Churchill cites Atlantic Charter but avoids new pledges
In parliament Prime Minister Churchill defends the Atlantic Charter while signaling renewed ally consultations on its application. He emphasizes the charter as a guiding spirit, not a fixed pact, and notes possible adaptations to avoid heartburn for some nations amid ongoing war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Charentt
Jong
Churchill
Bip
Middle East
Far East
Orient
Local Board Names Numerous Indiana Residents for Positions
The notice lists many individuals from Indiana and nearby towns such as Elgin and Latrobe, including Jesse Alvernan and Paul Sheehe, with full addresses and multiple R D designations. It reports on names tied to a local board election or appointment process, reflecting a wide roster across districts and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Alvernan Elgin
Indiana
Paul John Sheehe
Grant St
College Notes Showcases Students in One-Act Plays
Greensburg events list students Marylizabeth Crawford Norman Kirseh Gene Hulbert and John Portela in Miss Margaret Still's radio education play Incidents in the Life of Whistler to be broadcast Friday at 2 30. Faculty include Jon Dudwall Orval Kipp Ralph Reynolds Rhodes Stabley. A second program Cota-1 fort in Wartime will be aired under the Home Economics Department with a focus on keeping the American home healthy amid wartime conditions. Also mentioned are writers Miss Virginia Hartman Miss Christy division and Miss Frances Jablousla Ford City. A student drive aims to send one thousand letters to soldier boys in one week via the Personal Bureau led by Paul H Boyts with Capt Costantino urging campus convocation and daily letters to boost morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Still
Radio In Education
Clauss
Greensburg
Marylizabeth Crawford
Norman Kirseh
Gene Hulbert
John Portela
Jon Dudwall
Orval Kipp
Ralph Reynolds
Rhodes RK. Stabley
Whistler
Frances Mack
Easton
Anna Ride Line
Are
Home Economics
Virginia Hartman
Wilkinsburg
Christy Division
Pittsburg
Frances Jablousla
Ford City
Thehna Downine
Vider
Personnal Bureau
Paul H. Boyts
Sam Costantino
Conventions and Primaries Set for Delegates to National Conventions
Maine and Louisiana start a seven state sequence to name 257 Republican and 142 Democratic delegates by April 1. Republicans press toward Dewey with unpledged and pledged delegates across New York Minnesota and other states while Democrats rally behind a Roosevelt fourth term draft.
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Washington
Maine
Louisiana
Minnesota
New York
Tater
Kangas
Aizona
Thomas E. Dewey
North Carolina
New Mexico
Thim
New Hampshire
Wendell L. Willkins
New Hampshira Plor
Ida
Dewey
Harold & Stssen
Iowa
Kansas
Alf Landon
Landon
Davey
Roosevelt
A Titanic Struggle Between Air Interests Emerges
Washington March 23 American Airlines seeks to acquire control of American Export Airlines for 3 million dollars pending Civil Aeronautics Board approval. Export Airlines, a steamship firm that formed International Airlines in 1937, faces a legal challenge against Pan American Airways as the struggle for Atlantic air supremacy unfolds.
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James J. Sambhown
Washington
Atlantic
American Airlines, Inc
American Export Airlines, Inc
American Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Export Lines, Inc
International Airlines
Cab
Export Airlines
Pan American Airways, Inc
Bomber Raid Against Berlin Continues With Intense Fire
Allied air forces battled over Berlin with heavy anti-aircraft fire and cloud-obscured targets. Liberator commander Maj. James Stewart, a former film star from Indiana Pa, described Berlin as the unusual target. Thunderbolt and Lightning fighters raided air domes, railways, ships, and other German targets along the coast, with one bomber destroyed attempting to exit. A London dispatch claimed repeated radio warnings en route to Berlin.
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Berlin
James Stewart
Indiana
Iith
Germany
Stolen 14th Century Simone Martini Painting At Met
A small 14th century Simone Martini panel portrait of St Thomas was torn from a wall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. valued at 3000 to 5000 dollars, the theft occurred yesterday while a guard was momentarily distracted. Museum director Francis Henry Taylor said it was the first major loss in years.
