Man fights Induction case as fathers face draft rules
Philip F. Mancuso, 25, father of twins, is both defendant and petitioner in a draft dispute. He was arraigned on failing to report for induction after his number was drawn last March and appeals a stay order from U S Circuit Court. Other cases cite Hahn of Bangor pleading guilty for failing to return a questionnaire. Four men, Lyons Cleveland Charles Minersville Jones Freeman Philadelphia, asked by Judge Kalodner to reconsider after he learned their war-work wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philip F. Mancuso
Selective Service Act
Mancuso
U. S., Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S
George A. Welsh
Alvin Madison Hahn
Bangor
Harry BE. Kalodner
Kalodner
Judson Lyons
Cleveland
O. Michael C. Charles
Minersville
William T. Jones
Oliver D. Freeman
WLB rejects portal pay in miners talks under wage act
Chairman Davis says the wage rise sought by United Mine Workers and Miners Coal Operators Association would be a hidden increase and not allowed under wage stabilization. He notes underground work hours and productive time define labor standards claims, with miners' basic 35 hour week raised to 42 hours last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLB
United Mine Workers
Miners ‘Coal Operators Association
William H. Davis
Phen
Saravel
Pupils to Ease Farm Power Shortage Delays Rural Schools
Harrisburg August 26. Use of students to relieve farm power shortages will delay start of many Pennsylvania rural schools this year. Some rural schools may not open until near October 1 while city schools start after Labor Day. Quackenbush notes emergency powers under the 1943 war law allow deferral or temporary closure with DPI notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ka, Quackenbush
State Bureau of School Administration
Names of military selectees listed by districts and services
The list names selectees across services including Navy, Marines and Coast Guard with individuals tied to Blairsville Homer City Blairsville Saltsburg and surrounding towns. The roster enumerates several last names and initials such as Holzappel Waughman Randolph Graham Rastok Silvers Wasylink Follmar Butler Williams Lepeta Pezzi Pastula Madoni Oakman Staniscia Fisher Zanolli and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Peak
Lacerticinines
Albert M. Henry
Niles
O. Metro
Harvey
Homer City
Harry
Patterson
Saltsburg
Henry A. Trauger
Blairsville
James H. Vatatta
Winford T. Houdeshell
Josephine
NAVY
Elmer G. Holzappel
Donald Waughman
Daniel M. Randolph
George Randolph
Roy
Baker
Tunnelton
Todd A’ Setlock
McIntyre
Veil D. Libengood
Derry
Charles Johnston
Benjamin H. Crece
Andrew J. Bonanta
Clune
Louis C. Belloli
Waterman
Richard Johnston
Stanley Bielski
Richard P. Davis
E. Brady
Judge Receives Plea for Tuition Fees Help
In Intuition Topera Kas Roy McCue, a juvenile judge, received a letter from one of his wards requesting aid for junior college entry claiming she needed six dollars for intuition fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topera
Kas
Roy McCue
More Equal Oil Use Sought by U S As War Urgency Grows
Washington reports steps to spread oil use among the United Nations led by the PAW and PRC, aiming to prevent U S shortages after the war. Interior Secretary Ickes creates a PAW division led by Stewart Coleman to coordinate supply, while Commerce presses PRC to expand financing and control. Meanwhile reports from Stockholm note DeGolyer reassigned as PAW liaison amid Danish resistance sabotage amid German occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
Petroleum Administration — For
Petroleum Preserve Corporation
T Tan
United States Oil
Ickes
PAW
Stewart P. Coleman
Mountbatten to lead combined Allied forces in Asia war
Mountbatten is appointed to command American Chinese British Canadian and Indian troops in Southeast Asia with a mission to maximize cooperation with the United States in future operations against Japan. The tempo of warfare may rise after the monsoon ends in October as the Rangoon port and Arakan Coast drive are pressured.
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Rangoon
Arakan
Burinta
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Mountbatt
Ten
United States
Mountbatten
Southeastern Asia
Tural
Abierican
Pacific
Louis Mountbatten
Asia
Burma
China
George VI
Washington
Quebec
India
Ceylon
iTokyo
Hankow
Hongkong
Chinese High Command
Fuyang
Chekiang
Hangchow
Chungking
Solomons
Tokyo
Roosevelt Calls for Unconditional Surrender to End War
The President in Ottawa warns Hitler and allies that peace through negotiation is impossible. He claims Allied plans and leaked secrets will be returned to Germany, Italy, and Japan, urging unconditional surrender to end the global conflict and curb the “band of gangsters” in the community of nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Roosevelt
Ottawa
Quebec
Germany
Italy
Japan
Hitler
Community of Nations
Mr. Roosevelt
Slaughter Licensing Rules On Meat Quotas Discussed
A wartime policy outlines limits on slaughter quotas, allowing selection between killing three animals or 400 pounds of dressed meat under FDO 27. The new order also permits licensing for livestock slaughter and prohibits unlicensed butchering.
