Berlin reports Kiev capture as German advance widens
Berlin says German forces entered Kiev and captured Poltava after Soviet leadership fled. Reports indicate pushes toward Kharkov and the Donets basin with heavy bombardments damaging a Soviet battleship. Bombing also strikes Odessa and Moscow. naval units in the Black Sea suffer damage. German troops hold Worms and Moon islands in Riga Bay and seize eastern part of Oesel.
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Leningrad
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Kharkov
Donets
Odessa
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Moon
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British Bombers Strike Stettin Amid Eastern Front Struggle
British bombers attacked Stettin and northern Germany in a long range strike framed as aiding Russia on the eastern front. London officials said the raid involved distant bombers able to reach the target and possible Russian participation in attacks on Berlin could not be ruled out.
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International News Service
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Russia
Stettin
Germany
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Soviet Troops vow death struggle in Kiev fight
Soviet forces fight to the death in Kiev with Moscow radio and Med Star declaring Germans to pay dearly for the city. The report cites fifteen German divisions and panzers in the battle as Red Army aims to inflict heavy losses, noting especially fierce combat in the suburbs.
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International News Service
Moscow
Kiev
Moscow Radio
Med Star
Red Army
Red Star
Bandits Halt After Harrisville Bank Hold-Up Firefight
Three men robbed the Harrisville bank in Butler County Friday afternoon. A gun battle at the Fifth Street bridge left one bandit dead and another dying, with a wounded prisoner captured later on the Belton-Beaver Falls road. The dead are Virgil Evarts and Albert Feele. Kenneth Palmer is hospitalized. The car used had ties to a prior Volant gun store raid.
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Fifth Street
Belton-Beaver Falls
Rohrer
Virgil Evarts
Smithfield
Albert Feele
Republic
Kenneth Palmer
Volant
Detroit
Volant Bank
Nine Year Old Dies After Shot In School Incident
San Francisco report says nine year old David Henry Antolini died from a shotgun wound inflicted by schoolmate Barbara Ortega during a quarrel over funny books after leaving Bret Harte elementary. Barbara, also nine, used a shotgun she could barely lift.
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San Francisco Hospital
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Foxes, deer reported in Lawrence County and football season opens
Pa News reports Lawrence County is populated with foxes especially in the northeast near Plaingrove where foxes feed on pheasants. A deer crosses Ellwood City hill, with an unusual number seen countywide as spring approaches. Collegiate football season begins with over 20 games this Saturday as most major teams start play next week. Weed growth along city streets noted as seedlings ready to spread in spring. Highway Superintendent Reed discusses flexible stone base road progress.
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Frank “Jewie
Coen
Lawrence County
Plaingrove
Ellwood City
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report For 9 A M Today
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 79 and a minimum of 52 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 5 feet. Year ago figures list a high of 81 and a low of 47 with trace precipitation.
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United States
Queen Nicotina VIIT Crowned at Maryland Tobacco Festival
Senorita Marie Teresa Escalante daughter of Venezuelan ambassador Diogenes Escalante will be crowned Queen Nicotina VIII at the Maryland Tobacco Festival in La Plata.
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Marie Teresa Escalante
Diogenes Escalante
Washington
Nicotina VIII
Maryland
la Plata
Guns Identified As Stolen Here
William Blattmann proprietor of Rohrer's gun store Waterstreet today identified the corpse of Albert Feele as one of the two bandits who held up the gun store and fled with more than 100 dollars in cash and revolvers Monday afternoon. Blattman also identified two of the revolvers as having been stolen from the Rohrer store. Albert W Snyder local insurance adjuster also identified the body of Feele as that of one of the men who held up trussed up he and two women employes of the Francke Continued On Page Two.
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Rohrer
Waterstreet
Albert Feele
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Evarts
Albert W. Snyder
Feelo
Three Are Burned To Death As Train Crashes Into Auto
A Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Line train hit a car at a grade crossing near Sewell Pitman N J killing William Shutt Sr 58 William Shutt Jr 17 and George Forman 50 all in the vehicle Forman burned as the car wedged on the third rail The engineer Harry Deerhalter and conductor George Shock were in custody Police and fire crews freed the bodies and traffic on the electrified line halted as buses moved passengers.
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Pitman
N. J
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Line
Sewell
William Shutt
William, Jr
George Forman
Tyler’s Mill Road
Forman
American Aid To Be Diverted To Russian Use
Washington reports that the United States and Britain will divert most American war supplies en route to the Red Sea to Russia to prevent Soviet front collapse. The cargo includes warplanes tanks anti tank guns armored cars anti aircraft guns and munitions aboard Allied merchant ships along a Red Sea route.
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Washington
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Great Britain
Russia
Red Sea
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South Atlantic
Lend Lease Aid For Paraguay Signed In Washington
The United States signed an agreement with Paraguay to extend American lend lease aid to help Paraguay strengthen its defenses. The extent of aid was not disclosed. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Paraguayan Minister Don Juan Jose Soler signed the accord.
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United States Today
Paraguay
Cordell Hull
Don Juan Jose Soler
Two Italian Troop-Laden Ships Sunk Off Tripoli
Rome reports two Italian motorships packed with troops were torpedoed and sunk from a convoy off Tripoli. Most soldiers and crew were rescued by other ships. The bulletin did not state the attacker.
