Esso Marketers honor employees with service pins
Close relatives of Esso Marketers employees in the armed forces gathered to receive service pins with stars for each relative in service. James Foreman earned top honors with two brothers in the military. local residents C. R. Stim G. W. Fee and Clair Jamison also received stars. Five Esso employees locally are serving Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esso
James Foreman
Foreman
H. F. Heflin
Joval
Standard Oil Co
Armed Services
C. R. Stim
G. W. Fee
Clair Jamison
Uncle Sain
Pennsylvania Graduates 121 Air Mechanic Recruits at Keesler Field
Pennsylvania’s manpower contribution to the war effort grows as 121 former residents graduate from the airplane mechanics school at Keesler Field Mississippi, a 16 week Army Air Forces Technical Training Command program. The new specialists join the fight on the front lines maintaining United Nations aircraft in peak condition. The group includes Private Thomas L. Harris of New Florence Private Stephen J. Wulk of Nu Mine Private Warren M. Johnston of Saltsburg and Private Andrew Kitch of Slickville.
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Pennsylvania
Keesler Field
Miss
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Iite
United Nations
Thomas L. Harris
New Clorence
Stephen J. Wulk
Nu- Mine
Warren M. Johnston
Saltsburg
Andrew Kitch
Slickville
Over There Continued From Page One Five Battle Line
The report notes the Japanese have been recklessly expending ships and men in the Solomons, a battle ground of our own crossing, as the narrative continues from page one five.
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Solomons
Demo Minority Groups Meet Dec 7 To Organize
Harrisburg report notes Democratic minority groups from the House and Senate plan a December 17 meeting to organize for the 1949 legislative session. State Chairman David Lawrence urges setting plans and selecting floor leaders in both chambers. News sources map expected leadership amid Republican control, with likely Speaker Ira T. Fiss and Senate president pro tempore Charles Ely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisbury
House
Senate
David L. Lawrence
Charles H. Ely
Somerset County
Ira T. Fiss
Snyder County
Republican i
Lawrence
A. B. McGinnis
Allegheny County
Albert S. Readinger
Berks County
Reuben E. Cohen
Philadelphia
Lend-Lease progress and postwar aid plans outlined
The president urged uniting allied strength to confront the enemy and to supply liberated regions with food medicine and clothing as a new task of the war effort. He cited the Lend-Lease program total value at 7.495 billion dollars since 1941 and noted new shipments including bulk Crimea cuisine for the Russian front as innovations in the food for victory campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arily
United Nations
Beef Price Controls Consider Possible Dearer Meat
OPA indicated retail meat price ceilings could be revised later to prevent profit squeeze on butchers. An order would specify a fixed margin over cost for butchered meat. CHICAGO December 11 AP report mentions pork and lard ingredients and a reference to Axis powers in a wartime context.
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OPA
Chicago
Marines use brutal trap against Japanese invaders
In the Solomons on Tulago Island a Marine detachment on a cricket field spotted ten approaching figures. A sergeant called for action as rifles fired, eight of the ten Japanese were killed. Capt. Robert Neuffer, 23, of Hempstead, N.Y., recalled the moment saying the attackers’ ruse showed Tojo’s toughness and the Marines’ grit.
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San Francisco
Tulago Island
Solomons
Tojo
Robert Neuffer
Hempstead
New York
Grange calls for shared sacrifice amid wartime strain
The Grange urges national unity and expenditure restraint, praising farm folk for sacrificing non essentials to support the war effort while demanding the government apply the same discipline to all. It decries social unrest and criticizes leaders and followers for selfishness and national self aggrandizement.
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Grange
Battle fronts shift as forces clash near Stalingrad and Libya
International dispatches describe three days of fighting southwest of Stalingrad near a sizeable town on the Caucasus rail line, with Germans massing reserves to halt the Russian onslaught. British reports note no major push on El Agheila yet, while Axis troops in Tunisia and Libya show increased activity. Allied air and naval strikes target El Agheila, Tunis, La Goulette, and Buna Beach as New Guinea forces close in on Japanese positions.
