Veterans rally boosts Fourth War Loan sales in Indiana County
Three veterans from Deshon U S Hospital told war stories to boost Fourth War Loan sales at a county rally led by Paul Straiiff. Event featured Preston Foster and Nancy Kelly promoting Back the Attack, with boosters like Robert McClintic Glenn Cook and Elmer Turner. In Pittsburgh area, ER bond sales underperformed while overall drive exceeded daily quota with 16 million in 19 counties and 226 million year to date.
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Deshon U. S. Hospital
Butler
Jimmy Stewart
Indiana County
Paul Straiiff
Greatings
Robert McClintic
Pittsburgh
War Finance Committee
Fort Pitt
Glenn Cook
Ligonier
Elmer Turner
Greensburg
Preston Foster
Hollywood
Nancy Kelly
Mr. Gatsby
Misa Kelly
War Anance Committee
Allegheny
The War Today War Notes on Pacific Outlook
A cautious wartime summary discusses Japan’s warning of a deepening Pacific war, U S naval and air gains in the Marshalls, and possible upcoming actions around Truk Kwajalein Rabaul Wake and Nauru with Allied prospects for further operations despite uncertainties about a full Mikado offensive. The piece notes Japanese bases near the Kurile chain and highlights strategic aims and potential clashes in the central Pacific theater.
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Pacific
Sizure
Nippon
Marshall Islands
United States Navy
Paramushiro Island
Attu
Lord Mountbatten
Asia
Marshalls
Kyajalein Atoli
Rinmond K. Turner
Truk
Rabaul
Wake
Nauru
Fire devastation on Kwajalein exposes ruined defenses
Associated Press war report from Kwajalein Island describes ground troops surveying a scorched atoll where blockhouses lie in twisted concrete and rubble. Worden notes casualties among Japanese as marines and soldiers sever supply lines, with ongoing combat at Roi and Nani.
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Kimmina
Atoll
Bay 2
Kwajalein Island
Wiliam GC Worden
Associated Press War Core Respondent
Worden
Holland Smif Wn
Kwajalei
Leif Erickson
Marshalls
Roi
Nani
Pennsylvania GOP weighs Senate pick amid party fighting
Harrisburg feb 8 the pennsylvania republican organization moves toward a possible consolidation around a senate candidate at the April primary with no decision until midweek. Davis and other named figures linger in ongoing discussions as factional rifts persist since 1930. Meanwhile the Democratic slate includes Francis J Myers for the u s senate and J Warren Mickle says petitions to place roosevelt on the ballot will be circulated statewide with the state committee backing a fourth term.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Martin
Spence
U. S
Dimes J
Davis
Joseph R. Grundy
Bristol
GOP Leailers
Philadelphia
Senate
William 8. Livengood, Jr
Livengood
Jas H W. Buff
William B Mck Fall
Pittsburgh
Francis J. Myera
U.S Senate
J. Warren Mickle
Democratic State Committee
Roosevelt
Mickle
Pacific and European War Updates From China to Italy
wartime dispatches describe American advances in the Marshall Islands with high casualties for Japan and strong Allied air offensives across the Pacific. In Europe, Red Army gains press toward Novgorod and Cherkasy as Western fronts report Rome and nitrates amid bombings and strategic setbacks.
Mesa Head Changes Mind on War Labor Board hearing
Matthew Smith, head of the Mechanics Education Society of America, was set to explain to the War Labor Board why penalties should not be imposed for refusing to terminate a strike in about 44 Ohio and Michigan plants. Smith, British-born, seeks representation for unions not affiliated with AFL or CIO in government deliberations, as WLB hears a cross-party appeal.
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Washington
Matthew Smith
Mechanics Education Society of America
War Labor Board
Ohio
Michigan
Smith
MESA
Mesa National Administrative Committee
Geo. White
WLB
White
AFL
CIO
Tabor
National Labor Relations Board
Toledo
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Willys-Overland Motor Co
Tool Room
Allied Bombing Of Frankfurt Red Cross Flag Incident
Allied air forces concentrated on Frankfurt with 3800 tons of explosives in late January and again in early February as Fortresses Liberators and P-51s plus British fighters struck rail yards and factories. Mosquito raids in Western Germany followed, while German claims dispute the Red Cross flag markings on hospital tents amid anti-personnel bombs.
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Germany
France
Frankfurt
Main
Rhine
RAF
Mathews
Penta
United Effort urged in Republican ranks amid tax and policy talks
A message from Governor Martin and Republican leaders calls for unity in the party as they push for fiscal policy changes. The discussion includes Federal Revenue projections, income tax measures, and wartime contract renegotiation amendments impacting 1943. The report notes expected statements from Davis and Roosevelt as Congress weighs signing or veto decisions.
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Republican Party
Martin
Commonwealth of Pennsvania
United States
Senate
Treasury
Pennsylvania
Davis
Roosevelt
Congress
Bill
Nurses Witness Hospital Bombing in the Philippines
The hospital was hit and Captain Thomas Mathews of Houston Texas, Detachment Commander, was present. Debris littered the area within an hour of the blast. Eight small anti personnel bombs left shallow craters and showered shrapnel through tents and fishnet coverings.
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Philippines
Thomas Mathews
Houston
Texas
Netty
Willkie West Tour Presses Conviction Courage in Campaign
Wendell L. Willkie urged Utah Republicans to stand for convictions as he toured the west from Salt Lake City to Boise and Seattle. He warned that clever avoidance of issues may fail, stressing the value of principle in keeping a free America.