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Africa
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Roosevelt Signs Record Tax Bill At White House
President Roosevelt signed a historic tax bill totaling 3.5534 billion dollars. He brought the measure to his study at Hyde Park and affixed his signature, making it law amid weekend residence.
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International News Service
Hyde Park
Sept
Roosevelt
United States
Swedish Denies Baltic Fleet Interned in Swedish Waters
Swedish authorities deny rumors that the Russian Baltic fleet arrived in Swedish waters and was interned. Dagens Nyheter notes unconfirmed chatter about 27 to 39 Soviet ships surrendering at Sandhamn near Stockholm.
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Dagens Nyheter
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Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Stalin Canal
White Sea
German Turkish Trade Talks Expected Next Week
London Sept 20 Reuters dispatch from Ankara reports German Turkish trade talks are planned for next week. The talks aim to boost Reich supplies of tobacco vegetable oils mohair cotton and wool in exchange for war materials ammunition rails and bridge equipment. Germany refused to deliver planes and Turkey rejected throne demands.
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London
Reuters
Ankara
Turkey
Roosevelt board seeks faster report on British needs for defense rush
The seven member supply priorities and allocations board asked U S lend lease authorities to speed a report on British war requirements as it moves to issue orders for more than one billion dollars in defense plant expansion contracts. The agency led by Vice President Henry A Wallace aims to have the report ready for its next meeting.
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Two Trackmen Killed Near Pittsburgh Railroad Accident
On September 20 a Cleveland bound Pennsylvania railroad passenger train struck a section gang near Dixmont, killing James Young and William Anderson both Pittsburgh Negroes. Watchman Russell Crossgrove signalled, foreman Pete Similak warned, and four workers escaped. two were unable to jump clear. The engineer C R Johnson halted the train and notified Pittsburgh officials.
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Dixmont
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William Anderson
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Anderson
C. R. Johnson
Death Record for Mrs. Albert A. Price in Ellwood City
An obituary notice lists Mrs. Albert A. Price aged 50 of Ellwood City and A. Wayne Orr aged 57 of New Castle as recently recorded in the local death notices. Ellwood City and New Castle are named as the places connected to the individuals.
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A. Wayne Orr
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Ellwood Read
Japanese Steamer Hankone Maru Cleared at Singapore
British authorities in Singapore released the Japanese steamer Hankone Maru after a temporary detention. The ship awaits assurances from Japan that British ships will receive equal facilities to evacuate Britons from Japanese controlled territories. One hundred Japanese subjects await passage home aboard the vessel.
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International News Service
Singapore
Japan
Eight Killed In Army Air Crashes
A toll of eight dead from army airplane crashes in the last 24 hours. One civilian instructor and a flying cadet among the dead. The victims include Second Lieut. R. H. Keith of Durham North Carolina and Second Lieut. Leland A. Wair of Dunlap Kansas.
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Dunlap
Kans
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Newark
N. J
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Los Angeles
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Fort Worth
Tex
Ronald S. Bierer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter H. Boyd
Long Beach
Calif
Artie M. Howard
Saylersville
Keith and
Wair
Two Men Drive Autos At High Speed Into Walls
In Newark on September 20 two men killed themselves in high speed crashes after troubled relationships. Adam Stevens 29 rammed a concrete loading platform at 80 mph following a quarrel with his girlfriend. Bennet Patterson 32 of Elizabeth chased his estranged wife Dorothy 33 to Weequahic Park and then collided with a wall. he survived with serious injuries.
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N. J
Adam Stevens
Bennet Patterson
Elizabeth
Dorothy
Weequahic Park
Nine New Castle Men Inducted Into Service
Nine New Castle youths are to depart Monday morning for Fort George Meade Maryland to join the 14th call for Selected Men. Local Boards One and Two issued final instructions at the old Knitting Mill building and the men will travel on the B and O railroad at 7 30.
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Fort George Meade
Walter Frank Malizia
Croton Avenue
Robert McKee Boal
Kurtz
Clarence Carm Latina
Locas Street
Robert Arthur “Emery
Laurel Avenue
James Alec Polen
North Mill Street
Joseph Francis Frazier
Warren Avenue
Mariot Bill Sniezek
Moravia
Alfred Herman Pacella
Montgomery Avenue
Joseph Wysocki
Cunningham Avenue
Houck Taken to Pittsburgh in Haber Murder Probe
Kenneth Houck 21 a former Bellefonte orchestra leader was brought to Pittsburgh to face questioning in the July killing of Rose Haber 34 in East Liberty. Clinton County officials released him after a murder charge was filed. detectives said a witness identified him.
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International News Service
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Bellefonte Orchestra
Rose Haber
East Liberty
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Clinton
Miss Haber
Jerry Deasy
Walter Monaghan
Houck
Monaghan
Influenza Germ Isolated in Cape Town Study
CAPETOWN South Africa Sept 20 The Institute of Medical Research announced the influenza germ has been isolated for the first time in history. Dr E H Claver said a vaccine will be prepared and hopes for full success.
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Institute of Medical Research
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South African Defense Department
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Fishermen Return From North With Lake Trout Load
Arthur Mometer reports that a pair of fishermen returned today with a substantial catch from the northern lakes. They claim to have hauled several hundred pounds of lake trout though many large fish slipped away, a tale the writer calls a fisherman's alibi.
Paris Hostages Executed In German Reprisals
London dispatch reports the Paris radio says 12 more French hostages were executed in reprisal for attacks on German forces in occupied France.
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