British Move on Middle East Front Deepens War Outlook
Dewitt Mackenzie notes a strategic shift as British planners extend defense from Suez toward the Caspian Sea. AP’s Grover reports on Turkish alignment and a March 1942 target, with Britain seeking to anchor lines through the Caucasus and deter a German push while relying on American support to fortify Turkey against a wider conflict.
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Aid Daily
Dewitt Mackenzie
Wide Id
Red Vonder Schmidt
Agaite
Cairo
Peston Grover
Valley of the Nile
Grover
Suez
Caspian Sea
High Wycombe
Ibraltar
Dibya
Caucases
Middle-East
United States
Turkey
Holid
Caucasus
Hitler
Palm
Said
Happe
Soldier continues from page one amid confusion
An Army Captain demanded where was Golas as M. P.'s searched for him at 11 a.m. Friday. Golas said he stepped inside a railroad control shelter to warm up after a 42 hour wake. He claimed he wanted to see Baltimore and was given a bed by military police while efforts to reach his unit continued to decide transport home.
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Golas
Baltimore
Harriman as World War II envoy and wartime queen
Mrs. Harriman traveled with Crown Princess Martha of Norway and her children after returning to America from Petsamo. She wrote Mission to the North about her three years in Norway, and aided Haakon's government amid Nazi blitzkrieg, guiding the City of Flint back to the United States.
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America
Europe
Petsamo
Martha
Norway
Harriman
Egalnat
Haakon
Oslo
Fiint
Mad Hermit of the Perkiomen Dead and Legends Live On
The Mad Hermit of the Perkiomen Valley is found dead from rifle fire after a double killing spree. Edward Culp, 83, was shot by William Ludwig, 56, a former insane asylum inmate, prompting a man hunt by state police and sheriffs deputies. Ludwig then died by a detective fire on the hillside porch as authorities closed in. Residents recalled Ludwig’s wolfish roars and erratic gunfire, while officials noted prior orders for recommitment had been issued before the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkiomen Valley
Edward Culp
William P. Ludwig
Montgomery County
May Munshower
Ludwig
Culp
Munenowar
James Cillason
Harry Rankin
Munshower
Mrs Harriman Promotes Social Work Into Politics
Florence Jaffray Hurst, born into a New York family, married Harriman and lived a life of social duties and European travel before turning to social service. She then engaged actively in political affairs though never serving as a candidate for office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Jaffray Hurst
New York
Counterfeiters use counterfeit $20 bills in small purchases
The Wintondale pair were stopped by local businessmen after passing counterfeit $20 notes at multiple shops. They were arrested by motor police from Ebensburg and jailed until Treasury agents arrived. Suspects included Lokowski Zidack and others who used the notes to buy a 21 cent item, 1.25 dollar beer, 45 cents sausage, and a 19 dollar return.
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Wintondale
A. Rubbo
Ebensburg
County
Treasury
Lokowski
Zidack
Joseph Dodson
Regulation W Poised To Shape Postwar Credit
President’s order restricts borrowing and financing amid a six six billion dollar defense effort. Inflation looms as wages rise while goods lag. Price and wage controls, tax measures, defense bonds, and credit term limits aim to curb demand and cushion postwar activity. Businessmen and bankers are advised to implement Regulation W.
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Schmidt
Italian British clash near Bir El Gobi south of Tobruk
An Italian communique reports sharp fighting in the Bir El Gobi sector 40 miles south of Tobruk as British and Italian forces engage. The battle reportedly continues with both sides active and attempting to gain control. The source item carries wartime wording from Berlin.
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Bir el Gobi
Tobruk
Far East moves and Soviet push deepen global tension
Japanese recall from Singapore and Washington along with Britain tightening control in Malaya signal growing danger. Nippon ships and ambassadors recalled while Australia aligns with Allied powers. On the Donets and Mius fronts, Soviet counterattacks push back German forces and claim heavy German losses amid a broader Axis retreat.
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Finland
Baron Mannerheim
Singapore
British Malaya
Thailand
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Bombay
Japan
Washington
Tadamuri
Akuo Uchida
Domei
India
Ceylon
Tokyo
Australia
United States
Britain
Dutch East Indies
Australian Associated Press
British Empire
Adolf Hitler
Donets River
Stalino
Tanganrog
Mius
Dmitrovsk
Britain declares state of war with three nations
British authorities announce that time is set for war with Romania Hungary and Finland after briefings from American ministers. Notes to Romania and Hungary are identical while Finland’s is phrased differently. Finland is urged to halt hostilities as Britain enters war midnight GMT.
