Atlantic Patrol Ships Alert For New Attack
Navy ships on the Atlantic patrol are on alert for possible Axis raider actions after an unidentified submarine attacked the destroyer Greer about 150 miles west of Tecland. The incident, the first shooting between the US Navy and a suspected Axis submarine, raises questions about mistaken identity versus the start of undeclared sea warfare, with potential German retaliation feared if a German sub was sunk.
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Kingsbury Smitsw
International News Service
Washington
Navy Department
Greer
Tecland
United States Navy
Navy
Germany
Adolf Hitler
New Castle and Grove City Kick Off Football Season at Taggart Stadium
New Castle high school opens the season hosting Grove City at Taggart Stadium with high expectations. A strong 4 11 rival is anticipated, while The News plans game reports via its telephone desk. Also notes mark the approach of autumn with 19 days until September first, and daylight saving time shifts on Sunday September 28. The York County restricted designation is mentioned for soldiers on furloughs near a paraly sis epidemic, and local traffic fatalities are summarized with one death last month and two in September so far.
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New Castle High School
Taggart Stadiuum
Grove City High School
Mercer
Staunt
York County
Focal District
York
Nugent
John Duke
Fort Myers
Daily Weather Report for 24-hour Period Ends At 9 A.M.
United States weather statistics show maximum temperature BB, minimum 74, precipitation 23 inches, river stage 43 feet for the 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. today. For the same date last year, maximum 80, minimum 59, no precipitation.
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United States
President Must Act To Avert Rail Strike
More than a million railroad workers vote to strike, prompting President Roosevelt to consider declaring an emergency and appointing a fact finding board under the National Railway Act. Unions authorize walkouts with Sept. 11 strike date set by non-operating groups. operating brotherhoods offer no date and reject arbitration. Continued on page two.
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Convernational
Celcago
Roosevelt
Quiet New Castle Primary Voters Face Tuesday Ballot
Voters in New Castle and Lawrence County face a sparse field as a quiet primary ends Tuesday September 9 with important municipal posts at stake. Republicans run two for supreme court judge Earl Compton and William M Parker with Parker seated on the bench. Democrats are also fielding candidates as races narrow and some offices await no filings.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Supreme Court
Superior Court
New Castle Cley Council
Earl Compton
Harrisburg
William M. Parker
Ql Cley
Parker
German wary over Greer torpedo incident claims
Berlin reports suspect a staged provocation by German sources echoing the Athenia case. Washington says depth charges were dropped but details lack clarity. Wilhelmstrasse says the U S and British charges are too vague to convince.
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International News Service
Berlin
Athenia
United States Navy
Greer
Iceland
Navy Department
Washington
Wilhelmstrasse
Vagne
New Baptist Pastor Will Preach Sunday
Rev Oliver W Hurst new pastor of the First Baptist church will preach his first sermon this Sunday at 11 AM. He arrives with his wife and two young children from Philadelphia where he led Wyoming Avenue Baptist Church for seven years. They will live at 418 East Measure Avenue.
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Oliver W. Hurst
First Baptist Church
Hurst
Cay
Philadelphia
Wyoming Avenue Baptist Church
East Measure Avenue
Mr. Hurst
Carolyn
David
Barn Fire Destroys Jacobson threshing setup in Edenburg
A Jacobson farm barn in the Dewberry district burned late Thursday destroying a new Bay baller and collapsing threshing gear. The fire consumed a calf and 175 bushels of wheat plus 400 bushels of oats already threshed. Threshing crews moved equipment but could not save the barn. cause not determined.
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John Jacobson
Edenburg R. F. D. 1
Jacobson
Dewberry
Round Named State President at Bedford Springs Convention
L B Round, vice president and general manager of Pennsylvania Power, was elected president of the Pennsylvania Electric Association at its forty first annual convention in Bedford Springs. He had served last year as second vice president. The association includes power companies across the state.
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L. B. Round
Pennsylvania Power Company
Pennsylvania Electric Associgation
Bedford Springs
Grove City College President Ketler Admitted for Observation
Dr Wier C Ketler, president of Grove City College, is in Jamestown Memorial Hospital undergoing observation. Officials say his condition is not serious and he hopes to return to work in a few days.
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Wier C. Ketler
Grove City College
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Berlin Reports Big Guns Fire On Leningrad
Berlin dispatch reports heavy German artillery battering Leningrad on Sept 5 with claims of early Soviet losses and encirclement. German sources said the city was already under heavy fire while foretelling a swift fall despite supposed Soviet resistance pockets.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Industria cl
Aged Farmer Electrocuted in Storm Fence Incident
Thomas Bailey Cary a 75 year old farmer of Boon Vale township was electrocuted when he attempted to free a cow from a fallen 4,000 volt Pennsylvania Power line during a storm. His son Nathan was shocked while trying to aid him but has since recovered. Coroner T F Nugent reported Cary went to the pasture at 5 30 pm to bring in cows. he did not return by dark and Nathan found him.