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Arimy
Stalingrad
Accout
Kolesnikovsk
Caucasus
Cairo
Eighth Army
el Agheila
Libya
Associated Press
United States
Black Scorpion
Fighting Cock
Pengunt
el’ Aghialis Front
Marble Arch
el Agheila Line
Ithe ‘Tunis
1La
Goulette
Tunis
Anis
Noth African Frett
Jong Ivangengstlers
Yesplerday Aneren
Tripolitania
Vince
Glohim and Voss
Gona
New Guinea
Buna Beach
Cape Killerton
Cape Endaiadere
Newsprint cutback debate and Allied coastal advances
Industry leaders debate a 3 percent leeway over base tonnage to ease newsprint shortages as wartime demand grows while Australian and American forces tighten grip on Buna. Australians push toward Cape Killerton and Cape Endaradere, trapping Japanese positions along the coast and sealing routes to the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gana Beach
Buna
Cape Killerton
Cape Endaradere
Walker Seen As Likely Dems Chairman After Flynn
Washington December 11 Postmaster General Frank C Walker is Roosevelt administration’s pick to succeed Edward J Flynn as national chairman of the Democratic party Flynn plans to step down in January and attempts to head off a factional contest are under way Others mentioned for the job include Leo Crowley Oscar Chapman and Oscar Ewing but Walker’s name is the prevailing choice with support from the White House and most advisers
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Washington
Reed
Capitol
Frank C. Walker
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
New York
Flynn
St. Louis
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Republican National Committee
Know
Scranton Pa
James A. Farley
Walker
Leo Crowley
Alien Property
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
Oscar Ewing
National Committee
Wickard: U S food supply will be best fed nation
Senate press conference notes President Wickard saying the United States will feed its soldiers well and avoid waste while managing production and distribution. He rewires the department into two groups directing new distribution and production administrations with Roy F. Hendrickson and Herbert W. Parisius named as heads.
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Department
Wickard
New Distribution Administration
Herbert W. Parisius
Rice Lake, Vic
Office of
Agricultural War Relations
Nazis Change High Command in German Armed Forces
Berlin radio disclosed after appointing Kurt Zeiteler as chief of staff of the army that two other senior officers hold top roles in the air force and navy. Col Gen Hans Jeschhonnek appears as air force chief since 1939 and Admiral Fricks is named for the navy, both rising rapidly under Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kurt Zeiteler
Berlin
Hans Jésschonnek
Fricks
Adolf Hitler
Jesschonnek
Air Force
London
Nazi Aliens Under Arrest in 52 Raids Across State
Federal authorities detained 14 German aliens in simultaneous FBI raids in 52 communities. One man held a medal for best anti tank gunner at a labor camp and showed a map of German field maneuvers. All were to be sent to Ellis Island for hearings.
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Newark
N. J
Dee
E. EB
Conroy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New Jersey
FBI
Germany
Ellis Island
Money Awaits War Veterans in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg November 11 AP Pennsylvania holds 200 for each of 50,000 veterans uncollected from a veterans bonus fund. The fund arose from a 1993 Legislature bond issue after voter approval. Since payments began in 1934, about 821,507 people have received 44.48 million dollars. State Treasurer G Harold Wagner reported 647,946 cash and 17.35 million in securities, totaling 17.099 million dollars.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
G. Harold Wagner
Finc Niow
Fremont School Cafeteria Cook Breaks Arm in Slip
Unnamed Mary Margaret Heath, a Fremont School cafeteria cook in Klamath Falls Oregon, slipped on the sidewalk on her way to work and suffered a broken arm. At the hospital she met Warren Carris, the Fremont School janitor, who also slipped on the sidewalk and sustained a broken arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath Falls
Ore
Mary
Garet Heath
Fremont
Warren Carris
Double Catch to Wanda
Donald Alger fished half a day without a bite then caught a fish. Wading a stream he tripped over an old rubber tire and brought it home. Hours later he found a five pound bass trapped inside.
