Allied advance collapses Axis lines at Mateur in Tunisia
The Allied press reports American forces have forced evacuation of forward Axis positions in the northern sector after ten days of heavy fighting near Mateur. The victory threatens the Bi gale naval base and could split Axis north and south. Soldiers slogged uphill under fire, seizing hill positions at bayonet point, while home front supporters celebrate small but tense progress toward Tunis and Bizerte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ionisia
Rock
Ing
Bigalle
Mateur
Enn
Bizerte
Tunis
Tlk
Tunisia
Lethal gas deaths shock Pittsburgh in odd case
Pittsburgh May 4 AP detective inspector Monaghan presented a theory that 63 year old John C Rose a self publishing author and amateur photographer built a lethal gas chamber in his bedroom to kill himself and a 20 year old girl Beatrice Willard daughter of his landlady The bodies of Rose and Willard were found in the bedroom last Wednesday morning Police and the coroner remain puzzled over the cause Monaghan called it murder or death by own action noting a likely poured acids into a crack under his bed and that the gas vanished before officers arrived Willard likely died first while Rose may have attempted suicide as authorities uncover the details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John C. Rose
Walter C. Monaghan
Rose
Beatrice Willard
Doroner
Monaghan
Mohaghani
Siege likely as Tunisian port Bizerte tightens
The report describes American operations threatening to encircle Bizerte while forces push along the coast from Mateur toward the port. Tunis remains a planned Axis retreat, and French naval base at Bizerte, with its extensive airfield, is highlighted as a major Allied asset once Tunisia falls.
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Tunis
Mateur
Bizerte
Bizertte
Toulon
Tunisia
Money WANTED in Sewing Project Probe Harrisburg
A 1941 $3000 appropriation for a WPA sewing project is under action by the attorney general. A five member House investigating committee accuses Rep William A Shaw of mismanaging funds and says Shaw and secretary Paul D Ortouna over claimed compensation beyond salaries and mileage. The report notes 162 days of Shaw payments after adjournment tbd.
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Harrisburg
House
William A. Shaw
Allegheny
Shaw
Paul D'Ortona
Philadelphia
D'Ortona
Jetter l
Fortified harbor at Bizerte described as Gibraltar of France
The report details Bizerte with three harbors and an outer harbor Bay of Iszera connected by a canal to Bizerte Lake a fifty mile square water body providing anchorage for a vast fleet including battleships. It notes a full naval base with arsenal barracks and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
France
Bizerte Hias
Bay of iSebra
Bizerte Lake
Taxes (Continued From Page One) Proposals Include Withholding Plan
The article notes a total cancellation amount of about 7.5 billion dollars affecting a large share of taxpayers. All three plans include the 20 percent withholding levy, intended not as an extra tax but as regular deductions from wages to cover current tax payments.
Production figures show rising wartime output and costs
The report notes April deliveries and five launchings daily becoming routine. Treasury and Government corporations spent 7.112 billion dollars in March for war needs, a daily rate 4 percent above February. The munitions production index, using November 1941 as 100, rose to 434.2.
War Production Chiefs Dinner Mention Sparks Well Known Figures
Cabinet members and lawmakers including Donald McElron, Navy Secretary Inux, Hershey, Jef ok, and Rep. John W. McCormack attended a dinner at Monroe's house. McCormack and Hershey gave muted comments, while Nelson and Jeffers denied involvement. Knox noted a March 25 party at the R Street house with no war contract talk and Major General Campbell Jr. recalled fried chicken and religious remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M.cMelron
Secretary of the Navy
iXnux
Selective Service
Hershey
Jef‘ok
John W. McCormack
House
Lirshey
McCormack
Monroe
Nelson
Jeffers
Knox
Army
L. H. Campbell, Jr
Service Crews Sailors Visit Homes and Naval Training Notes
SERVICE Cre at Neck LL visits line house of his mother Mrs Kirby tille living with her parents Dr and Mrs George E Simpson South Ninth street. The Midshipman will have a serve at sea before completing his course for his commission. Father Lt Col Kirby Gile is with the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Two at Santa Robert Clark Sinclair son of Mr and Mrs John B Sinclair of Cherrytree Ro D 1 and Samuel Lazeration son of Charles Lazera tio have been granted leave after basic training at U S Naval Station Sampson NC. The Bluejackets are now on the road to qualify for a petty officer rating. Two for Navy Joseph R Ramana of Indiana and Harry E Gaylor of Mahaffey enlisted in the Navy at the Pitts.
