Pittsburgh Man Dies In Flaming Truck Crash
Pittsburgh driver Alexander Homer, age 38, of Motor Age Transit, dies when his truck crashes into a bridge end on Perry Highway near Slippery Rock Creek. The gasoline tank explodes, engulfing the cab as state police and New Castle rescue units respond.
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Slippery Rock Creek
Rock Springs
Perry Highway
Harlansburg
Alexander Homer
Pittsburgh
Homer
Motor Age Transit Company
Budl J Fain
Nror
New Castle
Central Station
Fire Chiefs
Washington Street
Traffic safety lines painted as schools open
New traffic lines and safety zones near city schools prepare for the opening of the school season. Police say speed laws will be enforced to protect children at crossings as thousands return to classrooms and four girls head to Benjamin Franklin Junior High.
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Pa Newce
Aes
Benjamin Franklin
News Business Office
O. A. West
Vine West
Willis G. McMullen
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending today show maximum and minimum temperatures with no precipitation. River stage recorded at 4.3 feet. Year ago figures report maximum and minimum temperatures and no precipitation.
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United States
Tank Cars Available to Haul Oil Reach 20,000
International News Service reports a senate committee hearing that 20,000 tank cars could move oil from producing areas to the eastern states. J J Pelley, head of the Association of American Railroads, says cars can transport 6 to 3 million barrels monthly to the Atlantic seaboard, easing shortages. He notes railroads have cut crude rates and are considering further reductions.
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International News
Washington
Senate
J.J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Texas
Atlantic Seaboard
Peiley
Nesing Petrolem
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
Lax Agency
Leningrad Siege Is Plan of Nazis
Berlin reports Nazi spokesmen say German forces aim to starve Leningrad while Allied armies tighten their grip, denying a frontal assault for now. Finnish and German troops close in, cutting off escape routes as Marshal Voroshilov’s forces hold the northeastern front.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Klementi Voroshilov
Japan Faces Gravest Crisis Says Premier Konoye
Tokyo Sept. 3 Premier Fumimaro Konoye urged effective and total mobilization of Japan's power as the nation faces the gravest crisis since its history began. The Japan Times warned over Soviet flights to Alaska, calling for re‑examined northern passage defense. He spoke at a round-table with government and war industry reps after cabinet reorganization.
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Finterniteadd
Tokyo
Japan
Fumimaro Konoye
Nippon
Japan Times and Advertiser
Foreign Office
Alaska
Konoye
Ferry Plane Wreck Found Near Britain's West Coast
British authorities investigated a trans Atlantic ferry plane crash found on a remote mountainside near Britain's west coast. All 10 aboard died, raising total ferry crash fatalities to 54 in three weeks. Among the dead were two Americans, Capt. Sherwood Picking of the US Navy and Flight Engineer Charles Alvin Spence of Little Neck, New York.
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London
Britain
Sherwood Picking
United States Navy
Charles Alvin Spence
Little Neck
N. Y
Neath Record Society Notices and Names Fragment
Fragmentary Neath Record page lists Catherine B Cunningham Warren Dorothy Fulkiman infant Marjorie Edith Johnson Wilmington Brighton and George J Von Herg with partial street and township hints. The garbled OCR yields multiple names and locations without a clear single event or dates.
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Catherine B. Cunningham
West Fully Street
Suuix Rosenbrucy
Warren
Dorothy Jean Fulkiman
Wilmington Township
Marjorie Edith Johnson
Aew
Brighton
George J. von Herg
Enon Valley
Laignca Helm to Meet with New Castle Business Leaders
Roger Jewett, newly appointed executive vice president of the Greater New Castle Association, plans informal talks with city industrial and business readers in the coming months. He began the post yesterday succeeding Arthur H. Andrews after a stint with the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce in Harrisburg.
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Greater New
Soviet Forces Counter Attack Near Leningrad Report
London report says Soviet forces under Marshal Klemienti Voror abdloy launched a counterattack at Leningrad with a strong artillery barrage. The Evening Star cites a Leningrad correspondent and notes continuation on page two.
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London
Marshal Klemienti Vororabdloy
Leningrad
London Evening Star
U S Stands Firm On Aiding Soviet Russia Vladivostok Support
The United States maintains it will continue aiding Soviet Russia at Vladivostok despite Japan concerns. Washington asserts shipments help resist Nazi aggression and that Japan has no reason to object while peace exists between Russia and Japan. Tokyo reportedly remains dissatisfied with Washington’s explanation.
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Kingsbury Smith International News Service
Stalf
Wasington
Sant
United States
Soviet Russia
Vladivostok
Japan
Russia
Washington
West
Wavell Says Germany Is Weakening In War Broadcast
General Sir Archibald Wavell, British commander in India, declares Germany weakening as signs of enemy weakness appear. He notes Reichsmaster Hitler may fail without U S expedition, stressing impending ruin for the Axis as war continues.
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Sulleton
Simla
Germany
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Wavell
Egypt
Reichsfuehrer
Adalf Hitler
United States
Hela
Germany Rejects Feeding Duty for Occupied Nations
Berlin reports Germany refuses responsibility for feeding populations in Nazi occupied lands. A government spokesman says Germany’s duty is to France Helland Belgium and border maintenance only. He argues England and a major power must assume the obligation to feed and that occupied peoples have the legal right to import essential foods unhindered.
