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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
2
An OCR fragment notes a purchase or price line stating five dollars and a reference to RTS. The readable portion mentions a weapon or item labeled epee and fragmented terms like eri eeereens cee ete, but the exact item context is unclear. the item appears to involve a military or transport designation SrA0.
A Cassino housewife faces ruin but Rep. Hartley and colleagues debate lend lease gifts. They showcase seersucker dresses exported for aid, while home garments are criticized as inferior. The piece questions lawmakers' priorities amid wartime scarcity and urges compassion over petty envy.
Russel Richards, a long-unclad worker, emerges in a controversy sparked by United Steelworkers secretary treasurer Dave MacDonald at a War Labor Board hearing. Richards, listed with a 201.67 dollar monthly income, supported Philip Murray in 1942 and faces questions tied to a broad case involving union wage demands and social implications.
Russell Richards 83, longtime crane operator at Ludlum steel, never wore an overcoat. He stayed in a calm payroll to crane path since 1929, turning down promotions despite higher pay. He married in 1988, later joined the Navy, and will receive an overcoat from Uncle Sam next winter.
A New York housewife hired a part time maid via the United States Employment Service. When the maid disappeared with cash and the employer’s purse, USES refused to reveal the maid’s name or address citing regulations. Mayor LaGuardia called the rule cock eyed. The piece argues for amending the regulation to prevent future serious crimes.
OWI notes German attempts to sway neutrals with fake tourism and a 1943 birthrate pep talk from the High Command. History shows Prussian militarists plotted since 1918, and Allies must root out Prussian and Nazi leadership to prevent renewed conflict.
The Wheeler White sponsored news clause would force networks to pay for broadcasts, mirroring advertising funded newspapers. The measure risks abridging freedom of speech and press and sets a dangerous precedent. Eggs of giant water beetle noted as a delicacy in parts of South America.
Eastbound Eric Johnston of the U S Chamber woos voters but stays off the Washington state Senate ballot. Magnuson in Seattle looms as hard to beat while Wallgren seeks governorship. Huey Long Bridge tale underlines wartime morale. Capitol currents note DNC replies to GOP broadside and evolving defense and TVA talk.
Excerpts reflect wartime and postwar attitudes with quotes from International Review and Navy Secretary James Forrestal. The piece contrasts frontline brutality with American civilian stoicism, and discusses management demands for quality and cost reductions at American Type Founders, citing Roy Jones.
A compilation of quick answers covers the Bailey bridge as a prefabricated article used by Allied forces, epidermorphytosis defined as athlete's foot, fatality rates in private planes versus cars in 1940s data, expected 1944 government production, and a Nazi-influenced Pan Turanian group described as a Turkish cabal prompted by suppression by the Turkish government.
Valley Forge drew 5200 visitors on a recent Sunday. Edward C. Shannon, chairman of the Valley Forge park commission, notes the record stands at 7100 and the current figure falls short of that peak.
Thunder shower hit Harrisburg as forecast though only damage reported was to forecasting equipment at the Weather Bureau. In York, children outside the juvenile detention home will be invited inside two hours weekly to make models, hear music, or join a story hour.
A fragmentary column blends humor and wartime reflection. It notes June 18 as necktie day or Fathers Day, mocks war costs and patriotism, cites an Illinois judge sparring with married men seeking freedom, and ends with a quip about a banquet in Indiana at $25 a plate with no speeches.
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service reports May growth in Pennsylvania truck crop areas due to temperatures about 8 degrees above normal. Vegetables showed exceptional early growth while most crops remained two to three weeks late across the state by mid May.
State farmers face estimated losses between five and six million dollars this year from European corn borer damage. New USDA figures peg last year’s crop loss at about five million for field and sweet corn, with 3,482,800 for field corn and 1,450,000 for sweet corn in 1943.
Dr. Thomas L. Guyton, head of the Bureau for Plant Industry, says raspberries and blackberries show good prospects this year. The annual spring inspection found bramble plants in excellent condition with minimal winter injury. Production should rise from last year, especially in York, Juniata, Snyder, and Erie counties.
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