Rededicate for victory beyond V E Day and Japan
A wartime column urges Americans to mark V E Day with rededication to finishing the global fight. It warns that Japan’s total war threat persists and calls for continuing home-front support, mobilization of troops and supplies, and renewed resolve to defeat militarism in Asia as the European conflict ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Falk
Hitler
Germany
Nippon
Asia
Tokyo
America
Japan
Orient
Pacific
Mikado
Alice
China
Manchuria
Pacific Isles
Medley Indicted For First Degree Murder
Joseph Dunbar Medley, an escaped Michigan convict, was indicted for first degree murder of Nancy Boyer on March 6. The grand jury returned two indictments: one for murdering Boyer in her 16th Street apartment during a robbery with premeditated murder and for robbing an $800 ring, and a second for fleeing to Pittsburgh to evade prosecution for murder and robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Dunbar Medley
Nancy Boyer
Michi-gan
One Way To Save Rationals
A Pittsburgh ration board session hears a woman request current books for herself, her husband, and six children. The puzzled manager asks how they lost or never had them, and she explains they have been eating with relatives while claiming no books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
George J. Carson
Carson
Chaos in Reich as Nazis flee amid German confusion
Berlin radio boasted that Allied-appointed Aachen mayor Franz Oppenhof was assassinated and a traitor mayor blown up with his family near Aachen. Nazi officials sought refuge on Mainau island while Swiss guards strengthened borders. Reports described infighting, executions, and desertions as Allied forces advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Berlin
Franz Oppenhof
Aachen
Muetzenich
Monseau
Mainau
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Governor Martins attitude on mental help criticized
Harrisburg March 30 Governor Martin faced criticism as Senate committee approval of Brunner pollution bill moved forward with little change. The measure aims to curb coal mine silt dumping and raise penalties for illegal industrial waste discharge as part of a waterway cleanup plan. Deputy Attorney General says DOJ amendments won't weaken it. Senator Cox pressed for bigger mental hospital funding while condemning executive plans as insufficient. calls for broader prosecution and hospital improvements amid overcrowding at Woodville and Mayview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Martin
Senate
House
Mines and Mining Committee
Justice Department
William M. Rutter
John H. Dent
John F. Cox
Allegheny
Cox
Frankfurt
Main
Heim
Pennsylvania
Woodville
Mayview
John M. Walker
Welfare Department
Department For Health
Manpower Bill Faces Doubt in Senate Vote Tug
In Washington on March 30 the Roosevelt backed Manpower Control Bill faced heavy Senate resistance with a Taft survey showing 39 opposed to 35 in favor. Support spans Republicans and Democrats though key figures oppose or back the measure. The bill would empower War Mobilizer Byrnes to freeze jobs, set employment ceilings, and regulate hiring with penalties up to a year in jail or $10,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Austin
Vermont
Hart
Connecticut
McKellar
Tennessee
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Barkley
Thomas
Utah
Roosevelt
White House
James F. Byrnes
Secret Big Three Ratio Vote Protested in Assembly
Contested vote strength sparks controversy as Senator Vandenberg of Michigan argues against a proposal to diminish sovereign equality in the Peace League's Assembly. He states he will champion the cause of small nations, warning that a voting reform could undermine Dumbarton Oaks principles. Road Pye Givette Or
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Little Nations
Equality of Nations
Peace League
Dumbarton Oaks
Allied forces drive deep into Germany amid Ruhr talk of surrender
Allied armies push north and east in Germany as First and Ninth Armies close on Ruhr targets. British and U S troops seize trains and a plane factory, with German defenses rapidly collapsing. Moscow and Montgomery blackout in effect as advance speeds toward Muenster and Hamburg grow.
