Bituminous and Anthracite Unite Over Dues Fight
Thousands of bituminous miners press district seven to end the strike and return to work while district five CIO United Mine Workers endorses a dues assessment and urges grievances be handled through proper channels. In Hazleton insurgent miners press for action as a fact finding commission is sent to review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
District 5 Cio United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Delgates
International Union
Patrick T. Fagan
Anthony J. Federoff
Hazleton
United Mine Workers of America Today
International Board
CIO Union
Garrett Miller
UMWA
Commission
Washington
Ball Park
Scranton
Wilkes- Barre
Union Treasury
Pennsylvania
Lewis
District Seven
International Executive Board
German push toward Kharkov and Odessa reported
Nazi forces advancing east of the Dnieper claimed to have reached about halfway to Kharkov in the Donets basin. Dispatches also reported renewed pressure on the Black Sea port of Odessa as German operations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dnieper River
Kharkov
Donets River
Kiev
Black Sea
Odessa
Pledges Kept Highlight James Admin at Rally
Altoona Sept. 1 State Republican Chairman James Torrance and National Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr led a dinner and rally praising Governor Arthur H. James for cutting Pennsylvania’s deficit by 47.5 million in two years and for economic recovery. Speakers stressed balanced budgets, pledged reforms, and caution about postwar spending and national debt while praising James for aiding soldiers and industrial revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
James ¥. Torrance
Arthur H. James
Commonwealth
James
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Blair County
George G. Patterson
Forrance
Pennsylvania
Earle
Torrance
Patterson
Martin
House of Representatives
America
Night of Bomb Drops Shatters Allied Powers
The report notes a night raid dropping over 220000 pounds of bombs. German losses for the first two months include 84364 killed, 292690 wounded, 18921 missing. Russian prisoner totals exceed 1.8 million with higher killed counts. British estimates place Russian losses at 3 million and German at 2 million. Kronstadt guns reportedly knocked out by a coordinated German attack. Japan protests Soviet mines in the Sea of Japan after two ships sink with 13 deaths. Stuelpnagel tightens Seine department restrictions to curb revolts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Command
London
Ukraine
Donets
Kharkov
Adolf Hiller
Voelkischer Beobachter
Kronstadt
Leningrad
Finland
Germany
Russia
Japan
Kuh Ishii
Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Vladivostok
United States
Heinrich von Stuelpnagel
France
Seine Department
Paris
Income Tax Bill Hit Citizens With Broad New Levies
A Senate approved $3.0534 billion revenue bill expands taxes on everyday spending. A married couple with $3,000 income faces $654 in simplified return tax, while the plan taxes local phone use 6 percent, long distance calls 10 percent, light bulbs 8 percent, night club and movie outings, car taxes, card packs, and higher whisky and wine levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tess Ox
Tar bombs at Nazi envoy in Buenos Aires unrest
In Buenos Aires on September 18 two small tar bombs were thrown in front of the German ambassador Edmund Von Thermann's embassy residence during a hostile demonstration. Police arrested one person and dispersed about 20 protesters after extra officers were deployed to quell the disturbance shortly after midnight amid calls to expel the envoy over alleged abuse of diplomatic privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Edmund von Thermann
von Thermann
Argentina
Army studies uses for pulverized coal waste near Schuylkill
Philadelphia Sept 19 The army is studying a new industry to reclaim pulverized coal dumped into the Schuylkill river Lieut Col H B Vaughan Jr announced. The district engineer said coal operators may be wasting millions by sending waste downstream instead of using it commercially. Research is under way to determine uses for the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
H. B. Vaughan, Jr
Schuylkill
Thrift Investment Corp declares quarterly dividend
The board of directors of Thrift Investment Corporation in Pittsburgh has declared the twenty third consecutive quarterly dividend of fifteen cents per share on the 6% preferred stock, payable September 30 to stockholders of record September 25, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrift Investment Corporation
Pittsburgh
Senate debate over neutrality and naval convoys sparks split views
The discussion centers on moves by the administration and Secretary Knox disclosing Navy convoys of ships carrying war materials. Senator Van Nuys opposes convoys saying they risk U.S. involvement, while Senator George defends convoys within American waters and supports the administration's policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
van Nuys
D-Ind
George
D.ga
Classified Ad Market Totals and Standings Shown
A long list of stocks and companies appears in the classified section with names such as Am Can Am Com Am etc reflecting a dense stock and industrials display. Read the classifieds for prices and details.
