War Today highlights Soviet advances threaten Hitler lines
The piece notes fresh Soviet offensives through southern Ukraine toward Romania and a new Danubian front, with Red Star vowing victory over Berlin. It cites key Soviet advances around Kameneets Podolsk Tarnopol and Kovel, questions Turkey’s stance, and urges Allied unity as the crisis deepens.
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Hitler
Balkan
von Mannstein
Ukraine
Fuehrer
Romania
Danubian
Poland
Berin
Baltic States
Kotiev
Bessarabia
Prut
Rumania
Red Star
Red Army
Victory
Berlin
Paecan
Goebbels
Moscow
Gropaanda
Kamene Ets Podolsk
Tarnopol
Balkans
Turkey
Willkie Attacks Labor Leaders in Milwaukee Campaign
Republican candidate Wendell L. Willkie praised Wisconsin workers while urging labor reform. He singled out a leader he called arrogant and said labor must purge corrupt figures and democratize its ranks, urging closer responsibility to management and government amid wartime effort. He lauded war workers and outlined steps for organizing labor anew.
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Milwaukee
Organized Labor
Wendell L. Willkie
Isher
Wisconsin
Willkie
Labor
Thhose
GOP
Long Sentences For 2 Men That Robbed Troopers
Merc er and Fol ker, charged with robbing two state policemen near Needmore, were sentenced at Western Penitentiary after pleading guilty before County Judge Ches ter D Retterhoot. Mercer, wounded during a Feb 27 escape attempt, received six to twelve years. Fol ker got ten years. State police and Sheriff Blair Snyder escorted them to Pittsburgh after sentencing.
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Huntingdon
Moere Merver
Charles Folker
Western Penitentiary
Chester D. Retterhoot
Mercer
Needmore
Pultan County
Sears
Fetker
Blair M
Whisky rationing to continue under 194? tax changes
Harrisburg August 4 19xx Pennsylvania will extend its whisky rationing program beyond the current period maintaining a fifth of a gallon per week for some weeks. The federal tax increase raises prices on 84 proof whiskies and other beverages.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Gignor
Chaplin Trial On Today In Mann Act Case
Los Angeles marching toward the Chaplin Mann Act trial with government witness Joan Berry set to resume testimony after a three day recess. Defense attorney Jerry Giesler seeks permission to question her further as the judge limits inquiry into personal intimacies. The government argues for conviction on transporting Berry to New York and back to Hollywood for immoral purposes. Jurors hear delayed proceedings while Chaplin may testify in his own defense if the government rests and two additional suits loom over the star.
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Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Jerry Giesler
Joan
Chaplin
Beverly Hills
New York
Miss Berry
Giesler
J. F. T. O'Connor
Geisler
U. S
Charles H. Carr
Hollywood
O'Connor
Carol Ann
Gas increase on B stamps raises fuel rations nationwide
Washington dispatch reports a planned boost in gasoline A B stamp allowances outside the eastern seaboard, potentially reaching 720 miles per month for B travelers. Officials say a broader increase may also come for B stamps, with Eastern states and DC still under consideration. Interdiction of black market fuel is cited as aiding supply.
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Washington
Seaboard
OPA
Brysin Houston
Spa
Cohwabute
Pacific Coast
Aniddhe
Gulf Coda
Sprotuster
Uae
Echimerusai
Heawever
Cray Ip
Abulins Hasan Patio Siu
Bates
Ais
Alregay
Atluay
Cover Girl Camfest winner named for Parasnow Flour
Lauderbach Griest Co announces Mrs Donahey as winner of the Cover Girl Camfest by submitting sixty one Parasnow catalog covers. Mrs Donahey and grocer Mr Daugherty express pleasure and gratitude. The prize is a full year's supply of Parasnow Enriched Flour from G E Daugherty Co East Run PA.
AERIAL Reports French Frontier Station Damaged
Impressed Frenchimes reach the frontiers saying that the station at Biarritz where the Seurberts Line from the Mediterranean joins the northbound line to Bordeaux and Paris was almost destroyed. Fort Wayne flyer Mulvaein bagged his 21st German plunge at yesterday's sky battles over France, closing in on Captain Johns on of Lawton. An American bomber crashed near Bilban, Spain, but all 10 crewmen parachuted to safety.
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Biarritz
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Paris
Walker M. Mulvaein
Fort Wayne
Ind
France
Ohe
Robert S$. Johnsorn
Lawton
Oki
Annie
Bilban
Spain
Oklahoma special election seen as gauge for 1944 race
Democrats and Republicans watched a special Oklahoma congressional contest for clues to presidential plans of Roosevelt and Dewey. Wilkie attacked wartime policy in Milwaukee. Barkley campaigned in Oklahoma with Senate link to New Deal. Bricker called Oklahoma results a sign of administration worry. Dewey denied candidacy while hints floated about drafts and future nomination.
