Postwar aid pool looms as Europe faces hunger crisis
Dewitt Mackenzie notes a wartime pledge by Geltsin and allies to form a large pool of food and materials for European rehabilitation. He warns of looming famine and economic chaos without swift postwar aid, and discusses Allied, Soviet, and British plans to sustain resistance and open routes to relief, including potential actions in Iran and the Caucasus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
St. James Palace
London
Geltsin
Old World
Europe
Ivan Maisky
Britain
Russia
Ukraine
Budyonny
Caucasus
Alles
Hitler
Don
Middle East
Iran
Persia
Archibald Wavell
Churchill
India
Budgonny
Guards Set Daily Road Routine for War Games
The division will halt each day at 4 p.m. for ground rest and resume at 6 a.m. the next day. Eight meals per day will be provided en route from large Quartermaster Corps stores for 212 days. Additional supplies will be taken at Dillwyn Virginia. At Greensboro North Carolina the army will take control and move to Liesville the next day. Sunday travel was dropped to ease congestion. Major General Edward Martin praised the division's readiness for the war games and noted evident reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quartermaster Corps
Dillwyn
Greensboro
N.C
First Army
Liesville
N. C
Edward Martin
Humor at Robbers Trial in Eldred Bank Heist
In Erie federal court three men named in the $641 Eldred bank robbery last May testified. Edward Kern of Pittsburgh and Francis Spinney with John Simmons of Buffalo face trial. A fourth suspect, John Cart Archet, was killed in Buffalo. Witness Frederick Loop described helping move money into a bag as Simmons directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
First National Bank of
Simmons
George Mashant
U. S
Loop
William Muleur
Renova
BR. E. Drake
Mary Kleisath
Theodore Proity
Eldred
Charles F. Dicht
Altoona
Leroy Merle Hurd
Port Alegheny
R. D
Hall Roosevelt obituary notes varied career and wars service
Hall Roosevelt, an electrical engineer and transportation executive, held Detroit city controller post and served on a mayoral unemployment committee. A World War I aviator instructor, he survived a cousin Quentin Roosevelt’s death in France, married twice, and was survived by two former wives and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Supreme Court
Frank Murphys
Yukon
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
General Electric
Seattle
Chicago
Harvey Schwann and Company
New York City
United States
Hall
Quentin
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Hall Roosevelt
Margaret Richardson
Boston
Philadelphia
Dorothy Kemp
Neutrality debate on sending American food to occupied countries
Former President Hoover backs a Senate resolution urging the State Department and Britain to organize relief shipments of American food to Belgium Norway Poland and the Netherlands. Hull stresses the occupying authorities bear the duty to provide relief amid Germany's removal and diversion of foodstuffs, while noting limited knowledge of any German terms.
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Thon
State Department
Great Britain
Belgium
Norway
Poland
Netherlands
Herbert Hoover
Yugoslavia
France
Finland
Spain
Greece
Denmark
Actin
Hull
China
Pennsylvania National Guard Division Aims for Creditable Service
A speech lauds the long intensive training period and North Carolina maneuvers. It expresses confidence in the soldiers and officers of the 28th Division to perform missions proficiently as part of the First Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
28Th Division
North Carolina
Pennsylvania Nations Guard
Wll
First Army
Argentina declares coup plot quelled as rumors persist
