War Today Analysis of Pacific War Outlook and Japanese Risk
The article surveys Pacific theater strategy as MacArthur and Nimitz report growing Japanese reinforcement near Australia. It discusses potential Japanese attacks on Timor, Celebes, and the northwest Australian coast as diversions, while noting Allied advances in the Solomons and New Guinea and the need for Japanese victories to boost morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Babb
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Papua
MacArthur
Australia
Admiral Nimitz
South Pacific
Pacific
Australa
Celebes
Kai
Arob
Timor
Darwin
Coral Sea
New Zealand
Nimitz
Solomons
New Guinea
Paula
Rations warn motorists as OPA surveys files
The Office of Price Administration warns motorists to heed a nationwide survey of Motor Vehicle Bureau files. In Altoona District a sugar wholesaler, George H. Miller of Sidiman, near South Fork, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, had his license suspended from February 26 to April 47 1943 for sugar rationing violations involving 40000 pounds of sugar exchanged without Curtin cales and for transferring 20000 pounds without proper Certificates or Stamps. The case followed a Pittsburgh hearing with Local Rationing Board records and Legal Investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llegal Sugar
Office of Price Administration
Altoona
George H. Miller
Sidiman
South Fork
Cambria County
Peensylvania
Pittsburgh
Miller
Ratoning Board
Assembly Roundup Harrisburg Budget Moves Stir State Plan
Harrisburg lawmakers returned for the 9th week of the 1943 session to hear Governor Martin’s budget plan. He proposes a 435 million general fund for the two-year period and a 40 million tax slash including mercantile and personal property taxes. Senate Republicans back prompt action while budget committees from both chambers begin joint study. The week could see Parker’s PUC nomination, school labor on farms, and a fencing bill. Surplus food stamps must be redeemed by March 31. Agriculture officials report 1943 crop prospects up sharply versus 1942 with gains in potatoes beans vegetables dairy cattle hens and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
General Assembly
Martin
House
Senate
Tive
Leroy E. Chapman
Warren
Anny
Norman Wood ¢H
Lancaster
Weldon
Heyburn
de. Frank
Parker
Public Utility Commission
University of Pennsylvania
Richard J. Beamish
Beamish
David Lawrence
Theodore J. Wilson
Food Distribution Administration
Pennsylvania
Clyde A. Zeitner
State Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Kiwanis Tonight Meetings Amid Draft Appeals Rejected
Kiwanis meeting tonight features Appeals Board decisions denying 57 draft registrations while 21 were granted. Robt. M. Fisher to speak. Raymond Shick to assist as inquiry proceeds. Indiana Board No. 2 and 3 cases noted with campaign plans and patriotic program elements included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. M. Fisher
Ment
Justice
Raymond Shick
Clyde S. Slick
Be- Indiana Board No. 2
Charles W. Ginning
Cole
Clinton M. File
Irving Chevelle
Jdames Hiher
William‘McDonald
Betty Hay
Fisk
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Wilber
Emmert
Indiana Board No. 3
Aloi
Two Graduates Complete Service School Courses
Arthur J. McHenry son of Mes A I McHenry North Fourth street completed a week training course in the Servic School for Garner's Mates at Great Lakes Illinois Philip E McCully husband of Mrs Dorothy E Mes Cully Homer City finished a 16 week course at the same school for Shipfitters They now await assignment to the fleet or to an advanced Service School for additional instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. McHenry
Mes A. I. McHenry
North Fourth Street
Garner
Great, Lakes
Lil
Philip E. McCully
Dorothy E. MesCully
Homer City
Major mine disasters list with death toll totals
A compilation of historic mining explosions and fatalities across the United States listing dates, locations and death counts. The entries reference Johnstown Cheswick Monongan Bevles Layland Millithber Parnassus Millfeld Bartley Saint Clairsville Cadiz and Saint in a chronological roll call of disasters from 1902 to 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Cheswick
