War Today reflects China war spirit and Allied urgency
Dewitt Mackenzie argues China’s six year struggle shows heroic resolve while warning that Western allies must intensify aid to prevent collapse. He cites Chiang Kai-shek, Ho Ying-chin, and U.S. shortages, warns against complacency, and stresses time is critical to force Japan’s defeat and secure victory in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
China
United States
Tunisia
WPA
Donald Nelson
Brehon Somervell
Army
Mill and Factory
America
Chiang
United Nations
Nippon
Ho Ying-Chir
Chieng
Solomons
Knox
Pacific
Borough Council Considers Reinstating Stop Signs
Police Committee notes actions to restore four stop signs at multiple intersections including Nixon Alley Coulter Alley Wayne Avenue Seventh Street Locust Street Fifth Street Third Street School Streets Church Street Washington Street Tenth Street and Chestnut Seventh Streets to ensure traffic stops at cross streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon Alley
Coulter Alley
Wayne Avenue
Seventh St
Locust Street
Fifth Street
Third
School
Church
Washington and Tenth
Water
Oak
Chestnut
Seventh
Baker Heads State Guard to Direct Training and Reform
Milton G. Baker took command of the Pennsylvania State Guard as brigadier general with a pledge to build a disciplined, tactically sound force ready for internal emergencies. Governor Martin announced the promotion from colonel, aiming to raise efficiency while Gen. Baker, veteran of World War I, War Department work and Culver, plans immediate study of the Guard setup and training objectives. Field training is scheduled July 31 to August 21 at Indiantown Gap and an officers' school at Valley Forge July 23-25. Company G Indiana will join Indiantown Gap August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton G. Baker
Pennsylvania State Guard
Martin
Gen. Baker
Valley Forge Military Academy
Pennsylvania National Guard
U. S. Army
State Guard
National Guard
Robert M. Vail
Military Affairs Department
Baker
Field Artillery
War Department
Culver Military Academy
08Rd Cavalry
Indiantown Gap
Valley Forge
Indiana
Through streets altered by order of public works
The article lists intersections redesignated as thru or stop streets including Fifth and Chestnut, School and Tenth, Thirteenth and Washington, Chestnut and Sixth, Chestnut and Eighth, Water and Sixth, Oak and Third. It notes Councilman Harry McCreary’s re election to a six year term on the Civil Service Board with Dr. Wilbur Black and Robert St. Clair as other members. Parking meter income on Indiana streets rose to 1,2940.80 in June, near pre gas rationing peaks. Borough finances show five month spending near budget with total underrun of 3,243.96. debt down to 4,788.30 after repayments and sinking funds totaling 19,211.62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Thru Street
Fifth
Chestnut
Thirteenth
Washington
Sixth
Eighth Street
Water
Oak
Third Street
Civil Service Board
Harry McCreary
Police Civil Service Board
Wilbur Black
Robert St. Clair
Indiana
Harry A. Borland
Countie
Street Committee
Borland
Twolick Creek
Police
Fire Department
Burland
House officer vows to write Pacific war book despite WPB paper ban
Congressman Maas accuses WPB bureaucrats of censoring publication plans by denying paper for a Pacific war book. He cites a Marine officer who faced a paper ban while writing about the South Pacific and warns that appeals on hardship lack a clear rule. He says obstructions could choke books critical of the administration and speed favorable ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maas
House
WPB
Pepa
Production Of Planes And Naval Ships Reaches New High
Washington July 7 WPB report shows May output of planes and naval vessels at new highs while total munitions output remains unchanged from April. May deliveries of navy and army vessels rise 2 percent. merchant vessels in place down 4 percent. Nelson warns of serious strains and urges sustained effort as heavier four engine bombers rise and destroyer escort delivery progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Capacity hearings reveal ration board tensions
Williams cites six counts from favoritism to improper issuing of gas and rations. McKee defends actions, arguing board followed practical need over strict OPA rules. He notes workers logged long hours since rationing began while denying beliefs of overreach. The exchange centers on mileage tables and adherence to regulations amid wartime fuel controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
McKee
OPA
CPA
Naval battles and Soviet offensives dominate wartime fronts
US naval gunners score a second Solomons triumph at Kula Gulf as Japanese claims of sinking ships are challenged. Allied air bombers hit a beached destroyer near Sumbera while Rendova troops are reinforced. Darwin air losses include seven Spitfires. Australians and British lose pilots. In Russia, the Red Army repels German thrusts on a 165 mile Orel Belgorod front, inflicting heavy losses as tanks and planes are destroyed and advances stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Solomons
U. S
Kula Gulf
Southwest Pacific
Rendova Island
Imperial Tokyo
U.S
Sumbera
Harbor
Rendova
Australia
New Guinea
Darwin
Adolf Hitler
Orel
Belgorod
Red Army
Roosevelt solid south polling sparks mixed reactions
Damon Runyon comments on Gallup polls showing 80 percent of southern Democrats backing FDR, noting IHR opposition and personal betting angles. He compares rival names to racehorse odds, mentions Count Fleet and Man O War analogies, then shifts to wartime item Q&A on goatskin ex arace and army slang for coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fdr
South
Gallup
IHR
Roosevelt
Editor Wheeler McMillen Seeks Presidential Nomination
Covington Indiana July 7 The Covington Republican reports Wheeler McMillen editor in chief of the Farm Journal intends to seek the Republican nomination for president at next year’s convention After visiting Covington where he once edited the local weekly he noted his Ohio roots and current New Jersey home He argues for fewer regulations to aid farming and produce abundance over rationing He is a Farm Chemurgic Council president and Boy Scouts of America board member aged 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Ind
Philadelphia
MecMiller
New Jersey
Walter E. Edge
Roosevelt
White House
Chicago
McMillen
National Farm Chemurgic Council
Boy Scouts of America
Mind Your Manners Mind Your Manners
Practical social etiquette Q and A cover serving guests on a warm afternoon and handling drinks. It advises offering beverages, replying gracefully to unwanted drinks, and proper chair handling, plus returning social visits and managing children's presence with adults.
