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-1R EVENING RECORD Stoncbofo Citizen THE RECORD-ARGU 227 TWO ASSOCIATED WOftLft CREENVIilE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1942 "COMPLfSTB ASBOGIAtBD HITLER STARTS CHURCHILL SECOND UNFAIR DEAL TO MERCER COUNTY 'Public Statements on Subject He Regards as Undesirable. ABOUT WILLKIE Commons Talks Over It' Question of Negro Soldier Discrimination- London, Sept. 5 Minister Churchill voiced emphatic disapproval of speculation on the time or place of a second front, as the eubjecb cropped up in the House of Commons today 'and as the BBC broadcast to France an Allied offensive "Is in the making." Churchill's remarks were provoked Toy a question from Capt. Peter MacDonald which was prefaced by the assumption that "the period of of' fenslve operations by the United Nations is now approaching." As Parliament met for the first time since Sept.

11, a high officer of the British Army broadcast in French that "today more than ever before the possibilities of a British and Allied landing on French soil must be foreseen." The message followed the pattern of previous BBC broadcasts to France. It told the French that there'would be no advance warning oil the day or point of but that "the offensive of the Allied nationals in the making." MacDonald was anxious 1 lest someone with inside information indls- creetly tip off the enemy with too 1 free talk. In reaponse to the mem- ber-a a'worcl' of' caution, Churchill said: "I welcome this opportunity of again' emphasizing the undesirability of public statements or speculation I as to the time and place of future Allied offensive operations even London Denies Transports Sunk London, Sept. Ministry of Information declared today that the German claim to have sunk" American troop transports in the Atlantic is "quite untrue." "It may now be stated that the enemy claim to have sunk troop transports in the Atlantic Is quite untrue," the announcement The Germans said yesterday that three large Allied transports had been sunk by German submarines in an attack on a convoy moving from the United States to England. WPB Population Has Decreased Since 1940.

GIVES WAR DEPT. AS AUTHORITY HARMONSBURG STATION BURNS Bessemer Building Dis covered Ablaze After Last Midnight. Harmonsburg station of the Bessemer Lake Erie Railroad was destroyed by fire early today. Flames had already gained much headway when discovered shortly after midnight. Conneaut Lake borough fire department responded to a call for aid and later was joined at the scene by the Conneaut Lake Park fire department.

By this time, however, the structure was a mass of flame and it was deemed futile even to attempt to save tiie building and no hose lines were laid. The slate roof of the frame structure had collapsed. The fire was said to have started in the station waiting room, but the cause was not determined. 'Bessemer conducting an investigation of the blaze today. The station was open only during the daytime.

Built quite a number of years ago, the station was 40 feet in length by 18 feet wide. Added to the loss of the building, was that of a quantity HUES STEP IN UP U. MOTORS ROAR OVER ENGLISH DOWNS The War Production Board based on figures furnished it by all War Department, makes, in a letter to a Sharon wholesale grocery company, a most astounding statement, towit, Mercer County has lost 3,000 population since the 1940 census! And the WPB, on that basis, proposes to ration coffee and tea in this county on the basis of .101,039 minus 3,000, or roughly speaking 98,000. Protests have been made by ra tioning and civilian defense officials but the WPB is reported as stand Ing pat. If it continues to stand pat Mercer County will get less than it proper quota, of both coffee and tea How the War Department coul arrive at a conclusion that Merce County had lost population since the 1940 Census is a mystery.

In the reenville area it is common knowledge that it has never had such a large population. There are close to 2,000 new residents in Greenville borough alone and reasonably-accurate estimates are the area has at least 4,000 new people who have come here since the Geneva and the Shenango projects started. The Sharon Chamber of Commerce estimates, after a careful survey, that the wage earners of Mercer County, who numbered 22,000 in 1940-1941, total around The sugar ration cards issued in this county show a population of 118,000. It is apparent, therefore, that when wholesalers are permitted to purchase only 65 cent of the Offensive Under Way Starts Off With Heavy Blows to Japs. ENEMY IS FORCED BACK IN NEW GUINEA General Movement Extends From South Seas To Aleutians.

