Pravda Says Pact Expands War and Spheres of Influence
The Communist party paper Pravda declares the new axis pact between the United States and Great Britain will widen the war and divide spheres of influence among signatories. It notes Soviet neutrality, German Italian Japanese advance warning, and predicts greater cooperation and conflict across Europe Africa and Asia.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
United States
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
Germany
England
Europe
Africa
China
Japan
Italy
Ihs
Home Community Fair Proves Big Success
Unusually fine weather aided the Rayne township event with strong exhibits across departments. Livestock and poultry showed quality over quantity, 4 H participants yielded varied scores, and winners were named in contests including horseshoe pitching, hog eating, pony racing, rolling pin tossing, and greased pig races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayne Township
Ivan Lute
Green Township
Harrisburg
Arthur Lambing
Raymond Wright
Paul Heeter
Sonny Ruffner
Chauncy Cleland
Lawrence Findley, Jr
Patricia Buterbaugh
Ella Myers
Junior Findley
Greasier
Young Findley
Axis diplomacy shifts toward Soviet Russia and Spain
Berlin reports indicate intensified Axis plotting ahead of possible Moscow talks as German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop may head to Moscow or Moscow officials may visit Berlin. The three power pact with Japan prompts new Russia discussions, while Spanish minister Serrano Suner’s Rome visit is seen as signaling a potential Spain alliance.
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Berlin
Russia
Spain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Molotoff
Wilhelmstrasse
von Ribbentrop
Count Galeazzo Viano
Rome
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Ramon Serrano Suner
Serrano Suner
Mussolini
Willkie urged as nation heads to November vote
The speech cites Jefferson and Willkie, argues Willkie’s Pittsburgh path to victory hinges on Pennsylvania and Indiana County. It praises strong organization, warns against Roosevelt entitlements, and notes a former Indiana resident Josh Caldwell backing Willkie. Also mentions pending coal and oil price actions by government and antitrust plans.
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Europe
Napoleon
Britain
Hitler and Company
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Maine
Pennsylvania
Willkie
Indiana
Pealer
Josh Caldwell
Florida
College Weather Forecast Today and Tomorrow
Partly cloudy and cool today and tomorrow. Highs around 67 degrees with a low near 48. Relative humidity about 78 percent. Barometric pressure today 49.90 inches, yesterday 29.90.
Forty Eights Pick Officers At Clymer Meeting
Forty et Eight Voiture 798 in Indiana County held its annual election naming A. P. Sandry as chef de gare Don Patchin as chef de train John Lukash as commissionaire intendant Charles L. Spires Jr. as correspondent Earl Oakes as conductor C C McLain as Cherubino Sgricela and Y Eckland as cheminots The group plans a November banquet for state officers including Grand Chef de Gare Howard Bitner of Latrobe in Blairsville and tentative parades of the French Locomotive group from Indiana Cambria and Westmoreland counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Y. Eckland
Gare
Howard Bitner
Latrobe
Legion
Blairsville
Indiana
Cambria
Westmoreland
Gibraltar key in Axis plans and British defense
In Rome today Fascist writer Virginia Gayda warned that Gibraltar would be returned to Spain by the Axis, stressing its loss would strike Britain's Mediterranean dominion. London sources say Britain eyes a Gibraltar assault possibly tied to a Nazi invasion of England. Franco seeks to avoid war but may face pressure to let Axis use Spanish soil for attacks.
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Atlantic
Mediterranean
Spain
Africa
Britain
Virginia Gayda
Rome
Gibraltar
Axis
England
Franco
Messrs
Hitler
Mussolini
Spanish
Italy
Germany
Gibbraltar
Rock of Gibraltar
Pennsylvania to register 1.2 million men in draft plan
Governor James and Dr William Mather Lewis mapped plans for registering and conscripting Pennsylvanians, with Octobers 18 deadline two weeks away. Lewis aims for humane exemptions while upholding the law as Lafayette College president prepares to review the setup. About 1,200,000 men aged 21 to 96 must register. one objector surfaced in a central Pennsylvania Lutheran church. Local boards will operate from the county seat, though operations extend beyond that center.
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Harrisburg
James
Pennsylvania
William Mather Lewis
Lewis
Allen Clay Lambert
Sinking Valley
Altoona
Excess profits tax bill up to boost government revenue
Washington reports Congress placed a 1 billion dollar excess profits tax bill atop the calendar after the Senate House committee redrafted it to raise the normal corporate income tax from 20.9 to 24 percent. The measure, part of the defense program, includes 20 percent annual deductions for new defense facilities and would suspend limits on profits from warships and military aircraft. It also proposes a new government insurance program available to draftees and military personnel.
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Washington
Congress
Senate House Committee
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Night bombardment across Britain and Europe reported
Report describes British and German artillery duels across the English Channel with shelling at Calais and Dover. German bombs hit Liverpool and London area with widespread fires. Air raids triggered alarms from Aberdeen to the English Channel as Berlin claims shelter use by Londoners.
