Prospects Of Light Ballot and Major Registrations
Prospects of a light general election ballot spur major parties to register voters before October 3. Republicans and Democrats report statewide registration drives with focus on arming forces voters for military ballots. Registration lists may be purged after the November election, dropping about 15,000 Erie County voters if they do not vote biannually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amnispurg
Erie
Joseph Co. Williams
Weir
Dennerais
Congress
Lackawanna County
State House
Chester
McKean
Mercer
Philadelphia
Union
Schuylkill
Center
Allegheny
Legion Confronts strikes and policy at state convention
Delegates at the state Legion convention in Pittsburgh denounced strikes and lockouts as treason against the United States and urged swift action. They backed conscientious objectors into non combat units, occupational deferments, and pre military training for students. Daniel C. Hartbauer was chosen commander after leading the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quesne
Hanover
Bellevue
Pittsburgh
Brookline
Lebanon
State College
Gallitzin
Mt. Washington
Sons of Legion
Scranton
Clymer
Central City
Bands
Greensburg
American Legion
United States
Legion
Daniel C. Hartbauer
Rerd East Liberty Plumbing
State Legion Department
Americanism Committee
Legionnaires
Hartbauer
New British Command Formed for Iran and Iraq
Dewitt Mackenzie reports a potential new front in the Egyptian Middle East crisis. The formation of a British command for Iran and Iraq under General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson signals possible Allied action, amid uncertainty over who will initiate a push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Persia
Iraq
Henry Maitland Wilson
Distin
Ing
Iran-Iraq
Russia
Caucasus
Archibald P. Wavell
Britain
Middle
Near East
Wilson
India
North Africa
Arthur William Tedder
Egypt
Church Ul
Western Desert
France
Greece
Syria
Nine firms and officers indicted in Navy insulation cable case
The Justice Department announced the indictment of nine companies and six officers for conspiring to defraud the government in selling more than 40 million dollars of insulated cable to the Navy. Indictment returned August 17 in Newark and opened in federal court. Names include Rockbestos Products, The Okonite Company, Collyer Insulated Wire, American Steel and Wire, General Cable, National Electric Products, Anaconda Wire, and Phelps Dodge Copper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Navy
Newark
N. J
Federal District Court
Rockbestos Products Corporation
New Haven
Pawtucket
R. I
Robert C. Moeller
American Steel & Wire Company of
New Jersey
Cleveland
General Cable Company of
New York
Dwight R. G. Palmer
Bayonne
National Electric Products Corporation of
Pittsburgh
William C. Robinson
Egypt and middle east battle lines loom in war forecast
A seasoned observer notes strategic moves toward Egypt amid World War II. Churchill travels to Egypt to reorganize command while Rommel presses toward the Middle East. A Dieppe front is discussed, with risks and costs highlighted. The piece weighs timing for a major invasion and the shifting balance as Axis and Allied forces regroup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Egypt
Middle East
Rommel
France
Dieppe
High Command
Hitler
Caucasian
Caucasus
Middle Eastern
Hell
Rommell
American Swing Follies Hit the Fair Stage This Year
The Fair lays on a packed program with Watkins trained animals and a war drive scrap drive in three boxes to collect old scrap for the war effort. The pet show Friday promises War Stamp prizes and winning entrants will receive stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fai
Watkins
Hughes Passes Record Flight Pace With Vast Planes
The article notes Hughes set a Los Angeles to New York record in seven hours and twenty minutes, using a self designed ship. It describes the Constellation concept and a 40 aircraft contract with Lockheed, plus plans for Kaiser and Hughes cargo planes larger than the Constellation capable of 5? passengers at 30,000 feet, nonstop New York to Los Angeles in eight and a half hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York
Hughes
Lockhead Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
Calif
Planes crash toll rises with multiple service men dead
A Navy patrol plane crash near Dahlgren Virginia page reports a possible twelfth victim. An Army Flying Fortress wreck in the southern New Mexico mountains near Las Cruces killed seven with two injured in parachute landings. An Army medium bomber collapsed near Bogalusa Louisiana killing six and injuring another. Second Lieut. Melvin F. Lacey died in an Army pursuit plane crash near Tallahassee Florida. Army casualty list names Lieuts James K. Hudson James Van George Eugene Rochester Leon Shane Frank B. Johnson William R. Simino and Sgt Cato H. Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlgren
New Mexico Mountains
Las Cruces
Bogalusa
Melvin F. Lacey
Sacramento
Calif
Army
Tallahassee
Pla
Navy
New Mexico
James K. Hudson
Indianapolis
Ind
James van George
California
Eugene E. Rochester
la Grande
Ore
Leon Shane
Bethlehem
Frank B. Johnson
White Plains
William, R. Simino
New Orleans
Sgt
Cato H. Myers
Houston
Texas
Global War News Highlights South Atlantic and Caucasus Front
Reports from wartime fronts detail Red Army withdrawals near Pyatigorsk guarding Grozny oil centers while Brazil expands forces and tightens security from Rio to Natal. Argentina and Chile drift from Axis ties as Uruguay opens ports to Brazilian ships amid submarine activites in Atlantic and Caribbean. British and German subs push in the Mediterranean and near Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red
Caucasus
Pyatigorsk
Grozny
Russia
Iraq
Henry Maitland Wilson
Greece
Brazil
Germany
Axis
Nea
South Atlantic
Caribbean
South America
Dakar
Natal
Rio de Janeiro
Harrer
United States
Argentina
Chile
Berlin
Uruguay
Montevideo
High Command
Atlanta
Mediterranean
Norwegian
Admiralty
London
Unemployed Claims Rise as Relief Loads Grow in Pa
Harrisburg reports show unemployment compensation claims hit a record high for the state while relief rolls rise for the fourth straight week. On one day 4 800 new claims and 1 368 payments totaling 47 228 dollars were recorded. Relief cases rose by 268 to 42 781 statewide, with 64 086 dependents. Officials cite war production shifts and WPA curtailment as factors, noting that about 75 percent of claimants return to work before payments start. The federal price index for Pennsylvania climbed to 111.86, the highest for Q2 since 1930, driven by food price gains.