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New York
Simone Martini
Metropolitan Museum of Art
St. Thomas
Francis Henry Taylor
Prison Justice Confused Jury Deliberations In Oklahoma
A fragmented Oklahoma report notes a jury struggling with spelling and the concept of punishment, returning a verdict that wanders through unclear phrasing. The document suggests confusion over the sentencing process and the jury’s grasp of the case details.
Pa 44 Crop Jeopardized Farm Draft Uncertainty Affects Plans
Harrisburg March 28 The uncertainty over Selective Service status of farmers and their workers is seen as harming 1944 crop goals in Pennsylvania. AAA chair Zehner says plans show less production than last year as deferment reviews may reclassify hundreds of farm workers to 1 A. Local War Boards and county committees will compile farmer production intentions in spring.
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Harrisburg
War Food Administration
Pennsylvania
Gnamian Clyne A. Zehner
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Zehner
AAA
Selective Service
War Board
Randolph Paul Resigns Post
Randolph Paul resigns from the administration amid a tax policy clash as the treasury battles for four billion dollars in wartime revenue. Formerly Morgenthau’s chief tax advisor and treasury general counsel, Paul left his law practice to join the cabinet and notified President Roosevelt of his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Randolph Paul
Treasury
Paul
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
White House
U S Moves Toward Break With Finland Amid Peace Doubts
Washington reports a likely diplomatic rupture with Finland as the United States contemplates severing relations unless peace talks with Russia show progress. Officials note the Finnish government was informed several days ago of the U S reconsideration.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Russia
Dinah Hands Woman Jaywalking Ticket in Court
Officer R. W. Waitt reports a jaywalking ticket issued to a woman who mutters about her husband the police judge. Janwe W. Hodson says the case will be handled in due course, noting prior warning.
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R. W. Waitt
Dinah
Janwe W. Hodson
Vlan
Chaplains Die in War Ties At Higher Casualty Rate
Washington March 23 Chaplains do not fight yet suffer higher officer casualty rates than infantry. Since the war began to last year 19 chaplains were killed in battle 18 wounded 33 prisoners 1 MIA and 31 died from accidents or illness. Chaplains earned 80 decorations including 3 Distinguished Service Crosses 3 Croix de Guerre 26 Silver Stars 15 Legion of Merit 39 Purple Hearts and 4 Soldiers Medals.
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Washington
Rumors of Romanian Weakness and Hungarian Puppet Regime
London reports Iran rumors that Hitler sought Transylvania as a lure for Romanian collaboration while Antonescu meets with Hitler at headquarters. Budapest radio confirms a new pro Nazi cabinet with Sztojnay premier and Veehsenmayer named Reich trustee. Antal Reviczky in Stockholm denounces the regime as illegal.
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London
Romania
Prut
Ankara
Hitler
Ion Antonescu
Tansylvania
Hungary
Associated Press
Antonescu
DNB
Germany
Europe
Budapest
Tnat
Nicholas Horthy
Yesteday
Doeme Sztojny
Berlin
Edmund Veehsenmayer
Stockholm
Antal ‘Alein Reviczky
Sweden
Soviet Drives Reported From Tarnopol to Vinnitsa Fronts
Berlin said a new Soviet offensive pressed from Tarnopol Perskurov toward Vinnitsa with aims to trap large Nazi garrisons. German claims placed fighting near Kovel and northwest of it beyond the Pripet, while Malinovsky’s offensive moved toward Nikolaev after capturing Bogivalenk. German air efforts focused on bridges behind Russian lines as key refortifications near Odessa faced danger with Fervomaisk and Vosnesensk said to be doomed.
