Survivors say ship Sessa sunk by torpedo near Foeland
Navy reports S Sessa, a Panama-registered American operated freighter formerly Danish, was torpedoed about 100 miles southwest of Foeland on August 7. Three survivors rescued, 24 crew missing presumed lost. Ship operated by New York Steamship Co under Panama registry. News notes also mention a separate sinking of Steel Seafarer in the Red Sea with all hands.
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State Department
Stan Ship & S. Sessa
Foeland
Bave
United States
New York Steamship Co
Panama
Department
Primary Election Vote Time At PA Newc District
Voters still able to cast ballots in today's primary with polls open until evening. Local notes mention detour bulletins issued by the Department of Highways for the two week period ending September 19. New Castle fire department mobile unit provided first aid at the fairgrounds during the State Motor Police Rodeo with minor injuries reported.
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Pagianc
Department of Highwal
Eo OM
New Castle
Ute Department
New Castle Fairgrounds
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily U S weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending at 9 am with a high of 84 degrees and a low of 66, no precipitation, and a river stage of 4.3 feet. A year ago the maximum reached 80 and minimum was 2 with 0.35 inches of rain recorded.
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United States
Hundred R A F Bombers In Attack On Germany
London reports near ten Royal Air Force bombers attacked western Germany and Berlin in a night raid. German locomotive workshops were a main objective. A BBC broadcast cited severe damage but offered few specifics.
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R.A. F
Germany
Conernational News Service
London
R.A
Berlin
Walla Nady
R.A. I
New York
NBC
BBC
Coal Laden Arctic Islands Seized by British Forces
British, Canadian and Norwegian troops seized Spitzbergen in the Arctic, denying Nazi access to its coal deposits. Canadian forces led the landings with naval support, and the operation had Norwegian government approval in London. Details of strategic aims remained secret.
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Arctic Islands
Charles A
London
Oomtin
Election Returns Limited to Phone Inquiries in Two Counties
With few contests in the New Castle and Lawrence County primary, The News will announce returns only by telephone inquiries tonight. There will be no outside bulletin service. The News phones are No. 4000.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Iran Accepts British Soviet Demands to Eject Nazis
Teheran announces Iran will expel alleged Nazi agents as agreed with Britain and the Soviet Union. Terms include ejecting Germans and Austrians, shutting down offices, and closing Italian and German legations and consulates. Iran seeks clarification on Anglo Soviet occupation of certain towns.
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Bulletif
Teheran
Iran
Churchill Describes War Progress In Commons
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons Britain remains the captain of her soul after two years of war. He reviewed allied advances including the Atlantic meeting with President Roosevelt, Russia’s situation, the ocean battle, the Middle East campaign, and Britain’s rapid occupation of Spitabergen. He spoke of comparisons to a year ago and closed with strong words about self mastery and duty.
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Ay Lowell BE
Internacional News Corr
London
Henley
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Churchill
Commons
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Russia
Vote On Liquor In 95 Districts
Voters in 95 Pennsylvania communities across 24 counties cast ballots to decide whether to permit the sale of liquor or beer in their towns. Fourteen dry or formerly dry towns faced votes on beer or liquor sales in this statewide round of referenda.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Sept. B
Pennsylvania
Death Record Notice From September 1941
Michael Anthony DiMuccio age 30 of 512 South Jefferson Street is listed with a death record alongside Boleslaw Kominic 30 from Wilmington township Dominec Baga Mi Ellwood City William Ross Wire 57 Mercer R F D6 Ismac Vi Garis 47 315 Sampaan Street Mirk Rose Wiland Pittsburgh.
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Michael Anthony DiMuccio
Jefferson Street
Boleslaw
Four City Board Two Volunteers Inducted for Service
City Board Two will induct four men from Local Board Two, New Castle, on Monday September 22. They depart by the B and O railroad at 7:30 PM for camp, to receive final instructions on Saturday morning September 20 at 11:30 AM. Inductees listed: Joseph Francis Frazier of Warren Avenue Marton, Bill Sniczek of 1808 Moravia, Alfred Herman Pacella of 219 Montgomery Avenue, Joseph Wysocki of 908 Cunningham Lane.
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New Castle
Joseph Francis Frazier
Warren Avenue
Marton Bill Sniczek
Moravia Street
Alfred Herman Pacella
Montgomery Avenue
Joseph Wysocki
Cunningham l Avenue
Three Eagles Pilots Reported Lost In Battle Over France
International News Service reports that three pilots from the original Eagle Squadron are missing after a fierce engagement over France. One, W H Nichols of San Carlos California, is believed killed. Hilliar Fenlow of Dallas and Eugene Tobin of Los Angeles are missing and possibly captured. The raid involved mass German fighters at altitudes near 25,000 feet and forced the Allied pilots to retreat toward the English Channel.
