Japanese Aviators Reach Nome After Pacific Flight
Seven Japanese aviators landed the Nippon in Nome after a 16 hour 4000 mile hop from Kamchatka across the North Pacific and Bering Sea. They planned further legs to Whitehorse Vancouver Seattle and San Francisco before turning east toward the United States.
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Nome
Alaska
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
United States
North Pacific
Bering Sea
Komanderskie Island
Kamchatka Peninsula
Chamber of Commerce
Vancouver
B. C
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Leader speaks at Brushvalley Sabbath School rally
The Reverend Lee J. Gable of Philadelphia will address Sunday School workers from districts 7 and 8 at Brushvalley Methodist Church on leadership training in rural churches and Sabbath schools. The Brushvalley male quartet will sing and the B V Orchestra led by Mrs. Nettie McCrea Davis will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee J. Gable
Million And Half School Children Tramp London Streets In Rehearsal
A million and a half London school children took part in a dawn evacuation rehearsal amid gas masks and 48 hours of rations. They walked to school with mothers nearby as teachers drilled them for possible real relocation to countryside hosts.
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London
Britain
Rthuwls
Fair ends with free ground admission at four
Free admission to the fair grounds ends at 4:00 PM tomorrow with last attractions. Indiana stores close this afternoon, marking the end of summer holidays observed on Wednesdays.
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Indiana
Weapon would-be world’s finest anti tank gun
The article describes a proposed anti tank weapon praised as unrivaled for speed and penetration. It claims a velocity near 2 600 feet per second and a seven mile accuracy with rapid fire capability. The gun is part of a broader drive to streamline armament and replace heavier World War era heavy guns, with two men replacing nineteen in crew.
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Stevens
Multiple Fatal and Injury Accidents Reported Across Counties
The front page summary lists fatal, nonfatal, and property incidents from several towns. It notes a car collision near Glen Campbell resulting in injuries to Detwiler family members, an autowreck near Hooversville with coroner family uninjured, drownings at Harvey's Lake, a mine explosion in Larksville, and various other highway, rail, and waterway accidents with resulting deaths and injuries across Pennsylvania. Local figures include Paul Lefevre facing reckless driving charges and coroner John Woods referenced in the Hooversville incident.
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Stronastown
Ars Rose Detwiler
Iver
Kgm
Argolis
Heilwood
G. K. Lodge
Paul Lefevre
Y-Glo
Dodge
Lefevre
John Woods
Hooversville
Pennsylvania
Anoer
John Cule
Scranton
Harvey's Lake
Luzerne County
Eleanor
Ruth
Glen Alden Coal Company
Larksville
John Swetra
Plymouth
Cam Aidian
Edward Vuscavage
Matin Ruddy
Palmerton Street
Robert G. Gilrey
Miami
Bla
Meadville
Easton
Thomas Stamer, Jr
Nazareth
Vernon
Knipple
Hanover
Shives
Cumberland
Greensburg
Selle Jean Turley
Rochester
Tuchard Keger
Collier Township
Anthony AL Lang
Serantoy
Berlin Report Continues From Page One
The article notes Daladier’s suggestion that the French Premier is ready to strike every effort toward peace. Berlin circles assess Hitler’s possible response. official quarters in Berlin offered no comment on any second proposal or further steps.
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Daladiers
Efort
Hitler
Daladier
Enugyn
Berlin
Honest Welshman Returns to Wales Amid Immigration Halt
An illegal entrant, Desmond Thomas of McKeesport, plans to return to Wales with his wife and two sons after immigration orders. Their son Sadie is missing, with police combing the area as the family departs for New York aided by McKeesport mayor and citizens funds.
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Pittsburgh
Aug
United States
Desmond
Thomas
McKeesport
Sadie
Wales
Campden
New York
Indiana Follies Auditions At Manos Theatre
Indiana youths audition for the Hollywood Premiere and Indiana Follies to be staged at the Manos Theatre on September 8. Final auditions are September 1 with interviews for the Shirley Temple impersonation, open to eight to ten year olds from seven to nine PM.
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Indiana
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Bath
Hitler letter to Daladier signals hard line on Poland
The piece reports Hitler’s public letter to Daladier outlining German demands and Macedonian reference to border issues, suggesting Berlin may press beyond a corridor to include East Prussia and a Baltic connection. It notes Daladier’s cautious response and European observers’ uncertainty about war or compromise.
