Bombing Cairo Could Reckon with Moslem World and British Retaliation
The Today cautions that Axis bombing of Cairo risks inflaming the Moslem world and provoking British retaliation against Rome or Vatican City. It notes Cairo’s bombing could shift Allied aid dynamics and influence Berlin Rome strategy amid a wider Middle East crisis.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Cairo
Islam
Rome
Berlin
Egypt
Britain
Hitler
Russian
Ukraine
Mindy
Iran
Persia
Axis
Germany
Italy
Middle East
London
Eternal
Athens
Vatican City
America
Funeral details for numerous relatives and driver in fatal wagon crash
The obituary notes eight children injured in a wagon crash and lists surviving relatives including Mrs Mary D Armond of Pittsburgh Alec of Dixonville Mrs George Rubin of Clymer and others. Paul Clemenson of Denver is held in Indiana County jail awaiting investigation. He said bright lights blinded him and he swerved to the left but hit the wagon with the right front of his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary D. Armond
Pittsburgh
Alec
Dixonville
George Rubin
Clymer
Maxs
John Boston
Indiana
John
Hawaii
Marjorie
Fouth
Paul Clemenson
Denver
Colo
Clemenson
Rural schools to get REA aid for food processing gear
The REA program will aid rural schools in buying equipment to preserve and process high quality foods. Small processing centers can be set up for about one hundred dollars. Local NEA electric systems, over 800 nationwide, may finance loans at low rates. Appliance firms offer equipment at reduced prices. A free dance at Meadowbrook starts at 8.
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REA
NEA
United States
Rural Electrification Administration
Nazi Non Commissioned Officer Killed in Paris
A German non commissioned officer died of bullet wounds today in Paris. He was shot by an unidentified assailant amid French reprisals after 10 hostages were executed for earlier attacks on occupation forces. Paris authorities and German officials sought the killer and kidnappers of Manuel Herteaux, son of Lieut. Col. Alfred Herteaux, a Vichy veteran leader.
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Paris
Army of Occupation
Manuel Herteaux
Alfred Herteaux
Veterans’ Legion
Advertising conference in Harrisburg for PA newspapers
A two day meeting in Harrisburg September 22 and 23 gathers advertising executives from Pennsylvania newspapers to study how to better serve advertisers and customers during the national emergency. Sessions cover national and local advertising problems, radio and census impact, promotion, and standards, with notable speakers from Lancaster Philadelphia and Pittsburgh papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association
John W. Wohlers
Easton Express
Hugh K. Duffield
Harrisburg Sear-Roebuck
John P. Rees
Ivey & Ellington
Philadelphia
Harry L. Hawkins
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Donald W. Davis
Department of Journalism
Pennsylvania State College
C. M. Snyder
Reading Eagle-Times
Barl J. Gaines
Pittsburgh Press
I. Z. Buckwalter
Lancaster
James A. Crawley
Willes Barre Times-Leader
Evening News
W. E. Eysinger
Bradford Era
Clare R. McCullough
R. 5
Arthur
Sharon Herald
Ray H. McKinney
Publishers’ Representative
New York
Frederick R. Long
Chester Times
W. van Person
Williamsport Sun and Gazette Bulletin
Ross M. Blair
The
Pittsburgh Legal Journal
Vergil D. Reed
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Fred G. Pearce
Altoona
Mirror
Carl Baum
Gettysburg Times
John W. Barndollay
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
H. G. Wyman
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
C. H. Heintzelman
Coatesville Record
Collins Herrick
Oswayo Valley Mail
Shingiehouse
Strikes End After Sitdown at Clairton Coke Works
Carnegie Steel Clairton plant ends sitdown after 12 hours as workers walk off with non union members. About 30 coke oven operators and maintenance staff idleled. coal screening followed. Plant shutdowns crippleed open hearth furnaces and gas supply for six mills in the Monongahela Valley affecting 60,000 men. Local leaders call wage demands driven by cost of living. union claims lockout by company to deter picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Titisburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Clairton
Monongahela Valley
William J. Theis
Legislative Leaders Pick Up Tasks Left Undone
Harrisburg reports lawmakers were called to finish the 1941 session including redistricting from 34 to 33 seats. A ten man committee will study reapportionment while the State Government Commission prepares inquiries into unemployment, central lab, printing plant and other matters.
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Harrisburg
Elmer Kilroz
Charles H. Ealy
Senate
Joint
House and
General State Authority Board
Kilroy
Ealy
James
Pennsylvania
Assembly
State Government Commission
Paul C. Moomaw
Doubled capacity while gas supply deemed ample
Officials warn that a prolonged strike could steadily close more mills, already working near capacity for war material output, unless resolved.
Legionnaires Attend Big Show Amid Heat and Talks of War
Thousands of visitors gathered with Legionnaires for a day off from business as first aid stations treated spectators exhausted by heat. The program featured Josephus Daniels on continental solidarity and General Frank T. Hines on veterans affairs. A 1942 convention bid between New Orleans and Atlantic City loomed. Reports from the front claimed Lake Ladoga Island recaptured and Oesel island fights with heavy Finnish losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephus Daniels
United States
Mexico
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
New Orleans
Atlantic City
Warner
World War II Fronts Update From Africa to Russia
German panzer columns push toward Donets basin while Leningrad defense halts advances north of Moscow. Soviet counterattacks near Staraya Russa fail as Odessa siege ends in tank and equipment losses for Axis. In Africa, recon thrusts hint at renewed Nile campaign under Auchinleck as Cairo endures air raids.
