Roosevelt Policy Sparks Talk of Possible War With Germany
Dewitt Mackenzie discusses President Roosevelts order to shoot on sight against Axis incursions and the potential for a broader war. He notes Germany may avoid conflict unless forced, while Japan stance and Tokyo remarks on freedom of the seas signal ongoing negotiations to avert wider hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Roonevelt
Flont
Aula Caldera
America
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Tutre
United States
Fuehrer
Britain
England
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Iceland
Red Sea
Egypt
English Channel
Japan
Washington
Tokyo
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Nippon
Vladivostok
Hitler and Germany rally around NSDAP call
The article quotes a Nazi radio broadcast praising German sacrifice and unity against perceived Allied provocations. It extols the homeland’s strength, urges support for the Nazi community, and claims the German front remains unbroken despite Allied pressure. It frames Roosevelt’s speech as a provocation and asserts German resolve and moral unity.
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Europe
Germany
NBC
New York
Roosevelt
Black Sea
German Reich
Hold Up Suspects, U.S. Soldiers, in Thompsontown Bank Attempt
Two U. S. soldiers were held by State Motor Police in Lewistown for an attempted holdup at Farmers National Bank in Thompsontown. A 19-year-old corporal and a 26-year-old private, both stationed in Washington, admitted the attempt. One was arrested on William Penn highway, the other in Washington D. C. No charges filed yet. district attorney to review county or federal options. The pair, who came on furlough, demanded cash while the other guarded the cashier. both fled when told to beat it. The local prisoner reenacted the crime for identification.
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Lewistown
U. S
Farmers’ National Bank
Thompsontown
Richard Gray
William Penn
Juniata County
Washington, D. C
Gray
Washington
G. W. Graybill
J. S. McCormick
Graybill
Germans Face North Atlantic Convoy Battle
Nazi high command reported a major convoy attack killing ships totaling 154000 tons, with two more steamers torpedoed. Roosevelt pledged to sink enemy raiders on sight and defend merchant shipping. Soviet forces blocked German advances near Smolensk as Timoshenko’s defense slowed the invasion. Swedes report unrest linked to Quisling’s regime in Oslo.
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High Command
Berlin
Howger
Roosevelt
Germany
Great Britain
Hitler
Italy
Atlantic
Mussolini
U. S
White House
Rome
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Napoleon
Warsaw
Red Army
Red Star
Smolensk
Semeon Timoshenko
Soviet Information Bureau
House Leaders Claim 1941 Assembly Lifted Local Tax Burden
Harrisburg reports Rep. Leo Achterman says the 1941 legislature at least eased local tax burdens by having the state assume certain costs. He notes the Rural Legislator praised the achievement while blaming inaction on the rest of the program. Other Capitol news includes a committee to study reapportionment and layoffs in state finance.
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Assembly
Harrisburg
Leo A. Achterman
Achterman
Democratic Party
Monroe
Commonwealth
James
Elmer Kilroy
Bethlehem SWOC to start contract talks with Bethlehem Steel
The CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee said negotiations will open in New York next Tuesday over a new contract for eight Bethlehem Steel plants including Johnstown Rankin Leetsdale Bethlehem and Pottstown in Pennsylvania Lackawanna New York and two plants in Los Angeles California. The union seeks a union shop payroll deduction of dues seniority rights and uniform wage scales with a base rate previously set at 72 1/2 cents per hour.
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Johnstown
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
New York
James B. Gent
SWOC
CIO
United Wing
United States Steel Corporation
Big Steel
Gent
Bethlehem
National Labor Relations Board
Rankin
Leetsdale
Pottstown
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
N. Y
Los Angeles
Calif
Lee Hall
van A. Bittner
Bethlehem Mills
NLRB
Sparrows Point
Hethleheny
Steelton
Norway unions face crackdown as Nazi rule tightens
Norway's labor movement, now about 330,000 members, faces mass arrests and asset seizures amid Quisling imposed actions. Prominent figures including Ludvik Buland are sentenced, with some pardoned, while many union lists are confiscated and Boy Scout groups dissolved. Oslo remains quiet at night as authorities warn of civil action to quell agitation. Simultaneously Berlin reports Nazi invasion progress impaired by rain and mud, though operations advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Ludvik Buland
Labor Federation
Josef Terboven
Oslo
Asbjoern Ruud
Olaf Oekern
Didvik Arup Seip
Mnca
Stockholm
Quisling
Bergden
Trondheim
Stavanger
Aege
Berlin
Britt Folk
Camp News Continues With Troop Inspection Plans
The article reports that tents will be left at the reservation for the incoming 28th division, with one officer and 20 men in each of five camp areas for inspection. The homeward convoys travel via York and Lebanon to Indiantown Gap. others pass through Fredericksburg to Chambersburg, Carlisle, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, and Carliste before joining U S 22 to camp.
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York
Lebanon
Indiantown Gap
Fredericksburg
Chambersburg
Carlisle
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
U. S. 22
Pennsylvania
Carliste
Camp
Soviet claims German drive toward Smolensk stalls in 83 day Napoleonic record
Soviet reports from Moscow claim Hitler's blitz against Smolensk is reversing as Red Star notes German forces advancing seven to ten miles daily. Soviet bureau cites a pincers tactic that destroyed 79 German tanks and 32 guns with 2,500 enemy deaths. Napoleon's 83 day Moscow campaign reference marks today as a hard day in the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Red Star
Semeon Timoshenko
Soviet Information Bureau
Poland
Napoleon
Middle
East
Prussia
Hitler
Russians Counterattack Across Lower Dnieper Regain Ground
Moscow reports cross river strikes on the lower Dnieper with claims of island and village captures from German and Romanian forces. Red Star notes tank charges driving Germans back toward Smolensk at 7 to 10 miles per day as heavy fighting continues up and down the central zone.
