Switzerland Maintains Neutrality Amid Axis Pressures
Swiss leader General Henri Guisan ordered a new orientation service in 1940 to bolster morale and national unity. Officers personally counseled troops with full honesty to counter Nazi propaganda, explain Switzerland's defense, and reinforce belief in Alpine resilience and democracy.
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Rwiss
Sean
Switzerland
Hiller
Axis
Bern
France
Europe
Germany
Jed
Allen
Shelly
Alps
Henri Guisan
Mander
Seaway Plan Delays Iron Ore Mining Taconite Industry
James C. Munn reports that the St. Lawrence Seaway and power project will slow iron production from lean ore. R. C. Allen of Reserve Mining Co testifies to a Senate subcommittee, warning near depletion of open-pit mines and future need to process taconite ore.
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James C. Munn
Washington
Mar
St. Lawrence Sea Way
Senate Foreign Relations
R. C. Allen
Cleveland
Reserve Mining Company
Allen
Seaway plan faces opposition over ore and power terms
Industry leaders debate a 27 foot channel for the Seaway arguing it becomes obsolete for iron ore moves. Tom J McGrath urges federal control of power development with New York state safeguards and equal energy access for other states, while critics warn of unequal costs between New York and Canada in a joint Canada US project.
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Agnaned
Allen
Lake Superior
New York State
New York
New York Power Authority
McGrath
Canada
Attorneys and drivers questioned by federal grand jury
In Pittsburgh, March, two lawyers and two truck drivers were questioned yesterday by a Federal Grand Jury probing large scale sugar rationing violations. One attorney, Samuel Chertoff, of the OPA, said he appeared voluntarily to clear up points. A juror, Ro vis Hurd of LaJose, fell ill after hotel shortages and was excused after midnight.
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Pittsburgh
Mar
Samuel Chertoff
OPA
Rovis Hurd
LaJose
Clearfield County
14 Area Veterans Are Discharged
A list of Indiana area veterans discharged through Camp Atterbury Separation Center on March 3 and 5 includes Sgt. Mike Lecorchick Sagamore Cpl. Bruce H. Corio 440 Locust St Indiana Pfc. John E. Herkins Black Lick T s Frederick E. Bingham 1137 School St Indiana Sal Jack K. Marks Holsopple Al Sampson Navy March 1 George H. Ongrey 136 Walnut St Blairsville SM 2/c Ralph C. Gray Blairsville Sir Daled Sladkmiller Indiana R D 4 Cox Lawrence M. Rhea Livermore R D 2 QM 2/c Donald D. Flickinger Church St Sagamore At Jacksonville Fla Navy Cox Steve F. Salley Heilwood Feb 28 2/c Harry L. Kuhns 602 S Fifth St Indiana Mar 3 Camp Heale Cal Pie Samuel T. Wetzel Marphiy Center R D3
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Indiana
Camp Atterbury
Mike Lecorchick
Sagamore
Joseph Horcher
Graceton
Bruce H. Corio
Locust St
John E. Herkins
Black Lick
Frederick E. Bingham
School St
Jack K. Marks
Holsopple
al Sampson
Navy
March & S
George H. Ongrey
Walnut St
Blairsvile
Ralph C. Gray
Johnson Ave
Blairsville
Sir Daled
Sladkmiller
R. D
Cox
Lawrence M. Rhea
Livermore R. D
Donald D. Flickinger
Church St
Jacksonville
Fla
Steve F. Salley
Heilwood
Harry L. Kuhns
S. Fifth St
Camp Heale
Cal
Samuel T. Wetzel
Marphiy Center
Krug to Take Over Allickes Duties
President Truman announced that J. A. Krug will assume duties formerly held by Harold L. Ickes when he becomes Interior Secretary on March 15. Krug will act as Petroleum Administrator and cover other wartime responsibilities until a reorganization clarifies his exact role. The passage also notes a stray boxing remark about boxers and their earnings.