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Wanda
Donald Alger
Tough Marines Snip Prices as Whiskers Grow in San Diego
Barbers in San Diego, home to a major Marine Corps training base, complain that whiskers have grown tougher and raise the price of a shave from 35 to 60 cents. A barber notes it takes as long to shave as to trim a head of hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Marine Corps
Pittsburgh Markets Mixed Demand for Produce and Livestock
Markets report moderate produce demand in Pittsburgh with steady apple quotes and varied potato prices across regions. Livestock shows active hogs, with a range of weights and prices, and cattle, calves, and sheep receipts listed with totals.
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Pittsburgh
Dec
Pennsylvania
Maine
Idaho
Livestock
Dev
Health Trends in War Year Improve in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania reports improved health in the war year with lower deaths from most major diseases and a drop in overall mortality, while births rise. Deaths from cancer and alcoholism climb, and deaths by self harm increase. stillbirths and live births show changes.
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Pennsylvania
Long Pipeline From Texas to Illinois Nears Completion
Petroleum administrator Harold L. Ickes said a 650 mile 24 inch oil pipeline from Texas to Illinois would be fully installed next week but may be idle over a month due to pumping equipment shortages. He criticized railroad oil movements and noted delays caused by a steel mill defect delaying part of the Longview Texas to Norris City Illinois leg. He announced plans to ramp up eastward pipeline work toward June completion and urged steel supplies for a second 20 inch line while pressing for coal conversion of oil burners.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Texas
Illinois
Ickes
Tekes
John J. Pettey
Association of American Railroads
Steel
Longview
Norris City
New York
Norrtis City
New York Philadelphia
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Obituary notices for Winkelman Winebrenner Hall DeHaven
Obituary items report Mrs Mabel M Winkelman-Winebrenner age 58 of New Florence died at home. Survived by husband Joseph, daughter Mrs Merman Werder, son William, siblings Harry Winkelman and four sisters. Services 2 PM Saturday DeWitt home with Rev P W Large, Laurel Hill Cemetery. Also obituary for E J Hall of Apollo and Charles A DeHaven of Creekside with service details and interment in Apollo and Greenwood cemeteries.
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Mabel M. (Winkelman
Winebrenner
New Florence
James H
Margaret (Rufiner
Winkelman
Joseph Winebrenner
Merman Werder
William Winebrenner
Harry Winkelman
Leonard Dewitt
Logan
E. Hall
Jennie Seton
Indiana
Apollo
Jamies
Mary Slain Hall
Plumcreek Township
Armstrong County
First Presbyterian Church of
Hall
Apollo Lodge
New Castle
Independent Order At Odd Fellows
Olive Hall
H. A. Snyder
Fitzgerald
Edgar Hall
Seton
Alllie Robertson
Irwin
Qol Terrace Avenue
C.W. Cochran
Apollo Cemetery
Charles
Russian Front Battles Rage Across Broad Fronts
Fierce fighting flamed along a wide central front as a thaw broke after a blizzard. The Stalingrad front saw gains in three sectors with Red Army advances toward Katelnkovski and near the Volga and Don junction. Soviets reported occupation of trenches near Stalingrad outskirts and capture of a heavily fortified garrison northwest of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Velikie Luki-Rzhev
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Volga
Stalingrad-Tik
Senate Resigns to Filibuster Endgame in 77th Congress
Senators resigned themselves to a third filibuster against the Silver Sale Bill as Congress nears adjournment. McCarran urged keeping the price at 80 cents per ounce while New England manufacturers and western silver producers push for passage. House Ways and Means postponed action on wartime tariff suspension, signaling dwindling chances this session. Other bills on civilian pay, rent stabilization, and farm labor costs likely die with Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bee
McCarran
N-New
Gree
D-Ri
Treasury
Dust Old Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corpor
Freight increases as railroads move more cars
Washington reports the Association of American Railroads shows 758,620 cars of revenue freight loaded in the week ending Saturday, up 16,988 cars or 2.2 percent from the prior week, down 74,754 cars or 8.9 percent from a year ago, and up 21,108 cars or 2.2 percent from 1940.
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Washington
Apthe Association of American Raily Roads
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Cvinya Turhunka
Atraour and Company
Fis Speed
Moorhead
Renin
Frank Walker
P. M.gen
State Health Department
Jckes
Meri
Phang
Feneral
Bill Hot
Solo
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Nias Greetings
Bos Wiley Florist
Phila
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