American Rescue Ships Face Possible Seamen's Strike
New York dispatch reports four emergency ships carrying Americans from Europe face seamen demands for higher pay and better insurance. Union officials warn crews may refuse to sign on. Other liners like Orizaba Challenge and He De France move amid censorship on departures and passenger lists.
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New York
Earope
United Tales
Lines
Line
National Maritime Union
Union
Boston
Challenge
Pan American Airways
Foynes
Ireland
Food prices rise as wholesalers edge deliveries forward
Reading sees sugar up two cents a pound and meats up about five cents. Allentown meat prices jump up to ten cents a pound while butter climbs three to ten cents. Canned goods hold, but dealers warn prices could rise with continued demand. State officials and the federal government consider measures to curb profiteering and maintain farm programs amid wartime demand.
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Gar
Suger
Reading
Allentown
Harrisburg
James
Washington
Walt Jace
Wallace
Murphy
Summit Hotel Loses Decision In Slander Case
Pennsylvania Supreme Court reverses Allegheny County Court ruling awarding Summit Hotel Company $15,000 in a slander suit against NBC. Case centered on alleged Jolson remark during interview with Sam Parks Sr. The high court held a broadcasting firm is not liable for a third party remark when due care in selecting and supervising lessee is shown. The National Association of Broadcasters and 21 Pennsylvania stations were allowed to intervene.
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Sept
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Allegheny Counity Court
Summit Hotel Company
Uniontown
National Broadcasting Corporation
al Jolson
Sam Parks
Allegheny County
Broadcasting Company
High Court
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Nhon
Local option ballots debated by justices in state case
Justices questioned if separate ballots for non party voters are allowed under weakly drafted local option laws. Pittler Bard and Bard argued constitutional issues and insufficiencies in petitions and timing. County solicitors urged holding the referendum next Tuesday citing no law against separate ballots and 60 day filing rules.
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William J. Shaffer
Piltler
Shafter
Pittler
Supreme Court
J. Hay Brown, Jr
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Bard
William B. Linn
Justice Schaffer
Edward G. Bothwell
Allegheny
Daniel B. Strickler
Bothwell
Strickler
Emergency military increases and homecoming funds authorized
The measures raise total emergency resources and expand personnel across military branches and federal agencies. The State Department gains 500000 to help Americans return home from war zones. Authorities aim to seal chinks and gaps in the defense system and counter sabotage and subversive activities.
Price trends show wartime wholesale increases and peak in 1920
An opinion notes consumers jobbers and retailers fueled price rises while wholesale costs rose after World War I. A bureau table contrasts 1914 and recent wholesale cash prices for key commodities, including Winter wheat around 86 cents per bushel and fresh pork about 25 cents per pound, with beef at 19 cents.
Six U S Army fliers killed in San Diego crash
Charred bodies of six Navy air crewmen were recovered from a twin motored patrol bomber that crashed at Chollas Heights after striking antenna wires of a radio station. Victims included Lt A H Irons pilot and Ensign L W Latremore among Coronado and San Diego natives. Investigators opened a naval probe.
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Calif
Sept
Chollas Heights
Navy J
A. H. Irons
L. W. Latremore
Frank Vukovich
Aviation
Coronado
California
H. O. Wilson
W. E. Norris
Aviation Ordnance
H. G. Berry
Sidney Diday
Jinto
Naval
German Strategy Shifts in Poland and West Fronts
German forces pull back from French advance in no man’s land to focus on Poland, seeking a quick decisive victory while delaying peace. British and French bomb propaganda over Germany to provoke unrest, with Allied raids and radio broadcasts reported. German artillery nears Warsaw as French westward moves divert attention, while air attacks reportedly target the Sylt defense fortification.
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Maginot [Line
Siegfried
Hitler
Poland
Germany
Polang
Sylt
Denmark
Syl
War Bulletin Items From Berlin and Washington
Berlin reports British planes attacked the German steamer Franken in neutral waters near Padang Sumatra two days ago. the attack was described as unsuccessful. Washington says neutrality talks in Panama will consider belligerent ship treatment and procedures to keep war from the Western Hemisphere. meeting slated for Sept 21 or 23. London notes the US lines will sail passenger liners Washington and President Harding from Southampton on Sept 11 with Americans aboard. Also a British publishing house runs an advertisement for Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler.
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Supreme High Command
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Padang
Sumatra
Netherlands
Ast Indies
Washington
Panama
London
United States Lines
President Harding
Southampton
First Shot in War Surprises Danzig Correspondent
Riga dispatch recalls the early hours of the German Polish clash as Nazi forces shell Westerplatte. Lyn Heinzerling chronicles the six day defense, German air and sea bombardment, and the eventual surrender with Polish heroism and civilian upheaval.
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Heinzerling
Associated Press
Danzig
Panzig
Free City
Clymer to Have Work for Relief
The first direct relief work project in Indiana County will start in Clymer Monday at 8:00 AM under borough auspices. County Assistance Administrator C. L. Thomson said the borough will pay 35 cents an hour for weed cutting ditch cleaning and red clay hauling. Six men will be employed with positions rotating as relief grants cover amounts. Additional direct relief projects in Indiana Borough and east Mahoning Township will begin soon.
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Indiana County
Clymer
C. L. Thomson
Thomson
Indiana Borough
Ast Mahoning Township
Rev Miller is Re elected in Pittsburgh district
In Johnstown on September 1 the Pittsburgh Conference of the Evangelical Church elected Rev C E Servey of Pittsburgh as secretary and Rev LL Peterson of Scalp Level and PF W Raev of Dubois as assistants. Rev E L Nizely of Johnstown was reassigned superintendent of the district and Rev C R Miller of Indiana was named superintendent of the Pittsburgh district.