Acting President Ramon Castillo announced tranquility after the government seized military airports, arrested about 20 aviation officers, and mobilized 200 frontline warplanes. He denied ousting General Angel M. Zuloaga but hinted he may have sought relief. Rumors swirled of a totalitarian putsch or government provocation as authorities searched for 34 missing ammunition cases and prepared to guard airfields. The House blocked a 110 million dollar U.S. loan amid protests by radicals and nationalists, while December elections in Buenos Aires province loom ahead of 1943 presidential voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Ramon Castillo
Angel M. Zuloaga
Audi
Zuloaga
Air Corps
Andi
Castillo
Radical Party
National Democratic Party
House of Deputies
United States
Argentina
Roberto Ortiz
Duke of Windsor and duchess welcomed in Washington
Thousands line the capital to greet the Duke of Windsor and his American born duchess as they arrive in Washington. Sir Ronald Campbell and George T. Summerlin attend official welcomes at Union Station amid a crowded, celebratory scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Duke of Windsor
Ronald Campbell
George T. Summerlin
State Department
Union Station
Demos Open Campaign Touching Off Tour Of Judiciary
Harrisburg September 25 The Democratic drive to unseat two Republican judges on the Supreme and Superior Court kicked off with a 29 member committee meeting in the Capitol. State Chairman Meredith Moyers outlined a vigorous statewide and local canvass to elect Carr and Musmanno and to energize liberal voters for the judiciary. Carr tours include Lock Haven Bellefonte Lewisburg Mauch Chunk Milford Montrose Towanda Wellaboro. Musmanno tours include DuBois Sykesville Indiana Emporium Kane Warren Tronesta Clarion Oil City Farrell Meadville New Castle Butler Kittanning. Supporters on the committee include U S Senator Joseph Guffey and numerous state and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Michael A. Musmanno
Allegheny County
Charles K. Kenworthy
Superior Court Place
Parker
Kenworthy
James
Meyers
Carr
Musmanno
Lock Haven
Bellefonte
Lewisburg
Milton
Indiana
Mauch Chunk
Milford
Montrose
Tunkhannock
Dushore
Towanda
Wellaboro
Musmatino
DuBois
Sykesville
Emporium
Kane and
Warren
Allentown
Harry M. Turrell
Will A. Walker
Marion C. Stone
Coudersport
Elmer Kilroy
Leo A. Achterman
Stroudsburg
B. B. McGinnis
Pittsburgh
John F. Breslin
Summit Hil
Luther A. Hart
Philadelphia
H. G. Andrews
Johnstown
Clifford G. Baugher
J. Warren Mickle
Harrisburs
Royal couple arrives in Washington for busy day at embassy
The Duchess Wallis Warfield and the Duke arrive by early train and meet with Mrs. Buchanan Merryman in a private waiting room. They are escorted to the British Embassy as hundreds of onlookers and ninety police keep order at Union Station before a day of official duties begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Merryman
Washington
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Britain
Union Station
Britain weighs sending troops through Iran to aid Russia
London speculation grew that imperial forces might move through Persia to help Russia in the Caucasus. Churchill reportedly received firsthand briefings from Wavell Auchinleck and Dill on potential assistance. An Axis transport in the gulf of Finland was sunk by Soviet torpedo boats. A German plane dropped bombs near England's southeast coast with no casualties or major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Iran
Persia
Winston Churchi
Britain
Russia
Caucasus
Churchill
Archibald FP. Wavell
India
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
Gulf of Finland
England
Government to Replace Food Stocks in Occupied Territories
The text argues that the government has failed to fulfill its duty to feed populations in occupied regions, asserting it bears direct responsibility for food distribution there and criticizes Germany for not carrying out the obligation it assumed by seizing those countries.
