Soviet Warns Japan Over Vladivostok Fuel Shipments
Moscow reports say the Soviet government warned Japan it would regard attempts to hinder U S Soviet trade via Vladivostok as unfriendly. Molotov conveyed the note to Tokyo and the Soviet Far East needs cited. Tokyo noted Japan’s representations to both the United States and Soviet Russia about fuel and other supplies moving through Vladivostok.
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Asociatel Pres
Tokyo
Comet
United States
Soviet Russia
Soviet
Vladivostok
Japan
Moscow
Soviet Union
Soviet Far East
Vorhitsnev Talekawa
Foreizi
Vy Oheslav Molotov
Telephone tieup averted after wage settlement
Associate Press reports a national telephone strike was avoided as dispute between union installation workers and Western Electric Company ended after 61 days of talks. Key terms include a blanket wage increase of cents per hour for about 9,000 employees, union recognition, new seniority provisions, an arbitration agreement, and a reopening right on March 1, 1942 if needed.
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Associateil
Western Electrie Company
Joy R. Swelman
UD. 5
Uhlon
Army Ordnance Association Calls Strikes a Blot on Defense Effort
The Army Ordnance Association criticizes strikes as a blot on U S defense progress and laments the lack of a unified head for arms production. It urges outlawing strikes until national mobilization matures and warns that price fixing delays raise defense costs and risk inflation.
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Army Assn
U. 5. Defense
Associated Press
Washington
Army Ordnance Association
Bem
Ordnance Organization
Army Ordnance
Association
Patchen Sentenced to Workhouse for Forgery
Richard Patchen of Corry, formerly Spartansburg, was sentenced to six months to a year in the Allegheny workhouse after pleading guilty in county court Tuesday to two counts of forgery. He forged the name of Luke Grahem on a $50 note at Corry National Bank and previously obtained $100 from Citizens National Bank by forging his uncle’s name. Three others were sentenced in county court by Judge Elmer L. Evens, including Ben Smith of Erie on larceny and statutory charges, Dorothy Connevin for operating a disorderly house, and Frank Weslowski who pled guilty and posted a $1,000 bond to keep the peace. details provided by Mrs Ida Hewitt, his grandmother.
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Richard Patchen
Corry
Spartansburg
Allegheny
Patchen Wes
Luke Grahem
National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Southside
Palchen
Elmer L. Evens
Ben Smith
State Street
Erie
Dorothy Conevin
East 16Th Street
Bie
Frank Weslowski
Ida Hewitt
German Street
Evie
Four year old burns in hot water spill at home
Jackie Lee Pfeiffer of Clymer remained in serious condition at Corry hospital after being moved Tuesday to receive treatment for burns. The child, aged four, suffered extensive burns on arms, legs and back when a pail of hot water toppled from a stove.
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Jackie Lee Pfeiffer
District considers grade restructuring for defense growth
Cory School District officials, with state coordinator Carl Morne Week, explore shifting Junior High rooms to add elementary capacity as enrollment rises from the defense program. Plans include closing one room at Filnlow and moving a teacher to the Junior High, while studying the entire elementary program for a federal grant around 40,000 dollars for the_Junior High addition.
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Plains
Cory
Shpl
Ralsh
Dewey
Carl Morne
State Department of Public Instruction
Eleimesilary
Direct
Seversl
Filnlow
Inne | Aunior High
Windle
Ely
Bulldima
Iran Navy Devastated by British Sea Action
British war vessels cripple Iran's small navy in a Persian Gulf clash. Two sloops sunk four gunboats captured and a depot ship two tugs and a floating dock seized. No British losses reported according to Reuters from Simla India. Admiral Bayendar led the response.
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London
Iran
Iit Ue
Bayendar
Reuters
Simla
India
Persian Gulf
California recruiting women parachutists for hospital battalion
California State Guard seeks women parachutists to form a hospital battalion to land ambulance sections behind battle lines. The volunteers will handle blood transfusions and field medical care, expanding capabilities beyond standard field hospital services.
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Tos Angeles
California State Guard
16th Division Begins Combat Maneuvers in Virginia
Fredericksburg Virginia August 27 16 000 troops of Pennsylvania s 28th Division began combat maneuvers after a two day trip from their home base The force includes the 1st infantry and the 180th battalion with regimental units slated for maneuvers against elements of the 112th infantry and the 2nd battalion of the 109th artillery The division spent time readying the AP H military reservation for the upcoming three weeks The trip from Ta tlantown Gap marked the first all motorized movement for the division continued on page two
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Associated Press
Fredericksburg
Pennsylvania
1Ifth Infantry
Mmr
Aire
109Th Artillery
112Th Infantry
Wutting
Dlanttown Gap
Father Attacks Daughter Then Leaps to Death
Frederick Brooks, 55, attacked his daughter Evelyn Brooks with a razor and hammer, then died by jumping from an attic window in Summit New Jersey. Evelyn, a 24 year old Corry Pennsylvania teacher, survived the attack with injuries. The event followed Brooks suffering as he recovered from an automobile crash and mental strain. Evelyn had recently requested a leave of absence to care for her father.
