War Today: Taganrog fall threatens Nazi hold on front
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports the loss of Taganrog and a Russian pincer east of the city. Soviet forces push west along the Sea of Azov coast while Kharkov-area encirclements threaten a wider German retreat toward the Dnieper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Russia
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Red Army
Stalin
Moscow
Kharkov
Fuehrer
Donets
Leningrad
Dnieper
H. §. Sewell
Miners on probation spark absenteeism concern
The article notes 27 miners placed on three years' probation after unavailable members, including Bridgeport and Brownsville locals, prompting concerns over rising absenteeism. A separate Washington dispatch discusses World War II era theater moves, rail lines near Crimea, and strategic implications for German and Russian forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Malekovich
Bridgeport United Mine Workers
Eli Warehak
Ralph Calabris
Brownsville Junction
Steel founder dies at home in Sewickley
Alexander Laughlin 77 prominent steel industry figure dies Monday at his Sewickley home. Founder and president of a furnace design firm, he led Pittsburgh Steel Construction and Central Tube through sales and liquidations. Survived by widow and grandson. son died in 1926. Memorial library at Ambridge honors him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewickley
St. Stephen's Church
Alexander Laughlin
Laughlin
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh Steel Construction Company
Taler
Central Tube Co
Chinese Engineer Tells Of Post War Aims Of His Country
T. L. Yu of Chunking, one of 40 Chinese engineers in the United States under the National Resources Commission, spoke to Rotary on postwar plans for China. He outlined aims to develop basic and heavy industries, training programs, and the Commission’s work in promoting key industries, mining, power, and other enterprises for defense and reconstruction.
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Rotary
United States
Chinese National Resources Commission
T. L. Yu
Chunking
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
China
Mimami
Florida
India
Egypt
Africa
Brazil
National Resources Commission
Hupeh-Hunan- Kiangsi
Japan
Kwangsi
Szechuan
Kweichow
Yonhan
Commission
Kansu
Basie
Miners blamed for coal lag and government delay
A National Coal Association bulletin blames a “no contract no sweat” mindset among miners for a spring strike lag that worsened with reduced output. It cites government inaction on manpower directives and notes Ickes reports lower weekly production, with anthracite deliveries rationed in the northeast.
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Ickes
National Coal Association
Washington
NCA Bulletin
Ivkes
Iims
Job D. Battle
National Coal Associattion
Bulletin
Iykes
Bureau of Miles
New Deal
United Miner Worker Journal
American Federation of Ludor
John L. Lewis
AFI
Executive Council
Chicago
Lewis
Journal
AFL
Train Wreck Continues On Page Two
1940 crash of the Lake Shore Limited near Little Falls NY killed 31 and injured 195 as cars derailed and a switch engine was damaged. Engineers described miscommunication and a forced emergency stop too late. Dozens treated at hospitals. blood plasma flown in. Nevada note at end mentions origin of name from Spanish.
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Lake Shore Limited
New York Central
Little Falls
American Legion
Masonic Hall
New York
Rochester
Wayland
Bath
Dansville
Corning
Buffalo
Oswego
Cay
James E. Leroy
Limited
Leroy
Theodore Paladino
New York City
St. Mary's Seminary
Northeast
B. J. Shields
Service Continues for Captain Fuszek at Brooks Field
Service continued from page one noting Captain Fuszek assigned to the advance flying school at Brooks Field Texas for the combat observer course. He graduated from Allegheny High School Pittsburgh and Slippery Rock State College with a physical education major and did graduate work at Penn State and Pitt. He was an athletic director and coach at Elder Ridge before joining the army and earned the Air Medal for anti submarine patrols in the North Atlantic.
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Blairsville
McKee
National Guard
Camp Livingston
Ft. Benning
Camp Gordon Johnson
Fla
Blairsville High School
Blairsville Concrete Co
Waldo C
Macon
Indiana State Teachers College
Bucknell University
Nellie Manning
Glenn M
U. S. Air Corps
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
United States
Jayo
Betty Fulmer
Brooks Field
Texas
Dune
Herlingen
North Atlantic
War Department
Fuszek
Capt
Allegheny High School of
Pittsburgh
Slippery Rock
Pennsylvania State College
University of Pittsburgh
Elder Ridge
Education program aids merchants and student training
The Distributive Education Program under the George Dean Act gains a certified instructor to train students in morning classes and place them in local stores for afternoon experience. Twenty five merchants requested the service this year, up from seventeen last year, as Indiana High School plans football under Luther Troutman and Elwood Banks with a focus on intramural fitness and a Health First theme.
