War Today analysis of Hitler drive and Allied response
Dewitt Mackenzie discusses how Hitler seeks fresh supplies to break Moscow defense and how Allied arms production and supply lines must block his offensive. He argues victory hinges on counter attacks, Arctic and European fronts, and American industrial effort to outpace German demand.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Hitler
Moscow
Fuehrer
Reichmarshal
Herman Goering
Reich
Caucasus
Middle East
Berlin
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
Baltic
Black Sea
America
United Nations
Japan Advances Near Port Moresby Reported
Berlin radio relayed Tokyo reports that Japanese forces were within 200 miles northwest of Port Moresby with an invasion possible about 70 miles up the Lae valley. Port Moresby faced two air raids but caused no damage or casualties. MacArthur spoke of relieving beleaguered forces, while Prime Minister Curtin pledged truth.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Port Moresby
Lae
Markham
Torres Strait
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Bataan
John Curtin
Australia
Canberra
War Council
Philippines
Melbourne
United Nations
U. S
Java
Singapore
New Guinea
Salamaua
Solomon Islands
Darwin
Curtin
Salamau
Markham River
Francis Forde
United States Army
Allied War Council
MicArthur
George H. Brett
New Zealand
Herbert F. Leary
Brett
A. 5
Drakeford
Australian War Cabinet
Australian Army Command
Pennsylvania drama heats up in governor bid
U S Senator James J. Davis blasted Major General Edward Martin and campaign manager Senator M Harvey Davis over in a combat of statements. Davis defended his 20-year public life and rejected a harmony candidate plan as betrayal of a free primary. The clash reflects a tense GOP fight as wartime leadership and political power intersect amid crossfire of accusations.
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Washington
Republian
Pennsylvania
U. S
James J. Davis
Edward Martin
M. Harvey Davis
Martin
Pennsylvanus
Davis
XX x
United States
Naval Affairs Committee
Harvey Taylor
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
Charlie McCarthy
Admits Death of His Kinfolk by Poison and Gas
Los Angeles March 20 court records reveal Courtney Fred Rogers a 24 year old church organist confessed to killing his grandmother Mrs Sophie Spiegelmann and his parents. He later told deputies he chloroformed his mother Lilie Rogers and asphyxiated his father Courtney Rogers while home alone. He justified killings by bitter childhood and fear of his intoxicated father arson threat. The case includes exhumation to determine cause of grandmother death.
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Ema
Los Angeles
Courtney Fred Rogers
Sophie Spiegelmann
Rogers
Lilie Rogers
Courtney ¢. Rogers
Stleiches
Spiegelmann
Larry Carmack
Carmack
Grandma
Hitler retreat hints in Kharkov clash shifts focus
European roundup reports Hitler's Ukraine forces near Kharkov preparing for possible withdrawal as German stores and oil facilities face blasts. Soviet dispatches claim heavy German casualties east of Kharkov while Kharkov itself sustains claimed civilian losses. Tass notes exhausted Wehrmacht amid food shortages as von Bock shifts HQ. Papen's Ankara trip fuels talk of Turkish-German talks and possible troop moves toward Suez or Caucasus.
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Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Stockholm
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
James
Hitlier
Donets
Moscow
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Tass
Fedor von Bock
Franz von Papen
Ankara
London
Hitler
Turkey
Suez
Caucasus
Registration Saturday Steers Civilian Defense Drive
About 6000 volunteers needed in Pennsylvania to fill Defense Corps units across communities Indiana County seeks 1600 more volunteers. Registration Saturday March 21 in all defense areas with listed district points and local venues. Information Bureau offers free dance and movie tickets as volunteers await training at Salvation Army huts.
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Pennsylvania
Indiana County
West Mahoning
South Mahoning
Washington
Flumville
North Mahoning
East Mahoning
Rayne — Marion Center
Carick
Bans
Montgomery
Glen Campbell
Green
Cherryhill
Clymer Legion Hall
White
Armstrong
Information Bureau
Salvation Army Red Shield
Stars and Stripes
WPA to double Pennsylvania highway defense jobs
Harrisburg reports WPA will increase workers on vital defense highways doubling current WPA road jobs as part of war effort. Administrator Richard Irvin said 9,800 WPA road workers will be expanded. Pennsylvania quota is 62,000 jobs with 53,171 employed March 10. He stressed shifting WPA labor to war related projects and highway construction.