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N. J
Frederick Brooks
Christopher Brokaw
Brokaw
Brooks
Evelyn Brooks
Corry
Michael Finner
Hal
Miss Brooks
Ellzabeth Vasu
W and
Jate
Edunaring
Ruth Johnson
New Jersey
Bucknell University
Margareda Ene
Margaret, Bender
Fifth Avenue
St Summit
Lost Battalion Emerges From Woods After Harrowing March
Centralia reports a battalion from the 185th Division, largely drawn from California's San Joaquin Valley, survived a perilous withdrawal through timber country in southwest Washington. The unit learned to improvise for water and nourishment as weathered troops trudged toward safety amid large-scale war maneuvers involving nearly 100,000 men.
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Rey Pssovinsen
Centralia
West
Pacific County
Washington
185Th Tafebury
California
San Joanin Valley
Reona
Bivouse
Burns Kill Infant In Jamestown Accident
Muriel Bailey eleven months old dies from burns after a pint of boiling water spilled from a table at Niobe. Parents Arthur and Mrs Bailey and four siblings survive. Coroner Dr H Boyd reports accidental death with body moved to Partridge Funeral Home for burial prep in Jamestown.
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Muriel Bailey
Arthur Bailey
Nida
Gerry
Jamestown
Like H. Boyd
Bemus Point
Boyd
Aebin
Nash Bailey
Robert Reno Bailey
David B. Bailey
Niobel
Mess.r. A. Bertey
Akron
Ohio
Bear Lake
Bailey
Loutaville
Arapwell
Partridge Funeral
Attempt to kill Laval by an Associated Press report
Vichy France Aug 27 Pierre Laval former Vichy premier and once heir to Marshal Petain has been shot by a foe of the Germans at Versailles. His wounds are not believed serious officials said tonight.
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VICHY
France
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Versailles
City street lights fail for hours in Corry outage
residents faced extended darkness as power staff repaired a substation fault near the central station. crews restored service just before 11 pm, but further outages and street light issues persisted through the night amid cloudy skies and tense conditions.
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Corry Hind
Doried Uhlk
Corry Police Renew Drive as Two Arrested for Speeding
Corry police renewed their speed control campaign with two arrests on East Main Street. Norman Mitchell of Spring Creek and Stanley Kowalski of Corry faced appearances in Magistrate B. Porter’s court after being clocked at two and ten miles an hour respectively. Police said they will continue patrols on main streets to curb speeding amid complaints from property owners.
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Corry
Harley Drake
East Main Street
Norman Mitchell
R. D
Spring Creek
Stanley Kowalski
B. Porter
East Minn
Worth Center
West Smithi
Saint Upperminll
Golumblis
Porter Oe
Four killed in Brooklyn family murder case
In New York a Brooklyn woman, Mrs. Mary Morey, 34, and three of her four children were found slain with throats cut. A surviving child and the husband were wounded in what authorities called a case likely tied to a contagious disease affecting the family. Detectives described a blood spattered room and a note said to be written by the woman. The dead are Marella Morey, 11, Gales Morey, and Pant Morey. The wounded include William Morey Jr., 11, and his father, William Morey, a former policeman. The family had been at the Methodist hospital earlier.
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Associated Press
New York
Aus
Brooklyn
Perotier Child
Accrant
Ev Wate A. Heffernant
Heffernan
Mary
Morey
Marella
Gales
William
Bady
Methodist
Oil Producers Carry Protest to Washington
Oil producers from Bramford district Pennsylvania announce plans to travel to Washington to protest price controls that cap crude at 23 to 25 cents per barrel under federal market regulations. J Galbraith of the price division signals a possible conference with officials.
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Washington
Bitter Fighting Over Leningrad Air
Moscow reports a massive air battle over Leningrad as the city fortifies its army and militia for a last stand against Finnish and German raids from multiple directions. An early morning communique cited German losses, while defenders claimed no bombs hit the city during the barrage and raids on nearby airfields. Tokyo reports stock market declines tied to Anglo Soviet Iran invasion news.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Ovrs
1941 U B Conference Opens at Camp Findley
Large notice previews the 1941 United Brethren in Christ Erie Conference at Camp Findley Findley Lake NY from August 21. Rev Don R Palkenbeim of Columbus leads an evening service. Bishop G D Batdorf presides at the opening. Program includes hymn Scripture prayer sermon and memorial service.
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U. B
Camp Findley
Cony
Thrauchout
Estendance
Erie Conference
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Don R. Palkenbeim
Bible Meditation League
Columbus
G. D. Batdorf
Tyan G. Hunsberger
G. di Baldor
Iran’s Resistance Nearing Collapse Amid Baltic Siege
Soviet and German forces clash over Tallinn as reports mount of German bombardment and a possible sea escape. British claims of Trah’s collapse within days surface while battles widen in the Middle East with Tupran and Tabriz cited amid heavy losses and advancing Nazi units.
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Associated Press
Tallinn
Estonia
Bost
Morris
Ube
Clerman
Tity Sit
Linssports
Gestroysr
Dolila
Piland
Tatl
Annie
Vellikie Luk
Vellkee
Western Pennsylvania flood toll rises with drownings and missing
Western Pennsylvania faces massive flood damage after heavy rains. A 9 year old boy, James Johnson, died attempting to cross a creek in Hope Hollow, Fayette County, as relatives searched for others swept away. In Greensburg area Evelyn Thompson, a youngest of 11, was reported missing and feared drowned. A major highway wreck claimed two lives and left four injured amid rising floodwaters and scattered reports of ruined property and submerged cars.
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Associated Press
Fittsburgh
Pennsylvania
New Superhighway
James Johnson
Hope
Hollow
Fayette County
Greensburg
Evelyn
James ‘Thompson
G Plan
Nolita
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