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Hungary
Romania
Great Britain
Greenwich
Finland
Senate seeks milder cure for strike curb bill
In a race to curb labor strikes, influential Senate forces backed replacing the House approved measure with a milder plan. The Senate Labor Committee may keep the Smith bill title while substituting the Ball plan, which favors a voluntary mediation system and outlaws strikes over the closed shop, amid clashes over hearings and timing.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Rep
Smith
D-Va
Ball
R-Minn
Norris
Ind-Neb
Congress
Defense Mediation Board
Labor Committee
Thomas
Utah
House
Connally
Dtex
McNary
Oregon
Roy Mitchell murder case widens across states
Kinglsand Georgia police say Indiana Pa druggist Roy Mitchell was killed in Pennsylvania and his body dumped near a Georgia woods. A missing car and weapon are sought as investigators chase unrelated leads and a coroner's jury labels the death a homicide by unknown party or parties.
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Mitchell
Georgia
Florida
Indiana
Kingsland
S. Carl Sheffield, Jr
Walter Roy Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Finns use line of defense as pretext for gains
Feld Marshal Mannerheim claimed Finland must reach a deep line into Russia to liberate Eastern Karelia. He argued the occupation was essential for strategic defense, likening it to Germany’s pretexts for aggression. The speaker cited Czecho-Slovakia to illustrate such justification.
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Russia
Feld Marshall Mannerheim
Finland
Karelle
Tlas
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
College Weather Forecast Ahead
Partly cloudy and colder today and tomorrow. Reading shows 35 degrees, with a high near 58 and a low around 35. Trace precipitation, humidity and barometric pressure noted. minor weather notes accompany beyond the forecast.
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College
Residents rally to block Piney Creek flood dam plan
Residents in the Cook Forest area and western Pennsylvania mobilize against Army engineers proposed flood control and power dam on Piney Creek below Clarion. A Washington flood control panel and Colonel Hopper will visit Cooksburg to study the impact. The project would flood 13 miles of the Clarion valley and inundate Cook Forest, a famed virgin pine refuge visited by about 750,000 since 1929. Opposition hopes to delay or derail the plan. Indiana County groups are urged to lobby against it.
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Cong Forest
Piney Creek
Clarion
Cooksburg
Cook Forest
Washington
Hopper
Pittsburgh
U. S. Army Engineers
Indiana County
Japanese to Indo China Threaten Burma Road War
The piece reports on Japanese troop moves toward Indo China near Thailand, aiming at Burma and Malaya, with 10,000 troops landed and more aboard ships. It notes Chinese defenses and strategic concerns, plus mixed hopes for a settlement without war.
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Thailand
China
Japan
Indo-China
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
Malaya
Indo- China
France
Far East
Ceremany
Recondition Old Wells Key to Pennsylvania Oil Output
Harrisburg secretary of commerce urged focusing on reconditioning older producing wells to lift output in Pennsylvania. He warned wildcat drilling could threaten long term industry health, noting 89,000 wells already operate and detailing Bradford sands potential and high value of Pennsylvania oil for lubrication. He contrasted this with declining 1840s six month production and emphasized price support to maximize extraction.
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Harrisburg
Jornea
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
United States
Fred S. Howland
Kewanee Oil Company
Titusville
James
Sult
Bradford
New Jersey Supreme Court Reverses Bund Rally Sentences
The New Jersey supreme court voided the sentences of nine men tied to a German American Bund rally for violating the state's race hatred law. The court held the law conflicts with free speech guarantees, noting utterances must pose a clear and present danger to justify criminal liability. The defendants included Wilhelm Kunze and August Klapprott, with Camp Nordland linked to the rally.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Supreme Court
Bund
Wilhelm Kunze
August Klapprott
Seaboard
Klapprott
Camp Nordland
Sussex County
Court
Thomas J. Brogan
Andover
John C. Lasey
Somme
US policy shifts threaten postwar balance says analyst
Dr Mromasaki Kashima reports the United States has abandoned its postwar defense stance and taken an offensive posture. Japanese officials seek a peaceful solution while Count Kentaro Kaneko argues for a joint U S Japan commission to resolve the crisis. A political observer questions whether Washington is trying to pass responsibility to Tokyo amid tensions over French Indochina troop movements.
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Britain
Mromasaki Kashima
Asahii
United States
Washington
Tokyo
Kentaro Kaneko
Count Kaneko
Japan
Roosevelt
Fireman's Holiday Fire Reported By Bradford
Edward Brophy and fellow firefighters discovered their own home on fire when an ironing board used by his wife overheated and ignited a blaze near a well, prompting an alarm and quick response.
