CIO Squeeze Tactics Hit Buckstown Sawmill Owner
The CIO pressed a demand at R. A. Poorbaugh s sawmill near Buckstown Somerset county with about 50 pickets and 35 cars along the road. Poorbaugh signed with the CIO Thursday night after a morning standoff, saying workers face choosing union enrollment or quitting business. The protest, part of a broader Tri State drive, followed earlier CIO actions to curb non CIO props in mines and boost union coverage in western Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Kapusi Denies Robbery Charge in Windber Case
Joe Kapusi of Scalp Level, held in county jail since June 15, denies robbing two Windber stores in July and August 1935. He claims amnesia about 1935, blames Florida prison experiences, and heads to Johns Hopkins for another mastoid-related operation. He lost part of his left leg as a child and may receive a lifelong job from the traction company after recovery.
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Joe Kapusi
Windber
Norman T. Boose
Kapusi
Raiford
Florida
Somerset County
Cammot Rei
Traction Company
Six Die as Train Strikes Auto at Powell Crossing
Harrington Delaware Aug 28 a Pennsylvania railroad freight train struck an automobile killing William Derrickson 42 his sister Violet Salmons 40 and her four children Louise 10 Grace 8 Charles 6 Stella 2 all residents of nearby towns The northbound freight dragged the car several hundred yards scattering school supplies and clothes Investigating officer Private Hugh Collins said the car crossed one set of tracks just ahead of a southbound freight but he did not see the northbound train due to tall corn A Russell engineer and O T Taylor conductor were released on their own recognizance for an inquest Survivors include Mrs Derrickson Edith Derrickson and five children on furlough at Pottstown Pa The Salmons family includes husband Harriet 21 and Jack 16
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Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
Powell's Crossing
Here
William J. Derrickson
Violet Salmons
Farmington
Louise
Grace
Charles
Stella
Mrs Saylor Loses Case In Trespass Suit
Civil court jury rules for Pvt. Jack W. Burt of the state motor police in a trespass case brought by Elizabeth Saylor 69 of West Somerset seeking about 3000 for injuries from a collision at West Patriot Street and South Rosina Avenue Burt was returning a patrol car to Somerset sub station and is now with the Allegheny county barracks in Pittsburgh. trial heard by Judge Norman T. Roose.
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Elizabeth Saylor
West Somerset
Saylor
Pvt
Burt
West Patriot Street
South Rosina Avenue
Th Somerset
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Somerset
Frank Coder
Uhl, Easy and
Savior
Clyde Titler
James W. Norman, Jr
Roy N. Sharpnack
E. E. Moore
Norman T. Roose
Joseph Levy
Moore
Paul E. C. Pike and
Ackerman
Red Tape Cut May Open Talks With Japan
A personal message from Japan's Prime Minister Konoye to President Roosevelt opened a path to negotiations on Pacific tensions. Hull said future meetings would discuss the major differences between the United States and Japan, with cautious optimism and no commitment on supplying Russia via the Pacific route.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Fumimaro Konoye
Pacific
Ohe
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United States
Fregent
Hull
Vladivostok
Russia
Fish's Tug Causes Little Lad to Drown Troy
Seven year old Martin Chaape fell from a valance and drowned in a deep pond near his Troy home after a tug from a fish line. His brother, aged 10, and rescuer Guy Woodruff answered the call. Dr Lawrence Brown tried for an hour but failed. The boy was son of Mr and Mrs Roy Chaapel of Troy township.
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Martin Chaape
Guy Woodruff
Martin
Lawrence Brown
Roy Chaapel
Troy Township
Talon Inc. reports no further lay-offs likely until mid-October
Meadville August 28 Talon Inc. announced to its employees that current production levels can be sustained without additional layoffs. Previously about 800 workers were laid off due to material shortages, notably copper alloy.
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Meadville
Talon, Inc
Mexico’s silk industry crippled by raw material shortage
Mexico City Aug 28 A large report states more than half the country’s artificial silk industry is paralyzed since Monday. Two hundred factories have been forced to suspend operations due to lack of raw material.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Somerset American Subscription Rates Declared
Inclusive renewals available for up to two years at prevailing rates until September 1. In Somerset and surrounding areas by mail the rate is $5.00 per year, while mail subscriptions within Somerset county cost $4.00 per year.
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Somerset American
Somerset
Somerset County
Axis Interests Not Forgotten in Gasoline Shipments
TOKIO Aug 29 A Japanese government spokesman said representations to Russia and the United States over sending American gasoline to Vladivostok were made from a Japanese point of view but axis interests are also considered. Lichi Kishi spoke for the cabinet information bureau. The matter follows suggestions that the representations were German-inspired as dispatch of fuel to Russia and a U S military mission to China provoke concern.
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United States
Vladivostok
Lichi Kishi
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Germany
U. S
China
Turkey
Middle East
Britain
Iran
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Ankara
Sukru Saracoglu
John MacMurray
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Yugoslavia
Greece
Budapest
Thrace
Europe
Afghanistan
Sharon Worker Electrocuted at Westinghouse Sharon Works
Edwin K. Simpson aged 29, a tester at the Sharon works of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing, was electrocuted at work. Plant officials could not immediately explain the cause. Three hours of revival attempts failed. Simpson, unmarried, is believed to have a mother in Chester, West Virginia.
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Edwin K. Simpson
Sharon Works
Westginhouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Simpson
Chester
W. Va
Arnold pleads guilty to drunk driving in Salisbury
William Arnold of Salisbury pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence after appearing before Judge Norman T. Boose following regular court hours. He was sentenced to pay costs a $200 fine and six months in Somerset county jail. Arnold was arrested late Tuesday night by Deputy Sheriff Howard Baldwin along Route 219 near Salisbury.