though such statements are based on freight and express stored there, inference and the suggestion seems to imply, on inside information!" The House's applause was punctuated by the Churchill did that be conveyed to Mr. Wendell Willkie?" Willkie, speaking in Moscow, Sunday, urged a 'second front "at the earliest possible moment which our military leaders will approve." Churchill, who rarely 1ms boon at a loss for words, told Commons "I afraid I have rather exhausted the possibilities of the English language" in, denouncing Pierre Laval. Ho declined to make any further statement on tho government's attitude toward Vichy. He also brushed aside a new suggestion that the RAF bomb Rome, Churchill told one member that his charge of "discrimination against Negro troops" of the United States Army in Britain was unfortunate. The Prime Minister assured another member that harmony in Allied war planning was "our constant aim and there certainly is nq lack of machinery to achieve it." The question was raised O.

M. Driberg, who implied that' the al- oof fee and supplies they bought in 1941, they will now get only 83 per cent of the-county's about Tour-ftfths'. the p. S. Census-figures and completely ignoring the immense increase in population due to the wartime industrial expansion of the (Continued on page 2) Washington, Sept, A determined Allied offensive appeared definitely underway in the far- flung Pacific war theater today, causing the Japanese invaders to fall back in New Guinea and inflicting heavy, losses on enemy planes and troops in the Solomon and Aleutian Islands.

The unleashing of Allied air and round power on two of the three strategic Pacific fronts coincided with announcement of a conference of the U. S. Navy and Air- force's high command somewhere at sea. The attacks brought destruction of 49 Japanese planes in the Solomons and Aleutians and damage to five ships in four days of raids. Taking the offensive for the first time on New Guinea, Gen.

MacArthur's ground forces hammered back Japanese troops in the Owen Stanley Mountains with an infiltrating and outflanking attack about 32 miles north of Port Moresby. MacArthur's Australian headquarters announced last night the Aluminum Men to Get 80c an Hour Edgcwat.er, N. Sept An increase of-five cents an hour in pay for more than 2,500 employes of the Edgewater plant of the aluminum company of America today awaited only formal approval of the CIO local of the Aluminum Workers of America. Officers of the union and company agreed toi the yesterday. It increased the minimum scale to 80 cents an hour here.

M. M. Anderson, vice-president of the company in charge of personnel and industrial relations, said similar increases might be expected in other plants to bring the starting rate in line with "comparable employment rates" of their districts. PUCTOOAMP DOWN STERNLY Would Ban Pleasure Use of Public tion on Week-Ends. attacking 'forces progress" fOr the S.

Army parachute troopers on a practice mission' from their training station Planes carrying U. in Great Britain roar over a peaceful English farming ports being used as troop carriers in U. S. and region. Planes shown are big Douglas trans- COUNCIL TAKES NO WAGE ACTION "The leged discrimination was introduced by the Americans themselves.

Replying, Churchill said (Continued on page 2) SMOTABOUT ARMYA1RPORT War Dept. Has No Record of Contract, Says Nothing of Project. Mercury Skids at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh. Sept. UP) mercury skidded to S3 degrees here today, the coldest Sept- 29, on record.

The previous low was 35 degrees in 1895. Weather observer W. S. Brotzman said a heavy frost during the night destroyed virtually all of the remaining "tender" vegetation in this area. Harrisburg, Sept, UP) Public Utility Commission today drew up an order to "clamp down on pleasure use of public transportation facilities during week ends.

Commissioner Richard J. Beamish said the order would be presented to the commission at an executive session tomorrow. Under the order, Beamish explained, use of taxlcabs, buses, and rail facilities would be banned for transportation to and from football games, race tracks and other "pleasure assemblages." Washington, Sept. 29 The Office of Price Administration today ruled that cars carrying students and teachers to and from school were entitled to "preferred mileage" is, ration being in the category of essential vehicles. It was stipulated, however, that supplemental rations obtained for this purpose must be limited to cars carrying four or more such persons.

were' "making first time 'since the invaders -tended--at Gona-Mission July 21, and began pushing through the heavy, crocodile-Infested jungles toward Port Moresby, which, if captured, could serve as a springboard for an assault on Australia. Meanwhile, Allied air forces continued savage pounding of the Japanese bases and' supply lines in New Guinea. These persistent attacks, an Army spokesman observed, may have stopped the invaders' progress by smashing vital supply lines. The aerial assaults on Buna, the enemy's main southeastern New Guinea base, set supply dumps and huts ablaze. Barges were destroyed by bombs and supply columns strafed.

