Belgium's Royal Fate in Wartime Left Right Clash
In Brussels and Paris, movement toward a Belgian monarchy crisis is tied to the leftist surge across Europe. King Leopold, freed by American troops near Salzburg, says he will not return soon, citing health. observers see a battle over the throne amid upheaval following Leopold's 1940 surrender and the broader left-right struggle shaping Belgium, France, and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Belgium
Leopold
Salzburg
Austria
Paris
Brussels
Albert
Elizabeth
Sa] Panne
Rock of Gibraltar
France
Husbands Pay School Taxes for Wives Under Law
Harrisburg May 19 A law signed by Governor Martin makes husbands liable for payment of per capita school taxes assessed against their wives and extends collection to a husband's employer beginning with the 1846 taxes. The bill was part of a batch approved yesterday before the governor departed for a speaking trip. Other measures include appeals by the State Labor Relations Board to the supreme court, borough councilman elections, apprentice rules for beauty shops, pharmacy exam age, and licensing disposal of dead livestock. The welfare and property departments may finance mental and penal institutions with governor approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Martin
State Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court
Common Pleas
Welfare and Property and Supplies Departments
President to Present Medal at Joint Session
President Truman will present the 100th Congressional Medal of Honor to infantryman Jake W. Lindsey of Luce Dale Mississippi at a joint session of Congress on Monday. Lindsey, platoon leader in the 1st Regiment First Division First Army, earned the award for gallantry near Hamick Germany after being returned from Europe for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Tech
Jake W. Lindsey
Lucedale
Miss
First Army
Europe
Hamick
Germany
British battleship Queen Elizabeth sunk at Alexandria
The Office of Naval Affairs announced that the British battleship Queen Elizabeth was torpedoed and sunk in January 1942 by an Italian midget submarine that entered Alexandria harbor. The vessel was refloated and towed to the United States for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alexandria
Egypt
Office of Naval Affairs
United States
Improved Electric Service Reaches Rural Indiana Areas
Mr. Shimaker district manager of Penelee outlines new plans for E Day to restore and expand electric service to homes farms and businesses in rural Indiana. The company now serves about 4500 rural customers with 180 added in the last six months, including many in areas once deemed impractical. Details were discussed with Mr Shoe maker and rural extension rep Mr Miller at the Philadelphia Street office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shimaker
Penelee
Shumaker
Indiana
Farma
Shoemaker
Miller
Philadelphia Street
Nine overage destroyers lost from 1940 U S loan to Britain
London reports nine of the 50 U S destroyers loaned to Britain in 1940 have been sunk in action. Remaining 41 served prominently, with actions from Murmansk convoys to D-Day, and some loaned to Russia or in Royal Canadian Navy service. The Cambleton sacrificed at St Nazaire in 1942 while wrecking the harbor gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
England
Germany
Britain
Murmansk
North Atlantic
Russia
Royal Canadian Navy
Atlantic
Welles
U. S. S. Swasey
H. M. S. Rockingham
U. S. S. Mason
St. Nazaire Harbor
Sakhalin Residents Protest in Letter to Stalin
Moscow papers published a letter from Sakhalin Island residents claiming northern Sakhalin is a Russian island and pledging to strengthen defense and military growth for the homeland. The letter notes the island sits between Russia and Japan with the north under Russian control and the south held by Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Sakhalin Island
Stalin
Sakhalin
Japan
Russia
Nazi Officers Were Irritated By Churchill Marked Docs
London report details a German officer visiting a prisoner camp with documents stamped Passed by Winston Churchill and approved by British censors. Flying Officer David Rosenthal of Calgary explains the prank as the papers were lifted from the officer’s car, marked up, and returned days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Winston Churchill
David Rosenthal
Calgary
Alberta
Britain
Rosenthal
Black Market Meat to Hospitals