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Hitler
Paris
Daladier
East
Fuehrer
France
Daladie
Germany
Poland
Propasanda
Upper
Silesia
Daladiier
Danzig
East Prussia
Pound
Baltic Sea
Pal
Tam
England
Europe
Herr Daladier
Geremnany
Tnt Mitler
Belwe
Nazi Germany
Relief rolls show hopeful trend in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports 835,635 on state relief with a 3,468 rise in the week ending August 19, a sharp contrast to the 24,000 weekly average of prior months. Indiana County lists 66 cases, 2,018 total, net caseload up 57 or 2 percent, while state aid applications drop 489 to 9,305. Private employment cited as key to the movement and reemployment since January is reducing the burden by about 20,000 persons.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Public Assistance
Indiana County
Howard L. Russell
Russell
Rome reflects on wartime tensions and cautious signals
Gayda and Malan commentators warn war may come soon as hopes fade from London Berlin talks. Mussolini maintains contact with Hitler and Britain. Papal nuncio Francis Osborne visits Pope Pius XII at Castel Gandolfo amid shifting diplomatic temps.
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Gayda
London
Berlin
Musgolini
Adolf Hitler
Pius XII
Francis Osborne
Holy See
Castel Gandolfo
Paris Seeks to Shape Nazi Poland Talks in High-Stakes Letters
Paris reports outline how France and Britain push Hitler toward direct negotiation with Poland over Danzig and the Polish corridor. Diplomatic exchanges unfold from Berlin to Paris, with France urging reassessment of the borders and Italy's role looming as a potential mediator or obstacle.
Shaw questions excitement over international situation
London report quotes George Bernard Shaw in a Times letter asking why the world fusses over Hitler. He notes Deas Inge and Evening Standard speculation, then suggests Hitler may be under Stalin’s influence, while many fear the fate of peace and the global mood grows anxious.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
The
Times
Shaw
Deas Inge
Evening Standard
Herr Hitler
Canossa
Tlinity IV
Gregory VII
Stalin
Berlin Prewar Rationing Affects Households And Cars
The article describes wartime rationing in Berlin, with housewives lining up at grocers and other provenders to sign for new rations and buy nonlisted items. Germans begin reducing consumption of favorite foods as officials announce strict gasoline rationing starting September 4, limiting car use to permitted owners.
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Berlin
Lehigh Professor, Students Plan Undersea quake experiment
Washington August 28 A Lehigh University professor and three students prepare to spend a year offshore in the South Pacific conducting artificial earthquakes. Dr Maurice Ewing leads the expedition with Alyn Vine Edward G Uhte and D J Lamar Worze. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the University of Virginia with the U S Coast Guard. Lime bombs will produce blasts and recorders will log vibrations.
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Washington
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Quist
Maurice Ewing
Pacific
Alyn. Vine
Garrettsville
D. J
Lamar Worze
Staten Island
N. Y
Edward G.uhte
Elizabeth
N. J
National Geographic Society
University of Virginia
United States Coast Guard
South-Central Pacific
United States
Ewing
Ume
Ewny
Vine
SWOC Union Drive Planned at Bethlehem Mills
Forty eight employee representatives from nine Bethlehem Steel mills announced plans to push a CIO affiliated SWOC drive. They seek a 3 cost day minimum wage increase and proportional boosts in other classifications. Representatives came from Johnstown Steelton Lebanon Pottstown Rankin Leetsdale Bethlehem Sparrows Point and Lackawanna.
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Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
CIO
SWOC
Philip Murray
National Labor Board Oraoved
Bethlehem Mills
Johnstown
Steelton
Lebanon
Pottstown
Rankin
Leetsdale
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Sparrows Point
Lackawanna
N. Y
Obituary notes for local business and church leaders
Obituary notices honor machine shop superintendent of Edgar Thomson Works, trustee of Braddock First Presbyterian Church, and charter member of Knights of Pythias, Junior Order United American Mechanics, and Mystic Chain. Survivors include Emma Bryan Decker, daughter Harry Bryan, son Harry B. Decker, siblings J. E. Decker, Harry F. Decker, and Mrs. Harry M. Berkey. funeral planned on Bryan home lawn due to contagious disease. Additional notices for Elizabeth Byers, Irma Moorhead, and William H. Jackson outline birthplaces, marriages, church affiliations, survivors, and service details with interment plans.
