War Today Views on China and War Aims
J M Roberts Jr notes two frank developments shaping postwar relations. Light on China’s censor ship and leadership gaps in Kunming and Chungking suggest greater candor may help public opinion. Open discussion could foster informed peace by peoples rather than diplomats, avoiding revulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts, JR
Dewitt MacKenzie
United Nations
China
Clyde Farnsworth
Kunming
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Chunghing
Europe
John Highdower
Washington
America
Britain
Stalin
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Italy
Versailles
Russia
Clemency Pleas Refused Face Electric Chair
The State Pardon Board refused clemency for two Black defendants convicted of first degree murder. Thomas Mays Filiott of Harrisburg and George Nelson Gatling of Philadelphia face the electric chair at Rockview Prison early next week. District Attorney Carl B. Shelley opposed the commutations. The motive involved a robbery stabbing and the killing of a 50 year old man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State
Rockview Penitentiary
Thomas Mays Filiott
Warrisburg
Lucius Baker
Kenteke
Carl B. Shelley
George Nelson Gatling
Philadelphia
Dames Tracey
Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
The Marquise de Polignac Defends War Efforts in Prison
Paris Sept 19. The former Nina Crosby of New York now the Marquise de Polignac sat in Drancy stockade declaring she is not a collaborationist. She says she welcomed arrest to clear her name and that she aided the French war effort, drove an ambulance, and helped seven people including an American and her son. She cites a U.S. consul letter and a hospital service record as proof of her loyalty. Her son by her French marriage is a high officer in the FFI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cowan
Paris
Marquise de Polignas
Nina Crosby
New York
Drancy Stockade
Marquise
France
Germany
dTo
Gestapo
James Biddle Eustis
Young Eustis
United States
Robert D. Murphy
U. S
Frech
FFI
Graham Case Goes To Jury In Mercer Trial
The Graham murder case neared jury deliberation in Mercer County as testimony focused on whether Nichols Baking Co. records showed the Wilsons were customers. Defense and state witnesses disputed alibis and possible links to ration stamps used for fruitcakes, while relatives testified about the victim’s bruises and firearms knowledge. Meanwhile Allied forces pressed across the Rhine area with American First Army crossing into Germany near Aachen and reports of heavy German resistance and strategic advances west of Coblenz and Nancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
George Shoemaker
Nichols Baking Co
Gigarc
Ohio
Fee Graham
Everett Wilson
Howard S. Stamp
Farig Pear Mercer
Wilsons
Catherine Wilson
Helen Wilson
Robert MckKay
Wiliam Morell
Wilson
Stamp
Youngstown
Morrell
Donovan Henry
RE. Wilson's
Nichols Baking Company
Shoemaker
Aid
Wilson Farm
Henry
YW. C. Stamp
Sheamaker
Major
Claire Graham
Mercer County
T. A. Sampson
Mr. Graham
Sampson
Grahan
Janice
Graham
Siaudust
Shiv Tan
Amath Wells
Montgomery
Berlin
First Army
Duren
Cologne
Prum
Germany
Coblenz
Rhineland
Aachen
Aneta
Netherlands
Sittard
Maastuicl
Rolfort
Nancy
A Font
Third Armes
Strasbourg
Rhine
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Third Army
Alexander M. Patch
Belfort
Fourgerchies
Belfost
Westerday
Brittany
Brest
Te Croven
Fenee Channel
Bou. Jose
Radio France
Algiers
Trois AlSed
Nijmesen Cane
Bricker challenges New Deal aims after 1932 platform row
The New Deal faced critique as Bricker in a Pennsylvanian appearance questioned postwar employment plans. He pressed three questions on keeping youths in the army, government plants as taxpaying workers, and postwar employment strategy, arguing the current administration failed to break a decade of depression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Brivker Paty
uUsis Eit
Pitts- Hersh
Sta Masque
Bricker
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Brisker
Plenning
Front dispatches on Nijmegen and siege line
Report describes Beilisa positions west of Nijmegen near Aleve, cited as a northern terminus of the Siegfried Line. Mentions Esset in the Rohe Valley southeast and Feldmarshal Montgomery in overall command of airborne armies on the northern front with a claim of decisive war momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nijmegen
Aleve
Esset
Germany
Rohe
Bernard Montgomery
Ovewall
Pittsburgh gathering attacks Hillman Browder and Roosevelt
Speakers at a Pennsylvania gathering attack Sidney Hillman and Earl Browder while accusing Roosevelt of lacking moral courage. Judge Blair Gunther and Hobson Reynolds criticize leftist influence and urge action against communism and race-based excuses in wartime policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Allegheny Couunly
James F. Malone, Jr
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Commonwealth
Earle
Hillman
Gunthey
Joe Stalin
Poland
Baltic States
Roosevelt
Pilate
Atlantic Ocean
Hobson R. Reynolds
Philadelphia
France
Reynolds
UMW Demands Include Free Explosives and Tools in Agreement
The union seeks that employers supply all blasting explosives cables detonators batteries fuses and accessories to miners at no charge. It calls for a 4A clause requiring employers to furnish union made tools and explosives. It also argues non violation of wage agreements if miners strike to block tool shipments to competing workers. About 130000 members in military service are exempt from dues and will leave service in good standing upon discharge.
