balance 8,037,243,810.15 total debt 147,309,188,835.72 and an increase of 31,099,805.69 from the prior day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Gas quota increased for Pittsburgh district Saturday
Pittsburgh district will raise its gasoline quota to 60 percent tomorrow from 50 percent as PAW restricts allocations. Spokesmen warned no large rise at filling stations and urged continued conservation to protect essential motor traffic. A further allotment rise may come on Sept 1, with tap of a pipeline and two barges unloading here.
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Pittsburgh
Petroleum Administration For War
PAW
Air Raid Precautions For Pennsylvania Child Care Centers
The State Council of Defense ordered air raid drills and shelters near Pennsylvania child care centers for children of working mothers. Col. Lynn G. Adams directed wardens to establish shelters and IDs for entering children. Three consultants were named Margaret Stone Annah Turner and Clara Allen to aid local committees and supervise Center operations. 900 children can be housed in 20 centers with 400 trained aides. Centers listed include Philadelphia York Allen Town Reading State College Darby Erie Williamsport Rankin and Pittsburgh with more planned. The Pittsburgh Board of Education seeks federal aid for 1200 ages. Centers receive 1000 from the State Defense Council if local or federal funds are unavailable.
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Harrisburg
State Council of Defense
Pennsylvania
Lynn G. Adams
Protective Services
Margaret Stone
Philadelphia
Western
Pennsyvania
Annah L. Turner
Conshohocken
Clara M. Allen
Bryn Mawr
Benjamin Ludlow
Council
York
Allentown
Reading
State College
Darby
Erie
Williamsport
Rankin
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Meadville
Emporum
Chambersburg
Ephrata
Cheater
Coatesville
Pittsburgh Board of Education
State Defense Council
Allied Seize Lipari and Stromboli Amid Mediterranean Drive
Allied forces capture Lipari and Stromboli island group in the Aeolian Islands near Sicily to control the sea lane toward Lower Italy. Staggering air raids hit Foggia and surrounding rail and industrial centers as U.S. Liberators and British bombers press operations across southern Italy.
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North Africa
U. S
Pipari
Stromboli
Sicily
Italy
Foggia
Naples
Adriatic Sea
Lipari
Aeolian
Cape Vaticano
Messina
Scalea
Calabrian
War Production Board orders standardized knitted outerwear
The War Production Board ordered all knitted outer garments standardized for the duration to conserve materials. The rules ban double breasted sweaters, embroidery, spangles and exaggerated sleeves, require plain gloves and mittens, forbid side stripes and belt loops on trunks, cap muffler length at 32 inches, and limit women's sweaters to seven basic models with six color schemes for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
WPB
Lincoln air base dental inspection delays cause box with teeth
At Lincoln Army Air Base a dental inspection saw Sgt. Frank Lefever from Camden New Jersey fail to answer the call. Sgt. Ralph Posmoga from Clairton Pennsylvania assisted and received a small box with a note from Lefever saying he would be a few minutes late and not needed. The box also contained a set of false teeth and a delivery instruction to give the package to the doctor in Lefever's absence.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Army Air Base
Frank Lefever
Camden
N. J
Ralph Posmoga
Clairton
Lefevere
Take and Give Suise ILAHO Welfare Payment Case
A former pensioner sent a check for 31,127 claiming excess state aid by two dollars. Welfare Commissioner H C Baldridge said the error was excessive generosity. The state will refund the two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suise
Ilaho~a
S Welfare
H. C. Baldridge
Markets reduce Pittsburgh August 20 produce and livestock update
Markets report moderate demand in Pittsburgh with apples and potatoes showing limited movement. U S No 1 apples price ranges by region, summer varieties quoted around 3.00, 2.75 to 3.25 for others. Livestock receipts include hogs about 200, cattle 250, calves 50, sheep 1400, with overall activity steady.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
U.S
Long Island
Stock Market Alr weaveuon 4a AL Chem & Dye 162% Am Can Bt Am & For Pow 5M Am Rad & St. $ 9 Am Smell & R dOYs Am Tel & Tel 18443 Am Teb B 98% Anaconda Cop 25% Atch T& SF ADs, ALL Refining 26% Bald Loco VT Ball & Ohio B44 Beth Steel