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Moscow
Ras Pleine
Unhiy
Gemany
W. H. Nichols
San Carlos
Calif
Hilliar
Fenlow
Dallas
Tex
Eugene Tobin
Los Angeles
Eagle Squadron
America
France
Woman Killed as Truck Plunges Off Highway
A truck driver Thomas G. Dorrell 24 of Delta, Ohio survived injuries after a tire exploded causing the truck to leave the highway and crash through a guard rail at Edgewood viaduct. The woman Thearl Sherman 32 of Boston was killed. The vehicle landed on railroad tracks near the edge of the embankment. Three other men were injured in a separate incident involving a second truck on the same route.
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Cinleraitone
Sttanning
Miss Thearl Sherman
Boston
Thomas G. Dorrell
Delta
Kittanning
Edgewood Viaduet
Wreck of Pennsy Pittsburgh to Chicago train
Rail officials investigated the wreck on Pennsylvania tracks near Fort Wayne Indiana when a locomotive overturned and nine coaches derailed. One man was killed and several injured including William McParvan 71 of Quaker Hill Conn and Rev L Michael 4 of Southbridge Mass. Engineer Otto Rast 64 and W G Priddy 41 were also hurt. The open switch likely caused the crash as the train coasted into city limits. Sergeant H E Melson returning from furlough at Camp Lejeune is mentioned in a separate item.
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Ind
Locus
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Fork Waste
Funeral Of Mrs. Roosevelt In Private Hyde Park Service
Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt dies at Hyde Park aged 86 87 and the Roosevelt family holds a private 3 p m funeral in the library. President Roosevelt and family attend a simple service before a small cortege leaves for the St James Episcopal graveyard for burial beside her husband.
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Hudson
United States
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Albany Post Road
St. James Episcopal Church
Ayde Park
Grande Dam
Asesemble
Frank R. Wilson
Next Four Weeks Will Decide Leningrad Fate
International News Service reports Russian authorities and military officials saying the coming four weeks will determine whether Leningrad falls to German forces or endures. The fate hinges on German aims, whether siege or capture, plus Leningrad’s morale and supplies. No clear German intent is known in London, and the article notes the possibility of continued fighting beyond.
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James E
Statt
Pellef
Oneesia
Len
Gitungon
Tom
London
Garman
Pittsburgh voters face orderly polls as primary campaigns begin
Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania voters headed to the polls amid a light anticipated turnout. Allegheny authorities prepared for potential disorder by placing ballot boxes under court review. The court prize includes appointments of observers to monitor election board motives. The grand jury will hear charges while common pleas judges relay to hear polling disputes. In the mayoral race, Cornelius B. Scully backed by the Lawrence machine is the Democratic favorite with John M. Huston as rival. In the GOP contest, George D. Wick faces Harmon D. Denny, former public safety director, for the mayoral nomination.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Sunuy Weather
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Canaman Plans Court
David M. Olburn
Chards
Election Board of Voters
Troud
Common Pleas Court
Signur
Cornelius DB
Scully
Lawrence
John M. Huston
George D. Wick
Tandy Gop
Harmiy D. Denny
Public Safety
Afternoon voting anticipated as locals head to polls
Voters prepare for local elections with clear skies and rising heat. At noon the mercury neared 30 as workers in mills linger outside precincts. Ballot features two state posts plus local offices including treasurer, judge, sheriff, and school directors. many areas expect a busy afternoon as shifts end and polls close.
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Mercury
Supreme Cur
Lawrence County
Wana
J. Mei
Fitteomy Ear
Russians Retake 50 Towns In Central Front Push
Moscow dispatch reports a Russian counter offensive forcing a general withdrawal by German forces on the central front. Pravda claims the Germans pulled twelve miles west of Yelnya near Smolensk as Russians recapture multiple villages amid heavy German casualties and retreat.
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Moscow
Naz
Mto
Pravda
Toda
Yelnya
Smolensk
Freighter Sunk in Red Sea by Axis Plane Attack
US freighter Sea Lion, operated by the Isthmian Line from New York, was torpedoed and sunk in the Red Sea. Crew reportedly rescued. The incident, attributed to German or Italian forces, amplifies growing Axis-US tensions as Cairo reports relay the crisis to Washington.
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Red Sea
Kingsbury Smith
Ahini Fox
United States
Ward
Alexander Kirk
Tie
Egypt
Chaiman
Tsthmian
New York
Tom Mey
Berlin Denies Sinking Ship Contention in Red Sea Zone
Germany disclaimed knowledge of the American freighter Stern Leafster’s sinking in the Red Sea, noting the waters were long declared a war zone by the President. Officials emphasized risk confirmation and ongoing military considerations in the Red Sea theater.
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Germany
Red Sea
Weather Memoir Beats Pollyanna in Odd News Verse
The garbled prose riffs on weather as a mood, praising a character named MacNab and imagining a cerulean sky with a black moon. The narrator notes the breeze, the sky’s silver sheen, and signs of personal emotion in the speaker’s face, all in a playful, fragmentary style.
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Ces Coast
Pollyanna Fey
Wien
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