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Pittsburgh
The
Evanelical Church
C, EB. Servey
LL. Peterson
Scaip
PF. W. Raev
DuBois
E. L, Nizely
C. R. Miller
Indiana
Mine Cars in Lincoln Crash at Latrobe
Twenty new mine cars were scattered along the Lincoln Highway near Latrobe after a truck lost control and swerved into the westbound lane just after the Noonan service station. Four cars had already passed. no one was hurt.
Obituary of Donald Gelston in Torrance Pa and Martha Marshall
Obituary notices report Donald J Gelston a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman died at age 40 in his Torrance Pennsylvania home after a long life in the community. Surviving are his widow Patricia and his parents Gerald and Nellie Gelston with several siblings. Funeral services are set for Sunday at his residence with interment in Blairsville Cemetery. Also noted is the obituary for Miss Martha Marshall 77 whose Dayton funeral was held today with interment in Rural Valley Cemetery and survivors listed from several towns.
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Torrance
Gerald
Nellie
Miller) Gelston
Derry
Methodist Church
Evyaline T Bennett
Gelston
Patricia
R. J. Dyke
R. L. Dash
Miami
Fla
L. L. Mowry
Joseph Kinnan
Cooperstown
Martha Gelston
Gerald Gelston
Taretanng
Wayne LT. Gelston
Blairsvill
Boulton Gelston
A. E. Stephenson
Blairsville Cemetery
Martha Marshall
Dayton
Armstrong County Hospital
Rural Valley
George Hosick
Mattie McLaughlin
Pittsburgh
Jennie Lehrecongost
Lester
Charles Russell
Harry Latimer
Punxsutawney
Chambers Latimer
Michigan
Publishers donate author royalties to Red Cross and St John
The publishers have decided to give all the author's royalties from the sale of this book to the British Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance, covering wartime charity.
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British Red Cross Society
St. John: Ambulance
Tomato Sauce Spill Shuts Highway In Harrisburg Suburb
A trailer driven by Chester J. Patterson of Lancaster County overturned on a curve in Lemoyne, coating the main highway with ten tons of tomatoes. Emergency crews cleared debris as motorists faced detours and cautious travel through the area.
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Harrisburg—H
Lemoyne
Chester J. Patterson
Lancaster County
Auto Licenses Boost Revenue Across States
Washington reports rising motor vehicle license revenues for 48 states from 1919 to 1937, with declines 1930 to 1932. Pennsylvania mirrors broader trends, collecting modest gains and noting shifts in business, liquor taxes, and driver permits.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Pennsylvania
Bureau
Market up a few points on war buying burst
A fresh burst of war buying sent stocks up 1 to more than 4 points in today's market. Early dealings moved the ticker four minutes behind as blocks of 1,000 to 5,000 shares traded. Prices shaded briefly, then the upward push resumed and quotations rose to best levels near mid day.
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New York
Rex Cleared Genoa Liner Fleeing War Zone for New York
The Italian liner Rex sailed from Genoa for New York today with many Americans fleeing the war area aboard. Some berths were reserved for those awaiting at Naples. The Rex is set to depart at noon Saturday. The liner Genlle Di Savoia plans to sail in a few days. Other Italian ships were reported.
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Genoa
New York
Naples
Genle di Savoia
Iraq in move to aid British in Baghdad expels German envoy
The Iraqi government ordered the German minister in Baghdad to leave within 24 hours and instructed Baghdad envoy in Berlin to seek his passports, as Britain seeks to tighten alignment in the Middle East.
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Iraq
London
Ministry of Information
Baghdad
Traq
Berlin
Bowlers Meet Tonight for City League Season Plans
Captains from last season and new entrants are urged to attend the meeting at Playa Billiard & Bowling Academy at 8 o'clock. Manager Nick Zqg Valavis announced that plans for the coming season will be discussed at the gathering.
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City
Ttam
Playa Billiard & Bowling Academy
Nick Zqg Valavis
Convicted of Child Endangerment in Poisoning Case
Uniontown reports Mrs. Inez Bush convicted of second degree serious case in the poisoning of seven month old Rosalie Taylor. Jury verdict delivered after she repudiated an initial police statement claiming she gave a little poison to make the child sick so the parents could not take Rosalie from Grindstone boarding home. Officer A A Gill testified the statement was made minutes after a lie detector test.
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Uniontown
Inez Bush
Rosalie Taylor
Grindstone
A. A. Gill
Bush
Rosalie
College Weather Forecast Report
Partly cloudy and warmer today with thunder showers late this afternoon and at night. Cooler tomorrow. Reading shows 78 degrees, high 88, low 63. Trace precipitation for the month at 0.06 inch. Relative humidity 74 percent. Barometric pressure today 28.08 inches, yesterday 28.03.
Market report from Pittsburgh and Chicago markets
Markets in Pittsburgh show moderate demand with apples and potatoes listed at steady to slow movement and assorted varieties priced from 25 to 100 per unit. Livestock in Pittsburgh includes salable hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep with mixed price ranges, while Chicago opens with heavy selling timbled wheat and volatile shifts, followed by a rally as profit-taking and optimistic Canadian-crop signals influence prices for wheat and corn.
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Pittsburgh
Grande Chicago
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