Submarine Force Halts Japan's Empire Dreams
War Today author Dewitt Mackenzie notes U S submarine crews and fleets are rapidly weakening Japan as merchant ships are sunk and supply lines strained. Lieutenant Commander T B Klakring reports eight ships sunk and four damaged, with periscope glimpses near Yokohama area, highlighting the hidden battle shaping the war in the Pacific.
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Japan
United States
Com
T. B. Klakring
Honolulu
Klakring
Yokohama
Mississippi Bay
Commodore Perry
Perry
Klakving
Kobe
Farmers Federation Rejects Wage Law Ratification Demands
The federation voiced distress over a lack of a clear government program to aid war essential producers and opposed measures forcing farms under Wage Hour and Social Security systems. It demanded higher prices to offset late relief and criticized price controls, tariffs, and broad government powers while backing Congress’ discriminating handling of restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation
Congress
Government mulls limits on voluntary enlistments
Food and manpower concerns push officials to consider banning voluntary enlistments in the armed forces. The president reportedly dropped plans to assign manpower control to interior secretary Harold L. Ickes and the labor department, and a later idea to place James Byrnes in charge was blocked by the stabilization chief as conflicting with his duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Labor Department
James #. Byrnes
Torpedo Boats Enter Solomons Action Night October 14
Torpedo boats moved into action in the Solomons on the night of October 14. A destroyer squadron, led by Lieutenant Commander Allan Montgomery from Warrenton, Virginia, fired torpedoes at a cruiser while defending against approaching Japanese destroyers.
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Solomons
cRoute
Mander Allan Montgomery
Warrenton
Four family members die in Point Marion fire
A Payette county family of four perished early today in a two story home fire at White House near the Pennsylvania West Virginia line. Victims are Thomas Mitchell 45 Marie 42 Frances 15 and George 5. A miner who found the blaze pulled out the father but the home collapsed. Deputy Coroner said the fire likely started from an overheated stove.
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Point Marion
Payette County
White House
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Thomas Mitchell
Marie
Frances
George
J. C. Stewart
Stewart
J. B. Vance
Smithfield
PT Boat Tales From Guadalcanal Front Lines
A Leonia officer Lieut Bob Searles dodges a torpedo hit while a destroyer duel unfolds near Guadalcanal. Ensign Brent Greene of Frangfort Ky later sinks a destroyer as Mosquito boats press a nighttime patrol. Lieut Henry Taylor of New York City pursues and drives away unloading destroyers amid searchlight flares. The PT crews share dark night yarns from the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Searles
Leonia
N. J
Montgomery
Guadalcanal
Brent Greene
Frangfort, Ky
Henry Taylor
New York City
Taylor
Draft lists draft-board districts and farm deferment guide
The article details draft board districts in Armstrong, Indiana, and Blairsville areas and introduces a wartime agricultural deferment guide. It explains which farm activities are essential or non essential, how deferment units are calculated, and provides example unit values for meat cattle, milk, crops, and other farm products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Guide
Washington
Selective Service
Agriculture Department
Fewer whiskies and more wines forecast for holidays
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board says overall whisky supply should meet holiday demand if consumers do not buy beyond needs. In Philadelphia stores shelves show shortages with nearly exhausted whiskies, while prices near prior lists. The board notes new price ceilings and taxes last Nov. 1 and warns of continued scarce spirit blends and low priced whiskey.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Philadelphia
Frederick T. Gelder
Churchill Predicts Tough Struggle Ahead in North Africa
Churchill told cheering crowds that the struggle would be the tensest phase yet and not a smooth road. He warned the hard core of Nazi resistance remains, but expressed confidence in ultimate Allied victory in North Africa with American allies, noting progress from the Atlantic coast toward the Mediterranean and promising hard fighting ahead before final victory.
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Churchill
North Africa
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Rides Train 10000 Miles To Attend War Classes
Floyd D. Swaesy of Farrell reports traveling 10000 miles by train to Pittsburgh for Pennsylvania State College War Training Classes. In Pittsburgh 5192 attend. University of Pittsburgh has 2790 in 64 courses. Carnegie Tech 640 in 16 courses. Indiana Center offers four engineering and one accounting course for 105 students with plans to expand. Classes held at Leonard Hall Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7 to 10:30 for about 14 weeks and open to the public.
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Floyd D. Swaesy
Farrell
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania State College
University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Indiana Center
Indiana
State Teachers College
State College
Periodia Emla
n+ dustries
B. J. McLuckle
B. Q. Cunningham
Leonard Hall
Churchill Tours War Factories in Northeast City
Prime Minister praised Britain’s virtues as workers sang “good old Churchill” during a weekend visit. He toured factories chalked with Victory markings, paired with the royal family and key ministers, as Allied heavy bombers hit Naples and fronts across Africa and Asia echoed the war’s grinding pace.
