Charleroi Mail Sept 22, 1942

Part 4

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2 U.S. SHIPS AND BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER SUNK
BULLETIN
Washington, Sept. 22--(UP)--
        The Navy announces today that two U.S. merchantmen were sunk in the Mediterranean after enduring four days of almost uninterrupted air, land and sea attack while taking supplies in convoy to the British Island of Malta.
        The attack on theh(sic) convoy was announced by the British early in August, but they did not reveal the sinking of the U.S. ships.  The HMS Eagle, British aircraft carrier, was sunk in the action.
        Four members of the gun crew of one of the American vessels were killed by machine gun fire, the Navy said.  The ship carried a complement of 107.  There were no casualties among the 105 aboard the other vessels.  One of the two ships was torpedoed, bombed and sunk.  Several hours later the second ship was so badly damaged by a torpedo that its crew was forced to complete her destruction with time bombs.
 

REDS REPORT 700 PLANES OF NAZIS LOST
BULLETIN
London, Sept 22--(UP)--
        Radio Moscow reported today that 700 German planes have been shot down on the Russian front in the past two weeks.
        The Russian radio said German air losses have been eight times larger than admitted by the Nazi communiques and reported that the Soviet Air Force is gaining strength daily, inflicting very heavy losses on the Germans.
 

COMMIT NEGRO TO JAIL IN DONORA SHOOTING
Donora, Pa., Sept 22--
        His hearing postponed to await the outcome of injuries to Arthur KING, 42-year old Donora negro(sic) shot twice during a scuffle early Sunday morning, Walter LYONS, 47, of 232 Thompson avenue was committed to the Washington County jail today on two counts.
        LYONS is alleged by local authorities to have fired the revolver which wounded his negro(sic) companion in the climax to an argument which began Saturday night. KING at present is in the Monongahela Memorial hospital recovering from his two wounds.
        Constable William RISBECK this morning said the arrested man would be taken to the county jail and held on charges of felonious assault with intent to kill and illegal possession of firearms to await KING'S release from the hospital.
 

DENY NEW TRIAL IN BATHING POOL CHARGE
        The plaintiff's motion for a new trial is overruled by Judge Carl E. GIBSON in an opinion handed down in the case of Thomas GILCHRIST, of Belle Vernon against W. Duncan BERRYMAN and Elsa BERRYMAN, individually and trading as Redd's Beach, on the Charleroi-Bentleyville Road. The court orders that judgement be entered in favor of the defendants.
        This was an action to recover for injuries received in an accident at the beach.
 

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH GIVES TO USO
      The Russian Orthodox church of Charleroi has contributed a substantial sum to the Washington County USO fund, it was announced by local Chairman J.T.
HEFFRAN today.
 

DONORA GIVES TEACHERS INCREASE IN SALARIES
      Increases for teachers who have either entered the system, or who have been transferred from elementary to secondary schools have been granted by
the school board at Donora.  Teacher transitions, made some meetings ago, were necessitated due to military and sabbatical leaves.
 

GIRL FATALLY BURNED WHILE BAKING POTATOES
Pittsburgh, Sept. 22--(UP)--
        Burned severely while she was baking potatoes with companions, six-year-old Agnes MEGAHAN died in Braddock General Hospital last night.
        The child's clothing was ignited from a bonfire in the yard at her home on September 1.
 

GRAND PARTY
        Tuesday night at Russian Hall, 1024 McKean Ave., starting at 7 o'clock.
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*{This is the lead article, following the headline "Stalingrad Defenders Beat Back Germans"}

OPTIMISTIC TONE STILL GUARDED BUT RUSSIANS FIGHTING TELLS
Russian Red guard Units And Big Guns Hammer Relentlessly At Foes--Claim Mile And Quarter Gain By Reds
Wilkie Arrives In Moscow, Goes Touring
(By United Press)
        Moscow reported today that the defenders of Stalingrad have driven the Nazis back a mile and a quarter at one point and elsewhere have made small gains against the crushing Nazi pressure.
        The Russian reports for the first time in days carried a tone of guarded optimism with regard to the momentary trend of battle.
        Red Guard units, Soviet Elite fighting forces, scored the biggest gain against the Germans, Moscow reported.  They drove the Germans a mile and a quarter through the Stalingrad streets, exposing the flank of a Nazi infanitry(sic) unit.
        German reports attested the fury of the battle and made no claims of more than slight gains in the fighting that was going on from house to house and, in some instances, from room to room of large buildings.
        Russian armored trains were backing up the front line fighters, laying down a crashing barrage against Nazi staring points and replying to the heavy siege artillery with which the Germans were pounding the city.
        In Moscow, Wendell WILKIE spent the day sightseeing preparatory to a conference with Premier Josef STALIN.
        Allied diplomats in London believed STALIN might ask WILKIE  to convey a request to the United States to break off relations with Finland.
        For the first time in days Moscow reports reflected a marginal improvement in the Stalingrad situation.
        Dispatches from the front said that the Germans had suffered such heavy losses that some shock troop regiments virtually had disappeared while losses in battalions were so heavy that the Nazi high command was said to be telescoping two units to create one of fighting strength.
        Nazi propaganda reports admitted the terrific difficulties at Stalingrad, the German Transocean news agency telling how one advance of 250 feet required 96 hours of battling.
        Rome reported strong Soviet counter-attacks north of Stalingrad and the Nazi-controlled Paris radio spoke of violent fighting in the Rzhev sector.  The High Command limited its claims to a report that several fortified blocks of houses in Stalingrad had been captured.
     Stockholm heard that Adolf HITLER (Turn to Page 6--column 2, Please)
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CHARLEROI MEN ARE IMPROVING AFTER EXPLOSION
        Attorney Roy I. CARSON and garage proprietor A.D. SPENCER, are improving today following the Saturday afternoon motorboat explosion which burned them badly and destroyed the craft.
        Both SPENCER and CARSON were at their respective offices today, although they will continue to receive medical attention for severe burns about the face and hands. The men were caught in an explosion of gasoline vapors which had collected in the craft and were set off after a tarpaulin was removed. The accident occurred at SPENCER's summer retreat on Deep Creek Lake, Md.
        CARSON, who is president of the Washington County Bar Association, had third degree burns on the right hand and second degree burns on the face and ears. SPENCER received third degree burns on the fingers, second degree burns on the hands and face.
        Wives of the two men and Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott SKELLY of Monongahela, who were waiting outside the boathouse to board the craft escaped injury.
 

DONORA COMMERCE BODY WILL HOLD CLUB MEETING
        The first general meeting of the fall season for the Donora Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Monongahela Valley Country Club, Monday evening, September 28, at six-thirty o'clock.
        Cards announcing the meeting date have gone out to all members.
 

CARD PARTY
        St. Jerome's Lyceum, Wednesday evening at 8:30.  Bridge, 500 and Euchre.
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