War Today analyzes Allied action and German labor force
J M Roberts outlines Eisenhower's call for elite action as Allied forces prepare a major push. He contrasts German use of foreign labor with Soviet production, noting captivity, restricted movement, and possible sabotage. The piece discusses Paris reports, the Westwall counterattacks, and the looming Arnhem operation amid uncertain Kleve news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts
Dewitt
Mackenzie
Eisenhower
Germany
Reich
Europe
Von-Geance
Tallin
West- Wall
Paris
Wey
Kleve
Arnhem
Clement
Hitler
Russia
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Flitler
Arnhem Front Struggles as Germans Seize North Arnhem Bridge
Allied and German forces clash along the Neders Rhine pocket near Arnhem. Germans overrun the northern end of the Arnhem bridge after three days of fierce fighting. British and American units ferry men and supplies to Red Devils on the north bank while allied probing attacks push toward Kleve and the Reich in a widening Arnhem area operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neder Rhine
Arnhem
Thie
Minelhoven-Nijmegen
Vighel
Nijmegen
Eisenhower
Findhoven-Nijmegen
Helen and
Dearne
Veghel
Supreme Headquarters
Kleve
Cerigin
Montpellier
Second Army
Thuitch
Beek
Alben
Reich
Nyn
Ruhr
Molland
Germanys
Misen
Hs Great Krogyr
Supreme Toadetarters
Germany
Turnhout
Antwerp- Turnhout Canal
Antwerp
Tolland
Berlin
Hertogenhosel
Eindhoven
Std
First Army
Aachen
Prenet
Chateau Salins
Dieuze
Metz
Saar Industriat
Migenhower
Conmatiniqne
Nancy
Moselle
Third Army
Ball
Bpinwl
Maselle
Wleusey
Naney
Nid
Calis
Calais
Women’s temperance speakers visit Ithaca and towns
Mrs Ella B Black, president of the Pennsylvania W C T U, and Mrs Sherbine of Tomstown, speak at Ithaca W L C U and plan appearances in Johnsonburg, Ely County, and Westfeld Tioga. The report notes Ithaca’s large W C T U membership, gains elsewhere, and a German war update with Allied advances and bombardments on multiple fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fila B. Black
Pennsylvania
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Alvin Sherbine
O Tomstown
Testockas
Tihaca
New Yard
WLC
T. UL
Bhiete
United States
Sherbine
Yale School of Alcohol Education
Black
Johnsonburg
Ely County
Westfeld
Tioga County
Quade
Fairehanee
Payette County
French Mission Seeks Hundreds of Locomotives
A French trade mission in Washington negotiates with Baldwin Locomotive Works Silma Locomotive and American Car and Foundry Co to buy 600 to 1000 locomotives to rebuild war damaged railways. Plans include funding through interim credits and Lend Lease reimbursements, with France holding about 1.5 billion in frozen gold held in trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Silma Locomotive
American Car and Foundry Co
Germians
Frei and
Page Seliger
Eurapean
WHL
Treasury Department
Charles de Craulle
Treasury Departments
Danak Pallock and Jack Books Return Home
Misread lines describe Danak Pallock and Jack Books returning home. A nameless son, an engineer, and a woman in Mrs Wy Boks appear in garbled text. The piece hints at family figures, travel, and a possible homeward journey with unclear details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danak Pallock, Jack Books
Coming Home
Dupata Pollock
Sen
Abel Jawh Books
Democrats Open Drive In Pittsburgh
Democratic campaign swing moves east from Pittsburgh as Rep. Francis Myers leads rally for Roosevelt and Senate bid against James J. Davis. State leaders urge unity across legislative, congressional, and senatorial races to secure re election of Roosevelt and support for Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburghs
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Licket
Francis 4. Myers
Philadelphia
United States Senate
James J. Davis
Allegheny County
Carnegie Wall
David L. Lawrence
Unitec
Rep. Myers
Pennssylvania
United States
Ime
Davis
Levi
Mary Norton
New Jersey
Ransevelt
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Guy
Thomag E. Dewey
Emmie Guffey Miter
Republic
Reward For Potato Picker Visitors From Indiana Rotary Club
The Indiana Rotary Club will host forty boys who traveled to Potter County to pick potatoes. They aim to harvest 600 bushels and may earn a bushel per picker. If conditions stay favorable, a hundred bushels in a day could be reached, with a goal of at least six boys qualifying for the prize by averaging many bushels per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Rotary Club