Business faith in veterans aid shapes postwar policy
Gaylord warns that without a strong economy and trained personnel the nation must prepare to police peace with a large standing army or swift mobilization. A Rockford official notes optimism as veterans return, saying management must provide jobs. He cites that about 70 percent of manufacturing labor is in small plants with under 500 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord
Rockford, I
America
Russell Guard Recalls Early Aircraft Carriers History
Russell Guard of R. and P. Coal Company spoke to the Kiwanis and Rotary about the Navy’s early aircraft carriers. He traced the first carrier concept to World War I, described conversion of Saratoga and Lexington, commissioned in 1927, and outlined early flight operations and navigation methods. His remarks praised Navy foresight and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Guard
R. & P. Coal Company
Kiwanis
Rotary
Mr. Guard
Jutland
Saratoga
Lexington
Guard
Navy
Red Army drives deep into Baltic front as German hold weakens
Soviet offensives across Latvia Estonia and Lithuania push to clear German forces from the Baltic region. Generals Bagramian and Romanian allied units move close to Riga and Jelgava with reports of thousands of towns captured and major setbacks for German defenses. Other Soviet Romanian operations drive toward Yugoslavia with Tamisoara captured near the Yugoslav border. News notes no new action reported on other fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Gulf of Finland
Yugoslavia
Baltic
Stalin
Riga
Ivan Bagramian
Heisliy
Nekava
Daugava Dvinat
Ely
Asiey Rote Munique
Gertians
Jelgava
Romayiia
Tamisoara
Yuegoslav
Belgrade
Red Army Arilers
Warsaw
Vistula
ICKES DEMAND continued from page
A heated exchange over UMW contracts and mining output is outlined in a convention reply approved by delegates. It asserts the union’s right to answer telegrams to President Lewis as employer and warns against perceived public-officer bias. The telegram defends keeping contractual fidelity and criticizes claims of higher coal production as ignorant and malicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Lewis
Sidney
Chicago
Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
Finland Accepts Terms In Soviet Armistice Deal
Finnish acting prime minister Von Born outlines armistice terms with the Soviet Union, including loss of Karelia and Petsamo, leasing Porkkala for 50 years, and 300 million dollars in reparations. He says airfields in southern Finland may be used by the Allies and that the Finnish merchant fleet will aid Allied war transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Europe
Stockholm
von Born
Onlu
Norway
Russia
Karelia
Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
Viipuri
Petsamo
Porkkala
Finnish Gulf
van Born
Weather in Western Pennsylvania Forecast
The weather remains fair with considerable sunshine through Thursday and tonight clear. Daytime temperatures rise slightly today and again Thursday. Insects have no breathing organs in their heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Guy
Recruiting Of Women To Stop Recruiting Of Women To Stop
Washington reports that Navy service women will be deployed mainly to western hemisphere posts. Waves and Spars expect quotas of 75,000 and 10,000 enlisted women with 1,000 officers by November. Marines numbered 17,994 women last June. The House passed a bill allowing western hemisphere assignments, now to the White House. Army War strength exceeds 80,000 with Women’s Army Corps authorized up to 200,000 under executive order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Waves
Spars
Coast Guard
Marine
Western Hemisphere
Rep. Smith
R.me
Marines
White House
Women's Army Corps
13 New Polio Cases Raise Pennsylvania Total to 984
