Four candidates file for local mayor contest and school director absence
Four candidates filed for mayor in a local contest. Edward W. Feldt Lane E. Graham seek six year terms and Charles Monroe seeks two year terms on the Republican ticket. Mrs C Bartes did not file though she stated she might run. Democrats filed no candidates with June 19 primary looming write in possibility. Gunpowder described as a mix of saltpeter sulfur and charcoal.
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Regency Ner
C. Bartes
Edward W. Feldt
Lane E. Graham
Charles Monroe
Local rail mishap delays nine passenger trains near Westfield
A broken axle damaged a switch just west of the Westfield passenger station shortly after midnight delaying nine eastbound passenger trains by two to five hours. The locomotive was moved to Westerville shops and service restored by 7 AM. Meanwhile Meadvill e reports note unopposed Republican candidates for county offices Ruth M. Brown and Forest Knapp, along with other civic notices and local promotions across Franklin Jamestown and Oil City.
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Cdr
Yawell Motor Co
Westfield
New York
Westeyville
Jack F. Swhtaler
Franklin Gb
Meadville
Ruth M. Brown
Forest Knapp
Register Rand Recorder
VE Day Plans In City Renewed
Corry Defense Council Chairman Walter H Scott re issued outline for local VE Day celebration upon victory news. Signal will be blown thirty one times, bells ring, parade starts ninety minutes after word, ends at the park with ceremonies and church services. Stores close based on timing. mayor asks liquor retailers and clubs to close for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Scott
Corry
Two German prisoners recaptured near Carlisle
Two escaped German prisoners of war, Erich Pauschert and Henry Oster, were recaptured today near Carlisle after being spotted by two schoolchildren, Maxine and Kenneth Reese. Police and officers traced footprints to a ravine, and the pair will be turned over to the New Cumberland Army depot. Also, Wallace Thayer, reported missing in action, is believed to have returned to action today after a brief liberation by Nazis. The Corry M. A. weekly schedule is listed for the Y centers with events through Saturday.
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Carlisle
Wer
Charles E. Strock
Maxine
Kenneth Reese
Strock
New Cumberland
Erich Pauschert
Henry Oster
Kame
Wallace Thayer
Germany
Joseph Thayer
Center Senior High
Center
Y. M
Treasury Report Shows April Treasury Position
Treasury data for April 7 lists receipts of 58,476,244.20 dollars and expenditures of 174,241,617,472 dollars, leaving a net balance of 14,352,897,214 dollars. Total debt stands at 295,216,139,835.60 with an increase from the previous day of 15,405,728.37 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
War toll rises as Axis losses front-page figures emerge
Washington reports enemy casualties across land and sea, counting roughly 603,509 Japs killed in campaigns and ships sunk, while Allied losses include 158,071 Army and 36,619 Navy dead. The figures reflect estimates from available reports and adjust for uncounted losses.
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Washington
United Staves
Great Britain
China
Navy
Mrs Anna Janosec Dies In Corry Hospital
Mrs. Anna Janosec wife of Martin Janosec R D 1 Corry died this morning at 4 oclock in Corry Hospital where she had been a patient since yesterday afternoon She was born in Czechoslovakia January 18 1693 and came to this country in 1912 settling in Rossford Ohio In 1919 she moved to Gerry and resided on BR D 1 Surviving are her husband four daughters three sons 19 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Friends may call at the late home and services will be held Thursday morning at 9 from St Elizabeths Church Burial will be in St Elizabeths Cemetery
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Cyril Zaenett
Phicti@u
Jott Fox
Knox Street
Mayville
Couty
Petosky
Mich
Mae West
Kennedy
Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No
H. Ray Harts
Sanford United
Bile ‘Thunston
Spartansburg
Leeb, Hunt
Morris Street
Glenn Arnold
Willard May
Walter H. Bunt
Tee Lloyd Hunt
Jas
Kaise
Fred M. Lee
Salvation Army
Guella Schmarder
Franklin, Punssutawney
Evie
Braddock
Anna Xnosec
Martin Jahosec
D. J. Corry
Corry Hospital
Czécho- Sovakia
Rossford
Ohio
Gerry
BR. D. 1
Janosee
St. Elzabeth’s Church
Martin Janosec
Msr
Adam Mathae
Corry
Anne. Bearsley
Henry Firster
Migiv
Albert Gilbert
Martin Jandsec
Youngstown
Paul Janosec
Joe Jahidisec
St. Elizabeth’s Church
St. Elzabeth's Cemetery
Dog that bit boy seized by police and to be examined
Police took a bull dog into custody after it severely mauled Claude Stufflebeam on the face. The dog, once owned by a rallied man and later given to west end residents, escaped after a minor wounding, with the boy receiving a serious facial laceration and care from Dr. J. Cheibler. The dog’s head will be sent to Harrisburg for examination.
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Claude Stufflebeam
Harrisburg
J. Cheibler
Reorganization of State Penal System Urged
Pennsylvania administration bills push reform of the penal system with a plan to abandon Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia and retain Western Prison in Pittsburgh temporarily. A new classification center at White Hill Industrial School would route offenders to rehabilitative institutions, with a new medium security facility in the west and a maximum security prison at Graterford. The package also calls for two reformatories and a new institution for defective attendees.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Sween
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Martin
Welfare Department
Wee
Spe
Eastern Penitentiary
Philadelphia
Western Prison
Pittsburgh
White Hill Industrial School
Graterford
Pymatuning Motor Boat Bill Passes Senate
Harrisburg April 1 Senate approved a bill authorizing motor boats on Pymatuning Lake in western Pennsylvania with speakers noting a six horsepower limit in certain sections. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Rowland B. Mahony, passed 30 to 18 after House concurrence and now restricts power craft between Espyville and Linesville while allowing usage from the dam near Jamestown northward to the Espyville causeway.
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Harrisburg
Pymatuning Lake
Pennsylvania
Senate
Rowland B. Mahony
Mercer
House
Sei
J. Pred ‘Thomas
Lake Ava
Jamestown
Espyville
Linesville
Linesyile
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Ed Brooks Boal
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Charles B. Burgh
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