Market list shows varied percentages and share figures for many companies including Alchem and Dye, Am Can Bt Am & For Pow, Am Rad & St, Am Tel & Tel, Anaconda, Atch T& SF, ALL Refining, Beth Steel, Boeing, Chrysler, Edison, Curtiss-Wright, Douglas Aircraft, Dow Du Pont, Gen T & Rub, General Electric, IBM, International Harvester, Int Tel & Tel, Kennecott, Libby McN & TL, North American, Packard, Radio Corp, Sears Roebuck, Socony-Vacuum, U S Steel, Westinghouse, Woolworth, and others, with quotes like 162% 98% 25% 59% etc indicating fluctuating stock movements and sector listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler Corp
Can Edison
Curtiss-Wright
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont
Leh Val RA
Libby, McN & TL
Ty Liggett & Myers
Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Pow & Lt
NY Central RA
North Ameria
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penn RR Uus
Ys Pullman
Radio Corp of Am Se
Repab Steel
Sears Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Brands
Cal
Oi Ind
OU N J Btm
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
SiMe United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Impos US Rubber
R& M
YU. S. Steel
Warner
Obituary notices for Merle L Williams and family loss
Merle L Williams born in Pine Flats died at home 418 Thomas Avenue Johnstown. Survived by widow Vernie Mottar Williams a daughter Mrs James T Parks Jr two grandchildren three brothers Hayes Pine Flats Benjamin and Frank Indiana and two sisters Mrs Clem Myers Indiana and Mrs Kate Davis Glen White West Virginia. A plane crash near Pocatello Idaho claimed 16 lives including a young soldier from First Presbyterian Church. Surviving with the parents is a brother Clair Getty Jr in Berkeley California.
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Stead
Army Air Base
Pocatello
Idaho
First Presbyterian Church
Clair Getty, Jr
Berkeley
Calif
Merle L. Williams
Pine Flats
Hugh
Elizabeth Williams
Thomas Avenue
Johnstown
Vernie (Mottar) Williams
James T. Parks
Hayes
Benjamin
Frank
Indiana
Clem Myers
Kate
Davis
Glen White
W. Va
Obituary notices for Gaston Snyder Risbon and Sowers
Mrs Harriet R Gaston widow of William H Gaston dies in Dixonville at 11 20 p m born March 28 1857 in Canoe township survived by children Elizabeth Painter Melvin Snyder John C and A C Snyder and Mabel Bentz two sisters 16 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and two sisters receive friends at home services at Union Church near Rossiter at 3 00 p m Sunday interment in church cemetery Nora Snyder Risbon prayers in Chambersville Mass 9 00 a m Saturday at Assumption Catholic Church Ernest Very Rev Emilio Farri to officiate interment St Bernard's Cemetery Whittelsey James Sowers services 10 00 a m Saturday at Strongstown Cemetery Send The Evening Gazette to your boy in the Army or Navy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet R. Gaston
William H. Gaston
Dixonville
John W
Elizabeth
Tyger) Snyder
Canoe Township
Elizabeth Painter
Rossiter
R. D
Melvin Snyder
Rochester Mills
John C
A. C. Snyder
Mabel Bentz
Nora (Snyder) Risbon
Chambersville
Assumption Catholic Church
Ernest
Emilio Farri
St. Bernard's Cemetery
King Vittorio speaks to Sicilians in Rome radio broadcast
King Vittorio Amanuele told Sicilians in a Rome radio broadcast that Sicily’s isolation from Italy will not last long and cited no peace aim. The message suggested countering separatist moves rather than ending the war, with critics noting Sicily’s lukewarm attitude toward mainland rule. The Rome broadcast also alleged Allied bombing and noted no reply to the Badoglio government’s open city declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vittorio Amanuele
Rome Radio Today
Sicily
Italy
Ta Inter
Rome Radio
Il Messaggero
Rome
Badoglio
Haas Given Appointment as State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Governor Martin reappoints Dr. Francis B. Haas as State Superintendent of Public Instruction for a new four year term. The post pays $12,000 and runs from August 23, with Haas aged 59, a Philadelphia native educated at Temple and Penn. Ackley to leave August 23. successor unnamed.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Francis B. Haas
Dr. Haas
Arthur H. James
Haas
Commonwealth
Bloomsburg State Teacher's College
Blomsburg
Philadelphia
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
Clarence E. Ackley
Ackley
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Indiana, Pa
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Regensburg
London Telegraph
Berlin
Belgium
Viissingen
Flushing
Gilze- Rijen
Pols
RAF
Bernie Armstrong
KDKA
Sapri
Catapzaro
Whittelsey James Sowers
Strongstown Cemetery
Tuidlana Evening Gazette
Army
Ike
Vittorio
Service
S.C. Ar Muneral
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