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Harrisburg
WPA
Pennsylvania
Richard Irvin
Works Projects Administration
Irvin
Commerce
Mark Jans
Commonwealth
Pennsyl
Pittsburgh War Parades to Welcome Soldiers and Sailors
Police and military escorts will march through downtown toward railroad stations as spectators cheer. Officials urged early business hours to greet the troops and boost wartime patriotism after Roosevelt’s request. Col J H Davidson laments apathy. County Commissioner John J Kane notes soldiers leaving home with sacrifice and loneliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Col
J. H. Davidson
Graham obituary recalls educator and leader in education
Graham, long time educator in Pennsylvania, served as instructor in mathematics at Washington and Jefferson College and teacher of chemistry at McKeesport High School. He led Greensburg High School and lectured at several universities. Survived by widow, three sisters and eight children including Ben G. Graham Jr and David Graham.
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Washington and Jefferson College
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
Greensburg High School
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Chicago
University of Pittsburgh
Juniata College
State Education Association
National Education Association
Ben G. Graham, Jr
Richmond Ind
Victor Williams
Lock Haven
David Graham
Carlisle Barracks
Rescue survivors recount torpedoed freighter ordeal
Twenty eight survivors from a torpedoed Norwegian tanker told of 11 hours in darkness as men clung to wreckage. Two officers died attempting to save others and a boarding party was injured by shelling. The freighter captain and second mate aided each other through the night as lifeboats could not be launched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Miami
Nassau
Stanley Oliver
San Francisco
Julian F. Vinson
Cranford
N. J
Paul Boehncke
Oakland
Calif
Boehncke
Low
Vinson
R. H .Murphy
Barnstable
Moss
Graham Griffith
Clifton Heights
Firemen Parade Through Years To Modern Water Supply
Firemen traced the evolution of the city’s water system from early years to the present, noting the big engines used for municipal work. A musical interlude followed, with Harry Canfield directing and Delos Campbell leading the Tyte ial Group in song before continuing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Canfield
Delos Campbell
Follo
Ugly Duckling freighter reaches Alexandria with war materiel
The American built Ugly Duckling freighter, sailing under the Stars and Stripes, arrived in Alexandria via the South Africa route through the Red Sea and Suez, delivering cargo to Britain’s North African forces. Captain Richard Ellis led a naval gun crew and reported no enemy subs or planes sighted. The ship marked several firsts for the Baltimore yard and the Ugly Duckling class, including passage through the Suez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Grover
Alexandria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Britain
Richard Ellis
Baltimore
South Africa
Red Sea
Suez
First appearance of the Fire Octet in Texas history
The Fire Octet debut featured Steele Peeler Stahuve Cunningham Enterline Graham Bicher and Alverd led by L Murray Peeler and Timothy McCarthy. Guests recalled long service with Captain Yuck retiring after October 1889 and John Daugherty. A banquet followed with anecdotes, a portable radiogie, films from fires and an evening of social games.
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Texas
Steele
Peeler
Stahuve
Cunningham
Enterline
Graham
Bicher
Alverd
L. Murray Peeler
Timothy McCarthy
Yuck
Department
No. 1 Company
John Daugherty
Harry Pharoah
New Florence Bank Dividend Declared for Depositors
Trustees announced a March 91 distribution of over $11,000, the final 25 percent held from depositors since the holiday. Remaining assets stay with trustees to be disposed of for the benefit of old stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Florence National Bank
Treasury balance reports March 18 receipts and expenditures
Washington report shows Treasury receipts 204,708,005.79 and expenditures 123,000,146.41 resulting in a net balance of 3,240,828,131.93 on March 18. Decrease from the previous day totals 30,159,944.77.
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Washington
Treasury
Produce market snapshot from Pittsburgh sales
Pittsburgh reporters note moderate demand for produce on March 20. Apples steady with No 1 bu. biscuits and crates prices listed. Potatoes steady in 100 lb sacks from Maine Chippewas Katuh dins. Russets from Pennsylvania and Idaho show varied bids.