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Thomas Bailey Cory
Boon Valeley
Little Beaver Township
Pennsylvania Power Company
Nathan
T. F. Nugent
Cary
D Attock
British Submarine Damages 10,000-ton Cruiser in Strait of Messina
A British submarine attack in the Strait of Messina between Sicily and Italy torpedoed and seriously damaged a 10,000-ton cruiser, according to an official admiralty communique. The strike occurred in narrow waters as part of a naval operation announced today.
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Clijtamacanga News Service
London
Strate of Messina
Sicily
Admiralty
Strait of Messina
Moscow Reports Sensational Soviet Gains and Sinkings
Soviet high command claims major Red Army success, routing a German infantry division with 7,000 killed or wounded, destroying a mechanized column, and sinking two enemy submarines. The noon air communique says fighting persisted along the front as air forces attacked troops and airfields.
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Limenational News Service
Moscow
Siwa
Elaine
Red Air Force
London Papers Debate U S Destroyer Greer Attack Headlines
British papers weighed in on the submarine assault on the U S destroyer Greer. London officials remained silent, while editors warned America may no longer enjoy immunity as Germany presses its campaign.
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London
United States
Greer
Briain
London Evening News
Evening Standard
Injuries Fatal to Carbon Man Dies After Auto Crash
John Dunski, 67, of Carbon, died Thursday at 2 58 PM in Youngstown South Side Hospital after being struck by A J Hyatt of Smethport Pa on Route 224 near Carbon. Dunski, born in Yugoslavia, leaves a daughter Anni of Poland and three stepsons. Funeral from St Lawrence Church Hillsville Saturday at 10 AM. Interment in St Lawrence Cemetery. Body at Cunningham Funeral Home Lowellville. family to receive friends tonight.
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John Dunski
Youngstown South Side City Hospital
Dunski
T. F. Nugent
A. J. Hyatt
East Main Street
Smethport
A. mi
Lowellville
Youngs- Lown Hospital
Yugoslavia
Carbon Limestone Co
Anni
Poland
Nick
John Kilem
Mike
New Jersey
St. Lawrence Church
Hillsville
St. Lawrence Cemetery
Cunningham Funeral Home
State Police Arrive for New Castle Rodeo Weekend
Over sixty state police officers arrive in New Castle to help run the rodeo at Nen Castle fair grounds. Rodeo starts Saturday at two o clock with heavy traffic expected after noon. Tickets cover either afternoon or evening shows and 6000 seats remain unreserved. Children under 16 admitted free with an adult. The program includes trick riding drills and shooting exhibitions across eighteen events.
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New Castle
Nen Castle Fairgrounds
Greensburg
Bullet
Death Record Notices From Carbon and Beaver Areas
Death notices list Jurtth Ann Hombes age one day at 1219 Finch Street with unclear relation. Hn Duneki age 67 of Carbon appears. Cory 75 from Little Beaver Township and Sleve Jung 68 from Elwood City are also noted.
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Hn Duneki
Carbon
Jurttth Ann Hombes
Finch Street
Thomes Bailey Cory
Little Beaver Township
Sleve, Jung
Elwood City
New Castle Man Aboard Greer in Arctic Sea Incident
Shields, a police sergeant, reportedly serves as an underwater radio operator on the U S Destroyer Greer. The ship was attacked by a submarine while en route to Iceland yesterday, and Greer countered with depth charge attacks.
Gas Shortage Solution Seen Across Atlantic Seaboard
Railroads and major oil firms agreed to emergency rate cuts of 25 percent on gasoline and kerosene and 50 percent on crude oil. About 20,000 surplus tank cars will move fuels to 17 eastern states. Officials claim the operation will end curfews on gasoline distribution in coming weeks.
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Eric Friedrem
M Wernwininge
Corres
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Est
Peace Restored In Iran Reported By Allied Telegram
International News Service reports that a British military communique stated peace has been restored in Iran. It noted large areas remain quiet after bands of troops fed by rebel officers in the Kermanshah area were dispersed.
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Stmla
India
Iran
Kermanshah
Roosevelt vows to hunt down Axis sub after Greer attack
President Roosevelt pledges strong retaliation after the destroyer U S S Greer was attacked by a submarine in broad daylight off the American coast. He ordered the navy to engage any Axis sub guilty of undue conduct in American waters and emphasized the danger and urgency of the incident while noting the destroyer was alone and not struck. The speech marked a sharp escalation in wartime rhetoric.
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Laurence Frost
U. S. & Greer
Iceland
OU. S. S. Roper
Greer
Frost
U. S. Naval
Geran
Washington
Roosevelt Jadar
United States Navy
U. S
Great Earnestn
Roosevelt
Small Factories Seek Defense Contracts Amid War Strain
Washington September 5 small factory owners and workers nationwide look to Floyd Gollum for protection as wartime economy tightens. President Roosevelt appoints Odlot Odium to head the new OPM division of contract distribution to keep hundreds of plants operating and ensure small shops get defense work with minimal unemployment.
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George Durano
Washington
Floyd & Gollum
New York
Wen F
United States
Roosevelt
Odlunt
OPM
Odium
Weathering whispers and gridiron season tease
The text mocks weather forecasts and sports timing, noting desires for clear skies and a mild evening. It hints at football season extending about ten weeks, with a casual, informal tone and local color.
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