Pittsburgh May 18. Reporter Ray Sprigle of the Pitts burgh Post Gazette disclosed today the has given to 15 Pittsburgh hospitals a ton of meat which he purchased illegally to find evidence of a black market. Sprigle's only job is to handle 12,674 red points from the institutions. The reporter's disclosure of alleged meat sales violations was followed by grand jury investigations in which 21 were.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ray Sprigle
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Spriglee
World Conference Faces Deadlock Over Moscow Posture
United States hopes for progress at the world security conference in Moscow as small nations seek to limit big power control. Latin American leaders push to stall regional defense plans until Russia clarifies its position. Colombia and Canada worry about defense and peace enforcement roles. Manuel Gallagher of Peru warns against forced world court jurisdiction if major powers oppose it. A committee vote grants the assembly, with no direct veto, power to debate and recommend on international relations matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
Moscow
United Nations
Francisco Aguirre
Cuba
Kolty
Russia
Colombia
Canada
Manuel Gallagher
Peru
General Assembly
Assembly
De Valera forecasts large relief to Europe before year start
Dublin reports Prime Minister De Valera pledging about 12 million dollars in food clothing and livestock for European relief by January 1. He warned Italian rationing could be reduced in some commodities amid the aid push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
de Valera
Erie
Europe
Italy
Bricklayer MP Lays 200 Bricks in 58 Minutes
London May 19 Sir Harry Selley 73 year old MP laid 200 bricks in 58 minutes in the House of Commons yard to prove the governments bricklayers target of 200 to 300 a day was absurdly small. He had not done bricklaying in 47 years and traded tests with onlookers including George Hicks the parliamentary secretary for the ministry of works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harry Selley
Pariiament
House of Commons
Harry
Ministry of Works
George Hicks
Hicks
Claims Hitler Had No Double
Southern Germany May 19 The chief secretary Gerhardt Herrgesell asserts Hitler never used a double and was never accompanied by one He notes Hitler hoped for a relief from Russia near the end and that Ribbentrop and Goebbels clung to the illusion even after the German surrender talks broke down
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Gerhardt Herrgesell
Fuehrer
Herrgesell
Hitler
Russia
Gary Man
Hergesell
Joachim. von Ribbentrop
Joseph Paul Goebbels
Dairymen to See Demonstrations in Indiana County
Indiana County dairy men will attend two demonstrations on managed milking next Wednesday and Thursday. On May 23 at James Patterson farm West Lebanon the session starts 4 15 p m with milking at 5 00 p m dairy extension specialist I E Parkin will discuss and assist. On May 24 at Dale Marshall Beyer farm a 3 15 p m start precedes four o'clock milking. County Agent J W Warner notes many dairy men practice managed milking and report better production and less udder trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
James Patterson
West
Lebanon
I. E. Parkin
Penn State
Dale Marshall
Beyer
J. W. Warner
Indiana
Troops to be processed at 8000 daily in new assembly area
American troops departing Europe will be processed at a rate of eight thousand daily as the new assembly area command swings into high gear, Communications Zone Headquarters announced. Milk more than 50 hours old cannot be sold in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Europe
Assembly Area
Chicago
Stalin Sets Three Conditions on Polish Question
Premier Stalin outlined three elementary conditions for solving the Polish question. Recognizing the Warsaw provisional government as the basic core of a future national unity government, a friendly policy toward Russia, and detustion of reconstruction with Poles who stay connected to the Polish people were required. He denied that arrests of 16 Polish underground leaders were connected to the issue and rejected claims they were invited to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Dennehy
London
Stalin
Warsaw
Moscow
Ralph Parker
Mostow
Russia
Soviet Union
San Francisco
Red Army
Great Britain
United States
Miners Hope To End Idle Week With New Pact
Washington May 19 John L Lewis and anthracite operators raced to seal a new contract that could bring 72,000 idle Pennsylvania hard coal miners back to work. If agreement is reached today miners may return Monday with retroactive pay and price-approval steps by War Labor Board and OPA pending. The Interior Secretary Ickes proposed a 1.3745 daily pay increase among travel time, shift differentials and vacation pay, with bargaining led by UMW and operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Ickes