Potter County
Navy Plane Strikes and Chinese Front Actions Reported
Navy planes bombed targets near Chungking and Shanghai while Chinese forces clashed with Japanese in Peking and Lungmen. A river sweep damaged steamers near Frenehy Jide China as Allied air units hit targets in Formosa and Nagoya-adjacent zones amid ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungring
Sept
Mautu
UN relief council plans $2 billion aid drive for wartorn nations
Montreal dispatch states two UNRRA plenary sessions were to approve new authority for an $2,000,000,000 aid effort. The budget push trims Soviet Russia’s admin share to 10 percent while the United States shoulders 40 percent of the remaining costs. Proposals include aid to Italy’s mothers and children, urgent help for hardest-hit countries, relief for 80,000 Greek Dodecanese residents, and repatriation for persecuted refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Council
Wartorn
Russia
UNRRA
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
India
de Gaulle
France
China
Italy
Dodecanese
Ilose
Truck Owners Ration Notice for Indiana War Price Board
Gasoline rations for the fourth quarter of 1941 will be available at the Indiana War Price and Rationing Board located at 20 South Sixth Street, Indiana. Thursday September 20 marks the start. thereafter ration receipts are required at the Board office daily. Third quarter coupons expire at midnight September 30 and four per cent ration reductions apply for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
South Sixth Street
Board
Tourie Yaronanes
Naifrott
Must Not Spend More Than Income Advocated
Washington Democrats push constitutional limits to curb inflation fears. Senator Johnson D Colton urges a constitutional amendment granting the President power to veto unapproved bills. The proposal aims to end fears of catastrophic inflation and to restrain government spending beyond income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johns
DuBois Sailor Receives Purple Heart Medal
DuBois sailor Leo S. Gawndak a gunner’s mate of 27 Motolloueh Street, DuBois, Pas, earned the Purple Heart from Admiral Richard J. Connolly for his role during the American landing forces operation. The ceremony noted his bravery amid intense fighting as landings occurred and ships fired in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo S
Thira Vliss
St. DuBois
Pas
J. Conolly
Dinin Zawkta
Plan to drop industrial controls on V-Day in Europe
Washington Sept 26 War Production Board outlines a detailed plan to cancel about 500 of 700 WPB orders to aid V-E preparations. Remaining orders will protect supplies for the war against Japan, including textiles, chemicals, and forest products, with completion tied to clearance from Army Navy manpower and other agencies. WPB reconversion blueprint approved by Brug and board. plan to publicize after final agency clearance and automatically take effect with the end of fighting in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling BF
Gree
Washington
Europe
War Production Board
Japan
WPR
Donald M. Nelson
China
Nelson
WPB
J. A. Brug
Brug
Army
Navy
Krug
Roosevelt May Speak Twice In New York State
The AP reports Roosevelt may deliver two campaign addresses in New York as parties push for the state’s 47 electoral votes. Democratic National Chairman Hannegan said the president would likely speak in New York City in the last week, with Dewey’s campaign planning a rally at Madison Square Garden on November 4 where he is expected to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
New York State
Robert B. Hannegan
New York City
Politics Forgotten At Masonic Meet
Kansas CIPY September 20. Senator Owen Brewster will address a Masonic gathering after predicting Republicans may gain a minority in the Senate this fall. A. P. & A M past grand master of Missouri will introduce the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Mrs P Whitney Died Sunday From Fragmented OCR
A partially legible obituary notes the death of Mrs. P Whitney on a Sunday. The text references prominent figures and titles, but many words are garbled, yielding a vague account of her status and connections without clear dates or places.
