World War Analyst Warns of Prolonged Conflict Trends
Daily feature by Art MacKenzie analyzes wartime sentiment and propaganda. It cautions against optimistic forecasts, notes Japanese naval threat near Australia, highlights Kharkov offensive as preventive, and suggests Nazi broadcasts aim to dampen Allied resolve while steering public mood toward a drawn war and peace.
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Art MacKenzie
Wide World Analyst
Giberice
Australia
Red Army
Kharkov
Caucasus
Germany
America
Hitler
Europe
Unites Nations
Axis
Tokyo
China
Radio eBrin
U.S. A
Romania
U. S
Russia
Battle reports clash over Kharkov initiative claims
Overseas dispatches describe conflicting claims of control at Kharkov. Berlin asserts a major Russian offensive began May 12 with about 300,000 troops in multiple divisions, while Soviet press maintains the initiative remains with the Russians as battles continue.
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Toulon
Kharkov
Congress Leaders Split On Bid To England
Washington May 28 Congress leaders divided on sending ten lawmakers to England for talks with Parliament on war aims and peace plans A British spokesman outlined the invitation at a secret capitol conference Democrats favored the idea but Republicans McNary and Martin questioned the wisdom The plan could delay key legislation such as the tax bill and raise charges of a congressional junket.
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Washington
England
Parliament
Senate
House
Capitol
McNary
Martin
Great Britain
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Axis Drives and Allied Defenses on Kharkov Front
In a broad update, German, Romanian, and Hungarian forces press the Kharkov line with air support as Red Star notes seesaw fighting 80 miles south in the Izyum-Barvenkova sector. Germans claim counterattacks while Soviets say they maintain momentum. In Crimea, Kerch and Sevastopol endure intensifying pressure from German-Romanian troops with heavy air bombardment. British raids target St Nazaire, while U.S. President Roosevelt asserts U-boat threats are being solved amid wartime mobilization and production shifts.
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von Bocks
Kharkov
Taganrog-Rostov
Rostov-on-Don
Caucansus
Red Star
Izyum-Barvenkova
von Boch
Crimea
Kerch
Sevastopol
Black Sea
RAF
English Channel
St. Nazaire
France
Roosevelt
Floods Kill Woman and Threaten Mines Across Pennsylvania
A woman died of a heart attack in Montoursville as her home flooded. In Pottstown a 63 year old widow collapsed and died amid efforts to clear a flooded basement. Floods cresting and receding affected Lycoming, Schuylkill, Lehigh and Lackawanna regions with mining shut downs and property losses in the hundreds of thousands. Rehabilitation orders were issued as the state and federal flood service monitored rising streams.
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Montoursville
Lycoming County
Pottstown
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Marian Bussa
Honesdale
Scranton Times
Hazleton
Schuylkil
Lehigh
Lack
Sons of the American Legion elect Everett as leader
At an evening meeting on Thursday the Sons of the American Legion elected Douglass Everett as president and named officers including Paul Munshower first lieutenant William Metcalf second lieutenant Dave Roberts chaplain James Connolly adjutant John Hasinger finance officer and Tony Violi sergeant at arms. Drum and Bugle Corps director Robert Turansky outlined a season with local events first appearance on Memorial Day and summer plans such as hikes picnics swims camping with uniforms fitting May 27 and first drill at Memorial Hall.
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Sons of the American Legion
Douglass Everett
Paul Mun‘shower
William Metcalf
Dave Roberts
James Connolly
John Hasinger
Tony Violi
Robert Turansky
Memorial Hall
Sons of the Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps
Paul Munshower
J. W. Everett
Herbert MecHenty
Ross Steetle
First Aid Judges Course Ends in Pittsburgh R & P Building
The First Aid judges course under the Bureau of Mines directed by N L Muir of Pittsburgh closed its sessions with 68 attendees for the morning and evening. The program standardizes judging of First Aid contests to reduce confusion at meets. Coal firms represented included Rochester and Pittsburgh, Clearfield Bituminous, Penn Electric, and Peerless. Commodore team led the initial classes. Penn Electric demonstrated later. Supervisors James Gatehouse and T J Davies oversaw Seward team with Capt Francia Kelly directing Commodore. District enrollments listed: Allegheny-Kiski 44 Central-Portage 28 Revlac 28 See 60 North Central Sykesville 16 Indiana 68.
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Bureau of Mines
N. L. Muir
Pittsburgh
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Clearfeld Bituminous Coal Corp
Indiana
Penn Electric
Seward
Peerless Coal Company
Johnstown
Commodore
Francia Kelly
Joseph Mulvihill
James Gatehouse
T. J. Davies
Floods rise as rivers surge across Pennsylvania towns
Heavy rains sent the Susquehanna Schuylkill and Lehigh rivers to near flood levels as towns from Williamsport to Easton faced backwater and evacuations. Dozens of homes were marooned, bridges and rails washed out, and emergency crews rescued families while industries and roads shut down under rising floodwaters.
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Williamsport
Susquehanna
Leo C. Williamson
Muncy Creek
Wilkes-Barre
Mauch Chunk
Miner’s Mills
Lehigh Valley
Bear Creek
Tioga County
Wellsboro
J; Deissport
Carbon County
Lehigh
Clark's Summit
Scranton
Dickson City
Lackawanna County
Mohnton
Reading
Wyomissing Creek
Pottstown
Schuylkill
Pittston
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Aston
Easton
Lehigh River
Flats
Lehigh Foundries
South Second Street
American Red Cross
West Baston
Lehigh Valley and Central Railroad
New Jersey
Fuel blast fatal to two in Liberty onto Ripple family
Explosion of a fuel oil can killed Mrs Fern Moore Ripple 23 and her 14 month old son Robert Thomas Ripple at their Liberty home eight miles south of Alleghany. A spark from the stove ignited the can, Mrs Ripple grabbed the child and fled as the house burned to the ground. Both died of burns at Coudersport hospital.
