Destruction of French Morals Under Nazi Rule
Mihaila discusses Hitler’s moral and spiritual wreckage across Europe, focusing on France. He notes Nazi propaganda and cash tactics undermining public spirit, the rise of black markets, and widespread complicity among farmers and citizens, stressing the long path to rehabilitation and the need for global understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baris
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Moreso
France
Fuehrer
le Belle France
Enraged New Jersey man kills wife and two daughters
In Elizabeth, a 38 year old electrician at the Rahway Refinery of Standard Oil shot his wife Mary Mullin Shelbrick, 38, and her daughter Mary Low Mullin, 19, then killed himself at 85 Miller Street. A third daughter Betty Malin, 18, was injured and hospitalized. Detectives Connelly and Marczak reported the tragedy followed a dispute over a party dress in a doorway he wished to paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Rahway
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
William J. Connelly
George Marczak
Joseph Shellbrick
Mary Mullin Shelbrick
Mary Low
Big Money Bill Passes Senate Test
A 360 million dollar fund for navigation flood control and other War Department civil functions neared final action after Senate passage the measure moved to a conference committee to resolve amendments. The bill includes 335 million for navigation and flood control 19 million for the Panama Canal and the rest for various projects including several Pennsylvania sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Senate
House
Truman
Thomas D-Oklat
aPnama Canal
Pennsylvania
Sunbury
Williamsport
Youghiogheny River
Conemaugh River
Punxsutawney
East Branch
Clarion River
Army Engineers
Sweyerville
Forty Fort
Shenango Reservoir
Penna
Ohio
Nagle Creek
Allegheny River
Turtle Creek
Rideway
Johnsonburg
Brockway
Vicinity
Latrobe
Wallace's Suggestion Stirs Solo in Capitol Hill
Washington dispatch reports Henry A Wallace proposing that major parties expel members who desert on big issues in an election year. Senators Hatch and McKellar weigh motives including Bowles presidency talk, while Wallace labels partisans who oppose lines as dividers calling for realignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Capitol Hit
Hatch
D-Nm
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Commerce
Wallace
McKellar
D-Tenn
Chester Bowles
Tutt
R-Onioe
Bowles
Senate
Joan
Lewistown Hens Enter Extreme Egg Length Contest
In Lewistown Montana in May a Plymouth Rock hen laid an exceptionally long egg and a Leg horn claimed a whopper earlier. A farmer reported several hens producing king size eggs from five to eight inches in circumference. Now another farmer boasted two eggs measuring about the size of a large marble, adding to the hens’ bizarre display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Mont
Leghorn
Supreme Court to rule on veteran seniority dispute
The Nation Today reports the Fishgold case centers on whether veterans returning to work must be given their old job or equal status over longer serving non veterans. Conflicting federal rulings and union concerns set the stage for a final Supreme Court decision on seniority versus veteran reemployment rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
Abraham Fishgold
Brooklyn
Fishgold
Selective Service
Labor Department
Justice Department
Veterans
American Legion
Legion
Fishgeld
U. S Court of Appeals
Sullivan Drydock and Repair Company
Abraham Wishwold
Fishwald
Matthew TL Abruzzo
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Abruzzo
Court of Appeals
Nul Agred
Jewelry Stolen During Ox Hill Club Supper
Ox Hill Senior Extensis Club held a covered dish supper at Plainvilly Presbyterian Church with about 30 attendees. Jewelry valued over $25 was stolen from Mrs. George C. Moore’s winter home, the Pittsburgh widow reported. A separate pledge announced by Mildred Ton today says United Steelworkers Union agreement grants superseniority protections for veterans and displacing workers, with no back wages claimed to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ox Hill
William C. Cochrane
Allegheny Ludlung Steel Corparasistant
Mildred Ton
Yearick
United Steel
Millison Workers Union
CIO
Dayton
J. C. Smith
Melud- Phaseville
George C. Moore
Pittsburgh
George Simpson
Swallows Return To Capistrano
Swallows began descending on Mission San Juan Capistrano on St Josephs Day fulfilling an ancient legend. Father Arthur J Hutchinson said swallows returned punctually through the war years at the 170 year old adobe mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Mar
Mission San Juan Capistrano
St. Joseph's Day
Arthur J. Hutchinson
Adobe
Goering Admits Signing Anti Jewish Decrees