Monongan
W. Va
Bal
Jacobs’ Creek
Food Stamp Program Gains Shown in State Totals
The article notes continued food stamp distribution with a blue stamp valued at zero cents and groceries designated as surplus commodities. It cites $9052.89 added to the state's food purchasing power from Nov 6, 1989 to Jan 31, with events starting at Allentown and Bethlehem. The public assistance secretary is studying effects of program abandonment amid nourishment concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Allentown
Bethlehens
AL Ripinge
Uae
Dhar
Oredeime
Far Pacific War Updates Reach Burma Coast Fronts
An exchange reports Japanese losses and Allied damage in Southeast Asia. A 7000-ton merchant ship is sunk or damaged south of Rangoon near Waingmaw where ammunition dumps burn. Indian coastal patrols clash 60 miles southeast of Akyab, killing 50 Japanese soldiers in a raid-like engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mugeuth
Sandon
Didiu
Rangoon
Burin
Waingmaw
Yunnan
Akyab
Burma
British raids and Burma operations target Akyab
British forces and the RAF struck objectives in Burma, notably at Akyab, while a British communiqué reported guerrillas in northern Burma mounting successful ambushes against Japanese patrols. The Japanese responded with a major expedition to clear the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF
Burma
Akyab
Comunique
Guide to wartime rationing ends February
The notice outlines fuel and meat rationing effective Feb 18 to 23 with base period Feb 19 to 23, detailing gasoline coupons for three gallons and B and C books, renewal forms, and Form Adds for changed driving needs. It also covers meat rationing starting March 28, Red Stamps Book No 2, required book validation, and renewal deadlines for renters and leases expiring May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ny Biok
War at Home Q and A for Victory Effort
A daily feature answering public questions about wartime life. Topics include rationing for growing children, aid for service families, preserving seniority after war, and crop recommendations for Victory gardens. Tomatoes and leafy greens advised. space and time limits noted for potatoes and other crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
Red Cross mobilizes vast volunteer pledge during war
The Red Cross maintained constant alert and drew tens of thousands of volunteers to support war efforts. Thousands of workers were trained as Red Cross field directors and medical social staff, serving at home and aboard armed forces vessels. When U S troops were captured, the Inquiry Service aided prisoner family communications while relief shipments of food, tobacco, medical supplies, clothing, and comfort items went to prisoners of war and victims overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
U. S
Red Cross Inquiry Service
Maternity Fund Refusal Reported by House Subcommittee
Washington March 1. The Children’s Bureau told a House subcommittee that four states including Pennsylvania did not apply for federal funds for maternity care for service men's wives. The bureau sought 1,200,000 dollars for grants, but the subcommittee declined to authorize the program. Pennsylvania officials said they would only accept if funding would continue for about a year, Dr Martha M Eliot stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
Lone
House
Children's Bureau
Pennsylvania Health Department
Martha M. Eliot
Bureau
War time ration details and vehicle tire inspections
The notice lists buyable items and limits including rent schedules for rooming houses and hotels, footwear rationing and interchanges, special shoe and boot certificates, sugar stamp validity, and tire inspection schedules for motorists. It specifies March 1 1942 as a baseline, with stamps and certificates required for purchases and maintenance, including recapping and board permissions.