Aviation Cadet Karl Washington Owens Enlisted
Service ready has started classes in academic subjects for cadets. Trainees will be reclassified and sent to Army Air Corps bases for primary training as pilots navigators or bombardiers. Owens Aviation Cadet Karl Washington Owens Jr son of Mr and Mrs Karl W Owens at Shyrock avenue was enlisted as an Aviation Cadet at Harrisburg. Upon his eighteenth birthday he will be subject to call within six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ready
Army Air Corps
Bellefonte
Rail targets hit as RAF bombs Naples area fuels push
Allied air forces struck rail lines near Naples and along the peninsula from Naples to Foggia to disrupt German supply routes. Halifaxes and Liberators from Middle East bases attacked Crotone on the Kalusm arc, targeting railroads and a chemical factory. Berliners endured a third wakeful night as Mosquito bombers operated, following a heavy RAF assault and loss of one aircraft. An Attockholm newspaper estimated 12,000 persons had been...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Foggia
Middle East
Crotone
Attockholm
London
Berlin
Stockholm
Tidningen
Axis Radan
Europe
BBC
France
Amercan
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Rouen
Tricqueville
Bernay St. Martin Air Base
RAF Bostons
Beaumont le Roger
Belgium
Thunder of Guns Breaks Hun Defense At Troina
Allied dispatch from North Africa details a German prisoner describing how constant daylight and night attacks by American infantry wore down defenses. He cites unrelenting artillery as the peak terror, while Major Charles Horner notes the enemy endures the barrage. American artillery is praised as superb in Tunisian and Sicilian operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
North Africa
Troina
Sicily
Charles “Chuck” Horner
Doylestown
Horner
Tunisia
Messina
World War II News Roundup From Europe to Asia
Reports from London and Berlin describe heavy bombing of Berlin with Mosquito aircraft and air defenses. Western Europe sees raids on Rouen and Brittany targets while Danish streets face Nazi clashes and saboteur fears. Mountbatten appointed supreme Allied commander in Southeast Asia as MacArthur advances in the Pacific.
Johnstown Planning Gala Marks Flood Channel Completion
Johnstown plans what organizers call the biggest event ever in the city a gala celebrating the completion of an eight million dollar flood control channel. The celebration shifts from November to an early spring fair and commemorates relief from the 1899 and 1936 floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
St. Patrick’s Day
Market Report from Pittsburgh Stocks and Produce
Pittsburgh reports salable hogs active but mostly lower across weight classes with 160 to 290 pound ranges. Cattle receipts 175, sheep 900, calves 125, sheep firm while other markets stay steady. Produce demand fair with apples around 3.25 for McIntosh and Virginia varieties, potatoes dull at 100 pound lots, Katahdin and Chippewa apples and potatoes priced per car or basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U. S
Pennsylvania
U.S
New Jersey
Stock Market Move From Al Chem to Dyestuffs Listing
A dense list of ticker symbols and company names traces stock market activity across chemical, dye, steel, automotive, and utility firms. Notable entries include Al Chem, Am Can, Am Tel & Tel, Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, Boeing, General Electric, General Motors, Du Pont, Radio Corp of America, Sears Roebuck, Studebaker, Westinghouse, Woolworth, and United Aircraft, among others. The compilation reads like a snapshot of investors tracking parity and shifts across sectors including fuels, solvents, inputs, and consumer goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Chem & Dye
Can Boy Am
Rad & Sti
Smelt & R
Am Tel & Tel
Atch T& SF
Ad Refining
Bald Loco
Bendix Aviator
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Budd Mfg
Gla
Chrysler Corp
Thy Colum G & EL
Cons Edison Ely
Curtiss Wright
del Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont del
General Foods
General Motors
Oss General
Greyhound Corp
Ilinois Central
Nick Can
Tel & Tel
Kennecott Copely Kresge
Lehigh Val Coal
Libby McN & L U
Loews
SBS
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat
Central RR
North Amer Ca
Northern Pay
Packard Motor Ag Param Pictures
Penn RR
Buda Pure Oil
Radio Corp of Am Ohy
Repab Steel
Sears Roebuck
Sperry Corp
Uty
Stand Gas & el
Gil
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Lg Texas Co