Argentina Reports Quiet After Airport Occupation
Reports say Argentina remained tranquil today after military airports were seized and about 20 aviation officers were arrested while 200 frontline aircraft were immobilized. British Admiral Layton warned U S ships could gain Singapore facilities if needed. Labor Party debate in Australia failed on government critique of a subversive-funding issue. At sea German U boats claimed 11 merchant ships totaling 78 000 tons were sunk off West Africa despite destroyer protection. In Ukraine remnants of four Red armies were crushed with heavy losses. German claims of advances near Sebastopol and Leningrad bombardments were issued amid a Soviet air raid alarm lasting nearly six hours. Soviet air force claimed superiority over Germany with 75 planes downed and 25 lost last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Layton
United States
Singapore
Arthur W. Fadden
Adolf
London
Crimea
Russia
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Moscow
Miners Plan Mass Meeting In Hazleton Amid Strike
In Hazleton a mass meeting of striking anthracite miners is expected after United Mine Workers President John L Lewis rejected terms to end the walkout. A Washington conference report awaits insurgent leaders before next moves. About 800 pickets keep operations closed as talks hinge on district seven officials and a dues rise to 24 dollars a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
United Mine Workera
John L. Lews
Washington
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
District Seven
Wire theft sentence handed to Indiana County youths and adults
Seven youths from Clymer were placed on probation after admitting to stealing wire and selling it to junk dealers. Judge Creps warned against night loitering and ordered restitution to the coal company. Walter Yoder and others faced fines with jail terms or further proceedings. George Wolfe and his son received restitution, costs, and imprisonment or probation. Two Meckley brothers from Rochester Mills pled guilty to larceny of copper trolley wire with fines and jail time imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Creps
Sherrif J. Clair Irwin
Samuel Cronan
Frank Barna
Richard Hankinson
William Yoder
Bernard Smith
Steve Felichko
William McCracken
Arthur Shields
John T. Gramley
Clymer
Walter Yoder
Clark
Vader
Indiana
George Wolfe
Arcadia
Arcadia Coal Company
Montgomery Township
Allegheny County
Maurice Meckley
Everett Meckley
Rochester Mills H. D. 2
Paichin Coal Company
Canoe Township
Maurice
Everett
Trunk Firm Officer Dies in Philadelphia
William V. Warrer, 58, vice president of George Bains and Sons Inc trunk firm, died after a brief illness. He served 33 years with the company and was general manager of its factory for a quarter century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William V. Warrer
George B. Bains and Sons, Inc
East Stroudsburg State Teachers College Trustee Dies at 87
J. Killgore, a longtime member of the East Stroudsburg State Teachers College board of trustees, died yesterday at age 87 after a life spanning early entry into Western Maryland and a long career with the college community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epreee
Stroudsburg
Killgore
East Stroudsburg State
Cancer Fund Denied State Support Drops Cancer Center
Harrisburg, Sept. 125. Curtailed federal funds forced Pennsylvania to drop its cancer central division and end research efforts after the U S Health Department cut a $40,000 annual appropriation. Dr A H Stewart acting state secretary of health said officials warned the research was not imperative to public health and may not be restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrishurg
Néllad
Pennsylvania
A. H. Stewart
U. S. Department of Health
Keck Leads Kiwanis Pennsylvania Convention
Leonard B. Keck of Greensburg elected governor of Kiwanis Clubs of Pennsylvania succeeding Victor C Dlehm of Hazleton George FE Berry of Greensburg named secretary and Dr Donald H Matthews of Johnstown named treasurer Lieutenant governors appointed for state districts include William Gallup Stewart Helm Samual Braener Warren Graffam E Clair Davis Ernest Demi Mark Goss Raymond Gaul Ammon Rosenberg Arthur Wheeler Carl Mitman Attendance at the convention reached 1000, a 14 year record The 1942 convention will take place in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Leonard B. Keck
Greensburg
Westmoreland
Kiwanis Clubs of
Pennsylvania
Victor C. Dlehm
Hazleton
George FE. Berry
Donald H. Matthews
Johnstown
William Gallup
Bradford
Stewart Helm
Kittanning
Samual Braener
Connellavine
Warren Graffam
E. Clair Davis
Headless Body Found In Dump Heap Near Monongahela
