Chennault Sees Hope As China War Effort Expands
General Chennault, commander of the American Air Forces in China, says conditions in the China theater show improvement as Casablanca promises translate into action. Roosevelt notes multiple routes to Tokyo, with hump airlift to China likely intensified, though Burma remains contested and rains threaten major operations.
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Glenn Bar
China
Bomes
Chennault
Casablanca
War Council
Roosevelt
Tokyo
United States
Burma
Assam
India
Japan
Pacific
Hitler
Senate clash over Parker nomination to Public Utility Board
Harrisburg reports Senator Elmer J. Holland predicts Republican majority cannot muster 24 votes to confirm Dr Frank Parker to the Public Utility Commission. Democratic floor leader B B McGinnis says caucus to decide attitude. Parker described as Penn professor with bankruptcy filings and alleged witness for utility firms. Governor Martin seeks budget cuts and postwar public works bonds as Senate weighs constitutional and tax measures.
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Harrisburg
Elmer J. Holland
Allegheny
Frank Parker
Public Utility Commission
B. B. McGinnis
Weldon
Heyburn
Parker
Holland
Senate
Dr. Parker
University of Pennsylvania
Eastern Pennsylvania
Frank Glatfelter
Abnsdowne Bank and Trust Company
Glatfelter
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pennsylvania
Leroy E. Chapmin
R. Warren
Office of Price Administration
House
O. J. Tallman
Lehigh
Russians Break German Hedgehog Positions Near Lake Slinen
Russian forces reported the breakdown of a German hedgehog defense southeast of Lake Slinen as the Red Army widened an offensive near Moscow. Moscow claimed Demyansk fell, along with Lychkovo and Zaluchye, driving German losses and recapturing territory previously lost to Germany.
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Germany
Moscow
Lake Slimen
Leningrad
Demyansk
Semeon Timoshenko
Jlory
Russia
Lychkovo
Zaluchye
Brest-Lit
Ovsk
Tass
Vicin
London
United Nations
Ankara
Italy
Auguste Rosso
Laliin
Turkey
Becwuse
Deaching von Ribbentrop
Rome
Chilesinda Chup
Hilian
Vatican
Berlin
Durtwin
Af Reichsmarshal Cours
Goebbels
Essex
Cape Finisteve
Spain
Iunea
Pavile Tidea
Douglas Mac-Athods
Atmerican
Austakian
Wereager
Damuges
Russians Halt Spring Advance In South Fronts
The Red Army offensive in the southern sector stalled with thawing ground limiting movement. Mud slows March and April operations. Predicts ongoing non decisive activity in the Donets Basin and Ukraine through spring with limited gains and future see-saw behavior. Farther north the front remains crusted and unsettled.
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Ter
Red Army
Donets
Ukraine
Cavalcante Indicted In Fayette County Case
Uniontown March 2 The Fayette County grand jury indicted former State Senator Anthony Cavalcante and five county officials including three commissioners and their chief clerk for a $10,000 fee tied to aiding in settling a $104,000 county debt. They face charges of altering minutes and documents, forging and falsifying records, misbehavior in office, and conspiracy.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Grand Jury
Anthony Cavalcante
Cavalcante
Commonwealth
John W. Rankin
Arthur Higinbotham
Michael Karoleik
Earl Huston
Huston
Albert Montgomery
War Time Rationing Q and A Daily Feature
Public guidance on home front issues through the Office of War Information. Answers cover pineapple shortages, tire recapping, gasoline for moves, and WAVES service footwear. Readers are advised to contact their ration boards for specifics and to submit questions to OWL via the Gazette.
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Office of War Information
The
Gazette
Russian Front Notes From A War Chronicle
Budget items and emergency levies are discussed as Soviet finance seeks savings, with references to transitions in four fund areas. The narrative shifts to battlefield assessments, noting March to May thaw, northern forest defenses, and the strategic tasks of Marshal Timoshenko and General Ivan Konye against German forces near Moscow, with a June offensive in view and ongoing mud hindrances.
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Red Army
Russia
Marshall Piitoshenko
Marshal Timoshenko
Ivan Koney
Muscow
Moscow
Orel Sevstov
Martin
Revenue Department
Republican-centraled
Joint State Government Commission
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Joint Commission
State Defense Council
Veterans Commission
Suite Teachers Colleges
Kiwanis Hears Talk on Taxes at Moore Hotel
Robert Fisher addressed the Kiwanis Club dinner on taxes arguing for a sound postwar fiscal base and warning against emergency measures and centralized control that could threaten free enterprise. The talk followed by initiation of Rey Love into the club and presence of Key Club representatives from Wal ter Moreau Jr. and Ronald Brandon.
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Robert Fisher
Kiwanis Club
Moore Hotel
Fisher
Rey Love
Daugherty
Walter Moreau Jr
Ronald Brandon
Bombadiers
Gunners
iClub
Blast Toll at Rohm and Hass Plant Brings Death and Injuries
In Bristol near Philadelphia a series of explosions and a fire at a Rohm and Hass Chemical plant killed one worker, Thomas Neely, and wounded fifteen. Firefighters battled flames for six hours as heavily armed soldiers cordoned off the site and damage reached at least $100,000. Most victims were plant employees. one volunteer firefighter was among the injured. The blasts scattered molten plastics and shattered glass, with the initial explosion felt across the area.
