Leningrad Potentials for Siege Amid Frontline Moves
German high command reported air attacks on Russian railway lines and Dnieper gunboats as operations on the eastern front progressed. Aims included a drive toward unoccupied Ukrainian regions toward the Caspian Sea with Soviet forces said to be annihilated north of Luga and continued advance south of Lake Ilmen while weather hindered action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Dnieper
Hitler
Eastern Front
Chaikov
Moscow
Germany
Soviet Ukraine
Caspian Sea
Luga
Lake Ilmen
Opening of Harlandsburg New Castle road bridge delights motorists
Motorists found the new bridge and stretch of highway four to five miles east of New Castle open for traffic over Labor Day weekend. The route eliminates a narrow dangerous section and traffic remained busy despite gasoline shortages. No serious accidents were reported on local highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlansburg
New Castle
New Highway
Erry
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather figures show the 24 hour period ending at 9 am Monday with a high of 84 and a low of 73 and no precipitation. River stage is around 3 feet. Previous period at 9 am Sunday recorded a high of 90 and a low of 73 with no precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan Sees U S Russia Replies Unsatisfactory
In Tokyo the government denounced the first unofficial replies from the United States and Soviet Union regarding war material shipments to the USSR via Vladivostok as unsatisfactory. A foreign office spokesman said Tokyo was drawing attention to the matter and noted no reply had been received to current Washington talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Tokyo
United States
Russia
Vladivostok
Foreign Office
Washington
Jones elected national president of Gymanfa Ganu
Henry T. Jones of 413 Waldo Street was chosen national president of the National Gymanfa Ganu Association for two years at New Castle. Utica N Y was named as the 1942 site for the festival. other officers include Edward W. Roberts Canada David R. Thomas secretary George Bundy and treasurer William B. Jones. The event drew praise for organization and turnout with 3500 voices filling the Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Gymanfa Ganu Association
Henry T. Jones
Waldo Street
Utica
N. Y
United States
Edward W. Roberts
Chicago
Ill
Canada
David R. Thomas
Ottawa
Ontario
George Bundy
Warren, O
William B. Jones
Pittsburgh
Ferry Plane Missing In North Atlantic Transport Loss
The British air ministry reported a North Atlantic Ferry command plane carrying six passengers and four crew is missing after leaving North America yesterday, due to reach Britain today. Among the ten aboard were U S Navy Captain S Picking and flight engineer Charles A Spence of Little Neck Long Island.
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International
London
North Atlantic
British Air Ministry
Britain
North America
Air Ministry
North Atlantic Ferry Command
Montreal
Que
United States Navy
S. Picking
Charles A. Spence
Little Neck, L, I
Rev FE Stough Taken By Death Ends 19 Year Pastorate
The Rev Frederick Earhart Stough, pastor of St Johns Lutheran church, died Sunday at his home 320 East Winter Avenue after a lingering illness. He was 64 and had served the church since March 1, 1922. He was born July 31, 1877 in Stahlstown Westmoreland County Pennsylvania and survived by a family including Rev William L Stough D D Philadelphia and John O Stough Stahlstown among six brothers and two sisters.
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Frederick Earhart Stough
East Winter Avenue
Stough
St. John's Lutheran Church
Rev. Stough
George W. and
Elizabeth Uphouse Stough
Stahlstown
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
William L. Stough
Philadelphia
John O. Stough
Wiedemann Takes New Consul Post
Berlin reports Captain Fritz Wiedemann former German consul general in San Francisco departed by air to assume the post of consul general in Tientsin China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Fritz Wiedemann
San Francisco
Tientsin
China
Moscow Radio Claims German Losses in Heavy Front Fighting
Moscow Radio reports a heavy fighting across the front with Russians claiming at least 57 Nazi divisions smashed. The broadcaster cites battlefield successes and widespread German setbacks as Allied pressure continues.
Russian claims vast German losses in eastern front war reports
Moscow says total German casualties on the eastern front reach 2 500 000 with 1 000 000 killed. A midday bulletin notes battles continuing all along the front and asserts that 57 of the best Nazi divisions have been smashed in the 11th week of the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
City Schools To Open Wednesday In New Castle
The New Castle public schools will open Wednesday despite fears of infantile paralysis. Health officials report no state alarm and no epidemic in the area. The Board of Education held an informal 20 minute session with Superintendent C. C. Green stating no closing is needed and teachers will be on high alert for illness.
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New Castle
Board of Education
C. Leroy Shira
C. C. Green
J. Moore Campbell
Pennsylvania Department of Health
State Department
Campbell
A. H Newmark
Men of Company B Hold Weekend Camp at Woodside
War time conditions were simulated at Camp Woodside as Company B of the Third Regiment Pennsylvania Defense Reserve Corps held a three day encampment at the Boy Scout camp near Rose Point. All 31 regimental officers attended, an officer's school was led by Colonel Woodside, and a mock attack tested defense readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Woodside
Pennsylvania Defense Reserve Corps
Robert G Woodside
Rose Point
Woodside
Slippery Rock
City Teachers Meet Before Term in New Castle
Teachers of the New Castle public schools hold their usual pre term organization meeting at the senior high. Dr. C. C. Green, superintendent, presided. Dr. W. V. McLean offered a blessing and spoke briefly before Green addressed the group. Teachers then met with their principals in the afternoon.
