Pennsylvania approves unemployment relief and war measures
Pennsylvania Governor Martin signs a suite of laws including unemployment relief aimed at reducing costs by about 62.5 million dollars, a 2.7 percent tax rate, and an expert rating plan for 1944. The act promises employment stabilization and lower contributions for employers while officials consider vetoing some items. Additional measures extend the emergency gasoline tax, raise truck weight limits, and fund relief. other laws create new commissions, enforce anti sabotage laws, and advance school financing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharrisburg
Medinsylvania
Legislat
Martin
Ieview Law
William N. Hardy
Pennsylvania
Pub- Matters Association
Pennsylvania Employers Conference
Public Utility Commission
Military service notices and enlistment updates statewide
Continued reports detail service training at Fort Slocum and Fort Bragg, a Philippine tenure, and family military ties for several locals. Also listed are missing in action counts, a Clymer enlistment, aviation training completions, transport school graduations, a Fort Miles promotion, and a coal miner turned sergeant with a brother in the same unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Slocum
Forst Bragg
N. C
Philippines
John Kunich
Ebensburg
Armed Forces
George
Sylvester Kunieh
Hested
Texas
Louis Galambos
Steve Galambos
Clune
Fort Miles
Delaware
Galambos
Res
Loretta Galambos
Henlopen Avenue
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Galamine
Pittsburgh, Rochester and Buffalo
Invasion (Continued from page one)
Waterstreet residents learn their daughter Nell Russell, a first lieutenant in the U S Army, attends a three week course for chief nurses in England. Speculation cites Miyazaki commands 60 percent of the Imperial Navy, 100000 troops from Wantung Army, plus submarine and air power in an planned attack. Lt. Col. George H. iigration Committee two years ago notified draft boards of statements by Extra Furlough hin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Russell
Waterstreet
Nell Russell
U. S.A
England
West Point
Japan
Hachi
Miyazaki
Imperial Navy
Hata
Wantung
Huan
Dickstein
Pennsylvania
George H
Bi Partisan move to curb planning board spending
Washington lawmakers push to cap National Resources Planning Board funds at 200000 next year as part of broader drive to constrain New Deal agencies. Byrd Taft Nye join attack while seeking to liquidate Home Owners Loan Corporation by June 1945 and boost other agency funding limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nayional Resources Planning Board
Byrd
D-Va
Af Joint Economy Committee
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Independent Offices
Home Owners Loan Corporation
McKellar
DiTenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Simple funeral rites planned for Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company president Edsel Ford will be honored in private funeral services tomorrow following his death ending an era at the family firm. The Ford family and company officials continue to receive condolences from many, including President Roosevelt who sent a message of sympathy to Henry Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Roosevelt
Attacks on Haun and Japan Plan Alleged by Dickstein
Dickstein cited Haun's State Department registration as part of a Korean group linked to espionage aims. The New Yorker alleged the organization gathers more information than the U.S. government. The source also mentioned Japan's plan to deploy native girls to subjugated areas and wed them to local men as part of a generalization program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickstein
Haun
State Department
New Yorker
Haan
Global War Brief from Front Lines and Diplomacy
Cumulative wartime briefing reports heavy fighting in the Caucasus with German claims of downed planes while Soviet forces press near Velikiye Guki. Pacific and Atlantic theatres show gritty combat around Attu, Chichagof Harbor, and Lake Nicholas. diplomatic notes mention Stalin’s letter and Italian unrest. Yangtze operations expand toward Jehang as Japanese push supply routes via Ichang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caucasus
Red Army
Novorossisle
Pacific
Attu Island
Aleutians
Chichagof Harbor
Lake Nicholas
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Roosevelt
United States
Stalin
Davies
Kremlin
London
Italy
Daily Telegraph
Rome
Maly
Medianean
Yoad
Mersa Matrus
E Dava
Egypt
Threst
Chua
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Jehang
Chungking
Ichang
Hupeh
Hupe
Luondon
Clement Ro Atros
Prine
Girzud
New York
Berlin
Ryusauku ‘Agimoto
Yanagimoto
Stockholm
Berliss
Navi
Harrisburg Youth Salvage Drive Nets Large Totals