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Bristol
Rohm and Hass Chemical Company
Philadelphia
Thomas Neely
Louis Seifert
Duncan Merriwether
Secundo Sabantini
Indian Crisis in Hindu Muslim Divide: Mackenzie Analysis
In a continued series, Dewitt Mackenzie outlines the Hindu Muslim split over India's future. He details population ratios, main political actors, Gandhi’s Congress versus Jinnah's Muslim League, and the Pakistan plan seeking two autonomous states. Mackenzie notes Jinnah’s openness to a federal government if the Hindus concede and a path to settlement remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
India
All-India Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
Hindu Mahasabha
All-India Moslem League
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Jinnaah
Pakistan
Jinnah
Tron
Ray
Jinnal
Iinally
Stock Market Aids Smelt & Tel Lists At Close
A garbled stock listing shows numerous company names including Anaconda, Chrysler, Con Edison, General Electric, and United Aircraft among others. The passage ends with a note about a fashionable tailor who named Piccadilly Hall.
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Smelt & R
Am Tel & Tel
Atch T& SE
Balt & Ohio
Bendix
Beth Steel
Borden Co
Briges
Ches & Ohio Bus
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & EL
Ulls Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val
Lehigh Val RR
Val
Libby Mc & L
Loews
Montgum Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Y Central RR
North Amer Co
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor
Puram Pictures
Pensigy
Pullman
Radio Corp of Am Thy Reading Co
Repub Steel Reynalds
Sears Roebuck Suvony Vacuum Sperry Corp
Gas & Elee
Studebaker Corp
Boy Swift & Co
United Aircraft
Slr
United Corp
Ite
United Gas Imp
Clover Seed Meet Sets March 5 in Indiana County
Indiana County farmers are invited to a Clover Seed Meet at the Court House in Indiana on Friday March 5 from 4:00 PM to completion. Speaker will be J B R Dickey head of Agronomy Extension at Penn State. He will discuss clover seed, Shewing's Fescue, and Domestic Ryegrass, with local cultivation prospects.
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Indiana County
Court House
Indiana
Toen
J. B. R. Dickey
Penn State
Dickey
Pennsylvania
State College
LEND LEASE debate over claims of official ties clarified
Senator Nye expressed belief the administrator had wished away many complaints while Stettinius told a committee Marty Hopkins, a White House special assistant, had no formal connection with lend lease.
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Nye
R-Nd
Stettinius
Marty Hopkins
Vletd-Lease
Mary Jane Earhart Obituary in Saltsburg Church Lore
Mary Jane Earhart born September 15 1871 in Layuhianna township Westmoreland County died at 6 20 pm Monday at her Saltsburg home. She lived in Saltsburg her life and belonged to First Pentecostal Church. Survived by brothers John A Earhart New Castle George G Earhart Avonmore and Della M Grantz Salina RD. Visitation after 7 pm today at Bobeinstity Funeral Home Saltsburg with service at 3 pm Thursday Interment Edgewood Cemetery. Frank Stumpf native of Rayne township died yesterday in Tarentum home Funeral at his Tarentum residence 2 30 pm Thursday.
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Mary Jane Earhart
Layuihanna
Westmarelaied
Benjamin Franklin
Matilda (McCrady) Earhart
Saltsburg
John A. Earhart
New Castle
George G. Earhart
Avonmore
Della M. Grantz
Salina
R. D
Bobeinstity Funeral Home
Saltsbury
Jiu Edgewood Cemetery
Frank Stumpf
Mobilization Drive Opens as War Manpower Bill Debated
Washington March 2 AP Senate supporters press to mobilize all able bodied men and women for wartime service. Chairman Reynolds says Congress split on compulsory manpower while hearings begin with War Service Act backers and Grenville Clark explaining operation. Concurrently, farm deferment bill faces close vote amid War Department pressure and Patterson opposition warning of disrupted training and fighting programs.
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Washington
Senate
War Department
Reynolds
D-Nc
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Grenville Clark
New York
Citizens Committee For
Clark
Plattsburg
Stimson
Robert P. Patterson
Bankhead
Patterson
Ewing Ranks First in Obituary Roll Call Near Blairsville
Obituary notices list Elmer Rankin Ewing born 1871 near Blairsville who died at 4 35 p m. He was a retired farmer active in Conemaugh township and Ebenezer Church. Surviving children include Roy M Lawrence and others and grandchildren. Services at Ebenezer Church Thursday at 3 00 p m with burial in church cemetery. Also noted are obituaries for Mrs Mary Jane Rishel and Mrs Josephine Zamber Lan plus Dominic Mantuan o Mary Elizabeth Clayton with service details and family relations.
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Elmer Rankin Ewing
John M
Emaline (Rankin) Ewing
Blairsville
Conemaugh Township
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church
Roy M
Livermore
Lawrence and
Jay JC
New Kensington
Norman G
Indiana
Frank
Samuel Wentzel
Greensburg
Kenneth Jones
Helen
Mary
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Auditor General
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Auditor General's Department
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James
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Red Cross War Fund
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OPA
Valle
Kiwanis
Stock Market
Clover
Willie
Mary Jane Rishel
Orn
Annie Waugaman
Washington Township
Susie Lewis
Rossiter
Rachael Plaunt
William
Rochester Mills
Fairview
H. C. Empfield
Fairview Cemetery
Josephine Zamberlan
Robinson Funeral Home
St. Bernard’s Church
Domanic Mantuano
School Street
Fred Pagliari
Joseph Pagliare
Pittsburgh
Oscar Cocciniglio
St. Bernard's Church
Mary Elizabeth Clayton
Frank Clayton
DuBois
Charles E. Hoffman
Christopher and
Jane (Weaver) Kesslay
Jefferson County
Gospel Hall
Hoffman
Harry Clayton
Aukman
Canada
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