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Washington
Mar
J. A. Krug
Harold L.ickes
Krug
Truman
Congress
Apprentice Delay Probe Meet Today
County veterans affairs directors meet with state officials to resolve delays in the apprentice training program for ex servicemen. A proposed shortcut would have county committees inspect and certify local training establishments, enabling approval for VA cash grants to augment pay during training.
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Aarrisburg
Directors of Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans' Group
Paul E. Whitmeyer
State Department of Military Affairs
U. S. Veterans’ Administration
Occupation Force Lands In Indochina
The first French occupation troops landed in Tonkin Province of Northern Indo China without Chinese opposition ashore. General Lu Hun ordered a halt to unauthorized hostilities after a clash Wednesday left 10 French sailors dead when artillery damaged the light cruiser Triomphant. French communique reports Hanoi and the province as calm again.
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Stanley Swinton
Saigon
Indo-China
Mar
Tonkin
Lu Hun
Indo- China
Triomphant
Tong Kin
Chungking
Hanoi
Paasikivi Elected Finland President by Parliament
Finland's parliament elected Juho K. Paasikivi president, succeeding Baron Gustav Mennerheim who resigned. Paasikivi won 159 votes, MK J. Stahlberg 14, with eleven ballots blank.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Baron Gustav Mennerheim
Paasikivi
MK. J. Stahlberg
Possible US Soviet May Trade Truce Overture
Shanghai dispatch reports a suggestion to invite Soviet representatives to Manchuria truce teams to ease American entry, amid unconfirmed news of a large Soviet withdrawal from Mukden. Chinese news agency says 22 Russian trains left Mukden northward, hinting at a staged pullout to favor the Chinese unification effort. Chungking reports also note fires in Mukden after a claimed complete Russian withdrawal.
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Shanghai
Manchuria
Mukden
Marshall
U. S
China
Chungking
Mar
Beatings Alleged At GE Picket Probe Hearings
In Philadelphia, March 9 AP union witnesses testified in U S District Court they were beaten by police during last week's strike at General Electric plant. Walter Crisanti, a 28 year old discharged veteran, said an undercover officer struck him with a blackjack. Francis White of CIO testified detectives beat him. Judge Walsh postponed ruling on injunction. hearings resume Monday on police action and rights to assemble.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Cholice
General Electric Company
George F. Walsh
CIO
Walter J. Crisanti
Crisanti
Francis J. White
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America
Judee Walsh
Whch
UERMW
Thomas D. Finletter
Common Pleas Court
Welsh
Jen
Governor urges homes to grow victory gardens in wartime
Harrisburg reports Gov. Martin called on every family to plant victory gardens this summer as a defense against food shortages. He said every ton of food produced saves lives and warned hunger follows war, urging home gardens as a key method to build food stockpiles for the global emergency.
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Harrishurg
Gov. Martin
Martin
Gettysburg lumberman charged with PW labor breach
Talmadge E. Lewis of Gettysburg faces Federal charges for refusing to pay prisoner of war labor used in cutting spulpwood in August 1945. The government seeks 6128 plus interest from May 12, 1948, in Scranton Federal Court.
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Scranton
Mer
Talmadge E. Lewis
Gettysburg
Michigan
Priithe
Ponds
Ing
Lewis
Senator Thomas Calls for Civilian Control of Air Forces
Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, argues in The American Magazine that civilian leadership is essential for air power. He decries the Air Forces’ lack of vision and urges a civilian body to direct research, development, and adoption of new weapons to ensure future victories.
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Germany
America
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Air Forces High Command
National Defense Research, Council
John Cardinal Glennon Dies In Frealand
John Cardinal Glennon dies in Ireland after a period of illness marked by uremia. He lies in state at the president’s mansion with flags at half mast as officials and family gather. Cardinal Glennon, 42 years archbishop of St. Louis, was admired as a leading U.S. church figure and the first cardinal from the west of the Mississippi.