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Woy Ucl
MI Ket
ATK Gut
Charlotte Chapman
Bernice Craig
George Kase
Marguerite Kirkpatrick
Francis Lute
Catherine McClure
Frank Schaefer
Helena Schwartz
Joseph Shane
William Smith
James Stoner
Roger Rankin
Lillian Price
Angie Marshall
Loig Anderson
Martha Zimmerman
Agnes Casselberry
Ruth Uhler
Lilly M. Smith
Vivian Williams
Thelma Bell
Wendell Stewart
David Hill
John Hamill
Charlesh. Canon
Sarah Caldwell
Dorothy L. Carnahan
Hamill
Hill
Williains
Martha Goward
Martha Duffiman
Elizabeth Lowry
Londis 1
United States Army
Charles F. Danver
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
George Dean
Indiana High School
Luther Troutman
Elwood Banks
the Gazette
Invasion talk and Danish strikes ripple through Europe
International summary reports Allies massing for a new Mediterranean invasion while Danish resistance escalates with nine city strikes and mass refugee flows to Sweden. German commanders tighten control, King Christian X held captive as Danes clash with Nazi troops amid shifting fronts from Italy to Russia.
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Reggio Calabria
Strait of
Messina
Sicily
Maly
Berlin
Mediterranean
Italy
France
Denmark
Christian X
Sweden
Rhineland
Southwest
Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Sala Maun
Viterbo
Rome
Aversa
Viella Vecchia
Staelholn
Haven
Hermann von Hannecken
Sorgenfri Castle
Copenhagen
Sveaborg
Europe
RAF
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Air Ministry
Bat
Muenchen-Gladbach
Hheydi
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Red Army
Taganrog
Bryansk
Moscow
Sevek
Ukraine
Livestock Liquidation Threatens War Effort Says State College
Beef state official warns wide liquidation of livestock could hamstring war production as feeding conditions grow tight. Cattle entering Kansas City come mostly from grass fat stock with some fed steers. Livestock men note feeders avoid long grain diets due to narrow margins between stockers and prime beef.
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Page One State College
Kansas City
Income Tax Declarations and Estimated 1943 Payments
Taxpayers must estimate 1943 income and include both income and victory taxes. Those with other income over 100 dollars or withholding deductions must file a declaration next March and settle balances after subtracting March and June 1943 payments. Two worksheets aid calculation, one simple for incomes under 10,000, another full form for detailed deductions. Tomorrow discusses worksheet choices.
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Teast
Treasury
Obituary notices from Brookville and Blairsville area
Obituary notices report death and funeral details for James Reddecliff of Brookville, with service at Other Funeral Home Reynoldsville and burial at Reynoldsville Cemetery. Survivors include children in Sykesville Johnstown Reynoldsville Buffalo Lucerne and Iselin. brothers in Reynoldsville and Johnstown. sister Mrs John Tucker. Also Marko Motrovich Blairsville died at 67 in Indiana Hospital. funeral arrangements by Ferguson Funeral Home. Edward E Strong 65 of Nolo died of bronchial pneumonia. survivors Rose Strong Paul and Ruth McCreery. services at 200 p.m. Wednesday at his residence with burial at Cameron's Bottom Cemetery officiated by Rev P W Large.
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James Reddecliff
Brookville
Reynoldsville
Perry Haines
Richard
Polly
Reddecliff
England
Big Saldler
Methodist Church
Ellen
Maine
James Sykesville
Wiliam
Johnstown
Jack
George
Buffalo
Elizabeth Calver
Lucerne
Selmer Deemer
Iselin
John
William
John Tucker
Marko Motrovich
South Spring Street
Blairsville
Indiana Hospital
Ferguson Funeral Home
Edward Ee.strong
Nolo
Henry
Harriet
Bennett) Strong
Rose (Berkey) Strong
Paul
M. D
Ruth) McCreery
Somerset
Cameron's Bottom
P. W. Large
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Washington, Aug. di
Crimea
Zaporozhe
Melitopol
Black Sea
Reds
STEEL
M Moorhead
Mildred Fuszek
Dayton
Paul Fuzzek
Flyers
West View
Lieut
Russell
Stelion Hospital
Charles H. Russell
Water Street
Selman Field
Morton I. Brody
H. J. Brody
Church’ Street
Vernon A. Zeitler
Harry A. Zeitler
Wayne Avenue
Monroe
Brody
Indiana Training School
Yale University
Zeitler
State Teachers College
Tyrone
Daskivich Andrews Daskivich
Harrisburg Examining Board
Michael Daskivich
Lucernemines
Seventh Street
Horace Mann School
Thaddeus Stevens School
Kinedergarten
Miss Russell
Horace Mann
Fifth
School Streets
Miss Lowman
D. C
Seward
Julius
U.S. Army
Camp Stewart
Joseph
Frank
Homestead
Dessie
Johnstant
Rose Erdman
City
Mary Tinley
Saltsburg
Price
Duarte KR. Price
Myo
William R. Price
Burnside
Cverall Comrodes
Sheppard Field
Tex
Cine
Army Air Technical Command
Luther
Nevada
Streams Funeral Home
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