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Wvroduce
Pittsburgh
Maine
Streamline Cooperates With National Education Committee Offer
Streamline Market announces a good will offer in cooperation with the National Committee for Education. The plan provides customers with the complete 20 volume Standard American Encyclopedia at a very low cost. The encyclopedia spans 20 volumes, 5 776 pages, 4 500 400 words and 5 00 illustrations, designed as a practical reference set. An announcement with full details appears on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naonal Committee For Education
National Committee For Education
United State
Victory Garden Drive Promoted in Indiana County
A meeting of the victory garden committee was held in the Court House in Indiana County. Chairman Harry A. Nichol and co chairs Clark Ray Mrs Race and Quay Overdorf led a discussion on conserving food, growing vegetables at home, and aiding war efforts through civilian gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiane
Court House
Indiana County
Harry A. Nichol
Clark Ray
B. Race
Quay Overdorf
Jon Martin
Creekside
Charles Walker F
Arcadia
Charles Wetzel
Commodore
Jay McWilliams
Sslana
John Huda
Edindame
Fink
Homer City
William Dunlap
Blairsville
W. W. Schrock
Armagh
Nichol
Victory Gardens
Army
Navy
United State Department of Agriculture
Food For Freedom
Lin Bath
Woman Spy Sentenced To Reformatory In New York Case
Lucy Boehmer 19 said espionage fun and got five years at Federal Women's Reformatory Alderson. Carl Herman Schroetter 49, Miami fishing boat skipper, received ten years. They pleaded guilty in the ring led by Kurt Ludwig, Master Nazi spy, who was sentenced to 20 years recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lucy Boehmer
Women's Reformatory
Alderson
W. Ve
Henry W. Goddard
Goddard
Carl Herman Schroetter
Miami
Fla
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Obituary for John Edward Neely Died in Banks Township Home
John Edward Neely died March 15 at the Banks township home where he was born May 29, 1881. After Aunt Lydia’s death he lived alone. Aneigh bur informed a brother on an adjoining farm. together they found him dead in his bed. Surviving with the brother George are five sisters Ella N. Barr Anna B. Campbell Della E. Ball Sarah J. Ovms and Linnie Houck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edward Neely
Banks Township
Lydia
Aneighbur
George
Wwe
Ella N. Barr
Anna B. Campbell
Della E. Ball
Sarah J. Ovms
Linnie Houck
Relief dole payments decline in Indiana counties
State Treasurer G. Harold Wagner reports current week relief payments to needy Indiana counties totaled 2652 in a week ending today, down 317 from last week. The 2652 figure is 4005 less than the same week last year, with 835 fewer checks issued than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
G. Harold Wagner
Stock Market Trading Snapshot and Company Listings
A dense OCR of stock market activity lists numerous firms across industries from Alchem, Dye, and Am Can to United Aircraft, US Steel, and Woolworth. The excerpt includes ticker-like figures, percentages, and partial prices, reflecting a mixed reading of shares, indexes, and trading notes with many unreadable sequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mfg
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Coml
Solvents
Con Edison
Con Oil
Douglas Aircraft du Pont de N Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Int Harvester
Nick Carr
Tel Johns Manville Kennecott Cop Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coal Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat
NY Central RR
North Ameria Param Pictuies
Penney
Penn RR
Pullman
Repub Steel Reynolds
Sears Roebuck Sperry Corn
Cal
Swift and Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp US Rubber
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Davis, Martin
Melborne
Faraway
Melborne Corps
S. J. Prytz
the Nextese
Vania Maritime Academy
Lekal
Takeners
Albert Stewart
Forests and Waters
Navy Department
Public Assistance
Hoperard L. Russell
Achilles Hynes
Surgeon General
Tare
Butler Tuberculosis
U.S Army
Cimes
John J. Kane
Ugly Duckling
Justice
Philadelphia
Clarence Arters
Iowa
Byron A. Milner
Arters
Edward Davis
Clivs
David R. MccCreery
Iowa Board of Control
Des Moines
Acters
Thomas Cogan
NEW Florence Bank
Streamline
Race
Doles
Hasler
Henry Hall
INC
Phila. Street
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