United Mine Workers and Operators
Lewis
War Labor Board
OPA
William Davis
Casualties Mount as Okinawa Battle Rages
Reports from the Pacific theater describe heavy casualties on Okinawa as Marines of the Sixth Division repeatedly seize and lose, while forces defend Sugar Loaf Hill and Shuri positions. Allied air groups operate from Okinawa airfields, with Marines and Navy planes in usual skies. A separate Seattle blurb notes a man testifying about his nine cats and a divorce decree alongside stray clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naha
Eniwetok Atoll
Guam
Sugar Loaf Hill
Shuri
Army Thunderbolts
3 Ath
Okinawa
SCAT
Seattle
Hig Wits
J. B. Bonnar
Wats
Allie Bones
Tito Accuses Tito Of Illicit Claims In Northeast Italy
Marshal Sir Harold Alexander accuses Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia of intending to seize Venezia and Julia with force by May 12 in northeast Italy and southern Austria. He says Tito seeks to found farms by occupation, comparing to Hitler Mussolini and Japan. Allies seek peaceful settlement while Tito’s reply remains undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Tito
Yugoslavia
Italy
Austria
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Hed
Venezia
Julia
Trieste
9 Ine
Ofiume
Alexander
Belgrade
Ito
Theugoslav
Venezialand Glula
Baly
United States
Marshal Tito
After War II Not Temper May Become Dangerous
Grove City May 10 The end of World War II may bring a dangerous temper to Americans Governor Edward Martin said at Grove City College commencement He warned of a clash between government planning and a free way of life stressing that stalism offers false freedom while eroding character and responsibility A U S trade commissioner was stationed in Calcutta India Read the Gazette Classified
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City
America
Edward Martin
Grove City College
Obituary notices for Shank Craig Shearer and others in Indiana paper
Henry Charles Shank of Indiana died after a short illness in Adrian Hospital Punxsutawney at 1 o'clock. Friends may gather at Bell Funeral Home after 7 Sunday. service Tuesday at 2 40 in Bell with Rev F H Randall officiating. interment Oakland Cemetery. Also noted are Jesse Clair Craig obituary and Thomas M Shearer death with funeral plans pending. Craig, born May 21 1879 in White Township Indiana County, survived by wife Pearl Ann and children, previously with Bethlehem Steel and State Highway Dept. funeral arrangements unsettled. Arab merchants mentioned as historical note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Charles Shank
Indiana
Rochester Mills
Adrian Hospital
Bell Funeral Home
F. H. Randall
The
Christian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Jesse Clair Craig
Philadelphia Street
William
Charlotte Daugherty Craig
White Township
Indiana County
Pearl Ann (Kitchenbrod) Craig
Lloyd A. A
Army Air Corps
Italy
Bernice E
University of Denver
Richard D
Muriel
Lebo
Sherman
Texas
Doreen) Barlogh
Gulf Port
Della Bracken
Viniondate
R. D
Frank McGregor
Craig
Bethlehem Steal Co
Wherum
State Highway Department
McCreary Tire and Rubber Company
Montana
Pittsburgh
First Methodist Church of Indiana
Peder
Thomas M. Shearer
Florida
Arthur J. Pfohl
Zion Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Sugar shortage report targets government handling
A House Food Committee source says a sharply critical report is being drafted accusing OPA, War Food Administration and other agencies of mismanaging sugar stocks leading toward a wartime shortage. The document, to be filed with the House next week, cites sloppy rationing and seeks tighter controls on industrial and home canning sugar while defending essential civilian needs. A separate item from Dallas notes a 125 pound man posting a $300 peace bond after beating his 380 pound wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Food Committee
House
OPA
War Food Administration
Dallas
Justice Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
der Fuehrer
Bavarian Alps
Seventh Army
Adolf
Berchtesgaden
Budiona Evening Gazette
G. I
Poland
Action Inn
India
Calcutta
Tour
the Churches
Moorhead
Aimee
the Savings & Trust Co. of
Indiana, Penna
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Indiana
GI Home Loans
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!