United
Aly United Corp
US Rubber
R& M
US Steel Air Warner
West Union
Telco24
Woolworth
Ray Cronin May Come Home
Ray P. Cronin Jr a former AP bureau chief at Manila and prisoner since 1941 may be exchanged for a Japanese captive in the United States. His mother Mrs. Sarah Cronin of Ingram was informed by the State Department that his name appears on the exchange list. Cronin and his wife ran a miniature newspaper for prisoners near Manila when last heard from. An average daily fat salvage from kitchens could produce glycerine for military hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ray P. Cronin
Associated Press
Manila
United States
Sarah Jane Cronin
Ingram
State Department
Cronin
Army of Brewster workers votes to return to work at once
Thousands of workers at Henry Kaiser's Brewster Aeronautical Johns ville plant vote to resume duties immediately under War Labor Board orders. Nine more guards arrested in conflict tied to Coast Guard Reserve duties. Union leaders expect a return but await other plant actions and a 30 day strike vote from Long Island City crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jounsville
Henry Kaiser
Brewaler Aeronautical Corporation
Jounaville
War Labor Board
WLB
T. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers Union
Johnsville
Brewester Aeronautical Corporation
Fourth Naval District
International
R. J. Thomas
Richard Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers of America
Long Island City
Connally-Smith
Brewster
Neward
N. J
Thomas de Lorenzo
Long Island
Navy
U. S. Coast Guard Reserve
Philadelphia
Private Killed on Guard Duty at Delaware River Front
Private James T. Wright, 21, of Santa Ana, California, was shot and killed last night while on guard duty at a pier on the Delaware River Waterfront in Philadelphia. An Army spokesman said the bullet came from a .45 caliber service revolver in Corp. James Halpin's possession, with details pending investigation. Deputy Coroner John Gross said the shooting was accidental. Both Wright and Halpin were part of a military police squadron.
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Philadelphia
Jame T. Wright
Santa Ana
Calif
Delaware River
Army
Corp
James Halpin
Otter
John Gross
Wright
Halpin
Firefighters delay convention profits aid soldiers
City of Walls, Nebraska, sees postponement of Yemen district convention on September 21. Volunteers sponsor loss of 25 dollars for the event and donate the amount to Simokes-For-Soldiers funds aiding Yank hospital patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walls City
Neb
Yemen
Sam
Obituary for Glenhose Ford and Jesse Berringer
Glenhose Ford born September 14 1024 in Commodore died August 19 at City Hospital Warren Q survived by husband Lester Ford infant daughter Janis Lea parents John and Mrs Boucher siblings Cleora John Phyllis Anna Charles Donald Elaine. grandparents Mrs Margaret Widdowson and T H Boucher. funeral at Lordstown Ohio with many relatives attending. Jesse Berringer born October 40 1874 son of John and Margaret Fowler died Tuesday in Indiana County Home hospital department. surviving brother in West Virginia. services at Reigh Funeral Home Hillsdale burial at Rowley Cemetery Friday 10:00 am.
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Glenhose Ford
Commodore
City Hospital
Warren
Lester Ford
Janis Lea
John Boucher
Cleora
John
Phyllis
Anna Charles
Donald
Elaine
Margaret Widdowson
T. H. Boucher
Indiana
Lordstown
Floyd McCracken
Stanford
R. J Nelson
Cherrytree
Claude Berlnger
J. M. Dellman
Ruddell Goodlin
Rex Pennington
Cay
Cay] McCumbs of Clymer; T. H. Boucher
Mrs
Paul Boucher
Vanderarift
Jesse Berringer
Margaret
Fowler) Berringer
Indiana County
West Virginia
Rehigh
Hillsdale
Rowley Cemetery
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Mit
Lewis
Indiana Evening Gazette
Great Britain
Moorhead
PRC
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
E. DeGolyer
Social Demoadministrator
Kraten
PFC
DeGolyer
Denmark
Aarhus
Spe
Iun
Cialist
Thia
Britain
County Meat Committee
FDA
Fayth
John M. Price
Food Distribution Administration
Agriculture
Food-for- Freedom
Land Victory
Citrus Ag
Copenhagen
Acus
Churchill
Ros
ATTU
Chichagof Harbor
Kiska
Seguia Island
Amchitke
Kigby
Baring Sea
Aleutian Islands
Unalaska
Pacif
Yans
Imnak
Alaska Peninsula
Kiske
Agatty
Aleutian
Aitu
Agattu
North Pacific
Amlia
Seguan
Unimak
Arutan To
Ray Cronin
Tally
Juneral
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