Stock Market Summary From Readable OCR Snippet
A fragmentary list of company names and tickers appears, including Am Canane Am Rat, Am Tel, Anaconda, Boeing, Chrysler, General Motors, IBM, Kodak, Lehigh, Penn, Studebaker, and US Steel. The source reads like a raw market table with numerous then-current stock symbols and percentages, lacking coherent narrative or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Market Air Reduction
Am Canane Am
Rat & SL
Am Tel & Tel
Ateht& Spf Ab Au Refining
Bald Loco
Balt & Ohio Bip
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Eastman Kodak
HI Auto
Libby McN & L
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt Big
NY Central RR
North Amer Ca
Packard Motors
Param Pictures
Bhs Penney
Bb Penn RR
Sve
N. J
Ibs
Pullman
Pure Oil Tin Radio Corp of
Amil Reading Co
Repub Steel
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Gas
Elec
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Ca
United Aircraft
United Gas Imp
US Steel
West Union Tel
West el & Mg
Woolworth
Ity Young
Dempsey Divorce Granted in New York Case
Former heavyweight champion William Dempsey, now Coast Guard Reserve officer, wins an interlocutory decree of divorce from Hannah Dempsey after a ruling that his charge of infidelity in Los Angeles on November 22, 1942 was proven beyond doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
William Harrison Dempsey
U. S. Coast Guard Reserve
Hannah William Dempsey
J. Addison Young
Supreme Court
Dempsey
Los Angeles
Benny Woodall
Lew Jenkins
Meadville
Burns
Hannah Empsey
Noudall
Rnsee Tee
Young
Candle
Venango 5
Treasury balance report shows debt and daily change
Washington July 5 Treasury balance statement reports receipts of 181 million dollars and expenditures of 319 million, yielding a net balance of 8.913 billion. Total debt stands at 140.985 billion, with a decrease of 1.130 million from the prior day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Miners Qualify for Higher Posts in Carrolltown Tests
Seventy six district miners earned eligibility for higher roles after coal mine tests held in Carrolltown last month. Dennis J. Keenan, state mine inspector for the Fifteenth Bituminous District, announced a long list of successful candidates for First and Second-Grade Mine Foreman, First-Grade Assistants, and related posts across Barnesboro Portage Ebensburg Lilly Spangler Revloc Patton Cassandra Cassandra Loretto Cresson and neighboring communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrolltown
Dennis J. Keenan
George Forester Chisolm
James P. Patterson
Nettleton
Frank P. Shutty
Mastings
John Drinosky
Portage
Ray McCreary
Michael Foreberger
Spangler
Michael Onufto
Elmora
Harry W. Dorsh
Howard W. McHugh
Colver
John KE. Steir
Patton
George Couthlin
Ebensburg
Edward Butterworth
Edward Ladolinski
Richard Hollen
Barnesboro
Anthony Gwizdak
David Shan
Culver
Clayton Bernard Nagle
Eugene Robert Sharbaugh
James Novotny
Lilly
Henry E. Hilliard
Willam Bradley
Gust Glass
Paul L. Heym
Lully
Guy Michaels
Stephen Sackash
Cherry Tree
Frank Smiley
John Lukasko
Adam Belgin
Richard Hanwell
Marsteller
Leonard Erickson
Revloc
Virgil Francesthini
Robert Farina
Eltora
Franks Anthony Koza
Portage R. D
Leopold Rogerzinsky
Louis Rambeau
Thomes J. Lamont
Elnora
John Shaner
Gust W. Meleski
William Hail
John Polensky
Harry W. Fennell
Ellsworth Jones
Gerald Bradley
John
Daurenko Gallitzin
Joseph A. Milchak
Hastings
Roy C. Squires
Harl Graffius
John Novotny
Steve Sackush
John P. Sweeny
Samuel Chilton
Cassanda
Edward Kuntz
Cassandra
George W. Shannon
Loretto
Francis S. Butch
Cresson
Bernard Sintss
Carroalltown
Bernard Swanson
St. Benedict
Victor Sachhet
Paul Endler
Rudolph Uchaker
Russell Philips
Joseph Dzumitta
David Yates
Flinton
John JF. Bogus
Joseph F.trueman
Kenneth H. Steir
Paul Heym
Edward C. Bogus
Andrew Zelick
Thomas Francis
Ralph Canteloupe
Harry Sidner
Michael Sidwar
John Reid Jr
Pledges and promises borne out in wartime ties with China
The speaker notes that statements made over time since aligning with China in the war have been proven true. He sends heartfelt greetings from the people of the United States to the people of China, reaffirming mutual support and ongoing alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Taxes on excess profits rules in wartime doubt
The article argues taxes on excess profits faced by individuals during wartime face doubt. It notes many workers lack prior income history making the calculation hard and questions how much higher prewar earnings can be attributed to wartime work. It gives an example where a $2400 prewar earner now at $4800 would pay more than someone who earned $4800 before and after.