Pittsburgh Sept 25 Police hunted for a slayer in a decapitated body found in a dump heap along the Monongahela river. Wallace Lloyd Brown 35 formerly of Erick Va identified by Chief Bertillon Operator Lee Dumont. Brown had served time in Allegheny County Workhouse last winter for larceny and receiving stolen goods and had done odd jobs in East Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Bertillon
Lee Dumont
Wallace Lloyd Brown
Ererick
Allegheny County
East Liberty
Dumont
Brown
Senator Davis Silent On Gubernatorial Candidacy
Washington September 26 Senator James Davis replied to a suggestion he seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination next year with a lengthy answer but avoided a definite decision. He emphasized support for voluntary principles between workers and those who direct work and tied Pennsylvania’s prosperity to a good worker employer relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James 3. Davis
Republian
Pennsylvania
Boy registers girl friend as prospective soldier
Pittsburgh news note from September 25 reports Allegheny County Selective Service Board No 6 in Swissvale disclosed that James Boyle of Ambridge, 21, listed his girl friend as a prospective recruit. Boyle said he had registered himself and on a second visit added the girl's name Just for the fun of it, using her nickname to hide the fact. The board released pending action from Harrisburg headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Selective Service Board No
Swissvale
James Boyle
Ambridge
Boyle
Selective Service
Harrisburg
Tro tter Sets New Record In Mile Workout
Lexing ton horseman Spencer Scott, the 1940 Humble tonian champion, set a world record for a trotting stallion with 1 57 1 4 for a mile in a dusty windy workout. Guided by Fred Ig an, the effort tied Greyhound's world trotting mark, breaking former stallion mile record held by Les Axsworthy at 1 66 1 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Spencer Scott
Greyhound
Fredigan
Les Axsworthy
Aged Sisters Brutally Hurt In Delaware County
District Attorney McClenacan leads a manhunt after two elderly sisters Belle Geary 80 and Elizabeth Watson 78 were beaten, robbed, and possibly raped in their yard. A brick, a cigarette sighting, and a pattern with prior crimes link the attack to a string of similar incidents in the county. Watson is in critical condition and revival chances are slim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. McClenacan
McClenacan
Bari Thomas
Belle Gesry
Elizabeth Watson
Delaware County
Elizabeth Gibson
Dorothy Rolte
Snuff the Garrett estate heirs fight over Henrietta nest fortune
The Garrett estate saga grows as claims rise with the Commonwealth funding two attorneys to manage claims and costs. Daily income shrinks from $2,000 to $500,000 a year as bonds mature, with 1936 hearings clogging the docket. A special master and two examiners assess heirs and fees while potential claimants include German cousins, possibly needing hearings abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett Estate
Henrietta's Nest Eye
Commonwealth
Germany
Polio cases and discharges in local area
Polio notices list Donald Ray Varner and Gloria Golden both six, to discharge soon from Municipal Isolation Hospital. Virginia Gyan sixteen remains under care after September 10 report. Three year old Robert McMonigal admitted Monday after home quarantine since September 15. Ronald Sodano nine discharged Monday after contracting polio on August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Ray Varner
Kenneth R. Varner
Chandler Avenue
Morrellville
Gloria Golden
Edward FP. Golden
Plum Street
Woodvale
Virginia Gyan
Beechwood Avenue
Chesstown
Robert McMonigal
Cambria Avenue
Portage
Ronald Sodano
Oak Street
Obituary of Jacob St Clair Retired Railroad Foreman
Jacob St Clair of Robinson died at 3 p m Wednesday aged about his years long time Pennsylvania Railroad fore man. He is survived by widow Emma Lichtenfels St Clair and children Dalla May Susan John Bt Clair Virgil Faul and grandchildren. Funeral 3:00 p m Saturday Henderson Johns town with Rev Sex ton and Paleman officiating. Four brothers and six sisters preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob ST. Claim
West Wheatfield Township
Hugh
Juliana
Rutter) St. Clair
Robinson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
St. Clair
Evangelical Church
Robin Fon
Emma (Lichtenfels) St. Clair
Misses Dalla May
Susan
T. F. Sexton
Robinson Evangelical Church
B. E. Paleman
Franklin
Johnstown
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The article lists cabinet hardware electrical materials plumbing and gas distribution heating equipment and household items for national housing programs. It notes a government priority of 100,000 defense housing units and 200,000 private homes, with extensions possible. Material shortages may curb construction and responses depend on supply and defense demand.
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Fielgla
Giang
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