Work or Fight Hits Congress
Congress faces a week of controversial action starting with a work or fight measure. The House debates farm parity reform, mandatory navy yard uniforms for absent workers, and testimony from Eddie Rickenbacker. Leaders seek views from Knox and Perkins as civil aviation, racketeering penalties, and lend-lease continuation move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rules Committee
McCormack
Massachusetts
Navy Yard
Vinson
Naval Committee
Eddie Rickenbacker
Stora
Meat Rationing Prompts Black Market Crackdown in Pa
Philadelphia and state authorities mounted a joint offensive against meat black market activity. Fifty additional OPA inspectors were assigned to a state wide hunt targeting slaughterhouses increasing output from two to twenty animals daily. Chief Roeger said the effort would prioritize small establishments and act on recent tips. Police and inspectors from the State Bureau of Foods and Chemistry assisted Philadelphia packers in confronting racketeers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tate
Pennsylvania
OPA
Anton Roeger, Jr
State Bureau of Foods and Chemistry
World War II Battle Updates from Multiple Fronts
Allied reporting heavy fighting across Tunisia and eastern Ukraine. British Eighth Army fought near Mareth while Russians countered German thrusts in the Donets basin near Rostov and Kharkov. Germans claimed advances toward Lozaya and Kramentsorsk after brutal battles. Soviets said a minor success was saved near Voroshilovgrad. West of Kharkov and Kursk, Red Army pushed toward Poltava rail hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
Mareth
Tunisia
Donets
Rostov
Kharkov
Ukraine
Lozayaya
Kramentorsk
Kharkovy
London
Voroshilovgrad
Kherkov
Kursk
Red Army
Poltava
Dniepe
SACKER NOTED TRUMPETER DIES AT 43
Walter Miller known as Sacker, a trumpeter in major dance bands, has died at Coaldale Hospital at age 43. He played with Ted Weems and Paul Whiteman orchestras and with the Scranton Sirens during the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coaldale
Walter Miller
Miller
Sacker
Coaldale Hospital
Ted Weems
Paul Whiteman
Scranton
Indian Muslims and Hindus can live and work together
Editor's note by Dewitt Mackenzie on India's Moslem Hindu crisis. He recalls early visits to India showing Muslims and Hindus living peacefully in villages, cites Gwalior as a model where all religions study and pray together at a state school, and notes evolving liberal attitudes reducing communal tensions. The piece argues that modern orthodoxy is more tolerant and that unity is possible despite deep-rooted enmity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
India
Gwalior
Inndia
Maharajah
Scindia
Hila
Amity
Tej Bahadur Sapru
Gandhi in last fast day reports steady strength
Bombay March 1 Mohandas K. Gandhi enters the next to last day of his all day fast. A bulletin states today is his day of silence with maintained strength and good spirits though easily tired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mr. Gandhi
Obituary notices flow from page one deaths
Obituary notices list several local figures including Mrs Madge Rink wife of Dr Charles E Rink and Col WM Pierce of School Street with funeral plans at 2:00 pm Tuesday from her home. Rev David S Graham to conduct. Interment Oakland Cemetery. Rev Robert Hawley Austin Glen Campbell pastor dies at 4:20 pm Sunday. Born Wellsboro April 7 1880 married Laura Shepard January 14 1899 surviving many children and grandchildren. Services in First Baptist Church Glen Campbell then Smithfield Cemetery. Nancy Arlene Repine infant daughter of Wilbur and Pauline Repine Barr Slope dies accidentally suffocated by bed clothing. Coroner reports no inquest. Campbell family mourns. Additional notices include Mrs Viola Nancy Garver Fetzer Nanty-Glo died walking in Nanty-Glo. Interment Mundy’s Corner Cemetery. Other deaths include Mrs Dias and Lemuel A Fisher. Funeral arrangements set in Clyde Burnside Burnside Cemetery and other local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ews
Madge Rink
Charles E. Rink
South 9Th Street
Col
Wm. E. Pierce
School Street
McConnell
First Methodist Church
Liuesday
David Sr. Graham
Oakland Cemetery
Robert Hawley Austin
