Nanty Glo Hotel Destroyed in Four-Hour Blackout
A four hour blackout in Nanty Glo Pennsylvania, a mining town of about 10 000, followed by a blaze destroying a three story building housing a drug store auto accessory shop hotel and taproom. Damage unofficially estimated at 2500 and nine hotel residents lost belongings. Hotel owner Jatin Lubash cited losses of 600 cash 250 in defense bonds and 1000 in clothing.
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Associated Press
Nanty Glo
Tatibrin County
Jatin Lubash
Martin Warms On New Deal Campaign in Oil City
Major General Edward Martin, Republican gubernatorial hopeful in Pennsylvania, pledges support for the army and navy commander in chief to win the war while opposing New Deal domestic policies. He vows no pets or court favorites as governor, seeks unity among labor, industry and agriculture, and promises honest, efficient government and a square deal. He will formally launch his candidacy at Washington, Pennsylvania, tonight.
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Washington
Indiantown Gap postal clerk held for stamp fraud
Samuel E McCarty, 43, of Sunbury, a veteran postal clerk at the Indiana Gap military reservation post office, was charged with selling cancelled postage stamps to soldiers. He faced a $1,000 bail after a hearing before U S Commissioner Sidney B Friedman. A decoy package led to the arrest as he allegedly sold a cancelled 50 cent stamp.
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Associated Fress
Harrisburg
Samuel E McCarty
Sunbury
Indiana Town Gap Millitary Reservation
U. S
Sidney B. Friedman
McCarty
Friedman
Book reviews span Asbury Wright and Anderson works
A Philadelphia critic surveys The Golden Flood by Herbert Asbury and The Edge of Darkness by William Wellman Steinbeck’s influence, praising Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright as a landmark. Sherwood Anderson’s Memoirs is critiqued as a posthumous compilation. Vivien Bretherton’s The Rock And The Wind is noted for vigor but uneven narrative technique.
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Lippincott
Will ‘Woods
Don Steinbeck
Woods
Steinbeck
Norway
Sherwood Anderson
Harcourt, Brace
Sherwood Anderon
Winesburg
Ohio
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Vivien K. Bretherton
Dutton
Pacific Northwest
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Trudy
Breck Farrition
Lawrence
Quantrell
Breck Ferridort
Novel notes and a 1751 cricket match in New York
A survey of recent novels with varied settings from Virginia to Buenos Aires plus a South American backdrop. John Weaver’s Wind Before Rains examines the Blue Ridge impact. Betty de Sherbinin’s Bindweeds places fiction in Buenos Aires. Also mentions The Renegade, The Rich Are Not Proud, Be Young with Me, Gunsmoke Trail, and Assignment in Guiana. A cricket match in New York dates to 1751.
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Weaver
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Macmillan
South America
Betty de Sherbinin
Miss de Sherbinin
Buends Aires
Morrow
L. L. Fore-man
Dutton
Mary Douglas Warren
Carlton
Mary Nowell Prost
Coward-McGann
Mann
George” Harmon Coxe
Guiana
Knopf
Fourth Ward Home Burglary Report With Dog Unharmed
Police investigated a burglary at the Slack residence on Palmview Street where cash and valuables were stolen between 7 and 11 PM. Entry likely used a pass-key, with a rear window possibly used. a guard dog remained asleep and unharmed. Chief Flanigan and Officer Brown led the inquiry, noting the dog’s calm and suggesting an insider with access may be involved.
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Palmview Street
Olock
John Flanigan
Leon Brown
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Young Man Killed as Tractor Overturns at Pierce Run Farm
Leonard G Cole, 26, was instantly killed when the plow tractor he operated at his father’s farm in Pierce Run, South Valley, overturned. His chest was crushed, and Dr Bourne of Salamanca attended but could not help. The father witnessed the accident.
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Leonard G Cole
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Salamanca
For Sale Miscellaneous Ad Offers Goods and Vehicle
For Sale a four year old fresh Guernsey cow 1400 pounds a work horse a 41938 Perc dump truck cash offered by J J Byrie at 720 Marion Street tailored to local buyers with minimal readable details from OCR fragment.
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J. J. Byrie
Marion St
Atler
Bataan Defenders Press On Amid Retreat And Reports
Reports from Manila Bay describe smoke over the water as serious damage is believed done to the island defenses. The Corregidor garrison is cited as continuing to fight, with Wainwright and terms for surrender debated in broadcasts. Berlin dispatches claim small transport ships gathered near Los Cochinos to aid a possible evac to Corregidor while Japanese naval units guard the bay entrance.
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Roosevelt
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Berlin
Heisan Peninsula
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Los Cochinos
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Malla
Buffalo Livestock Market Report Buffalo April 10
Hog and cattle sections show active demand withprices up to 25 cents over. Hogs 100 salable with good and choice 180-230 pounds around 14.65-14.75. calves 250 salable, good and choice around 14.00-14.50. sheep 400 salable, lambs active and firm to 28 cents higher, best 85-85 pounds about 12.40-12.76. cows and bulls mixed with cutters and common cattle quoted, calves weak to 50 cents lower. Pittsburgh and New York markets follow with various produce and stock quotations and general market tone.
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Buffalo Livestock
Buffalo
Wirsday
Oil League Date Move Causes Baseball Shakeup
In a terse note the Oil League shifts an upcoming schedule forcing teams to adjust. The change impacts at least two games, with earlier plans altered and teams scrambling to reschedule. Officials say the alteration aims to minimize travel and fit broadcast windows.
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