In Indiana County on May 21, a James Comman led drive has collected 1586 pounds of silk hosiery 70008 pounds of tin and 5060 pounds of fate and is ongoing. Schools joined with ten lieutenant colonels three majors sixty captains and many officers wearing insignia for scrap. Steele Clark County Council of Defense chairman credits the Junior Commando drive conducted by the acheols with producing substantial salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
James
Indiana County
Steele Clark
County Council of Defense
Acheols
State Board Reverses Proposal For Monthly General Aid
The State Board of Public Assistance rejected a plan to switch general assistance payments from weekly to monthly, with Harold Wagner opposing. The Treasury Department currently issues weekly checks to aid recipients to meet immediate needs and avoid budgeting issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Assistance
State Treasury Department
Harold Wagner
Wagner
Oil Refining Faces Shortage Amid Production Decline
In Pittsburgh on May 27, oilmen warn that refined aviation lubricating oils from Pennsylvania crude may shrink due to reduced productive capacity. Crude supply tightness, curtailed new wells, and delayed price relief from the OPA hinder recovery. Producers seek a substantial price rise to restart drilling and labor/material availability constraints worsen the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil and Gas Journal
Office of Price Administration
Walter 3. Hallanan
Plymouth Oil Company
Eastern Seaboard District
Petrol Com Ind Sty
Hallanan
OPA
South Penn
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Edwin Drake
Titusville
U.S
Attu Operations Report Quiet After Fog Shifts
Army and Navy briefers describe continued fighting at Attu with small patrols using bayonets and grenades to seize hill passes. Fourteen Japanese bombers attacked, six fighters engaged, five bombers destroyed, two army fighters lost with one pilot rescued, and one negative second wave. Navy notes ground troops cleared Chichagof Valley as remnants fall back from Holtz Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
Kurile
Navy
Chichagof Valley
Holtz Bay
Australia Urges Nations Fix Home Food Problems First
At the United Nations food conference in Hot Springs, Australia pressed that each country must raise its own economic standards before seeking aid from international agencies. Delegates debated a global authority, buffer stocks, and an interim commission to draft plans for a postwar agricultural agency, with Russia backing the draft. Brazil urged industrialized nations provide machinery and direct technical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
United Nations
Australia
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Brazil
Official Prices Lists For Newspapers To Publish
The Office of Price Administration plans monthly official prices and auction points for groceries to be supplied to about 300 cities starting July 1. Newspapers may solicit advertising and create special sections around the data. Lists will be issued around the 20th of each month as print lists matrices or engravings to fit local needs, allowing about ten days for setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bombers set record as 74 German planes downed May 21
U S heavy bombers based in Britain claimed a single day record destroying 74 German aircraft on unescorted raids against Emden and Wilhelmshaven submarine yards May 21. Twelve bombers were lost in the raids, bringing May's total to 161 targets and 301 enemy planes destroyed across eight raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Eighth Air Force
England
United States
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Draft evaders go to prison for six years
Joseph Genchur of Trafford and Robert Beck of DuBois were sentenced to six years each in a federal institution after juries found them guilty of violating the Selective Service Act. Genchur reportedly refused to report to his draft board for assignment to a work camp following a conscientious objector classification, while Beck refused induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Joseph Genchur
Trafford
Robert W. Beck
DuBois
Gerichue
Bev
Old Boston Bloodhound Helped Convict Arsonist
The Oklahoma City criminal court of appeals upheld a two year arson sentence based on a bloodhound Old Boston who tracked criminals and even nipped his keeper if slow. It marked the first acceptance of a bloodhound’s evidence by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Old Boston
Criminal Court of Appeals
Markets report slow demand and steady produce prices