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Creat Neck, LL
Kirby Tille
George E. Simpson
South Ninth Street
Kirby Gile
Tha
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Santa
Robert Clark Sinclair
John B. Sinclair
Cherrytree
Ro D. 1
Samuel Lazeration
Charles Lazeratio
U. S. Naval Station
Sampson
N. C
Navy
Joseph R. Ramana
Indiana
Harry E. Gaylor
Mahaffey
The
Pitts
Coal miners press for wartime truce terms
In a wartime stand, miners refuse to refer their case to the War Labor Board and await actions from Fuel Administrator Harold L. Ickes. His directive, issued as a two week temporary truce begins, directs operators to continue mining vital fuel under government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLA
New York
Harold L. Iekes
Iekes
Uncle Sam
Assembly Roundup in Harrisburg Details Tax Cuts and Reforms
In Harrisburg on May 4 a plan to cut annual employer contributions to the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation fund by at least 62.6 million dollars was sent to Governor Martin for approval. The House passed the measure 119 to 70 amid Republican support and Democratic opposition, with a related bill allowing annual reports instead of quarterly ones. The Senate reenacted a one cent emergency gasoline levy yielding about 17 million dollars next year, part of a broader package totaling 165 million dollars in revenue to fund tax cuts. The governor has 80 days after adjournment to act.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Martin
Assembly
Sunilar
House
Demuers I
Senate
Wasso
Reuben EB. Cohen
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Miners face six day week as price office increases limits
The Office of Price Administration has raised maximums to permit six day week operations in mines. Operators must pay time and a half for the sixth day and may seek exemptions with solid justification. Industry talks aim to boost 1943 coal output to roughly 800 million tons of bituminous and 65 million tons of anthracite. John L. Lewis and War Labor Board tensions frame union stance, while Perkins and Byrnes weigh wage and policy constraints amid wartime needs.
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Office of Price Administration
War Labor Board
Anc
Congo
Ickes
Spermit
OPA
Mort
United Mine Workers
Perkins
John L. Lewis
UMW
Miss ‘Perkins
Miss Perkins
James F. Byrnes
Lewis
WLB
Roosevelt
National Union
Caplit
Miners Strike Shapes Up With Roosevelt’s Mediation
The Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company and Frick Coke report normal operations as a major coal strike expands. About 50,000 miners quit by April 30 after a 30 day extension on contracts lapsed, with shutdown costs estimated up to 15 million dollars including four million in wages. President Roosevelt’s wartime intervention marks the third time in four years he has stepped in to end mining disputes, following prior actions in 1930 and 1941 to secure wage scales and a union shop.
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Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Frick Coke Company
Lewis
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Vichy Radio Warns of Large Sicily Sardinia Invasion
An international controlled Vichy station warned Allied sea moves at Gibraltar and off Algeria and signaled a large invasion of Sicily and Sardinia was near. The two islands would serve as stepping stones for Allied thrusts toward Italy from the Mediterranean. Other items: Kuban bridge head battle widens, Moscow hints at a major summer struggle, Soviet fliers claim 54 German planes down in two days in the Caucasus with 21 Russian planes lost.
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Vichy
Gibraltar
Algeria
Sicily
Sardinia
Islands
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Italy
Europe
Russia
Moscow
Caucasus
Mateur
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Aloumed
Bizerte
1St Army
8Th Army
London
Bernard L. Montgomery
Uth Armyeterans
Takrouni
Enefidaville
Sayles
Kuban
Kerch
Crimea
Hitler
Caucasian
Demos Plan Teacher Raise In Pennsylvania Legislature
Senate Democrats proposed boosting teacher pay from 23.764 million to 31.428 million to aid 62000 educators. Amendments by Senator John F. Cox would restore the House scale of 1200 to 600 and expand the maximum raise for lower paid instructors. The House approved 20.827 million over 15 months, while the Senate committee topped it with 31.06 million, as the bill moves back to the House for concurrence amid budget tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate Democrats
Pennsylvania
John F. Cox
D-Alle
Queny
Senate Education Committee
House
Cox
Allied air losses heavy in battle off Darwin report
Southwest Pacific and China theater briefings note Allied air losses caused by violent winds near Darwin. US and Chinese air crews claim several Japanese planes destroyed or damaged, with American aircraft losses reported. Burma RAF raids strike Japanese base at Alyab. Tokyo warns of short reserve materials and high US production. Axis fear invasion of Europe grows as Tunisian front tightens near Bizerte and Mateur. German and Italian leaders react to possible southern invasion and Mediterranean fleet movements.
