Local Shaving Shop Installs Emergency Switches in Blackout
Defense Council Chairman Allen Gibson announced that Warren Severs local business Establishments Gle Shaving has fitted exterior blackout switches to aid extinguishing of lights during outages. The wardens will operate the devices in their respective areas. Meanwhile a morals charge against Cristopher Charles Ackson, 44 Boote Avenue, led to a one year sentence in Mayville jail after a brief city court appearance.
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War Production Board to open Franklin county office
War production drive accelerates in Venango County with a plan to set up a Franklin County branch of the War Production Board in the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. President B T Perry announces the move, with priority forms available through the Chamber and Erie office for emergency cases.
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Erie
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Marines Battle to Hold Tulag Base in Pacific Raid
Reported raids describe U S Navy actions in Japanese held Aleutian and Solomons sectors. Naval bombardment and aircraft attacks damaged shore batteries and enemy ships, with two or more vessels put out of action. Port towns near Tulag and Fort Said noted in scattered updates.
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Eel Islands
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
U. S. Navy
Solomons
Tu- Ingi
Solomon Islands
Kiska Island
Aleutians
When is a wife not a wife police chase
Police investigated a missing wife report after a truck driver said his wife vanished while parked near the hospital. She was later found on 3 North Corry Street claiming a man seized her and tore her blouse, denying the husband. He asserted their marriage. authorities sought proof while the couple argued about a Jamestown visit.
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Erle Taundry
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Treason Indictments Likely Against Suspected Accomplices
Associated Press reports Attorney General Biddle may announce treason indictments against about half of the 14 persons held as suspected accomplices to the eight Nazi saboteurs. Treason carries the death penalty. Max Stephan’s near history is cited as the first treason conviction in 150 years.
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Washington
Biddle
Max Stephan
Detroit
Canada
George John Dasch
Troest Peter Burger
Ridgway Man Robbed After Taxi Ride in Pittsburgh
Ignata Maze of Ridgway reported to police he was beaten and robbed of 68 dollars by two men who entered his taxi after leaving a downtown restaurant. They directed the cab to Shoce Avenue as he sought a train, and he received minor injuries treated at Allegheny General Hospital. Another report from Shoatesville notes a Lukens Steel plant explosion killed James Campbell, 30, and burned two others seriously.
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North Side
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Ouatesville
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War plants may be curtailed to save materials
Washington reports the War Production Board is considering deliberate cuts or slowing of war plant production after mining output exceeds targets. The plan aims to reduce material drain while maintaining essential war output.
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War Production Board
150 Homes Raided in Philadelphia by FBI Actions
August 12 Philadelphia FBI conducted raids on 150 homes under executive warrants. Sixty people face federal action though no arrests were reported. Walter V. McLaughlin, acting FBI head, called the investigations highly informative.
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Walter V. McLaughlin
FBI
Oil City Boy Reported Missing in Philippines
Ol City native Sergeant Lloyd N Huth 23 was listed missing in action after serving in the Philippines during World War II. He graduated in 1943 from Oil City High School and enlisted in 1939. Parents in Oil City received a government card dated March 2 1942 noting he was well and asking for letters from home.
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Lloyd N. Huth
Philippines
War Department
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National Chamber Urges 10 Percent Sales Tax Call
The National Chamber calls for a broad 10 percent sales tax on federal, state and local purchases with a 5 percent withholding tax on compensation dividends and interest. It projects over 10 billion in extra revenue. It favors incentives for investments in government securities and a plan for voluntary investment to support wartime finance.
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National Chamber
West Michigan mortgage and chamber weightmsn member notice
Fragmentary OCR text notes a Corry E Published entry involving West Michigan mortgage and chamber weightmsn member, with references to association entitlements and publication details. The readable parts are unclear and do not yield a coherent event or outcome.
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Mall
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The Pione Henry Por birthday and wartime talk
The text sketches a reflective view of Henry Por’s birthday amid wartime civility and culture, noting generational contrasts and the public mood. It hints at political tensions in America and Europe, discipline, and hopes for peace, mentioning race tracks, weather, water levels, and rainfall in distant regions in a broad, conjectural panorama.
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