Market Reports From Pittsburgh Hogs Calves Produce
Salable hogs at Pittsburgh July 7 show active demand with lops in the 160-180 lb range 14.10-14.30 and 180-200 lb 14.30-14.40, lighter 12.75-13.65. Calves 30 salable active and some gains 25 at higher grades, good to choice 16.00-17.25, medium 13.00-14.00, culis and commons 8.00-10.50. Produce demand moderate with apples and potatoes steady to unchanged and various regional price ranges given for baskets and sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Transparents
Maryland
Hainels
Pennsylvania
Bee obituary for Foster Daughter Jean Repine
Jean Repine Bee, foster daughter of [name], died at home. Survived by three brothers Bert Bee of Indians, Harland R. Bee, and S. Clyde Bee, both of Cherrytree. Friends will be received in the
OPA hearings consider citations for sale of food without stamps
An OPA hearing officer in Harrisburg heard testimony on charges against retiring dealer Henry C. Kennedy Jr and eleven wholesale buyers for selling processed foods without ration stamps. Kennedy claimed sales occurred during the transition to rationing and stamps were later collected. others said coupons were not yet issued. Two cases were moved to Williamsport and the Army Air Forces School mess was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
OPA
Lester
C. Dunigan
Henry C. Kennedy, Jr
Kennedy
Williamsport
Army Air Forces School
Leslie V. Bentley
Molly Pitcher
Carlisle
Carlisle War Price and Rationing Board
Benford S. Swarts
James Wilson
Died in Minn ers Hospital. Irwin service planned
Mrs Sadie Irwin of Montgomery township near Hillsdale died after a short illness. Funeral services at Union Church at 2 PM Friday with interment in Thompson Cemetery. Surviving: husband John C Irwin, children Josephine Roadhouse, Harry Irwin, John Irwin Jr. two grandchildren. Also in the news: Clark Beatty of Mahaffey, burial in Mt Carmel Cemetery Clover Run. Blatnik, Mauk, Berryhill, Walsh obituaries with funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie (Blose) Irwin
Montgomery Township
Hillsdale
Minners Hospital
Spangler
Michael
Susanna
Armstrong County
John C. Irwin
Josephine Roadhouse
Aravaca
Harry Twin
John Irwin, Jr
Niagara Falls
Thompson Cemetery
Clark. Beatty
Mahaffey
Mt. Carmel
Clover Run
Austin Beatty
Lfe
Muhaffey
Letha
Baker) Beatty
Carrie Munshower
Homer City
Alma Zufall
Beaver
Mary
Norman McGarvey
Near
Reed
Clifton
Pittsburgh
John
Will Beatty
Annie Flory
Mahattey
Jonn Blatnik
Austria
Johanna
Agnes
Rock) Blatnik
Frank Brozich
Bairdstown
Blairsville
Genevieve Berosek
Joseph Blatnik
New Derry
Hunter Funeral
Simon & Jude's Catholic Church
Mueller
St. Martin's Cemetery
Charlotte Berrybill
Charlotte Berryhill
Frank Berryhill
Benjamin Hill
New Florence
Hill
W. A. Wissinger
Catherina Biffle
Johnstown
Grace (Stuchell) Walsh
Jack Walsh
Dunks Stushell
Marion Center
St. John’s Hospital
Robinson
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Council
Indiana, Pa
Damon Runyon
Ihr's
Johnny Hertz
Count Fleet
Johnny
Steed
Byrnes
Wallace
Farley
McNutt
Parley
Ickes
Democratic Party
Abe Lincoln
IMR
Doctor Gallup
Wand Camtear
Ner Kunwar
Presidency
Farm Journal
Hannah
Clarion
Clarion County Bar Association
Trans
Altogna
Edward Martin
Society of the 28Th Division
Miners
North Carolina Cobblers
California
Arkansas
Bliss
Virginia Cobblers
Union Church
Rossiter
David Albert Mauk
Robinson Funeral Home
Roy H. Bure
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Greenwood Cemetery
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