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Germany
U.S
Waterintilonat News
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
International Twom Wile Helmatrasse
France
Helland
Belgium
England
Atlantic
Mexico And Britain May Patch Quarrel
Mexican Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padila said relations with Great Britain should be resumed soon. He called Britain’s defense of liberty and freedom the foundation for renewal, with the rest of the process being procedural.
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Nnarnational News Seevice
Mexico City
Ezequiel Padila
Mexico
Great Britain
Soviet Claims Hitler Asks For Italian Troops
Moscow reports continuous fighting across the Eastern Front with Tallinn evacuated by Soviet forces. The high command says fighting persisted all night as German losses grow and Mussolini is urged to send Italian troops to cover the Nazi gaps.
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Hitler
Moscow
Pitanigneyae
Tallinn
Wealaraw
High Command
Alter
Mussolini
Wicorega Commissar
Hiner
Lozovsky
Germany
Deny President To Meet Konoye
The White House denied reports Roosevelt had any invitation from Japanese Prime Minister Konoye for a Pacific conference. Presidential Secretary Stephen T Early said there is no invitation and no plan for such a meeting. The Herald Tribune had claimed Roosevelt might confer with Konoye, but the president will instead cruise aboard the Potomac from Annapolis to Washington.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Prince Konoye
Pacific
New York Herald-Tribune
Stephen T. Early
The
Herald—Tribune
White ‘House
Potomac
Annapoolis
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
German Battleship Lubzow Hit by British Torpedo
International News Service reports that Germany’s 10,000-ton pocket battleship Lubzow was damaged by a torpedo from a British Beaufort bomber weeks ago. RAF air strikes on the Reich are increasing in power, with Sir Archibald Sinclair claiming Germany will pay dearly as bombers hit Berlin.
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London
Germany
Air
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Raf
Defense Body Plans Changes In Industry
In Asheington on September 3, officials discussed broader defense measures. President Roosevelt outlined further billions in spending for air power and other services. Vice President Wallace and a new supply agency outlined a seven-point slate for policy and mobilization.
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Defense Body
Warqgld
Slater
Eaptional Nava Service
Stagt Verrespondtenr
Asheington
Rovesfelt
T- Tat Suy
AL Wallace
Tor
Proara
Wallace
Roosevelt
Supply Priaticles
Allaca
Wiemos
Japanese Near Malaya Warned By Straits Governor
Sir Shenton Thomas, governor of the Straits Settlements, warned that Japanese troops are steadily nearing Malaya and declared Japan a belligerent. He said Britain would resist an attack and fight to victory in the Far East.
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Singapore
Malaya
Shenton ‘Thomas
Straits Settlements
Japan
Wernis
Far East
Public Schools Open For Term Amid Fresh Routines
Scrubbed faces and fresh hair cuts marked the opening day of the term as schoolyards wore a new start. Playgrounds were deserted and swims were forgotten while pupils returned after three months of vacation, resuming the 1841-47 term.
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Jn Fage
Public Dances Ban After Football Games Announced
Willis G. McMul y chief of Pelite announced that dances in public streets near stadiums would be prohibited after football games. Charles Mayne and others protested demonstrations planned outside New Castle High Stadium.
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Pelite
Willis G. McMuly
Charles B Mayne
New Castle High
Delay Opening of Teachers Colleges in Pennsylvania
Public Instruction officials report 1 780 000 pupils return to class as 290 849 students receive two week vacation extension to curb infantile paralysis spread. Eleven counties affected. 34 state teachers colleges delayed to September 22 with about 10 000 students. Colleges named include West Chester Cheyney Bloomsburg Clarion California East Stroudsburg Edinboro Indiana Slippery Rock. W.P.A. activities cut in 15 counties announced after meeting with state officials.
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Lews
Harrisburg
Department of Public Instruction
Pennsylvania
West Chester Cheyney
Bloomsburg
Clarion
California
East Stroudsburg
Edinboro
Indiana
Ruttown
Leek Haw Mansfield
Millersville
Shipperburg
Slippery Rock
Originv
B. Hans
W.P.A
Alga
del. Philip Mathews
J. Moore Canysbell
Large RAF Bombardment Sparks Berlin Fires
London reports heavy RAF bomber raid on Berlin with some of the heaviest aircraft involved. Weather inaccuracy noted. Berlin and Frankfurt hit with fires and industrial targets affected. Official communiques describe a “heavy attack” with fires burning through the night.
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Berlin
Charles A. Smith
London
R.A
Fedt
RL Afl
United States
Germanyier
Frankfort
R. A. FL
Serlin
Nseus- 1
Frankfurt
Raiiroad
Marnnhsim
Pennsylvania draft exam quotas set for September call
Harrisburg, Sept 3. Gov Antius Ho Janes announced local boards quotas for 422 boards to fill 11 1 ISS men. Examinations run Sept 16 to Oct 1. New Castle and Lawrence counties quotas listed: Lawrence board 1 57, board 2 53. New Castle board 1 36, board 2 42.
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Bulletla
Conternational
Harrisburg
Anitus Ho Janes
Pennsylvania
Army
New Castle
Lawrence Connur
Lawrence Conny Board
Fragmentary reminiscence on school days and farewells
A jagged reminiscence recalls students returning to class amid a roaring crowd and lakeside memories. The narrator notes some begin anew, some are wary, and asks why they fade into a world of looming tests and distant futures as the day moves toward a seventy eight degree weather outlook.
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Woods
Will
Ierasng Hou
Baie
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Atlantic City
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Rosemary la Pianchs
Love Snoody
Iowa
Arthur Mometer
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