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DNB
Berlin
Germany
Napoleon
Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Army
Olkha
Red Star
Smolensk
Dnieper
Hortitsa
Voyskovoye
Fedovevka
Miners Push Protest Caravan in Eastern Pennsylvania
More than 8,000 union members have walked out since Tuesday closing 13 collieries in the anthracite field. Leaders plan a caravan from Lansford to Hometown to meet a Hazelton group for a march on Mahonoy City area collieries. The walkout targets a dues rise from 1 to 1.50 monthly and an annual assessment from 2 dollars. the increases were approved by a national referendum but Panther Valley miners opposed them. Brown and Miller led a mass meeting at Cranberry Hall where Brown was booed and urged to resign. Miller said the strike aims to remove the dues clause from the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansford
Carbon County
Hazelton
Mahonoy City
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
General Committee
CIO
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Panther Valley
Hugh V. Brown
District Seven
Garrett Miller
Brown
Miller
Cranberry Hall Ball Park
Stock Market Snapshot Of Major Industrial Firms And Rates
A dense ledger lists ticker updates across major firms including Anaconda, Edison, Du Pont, General Motors, IBM peers, and airlines, with percentages, prices, and sector notes. Notable entities include General Electric, Eastman Kodak, United Aircraft, Studebaker, Reading Company, and Woolworth, reflecting mixed gains and losses across sectors amid market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendix Aviat
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto-Lite
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Illinois Central
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cop
Lehigh Fort C
Liggett and Myers
Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward Daly
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Cal
Std Oil Inday Ltd
Oij
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Corp Aly United Aircraft
United Corps
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
Warner Bros
West Union
West el
Mtg
Woolworth
Youngst
Aero Supply
Elec
Ak Pennroad Corp
Foreign reaction to FDR speech across Axis nations
Rome spokesmen condemned Roosevelt as provoking Germany while claiming Italy must attack ships in self defense if escape is impossible. Germany cited major submarine losses against a North Atlantic convoy. Japan rejected piracy labels and noted sinking ships as costly, not profitable. Vichy and Chungking offered cautious, mixed readings, while London praised the warning as practical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Germany
Japan
Japan Times and Advertiser
Japanese Foreign Office
Vichy
Rooseevlt
United States
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
London
Lord Halifax
Washington
Anthracite ceiling prices fixed by Price Administrator
Washington fixed and blocked coal price moves today by Leon Henderson. The at the mine ceiling remains as of August 14, with $8.60 for the principal domestic, $5.10 for pea coal, $3.75 for buckwheat No 1, $2.00 for rice, and $2.15 for barley per net ton of 2,000 pounds.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Pennsylvania
Musmanno Notified In Revival Ceremony At School
In Pittsburgh on September 12 Judge Michael Musmanno will be formally notified of his Democratic nomination to the state superior court at the Stowe Township School he attended. Henry E. Patton, former principal, and Mrs Mabel K Marietta, one of his early teachers, will conduct the ceremony to launch his November campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittsburgh
Michael &. Musmanno
State Superior Court
Musmanno
Allegheny Common Pleas Court
Henry E. Patton
Stowe Township
Mabel K. Marietta
Four Slayers at Pardons Board Hear Appeals
The State Board of Pardons in Harrisburg will review four condemned Pennsylvania inmates next week in its first session since June. Herman Petrillo, William Earnest, Harold Frisbie, and Willie Jones face execution by electric chair amid a board that also has 107 cases pending. Petrillo is tied to a murder-for-insurance ring. Earnest killed Mrs. Atkins with a curtain rod. Frisbie murdered Edward Lee. Jones killed Frank Akerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Warren R. Roberts
G. Harold Wagner
Board of Pardons
Department of Health
Harrisburg
State Board of Pardona
Pennsylvania
Ila
Herman Petrillo
Philadelphia
William J. Earnest
Harold B. Frisbie
Sullivan County
Willie Jones
Pittsburgh
Petrillo
Seaboard City
Paul Petrillo
Herman
Rafael Caruso
Ernest
Ethel Atkins
Montgomery County
Atkins
Fresble
Edward Lee
Jones
Frank Akerson
McKeesport
Frisbie
Lindbergh warns aviation cannot win war alone
Lindbergh says America would be drawn into actual conflict if England relies only on air power. He calls England's position desperate and argues she cannot win the war by aviation alone. He adds that without American encouragement, England might have sought a peace in Europe months earlier.
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England
Uuse
Europe
State Defense Council targets malnutrition in youth
Harrisburg Sept 12 The State Council of Defense moved to combat malnutrition in Pennsylvania youth, a main draft rejection cause. A conference led by Dr A C Marts will discuss nutrition and consumer protection with county councils, educators, clubs, and home economics staff, outlining food and housing buying problems and unified programs.
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Harrisburg
State Council of Defense
Pennsylvania
A. C. Marts
State Council
State Nutrition Council
State Defense Council
Consumer Division
U. S. Ofce of Price Administration
William Mather Lewis
Tsate
Selective Service
Marts
State Department of Public Assistance
Laura W. Drummond
Pennsylvania State College
College Weather Forecast says partly cloudy and cool
Partly cloudy and continued cool today and tomorrow with northeast winds. Highs reach 65 to 70, lows 50 to 45, readings show 47 at start, max 63, min 44. Relative humidity 78 percent and barometric pressure around 29.05 inches, yesterday 29.04.
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Charles H. Baly
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James Has
Democratic House
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Wis Geal
Ornora Ae
Pardon Board
Lindbergh
College
Ancy
Utah
Maryland
Idaho
Indiana Fruit & Produce
Tocci Bros
Phila, St
Indiana
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