Blast Fatal to Storekeeper
Investigators in New Kensington probe the cause of a store explosion and fire at Kling Owner Al Friedman’s home furnishings shop. Friedman, 40, died in the store foyer. secretary Bessie Joseph, 21, was burned but not seriously. Fire Chief G J Clawson cited possible sewer gas ignition or cleaning fluid explosion. damage estimated at $14,000. Mrs Margaret Friedman and her sister fled the front as the blast occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
Kling
al Friedman
Bessie Joseph
G. J. Clawson
Friedman
Joseph
Margaret Friedman
Shirley Beams
Missing European reporter believed safe in Romania
Fr-Carl roll Binder, foreign news editor of the Chicago Daily News, said Richard Mower, a European correspondent reported missing in Poland, was likely safe somewhere in Romania. The basis was a Rome filed dispatch stating Mower and a companion were detained as spy suspects near Zalésczyki, Poland, then released after proving their identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carroll Binder
Chicago Daily News
Richard Mower
Poland
Rumania
Stefani
Rome
Mower
Ram Zaleszczyki
Food price declines at wholesale markets amid war boom
Wholesale prices for key food commodities fell from war peak levels as markets opened. Experts compare the trend to early World War I patterns with declines across grains potatoes eggs and livestock, while pork and other items remained near the prior day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Last Excursion To New York Fair
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a possible last weekend excursion to the New York world’s fair from Sharpsburg. A coach train would depart Friday Sept 22 at 7:45 p m and reach New York at 6:30 a m, with Saturday and Sunday at the fair and return Sunday night. If 30 Indiana and Homer City residents show interest, the gasoline coach would run Friday evening from Indiana. Return to Blairsville aims to meet the northbound coach Monday morning. Round trip fare drops to siak if 80 reservations, excluding hotel and meals, which can be arranged. reservations due by Thursday afternoon Sept 26 at the Indiana station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sharpsburg
New York
Indiana
Blairsville
Siak
Courageous Sinks After Torpedo Attack Off England
Survivors recount the sinking of the Courageous after two torpedoes struck the British carrier. About 800 saved by destroyers and ships including American freighter Collingsworth. Crew members clung to wreckage and lifeboats as they waited for rescue. many believed to have died trapped between decks. The ship had served as an airborne lookout for convoys. full crew complement not aboard.
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England
Ishore
Courageous
Collingsworth
North Atlantic
Maritime Commission
Washington
Jbad
H. M. C. Abel- Smith
King George
C. W. G. M. Woodhouse
W. T. Makeig-dones
Incomplete economic figures on commodity price changes
The fragment lists varied percentage changes for items like wholesale meals sugar and eggs with notes on net gains from August oil and other goods. Core entities include none clearly identifiable, with fragmented percentages and obfuscated terms. The text lacks a coherent narrative, making precise conclusions difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catfee & Perent
Judge orders newborn taken from mother amid abuse case
Camden New Jersey police judge Gene R Mariano ordered that a child be taken from its mother as soon as born after charges that parents pummeled their three year old daughter Madeline. The child showed extensive bruising and possible jaw fracture as hospital staff notified the court. The Fanellis were held without bail for the grand jury. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children official Louise Walsh testified the mother was expecting another baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Gene R. Mariano
Marino Fanelli
Madeline
Wells
Louise Walsh
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Fanelli
Mariano
Poland and Soviet actions raise new war questions
In a Warsaw and Moscow exchange, Red Army units push toward Poland as Germany and the Soviet Union seek to restore order. Reports claim 2,000,000 Soviet troops on the western front with up to 1,000,000 in Poland. Molotov says Russia will stay neutral but protect Ukrainians and White Russians. A Polish ambassador contemplated leaving Moscow amid diplomatic uncertainty. In Kansas City a boy on a bicycle was struck by another rider, breaking two bones in a five year old’s left leg.
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Tass
Tallinn
Ritzaus
Orzel
Red Army
Poland
Germany
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Waclaw Grzybowski
Hadeen
Vygcaslaft Molotov
Britain
France
Russia
Kansas City
Mark Duffy
Mark
Kiwanians Hear Of Europe From Florence Wallace
Miss Florence Wallace of Oak Lane Avenue spoke to Kiwanis at the Country Club last night after returning from Europe where she attended a Christian Youth conference and visited cities in England the Scandinavian countries and Germany including Berlin. She described war torn lands and the brighter side seen in housing cleanliness attention to youth physical training and the inauguration of Folk High Schools agriculture and horticulture.
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Europe
Florence Wallace
Oaklan Avenue
England
Germany
Berlin
Wallace
United States
Wartorn
Hitler says Germany invincible amid Poland war effort
Hitler told a rally that German arms, air power, and motorized units prove invincibility as Polish resistance collapses. He claimed vast prisoner gains, atrocities by Poles, and warned any alliance against Germany. He accused British plans of world conquest and asserted limited German aims with Russia, while pledging humane air warfare and patience ending soon.
