Bellefonte Murder Trial Hastened By Judge Moves
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania on September 30 the murder trial of Richard Millinder moved faster as the judge considered night sessions. The 22 year old WPA worker is charged with killing his wife’s cousin Faye Gates, a 25 year old match factory worker. The state’s opening case described a fatal attack after she gave him a ride home. Police investigated reports of a mysterious car and a second auto seen in Spook Hollow while Millinder’s statements about his whereabouts were scrutinized. The trial included testimony from medical officers and investigators and a possible death penalty request. A town meeting about the Townsend Bill was announced for Friday evening at the Agricultural Hall on the Fair Grounds. A short note on flight coordination devices concluded the item.
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Bellefonte
Ivan Walker
Murle
Richard Millinder
WPA
Faye Gates
Musser W. Getig
Match Factory
Gettig
Millinder
Miss Gates
Maude Rager
Ruth Robinson
Spook Hollow
Richard Wallace
Demo Leader Calls Meeting in Harrisburg
Rep Herbert B Cohen Democratic floor leader convened a committee of assemblymen in Harrisburg to push for election of Democratic state legislators. Members include William A Shaw Elmer Kilroy Leo A Acheterman and Dennis Westrick. Cohen accused Pew s Grundys and Governor James of a last stand to control Pennsylvania's House and Senate.
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Harrisburg
Roosevelt
Herbert B. Cohen
House of Representatives
William A. Shaw
Allegheny
Elmer Kilroy
Philadelphia
Leo A. Acheterman
Monroe
Dennis Westrick
Cambria
Cohen
Pews
Grundys
James
Senate
Pennsylvania
Protest Over Negro Manager Replacement Sparks City Unrest
In Elizabeth City North Carolina crowds estimated at 1000 to 1500 gathered near a Negro theater to protest replacing its manager with a white man. State Highway patrols and coast guardsmen dispersed the group after rock and bottle throwing. one guardsman was injured and two suspects arrested for assaulting coast guard personnel. Mayor Jerome Flora urged calm and a committee discussion.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
E. FE. Pritchard
F. R. Reggio
Coast Guard
la Negro Theater
John Winslow
Jerome Flora
Pritchard
Reggio
Pomona Grange to Hold Meet
Pomona Grange No 58 will meet with William Penn Grange No 1730 at Grange Hall Armagh on Thursday September 1 with a full two day program. Opening at 10:30 a m the 119th session includes calls of officers, reports, new business, committee appointments and an address of welcome by H C Mack. The afternoon features group singing, a discussion on improving rural life, dairy sanitation, a short play and a calf club contest. Evening sessions include a closed address by Mrs Ira C Gross and degrees conferred by Grisemore Run degree teams.
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Pomona Grange
Jawill
William Penn Grange
Grange Hall
Armagh
Pomona Grange No
H. C. Mack
Wm. Penn Grange
E. Dible
Pomona
Flora Fritz Henderson
Roy McElhoes
H. C. Cunningham
Howard Park
Russell Crago
Stella Buchanan
Grisemore
Parkin
State College
John and
Dick Black
Marion Center
Irene Kinter
Elia Myers
Ira C. Gross
Grange
London Faces Heavier Bombs After Night of Assault
London endured a weary dawn as 150 German bombers pounded the city center with heavy demolition bombs. Despite widespread destruction millions of workers returned to tasks amid traffic jams from rerouted buses and taxis. The air attack also struck the coast near Dover as the German barrage continued.
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London
Dover
Bear eludes trap setters near Addingham
A large black bear in Upper Darby Township is eluding hunters by raiding baited traps set with beef and delicacies. For a week tracks appear but the bear remains unseen while fattening for winter.
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Addingham
Upper Darby
Roosevelt to speak to Teamsters in Washington
President Roosevelt prepares a speech for a convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington. White House aides avoid labeling it political, while networks debate coverage and FCC rules require equal air time for rival-party spokesmen. Daniel Tobin says the Teamsters will pay if the talk is political, but no diagnosis is given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
White House
International Teamsters Union
Washington
Roosevelt
TVA
Chickamauga
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Teamsters Union
Democratic Committee
Mr. Roosevelts
London Bombing Toll and RAF Counterattacks Across Channel
The raid on London killed 592 and left about 2,700 injured after a nine hour night attack. British air forces resumed operations over Germany with attacks on Berlin targets as RAF expands training and raises pilot age limit. German long range guns and Cape Gris Nez bombardments kept the battle in motion, with observers noting London remains the primary focus. Sammy Snead marriage noted as a separate lifestyle anecdote with golf achievements since.