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International Executive Board
The
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Bernard Collins
Elmora
J. B. Wilson
Graceton
Albert Bambino
Jenners
IA. M. Turker
Clymer
Dennis Smith
Dunlo
Windber
Lilly
Robindale
Sagamore
Lucerne‘mines
Barnesboro
Helvetia
Boltz
Revioe
Colver
Jerome
Dixonville
Emeigh Run
Cambria
Marstellar
Acosta
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William ®. Collier
Compensation Bureau
Collier
Howard L. Russell
Counlel
Department of Labor and Industry
Ito Pennsylvania
Dawn gunfire across the Strait of Dover reported
Early reports describe guns exchanged across the Strait of Dover at dawn as machine guns fire echoed, suggesting a convoy slipped through under attack. Mist limited observers on the Dover cliffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strait of
Dover
Market Report Pittsburgh August 24 1920s livestock and produce
Markets show moderate demand with apples and potatoes steady and various regional fruit prices listed. In livestock, hogs higher, cattle strong to steady with mixed grades, calves up, and sheep and lambs rising. prices given for specific weight ranges and categories.
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Pittsburgh
W. Va
McIntosh
N. J
Stock Market Am Cat Am and For Pow Am Rad and St 5 Am Smelt
Market ticker style list shows multiple company names and stock abbreviations. The fragment includes Am Cat Am For Pow Am Rad St Smelt Tel Tob Anaconda Boeing etc with percentage snippets and unreadable trailing figures. The piece reads as a catalog of equities and exchange listings with sparse context.
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Ad Refining
Bald Loco Ct Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mig Budd
Ches and
Chrysler
Cong Edison
Consol Oil
Cent Can
Curtiss Wright Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors ‘ Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Illinois Central Int Harvester
Int
Nick Can
Tel
Tel Johns Manville Kennecott Cop Kresge
Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat
Y Central RR
North Ameria Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Param Pictures Penney (Jc
Renn RR Pub
Pullman Pure Ol! Radio Corp of
Am Reading Co
Repub Stee
Reynolds Tob
Seara Roebuck
Sovony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Cal
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp US Rubber
US Steel
Warngy Bros West Union Tet West el
Mtg
Woolworth
Yoneda
Death toll from wars since 1931 exceeds fourteen million
New York Aug 24 Fourteen million people have died in wars since 1931 when Japan began its invasion of Manchuria. Prof Alwood Townsend of New York University cites civilian deaths in China and Russia, with U S losses at seven thousand. He notes figures are minimum estimates and could reach twenty two million.
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New York
Japan
Manchuria
Alwood H. ‘Townsend
New York University
Free World
China
Russia
United States
Townsend
Obituary notices list local deaths and survivors
Obituaries from Indiana County list Mrs Viola Ruffner. John Popovich of Lucerne Mines. Lavina Weakland Pierce of Burnside. multiple survivors across Indiana County towns. Details include birthplaces, dates, church and union affiliations, funeral times, and interment at local cemeteries. Residents and families receive notices of services and burial arrangements.
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Viola Ruffner
Smyrna Church
Thomas Clifford
Swissvale
Samuel Ruffner
Robinson Funeral Home
Plumville Cemetery
John Popovich
Lucerne Mines
Indiana Hospital
Austria
Fulton Run
Homer City
Roy McDonald
George Christenson
Joseph Farkas
Joseph Yatz
Ernest Worsley
Detroit
John J. Baycura
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Indiana
Lavina (Weakland) Pierce
Elmer Pierce
Burnside Township
Clearfield County
Jeanne
Roy Baker
Carrolltown
Francis Pierce
Mollie
Edward Gleason
Minnie
Kenneth Ashcroft
Indiana County
Clair
Edward Pierce
Elder Township
Merle Pierce
David
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Palm Beach
Moorhead
U. 5
Pege Yore
Paul McNutt
U. S. Manpower Commission
National Labor Relations Board
UMW
International Board of the
Appalachian
Heb
Cape of Good Hope
Walter B. Knox
Melba
Idaho
Quentin W. Hartrove
Shreveport
Louisiana
William L. Kelley
Lamont
Iowa
Bernard H. Greed
Harlingen
Tex
Walter R. McGehee
el Paso
Ecgar A. Stratton
Baton Rouge
Elsie Stratton
Globa
Ariz
Charles T. Kniepp
J. C. Goodwin
Clarkeville
Richard H. Farnsworth
New London
Ghia
Enuols
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mary McFadden
Esther Wolf
Bestrice McMulvey Sod Li Ao Webb
McGregor
First Methodist Church of
Indiana Lodge 931
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Camp Will Post
Indiana Evening Gazette
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