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Bradford
Edward Brophy
Produce Market Steady Demand in Pittsburgh Area
Pittsburgh market reports steady demand for produce with multiple car lots and sack and crate pricing. Virginia Delicious apples fetch 1.50 to 1.65 per bushel, Pennsylvania De-Ieiog 1.60 to 1.75, Staymans 1.40 to 1.60, Ohio Staymans 1.25, Cortland 1.50, McIntosh 1.50 to 1.70. Potatoes include 29 cars steady with No. 1 sacks at 1.00, Maine Chippewas and Katahdins 1.85 to 2.00, Russet Rural 1.35 to 1.40, Burbank 2.75 to 2.90. Maine Chippewas and Katahdins 15 lb sacks 30 to 31, Russet Rural 25 to 27. Pittsburgh livestock prices unchanged. salable hogs 200, cattle 25, calves 125, sheep none.
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Pittsburgh
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Burbanks
Maine
Eskimo Belief About Light and Food Supply
Eskimo belief holds that the sea provides their main food source, but a light in any house drives the sea creatures away. The article notes a village on the St. Lawrence region near the Bering Sea with a tradition tied to fear of light and the absence of front windows.
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Se‘conge
St. Lawrence Qu
Taring
Bering Sea
Lady Domville Released From Detention in London
London reports Lady Domville wife of Admiral Barry Domville released after sixteen months under defense regulations. Her son Compton Domville remains detained. Sir Barry, former Naval Intelligence director, long linked to Anglo German groups and with past visits to Germany and Hitler alongside Himmler. The family faced wartime confinement. the admiral was moved to Brixton prison while Lady Domville stayed at Holloway.
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London
Domville
Barry Domville
Ate
Ananties
Io Barry
Thair
Compton Domville
Fikewies
Desane
Cussody
Barry
British “Naval Intelligence Division
Vonderheydt
Sly Barry
Sir Barry
Germany
Heinrich Himmiler
Secret Police
Adolf Hitter
Brixton
Holloway
Salzburg
Bragg Fined For Straddling White Line On Bay Bridge
Robert L. Bragg, 42, received a $5 fine after crossing the bay bridge and straddling the white trade line. Municipal Judge Herbert C. Kaufman questioned the act and Bragg admitted he painted the line himself causing his blush.
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San Francisco
Robert L. Bragg
Bay Bridge
Herbert C. Kaufman
Bragg
Pittsburgh Fat Stock Show at Union Stock Yards
The Pittsburgh Fat Stock Show will be held at Union Stock Yards Herrs Island on Tuesday and Wednesday December 9 and 10. 4-H Club lambs and baby beef raised by 4-H members from Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia will be exhibited Tuesday and sold at auction Wednesday. County Agent Warner notes one day visitors may prefer Wednesday to watch the cattle and lambs auction. Five Bilairsville 4-H Lamb Feeding Club members will exhibit and sell a pen of lambs: Laila Williams Henry Williams Randall Campbell Charles Mikesell and Thomas Mikesell.
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Pittsburgh
Union Stock Yards
Herrs Island
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Warner
Bilairsville
Laila
Henry Williams
Randall Campbell
Charles
Thomas Mikesell
Wizard posts bond of 5000 dollars in Pittsburgh
James A. Colescott imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and two associates testified before a grand jury in Pittsburgh after being indicted on charges of illegal solicitation of funds and conspiracy. Bond was fixed at 5000 for Colescott and 2500 for the others, with two Philadelphia leaders named in the indictment.
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Pittsburgh
Bond
James A. Colescott
Atlanta
Imperial Wizard
Ku Klux Kian
Colescott
Imperial Kludd
Obituary notices from Rohe ing Funeral Home area
Obituaries report multiple local deaths and funeral plans. George M'LAIN of East Pike dies of a heart attack in Indiana Hospital with services pending. Maxin PETERNAY, 66, of Homer City, dies at home and will be buried at Oakland Cemetery after an 8:00 am Monday service at St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church. other obituaries mention services at Rohe ing Funeral Home and Edgewood Cemetery with a 2:00 pm Monday service. The streams funeral home handled M'Lam's arrangements. Rev Carl E Maier officiates.
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Roheingon Funeral Home
Salisburg
Carl E. Maier
Edgewood Cemetery
George M’lain
East Pike
Indiana Hospital
Streams Funeral Home
Mr. M'Lam
G. Adame M'Lam
Maxim Peternay
South Main Street
Homer City
Anne Pelernay
John
Michael Peleernay
Michael Mutchka
Mes
Metra Harvey
Paul Kurag
New Kensington
St. John the Baptist's
Basil Levdar
Oakland Cemetery
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Lehigh Val Coal
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Packard Motor Param Pictures
Penney
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Pullman Pure
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Swift and Co Texas Co
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