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Germany
Hitler
Russia
Poland
England
France
Frange
Englan
Churchill
Eden
Duff-Cooper
National Socialist Party
Brethmann-Hollwee
Polish leaders flee to Bucharest amid war routs
Polish government figures, halted by advancing German forces, were said to be moving toward Bucharest on separate routes. Reports claimed they might head to Paris as a dispute between Foreign Minister Beck and Marshal Rydz-Śmigły intensified during the flight.
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Romania
Bucharest
Paris
Josef Beck
Bowgyd Smigi-Rydz
Spurned Lover Shoots Self After Despair Over Love
Beaver Falls September 19 Har vey Weil Jr 21 of near Fomball killed himself with two shotgun blasts after his love Vesta Swick 18 quit keeping house. Weil despondent since the breakup visited Swick yesterday and, upon her refusal to return, shot himself. A note to his father Harvey Weil Sr 60 spoke of heartbreak and a wish to marry and run the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Falls
Harvey Weil, Jr
Fomball
H. G. McCarter
McCarter
Weil
Vesta Swick
Swick
Harvey Well, Sr
Vesta
Obituary notices from several towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Obituary notices report multiple deaths including Mrs. Lillie Yates Cramer of Oklahoma near Apollo, survived by husband William Cramer and sons Paul J. Cramer and Leroy Cramer. Funeral Thursday at her residence with cremation in Ramsayigwa. Also Mrs. Henry Wineberg of Cloe died at 41 in Adrian Hospital, born Nov 4 1897, married May 1 1924 to Mr. Wineberg, leaves husband, six children and siblings, funeral Wednesday at Cloy M E Church with Oaklawn Cemetery interment. Mrs. John Taylor Scott, former Johnstown schoolteacher from Indiana County, died in Butler. funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Butler, burial here. Mrs. Catherine Mejsinger Rowl, 72, Blairsville resident for 82 years, died Sunday at home. survived by daughter Mary Louise Kohl and brother Inlina Meisinger. long involvement with religious and civic groups. funeral high mass at 9:30 a.m. at S Simon and Jude Church Blairsville, burial in church cemetery.
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Lillie {Yates} Cramer
Oklahoma
Apollo
William Cramer
Paul J. Cramer
Indiana
Leroy Cramer
Ramsayigwa
Henry Wineberg
Cloe
Adrian
Pbunxshawney
Scott McGee
Wineberg
Cloe Methodist Church
John Lantz
Anna V. Brown
R. D. G and Gayley
Donald
Johun
Taylor) Scott
Indiana County
Johnstown
Butler
West Wheatfield
Henry
Margaret
Welshaunce) Taylor
Albert Scott
Buller
Scott
JE. A Wakefield
Cyrus Shepherd
Robert Trimble
Willian Taylor
Seward
Catherine (Mejsinger) Rowl
Blairsville
East Campbell Street
Clarion
John G
Anna (Greybey) Meisinger
Clareton County
Anthony Kohl
Mary Louise Kohl
Inlina
Meaisinger
S. Simon & Juda Cawalk
Kohl
Jasapn I. Meigingar
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Eyre
Church
Allied push stalls as storms of war sweep Poland
Disrupted reports from Cernauti and Kyiv describe German westward advance while a vast Russian motor army moves through Ukraine toward the Polish frontier. Observers say Russians reach Kolomija and Wate near Kuty, with Polish refugees flooding borders. Estimates place Polish losses at up to 190,000 killed and German losses at 36,000 to 50,000. Fighting rages around Warsaw's Praga district, with radio cuts amid reports of intense combat as the front shifts.
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Cernauti
Ignace Mose¢icki
Beck
Ukraine
Red
Parnopol
Zgleszczyki
Sniatyn
Kolomija
Warsaw
Vaclav Lipinski
Lipinski
Praga
Rotarians Hear New Indiana State Teachers College President
Dr LeRoy King new president of Indiana State Teachers College spoke at Rotary in Hotel Indiana last night. He praised the school town rapport and outlined plans for the institution on the hill, noting a 1485 student body, 497 freshmen, and largest enrollment since 1931. He invited Rotary to attend the formal school opening exercises today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy King
Indiana State Teachers College
Rotary
Indiana
King
Jong
Pennsylvania
Neutrality debate over Poland, gas, and embargo repeal
The German Embassy cited Polish retreat as leaving mustard gas mines on a bridge in breach of a 1925 pact. Senator Borah doubted a swift peace, suggesting it hinges on British and French acceptance of German proposals. Roosevelt planned a joint session on neutrality, likely focusing on revising the neutrality law.
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Germany
Russia
Japan
Borahaid
Poland
Borah
England
France
Britain
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Stephen T. Early
Paris Front Shifts as Forces Ring Maginot Line
Paris reports pounding of the Saar region with French and German clashes. British troops move into positions near France's Maginot defenses while reinforcements advance through historic battle sites and the aging Hindenburg line. Berlin set to seek diplomacy with Belgium the Netherlands Romania and Balkan nations.