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Spain
Rome
English Channel
Calais
French
Dover
English
London
Hitler
High Command
Aberdeen
Liverpool
Merseyside
Edinburgh
Leith
Scotland
Berlin
Frisco's Fair Comes to Close at Treasure Island
San Francisco marks the end of the 50 million Golden Gate International Exposition after a crowd surpassing 200000 on Treasure Island. A midnight taps farewell closed the second year, noted as financially stronger than the first, which ended in bankruptcy court.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
Federal Plaza
Race horses to run at Rolling Rock Hunt event in Ligonier
Many race horses bought in the United States from English sportsmen since the war start will compete in the seventh annual steeplechase race meeting of Rolling Rock Hunt Racing Association at Ligonier on October 12. The 11 events include the International Gold Cup the American Grand National.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United States
Rollng Rock Hunt Racing Association
Ligonier
Harrisburg Plans Tough Measures For Military Registrants
Governor James outlined steps for October 16 to handle reluctant registrants. Five years in jail and a ten thousand dollar fine may be imposed for evasion or falsification. If noncooperation persists, witnesses will be called, penalties explained again, then cases referred to law enforcement.
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Harrisburg
James
Guernsey Breeders and 4-H Calf Club Meet
Indiana County Guernsey Breeders Association and Mahoning 4-H calf club held a Saturday picnic at H M Travis home. About forty attended a lawn buffet. The 4-H cattle show awarded blue red and white ribbons from 90 100 70 80 percent. blue to Elmo and Yvonne Travis, red to Laird Travis Blain Elkin and Carl Roof, white to Dolores Travis. Judge F P Miller of Clarion County. Prizes included a pocket knife to Carl Root and an eversharp pencil to Yvonne Travis. Cattle showmanship prizes and a judging contest followed with games and music.
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Indiana County Guernsey Breeders Association
H. M. Travis
Elmo Travis
Yvonne Travis
Laird Travis
Blain Elkin
Carl Roof
Dolores Travis
F. P. Miller
Clarion County
Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders Association
B. B. Konhaus
Breeders Association
Carl Root
Home
Smicksburg
Girl Hides, Badly Wounded Near Malone
A 17 year old girl Gertrude Smallman hid for 21 hours with a bullet wound in her chest and was found by a friend on a bicycle near a boulder close to a highway. She remained alive today in a hospital in Malone. Her mother Mrs Kathryn Smallman said she had left home after being refused permission to leave school to become a dancer. Police found an automatic revolver near the boulder.
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Malone
Gertrude Smallman
Kathryn Smallman
Life jacket found hints at missing coast guard crew
A life jacket discovered four miles off Pinellas Point in Tampa Bay prompted fears that a Coast Guard Grumman amphibian aircraft with two aboard crashed overnight. Pilot Lieut. T. G. Miller and Seaman First Class T. B. Redman departed St. Petersburg Air Station at 6 30 p m and were due back at 7 30 p m.
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ST. Petersburg
Fls
Pinellas Point
Tampa Bay
Coast Guard
T. G. Miller
T. B. Redman
Train Strikes Street Car in Sharpsburg Injuring Eleven
A freight train pushing a shifting engine collided with a street car at the north Main Street crossing in Sharpsburg, Allegheny County. Eleven passengers were injured, the rear end of the trolley was knocked off its wheels, and traffic at the crossing was halted for about 80 minutes.
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Sharpsburg
Newspaper Week Promotes Press as First Defense of Democracy
Harrisburg reports publishers nationwide sponsor a week of activities to educate the public about the news behind newspapers. Nearly all Pennsylvania papers will run ads stressing the theme that the press is the first line of defense in the battle for democracy.
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Harrisburg
Psi
Pennsylvania
Hardy
Will Cary
Dr. Edwin J. Van Etten Inducted as Cathedral Dean
Rev. Dr. Edwin J. Van Etten formerly rector of Calvary Church Pittsburgh and noted for radio sermons was inducted in Boston today as the third dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul Episcopalian in the presence of four bishops.
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Boston
Edwin J. van Etten
Calvary Church
Pittsburgh
St. Paul
Markets Produce and Livestock Reports from Pittsburgh
Markets report slow produce demand with steady apple and potato prices across Pennsylvania New York and Maryland sectors. Livestock listings show steady salable hogs sheep and cattle with varied weight ranges and price bands. grain futures note Chicago wheat at near three month highs and corn steady to higher on mill demand.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Dept. Agri
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
State S. S. Convention in Wilkes-Barre 1938
Sabbath School workers of Pennsylvania anticipate the seventy-eighth annual convention to be held in Wilkes-Barre from October 8 to 10. A three day program offers addresses by state and national figures and sessions for pastors superintendents teachers and education workers at Kem Temple. Indiana County will pay the registration for thirty five delegates. credentials are via county secretary Miss Mary M. Fleming Creekside, Pa.
