Japanese raids spark hope in Burma India crisis report
War Department bulletin from Washington notes sharp skirmishes on Bataan after a large Japanese attack. Air raids around Corregidor and Matina Bay continue with limited effectiveness. U S Filipino commandoes raid southern Mindanao bases, destroying warehouses and equipment. A Sulu sailor fights deep into Zamboanga, with losses avoided.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Bataan
Commmunique
Matilla Bay Harbor
Fork
Mills
Corregidor
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Philippine
Mindanay
Digos
Davad
U. S
Cotabato
New Gainea
Australia
Maro Gulf
Zamboanga
Berlin claims 105 ships during March
Berlin dispatches report that the German navy and U-boat fleet sank 105 enemy merchant ships totaling about 645,200 tons in March, with 584,000 tons reported sunk by submarine torpedoes alone. The daily communique says British supply lines and U.S. commerce were heavily hit.
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Berlin
Pir Fotte
Nant High Command
United States
Daily
Ndaltim T
British Bomb Efforts Hit Paris Area and Western Germany
London reports British air forces struck industrial targets and ports near Paris Poissy and Le Havre, with mines laid in waters and raids on Belgium and northern France. Fighters attacked air fields and a railway center, while one German claim said 11 bombers were shot down with limited damage and civilian losses.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Paris
Air Ministry
Poissy
le Havre
Fighter Command
Belgium
France
Une Paris
Matford
Prince and
Belsin
Berlin
Aph 2
High Command
City Bans Pinball Machines Countywide Enforcement Planned
Chief of Police John Flanigan announced that all pinball machines in Carry will be removed effective April 1 following a county wide decision aligned with a recent superior court ruling. Owners may seek court tests if machines are believed legal. any in operation after April 15 will be seized and owners prosecuted. Twenty-two machines were licensed in Corry at $25 per year. refunds discussed.
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John Flanigan
Damian McKoughlin
Clef Flanigan
Corry
Flanigan
Council Ab
Erle
Elks Lodge to Receive Large Class Tonight in Meadville
Meadville lodge No 219 will initiate a large class of between sixty and seventy members in what may be one of the lodge’s biggest ceremonies. Snitistory degree to be conferred, new officers to be installed by Exalted Ruler Wal ter J Findlay. Dinner at 6 followed by a 7 30 dinner for officers candidates and visiting Elks. Gerry officers led by Laurie Baker will install Meadville officers next Wednesday.
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ELKS
Meadville Lodge
Walter J. Findlay
Meadville
Gerry
Laurie Baker
Vast Bulletin Stack From 1942 Dispatches The World News
Bulletin snippets cover Vandergrift Pennsylvania search for a dangerous balloon wreckage near Stitt farm while power lines fall victim to drifting airships. Sydney reports eight Japanese divisions massing in Java and Singapore for a major offensive. US Senate panel criticizes War Production Board plan and urges an aircraft executive to speed production. British patrols near Tiimi desert report inconclusive clashes. A Norwegian vessel torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. Japanese night air raid hits Darwin. Pennsylvania prisons mobilize welfare staff for war production. US anti submarine campaign rapidly expanding as 28 subs sunk and more expected this summer.
Cripps Crystallizes Indian Negotiation Prospects
New Delhi April 2 Cripps and the All India Congress party signal willingness to negotiate postwar dominion status in exchange for continued British guidance and war participation. Congress deadlines for detailed rejection loom as Cripps keeps door open for counter proposals amid stalemate rumors. General Wavell and Nehru are linked to defense talks in a displaced dispatch.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Sir Stafford Cripps
All-India Congress Party
Tudia
Cripps
British War Cabinet
Britain
Didi
Congress Party
Prass
Archibald P. Wavell
New Dell
Daily Herald
London
Leborite
Ehier Joy
Murderer of Three Farmers Captured and Sentenced
Dominic Piccone, a 20 year old ex convict, killed three Michigan farmers in a 24 hour rampage. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to life with hard labor and solitary confinement. Police captured him near Otisville at 3 30 A M after a spree that began with the shooting of Cassius E Barber and ended with Carl McKensie.
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Dominick Piccone
Michigan
Piccone
Otisville
Mich
Cassius E. Barber
Barber
Two
Milles
Oxford
Colusn
Romaine C. Potter
Roy Thorpe
Tower Michigan
Carl McKensie
Spb
City Adds Twenty One Parking Meters On Washington And Main
The city installs twenty one new manual parking meters on Washington and Main Streets after a recent ordinance extending meter service. Nine meters will be removed from Center Street where unused. Meters funded by C.K. Koontz Equipment Company of Pittsburgh will serve both sides of Washington from Center to Ajax alley and Main Street west of Center. Bank patrons and others will benefit from meters on adjacent blocks as new restrictions and two hour limits are considered for other congested streets.
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Loguy
Washington
Main
C.K. Koontz Equipment Company
Pittsburgh
East Minty Street
Army Day Parade Planned Here Monday
The city prepares for an Army Day parade on Monday with Mayor Frank Hepler finalizing the arrangements. Charles P. Keating to serve as general chairman and a large parade committee including Merle Huntley, Dr Merle Amy, Guy Abbey, and many others to organize bands, veterans groups, and civic clubs. Officials expect a full lineup and will announce complete details late Friday or Saturday.