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Jour Island
Mary
ATS
Willian A. Harriman
United States
England
Ernest Bevin
Archibald Sinclair
Churchill
Britain
Wheat relief plans loom as CCC weighs actions
OPA difficulties in placing orders push the wheat issue to Commodity Credit Corporation officials. J. B. Hutson, CCC president, met with Secretary Wickard and others but said the CCC, owner of about 250 million bushels of old wheat and holding collateral on nearly 400 million, is not ready to act. Next week may bring steps to ease conditions, including possible loan payoffs at a discount to encourage farmers to move wheat to mills.
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OPA
Commodity Credit Corporation
J. B. Hutson
CCC
Wickard
Hutson
AAA
Wagner pilot missing triggers Gulf Coast search
Army and civilians launched a broad search for missing pilot Wagner after a faint smoke signal near Crestview Florida. The letter reporting the signal arrived for the Army on Tuesday, with family members including sister Phyllis Gilbert receiving word Friday afternoon. The search, begun Monday, covers desolate coastal country as ground parties mobilize amid limited roads and communications.
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Wagner
Philippine
Gulf Coast
Army
Phyllis Gilbert
Boyd M. Wagner
Irene Street
Johnstown
Wagners
Couns
Crestview
Florida
Boundry
Elgin Field
Fla
Buzz
Maxwell Field
Ala
International Action Falters In Air War Details
Report notes the lack of forward bases hampers action while Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz arrives to aid efforts. A planned large scale counter assault by Allied air forces is mentioned. South of the main combat zone French troops and American air units clash with a Nazi armored column near Tecass.
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Gulf of Gabes
Sicily
Mediterranean
Italy
Naples
North Africa
Erwitt Rommel
el Aghella
Red Army
Stalingrad
Semeon Timoshenko
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Buna-Gona
Gone
Buna
Guadalcanal
Navy
Frank Knox
Carl Spaatz
U. S. Army Air Forces
Tescass
Abandoned Baby Not One From Altoona
An Altoona couple failed to identify a Pittsburgh hotel baby as their own. Richard R. Pike and his wife Mary Louise believed the two year old boy found in a downtown Pittsburgh hotel was their son Richard. They had left their son with a neighbor in Altoona on November 17 while they moved to Lorain Ohio for work. The child and guardian were reported missing four days later and have not been heard from since.
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Pittsburgh
Altoona
Lorain, O
Market reports from Pittsburgh reveal weak produce demand
Pittsburgh market notes show produce demand very low with apples mostly steady. Prices listed for Staymans, Delicious, McIntosh, and other varieties in various bag and sack sizes across Pennsylvania, Maine, Idaho, and New York. Live stock quotes indicate hogs selling at 490 head, with gains noted and typical weights between 160 and 180 pounds bringing $14.05 to $15.60.
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Ittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Maine
Idaho
Burbanks
United States war production tops Axis output says NAM news
Donald M. Nelson reports U S combat armament output equals Axis total and will nearly triple Axis by end of 1943 while United Nations production leads. Henry Kaiser urges postwar plan and fair play. Roosevelt Marshall MacArthur Chiang Kai shek Forrestal Crawford named NAM president.
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New York
United States
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
National Association of Manufacturers
Nelson
United Nations
America
Henry J. Kaiser
Association
Socis
Kaiser
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Chiang Kai-shek
China
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Wall Street
Frederick Coolidge Crawford
Thompson Products, Inc
Cleveland
The
NAM
William P. Witherow
Blaw-Knox Co
Pittsburgh
Stee
Crawford
Nets Mass
Lost Altoona Baby Found in Cleveland
A two year old boy, Richard Pike, stolen from Altoona Pennsylvania on November 19 by two Altoona sisters, was found in a Cleveland rooming house. Police say the sisters admitted the theft to satisfy a mother love frustration. The infant was brought to Cleveland the day after his father employed the younger sister to care for him in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Cleveland
Cecelia Heldinger
Richard Pike
Pittsburgh
West Side
Family Gems Found in Junk Pile of Cassatt Estate
In Philadelphia a junk dealer recovered the lort jewels of Vicomtessa Eric De Spoelberch from a ruined estate associated with Alexander Johnston Cassatt. The collection, lost last summer when wreckers demolished the Vicomteness’s late father’s mansion, included rings, pins, medals and a jeweled comb. The heirlooms, once worn by Mrs Cassatt at her White House debut, are described as family heirlooms of small material value.
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Hiladelphia
Vicomtessa
Eric de Spoelberch
Vicomteuns
Alexander Johnston Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cassat
Buchanan
White House
Profit and Loss in Hollywood and Las Vegas
In Hollywood and Las Vegas a cascade of marriages and divorces unfolds. Peggy Ann Kent wed Lieut E D Moxley amid a divorce from Don Wilson granted by District Judge George E Marshall. Jackie Coogan, now in the army, faces a divorce suit from Betty Grable’s former partner Flower Parcy seeking child support for their eight month old son.