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Ukraine
Berlin
Tarnopol-Proskurov
Vinnitsa
Moscow
Kovel
Pripet Marshes
Old Poland
Rad
Vitebsk
Dniester
Bug River
Red Army
Rodion Y. Malinovsk
Nikolaev
Bogiavalensk
Escate
Fervomaisk
Vosnesensk
Aspear Od
Pervyomaisk
Odessa
Victimized Housewives Or Let Me At Him Victimizer Admits Short Weight
In Philadelphia on March 22 Frantic Rataka 35 of Minersville admitted in court to giving short weight on coal deliveries earning money from the practice. Three charges were pled guilty and he was fined 360 and jailed under new repeat-violation regulations. Women spectators shouted as he was led away while magistrate Beirel urged restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rataka
Minersville
Raczka
Nathan A. Beirel
Tom
Bus Drivers Meet Labor Board Today in Philadelphia
About 600 striking Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines drivers prepare to appear before the Regional War Labor Board in Philadelphia to show cause why they should not return to work. The strike entered its seventh day after a local union rejected a back to work proposal despite AFL officers urging an end to the walkout.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
Regional War Labor Board
Philadelphia
Loval
RWLB
Hoath
Sam Isarrong
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway
Thenson
Love 1063
H. E. Crawford
Pennsylvania Greyhounr
Army Ordnance
Barrong
Greyhound Lines
Mississippi
Lecbers
Nically Hag Beer
Obituary notices from Elderton and nearby towns
Obituaries report GEORGE CALVIN LONG Sr of Elderton died at four this morning after a nine year illness. He was born January 2, 1871, aged 73, formerly with Equitable Gas for 44 years, survived by wife Dora, son George Jr., daughter La Rue, and four sisters and three brothers. Services at Elderton Presbyterian Church with interment at Whitesburg Methodist Cemetery. Also noted are the deaths of JOHN JOHNSTON RUSSELL from Shelocta area, age unknown, and JOHN THOMAS HALL of Saltsburg with services planned. complete obituaries to follow. Elephants pant by waving their ears. Blood circulating through the ears is cooled by the moving air.
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George Calvin Long
Elderton
Yelock
Levi
Mary Elizabeth
Kerr) Long
Equitable Gas Company
Dora (Yount) Long
George, Jr
Beaver
la Rue
Ella McElroy
Apollo
Sophia Jackson
Unity
Stella Young
Murrayssville
Dairy McConnell
Ivit. Vernon
Ohio
Frank A
Pittsburgh
William A. Shrevepatt
la. Marshall
John Bates
John Johnston Russell
Robert Elder
Jessie
Belle) Russell
Armstrong ‘Township
Sheloca
Marie (Hunt) Russell
Shelocta
Westinghouse
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Tucliana
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Smicksburg
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Dayton
Gino John Pacconul
Robert Gerald Walker
Marion Center
Nelson Leroy Kerr
Hume
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Jesse Mack ‘Honvas
Patsy Mandolene
Frederick Walker St. Clair
7Th St
Robert Mitton Peters
Water St
Clarence Allison Penulington, Jr
Richard Eugene Mabon
Marion Scenter
Raymond Altouy McContis
Indieana
Albert Oliver Livingston
Titans
Chair Cloud Cribbs
Home
Bruce Mile Kettering
Creekside
R. Do
Aera Elkin Lingenfeller
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Louis Gourvity
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Tdiani
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Frederick Lewis Binghwy
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St. Indiana
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Mation Center
John Harvey Irwin
Charles Clyde Miller
Walter Arthur Burrows
Smicksjburg
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Fisherer Ave
Willian Richard Abram
Russell Clement Brummert
Hila
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R.J. Emil Loper Martin
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Kane
Domo
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R. 1
Wilbur Edward Carney
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Sisklessure
Raymond Edward Howitt
St. Yarner
Edward George Hancock
18Th St
Floyd John Nealur
Earl Henry Thomas
Walter Edwin George
Hoimer City
Frederick John Tost
Plumville
John Murray Fetterman
Colul
Ravenag
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Church S. Indians
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St. Indians
Chester Thomas MelLaughilin
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John Clyde Woodward
Carl Leonard
Rochester Mills
Oscar Gustave Carlson
Phila
Dale Wallace McMillen
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Carl Melvin Kessler
Shelvera
Raymond Hershel Gressley
Washington St
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Vajtter
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Philo
Clair Monroe Cunningham
Walter’ Ernest Davis
Carl Stewart Pauch
Clark St
Max McCurdy Ltoyd
Smnicksburg
Lester Clawson Salsgiver
Dixonville
George Roy McCreary
Maple St
Harry Fredevick Heflin
North St
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Ft. 1
Marcus Kelvin Crawford
North Point
Robert Lee Adams
Oak St
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College Ava
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Eeman
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St. Indian
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Beaver Falls
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Los Angeles
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Horthy
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Gause
John Thomas Hall
Edgar H. Ball
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Robinson Federal
Salisburg
Thomas Zoral
Indiana Hospital
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