Central Western Education Conference at State Teachers College
The sixth annual Central Western Education Conference will run September 29 30 at State Teachers College Indiana with sector meetings on health conditions speech habits and a practical reading program. Noted speakers include Walter C Eells Dr LaVerne Strong Elsie Ruffini and Dr George S Counts who will cap Friday with an auditorium address and lead an open forum on Saturday at the college lodge. Reservations go to Dr C M File by September 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College
Indiana
Lois M. Clark
Department of Public Instruction
Herbert Boepp-Baker
Crntics
Pennsylvania State College
Gerald A. Yoakum
University of F Pittsburgh
Walter C. Eells
American Association of Junior Colleges
LaVerne Strong
Richmond
Elsie Ruffini
Teachers College
Columbia University
George S. Counts
College Lodge
Phi Delta Kappa
National Professional Education Fraternity
Dr. Counts
C. M. File
Security Leaders Face Uphill Climb on World Organization
Washington reports sharply revised timelines for a postwar world security body as talks at Dumbarton Oaks drag. Key disagreements persist over how to handle aggression by major powers and extended postwar arrangements. Britain and the United States extend blacklists of pro-Axis firms to curb neutral trading advantages amid ongoing negotiations. The talks may stretch beyond the planned three weeks into a sixth week or require a second Dumbarton Oaks session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Dunbarton Oaks
Spain
Sweden
Argentina
United Nations
Dnd
Fed Revenues Jump Over Last Year In August
Washington sept 26 internal revenue receipts for August were 1 077 089 826 above receipts for the same month last year. Last month’s receipts, which nearly doubled those in August 1943, totaled 2 750 375 420. Principal increases were withholding taxes up 819 383 492 and what the Internal Revenue Bureau terms unjust inching excessPra h showed an increase of 98 824 452.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
API
Internal Revenue Bureau
Nelson Returns From China Mission To Brief Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson commander of the War Production Board prepared to report to President Roosevelt on a mission to China. He returned from the Orient and said he was confident about China’s industrial progress but declined to discuss future WPB plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Chaihway
The
War Production Board
Roosevelt
China
United Nations
Nelson
T Orient
WPB
Missing Havana Shipper Found After Storm
Mexico City dispatch reports AP Pan Anver Airways Havana Shipper, carrying 23 passengers, missing since Saturday, located in a mountainous region between Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Early reports indicated two dead and ten injured, but details are uncertain due to inaccessibility of the crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
APH Pan Anver Airways
Havana
Vera Cruz
Cyelio
avCde
Churchill to open two day debate on Britain's postwar Germany policy
Churchill reiterates that German war criminals must find no haven in neutral territories as he plans a full dress statement in parliament. He defends action to prevent Nazi escapes and signals a forthcoming two day debate to outline Britain’s postwar stance on Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Roosevelt
London
Ciyeles
Britain
Churchill
Members of Commons
Anthony Eden
U. S. Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Henry L. Stimson
Coredel Hull
John B. Chester Longon
Judy
Cormmons
Spain
Fran É Éies
Commons
Quebec
Churvchill
Saiting
Hitler
Dumbarton Oaks
Martin Calls For Election In Pennsylvania
Gov Edward Martin urged Pennsylvanians to elect Republican state officials and a Republican legislature to resist the New Deal. He claimed surpluses in New York Ohio and Pennsylvania prove Republican governance, and warned of federal payrolls and corrupt machines backing Roosevelt. he urged defeating Dewey Bricker aligned factions and the Earle administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Edward Martin
Hagues
Kellys
Pendergasts
Hannegans
Roosevelt
America
Dewey
Bricker
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Earle
New Deal
Washington
Obituary notices for Duke Beatty Mitchell and others
Local friends are notified of the death of Arthur C. Duke 81 at his daughter’s home in St Paul Minn Sept 20 He was son of William M Caseby and spent his youth in Smicksburg Pa Survived by daughter Vivjan and one grandson both of St Paul and three sisters Funeral notices follow for Letha Baker Beatty Hattie Mitchell and other relatives Funeral services planned in Mahaffey and Punxsutawney with burial at Mt Carmel and Hopewell cemeteries An unrelated note mentions Mt Mitchell in North Carolina claimed as the highest US point east of the Mississippi and a Greek origin for amethyst as a drink-protection stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Duke
Ober A. Robes
Arena Street
St. Paul Minn
Duke
William M
Ann Caseby
Smicksburg
Indiana County
Viv~ Jan
Letha (Baker) Beatty
Clark E. Beatty
Mahaffey
Norman McGarby
Phillipsburg
Beatty
Rey Munshower
Homer City
Linra Zulall
Philipsburg
Clifford Beatty
Turtle Creek
Reed
Troutville
Hattie
Mitchell
Thomas H. Mitchell
Perry Street
Punxsutawney
Bon
Hautzdale
John Allisor
Punxsutawiey
Scott
Ambridge
Henry
U. S. Army
Long Island
Fred
U.S. Army
North Carolina
Anna Niebert
Buffalo
N. Y
Agnes Allison
Carnegie
Andrew Swanson
Beshbon
Arthur Allison
Anita
Morrison Funeral Home
Hopewell Cemetery
Wayne Wolford
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Western Front
Ella B. Black
Ithaca
Mooeread
Isdisna, Pa
Pittsburgh
Amercan Naval de Avr
Ene En
Leon
Verner
Philippines
Nan
Chungising
Iren Pitykea
Ween
Pinkeiy
Votan
Lunghug
Wugha
Vie Buri Road
Maigsubd Bayne
Matotssna
Ube
Reaa Ube
Mwissin
V-Day
Amerie
Payne Whitnex
Diayie
Joinay
Souwetay
Validite
Mf Frosients
McKinley
Tinyadoye Roosevelt
Thane
Tayi Whitties
SoMack
Sean Wor Hou
Donald Nelson
Ada M
King of Rochester
University of Rochester
Seemester
Manchester Guardian
South Africa
Gazette
Martin
Mt. Mitchell
N.C
Mississippi River
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