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Second
Hamburg
Bremer
Wilhelmshaven
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Germany
Europe
First Army
21St
Third Army
Lauterbach
Herbstein
Giessen
Leipzig
Czechoslovakia
Ninth Armored
Schweinsberg
Rhine
Kirchbain
Burgeing
Schwavenberg
Marburg
Wedge
Siegen
Struthatten
Neunkirchen
Sth
99Th
Lahn
Solms
Oberndorf
Kroffelbach
Westphalia
Muenster
Montgomery
Hannover
Berlin
Osmabrueck
Ninth Army
Ruhr Duisburg
Great
Rhine Nort
Volkssturm
Reich
Government Seizure of Mines Imminent in Labor Talks
Labor Secretary proposed a wartime settlement to United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis amid stalled talks with operators who warn the plan would cost 180 million dollars annually and raise coal prices. Miss Perkins offered compromises on work hours pay and safety rules, while Lewis presses for unionized foremen and lower output targets amid a looming strike vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miss Parking
Perkins
Lewis
Miss Perkins
NeUcast Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Democrats to Hold OPA Beef Price Ceilings Under Fire
AP dispatch reports OPA price ceilings sparked court and Senate scrutiny as a Court of Appeals faulted fresh beef packer ceilings for profitability, while processing packer ceilings were deemed fair. Congress weighs extending the Price Control Act for one year amid pressure from business groups and investigations into shortages. Local agencies push to harmonize policy with industry as Senate and House committees resume scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Emergency Court of Appeals
Senate
House
Agriculture Committee
Banking
Wagner
DNY
Democratic dinner to be held in Pittsburgh April 11
Under Allegheny County Democratic Committee auspices a dinner occurs in Pittsburgh at 600 PM in the William Penn Hotel on April 11. Indiana County is listed among participants. NationalCommittee plan features Robert I. Hannegan as principal speaker and $10 tickets. Reservations urged. contact Frank Sibley or Earl J. Lieb for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County
Democratic Committee
Pittsburgh
William Penn
Indiana County
Democratic National Committee
Robert I. Hannegan
Committee In Charge
Indiana
Frank Sibley
Earl J. Lieb
Nazi Leaders Use Terror to Hold German People in Peril
London report notes Nazi propagandists warn of slavery if Allies win and threaten punishments for those aiding Allied authorities. Mutinies and desertions rise as leaders prep withdrawal to Bavarian Alps. some flee to Mainau. Berlin observer says hope is gone. commander Dittmar urges fighting to the last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
Germany
High Command
Kurt Dittmar
Volksstrum
DNB
Max Krull
Doubla
Geneva
la Suisse
Suisse
Hitler
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Berlin
Werner Naumann
Goebbels
Rhineland
London
Bavarian Alps
Mainau
Constance
Bern
der Bund
German Ruhr Battle Winds Down as Allies Push Front
A field dispatch describes chaotic conditions in the Ruhr with fast moving Allied advances. The U S First Army drives 55 miles from dawn to dusk as Hodges' tank crews race across battle scarred terrain toward Essen and Emmerich, with some areas like Duisburg meeting little resistance while others remain under heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Ruhr
Duisburg
Jta
Buck Deer Stages City Chase Through Punxsutawney
A large button buck wandered into Punxsutawney on March 30 causing alarm as an automatic hammer struck concrete and the deer leaped into a car hood, crashed into a plate-glass window, and vaulted a fence before fleeing toward woods south of town along West Mahoning Street, the main thoroughfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Mahoning Street
Punxsutawney
Yank Forces Invade Two More Philippine Isles
Manila dispatch reports invasion seasoned doughboys have landed off 13 Philippine islands this month, seizing Mactan and Ceb u City area, securing Opon and Naga Lahug airfields, with the Philippines air and port targets under heavy Allied bombardment as MacArthur notes large enemy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hampson
Manila
Philippine Islands
Mactan
Cault
Cebu City
Douglass MacArthur
William H. Arnold
Hattantte Strait
Opon
Philippines
Cebu Sault
Cebu Bay
MacArthur
Cebu
Naga
Lahug
Luzon
Legasp
Formosa
Fisher Josiah dies after nine year illness at home
Josiah Fisher longtime Washington Township farmer and carpenter dies at 12 45 this morning at his home near Five Points following a nine year illness. He leaves a widow Cora and two daughters, eight grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Services Monday at 2 pm Atwood Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. J Cyrus Smith. Burial in Atwood church cemetery. A 1 30 pm prayer service will be held at the Fisher home. Also notes a spraying demonstration urging lime sulfur and Bordeaux among fruit growers and list of organizers and contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Fisher
Washington
Five Points
Fisher
Daniel and
Elizabeth
Boyer) Fisher
Washington Township
Lfe
Cora Carnahan
Atwood Presbyterian Church
J. Cyrus Smith
Atwood Church
Waller Harmon
Creekside
R. D
John Russell
Dayton
Bread Crumbs Collected In Paper Sack With Rolling Pin
To save crumbs from scattering, use a paper sack and a regular rolling pin to crush and collect bread or cracker fragments. This simple method minimizes mess and makes it easy to reuse leftover crumbs for cooking or baking.
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Medley
Ploebe
Gov. Martin
Patton
3D Army
Lower
Mara
Nber
Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
Africa
Coast Guard
South Pacific
Pvt
Natale Slack
Frenchtown
Dean L. Stidham
Huntington
Wva
Punxs’y Main St
Ic. S. Kunkle Lumber Co
Homer City
DeVoe
Isles
Saram Jane McKee
Sarah Jane McKee
James M. Patterson
Star Route
Apollo
Chas. W. Cochran
Folly
Edgewood Cemetery
Saitsurg
Thomas Meek
Albany
H. W
U. S. Army
Henry Menuson
Penn State
Orehaea Spray Service
J. W. Warner
Eport
Aess Brothers
Morton’s ‘Drug Store
Pexall Store
Seaforth
Moorhead's
the Men's Store
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