Struggle Grows Over French Rebel Movements Amid Allied Tactics
In wartime commentary Dewnt Mackenzie analyzes rising revolts against Nazi occupation in France and other Axis allied states. He notes Britain and the Free French under Charles de Gaulle cautiously encourage rebellion while delaying coordinated action until Allied invasion readiness. He warns of executions and fear as tools to deter uprisings and discusses Britain's shipping limits and invasion timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewnt MacKenzie
Efance
Hitler
Charles de Gaulle
London
Vichy
de Gaulle
France
Croatia
Tts
Britain
England
Roosevelt Press Confirms Neutrality Debate Amid Atlantic Sinkings
President Roosevelt spoke at a press conference on the sinking of the S. S. Pink Star, detailing the submarine attack 275 miles northeast of Cape Farewell. Senator Tobey accused the neutrality act of being evaded as arming merchant ships is debated. 28 survivors reached Iceland after the loss in the north Atlantic. In Wilkes-Barre, Judge B R Jones withdrew as Republican nominee for a third term, with the county committee to name a substitute.
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Austin
Senator Tobey
RNH
Tobey
Judicial
Wilkes-Barre
B. R. Jones
Luzerne County
Blair posts bond in non support case
James B. Blair a 48 year old Pittsburgh architect waived a hearing on abandoning his wife and three children. He posted bond of 600 dollars with Alderman J Wise pending court action. Blair’s wife daughter Barbara 18 Carol 14 and Clara nine were left on a 180 acre farm in Ligonier Valley three weeks ago without support. Blair is a member of Rolling Rock Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
James B. Blair
Pittsburgh
J. Wise
Mra
Blair
Carol
Barbara
Clara
Ligonier Valley
Argentine interior crisis fuels fears of swift action
Rumors of a subversive movement across Interios Cordoba and Tucuman spurred debates in the chamber as Acting President Ramon Castillo faced accusations of alleged totalitarian plotting. Authorities denied unrest while reports said airfields near Buenos Aires Cordoba and Mendoza were involved in rounding up suspects.
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Interios
Cordoba
Tucuman
Eduardo Tessalve
Ramon’ Castillo
Castillo
Parana
Palomar
Uenos Aires
el Plumerillo
Mandoza
Cornoel Pringles
Ville Cercedes
Fire Association drive urged by Indiana official
Steele Clark, Indiana County Commissioner, champions the Fire Association fund drive. He notes volunteer fire companies serve 24/7 in all weather and stresses community needs, citing 46 alarms in 1940 and 52 fires so far in 1941, plus first aid training through the Red Cross and other community services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Fire Company
Indiana
Red Cross
Mexico President’s push claims union plots and faulty munitions
The president’s brief argues that a conspiracy between a director and ousted labor leaders sought to paint workers as Communists and damaged munitions output by outsourcing to incompetents. It cites union attacks on international policies and reports 200 workers marched, while others claim over 1,000 participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pennsylvania Liquor Board Cuts Markups After Federal Tax Change
The Pennsylvania Liquor Board announced lowered markups to eliminate profits from the new federal tax. Cordials drop from 60 to 48 percent and wines from 60 to 43 percent, with the action following talks between Governor James Gelder and Wor yell Wagner. The move aligns with a Liquor Dealers association push at a Pennsylvania convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Frederick ‘S Gelder
W Woryell Wagner
Pennsylvania Retail Liquor Pealers Association
Gelder
Commonwealth
Striking miners name eight to press Lewis in Washington
In Hazelton September 94 a committee of eight miners from districts around the area flew to Washington to press President John L. Lewis for removal of Hugh V. Brown and his staff, a dues rise, and to end the wage protests. The group will report back to the rank and file with no binding promises and aims to settle grievances through proper channels. The corps includes Dvorshock of McAdoo and Gorjack of Tamaqua with Ned, Conchy, Yurchak, Hartneady, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO United Mine Workers
Hugh V. Brown
Leack
General Committee
Lewis
Charles Dvorshock
McAdoo
Frank Gorjack
Tamaqua
Charles Nedd
Coaldale
Peter Conchy
Andrew Yurchak
Lansford
Patrick Hartneady
Nesquehoning
Hurricane winds scatter along Texas coast and city shelters rise
A hurricane center near the Texas coast shows winds down to 77 mph as it curves northeastward. Destructive gales extend 100 miles north of Galveston with warnings from Matagorda to Galveston and tides lashing Corpus Christi to the Louisiana line. Thousands seek refuge in Houston facilities while Red Cross feeds relief seekers and sea walls endure the surge.