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Pius XI
Glannon
United States
Eire
Papal State
O'Kelly
Msgr
Cody
Commodore Alphonse MacMahon
Philip Connor
St. Louis
Anastasia
Mary Rose
Bon Secours
MacMahon
Manon
Eamon de Valera
Cardinal Glennon
U.S
West of the Mississuni
Fle
America
Kansas City
Bublin
Trish
Emerald Isle
O Rincanna
Shannon
Long Air Jour
Moscow radio reports U S push to disrupt Moscow agreement
The Moscow radio circulated what it claimed was the U S message to Bulgaria urging opposition leaders to seek disruption of the Moscow agreement and stating the United States acted unilaterally. Copies were sent to Britain and Russia, signaling a sharp embassy dispute.
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Ent
Moscow
U. S
Bulgaria
Britain
Russia
Washington
Iran
Manchuria
Middle Eastern
China
Leaves Extended For Pa. Employes
Attorney General James H. Duff ruled that state employes serving in the armed forces must be given extended leaves and extra supply during a declared state of war or until a peace treaty or Congress proclamation ends hostilities. The opinion affects all state departments and references Union Bay steam turbines and a 100,000 city population context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bay
Paper Corporation
Spvinshak Ga
HAA Bgburg
Mar
James H. Duff
Congress
Philadelphia City Council Approves Pay Hike for Workers
Philadelphia authorities voted a maximum $400 annual raise for municipal employees and backed a 48 hour week for firemen. The finance committee will study tax options to fund the changes, potentially costing up to $10 million annually. A three platoon fire bureau schedule would reduce manning hours from 12 to 48 per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mar
Fire Bureau
Reds Annex Gilan Iran Province
The northern part of Gilan Province from the Soviet border to Shefarud, about fifty miles, was reportedly annexed by Russian-occupied Azerbaijan Province. An official in the U S embassy called the report undoubtably true. Iranian troops waited at Woramine for Russian withdrawal to pass toward Garrison Seman Sheh rud and Meshed, while Russians evacuated Semnan but did not move on Shahrud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Goodwin
Tehran
Gilan
Shefarud
Azerbaijan
United States
Kargamrud
Woramine
Garmaar
Iran
Seman
Shehrud
Meshed
Semnan
Shahrud
Moscow says Bulgaria must fulfill Moscow talks conditions
London report notes Moscow claims Bulgaria and opposition must share real power under Moscow framework. Washington protests that the U S has acted unilaterally in Bulgaria and accuses U S envoy Barnes of instigating opposition to delay implementation. Soviet note says U S action undermines the Moscow conference and was not coordinated with other governments.
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Moscow
Maynard B. Barnes
U. S
Bulgaria
Leiting
Russia
U.S
Convict Liberty Ship First Mate Convicted in Assault Case
William Chatman, 38, first mate on the Liberty ship Anna H. Branch, was convicted in Camden, New Jersey, of atrocious assault and battery for shooting boatswain Charles Schultz during a dispute aboard the ship moored at Gloucester, on February 16. An all-woman jury acquitted him of intent to kill, and Judge Batholomew did not set a sentencing date.
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Camden
N. J. Mar
William Chatman
Anna H. Branch
Gloucester
N. J
Camden Criminal Court
Chatman
Batholomew Sheehan
Charles Schultz
San Francisco
Calif
Arrest Two In Erie Golf Links Killing
Erie officials report the murder of 34 year old ex sailor Robert Fisher at the Brie Gulf course prompting arrests of Michael Bubna and Michael Dominick in Savannah. Violet Tarbell held as material witness as FBI and state police coordinate case. The weapon is traced to Fisher’s estranged wife. two more women questioned and released as investigators label the killing a local gang murder.
