Bell Safety Men Praised at 100000 Mile Club Dinner
Four Bell Telephone Company drivers were honored for sustaining a 1942 safety record in Western Pennsylvania. Charles R. Wheeler, J. Earl Wingard, Ira E. Beatty, and Mervill L. Bloom received inscribed pencils as they marked an additional 54 000 miles without an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Focal Bell Telephone Company
Pennsylvania
Hundred Thousand Mile Club
New Telephone Company
David R. Ingalls
Charles R. Wheeler
J. Earl Wingard
Indiana
Ira E. Beatty
Spangler
Mervill L. Bloom
Ebensburg
Ingalls
Third of District Folks Declare Excess Foods
The Office of Price Administration reports that in the Pittsburgh district during the last week of February about one third of 3,008,586 War Ration Book Two holders declared excess processed foods. A total of 900,142 declarations were filed, with 1,092,487 cans noted as excess and 290,674 eight-point coupons not removed where excess exceeded 24 stamps. Notations of ration debt will be removed from future books. Coffee stamps removed totaled 18,345 and 2,078 were not removed for excess over 10 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Office of Price Administratin
OPA
Parsons
Wage Hour Suit Battles Over Miner Travel Time
New Orleans miners upholding iron ore workers in a Wage and Hour Law suit argue underground travel time should be paid as part of the workday. Lewis claims daily pay and inequities, citing a 1940 UMW letter. lawyers warn about back wages and penalties if the Supreme Court supports the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Lewis
UMW
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Taxes Debate Sees Split Over Carlson Plan Abatement
Congressional cloakrooms weighed middle ground as members discussed partially abating one year's income taxes to pursue a pay-as-you-go system. House Republicans rallied behind full abatement, with Knutson predicting GOP-Democrat support to pass. Some argued against full forgiveness, fearing war-time wealth gains and windfalls for large taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Gearhart R-Calify
Rep-Luce
R-Conn
Martin
R-Mass
Ways and Means Committee
War manpower plan debated as unions weigh drastic measures
Senate war hearings examine the Austin-Wadsworth National Service Bill and a manpower committee report. Officials discuss shifting from voluntary labor to draft or farm reassignments to boost production. Labor leaders like Murray, Lewis, and Green weigh in as talks hint at changes to win support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Roosevelt
Reynolds
DNC
Austin-Wadsworth
Philip Murray
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
The Lure of the Short-Cut in War and Morals
A sermon echoes on March 19 warning against smug self-satisfaction in war and the lure of unethical means. Brig Gen Alden H Waitt cautions that spring casualty lists will appall the nation as it readies for total victory. A separate Erie case: Judge Myles B Kitts sentences Frank Bromley to prison for rape and related charges after a guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Jesus
Bayway
N. J
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
U.S. Army
Standardrow Development Company
Erie
Myles B. Kitts
Frank Bromley
Corry R, D. 1
Bromley
Blood donors in Homestead rally for American soldiers
In Homestead near Pittsburgh, a five hour blood drive halted commerce as workers donated pints for soldiers. The Red Cross and merchants organized an open house at the Methodist Church, converting the basement into a 16 bed hospital run by volunteers and nurses. About 200 donors attended, aided by a canteen serving substantial food donations from local merchants, adding to previous city totals of 2,500 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Homestead
Methodist Episcopal Church
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Monongahela River
British 8th Army Attack Backs Mareth Line Drives
Reports claim the British 8th Army pressed a climactic assault on the Mareth Line in Southern Tunisia as Rommel’s forces face a two front squeeze. Soviet dispatches say Germans reinforced at Upper Donets near Kharkov while Red Army holds ground south of Orel amid heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th Army
Mareth
Tanisia
Paris
Patton
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Putthes
Donets River
Kharkov
Hitler
Belgorod
Khar'kov
Kursk
Orel
Frontline War Reports Highlight Intense WWII Actions
Soviet troops encircled below Kharkov were annihilated by ceaseless Nazi thrusts along the river. Red Army engineers planted 600 mines in the ice, blowing up nine German tanks. two others crossed and its drivers drowned. On the central front, Red Army forces advanced toward Smolensk, widening a salient along the Upper Dnieper. In the north, Timoshenko’s troops claimed 800 German casualties as they seized villages near Staraya Russa. Western air war saw heavy daylight raids by American bombers against Veeg sack near Bremen, with RAF escorts grounded by weather. U.S. Liberators attacked Naples twice. British submarines sank six Axis ships in the Mediterranean. German U-boats remained active against convoys in the Atlantic, though Allied confirmation was lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kharkov
Stalingrad
Red Army
Smolensk
Moscow
Izdeshkovo
Dnieper
Semeon Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Lake Kmen
RAF
U. S
Vegesack
Bremen
Germany
North Sea
Cairo
Naples
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Hig Command
Ciaim
Eden's plea spurs action on postwar world order
Anthony Eden urged United States, Britain, Soviet Union and China to shape a lasting peace framework as wartime unity. Congressional supporters pressed for an early international body under the United Nations with a military force to enforce decrees, while critics questioned practicality and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anthony Eden