Airdrome dispersal areas, a destroyer and a transport ship were bombed off Buin on Bougainville Island in the northern Solomons, with unobserved results. The greatest blow to the Nipponese air forces during the activity commencing Sept, 25, was struck in the Solomons where ,42 planes were shot down and three others damaged, the Navy (Continued on page 2) COUNTYSALEIS SHORT OF TAXES Failed to Meet Filed Claims Against Properties by $1,36776. The cqunty cdrninls'sloners held an- owned real- estate yesterday, which fell $1,367.76 short' of meeting the amount of filed taxes against, the properties. The county is the loser; in these sales. The school districts are the heaviest losers in most cases.

The law requires that these, proper-, ties must.be, advertised for sale six months after they become the property of the county. While they do not bring the amount of the taxes filed against them, they are again individually 0-wned and are restored to the tax duplicates and become an asset, rather than "dead wood." It is considered better business to get these properties off of the county's hands, and once more bring in taxes. Progress Reported on Raise Requests of Firemen and FIRE CHIEF ASKS FOR RELIEF PERIOD A report of "progress" on the recent, petition of Greenville police and' fire department wage, NO FURLOUGH FOR DRAFTEE Greenville Man Waives Free Period After Test Clarence James" Myers 105 South Second Street, is the first Greenville selectee to waive the 14-day furlough privilege after having passed his final physical examinations, preparatory to induction Into the S. De- said to- MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES REPORTED The War Department day 'it has no record of a contract for lumber for an Army airport at Greenville. This an- iwer was given the Washington bureau of the Associated Press.

At the instance of the Record- Argus, the War Pepartment was asked for information regarding a contract for lumber alleged to have been awarded a Meadville firm, said material being for the airport here. 2,301 officers and erican Merchant Marine were either much rumored Army The Associated Press also sought information from Congressional sources with negative results, it informs the Record-Argus today. The War Department was asked the specific question (as to the Ivraber contract) and it made a tyecific reply. As to whether an rport is contemplated or even xbougbt of, the Department gave o.tt neither sight, sound nor time ft' day. Navy Discloses 2301 Dead or Missing in Sea Attacks.

MISSING ME'N IN GREATJUAJORITY Washington, Sept. Navy discloses today that more than men of the Am- dead or missing as a result of enemy actions in the war at sea. The total was composed of 410 known dead and 1,891 missing and included, by unofficial count, 61 ship captains and one woman, a stewardess identified as Mary CuU lorn Kimbo of Nashville, Tenn. No wounded were accounted for in the report. Since the report generally cover- ed casualties announced to next ol kin UP to Aug.

1, 1942, it did not Include all dead and missing resulting from attacks on American merchant ships to date. These will be listed in later announcements. One name listed was that of Mack Burton Bryan of Randleman, N. who was third assistant engineer of the City of Rayville, which was sunk off Australia Nov. 8, 1940.

The Navy said Bryan "was reported as the first American merchant seaman casualty of the current war." Otherwise the list dated from Sept. 3V. 1941, when the 1. C. White was tor- AT THE HOSPITAL Andrew Murray, Maysville, and James Winner, of Transfer, have been admitted- Floyd Dunn, 70 Stewart Avenue, was admitted at 8 p.

m- yesterday after fracturing his right wrist in a fall from a stepladder. Patients discharged to their homes were Mrs. Norman Brooks infant son, of 19 Shady Avenue; Louis Moritz, 288 Main Street; Mrs. Hugh Fry, Greenville, R. D.

3, and Gladys McFarland, Hadley, R. D. Z. Mistake Floods HouseWithGas Scranton. Sept.