The State Health Department reported 13 new infantile paralysis cases bringing Pennsylvania's total since January 1 to 984. The outbreak spans 61 of 67 counties with Montgomery County adding four cases, Allegheny and Lancaster two each, and Armstrong Cumberland Delaware Luzerne and McKean one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankisburg
APY
State Health Department
Pennsylvania
Montgomery
Allegheny
Lancaster
Armstrong
Cumberland
Delaware
Luzerne
McKean
Record crowds fill Ruppert Stadium for Ringling show
Kansas City dispatch reports the largest Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus turnout at Ruppert Stadium with 16,604 customers. The previous attendance record hovered near 18,000 set twenty years earlier in Concordia, Kansas, marking a historic peak for the circus in this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ringling Brothers -Barnum and Bailey Circus
Ruppert Stadium
American Association Baseball Club
Concordia
Kansas
Two Husbands In Service Get Six Months Jail
BRIE, Sept. 20 AP six month sentence begins for red haired Mrs Lillian L Koch 30 of Ridgway who pleaded guilty in Federal Court to unlawfully receiving a dependency allotment from her second army husband. Judge Schoonmaker denied leniency and suspended sentence restitution. Government charged Koch received 550 from Robert Amacher whom she married in Louisville Feb 6 1943 while still wife to Bernard Koch. Also sentences handed to Marshall T Beish 5 years for conscientious objector fail to report for induction Fred Krynck 18 of Cleveland 18 months probation in exchange for Navy acceptance Nick Karynak 5 years for refusing to report for induction. Indictments include nine Farrens residents liquor dealers Theodore H Dickey indictment for violating Selective Service Act. Alligators with skulls six feet long once lived in Texas fossil skull restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brie
Lillian L. Koch
Ridgway
F. P. Schoolimaker
Fred Krynck
Cleveland
Warren
Navy
Nick Karynak
West Middle/SOX
R. M. Gibson
Farrens
Theodore H.dickey
Punxstutawney
Obituary notes of several area residents
Obituary notes report the deaths of William Clarence Kenly of Homer City and other local figures including Lewis Hankinson D. Albert Foose Elkin and Rubin Silvis. Details cover birthplaces, family ties, military service, church and civic affiliations, survivors, funeral arrangements, and burial plans across Graceton Homer City Whitesburg Smicksburg Vandergrift and South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Albert Foose
White Township
Indiana County
Norman Pierce
Marchand Evangelical Church
Marchand Cemetery
Mr. Foose
North Mahoning Township
Harry
Glenshaw
Samuel
Marchand
William
Rochester Mills
R. D
Edward
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Moorhead
Marquise de Polignac
Graham Case
Western Front
Holland
ICKES
Gazette
Ringling Bros
Erie
Texas
William Clarence Kenly
Graceton Coal Co
Mr. Kenly
Homer City
Cokeville
Westmoreland County
William H
Elias Jennings Kenly
Kenly
Graceton
A. M. Wyot A
American Legion Post
Thomas
George
Coral
Peter
Canton
Pearl Reed
Brackenridge
Anne Roudebush
Roudebush
H. E. Miller
Coral Lutheran Cemetery
Lewis H. Hankinson
Whitesburg
Mr. Hankinson
Whitesburg Presbyterian Church
Plumcreek Township
William Hankinson
Mary Jane Burns
Edwin
Roy
Claiida Cribbs
Elderton
David C
Pittsburgh
Connor
Indiana
Samuel Connor
Dixonville
Vandergrift
Vandergrift Methodist Church
Elizabeth Campbell Connor
Philadelphia Street
L. J. Connor
Falls Church
J. H. George
K. L. Wadding
Vanderigrifts
Ella Clark
Blacklick
Robinson Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Trwin Beatty Elkin
Smicksburg
West Mahoning Township
Elkin
Mary Win
Elsie Esther Elkin
Mary Esther
Wayne Moyle
Rimersburg
May McDonald
Glen Campbell
Martha Edmund
Bowser
Plumville
Methodist
New Smicksburg
Rubin A. Silyis
South Bend
Mr. Silvis
Jacob
Maria Heffelfinger
Silvis
Hallia
Ralph Ramer
Derton
Porter
Alfred C. Silvis
West Lebanon
Reformed Church
Tedey
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