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Southwest
Pacific
MacArthur
Darwin
China
U. S. Army
Human Province
Burma
RAF
Alyab
Japan
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Tunisia
Europe
Ludwig Sertorius
Sardinia
Sicily
Dagu
Sertorius
Mark W.clark
Algeria
Morocco
Mus.Solini
Hitler
Italy
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Tunisian
Mateur
Bizerte
Tunis
Ferryville
Tine River
Tebourba
Cap Bon
William Fox released from Northeastern Federal Penitentiary
William Fox a multi millionaire motion picture producer was released after five and a half months of a year and day sentence for conspiring to obstruct justice and defraud the United States in bankruptcy proceedings. He surrendered in Philadelphia last November and testified as a government witness in the Davis and Kaufman cases.
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Lewisburg
Wm. Fox
Onesthina Multi-Imillionaire Murtion Picture
Northeastern Federal Penitentiary
Fox
Philadelphia
Moyamen
Federal Penitentiary
U. S
Warren Davis
Morgan
Kauffman
David and
Kaufman
Vox
Davis
Wilder drama wins 1942 Pulitzer Prize for drama
New York May 4 AP Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth wins the 1942 Pulitzer prize in drama. Six journalists four men and a woman, an interstice, and a composer are among the other winners. Prizes include 500 dollars each.
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New York
Thorton Wilder
Columbiagy University
Graduate
Omaha
Neb
World-Herald
Ameriscan
Campainn
Associated Press
Pranks Neel
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Forrest W. Seymour
The
Des Mournes
Iowa
Register and Tribune
Rawson W. Bualewin
Nework Times
Southwest
Ira Wolfers
North American
Alliance
Soloins
George Weller
Chitara Daily News
Obituary notices from multiple local community figures
An obituary notice details a funeral service at 2:30 p.m. conducted by Rev F L Teets for the Bolivar Methodist Church with interment in Westview Cemetery. Included are survivor notes for Jacob Ruhland and service plans at Wagner Funeral Home New Florence. Further lines describe Catherine Anderson McCormick of Saltsburg with hospital death and church involvement.
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F. L. Teets
Bolivar Methodist Church
Westview Cemetery
Jacob Runland
Catherine Anderson McCormick
Saltsburg
New Kensington Hospital
Obituary notices from Crystal City and Homer City
Obituaries record Mrs Patricia Martineas Mitchell 78 of Homer City died at home on Ridge Avenue Survived by husband James Mitchell and three sons Stanley Peter Julius Interment at St Bernards Cemetery Indiana Services Thursday at St Louis Catholic Church Rev Rosenthal Funeral home in Saltsburg to host services for Montgomery Slingerland family with multiple relatives receiving and interment at Edgewood Cemetery Detective notes cite Webb of National Labor Relations Board finding Landis Tool Company in Waynesboro to be company dominated and urging withdrawal of recognition.
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Crystal City
John Montgomery
New Kensington
F. M. Slingerland
Bradlora
Willi H. Anderson
Milton Ancelerson
Streena
Robinson
Saltsburg
C. J. Bland
Edgewood Cemetery
Patricia (Martineas) Mitchell
Ridge Avenue
Homer City
Russia
James Mitchell
Stanley Martinkas
Jersey City
N. J
Peter Martinkas Jr
Julius Martinkas
U. S
Africa
Peter
St. Louis Catholic Church
Father M. Rosenthal
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Indiana
Pittsburgh—Examiner
W. P., Webb
National Labor Relations Board
Independent Associated Workers, Inc
Waynesboro, Pa
Landis Tool Company
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Atrenzie
Girl
Moorhead
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Association
Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Taft
Ohio
Reed
R+Nas
Wagner
D-Ny
Hag
DEMOS
Jon J. van Allsburg
R-Evie
General Assembly
William Fox
Rockview
Wilder Drama
Nomwood (Ding) Darling
New York Herald ‘Tribune
Governm ‘Eral
Esther Porbes
Paul Revere
Christopher Columinus
Samuel Eliot Morison
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