First Baptist Church
Glen Campbell
Wellsboro
Laura Shepard
Robert R. Austin
Jeannette
Lawrence S. Austin
Smithfield
Wilton C. Austin
Glenn Campbell
Martha Shank
Aploila
Francis G. Austin
Dewart
Charelotte Owens
Lan Jose
Elizabeth Haney
Apollo
Laura Louise
Donald Paul Austin
Austin
Crozer ‘Theological Seminary
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Glen Camp ‘Bell
Fayette County
Nancy Arlene
Wilbur
Pauline (Niel) Repine
Barr Stope
Edward L. Fleming
William
Gerlakiine
Carole
Blaine Re‘pine
Barr Slope
Tuese
Salem Cemetery
Green Township
Mack) Campbell
George W. Dias
Katherine
Laura Mae
Pittsburgh
BR. Mack
Charles G. Raion M
Allen Dias
Martha .Palmer
Heshbon
Thomas Campbell
G. M. Dias
Lemuel A, Fisher
Montgomery Township
Edward &. Fleming
M. BD
Jared Fisher
Bradford Township
Clearfield County
Mary Shields
Rossiter
Philip
Meadville
Alice Fishler
Johnstown
Hazel Fisher
Harmon P
U. S. Army
Camp Belle
Cal
Paul Fisher
Marion Center
R. D
Jay Fisher
George Fishery
Samuel Fisher
Indiana
Mary Filler
Union Church
Burnside
Ward
Burnside Cemetery
Viola Nancy (Rager) Garver-Fetzer
Jackson Township
Cambria County
Samuel Rager
Nanty-Glo
Patrick McDermott
Nice
Charles Fetzer
Boyd Boring
Strongstown
Willard Mack
Robert Garver
Walter Mickles
Wintondale
Jare Dean
Rita
Charles
Clyde
Willard
Leona Fetzer
Ida Rager
Charles Rager
Jackson Two
Church of the Brethren
H. W.mingledorf
Mundy’s Corner, Cemetery
Doris Lucille Smith
Andrew W
Janet (Miller) Smith
Indiana Hospital
Crete Church
Emil Carlson
Center Township
Robinson Funeral Home
Joseph Zamberlan
Italy
Julius
Clune
Iselin
Holy Cross Church
Fof
Peter
Albert
Ernest
Clane
Joseph Cipriani
Clark
Coal Operators Say Impasse Blocks Pact
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association states it is impossible to sign a satisfactory collective bargaining agreement that would include supervisors, pending court rulings on whether foremen and other supervisory personnel can be represented. The group vows to follow a State Mines Department ruling delaying such contracts until the court decision. The move follows a circular from John L. Lewis advising organization after March 31 of all mine employees below superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
John L. Lewis
United Ming Workers
State Department of Mines
Lewis
Union Focals
Longtime pastor dies aging clergy in Connellsville area
Obituary notices list the death of a North America born minister who served 43 years in the region and last preached as a supply in East End R P Church Pittsburgh. Interment planned in Beaver Falls. Surviving family includes three children and a sister and brother. Also noted are deaths of Linda Jo Riddle Doris Lucille Smith Theresa Riscinto Joseph Zamberlan and Mary Elizabeth Strassner with funeral arrangements pending in Robinson and Dornsife facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Connellsville
East End R. P. Church
Pittsburgh
Beaver Falls
James L. Mitchell
Valencia
Truman N. Marshall
Rochester Mills
Wendell P. Mitchell
Meadville
Mary Graham Muller
Philadelphitas
John P. Mitchell
Rosychester Mills
C. C. Cunningham
Nettie Agnes McCormick
Blackhawk
Jeanette Crawford Graham
James Graham
Glen Campbell
Indiana County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Gaston
Nas
Marwana
T. Will—Scranton
Bevles
March
Layland
Y. Va
Benwood
Millithber
Mareh
Parnassus
Millfeld
Ohio
Bartley
St Clairsville
Suly
Sainter
Novad
Cadiz
Tio
Far Pacific
Office of War Information
The
Gazette
Ada
Army Emergency Relief
Roosevelt
Congress
Indiana Gazette
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Janes T. Mitchell
Lavina (Campbell
Freeport
Dias
Penn View
Blairsville
James and
Catherine
Presbyterian Church
Linda JO Riddle
W. Albert
Imelda (Combs) Riddle
Richard Coleman
William Carl
Russell Albert
Judith K
Robinson Funerral
Theresa Riscinto
Lucerne Mines
St. Louis Church
American Sons and Daughters of Haly
Nick Riscinto
Rocca
North Homer
Tony
Nathaniel
Dominick
Joly
U. Ss. Army
Anna
Patricia Louise Risvinto
Peter Corletto
Crabtree
Rose Vanity
Mary Elizabeth
Luther) Strassner
Lewisburg
Jorn
Swengel
Mifflinburg
Chester E
Lewisburgh
Dornsife Funeral Home
S.C
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