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Houston
Weather Bureau
Galveston
Morgan City
Matagorda
Corpus Christi
Louisiana Line
Galveston Bay
Union Station
Red Cross
Camp Wallace
Camp Mullen
Ellington Field
Galveston Sea Wall
International tensions rise as Argentine patrols and arrests hint at unrest
Argentine troops patrolled military airports amid arrests of young aviation officers as a precaution against a Pan American war-related uprising. Rumors circulated in Buenos Aires chambers of deputies about a subversive movement in Cordoba and Tucuman, with inland airports at Cordoba and Pa- detected in fragmentary reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Deputies
Buenos Aires
Interior
Cordova
Tucuman
Cordoba
Liquor Tax Fight Spurs Retailer Association Policy Push
The Makewise association backs a five point policy urging closing state liquor stores in dry towns, off premise bottle sales, testing the bar maid act, opening a Harrisburg office, and stronger enforcement against bootlegging. Treasury data shows August stockpiling as liquor tax changes loom, with 10,002,488 tax gallons withdrawn, signaling delayed impact from the new rates set Oct 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Makewise
Closar
Harrisburg
Washington
Treasury
Lqugar
Drought Forces Bath Ban at Mt Holyoke as Harvard Helps
The Mt Holyoke College drought ban bans tub baths and showers, provoking sympathy from Harvard men. President Ham calls the shortage serious during an emergency chapel session. Harvard Crimson editors offer to publish and coordinate volunteers to share in the gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hadley
Mags
Mt. Holyoke College
Harvard
Roswell G. Ham
Atus Dent
the Crimson
Mt Holyoke
Eémell
Joan Theiy Showéta
Cyimgon
Girje
Yale
Global War Developments Stir World Tension
Nations parse shifts as German and Italian raiders threaten ships while Western Hemisphere defenses mobilize. Reports recount clashes in Mexico and Ukraine, air battles over Moscow, and Japan Russia trade talks amid ongoing neutrality act debates in Washington.
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Tana
Republi
Mexico
Guillermo Rojas
Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Washington
United States Navy
White House
Ukraine
Moscow
Russlang
RAF
Germany
England
Wales
Manchukuo
Siberia
Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Koh Ishii
Sea of Japan
Kirker death notice local to Johnstown and Heilwood
Kirker deceased, widow Ester Long Kirker and two children Charlies William and Margaret Anne survive. He left two brothers Carl M. Kirker of Wheeling and Robert Kirker of Johnstown, and sister Thelma Kirker of Johnstown. Funeral at his mother’s Johnstown home Friday noon, Beech Woods Cemetery Jefferson County near Pall Creek. Friends may visit at 1207 Bedford Street after 7/30.
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Thelma Kirker
Johnstown
Beechwoods
Jefferson County
Pall Creek
Kirker
Bedford Street
Thanksgiving date split across states amid Roosevelt plan
Washington reports ongoing confusion over Thanksgiving Day dates. About two thirds of states, including Massachusetts, align with President Roosevelt by choosing November 20 as Thanksgiving. One third, among them Pennsylvania, sticks to November 27 as the traditional last Thursday observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Lower Demand On Railroads
Cleveland reports indicate automobile industry rail transportation needs for the fourth quarter of 1941 will fall about ten percent from the third quarter. Kenneth A. Moore of Detroit, head of the Auto Manufacturers Association, spoke at the Great Lakes regional advisory board meeting attended by roughly 500 shipping and railroad officials. The Great Lakes area expects only a 3.8 percent drop, due to heavy truck movement. Grain shipments are expected to decline as elevators run at capacity. William E. Maloney of Buffalo, board president, urged farmers to store grain on or near their farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Kenneth A. Moore
Detroit
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Great Lakes
Moore
William E. Maloney
Buffalo
Great Lakes Board
Maloney
Blossom Time at Johnstown
Blossom Time, celebrating its 20th year in America, comes to Embassy Theatre Johnstown on Wednesday evening October 1. Everett Marshall stars as Franz Schubert, delivering a performance praised for its likeness to the Reider portrait and his careful preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Franz Schubert
Embassy Theatre
Johnstown
Everett Marshall
Metropolitan Opera
Marshall
Reider
Schubert
State Studies Polio Reports Across Nine Counties
Harrisburg Sept 24 state health authorities studied conditions in nine counties where schools stayed closed to prevent infantile paralysis spread to determine if classes resume next Monday. Fifty eight counties reported cases totaling over four hundred seventy five with at least thirty three deaths attributed to the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Parole Board Patronage Becomes Big Political Issue
In Harrisburg on September 24, aides of Governor James say the 1941 parole board selection has grown into the administration's largest patronage problem. They report thousands of letters and hundreds of organizations seeking positions, with candidates waiting mid for jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
James
Garbage men end walkout in Pittsburgh strike
About 400 of 854 AFL local truck drivers and helpers returned to work after Mayor Cornelius D. Scully threatened to seek their dismissal if they did not resume by noon. The walkout, begun Monday, aimed to press for higher pay. police arrested 14 pickets for blocking city offices.
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Pittsburgh
Cornelius D. Scully
AFL
Refuse Drivers and Collectors Union
William Miller
AFL Teamsters Union
Scully
AFL Teamsters
Civil Service Commission
Agronomy Meetings Planned Near Rochester Mills and Purchase Line
Two farmer meetings near Rochester Mills and Purchase Line are set for September 25 and 26. On September 25 at 7:30 p.m. Frank Bamer, agronomy extension specialist, will show colored slides on contour strip farming at Savan Grange Hall with Assistant County Agent D. H. Ricks. On September 26 at 6:00 p.m. a twilight observation will be held at Clyde Houck's farm, recently laid out in strips for two years, followed by more strip cropping pictures.