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New Castle
C. C. Green
W. V. McLean
First Methodist Church
McLean
Green
County Schools Resume Sessions in Nine Month Term
All Lawrence county schools except Neshanock and Shenango townships begin fall term today under a countywide nine month schedule for the first time. New rural teachers receive higher minimum salaries after this summer's legislative act. Previously many one room schools ran eight months with only high schools required to nine. this year all schools must. Superintendent Sayling reports smooth operation and full teaching positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Neshannock
Shenango Township
Sayling
President Roosevelt Pledges Faster U S Aid to Allies
President Roosevelt returned to Washington to reinforce a stern vow to defeat the forces of violence. He signals ordering the Navy and Air Corps to secure and speed war material shipments to Britain, Russia, and China as he urges increased production and protection of transports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Washingen
Adolf Hitler
Cam
Hudson Valley
Hyde Park
Navy
Air Corps
Britain
Russia
China
New Castle Observes Labor Day Quietly at Cascade Park
Labor Day in New Castle was celebrated without a parade or formal program. Cascade Park drew over 1500 people in picnics and family outings while executives of the Trades and Labor Assembly canceled elaborate plans and motorists faced crowded highways amid a gas saving plea.
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New Castle
Cascade Park
Cascade
C. C. Coulthard
New Castle Trades and Labor Assembly
Death notices listed for September 2 1941
Obituaries record names ages and addresses including Rev Frederick Earhart Stough 64 Energy Dr Oswald Gretton Taylor 66 and Mrs Harry Brown 61 with others in Wampum Akron Poland Sharon and Mt. Washington Pittsburgh.
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Frederick Earhart Stough
East
Winter Avenue
Oswald Gretton Taylor
Energy
Harry Brown
New Wilmington
George Cavett Strayer
Il East Cherry Street
Antonio Giuliano
South First Street
John Foster Galbreath
Wampum
Rhinelands Again Bombed
London reports a heavy daylight sweep on the Nazi coast and northern France after an earlier night raid on Cologne. German bombers struck a northeast British town causing casualties. Berlin radio went silent, and one raider was shot down in flames.
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London
Channel
France
Germany
Rhineland
Cologne
Newcastle
Berlin
Britain
Hull
May Probe Fire In California
A blaze destroyed a large stock of government stored wheat and fish oil in a Port Costa warehouse. The wheat was thought bound for China. Fire seen fourteen miles away led to sabotage questions. FBI said routine inquiry likely, no formal probe requested.
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International News Service
Port Costa
Cal
China
Carquinez Straits
Federal Bureau of Investigation
San Francisco
Famous Flier Reported Missing After Berlin Mission
Wing Commander J. W. Gillan, famed speed flier and fiancé of actress Claire Luce, was reported missing in London after taking part in a daylight sweep against Nazi occupied territory. He was among Britain's early aviators to bomb Berlin.
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International News Service
London
J. W. Gillan
Claire Luce
Navi Occupied
Berlin
Labor Day Weekend Fatality Toll Across Nation
An International News Service survey counts nearly 600 holiday deaths over the Labor Day weekend. About 387 were from automobile crashes, 71 drownings, and 120 from other causes. California led with 48 fatalities, followed by Texas with 32 and New York with 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
California
Texas
New York
United States Seeks Standstill Pact With Japan
Washington considers peace in the Pacific to hinge on talks with Japan. The State Department works on a report to shape President Roosevelt's reply to Prime Minister Konoye. Officials seek a standstill agreement without giving up core principles, aiming to curb war drift.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
Japan
State Department
Roosevelt
Fumimaro Konoye
Tokyo
Former Resident And Wife Killed In Portage County Crash
Charles B. Little 53 of Akron and his wife Maxine 41 died from injuries after a head on collision on Route 8 between Rootstown and Brimfield Portage County. John Grega Ravenna injured. Double funeral services set at Woods Ravenna. Mrs Little survived by two sisters.
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Charles B. Little
Akron
New Castle News
Maxine Little
Ravenna, O
Rootstown
Brimfield
Portage County
William Gustafson
News
Gustafson
Ray
Ravenna
Littie
Akron Times-Press
Flink Ink Co
Fimt
Littles
John Grega
Little
Coal Shortage Sends Out Urgent Call for Heat
In this note the speaker laments an empty cellar coal bin and urges the coal man to deliver promptly. He warns that without fuel the house will lack heat as the day, though mild at seventy five, underscores immediate need.
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Leningrad
Pierre J. Huss
PA Newc
Burdette
Mon Ani
Yeterboro
Ak : Oey
Ramer Geceion
Daily Weather Report
U.S
Jones
Gymanfa Ganu
Cathedral
FE. Stough
St. John’s Luth
Eran
F. E. Stough
Wiedemann
Moscow Radio
Neshannock and
Landon
William Mills
Peggy Anne Landon
Alfred M. Landon
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Peggy Anne
William M. Mills
George Duano
State Correspondent
George W. Cook
James E. Polyblank
West Pittsburg
James Walker Fox
Poland
Anne C. Aiken
East Street
Marie Louise Fox
East Falls Street
John F. Bauer
Sharon
Tony Ross
Mt. Washington
Rhinelands
U. S
Kingsbury Smith
Chas. B. Little
Arthur Mometer
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