Explosion at Penn Chemical plant rocks Clairton Pa
A massive blast at the Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, shattered two buildings in the agitating department where resins and oils are processed. None of the 3% employees were inside. several were slightly hit by debris and chemicals as a fire was quickly contained. The plant also processes solvents for other firms with government defense orders. Fire officials could not determine the cause or damage estimate.
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Clairton
Pennsylvania Industrial Chemcal Corporation
Monongahera River
Foren
Joseph McKallip
British Butter Rations Reduced
London reports a government statement that weekly butter rations drop to two ounces starting September, while meat purchase allowance rises from 1s 16d to 2s 2d. The total fat quota remains unchanged with an extra two ounces of margarine added.
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London
Wind Storm Raises Roof Housing Project Visit
Pupils from Poe Junior School 7-5 Social studies class toured the Wheatley school housing project. Miss Cathora Remy directed the visit, providing insight into the federal housing initiative and its local impact.
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Wheatley School
Poe Junior School
Cathora Remy
Remission Bill Ruled Illegal by Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court ended litigation over a general tax remission bill that would have allowed 10 counties to retain half their state ad valorem taxes for five years for federal revenue purposes. The decision denied a rehearing after the act was struck for exceeding a two year remit limit. Dallas County sought the rehearing. The bill aimed to fund Hood control irrigation road building reforestation relief charity WPA projects and other uses.
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Aubtin
Supreme Court Today
Finis
Texas
Dallas County
School Fined for Illegal Flag Use in Arkansas
Mena Arkansas September 25. Justice of the Peace Clem Brown fined Commonwealth College a labor school near here 2500 dollars on charges of anarchy displaying a hammer and sickle emblem and forbidding the display of the United States flag in a case that underscores state contention on flag symbolism and legality.
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Mena, Ark
Justice of the Peace
Clem Brown
Commonwealth College
Here
Favine
United States
Mexico Seeks to Stop Migration Campaign Declared
Mexico launches a nationwide propaganda drive to deter workers from migrating to the United States. The interior ministry issued a bulletin to state governors detailing new immigration regulations and noting that U.S. authorities now refuse entry to those seeking employment.
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Mexico City
United States
Ministry of the Interior
Galleazo Cluny to Berlin for Axis talks amid Berlin raids
Sept 25 4% Italiar Foreign Minister Count Galleazo Cluny will travel to Berlin for axis war program talks. German and Spanish officials signaled a ceremony, while Serrano Suner met Hitler as Berlin prepared for a possible formal pledge. Meanwhile British raids on Berlin continued with civilian casualties reported and bombs falling on outer districts.
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Berlin
Count Galleazo Cluny
Tomorow
Giang
1Clano
Ramon Serrano Suner
Hitler
Wilhelm Strasse
Serrano Suner
Britain
London
Dover
Folkestone
Ashford
Hastings
Liverpool
Cardiff
Newhaven
Brighton
Woolstone
Southampton
Nazi Claims of Soldier Loss Denied by German Sources
Berlin reports deny claims that thousands of German soldiers’ bodies washed ashore along the English coast. British sources decline comment on a Daily Mail dispatch claiming Germany lost between 50,000 and 60,000 elite troops after a September 18 gale scattered the invasion fleet.
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Berlin
English
Gombels
Germany
London
Harold Cardozo
Woman slain by club identified links to southern family
Horsham Pa Sept 35 14 An attractive mother found beaten to death in an empty farmhouse was linked by her husband to a southern family. Mrs Ethel M Atkins 45 mother of nine year old twins was identified by her husband James F Atkins a Philadelphia bricklayer. District Attorney Frederick Smillie said Atkins claimed the slain woman maiden name Ethel Craft had been settled to John Cicero Angier of Durham NC a relative of the Duke family. Smillie said he was told that John Cicero had married an Ethel Craft in Philadelphia about 1920. Atkins and Mrs Angier said the slain woman had three children by a previous marriage.
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Horsham
Ethel M. Atkins
James F. Atkins
Philadelphia
Frederick
Watt Atkins
Angler
Bulgaria Decrees Death for Hoarders Policy Amid Shortages
Sofia reports the Bulgarian cabinet imposes the death penalty for repeated profiteering and hoarding as shortages loom for flour and fats amid meatless days due to heavy exports to Germany. Oslo dispatch notes Norway cuts sugar rations and bread allowances, plus soap, effective September 30 to address wartime scarcities.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Germany
Oslo
Norway
Berlin
Retonga praise from Mrs Hundley sparks herbal tonic drive
Mrs Hundley describes severe suffering with gas and stomach distress prior to Retonga use. She reports a marked improvement in appetite, digestion, sleep, and strength after taking the herbal tonic. The advertisement quotes many endorsements and notes Nance's Drug Store at 110 Drake St as a place to learn more and obtain Retonga.
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Retonga
Nature
Wes
San Antonio
Nance
Drake St
Retonge
Nellie Hundley
James Hundley
Lai
Tanga
Hundley
Drake Sta
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