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Sabbath School Workers of Pennsylvania
State Association
Wilken Barre
Sabbath School Forces of Pennsylvania
Paul E. Scherer
New York City
Harry E. Paisley
Philadelphia
Clyde W Meadows
Chambersburg
E. G. Hominghausen
Princeton
N. J
Robert M. Hopkins
Indianapolis
Harry C. Munro
Chicago
Kem Temple
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Indiana County
Mary M. Fleming
Creekside
Obituary: Miss Clara Bothell, nurse and teacher, dies
Miss Clara E Bothell, daughter of the late Samuel and Margaret Bothell, died at 10 15 am Sunday at the home of her nephew John Wilson 408 Jackson Avenue Vandergrift She was born near Shelocta July 13 1880 and worked as a nurse and school teacher for many years She had lived with Wilson for six months Burial services will be conducted by funeral director.
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Clara
Bothell
Samual
Margaret (Wray) ‘Bothel
John Wilson
Jackson Avenue
Vendergrift
Shelocta
Wilson
Christina Barber
Richard
Caroline (Calhoun) McConnel
Indiana R. D. 3
Two Lick
Christian Church
Frank Barber
Indiana
Earl Howard Barber
Trenton
N. Jd
Homer Russell Barber
Kailua
Oahu
Hawaiian Islands
Harold A Black
Hamilton
Miss
William H. Reynolds
Highstown
N. J
Richard McConnell
Indiana R. D
Slick
Hurt
Oakland Cemetery
Iclarence F. Jamison
Homer City
Jamison
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Gertrude (Johnston) Jamison
Edgar C
Elmer F. Jamison
F. A. Edmond
Homer City Methodist Church
Blairsville Cemetery
Mary Ella Kimmell
Distant
Philip
Lavina (Shaffner) Shumaker
Elderton
C. B. Kimmel
Plum Creek
F. Dut
Murray Ankeny
Porter Miller
Shalota R. D
Newton Cooner
Western Port
C. R. Yerger
Apoltlo
M. N. Shumaker
Akron
E. Z. Shumaker
A. C. ,Shumaker
New Bethlehem
Margaret Lenkesd
Tarentum
Plum Crack
Condemned Woman Fights for Life in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Sept. 40 The state supreme court opens its fall term with cases including Mathilda Irelan seeking commutation to life for the 20 month old son she killed and dismembered. Paul Petrillo appeals his death sentence in the murder for insurance ring. Other appeals involve James Kirk Victor Skok and charges of bid rigging tied to highway contracts. A Milk Control Commission case questions the agency power to set minimum wholesale milk prices.
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Pittsburgh
State Au Prame Court
Mathilda
Tillie) Irelan
Philadelphia
Paul Petrillo
James P. Kirk
Victor Skok
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Milk Control Commission
Deaths and funeral notices from Indiana and Homer City area
Obituaries and funeral notices list Mrs. Edna Sipos and Mrs Christina Barber among those memorialized. Services scheduled in Curry Run Presbyterian Lucerne St Louis Catholic Indiana Two Lick and Elderton areas with interments in Greenwood Blairsville Elderton Oakland cemeteries. Relatives and survivors named include numerous children spouses and siblings across Pittsburgh Greensburg Blairsville Detroit and Indiana locations.
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Julius Sipos
Edna (Toth) Sipos
Homer City
John
Heilwood
Elizabeth
Tide
Julius
Indiana
Esther
Iselin
Edith
McIntyre
Margaret
Armagh
Steve
Arthur
Irene
Verne
Helen
Joseph
Andrew
Lillian
Elizabeth Toth
Sipps
Rose Susko
Pittsburgh
Mary Ann Braddish
Greensburg
Helen Hudec
Blairsville
R. D
Kathryn McKoskey
Detroit
Mich
Margaret Goncar
St. Louis Catholic Church
Lucerne
Marion Rosenthal
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U. S.-Britain
Robert Houser
Kahn Tailoring
MR. J. L. Bircher
Moorhead
Justice Department
Department
American Petroleum Institute
Jackson
Anti-Trust
National Defense Commission
Wes General
Frisco’s Fair
Guernsey
DR. van Etten
STATE
S. S
Bendix
Curtiss Wright
del Lack
West
Elec
Gen Foods
Gén Motors
Illinois Central
Interlake
Iran
Int Harvester
Tel Johns Manville
Kennecott
Montgom Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Natl Biscuit
Natl, Dairy
Nat Listidlers
Nat Pow & Lt
NY Central
North Ameria
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penney
Fenn
Pullman
Pure Oil
Tr Radio Corp of Am
Repab Steel Reynolds
Sotany Vacuum
Cities Service
Pennroad Corp
Curry Run Presbyterian Church
Robert Henderson
Church
Clark Funeral Home
Elderston
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