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Port Alleghany
Fern Moore Ripple
Robert Thomas Ripple
McKean County
T. RB. Clark
Ripple
Liberty
Here
May Relief Costs Hit Lowest in 10 Years in Pa
Harrisburg May relief costs in Pennsylvania are expected to be well under 8 million dollars, a ten year low. Officials note a sustained decline in general assistance, blind pensions, old age aid and dependent children programs, with emphasis on aiding the aged, blind, and disabled. Direct relief payments for the latest week totaled 245,230 dollars in 40,702 checks, compared with 632,745 dollars in 110,877 checks a year earlier. Unemployment compensation set a record low for jobless benefit payments with 22,608 checks totaling 248,686 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Howard J. Rusedji
Russell
G. Harold Wagner
Lewis G. Hines
Laver and Industry
Unemployment Compensation Bureau
Hines
Sharon Man Heads Bankers
John H. Evans trust officer at McDowell National Bank in Sharon was elected president of the Pennsylvania Bankers to succeed Archie D. Swift. Evans served 15 years at Sharon and 13 years at Union Trust in Pittsburgh. Charles W. Bothwell of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank Phoenixville became vice president, and John H. Dillon of Altoona Trust Company was reelected treasurer.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John H. Evans
McDowell National Bank
Sharon
Pennsylvania Bankers
Archie D. Swift
Philadelphia
Evans
Sharon Bank
Union Trust Company
Pittsburgh
Charles W. Bothwell
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Phoenixville
State Group
John H. Dillon
Altoona Trust Company
UT Regents Approve Russian Teaching in Texas Schools
Russian teaching will be added to the state’s school curriculum after University of Texas regents formally approved the plan on May 22. The move aims to bolster language offerings across Texas public schools.
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Galveston
Tex
University of Texas Regents
Market Report from Pittsburgh May 23 Produce demand slow and steady
Markets show slow produce demand with Apples scarce. Potatoes listed at 13 cars steady. Sacks and sacks prices given for Maine Chippewas Katahdins Pennsylvania Russet Burbanks Idaho Russet Burbanks Florida Katahdins Alabama Bliss Triumphs and Marie chips. Livestock prices mixed with hogs active up to 10 cents higher and cattle and calves steady.
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Pittsburgh
Maine
Stock Market Session Summary From Am Smell to Youngst Gb
A compact listing of major stock tickers and firms across industries including steel Chrysler Ford General Electric General Motors East Coast utilities and retailers. The roster spans Anaconda Bethlehem Steel Boeing Citigroup Edison Consolidated Oil and refining firms Penn Central Packard Radio Corp Studebaker Sears Roebuck Woolworth and Warner Bros among others.
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Adl Refining
Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Budd
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Column
el Com
Coas Edison
Consol Oil
Curtiss-Wright del Lack
West Bu
Elec Gen Fooda
Gen Motors Greyhound Corp
Int Harvester
Int
Nick Can
Ken
Senate panel backs inspector general to curb Navy mix ups
The Senate Naval Committee issued a tentative report faulting confusion of command and lax safeguards for the Normandie fire and capsizing. It rejects sabotage, cites carelessness in torch use and poor supervision, and urges creating a Navy Inspector General to report to Congress and the Secretary on conditions and remedies. The report notes salvage work has begun on the ship, renamed Lafayette, with recovery to take at least a year. It also questions February 1942 decisions and avoids blaming any single officer, mentioning Rear Admiral Andrews as not solely responsible.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Normandie
Navy
Lafayette
Senate
Senate Committee
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Service
Navy Department
James F. Culligan
Adolphus Andrews
Eastern Sea Frontier
Obituary notices for Donahey and Collins published
Samuel H Donahey born 1861 in Youngstown area dies at home in Indiana after a draying career. Survived by wife Anna two daughters Bessie and others six grandchildren and a brother. Services set for 2:30 pm Monday at First United Presbyterian Church with interment in Oakland Cemetery. George Edward Collins dies at 1235 am in Marion Center. funeral plans incomplete with obituary to follow.
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SAMUEL _H. DONAHEY
South Seventh Street
Stillman A. Foster
First United Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Samuel and
Lavina (Clawson) Donahey
Young Towneship
Lewisville
West Lebanon
Indiana
Donahey
Anna
Morton) Donahey
Luther Tyger
Greensburg
George Bryan
Latrobe
Bessie Donahey
John Donahey
Leechburg
George Edward Collins
Marion Center
AFL CIO Unity Talks Face War Time Strains
Washington reports the AFL offers a peace proposal to CIO rivals to unite amid wartime needs. CIO President Philip Murray warns unity must not destroy the powerful CIO structures, while AFL leader William Green seeks immediate meetings to negotiate a basis for unity. John L. Lewis leads miners away from AFL in earlier factional strife.
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Washington
AFL Today
Ita
CTO
Philip Murray
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
Vera
William Green
APL
Cleveland
Murray
Turks Send Goods Protest to Germany
Istanbul reports that Germany has failed to deliver promised heavy goods under their seven month old trade agreement. Turkish officials blame destroyed railway bridges on the Turkish border for delays, while asserting Germany must supply industrial gear or admit inability. Londres, Paris, and Washington notes show Britain and the United States shipping locomotives and other material to Turkey despite warnings.
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Istanbul
Germany
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Greece
United States
Karl Clodius
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