Allied Forces Weather Stiff Resistance in Far East
Allied troops struggle against Japanese air power as campaigns in the Philippines Burma and China intensify. American and Filipino units conduct raids in northern Luzon while a 600 mile south raiding party hits Japanese supply lines. British lines report Stilwell era Chinese forces yielding ground near the Siliang river path to Mandalay and withdrawals near Migyaugye with oil fields thrust under threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Luzon
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hadeen
Siliang River
Mandalay
Chifies Expeditionary Force
Myola
Mig- Yaugye
Migyaumeye
Irrawaddy Tiver
Yenangyaung
Brain weight ranges in men and women
Readable figures place male brain weight between 1,280 and 1,450 grams and female brain weight between 1,140 and 4,440 grams, illustrating broad variability across individuals.
Funeral Services for Nas R Moffei
Funeral services for Nas R Moffei were held at the late home 224 West Smith Street Tuesday afternoon with Rev H Ray Harris officiating. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery. Attendees included R D Crowell Omar Crowell Frank Westley Clarence Batley Donald Houser Edwin Aumitage with out of town guests Edward Manges Mr and Mrs Poli Lavell of Jamestown and Veo Manges of Sugar Grove. A delegation of the W B RC and many local friends attended Wayne township residents were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RikCence F. Moffitt
West Smith Street
Rev. H. Ray Harris
Pine Grove Cemetery
R. D. Crowell
Omar Crowell
Frank ¥. Westley
Clarence’ Batley
Donald Houser
Edwin Aumitage
Edward Manges
Poli) Lavell
Jamestown
Veo Manges
Sugar Grove
W. BR. C
Wayne Township
Pittsburgh District School Strike Over Principal Dismissal
About 700 Brent Wood High School students skipped classes in Pittsburgh on April 15 to protest the dismissal of supervising principal Orlatha N English. Picket lines formed at entrances with signs reading No English no school. In Lock Haven Pa on April 15 James C Conthis 47 a World War veteran died by suicide by jumping into the Susquehanna river. Coroner WJ Shoemaker ruled the death a suicide saying illness worsened his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Brent Wood High School
Orlatha N. English
Lock Haven
James C. Conthis
Susquehanna
W. J. Shoemaker
Pollewite & Wurvey
Kaaoline
Kane
John
Kilmer
Wilcot
Kane Summit Hospital
Wilcot High School
Mixed local notes from Swansdown to Oil City area
City and Vicinity items report on Swansdown coke and Conewango flour pricing, a murder indictment in 1894, and local business notes. Also covered are fishing tug H. A. Monroe loss in Barcelona Harbor, labor news in Jamestown and Oil City schools, a mumps closure at Daguscahonda, a Venice county school superintendent election, and multiple town parades, fires, and public notices across Oil City, Titusville, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcox Grocery
Selamonts
Charles Blacksnake
Salamanca
Yelice
Italy
Powell Motor Co
H. A. Monroe Briday
Barcelona
Nelson ‘Wionrpe
Jamestown
United Electrics
Radio @ Machine
Workers of America
Dahlstrom Metalic, Door Co
Miblic
Daguscahonda
Holly's
Break With Vichy Seen as Growing Allied Threat
Rumors claim a Vichy controlled French island group near Panama and India could become a strategic menace in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic. Reports speak of possible secret submarine bases and pressure from Japan as Laval’s forces threaten to widen U S action and occupation moves in the Near East.
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Tot Jon
Mediterranean
Alo
North Atlantic
Madatsear
Vichy
India
Middle East
Japan
Indo-China
Martinighe
Gukdalaupe
Panama Carel
Laval
United States
Washington
Warren County Home Economics Meet Planned for April 2
Women attending Warren County home economics extension meetings plan their annual spring gathering on Wednesday April 2 at the Warren M. O. A. An all day program includes nutrition exhibits by groups, morning singing led by Mrs. Florence Price, a patriotic demonstration by W. S. Jeffries and a talk on the new cold storage locker plant. A luncheon follows with an illustrated talk on Home Improvement by Edith Morton, home management specialist from Pennsylvania.
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Warren County
Warren
M.O. A
In Piolack
Groun
Jed
Florence Price
Lottsville
Jeffries
Mia
Edith Morton
Pennsylvania
Ford perfecting tire with ess rubber
Detroit April 16 Ford Motor Company engineers have developed a tire using only a fraction of rubber. The process treats fabric to use not more than one sixteenth the rubber previously required, a response to the rubber shortage and rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Brean Detroit
Ford Mater Company
Hay
Ford
Supplee cites need to modify road order for defense zones
County Engineer William H Supplee on April 13 urged that the War Production Board order halting all road construction, including Wattsburg road reconstruction and East Lake road widening, be modified in defense areas to keep routes open for defense industries while supporting wartime needs.