Hermann Goering testified at the International Military Tribunal admitting he signed numerous anti Jewish decrees as Reichstag president and accepted full responsibility for them He said Goebbels and Himmler were more radical on the Jewish question and dismissed Julius Streicher as not a government member Despite clashes with Prosecutor Jackson the witness claimed he reported anti Jewish excesses to Hitler and tried to limit actions by underlings The cross examination touched on Nazi party courts taking precedence over penal courts and limited punishments for slayings of Jews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Streicher
Goering
Robert H. Jackson
U.S
Goeffery Lawrence
Jackson
Hitler
Near End of Auld Murder Trial Near End of Auld Murder Trial
Camden jurors near verdict in the murder trial of Howard Auld a 25 year old former paratrooper charged with the slaying of Philadelphia waitress Margaret Rita McDade 23. Final arguments and judge Bartholomew A Sheehan's charge precede deliberations as psychiatrists testified to Auld's mental state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Howard Auld
Philadelphia
Bartholomew A. Sheehan
Camden County Criminal Court
Auld
Book Discussed By Dr Pfohl
Dr Pfohl discusses The Anatomy of Peace by Emory Reyes at the Kiwanis Monday meeting. He endorses the author’s view of current world conditions and favors a World Constitution to regulate nations and settle grievances by law, arguing sacrifices would be worthwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Reyes
Arthur J. Pfohl
Kiwanis
Pfahl
Pittsburgh Haircut Price Rise Approved by Barbers
The price for a haircut rose to one dollar in Allegheny County after the Master Barbers Association, representing about 3,000 barbers, unanimously approved the increase. The change follows previously set prices around 75 to 85 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piptsburgh
Allegheny
Master Barbers Association of
Allegheny County
Wage Talk Is Shelved At Meet
UMW leader John Lewis urged coal operators to create a health and welfare fund for 400000 miners while threatening to end the current contract at midnight March 31. He pressed for safer conditions, medical aid, and hospital facilities, signaling possible wage debates later. He accused operators of dog in the manger tactics and said only they had broken contracts in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Lewis
U. S. Bureau of Mines
National Coal Association
Tehran Radio Under New State Control
Ankara reports Tehran radio is under new direct state control after a brief silence that sparked speculation. Tehran station resumed regular broadcasts with no mentions of Tranian politics or Russian troop movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Mar
Tehran
Radio
Tehran Radio
Four Year Old Runs Into Road Fatally Run Over
Four year old Joseph Respotnik was killed when a cola truck struck him as he ran into the road. His mother, carrying bundles, watched unable to help as the tragedy occurred just after leaving a store in Fittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittsburgh
Mar
Joseph
Photo Found After Three Years in Scrap Box
Pottsville report tells of Joseph Laplaca, a former G1 in North Africa, who rediscovered his own wartime photograph while sorting salvaged materials at an ordnance plant. The image was inside a box of scrap shipped from Europe, reuniting him with a long missing memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
North
Africa
Joseph Laplaca
Europe
Shroyer Dismisses Scranton Engineer and Aide
Harrisburg dispatch reports state highways secretary John A. Shroyer fired Bernard Harding Scranton district engineer along with Harding’s secretary Hannah Morgan and chauffeur Gwuzzi and sent papers to Governor Martin for approval. Harding said he was instructed to ignore the notice while officials said no papers had reached the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John A. Shroyer
Bernard Harding
Scranton
Martin
Shroyer
James H. Duff
Duff
Hannah Morgan
Harding
Gwuzzi
Beaver Balls
Highways Department
John L. Herber
Herber
Duquesne Sessions In Arbitration Over Wages
Pittsburgh reports on the third day of arbitration involving Duquesne Light Company employees. George L. Mueller claims wage stagnation since 1941 has raised living costs by 50 percent while wages rose 13 percent, urging a 37 percent raise and retroactive pay for about 4,000 workers. Clashes marked the hearings as both sides prepare four more days of testimony and a ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
George L. Mueller
Independent
Association of Duquesne Light Company
Duquesna
Mueller
Duquesne
Arbiters
Ujekovic
Unkovics
Horvitz