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Edgar Thomson
Carnegie
Hinoix Steel Corporation
First Presbyterian Church of
Braddock
Knights of Pythias
United American Mechanics and Mystic
Johnstown
James M. Bryan & Company
Indiana
Emma (Bryan) Decker
Harry Bryan
White Township
Harry B. Decker
J. E. Decker
Harry F. Decker
Philadelphia
Harry M. Berkey
Bryan
Stillman A. Foster
First United Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Market tickers and corporate listings compiled in ink
The text lists numerous companies and stock symbols across industries from Amoco to US Steel, suggesting a market summary or page of quotes. It includes percentages, abbreviations, and partial identifiers and ends with a national policy note about Japan's cabinet resigning following shifts in Europe and the German-Soviet pact.
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Japan
Domei
College Weather Card Predicts Warmer Day Ahead
Readings show temperature around 63 degrees, with a high near 81 and a low near 60. Relative humidity is about 70 percent and barometric pressure at 28.05 today versus 28.08 yesterday.
Funeral services for Blairsville resident with two daughters
The deceased leaves two daughters Mrs Mildred Killmore of Fittshirgh and Mrs Ruth MacVeigh of Cokeville, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral services are set for 2:30 PM Tuesday at Ferguson Funeral Home Blairsville with interment in Blairsville Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Byers
New Washington
Clearfield County
Indiana
Robert
Margaret
Mahaffey
D. D
Oakland Cemetery
Mildred Killmore
Last German liner ships home as Americans begin departures
NEW YORK Aug 28 The Hamburg American liner New York sailed for Bremen with no passengers amid hurried German departures and reports of Nazi fleet orders. The Bremen is bound for New York to return to Germany, with several Americans aboard, while the St Louis also sailed secretly. Paris said the liner Manhattan would depart for New York via Southampton and Cobh, boosting American accommodations. Warsaw noted only a handful of Americans remain in Poland as war looms.
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New York
Bremen
Germany
St. Louis
WMCA
Europe
German Line
West Indies
Hner Bremen
Hemburg-American Line
U. S. Weather Bureau
Paris
United States Fries
le Havre
New Yok
Southampton
Cobb
Warsaw
United States
Poland
Stockholm
Oslo
Latvia
Estronia
Finlarth
William M. Cramp
C. Burke. Elbrick
M. Williams Blake
Tomlin Bailey
Warsaw Press Signals Polish Resolve Amid German Demands
Warsaw reports insist on Polish sovereignty as Hitler demands return of Pomorze and Danzig with no compromise. Poland readies a large pre paredness force of about one million and notes clashes on its frontiers with East Prussia and Slovakia. Germany tightens border controls and halts passenger traffic on key routes.
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Hitler
Daladier
Pomorze
Free City of
Danzig
Foreign Office
Poland
Germany
East Prussia
Slovakia
Dzialdowo
Warsaw
Ritter Boys Father Dies in Mifflintown
Dr. Benjamin H. Ritter, 80, oldest physician in Juniata county, died last night in Mifflintown. He practiced here for 63 years. Survived by three sons Dr. Daniel Ritter and William Ritter of Isonpaewn and Benjamin Ritter Jr. of Pittsburgh.
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Mifflintown
Benjamin H. Ritter
Juniata County
Daniel Ritter
William Ritter
Isonpaewn
Benjgnin Ritter
Pittsburgh
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Atlantic Ocean
Gibraltar
Rema.shes
Africa
Des An
Pantelleria Italian Base
Yugo
Rumania
Moscow
Busta
Black Sea
Ardanesces
Turkey
Suez Canal
Brushvalley
Nter
Alma
Glen Campbell
Gusta Fel
Costa Vale
Weginesuay
Woska Mae
Clearnelel Bituiuuis Coal Corporation
Wittuinubile
Detwiler
Heiwuati
Rome
Frances
Yiller
Pomerze
Robert Caoulondre
Italy
Mussolini
Lehigh
Irma
M'Elhoes
William
H. Jackson
Blairsville
Jackson
Enma (White) Jackson
William Jackson
Calif
Alco
Beth Steel
Burr
Calumet
Hecate Canad Pacific
Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Corl
Gillette Saf
Greyhound Corp Vly Interlake
Harvester
Niexs
Low's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward Abn
Nash-Kelginator
Nat
Studebaker Corp
Texas Corp
Timker
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Indus Alcox
US Rubber
US Steel
West Union Tel
West el
Woolworth
Curb— Cities Service
Ai el
Pennoad Cop
Tokio
St Louis
Cobh
Ritter
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