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Hrie
Erie County
Danian J. McLaughlin
Robert Fisher
Fisher
Mclaughlin
Michael Bubna
Savannah
Michael Dominick
Bubna
Charles Heisler
Dominick
Regents
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Coates
C. M. Mathias
Jynn Mehallick
Erie
Violet Eleanor Tarbell
Alsu
FBI
D. K. Brown
West 26Th Street
Willard Schauer
John CG. ‘Bricker
Blame Union As Plant Is Dismantled
MONONGAHELA Pa March 8 AP The Liggett Spring Axle Co fabricators for trailers and coaches will close and dismantle its Forward Township plant Charles E Dexter Jr announced yesterday Dexter said he made his announcement to Louis Tomayka director of District 13 CIO United Steelworkers in a telegram stating that you and leaders at Local 210 must assume full responsibility The decision came after Liggett employees failed to attend a meeting where the company had planned to offer a wage increase of 18 12 cents contingent on price relief from the OPA and a bonus plan in lieu of retroactive wage claims Francis Pauley USW Local 210 vice president said union members voted stay away from yesterday s meeting The union notified Dexter of the results by telegram and protested the meeting as a violation of their collective bargaining agreement USW contracts prohibit individual bargaining with employees
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Monongahela
Liggett Spring & Axle Co
Forward Township
Charles E. Dexter, Jr
Dexter
Louis Tomayka
District 13
Cio-United Steelworkers
Liggett
OPA
Francis Pauley
USW Local 210
Bloom Dictates Health Message On His Birthday
Washington on March 8 Bloom, 76, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a health message urging eating and merry making along with foot, knee, and gum massages. His physician again pronounces him sound as a dollar and notes daily massages aid well being.
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William Arbogast
Washington
Mar
Domera Stlan
Bloom
New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sol
Newsmen Return From Five Week Pacific Tour
Robert McLean president of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and AP and Benjamin McKelway editor of the Washington Star returned from a five weeks tour of the Pacific They were guests of the War and Navy Departments visiting Japan and other areas They arrived at National Airport at 8 12 A M EST and McLean continued to Philadelphia on a private plane
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Washington
Robert McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Associated Press
Benjamin McKelway
Washington Star
Pacific
War
Navy Departments
Japan
Naval Air Transport Service
Nasional Airport
McLean
Philadelphia
Obituary of Harry R. Upton in Indiana County
Harry R. Upton died Friday morning at 6:00. He was the Indiana County Treasurer and Mrs. Harry Nichol’s son in law. Friends receive visitors at Streams Funeral Home. service Monday at 2:00 led by Rev. James Ex Leitch and Rev. Robert Sherrard. Interment Oakland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Upton
Indiana County
Harry Nichol
Streams Funeral
James Ex, Leitch
Indiana United Presbyterian Church
Robert Clarence Sherrard
Petrotia
Oakland Cemetery
Shroyer Eyes Friends Before Gubernatorial Bid
Governor Martin said Secretary of Highways John A. Shroyer will consult more friends before deciding on a Republican gubernatorial candidacy. Martin and three organization backed candidates filed nominating petitions at the state election bureau. Shroyer pledged not to withdraw, while Martin noted a pleasant conference and planned further talks midweek.
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Harrisburg
Mar
Martin
John A. Shroyer
Hightways
State Election Bureau
Shroyer
U. S. Senate
Election Bureau
Janes H. Duff
Daniel B. Strickler
William S. Livengood, Jr
Turnal Affairs
Charles M. Morrisson
Commonwealth
Jeff
Pennsylvania
Masked robber wounds elderly couple in Delaware home invasion
In Wilmington a masked burglar beat 66 year old Charles Huber and injured his 61 year old wife, ransacked their room, and fled in their car. Huber is in serious condition with head injuries and fractures. Mrs. Huber also suffered deep cuts. Police traced the crime to a white masked suspect. the couple reported to a daughter before hospital care. The stolen vehicle was found abandoned near the Delaware state line.
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Wilmington
Del
Tome
Charles Huber
Delaware Hospital
Huber
Pennsylvania
Ice floes wreck cottages along Saginaw Bay shores
Bay City Michigan reports towering ice floes driven by shifting wind swept into Killarney and Ricomo Beaches, damaging at least 55 cottages near Bay City State Park. State Police say 10 injuries were reported as crowds watched the frozen barricades.
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Bay City
Mich. Mar
Saginaw Bay
Killarney
Ricomo
Bay City State Park
Snowbound crowd fills gym after regional tournament
McPherson Kansas March reports say more than 400 basketball fans and players were stranded overnight by a heavy snowstorm during a high school regional tournament. About 150 slept in the gym on benches and floors while hotel lobbies and halls housed additional sleepers and some rested in nearby restaurants.
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Savoy
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Archdiocese of Dublin
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