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Rochester Mills
Purchase Line
Frank Bamer
State College
Savan Grange Hall
D. H. Ricks
Clyde Houck
Banner
Bituminous Coal Prices Expected Rise for X-River Shipments
A bituminous coal division examiner recommended raising minimum prices by 7 12 cents per ton for X-River shipments from mines in Districts Two, Three and Six in Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia. The hike would apply to coal moved from Colona and Conway via X-River, excluding shipments to Youngstown, Walford, or intermediate rail points, with most movement entering eastern Ohio.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Colona
Conway
Youngstown
Ohio
Walford
Produce Market News and Livestock Prices Summary
Pittsburgh and Chicago market notes show light produce demand with specific apple and potato quotes in No. 2 baskets and 100 lb sacks. Wheat and corn futures rose modestly in Chicago. hogs and cattle movement mixed in Pittsburgh with steady to higher calf and lamb values. New Orleans city population listed as 403,22 in 1939.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Mcintosh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania Jonathans
Michigan McIntosh
New Jersey
Chippewas
Pennsylvania Cobblers
Idana Russel
Burbanks
Chicago
United States
New Orleans
Fag Wrappers Not Disturbed War Time Report
Washington reports that Smekers shield cigarette paper from wartime disruptions. The Commerce Department notes imports from France are limited but U S industry now makes cigarette paper from flax straw from domestic farms, ensuring supply for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Priopines
France
Domentle Farms
Townsend Club Meeting At Fair Grounds Social
Towns end Claus Megipe mentions a Townsend Club meeting at the Fair Grounds hall Friday September 26 at 8 00 PM DST with a social dance cake walk and other amusements
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Townsend Claus Megipe
Townsend Club
Fair Grounds
Union Leader Calls for Repeal of Neutrality Act
Atlantic City N J September 24 John Green president of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America CSO urged repeal of the Neutrality Act speaking before national convention delegates He expressed support for President Roosevelt foreign policy and the eight point program with Churchill and said there is no turning back if the act stands in the way it should be wiped from the statute books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
John Green
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
Green
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Dawn Blast at Oil Plant in Whiting Ind
A dawn explosion at Standard Oil's Whiting refinery caused a fatality and several injuries. The blast started in the No 1 heating plant pump house, spread to a refinery pumphouse and an agitator plant used for kerosene, with four large gasoline storage tanks nearby shielded by wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Company
City history booklet aims to teach locals their town
A school committee, alarmed by students ignorance of Erie history and institutions, prepares a savage booklet to cover the city’s history government and industrial life as a classroom text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Industriel Ufe
Advertising Meeting Ends Harrisburg Conference
Harrisburg hosts two day sessions where Pennsylvania publishers and advertisers discuss defending newspaper advertising against wartime material shifts. John W. Barndollar warns media to unite for national advertising strength and notes competition among media. The Pennsylvania News Publishers Association plans four regional conferences to tackle defense impacts on newspapers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
nNewspaper
John W. Barndollar
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Barndollar
ANPA
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association
Fred G. Pearce
Altoona Mirror
Carl Baum
Gettysburg Times
H. G. Wyman
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
C. H. Helizleman
The
Coatsville
PNPA
Butler Country Club
Butler
Vernor L. Wise
Butler Eagle
di- Tectar
College Weather Forecast Pair and cooler today
Forecast calls for pair and cooler conditions today with increasing cloudiness and warmer tomorrow. Highest 75, lowest 45. Northwest to west winds. Reading 47, max 62, min 55. Humidity 82 percent. Pressure today 29.70 inches, yesterday 29.71 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
Obituary notices from multiple families follow
Obituary continues listing survivors and service plans for Mrs Wright, Joan Burkett, Elmer Collins Brown, and Nona Buchanan. Details include children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, siblings, funeral home names, service times, burial locations, and travel disruption effects from a hurricane.
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Cero
Pege Onv
Mt. Holyoke
Auto Industry
Parole Board
Clyde Lewis
Garbagemen
Agronomy
Bendix
Ons Edison
Consol
Curtiss Wright
West
Douglas Aircraft
Eastman Kodak
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hercules
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Johns Manville
Kennecott Cop Kresge
Lehigh Val Coal
Liggett and Myers Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
Central RR
North Amer Co
Northern Pacific
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
BBY Penn RR
Svo NJ
Pullman
Radio Corp of Am
Reading Co
Repub Steel
Reynolds Tob B
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum Sperry Corp
Stand Brands
Stand Oil
Cal
Ind Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift End Co
Texas Corp
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
Rubber U
Warner Bron Filet
Westmon Tel
West E
Migoy al Woolworth
Yellow Tring C
I Sh
T Aero Bulco
Shere
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Clayton Straw
Rowley Cemetery
Texas
Joan Burkett
Burkett
Grant Street
Robinson Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Lawrence H. Maines
First Christian Church
Mas
Elmer Collins Brown
Mra. Brown
Woodward B. Clark
Saranse
N.Y
Huntingdon
Huntingdon Cemetery
Brown
Mag. Nona
Buchanan
Robinson
Grandsview Cemetery
Ian Ts Ie
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