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Cape Gris Nez
France
Royal Air Force
Germany
Berlin
London
Lord Woolton
Britain
England
Midlands
Wales
Scotland
Empire
Financial District
Calais
Bestia
Air Ministry
RAF
Radio artists may call strike on sustaining programs
New York Sept 10 194? A strike of 10500 actors singers and announcers in sustaining radio programs loomed as AFL American Federation of Radio Artists prepared meetings in New York Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco to vote on wage demands. They sought a pay scale near the basic date for artists on sponsored programs while networks argued the scale was too high for unsponsored shows. The dispute would affect about one fifth of NBC CBS and Mutual network programming, with Mutual impacted through affiliates.
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New York
American Federation of Radio Artiste
AFL
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
National Broadcasting Company Network
Columbia
Mutual Systems
Mutual
Senate votes split on conscription delay and age limit
Senator Clark fails to win House delay for conscription and to keep 21 30 age limit in registrations as conferees loom. Vote counts were 48 19 and 44 23 with Barkley warning mere nonbinding remarks. Adams proposal to send unchanged House measure to White House is crushed amid fierce debate.
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Clark
D-Mo
Senate
House
Chamber
Barkley
Kentucky
Adams
White House
Connally
Johnson
Calif
United States
Rep. Fish
Willkie Presses for Immediate Draft Activation
Rushville Ind Sept 10 Wendell L Willkie urged Senate House conferees to drop the Fish amendment delaying the selective service bill for 60 days The plan would defer the draft while a 60 day trial of voluntary enlistments runs Then new recruits would total 400000 Willkie praised Maine election results and congratulated Gov Sewall and Senator Brewster He noted his western tour speeches and discussed his philosophy of free enterprise versus the New Deal with Coffeyville Kansas next week He met with Frank Gannett and expected to meet Senator McNary before departing on the 7200 mile trip His talk will be largely extemporaneous and he described a pleasant private conference with Henry Ford The Ford man has yet to take a public campaign stand and a Willkie staff policeman wore a campaign button
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Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate House
House
Senate
Willkie
Maine
Sewell
Brewster
Brann
Sewall
Coffeyville
Kansas
New Deal.” Willkie Had A Luncheon Appointment Today With Frank Gannett
Rochester
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Chicago
Ed Willkie
West Coast
Henry Ford
Markets grain and livestock rebound on firmer tone
Chicago grain markets open firmer with wheat and corn advancing as royal commissions and steadier securities boost buying. Pittsburgh hogs and cattle mixed with modest price shifts. produce demand slow in Pennsylvania with varied apple, potato, and egg quotes and steady dairy.
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Chicago
Royal Commission
Pittsburgh
U.S
Bliss
Pennsylvania Cobblers
Chippewas
Hernery
U. & Extra Large
U. S, Trade
Royal palaces and estates tied to Carol II's holdings
The article notes state ownership of the Cotrocent Palace and a mountain top palace at Sinaia once built by Carol I. It describes Carol I selling properties to the state for cash and later Carol II’s plan to enlarge a palace prompting the removal of servant housing. Officials valued the houses at a third of a million dollars, with Carol receiving prestigious vineyards and a modern winery worth about a million dollars.
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Royal
Buckingham Palace
London
Carol
Ministry of Agriculture
Carpathian Sinaia
Carol I
Carol II
Romania
Primary day across states stirs election intrigue
Georgia heads to a Tuesday primary, New Mexico follows Saturday. Arizona faces a unique electors race with Willkie Democratic challengers, as Democrats miss nominating petitions and rely on write-ins. Louisiana echoes Huey Long ouster, while Minnesota pits Shipstead against rivals and Stassen seeks renomination.
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Georgia
New Mexico
Arizona
Willkie
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Sam H. Jones
House of Representatives
Earl K. Long
Jones
Minnesota
Shipstead
Farmer-Laborite
Farmer- Labor Party
Harold E. Stassen
Night raid casualties and Berlin bombing claim mixed
International reports a night attack burying 120 people in a district with 20 houses, four rescued by dawn. RAF bombers raid Berlin for 43 minutes, while Berlin claims only scattered northern outskirts damage. Weser area and French coast attacks noted with disputed impact.