A neighbor of Luke MacVeigh, a diamond cutter, is under arrest on a technical charge of manslaughter today in the asphyxiation deaths of MacVeigh's 37-yenr-old wife and two Infant children. Moving out of an apartment adjoining the MacVeigh's, Francis Vicker adjusted a valve in the bel'cf it would turn off illuminating gas, police said, but instead gas flooded the MacVeigh home and caused the deaths of Mrs- Anna MacVeigh; Barbara, 2, and Margaret Ann, 1. Double Funeral. New Brighton, Sept. Joint funeral services will be held tomorrow for Jesse M.

McDanel, 79, and his wife, Mary McDanel, who died Sunday in their home within an hour. ing day was made at a brief session of borough council in the municipal building evening." E. A. Baughman, of the finance committee said he had "nothing to report but out out that a conference of the police, fire', and finance committees, with Police Chief R. R.

and Fire R. E. Callahan, had not been: practicable since the petition was! presented to solons on Sept. 14. Fire and police department eni-' ployes are requesting a $15 a month wage boost plus an eight-hour working day.

Council was advised yesterday, that Fire Chief Callahan had asked' to bo relieved of his duties for a period of three to six months because of ill health. Councilman Fred W. Smith said that his. committee was making progress toward the appointment of an acting "chief, Carl R. Zimmerman is first assistant chief of the department, and Is acting as chief until definite arrangements can be made.

Tentative arrangements were made for an early October meeting of the sanitation and finance committees, and the borough engineer with the district engineer of the State Health Department regarding (Continued on page 2) one of 69 Selective last unlike the others who were accepted, he wnjved the furlough privilege and went, directly from Erie to 1 th'e Army induction center at New Cumberland. Pa. For that reason, the Greenville draft board reported today, Myers' name was not among the 43 listed as accepted. of two other men accepted at Erie last -week also were missing in the list published Saturday in The Record-Argus, because their names wc.ro not forwarded to the local board With the others. It was reported by the local board today that Frank Joseph Augustine, Greenville, R.

D- 4, and Frank Michael Kennedy, who transferred from Board No. 1 of Warren, would be among the 45 selectees departing from'here for New Cumberland, on Oct. 8. vW Changes Include Ousting of Von Bock from Stalingrad. REDS MAKE STRONG COUNTER ASSAULT Germans Claim to: Hare Moved Up in Stalingrad North District.

By The Associated Marshal Semeon armies were reported to haVe ed their counter assault in 86 day-old siege of Stalingrad hammering the German north on', a 40-mfle front between and Volga Rivera, wnfle- pressed new threat Wit battled With winter fast the great German apparently stalled OH all London heard that Ado! launched a new purge of Nazi generals, ousting Field Marshal' Fedor von Bock from the command and replacing shal Wilhelm. I Leningrad. 1 The Nazi-inspired Vichy ,1: Field Marshal Siegmii directed the had replaced von von Bock was reported to have quar-, reled with Hitler over the insistence on a costly siege" of 1 grad and a synchronized drive the Caucasus. London "military" "quarters Field von grad frobtrSfcteireM Vf ITS NO JEST ABOUT NEED OF SCRAP METAL AND RUBBER First Aid Classes To Be Started Tonight Classes will be conducted this evening at Penn High school, starting at 7 o'clock, for persons wishing to receive 10 additional hours on first aid training to qualify for a Red Cross certificate. Delbert Suntheimer is instructor of the class.

Prison Terms for Draft Objectors Erie, Sept. Prison terms of three years, instead ol tha terms In special camps, were meted out here to three men with Pleaded guilty to the Selective Service act because of conscientious objections to war service. Judge F. P. Schoonmaker pronounced the sentences on Glenn E.