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Dnieper
Russia
Donets River
Moscow
Leningrad
London
Adolf Hitler
Bologoe
Valdai
Staraya Russa
Lovat
Ukraine
Odessa
Black Sea
North Africa
Britain
Egypt
Berlin
Rome
Cairo
Helipolis
Methodist Notice Elects Meeting at Mrs Erickson Home
The Good Fellowship Class will hold its election meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 at the home of Mrs John Erickson on Center Avenue. Mrs Robert Taylor will serve as assistant hostess.
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Methodist
Good Fellowship
John Erickson
Center Avenue
Robert Taylor
Blackout crisis prompts Missouri guard call and power restarts
Missouri Governor Forrest C. Donnell ordered a home guard battalion to duty and another on standby as a Kansas City Power and Light strike shut down much industrial work. After four hours non-striking workers restarted turbines at the main plant restoring power to hospitals water works and many homes. Donnell vowed mediation and urged workers to return while offering state facilities to help resolve the dispute. Earlier, city officials warned the strike would not be tolerated and state resources would reopen facilities. In Pittsburgh CIO glass workers ended a 10 day strike with about five cents an hour raise for 3,000 workers at six plants across three states including Fource Glass in W Va and Ark Fort Smith and American Window Glass in Pa.
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Missouri
Forrest C. Donnell
Home Guard
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Donnell
Jefferson City
John B. Gage
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
CIO
Irwin T. Deshetler
CIO Federation of Glass, Sand and Ceramic Workers
Fource Glass Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Fort Smith, Ark
American Window Glass Company
Arnold, Jeanette
Belle Vernon
Civil Service Exams Set for 21 Labor Dept Positions
Harrisburg September 17 Civil Service examinations for 21 positions in the Department of Labor and Industry were announced by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. Deadline for applications is midnight October 15 with exams set for Saturday December 18. Posts include business machine and telephone operators and will be held in Allegheny Blair Cambria Clearfield Dauphin Evie Fayette Lackawanna Lawrence Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming Northumberland Philadelphia Schuylkill and Venango counties.
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Harrisburg
Department of Labor and Industry
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Allegheny
Blair
Cambria
Clearfield
Dauphin
Evie
Fayette
Lackawanna
Lawrence
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
Northumberland
Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Venango
Demand Lewis in Eastern Pennsylvania Anthracite
In Hazleton area 22,000 miners walk out amid a revolt over higher national assessments. District Nine delegates urge John L. Lewis to visit within two weeks to discuss increased dues and treasury funding. Insurgents threaten further action if Lewis does not appear, while a three-man commission pursues settlement without success.
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Hazleton
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
CIO United Mine Workers of America
Shenandoah- Mahanoy City
District Nine
UMWA
District Seven
District One
Lewis
Shenandoah Industrial Union Council
St. Nicholas
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Bernard Shirkness
Washington
Garret Miller
Miller
Tre
Bottlenecks Grip Grants Pass School Hiring
In Grants Pass Oregon a heated hiring dispute over a teacher arriving in a coupe highlights the need for an instructor with a sedan to transport students. Citizens question why the search persists as efforts to tidy up the operation continue.
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Grants Pass
Orc
Chalice
Company announces end to union deduction from pay envelopes
A company announces it will discontinue deducting union assessments from employees’ pay under the check off system, impacting payroll procedures and collective bargaining commitments.
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Pany
Methodist Center Move Prompts Blairsville Meeting
Indiana attendees will join the Blairsville District meeting of the Methodist Conference tonight after a supper at La Trobe Methodist Church. Bishop James H. Straughn will discuss the proposed Methodist Center Movement to house conference activities, with Smithfeld Street Church Pittsburgh eyed as the Center site.
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Indiana
Blairsville
Methodist Conference I Latrobée
Latrobe
Centenary Fund Society
Church Union
Smithfeld Street
Polio outbreak claims more lives as college games canceled
Polio continues to devastate the region with 28 deaths after two more fatalities. Harrisburg reports a suspected case after a two week lull. Juniata College cancels opening games with Delaware and Trexe on September 27 and October 4 as outbreaks hit colleges in the area. Jean Shipe, a two year old from Danville, dies in a local hospital, raising the Shamokin region tally to four deaths and five cases in 48 hours.
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Harrisburg
Juniata College
Delaware
Trexe
Jean Shipe
Danville
Shamokin
Northumberland County
Phil Murray Up for Re election
Delegates to the 38th convention of District Five, United Mine Workers of America, await the Resolutions Committee vote on endorsing the re election of Philip Murray as CIO president. Murray, Scottish born with Irish roots, rose from miner to District 1 president, then executive VP, and CIO president after John L. Lewis stepped aside. Rumors persist that Lewis may seek CIO leadership again as Hillman and Roosevelt allies influence the defense program. Murray is recovering from a severe heart attack at an ocean resort. A local resolution from Coke Borough urges Murray’s re election. The committee report is due later today or tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Murray
Scotland
Irwin
District 1
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Roosevelt
Murray Jig
Cokeburg
Washington County
Resolutions Committee
Lato
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PUC
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John Siggins
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