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Corry
Govelor
Arthur 4
James
Frank
Hepler
Charles P. Keating
Merle Huntley
American Legion
Merle Amy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Guy Abbey
Elks
Toy Wade
Boy Sonus
Adele Me Omy
Giel Beouts
HD Shiren
GF Berner
Hiding Glub
Harry Juncing
Spry Band
Andrew Paulson
Stanford Hoge Company
Moresby Awaits Japanese Naval Blow
Melbourne dispatch reports that Japanese overland advances in New Guinea are stalled by heavy rains and air attacks by Allied forces. The possible sea borne assault on Port Moresby is seen as likely if Japan receives aerial reinforcements, with air superiority possibly temporary.
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Auss Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Lae
Silamaua
Sydney Sum
Newswater
Good Friday Services Announced at Upton Presbyterian Church
A Good Friday program called From Gethsemane to Calvary will be held at the Presbyterian church from noon to 3 PM. The event includes dramatic readings such as The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus and The Crucifixion, with Rev. speakers and musical selections by Mrs Banks, Mrs Fish, and Mrs Morrison from nearby United Brethren church.
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Simon of
Cyrene
Sub Teacher Controversy Triggers City High Walkout
In Oto city nearly all Stan ley Anderson High students walked out Wednesday morning in protest of WR Henry being replaced as principal. About four hundred pupils quit by 9 am and efforts to disperse them failed. Parents reportedly approved the strike as the principal, nearing nineteen years in the role, resumed teaching duties.
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Norman Bent
Dugesucsuens
Coumeaut
Stanley Anderson
Oto
WR. Henry
Sinlentai
Mausisem D. Aces
Benefit Band Concert for Red Cross April 8
Corry Band plans a benefit concert April 8 at 8:18 p.m. in Senfoxchidh school auditorium to aid the Red Cross. Kiwanis and Rotary clubs assist with ticket sales. proceeds go to Red Cross with band offering services and covering small staging costs. Robert Brown directs. Mary Jean Sullivan performs. intermission features Red Cross first aid demonstration by Harold Wolfe.
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Corry
Red Cross
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Senfoxchidh
Board of Education
Robert Brown
Mary Jean Sullivan
Harold Wolfe
Warships Sink Escaping Norse Vessels Near Gothenburg
Reports from Stockholm recount Swedish coast observations as German warships sunk two of eleven British chartered Norwegian mercantile ships attempting to flee to England from Gothenburg amid snow storms. Some ships were seen burning or turning back. others reportedly damaged or held at large. In the same edition, triplets reported in Bethlehem Pennsylvania as Mrs. Douglas Harper gives birth to three girls at Bethlehem Steel, with family details and church notices following.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Skangerrake
Skyveren
Gotehove
Bethlemem
Bethlehem
Douglas Harper
Bethlehem Steel Company
Mra. Harper
Jrst
St. Luke's Yapital
Submarine Destroyed Near Honolulu by Youth Bomber
An Army bomber crew led by First Lieutenant James V. Edmundson, a 28 year old former college football player from California, received the Navy’s commendation for sinking a Japanese submarine near Oahu. Edmundson fought through heavy weather, was knocked down, and credited his crew for the victory. He bears a scar on his forehead from the action.
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Honolulu
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
James V. Edmundson
Bante, Monica
Calif
Santo Montes Junior Coliege
Simi Terement Wecemper
Edmundson
Oahu
Heyt
Edmiknison
Japanese land at Akyab threaten India frontier
News from Chungking reports Japanese sea borne troops landed at Akyab the chief west Burma port, 100 miles from the Indian frontier, under cover of cruisers and destroyers. The move threatens British lines and could imperil central Burma oil fields as Tokyo presses a base for potential advances toward Prome and Rangoon.
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London
Chungking
West Burma
Akyab
Burma
Prome
Paris
Siliang River
Yedashe
Toungoo
Nangyun
Manchalay
Rangoon Yall Ime
Irrawaddy River
Arley Yoma
Minbu
Irrawaddy
Promend
Yenang-Yaung
Lew Ayres Begins Work in Objectors Camp
Lew Ayres arrives in Wyeth Oregon to join a conscientious objectors camp. The 4 year old star of All Quiet on the Western Front and Dr Kildare will work in timber operations in the Cascade mountains until the war ends, aiding forest clearing and fire prevention near the camp.
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Associated Press
Wyeth
Ore
Cascade
Holly
Lew Ayres
Dr. Kildazy
Auene
Worl Banchits
Tali
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Vandergrift
Sufield
Portage County
Toilay
Stitt Farm
Westmorl
Sydney
Sydney Sun
United Nations
Java
Singapore
Japan
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Cairo
Tmimi
Atlantic
Darwin
All- India Radio
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
E. Arthur Sweeny
America
Navy
Iuin
All-India
Wavell
Michigan State Police
Washington & Main Streets
Moresby
Goteberg
Sweden
The
Nazarene Church
Mra
Rose Westley
Calcutta
Objectors
East
Pittaburgh
Penal Trent
Pallew
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