United States
England
Russia
China
Senate
House
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
Eden
van Nuys
Churchill
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Britain
Pacific
Japan
Nye
R-Nd
Pearl Harbor
Newsprint to be Probed by House for War Effort Limits
Washington March 19 The House rules committee approved a resolution by Rep Halleck seeking an investigation into federal plans to restrict newsprint production and implement grade labelling. The measure asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to rule if such proposals fall under the war effort and cites potential limits on newsprint and book papers used by newspapers and magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rules Committee
Halleck
R-Ind
Cox
D-Ga
Interstate Commerce Commission
Liberator bombers attack Naples twice in one day
Ninth Air Force bombers attacked Naples in daylight and at night. Cloud cover prevented observing results, while the Italian high command reported bombs on the outskirts and surrounding areas near Naples and in Syracuse Province with no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ninth United States Air Force
Naples
Syracuse
Market Report Pittsburgh Produce Prices March 19
Produce demand moderate with steady apple prices by baskets and crates. Pennsylvania Delicious 2.50 2.75, Rome Beauties 2.25 2.35, New York McIntosh 1.75 2.25, Baldwins 2.00 2.25, Virginia Staymang 2.50 2.75, West Virginia Black Twigs 1.75, potatoes steady with No 1 old stock 100 lb sacks Pennsylvania Russet Russets 3.25, 15 lb sacks Maine Chippewas and Katahdins 0.54 0.55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Rome
Stock Market Listing and Criminal Notice Mix
HOLLIDAYSBURG Judge George G Patterson quashed an indictment against Thomas V Hunter former Altoona city accountant on the eve of his trial on a charge of embezzlement Hunter now employed by the war department in Baltimore Md and had charge of delinquent tax collections with the city claiming an $800 shortage in his account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollidaysburg
George G. Patterson
Thomas V. Hunter
Altoona
Hunter
War Department
Baltimore
Copper's Wife Goes to Prison in Gasoline Ring
Philadelphia report says a suspended police wife led a major East Coast gasoline coupon racket. Her husband John A Cranks haw, a 41 year old ex officer, received six months. another ex policeman George W Price got a year and a day. Elmer K Grinrod, 35, got six months suspended. Government says the ring sold sheets of eight coupons for 1 to 1.50, good for 24 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
East
John A. Crankshaw
George W. Price
Elmer K. Grinrod
Atlantic
Man and stepson drown in Allegheny River near Harmarville
March 19 Pittsburgh report. Earl Cunningham, 38, and his 16-year-old stepson John died when a home-made boat capsized while carrying sand on the Allegheny River near Harmarville. Onlooker Nick Wadsworth identified the victims. A rescue attempt failed as river currents were swift and police said no body drag would be conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Harmarville
Nick Wadsworth
Earl Cunningham
John
Wadsworthy
Obituary notes for Lamb Stuchel and Kinnan in Western PA
Obituary notices report the deaths of Minnie May Moore Lamb and Ul ysses H Stuchel in Truxall and New Brighton with details on birth, families, residences, church affiliations, and burial plans. Also announced is the death of Walter Kinnan of Colville Washington with survivor lines and funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses H. Stuchel
Dayton
David
Nancy (Marshall) Stuchet
Clair Stuchel
New Brighton
Glade Run Presbyterian Church
Hebecca (O'Harrow) Stuchel
J. C. Stuchel
A. E. Steward
R. D
C. FF. Rumbaugh
C. M. Dickason
Fr. A. Brice
J. A. Stuchel
Ginde Run
Church
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BELL
Raymond W. Ellis
Clarence E. Fay
A. Lewis
War Labor Board
Moorhead
Clipper Craft
America
Saikitinkagis
Tula
Miles
Jretaren
Kiev
Prel
CORSK
Harkov Af
Voronezh
Toshily
Menskoo
Qvgrad
Stov
Bar
Andvarce
Nikitinkes
Waitt
House Group
Stella Sincavage
Hear
Ashland
Schuylkill County
Joseph
C. A. Whitehouse
Associated Press
Air Beau
al Chem
Am Smelt & R
Tel & Tel
T&s P
Ad Refining
Bald Loco
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Briggs Mty
Ns Budd Mfy
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & el
Con Edison
Curtiss-Wright RV Nel
Lack & West
Gay du Pont de N
el Auto-Lite
General Foots
Ceneral Motat
Greyhound Corp
Illinois Central
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Vil Coal
Val RR
Libby, Me
Kayy Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Yat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
Y Central RR
North Ameria Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Param Pictures Penney
Penn RR
Pullman
Pure Oil Radio Corp of Am
Repab Steel Reynolds
Tob
Sears Roebuele
Socony-Vacuum Sperry Corp Ltd
Brands Ltd
Oil Ind Ltd
Studebaker Corp
Swift Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
U8 Rubber US Steel
Warner Bros
Pict West Union
Tel West
el & Mig
Woolworth
Yellow
Tr & C
Youngst
Sh & T
Curb— Aero Supply
Ark
Copper
Minnie May (Moore) Lamb
West Virginia
Martin Luther
Martha Elizabeth (Dickens) Moore
Truxall
Apollo
R. C
Clearfield County
Flinton
Cambria County
Conlport
C. Martin Lamb
Wilbur Py Lamb
Schenectady
Marian. Evans
T. H. Gift
Coalport
Martin L. Moore
Kittanning
Lester Moore
Apollo, R. YH
W. E. Browell
Anna Moore
William James
Fred Jenkins
John Watson
Blairsville
Edgewood Cemetery
Salisburg
Walter Kinnan
Indiana County
Colville
Wash
Harvey and
Nannie (Huston) Kinnan
Goldie Kinnan
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