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Oklahoma
Rooseveld
Thomas EF. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Milwaukee
Wendell Wilkie
Wisconsin
United States
W. G. Stigler
E. O. Clark
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Moore
Okla
Clark
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
American Labor Party Faces Internal Split in New York
In New York the eight year old American Labor Party confronts a right wing left wing fight for control of the 750 member state committee and delegates to national conventions. The battle could affect Roosevelt and Dewey nominations and the party's future with fears of Communist influence if the left wins. Polls open from noon to 9 pm outside NYC and 30 to 10 pm in the city.
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New York
American Labor Party
Roosevelt
ALP
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Wallace
Dean Allange
George S. Counts
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO
iHe
F. H. la Guardia
New York City
Republican State Committee to meet in Philadelphia
The new Republican State Committee to be chosen at the April 25 primary will convene in Philadelphia on May 20 to organize, with State Chairman M. Harvey Taylor slated for re election. Delegates for the GOP presidential convention will be named and caucused. an uninstructed delegation is planned, though a favorite son vote for Governor Martin is anticipated on the first ballot.
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Hantasburg
Republican State Committee
Philadelphia
M. Harvey Taylor
GOP
Martin
Special session aims to liberalize soldiers voting access
Senator Martin announced a plan to amend the absentee ballot law and the State Defense Council Act to allow automatic mailing of ballots to Pennsylvanians in the armed forces. The committee favors eliminating formal service registration and extending ballot application and return times, aiming for a system more liberal than federal ballots. He said federal ballots could be used if no special session, but the goal is maximum feasibility and ease of voting. He cautioned about uncertain Senate confirmation hurdles, noting that is the Senate’s job.
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Linted
State Defense Council
Martin
Senate
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania Paris region
Cloudy today and tonight with moderate wind. Wednesday brings more clouds and a gradual temperature rise. Showers are expected in the southern portion as conditions shift through the day.
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Pennsylvania
Paris
Union Wins Rights Ruling on Wages in Coal Industry
The court interprets the Fair Labor Standards Act to protect workers against partial compensation for actual labor. Crampton Harris notes the ruling will act as national law for the coal mines, while Edward R Burke of the Southern Coal Producers Association cautions it may not control related suits.
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Congress
Crampton Harris
Birmingham
UMW
Harris
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
Iran
Lonergan confession bolsters murder case in New York
Jurors hear Lonergan confession detailing the altercation with Patricia Lonergan ending in her death. The statement describes pulling candles and choking, washing blood from a uniform, and disposing of clothes in a friend’s apartment and then the East River. Prosecutors plan to finish presenting evidence with a few more witnesses.
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New York
Wayne “Lonergan
Patricia
Jacob Grumet
Lonergan
Edward V. Brodbrick
Toronto
Morocco
Sha
Jean Murphy Jaburg
John Frederick Harjes
East River
Obituaries for K G McFarland and Carl Hastings
Obituary notices report K G McFarland dying at home in Rural Valley after a lingering illness with services slated Wednesday at 2 30 p m The second obituary for Carl Hastings lists death at his home near Marion Center on Monday March 27 at 830 p m The son of James B Hastings born March 17 1875 in a farm near Marion Center he lived a farming and lumbering life He is survived by wife Lulu two daughters Josephine and Meredith two sons James and Sergeant John S Hastings in the Army Air Corps in the South Pacific one sister Mary Reitz of Pails Creek and funeral at his home near Marion Center with Reverend Harry C McDivitt officiating Interment in Marion Center Cemetery War bonds promotional line included.
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Carl MM. Hastings
Marion Center
O'Cloel
James B. Hastings
Marion
Center
Lulu (Kinter) Hastings
Josephine
Meredith
James
John 5
Army Air Corps
South Pacific
Mary Reitz
Pails Creek
Harry C. McDivitt
Presbyterian Church
Cemeery
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South Seas
Honest Labor
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Civil Aeronautics Association
New York Herald Tribune
Wilson
Washington & d
Volney Wilson
Southwest Pacific
New Jersey
United States Senate
New York: Herald ‘Tribune
Donald Osborn
Belle Vernon
Willian Heim
Jerry Harris
Kiltanving
John Thompson
Blairsville
Andrew Weamer
Saltsbury
State
Committee
K. G. McFarland
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Valley
Mason McFarland
Indiana
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