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Salisbury
Norman T. Boose
Boose
Arnold
Somerset County
Howard Baldwin
All Foreign Ships To Go Into Service In Hemisphere
The Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee announced that twenty one republics will put all foreign vessels driven into western hemisphere ports by the European war into operation. Sumner Welles called it a major step, with about 100 ships involved, to defend hemispheric economies and security. The U.S. through the Maritime Commission will operate ships lacking proper manning, while Britain will recognize transfers under conditions. Ships must not fund hostile flags and must avoid trade against Britain’s interests. Ninety one ships have been seized or placed in custody since the war began, including five German or axis nations, 42 Italian, one Romanian, and others.
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Washington
inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
Britain
Near East
Sumner Welles
inter-American Committee
U. S
United States
Maritime Commission
Great Britain
Germans Reach Within 32 Miles Of Leningrad Invasion Push
German and Finnish sources report a major advance toward Leningrad with troops pressing from the north and other fronts, while Moscow lines say Soviet counterattacks are repelled. DNB accounts detail rail and road disruptions, munitions plant strikes, and heavy losses on both sides as the 68th day of the invasion unfolds.
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Leningrad
Black Sea
Arctic Circle
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Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Gomel
Velikie Luki
Smolensk
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Wilhelmstrasse
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Tallinn
Paldiski
Salla
Arctic
Leningrad-Murmansk
Russia
Nezhin
Bryansk
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Kiev-Nezhin
Slavyansk
Fomel
Iran Halts Fighting as Allied Forces Advance Across Iran
London reports Iran orders army to cease resistance after four days of token combat with British and Russian forces. Allied troops push 100 miles south from the southwest and seize key oil fields while advancing on Tabriz, with plans to improve rail and road networks to aid war shipments to Russia. Premier Ali Furangi seeks good relations with Russia and Britain, endorsing peaceful occupation and public order.
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Britain
Russia
Iran
United Staties
Great Britain
Germany
Moscow
Ali Furanghi
Teheran
Baluchistan
Iraq
Tabriz
Finns Regain Control Of Strategic Saimaa Canal
Helsinki Aug 28 A Finnish army correspondent says the Saimaa canal near Viipuri has been restored to Finnish hands after a wedge drive to Juustila. Kavantsaari 10 miles northeast of Viipuri was captured, suggesting most of the Sortavala Viipuri railway is now Finnish. The canal locks, rebuilt five years ago, were demolished by retreating Russians but soon restored for Finland's timber and maritime trade.
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Finland
Saimaa
Viipuri
Russia
Juustila
Kavantsaari
Sortavala
Karelian Isthmus
Ladoga Lake
Japanese Respond To U S Mission To China
Tokyo readers react with concern over the U S military mission to China and gasoline shipments to Russia. The Japan Times and Advertiser denounces it as American participation in the war against Japan while Nichi Nichi stresses oil shipments shape the fate of diplomacy.
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TOKIO
U. S
China
Russia
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Roosevelt
Washington
Japan Times and Advertiser
Foreign Office
Japan
Nichi Nichi
The
Times and Advertiser
Britain
Churchill
Expect Axis To Demand Turk Waters
Axis sources say Germany may seek freedom to use Turkey's Black sea territorial waters as part of a broader strategy in the eastern Caucasus and Near East. Hitler reportedly warned Ankara he might need Black sea lanes while keeping other aims flexible amid fluid regional alignments.
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Germany
Turkey
Black Sea
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Ankara
Batum
Caucasus
Husrev Gerede
Berlin
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Forecast Of Rapid Nazi Movements
The crossing of the lower Dnieper by German and Hungarian forces signals rapid Nazi advances in Ukraine and toward Rostov on the Don. The Donets region and Kharkov remain crucial for Russia's war effort, with oil fields and industrial centers at stake despite potential production disruptions from the Dnieper dam destruction.
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Ukraine
Russia
Rostov
Don
Bua@ennys
Berlin
Hitler
Zaporozhe
Don River
Kaiser
Caucasus
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Odessa
Kiev
Donets
Black Sea
Kharkov
Moscow
Leningrad
Romley
Russians destroy Dnieperstroy dam in retreat
Moscow says the Dnieperstroy dam and all works were deliberately blown to prevent use by German forces. Lozovsky, deputy foreign affairs chief, calls it a key Five Year Plan project finished with American help. Dam, turbines, and nine generators were destroyed. cost about $110 million.
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Moscow
Russia
Dnieperstroy
S. A. Lozovsky
Ukraine
Catherine the Great
Hugh L. Cooper
Zaporozhe
Dnieperopetrovsk
Lozovsky
Dnieper
West Bank
Stalin
Germany
Qgdessa Peril Is Greater
In Moscow on August 28 Russia admitted the destruction of an unidentified target amid ongoing tensions. Details remain incomplete as the report indicates continuation on the next page.
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Moscow
Russia
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania and nearby states
Western Pennsylvania: increasing cloudiness with higher temperatures followed by showers in the north at night, warmer Friday night, Saturday showers and warmer. West Virginia: fair with higher temps Friday, increasing clouds and warmer Friday night, Saturday cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and higher temps. Maryland: fair with higher temps Friday, not so cool Friday night, Saturday increasing clouds and higher temps with showers in the afternoon and night. Eastern Pennsylvania: fair with higher temps Friday, increasing clouds and not so cool Friday night. Saturday mostly cloudy and warmer with showers spreading from west to east in the afternoon.
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