Campaign asks farmers to gear 1942 crops to defense
Chicago September report details a nationwide door to door canvass to align farm production with U S defense needs. By December 1 1941 county agents will collect farmer plans covering crop acreage animal breeding and milk production with state defense councils compiling totals for 1942 targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Wayne H. Darrow
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Darrow
Washington
America
Axis
Relief funds in decrease in Indiana during week
Relief payments to needy Indiana Countians fell by 207 in the week ended today, State Treasurer G. Harold Wagner reports. Total payments were 3,753 with 923 checks issued, down from 4,585 last year and 950 fewer checks than a year ago. The Bureau of Assistance Disbursements lists 3,753 payments and 923 checks for the current week, 3,960,950 for the previous week, and 38,336,1979 checks for the comparable week in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
G. Harold Wagner
Bureau of Assistance
Treasury Department
Rail car loadings rise sharply in weekly report
The Association of American Railroads reported 918,952 cars of revenue freight loaded in the week ending last Saturday. This marks a 116,212 car increase or 14.6 percent from the prior week, a 109,887 car rise or 13.6 percent from a year ago, and a 119,521 car gain or 14.2 percent versus 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Paralysis cases rise in nine counties report
Dr Stewart says nine counties including York and Cumberland show no worsening but no improvement as new polio cases appear. Adams and Franklin lift bans this week while Cambria reports 21st case with 12 year old Donald Griffith among Johnstown victims and several releases from quarantine.
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Caster
Sehuylkit
Northumberland
Montgomery
Cambria
Schoola
Adams
Franklin
Stewart
Cambria County
Donald Griffith
Johnstown
Obituary notices for Mencer Boyer Bracken and Craig family
Obituaries note services for William Edward Mencer at 2:30 p m Saturday by Rev. Harry Burton Boyd D D of First Presbyterian Church with interment in Oakland Cemetery. Jesse Albert Boyer Jr. to be buried at Greenwood Cemetery after 2:30 p m Sunday at his parents’ Perm Run home. Pearl Craig Bracken died at home in South Fork. survivors include husband F A Bracken and children Earl John Mildred Mary Iola Bernice. brothers Samuel Craig John Craig H W Craig and Mrs Hope Davis. Funeral 1:00 p m Saturday para late residence. body to Indiana with Oakland Cemetery interment about 3:00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edward Mencer
South Sixth Street
Harry Burton Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Jesse Albert Boyer, JR
Perm Run R. D. 1
Greenwood Cemetery
Pearl (Craig) Bracken
F. A. Bracken
Brush Valley Township
John EB
Mary (Shultz) Craig
South Fork
Earl Bracken
Philadelpha
John
Mildred
Mary
Iola Bracken
Bernice Wilson
Huntingdon
Samuel Craig
Homer City
John Craig
Seward
H. W. Craig
Lisbon, O
Hope Davis
Beaver Falls
Wingfeal
Para
Indiana
Seizure Forecast as War Bonus Strike Grows
New York September 10 Three merchant ships of the Great Alcon fleet were requisitioned as a broader seamen owners dispute over war bonuses threatened a possible general strike. About 14 ships from six companies were struck, with three vessels seized and more to follow, as union demands for travel bonuses to West Indies and Suez routes fuel arbitration talks and government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alcon
Alcod
Alcon Banner
Alcoa Scout
The
Aluminum Co. of America
Seafearers International Union
AFL
West Indies
Canadian
Wear Indies
Maritime Commission
Weehawkan
Pacific Coast
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Sailors Union of the Pacific
West Coast
Red Sea
Suez
Arkansan
Alcoa
Grancille Conway
Commission
Alcoa Line
Newspapers Are for Defense in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg dispatch reports John J. Person, president of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, pledging full cooperation of state papers for national defense. In the State Department of Internal Affairs bulletin for National Newspaper Week, he urged all state units and institutions to root out doctrines opposite democratic Americanism and affirmed the press has long stood at the front in emergencies. He noted 195 daily and 460 weekly papers, most thriving, and cited 1040-41 newspaper and printing firm employment above the 1920 high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Spt
John Jf. Person
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Annsylvania
State Department of Internal Affairs’ Bulletin
Williamsport
Newspaper of
Pennsylvania
America
Commonwealth
Bulletin
Department
Akron man to begin life term for teacher murder
Albert B. Lukens, 58, former North Hill Methodist Church janitor, convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of 24 year old Ruth Zwick, a music teacher cremated at the church last Easter. Jury recommended mercy. He will be sent to Ohio Penitentiary next Monday to begin serving the life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Albert B. Lukens
Ohio Penitentiary
Ruth Zwick
North Hill Methodist Church
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Tel
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Pullman
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