Pittsburgh notes slow demand for produce with apples and potatoes cited as steady. New York Baldwins and Rome Beauties priced around 4.00 to 8.75, while Alabama Bliss Triumphs and California Long White apples listed at 4.20 to 4.81. In wartime dispatches from Moscow, Joseph E Davies reports Stalin’s reply to Roosevelt’s letter and plans to travel to the United States. Naval updates describe ongoing fighting at Attu with Japanese resistance described as fanatical and a drawdown of combat zones in the vicinity of the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Rome
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Stalin
Roosevelt
Kremlin
United States
Davies
Eckert Brothers Fined 2500 in Federal Case
Pittsburgh meat packers Eckert Brothers were fined 2500 in Federal Court for selling meat above maximum prices set by the Office of Price Administration. Court attendants said it was the largest such fine here. OPA inspectors cited 690 violations and overcharges totaling more than 4000 from December 220 to March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Eckert, Brothers
Pittsburgh Meat Packers
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Stock Market Summary of Major U S Firms and Dyes and Metals
A dense list of stocks shows varied performance across many sectors including chemicals, steel, autos, airlines, and utilities. Notable names appear with mixed gains and losses such as General Electric Warner Bros United Aircraft and R–M Smelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rad & St
Smelt & R
Bry Avascondle
Atht&sf
AU Refining
Balt & Ohio Oy
Beth Steel U5
Borden Co
Riggs Mfg
Case (It) Co Lathe Chey & Ohio
Curysier Corp
Salvents
Colum G & el
Johns Manville Kennecott Cop Kresge
Lehigh Port
Val Cout
Val RR
Libby McN & L
Lowes Inc
Montgom Ward Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
N . Central RR
North Amer Co
Northern Pacific
ITM Packard Motor Ang Faram Pictures
Penney (Jc
Hus Fenn RR
Pullman ST Mg Pure Oil
Reading Co
Repab Steel Wee. Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socuny Vacuu
Sperry Corp
Stend Brands
Gas & Blea
Cal
Studebaker
Cory
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft Savy United Corp
United Gas Ling Bry
Rubber
US Smelt
US Steel
Warner Bros
Joy West Union Tel
West el & Mfg
Woolworth
Tr & C
Youngst
Sh & T
Curb— Ark Nat Gas
Wilyies Bond & Shire Thy Pennrosd Corp Am
Farm Families Brave Floods Across Six States
Floods across the six state Midwest drove more than 160000 from their homes as rivers rose threatening farms. Evacuees returned to damaged houses while thousands remained in shelters in Missouri Iowa and Illinois amid lingering danger and flood cleanup efforts. An emergency conference led by Chester Davis planned restoration of farm production on 3.65 million acres. In Pennsylvania Elk County flash floods left debris and disrupted rail service as residents began cleanup after waters receded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Maois
Missouri
Mississippi
Ilinois
Mid-Continent
St. Louis
Chester C. Davis
Illinois
Indiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Kane
Elk County
Clarion River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Johnsonburg
Ridgway
Wilscox
Roosevelt threatens action as strike deadline nears
Strikes scheduled two hours before Roosevelt's deadline warn workers not to miss sessions. The president, as commander of the Army and Navy, calls the stoppage a flagrant violation of the no-strike pledge and vows steps to protect national interests if the strike continues past noon Thursday May 27. Spontaneous walkouts follow a wage recommendation drop from eight to three cents per hour by the National War Labor Board, impacting production of war goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Army and Navy
Inion
National War Labor Board
WLB
Treasury balance and debt figures reported in Washington
The Treasury balance on May 25 shows receipts of 72.41 million dollars and expenditures of 386.61 million. Net balance stands at 18.09 billion, total debt at 139.26 billion, with an increase of 63.05 million from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Treasury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sac
Hauser
Hater
Army
War Department
Herbert B. Daly
Ella Daly
Wintondale
Clymer
Iage
Naterday
George Vas Jak, Jr
Dugan
Edward P. Dugan
Mayme W. Dugan
Zo School Street
Army Air Forces Technient Training Command
Vegaircraft Corporation
Burbank
Calif
Tedascht
Lieut
Russell
Planning Board
Congress
House
Planing Board
Farm Security Administration
War and Navy Departments
Palm Beach
Skipper
Panama
Jantzen
Moorhead
FORD
ATTU
Chivhagof Harbor
North Africa
Guadalu Canal
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Eckert Bros
Treasury
John Fisher
Robinson Funeral Home
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Elderston Cemetery
Wes
2.C.streams
ASH Hat CO
Phila
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