Toe loss to join Marines in Wilkes-Barre
Louis Carpellotti a 32 year old from near Old Forge lost a toe to qualify for Marine enlistment after a Philadelphia rejection on August 1 due to toe overlap. He had the toe amputated and reapplied. Recruiting Sergeant W C Black said he would be reconsidered.
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Wilkes-Barre
Louis Carpellotti
Marine Corps
Old Forge
Philadelphia
W. C. Black
Stock Market Snaps and Treasury Report Highlights
A sweeping US market rundown lists major shares including Al Chem and Dye, Boeing, Chrysler, Gen Elec, US Steel, and many others with varied percent figures. The Treasury notes a Sept 7 position: receipts 13,870,878.08. expenditures 24,657,967.13. net balance 2,477,700,425.87. gross debt 43,819,151,524.99. daily increase 655,583.94.
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Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Consol Oil
Gen
Elec Bohs
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hercules
Tilingis Central
Interlake Iron
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Lehigh Val Coal
Val RR
Qly Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
NY Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor
Penn RR
Pullman
Pure Oil
Radio Corp of An
Repab Steel
Reynolds
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Oil
Cal
Stand Oil Ind
Texas Corp
United Air Lines
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West Union
Mfg
Woolworth
Treasury
Washington
The
Weather and Berlin raids loom over London skies
A wartime column weighs air raid results in poor weather, noting RAF strikes on Berlin and London, and questions how shifting atmospheric conditions may affect future bombing. It cites a British admission that rain aided German raiders over London Sunday night and argues London’s vulnerability remains high regardless of weather.
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Royal Air Force
Berlin
England
London
London at risk as docks hit and ships sunk
The piece notes damage to London's Euston Indian and Royal Victoria docks along the Thames threatening the capital's food supply. Berlinger Zeitung warns of a fate like Warsaw and Rotterdam unless Churchill halts nightly attacks on Germany. The Admiralty cites 84,875 tons of British and neutral shipping lost in the week to Sept 1, raising war-year totals to 2,771,453 tons, while German-Italian losses reach 1,986,000 tons. Casualty figures from last night are not yet announced, but are expected to be high, following two nights with 308 and 295 killed and about 3,100 wounded.
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London
Eust Indian
Royal Victoria
Thames
Berlinger Zeitung
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Winston Churchill
Germany
Wallace Urges Farm Support in Nebraska Tour
Wallace, Democratic VP nominee, campaigned in drought hit Nebraska urging voters to back candidates who defend the administration’s farm program. He touted crop insurance, the ever normal granary, and commodity loans, criticizing Republicans for opposing loans. He plans to finish in Nebraska and head to Minnesota.
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Hastings
Neb
Henry A. Wallace
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Wallace
Snte
Minnesota
British night raid repelled as German subs claim successes
The high command said the attack on Britain was repelled after several salvos hit the Hinterland without damage. Light enemy vessels attacked in hazy weather. British air losses were 44, with 21 German losses acknowledged. Submarine actions under Lt. Capt Gunther Prien claimed sinking six armed merchantmen and damaging others. Germany said one auxiliary cruiser seized a neutral steamer near the blockade area. Nazi outlets framed the assault as just begun, with plans for more London bombing and a shift from “battle of Britain” to “battle of London.”
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Berlin
Wesermeinde
Germany
Hitler
High Command
Gunther Prien
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
England
Britain
Reich
London
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Great Britain
Blairsville woman pleads to obstructing process in August arrest
Elizabeth Wickline of Blairsville pleaded nolo contendere to obstructing process after resisting Sheriff J. Clair Irvin during an August arrest of a companion. Sentence to be imposed later. The page notes Campbell was attacked by a younger man and a chief subdued Torzak as context.
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Campbell
Torzak
Elizabeth Wickline
Blairsville
J. Clair Irvin
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Fair Grounds
Walter E. Stutzman
Johnstown
Congress
Mgr
Stetson
Moorhead
Indiana
Bear
Puzzle Broadcasting Companies
Sammy Snead
Sammy
IG. O. P
Marines
Kong
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