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William H. Supplée
War Production Board
Pennsylvania
Wattsburg
Millcreek Township
Tocal Defense Industries
Wattsboro
Supplee
Eash Lake
Death of Mrs Zeola De Haven in Corry hospital
Mrs Zeola F DeHaven, born November 24 1876 in West Newton Pax died at Corry hospital this morning after a period of illness. She moved with her husband William M DeHaven to the area in 1918 and lived in Wattenbg Kyme Corry. She was a Baptist and active in church work. Survived by her husband and one brother Allen Finley of McKees Rocks. Funeral plans incomplete awaiting word from her brother.
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Zeola F. DeHaven
Corry Hospital
West Newton
Pax
Benver Palls
Body of Drowned Meadville Boy Recovered on French Creek
The body of year old John Jackie Music missing since February 12 after tumbling into French Creek near Mercer Street was found yesterday afternoon on a sandbar in shallow Wyman's Run, Cochrancon. Three Cochranton boys Junior Smirck Robert Kelly and Robert Bailey discovered the body about 50 feet from the creek’s point of entry and alerted authorities around 8 p.m.
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Meadville
John
Jackie
French Creek
Mercer Street
Lato
Wyman
Ab Cochrancon
Cochranton
Junior Smirck
Robert Kelly
Robert Bailey
Woman dives into canal to save child from drowning
Mrs. Ernest Anerson says her 5 year-old daughter nearly drowned when Diane Marcie slipped into the canal near Chautaugis Lake. The mother paddled frantically to keep the child afloat and reach shore, crediting steady effort and calm instructions for a near tragedy averted.
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Chautaugis Lake
Ernest Anerson
Diane Marcie
Compensation case against Titusville continues hearing
Titusville April 15 – Warren district referee Smith held a workmen's compensation hearing in the Felton case. Mrs Eva Felton claims her husband Harry Felton died from injuries while working on a sewer project on Worth Perry Street Hill. The accident occurred July 28 1941 and his body was found July 29. The case was continued to a later date for additional testimony.
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Titusville
Smith
Warren
Workmen's Compensation
Harry Felton
Eva Felton
Felton
Worth Perry Street
Dewey Reelected Superintendent by Narrow Margin
The board reelected Dewey as superintendent by a 3 vote margin amid heated debate over open elections. Johnson condemned the closed process and urged public input while supporters argued stability, with Dewey set to earn 9700 annually for four years.
Former Guard Officer Heads Guerrilla Squad in DuBois
Former guard officer Captain McCreight led a large turnout at the American Legion Cabin as he was elected commandant of a new guerrilla squad in DuBois. About 200 men with high powered arms enrolled, plans call for 24 squads and rapid staffing to begin instruction schools this week for home defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Rickersor
Meritis
Western Auto
Ada Fimson
Meadville
Adamson
PD. Blair
Blair
Venango County
Parale Board
Femmglvania
Daliis W. Armstrong
Newville
Cumberland County
Veturigoenanty
State Teachers College
Lock Haven
Armstrong
American Legion
McCrelgit
DuBois National Guard
Guerrilas
Nh Ie
General Hugh Johnson Death and shifting political loyalties
The obituary notes General Hugh Johnson died this morning and traces his shifting views from supporting Roosevelt through the New Deal era to backing Wendell Willkie in 1940. It highlights his NRA involvement, public clashes, and changing party alignment over the years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Supreme Court
Johnson
Harry Hoplkins
Roosevelt
Campaigen
Alf M. Landon
Wendell L. Wille
Roosevelt Policy Fracas Strains Historic Friendship
In a fragmentary note, President Roosevelt refuses to renew a fill reserve commission provoking Johnson to call the move neither wise nor consistent with treasured friendship. The passage mentions General Johnson at his death, his son Lt Colonel Kilbourne Johnston, and secretary Frances Robinson, highlighting tensions in a once close alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Johnson
Genera Johnson
Kilbourne Johnstom
Frances Robinson
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DuPont Mylon
Edie
Williams
Franta
Granberry Township
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Franklin Court House
Oil City
the Elks
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P.O. Elks
Wilson Homestead
Fourteenth Street
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New Era
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B. J. Rial
Bleakley HI
Prankiny
Victor Daugherty
Snyder Circle
The
Elks
Methodist Ehwelt
Elaured Park
Beleved
Warren CO
Home Economics
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Mmusville
Dewey
Lewis
Bartes
Columbus
Barnes
Messrs. Morton
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Bernstein Bros
Center St
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