Hartleb. 30, of Erie, Clyde Open. of Erie, and Joseph D- Alter of Now Wilmington, Pa. Hartleb told the he would "languish and die if you send me to prson," and Owen declared he Believed Mrs. Jeannette Rankln, Congresswoman from Butte, was right when she declared, "wo should not send our boys 1 series of -Soviet" counterattacks;" London ruthless atid "leading' oi ponent ol lignWih'g 'war, ed to open" a' SaVage new Stalingrad' 'with tbtal' dlsregrad losses.

jU Hitler's'high' "embittered j. of steel city' 'and Soviets 'vainty'continued theUrV lief attacks'f rota norttu'V A Berlin broadcast German'troops: had ground fix Stalingrad's northern i trlct, moving' ttp 'tinder a MI Incessant 'bombing attacks on German military that the Russians attacking hut them as At noon, a bulletin headquarters; -said Russian troops attacking'uv'the zone "broke into' the enemy and captured several' More than-three companies German infantry were reported wiped out In atacking the salient, where the Naais previously announced they had erected a "par. rler" to guard their armies. 1 rime Minister Churchill told liament in London that public meats or speculation regardinjf "time and place of future Allied fenslve operations" were undesirable. Even as Churchill sought to the quietus on second-front high British army office? (Continued on pedoed and sunk lantic.

and submarine in the South At- then enemy" air attacks have sunk more tban 20 Amerl can merchant ships. The iat tn missing list "Includes only (Continued on page Every good needs to understand why every bit of metal scrap is needed to win the war, every bit from those few old keys in his pocket to unused car rails being dug out of the street. Leaders in the United newspapers metal scrap drive now in progress in most states, are being asked many questions. Here are some of the typical ones, along with answers: 1, Why does the war effort require my few pounds, when I see tons of piled up In junkyards? A. That metal you see piled up in junkyards is being sorted and cut up preparatory to gripping.

It is difficult stuff to handle, and it has to be processed. Q. Well, why all the rush, with 50 much of if lying around? A. Winter is coming, when the scrap is much more difficult to collect and move. The mills are i chewing it up at a rate never be- By AMoclated Press American today fore dreamed of.

The nation must up its scrap supplies to build OOO.OQO tons by Jan. 1. Q. Who gets the money for my scrap? A. That depends upon the local arrangements in' your community, junkman pay for scrap, and sell It to the steel mills, at prices fixed by the government.

You can take your scrap to the nearest junkyard and sell it. Q. How much does the junkman get for the scrap he sells to mills? A. Junkmen get from about $13.50 $20 a ton for the scrap they sell, the price they receive depending upon where the junkman and the mill are located. Q.W.

Why does the junkman pay varying prices? A. Because of big various the freight to the mill, cutting up the scrap in his own yard, using his trucks to do jth'e men say junk- i men net about a ton. LONG MINE WEEK OPPOSED BY UNION Official Journal Says Hours Will Meet All Requirements. ICKES CAHs FOR FASTER OUTPUT Washington. Sept.

United Mine Workers, in the face of a statement by Harold L. Ickes that lengthening the mining work week was "imperative," declared today "there is no present age of coal and none in prospect." The declaration appeared in the UMW Official Journal shortly before the opening of a meeting of representatives of coal producers and labor to "give immediate attention" to Ickes' proposal for "in, creasing the hours ol labor la the I mines week beyond the limitation." present Ickes 35-hour is the ft! BOMB BRITISH BOYS'SCHOOL Ten Dead, accounted For. solid fuels coordinator. Ickes opened the meeting, whose attendance included U. President John L.

Lewis, with a statement "that we shall lose this war if we don't produce enough must have it where it is needed apd svhen it is needed in order to make the steel and provide the power necessary to equip, transport' and maintain the mightiest army this nation has ever Thw coordinator estlmatecl that 560.000,000 tons of bituminous coal and 58.QOO.OOft tons of aathjfacitft would be needed during 1943, and 600.000,000 tons of bituminous coal and 60,000,000 tons afltbracUe during The wlaeis 1 publication, that the flgutes Oft London, Sept. diving of tba morning, paiuhM a a small town pear the sotttfe and at leaM ten boyg gnd teachers. Others were ered the. hours in tUe fcaapeA debris lop era who m.igh.t bava bean trapped. All but one el walls There were 100 boys iw.tfcs when the bombing; many still were.