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Saarergecken
Alles
France
Maginot Line
Hindenburg Line
Berlin
Belgium
Netherlands
Rusmania
Balkan
Bandit Victim in Shootout Near Service Station
Joseph George, 47, of Monaco, died after a confrontation as police questioned him about robberies. Lieutenant Eb. R. Hartingn said he found George loitering near a service station Sunday night. George fired a bear gas shell, and the officer returned fire, striking him in the chest during the ensuing gunfight.
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Ellwood Cipy
Joseph George
Monaco
EB. R. Hartingn
George
Windsor Named Major General As War Declares
London reports the Duke of Windsor who resigned from a high field marshal post is ready to serve Great Britain as a major general. The temporary resignation was accepted by King George, effective Sept. 3, the day Germany declared war. The move aligns with wartime needs as Britain mobilizes forces.
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London
Duke of Windsor
George
Mada
Aries
Germany
Weather notes show increasing cloudiness and showers
The report records today’s warmer conditions with increasing cloudiness followed by showers tonight. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with scattered showers, temperature reading 99 and a minimum around 74, humidity 5 percent, barometric pressure about 28.07 today and 28.08 yesterday.
Amid shelling spirit of populace unbroken in Poland aid
The report says the populace remained unbroken despite constant shelling and vowed to resist to the last. General Lev Pychgly, commander of the Czech Legion in Poland, said 15,009 of his men were captured by Russia after Germany absorbed Czechoslovakia.
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Lev Pychgly
Poland
Germany
Cyechy-Slovakia
Huboo Earle Returns Home From Europe
Harvard junior Huboo Earle, son of former Pennsylvania governor, arrived in New York with tales of Europe during war. He described Paris blackout mishaps, the Nazi Soviet pact shock, and praised the French resolve while visiting Ambassador Drexel Biddle and friends in Philadelphia.
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New York
Sens
Hubert
Earle
Pennsylvania
United States
Europe
Paris
Harvard
Washington
William C. Bulltt
Philadelphia
France
Huban
Anthony d. Drexel Biddle
Warsaw
Young Earle
Greensburg Motorist Held in Girl Death
Greensburg reports a motorist charged with involuntary manslaughter and failure to stop after an accident in the death of a four year old girl named Alice. William Young of Jeannette was held for court after posting $2,000 bail. Police say the car struck the girl as she walked to church. the driver said he fell asleep, knew he hit something, but did not realize seriousness.
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Greensburg
Willian
Young
Jeannette
Policeman Reports Lost Wallet in Scranton
A Scranton policeman filed a report stating he had lost his wallet. The incident notes suggest the wallet may have contained identification and official credentials. Further inquiry was initiated with local authorities to locate the missing item.
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Scranton
Fhomay Rhymes
Bip
Athenianas Sail for Home from Glasgow
About 150 American survivors of the sunken British ship Athenia began boarding the American liner Orizaba in Glasgow for a late afternoon sailing to New York. Passengers described injuries and nerves after the disaster, with personal stories from Jessia Sutherland and Judy Scott as they left for the voyage.
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Glasgow
Brother James Home in Death in Plymouth
Gov Arthur H James mourns as his only son and namesake Brother James dies after emergency appendectomy in Boonville Missouri. Body lies in state at Harrisburg mansion. funeral at First Methodist Episcopal Church Plymouth then burial beside his mother in Hanover Cemetery Sugar Notch. Reverend George W Summerson leads service. Governor James, his daughter Dorothy James attend. Funeral follows long public tributes by cabinet members officials and citizens.
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Plymouth
Govenor
Arthur H. James
Executive
Harrisburg
Boonville
Myyew
George W. Summerson
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Young Armuy
Hanover Civeen
Sugar Notch
Meather
Overe
Young Dames
Executive Mansion
Wilbur V. Mallalien
Trace Methodist Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania
Dorothy James
Schwab's Rise and War Years Aided by Allies
Schwab, a leading early American steel executive, rose to head Carnegie Steel at 18 and later reshaped U S Steel. He funded Bethlehem Steel with 15 million and, with Eugene Grace, built a steel empire during World War I. Lloyd George later praised Schwab for saving the Allies amid war contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Schwab
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Pierpoint Morgan
U.S. Steel Corporatial
Bethlehem Steel
Eugene Grace
Great Britain
Russia
United Sates
Wilson
Emergency Slept Corporation
Scranton
Charles M. Schwab
Lloyd George
Bing
Lloyd Georgy
Former Pittsburgh P M Ralph E Smith Dies at 68
Ralph E. Smith 68, once Pittsburgh postmaster and police magistrate, died today. A prominent Democrat, he served as public safety director and police magistrate before being named postmaster in 1934. He was removed from the role years later amid charges of graft after refusing to resign.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph E. Smith
Ied
Smith
William N. McNair
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Sevang-Vacuum
Pacific
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Gil Ing
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