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Willkie
Salt Lake City
Wendell L. Willkie
Idaho
Utah
Comin
Pocatello
Twin Fells
Twin Falls
Boise
Seattle
Igas
America
Bankhead urges extension to keep food subsidies through June
Senator Bankhead proposes an amendment to extend government food subsidies to June 30 to ease the transition from subsidy programs. He cites delays in final action and the need for agencies to adjust to a subsidy-free consumer price control regime while House opposition to continued subsidies looms. The senator questions swift repeal and notes ongoing Senate House disagreements over the soldier vote bill and CCC continuation.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Banking Committee
Congress
Corporation
House
Tehen
Bankheld
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Ration tokens approved speeding grocery purchases
The District Office of Price Administration in Altoona announces a token demonstration for 200 key Chicago retailers and 40 consumer-group representatives. Tokens go into effect after February 27 1944, cutting purchase time by half, with banks and retailers benefiting from reduced paperwork.
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District Office of Price Administration
Altoona
Chicago
OPA
Motorists Warned In War Effort Drive In Harrisburg
Pennsylvania motorists were urged by State Highways Secretary John A Shroyer to back a war effort campaign. The bulletin advised watching newspapers and radio weather forecasts for snow. If heavy snow is predicted, park off public streets to aid snow plows. if not possible, avoid main streets and highways and fit chains at first sign of snowfall.
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Mans
Lake i Peipus
Finland
Moscow
Helsinki
Narvin
Pakov-Warsaw
Second Baltic
Novosokolniki
Red
Luga
London
Rome
Appian
Casilina
Battlefelds
Washington
Stone
Cisterna
Home
Vilerbo
Leghorn
Vatican Radio
Hoodhimis
St. Pauls Basilica
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John A. Shroyer
Eastern Motor Clubs Land Service
Escorts to be launched in Philadelphia and Wilmington
Three destroyer escorts will be launched Saturday. The USS Cread, named for Walter Irving Cread, and the USS Crosley, named for Rear Admiral Selwyn Crosley, will be launched at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with sponsors Mrs Hulda Bergmann and the Crosley widow. The Somali, built in Wilmington for the French Navy, will receive sponsorship from Mrs Harald Sheets of New York.
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Philaelphia
Wilmington
Del
Naval District
U. S. S. Cread
Walter Irving Cread
U. S. S. Crosley
Selwyn Crosley
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hulda Bergmann
Second Ave
South
Minneapolis, Minn
Cread
M's
40 Cent Wage Order Ruling Expanded to Four Industries
The U S Department of Labor reports employers in four broad Pennsylvania and Delaware industries must pay at least 40 cents an hour to workers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The wage orders cover logging lumber and related products construction wholesaling warehousing distribution and chemical petroleum coal products. The orders took effect February 7 and apply to interstate commerce workers and those in production for interstate commerce including related clerical and maintenance jobs.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Frank J. G. Dorsey
U. S. Department of Labor
L. Metcalfe Walling
Clerty
Washington
Ieal
Selix
Senate
Widener
Philades
Clark Building
Pittebrrach
Barkley
D-Ky
House
Taff
R-Obin
Ferguson
R-Mich
Taft
Ellender
D-La
LaGuardia Charged With Interfering In Schools
A National Education Association probe accuses Mayor LaGuardia of wielding improper influence over the New York City Board of Education, harming schools. It urges fiscal independence for the board while stopping interference. the mayor defends his attention as unnecessary.
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New York
H. LaGuardia
New York City
NEA
Cie
Jackie Leeds to face second murder trial
Seventeen year old Jackie Leeds will stand trial again for murder after being acquitted at 16 in the fatal beating of Belle Geary Watson. He was released yesterday from Farview State Hospital to be tried for the death of Watson's sister Elizabeth Geary Watson on September 24, 1941. Defense says he was miles away. Farview superintendent cites no further treatment needed.
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Jackie Leeds
Elizabeth Geary Watson
Farview State Hospital
Pittsburgh Markets and Jones & Laughlin Execs
Pittsburgh markets report slow demand for produce with steady apple prices across varieties and 28 car loads of potatoes, alongside mixed stock for Florida and western states. Livestock markets show steady to higher ranges for steers, heifers, and cows, with receipts noted. Also, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. promotes William J. Creighton to executive vice president and names Adam J. Hazlet as general manager of sales.
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Pittsburgh
Maine
Idaho
Pennsylvania
W. P. Pittsburgh
William J. Creighton
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Creighton
Adam J. Hazlet
Obituary V Rissie Ann Wissinger Dies in Patchinville
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs Crissie Ann Wissinger at her Patchinville home on Sunday February 8. Born Yingling in Westover Pennsylvania she was 75, survived by husband John and four sons Ford New York City Harry Clymer Henry Pontiac and Doyle with the Army in Nashville. A daughter died earlier. Services at 2 pm Wednesday in the family home with Rev C Elmer Thomas officiating. interment in Ruffner Cemetery near Tanoma. A second notice confirms another Wissinger death on Sunday morning with similar details. In Erie Police report Edward Stewart alias Kegg, 22, of Columbus Ohio, escaped MP custody last August and has been found working in a war plant and returned to Army custody.
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Vrissie Ann Wissinger
Patchinville
John
Hannah Yingting
Westover
Pennsylvania
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of
Crissie Ann (Yingling) Wissinger
John Wissinger
Patchipville
Nna Yingling
Ford
New York City
Harry
Clymer
Henry
Pontiac
Mick
Doyte
Nashville
Tenn
ERIE
Roy B Mong
Edward Stewart Alias Kegg
Columbus
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