Obituary notices from Indiana area residents and relatives
A set of obituaries and funeral notices from Indiana and neighboring towns recount the deaths of Rosetta Madill, Albin Johnson, and Michele Odarisio, with details on birthplaces, residence, family survivors, church affiliations, burial plans, and funeral arrangements. Additional fragmented notes reference court proceedings in Paris and a rural talent festival at Indiana State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michele Qdorisio
Joseph Bongevanni
Philadelphia Street
Agrione
Italy
Maciaroni
Mary
Odarisio
Posseline
New York City
San Paris
Mgene Ake i
Francisco
Marcel Petiot
ARTE
A®iant
Oh Ben
Indiana Lodi
Gestapo
Lis J
Leydie Funera Pechard Ghuges
St.ernarveh
Sames Braey
Bermard Cemetery
Petiot
France
Marthe Khai
Ture
N.C. Stewart
Center Township
Pesti
Agriculaf
Confesses Gassing 2 Million Jews At German Camp
Berlin report says Rudolf Hoess the former commandant at Oswiecim signed a British‑authorities confession admitting he personally arranged the gassing of two million people between 1941 and 1943 on Himmler orders. Investigators state the total may reach four million deaths Hoess attributed to his actions. He told interrogators he did not believe in God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Oscheim
Rudolf Roess
Hoess
Flemsburg
Himmier
Oswiecim
Himmler
God
Hoes
Birthday Notices Highlight Freund and Moreau Family
Frank Freund, 84, remembers a long career with A. T. Taylor and Sons Hardware Company stock room duties since 1942 and service on the First Ward election board. He now resides with his niece Mrs. A. F. Moreau at 228 North Fifth Street. His great-nephew Fred J. Moreau turns eight today in a nearby celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Freund
A. T. Taylor and Sons Hardware Company
Eliring
First Ward
I A. F. Moreau
North Fifth Street
Freund
Fred J ;Moreau
Moreau
Uncle Sam’s World Finance at Postwar Table
Charles Molony examines the administration's international economic program. It outlines proposed loans and credits totaling 14.425 billion dollars, including Export-Import Bank funding and British loan support, with repayments expected over years. Private investment is seen as the main funding source for the International Bank, while other flows include remittances and tourism impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Molony
Washington
Sam Nmniay
Nruman
U. S&s Treasury
International Bank
International Monetary Fund
Uncle Sam
Truman
Britain
Uncle Sany
Treasury
Monetary Advisory Council
Council
United States
Kurdish Attacks On Iranian Garrisons Reported
TEHRAN March 20 AP An Iranian general staff officer said three garrisons near the border were fighting Kurdish tribesmen with air support sent to keep them from being cut off from their divisional HQ. He cited Sardasht Baneh Suaqqiz as targets and noted 3000 attackers with cross border involvement from Iraq and Iran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Herrag
Sardasht
Baneh
Kurdistan
Suaqqiz
Azerbaijan-Kurdistan
Iraq P
Iran
Azerbaijan
School Head Quits Johnstown Schools Leader Retires
Johnstown Pennsylvania March 20 Ernest Wagner superintendent of Johnstown schools for six years will retire July 1 His successor to be named next month in a formal transition announced today by the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
J. Ernest Wagner
Steel wage pact signed by two plants in Chester
Crucible Steel Casting Co. with 200 workers and Deamer Steel Castings Co. with 100 signed an 18 1 2 cent an hour wage increase yesterday. The CIO United Steelworkers announced the agreement. Ten other Philadelphia area plants, employing about 15 000, remain closed due to the steel strike that began January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Crucible Steel Casting Co
Deamer Steel Casings Co
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Philadelphia
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Ller
Mark
Solo
Ox Hill Group
Gazette
Swallows
Capistrano
Ludlum
Pfohl
Weather Report
Rosetta Madill
Indiana
Detroit
Mich
First Methodist Church
Central Methodist Church
John R. Madill
Mayme Wallace
Trenton
Mabel McMillen
Harlan
Albin Johnson
Indiana R. D
Indiana Hospital
Peale
Clearfield County
Indiana R. D. 2
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Ernest
Johnson
United Mine Workers
McIntyre Lodge
George Davis
Anna Smith Davis
Lucerne Mines
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Rev
C. J. Robinson
Oakland Cemetery
Grampion
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
1.C. C. F. McIntyre Lodge
The
Uncle Sam's World Finance
Commerce Department
Americal
Department
U. S
Red Cross
S.C
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