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Las Vegas
Peggy Ann Kent
Sidney R. Kent
E. D. Moxley
Army’s Medical Corps
George E. Marshall
Don Wilson
Los Angeles
Jackie Coagan
Betty Grable
Flower Parcy
John Anthony
Treasury balance report shows large deficit and debt rise
Washington December 5 report lists Treasury position December 3 receipts 81.29 million dollars expenditures 179.78 million, net balance 85.23 billion, total debt 103.14 billion, increase over previous day 205.75 million.
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Washington
The
Treasury
USO drive reports progress and local gifts noted
United Service Organizations drives report steady national progress toward a 32 million dollar quota with 26 million raised. Blairsville and Saltsburg reported 720 and 444 dollars respectively, with local volunteers credited for efforts. Additional gifts from Homer City, Home Grange, Indiana High School, and a Coal Bowl game are listed along with contact details for coordinators and the Indiana address for mailed contributions.
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Blairsville Boro
Saltsburg
John Ackerson
Blairsville
Mary B. Whitesell
Homer City
Home Grange
Indiana
USC
Wherle Ridge
North Eighth Street
Moore Hotel
USO
Obituary notices for Mrs Alma Nolf and John Fulmer
Funeral services for Mrs Alma Nolf will be held at the Mahoning Baptist church at 2 00 pm Sunday with Rev Robert F P McLaughlin officiating and burial in the church cemetery John Fulmer longtime member of the Simon Dunmire Fulmer family of Rayntownship died Friday at 3 00 pm born April 1 1850 Surviving children include Charles Fulmer Blairsville R D Willam Fulmer Idamer Mrs Etta Ober Marion Center Mrs Margaret Lydick and Mrs Leroy Nicholson Indiana Mrs Charles Sheesley Tlantesa Calif Mrs John Stuteman Johnsown and Mrs Fanny McKes Kent Friends will gather after 2 o clock this evening at Bet Funeral Home for services at 2 00 pm Sunday with Rev Howard Dennon of the Free Methodist Church officiating and burial in Bethel Cemetery near Dixonville
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John Fulmer
Simon and
Susannah
Dunmire) Fulmer
Rayna Towneship
Charles Fulmer
Blairsville
R. D
Willam Fulmer
Idamer
Etta Ober
Marion Center
Margaret Lydick
Leroy Nicholson
John Stuteman
Johnsown
Fanny McKes
Kent
Bet
Funeral Home
Kev
Howard Dennon
The
Free Methodist Church
Bethel Cemetery
Dixonville
Serena (Gibson) Willet
Robinson Funeral Home
Swinehart
Greenwood Cemetery
Hiram and
Catherine (Wyke) Gibson
Cherrybull Township
Gowanda
J. H. Gibson
North Seventh Street
Prince A. Willet
Stephen T. Gibson
Indiana
Mary C. Swigart
J. Edward Hepburn
Oakland Cemetery
WU. G. and
Russ (Huston) Hoover
Kittanning
Indiana County
Elmer McGee
Church of Christ
D. G. Swigart
Charles D
Versailles
Walter D
U. S. Army
Bangor
Ora McGee
John Hoover
Paul Hoover
Sarver
Walter Hooves
Parisersburg
W. Va
Fred Matthews
Freeport
George Brezenski
van Conomos
W. R. Wilkens
John Phipps
Aultman
Revival of RFC funding battle in Senate aid plan
Washington reports a revitalized Republican minority claimed a victory in a behind the scenes Senate move to require an accounting of Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds used by the BEW under Roosevelt orders. Sen Danaher proposed a compromise amendment denying funds to BEW until RFC directors approve expenditures, with Brown reportedly leaning to accept to push the bill forward.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Corporation
Board of Economic Warfare
Roosevelt
House
RFC
BEW
RFC Board of Directors
Danaher
R-Conn
Brown
D-Mich
Ted
Wallace
McNary
Oregon
McCarron
D-New
Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Obituary notices from Homer City and nearby areas
Obituaries reveal multiple deaths with survivors and funeral details. Serena Gibson Willet and Mary C. Swigart are named with service times at Robinson Funeral Home and interment in Greenwood and Oakland Cemeteries. Elizabeth Gobesky, James Drebeger, and others are listed with church services in Homer City and Indiana County locales.
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White
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West Mahoning Townships
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Plumville
Sheloca
Smicksburg
Indiana Theatre
Blacklick
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Cherryhill
Wheatfield
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Montgomery Pine
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Liquor Board
WPB
Manufacturers’ Association
Goughs
Rathoge
Hollywood
Almanda Nolf
Mahoning Baptist Church
Robert FP. McLaughlin
Getrfcreport
GOP
Dorothy (Worpschuel) Lassick
John
Akron
Charles
Patsy
Lackawanna
N. Y
Mike
Charles _ Prokopchuck
Clune
Y. G. Welch
Elizabeth Gobesky
St. Louis Church
Father M. Rosenthal
St. Bernard's Cemetery
James Dre Beger
Indieana
Mesars Harold J, Lovetess
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