Wake island Marines hold off vast odds for 14 days
Navy recounts Wake Island defense where less than 400 Marines, with four planes, repelled 12 enemy air strikes and sunk a cruiser and destroyer before collapse. Describes relentless aerial assaults, shore battery fire, and stubborn, doomed stand amid dwindling supplies and no reinforcements.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Heath
Wake Island
Alamo
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Donby
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Dee
Elgct
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Marine
Naval Officer Ordered to Chief of Staff Duty
Fleet Rear Admiral Russell Willson, superintendent of the U S Naval Academy, is assigned as chief of staff to Admiral West J King, commander in chief of the U S fleet.
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Russell Willson
U. S. Navalacademy
West J. King
U. S. Fleet
Funeral services for Robert W. Siggins in Clarendon
Warren, Wee. Twenty services in memory of Robert W. Siggins of Main Street Clarendon who died in a wreck of a gasoline tanker owned by Withian F. Crossett near Kearsarge Erie County Friday morning. Services will be at Leo D. Gibson funeral home this afternoon at 2 30 officiated by Rev J A Cruickshank of North Warren Presbyterian church with interment in Oakland Cemetery. Friends may call two to five and seven to nine p m. Siggins born November 3 1913 in Pileoner N Y is survived by his wife Magdalene Lawton Siggins son Roger parents Mr and Mrs Paul Siggins and sister Mrs Zillan Carpenter Baltimore Md He was a member of the Clarendon volunteer fire department The cause of the accident remains unknown though state motor police and company officials conducted investigations and believe he may have suffered a spell while the truck was in motion with his body found about forty feet from the burned vehicle.
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Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department
Pleasantville Youth Robert W Clark Jr Reported Missing
Robert W Clark Jr 24 son of Mr and Mrs Clark of Pleasantville has been reported missing following enemy action. Navy department word says he was believed to be in the Pearl Harbor area during Japanese attacks. A Pleasantville High School graduate he attended Allegheny College two years and was well known locally as a basketball player.
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Pleasantville
City
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Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Pleasantville High School
Allegheny College
Lawrences Block Plan to Reapportion In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Dec 21 Allegheny County Democrats oppose elimination of a representative and others plan to block the reapportionment. A special legislative session will set reapportionment. Meredith Meyers endorses the committee proposal as workable. David Lawrence criticizes the plan as a hodgepodge with uneven districting benefiting Allegheny County.
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Allegheny County
Harrisburg
James
Aneed
Willim
Shafter
Chatyshan Meredith Meyers
Legislative Committee
David L. Lawrence
Allegheny
Hodge Wodge
Death Notice of C. H. Smith Aged 73 in Concord Twp
O H Smith aged 73 long time Concord township resident died last evening at Corry hospital after a brief illness. Born near Waitisburg in 1868 he owned a Concord farm and worked as a moving contractor. Survived by two daughters Mrs Charles Jennes Spartansburg and Mrs Glenn Adams Erie a son Donald H Adams Erie a sister Mrs W Mitchell East Branch and many nieces and nephews. Body at Davison funeral home. Funeral service at Dobbs Corners church at 7 o'clock with interment East Branch cemetery.
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C. H. Smith
Concord Twp
O. H. Smith
Concord Township
Ifelong
Corry ‘Hospital
Davison
Dobbs Corners
East Branch
State's holiday toll in accidents nears 60
A weekend toll of traffic crashes claims many lives across Pennsylvania. Victims include James Owens 41 and Adolph Bolts 45 of Philadelphia Fred Clark 81 of Pittsburgh Mrs Elizabeth Neely 40 of Baden Warren McKeever 21 of Harrisburg Edward Phillips 48 of Princeton and Anna Velnikatis of Scranton. Also reported are Dr H S Ballard 58 of Keosport Edward J Wieand of Sharon Malone Lanzer 31 and James Shedrick 20 of Harrisburg John R Meyers 32 of Monongahela crushed by a tree cutter. William C Kiel 99 Pittsburgh musician dies and others overcome by carbon monoxide exposure at a hunt camp. Christian Schlade 60 Carnegie police officer dies from pneumonia superinduced by injuries from an auto crash.
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Adolph Bolts
Philadelphia
Fred Clark
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Neely
Baden
Warren McKeever
Harrisburg
Edward Phillips
Pracitville
Anna Velnikatis
Scranton
H. 5. Ballard
MK Keesport
Edward J. Wieand
Shar
James Shedrick
Dahn R. Ensminger
New Bumberland
Lloyd
John R Meyers
Monongahela
William C. Kiel
Bennevue
Christian Schlade
Carnegie
Bridges Under Guard At Balammanga West Salamanca
Soldiers with rifles patrol the frne railroad bridge over Little Valley Creek in Balammanga West Salamanca. Since Christmas Day guards work 24 hours, women at each end serve eight hour shifts. Six Choax soldiers and their carwamns are quartered at Veterans Memorial Park club house and take meals nearby. Other bridges in the area receive similar protection as three truckloads of soldiers traveled to Salamanca Christmas Day.
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Little Valley
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Salamanca
Christins
Bi Veterans Memorial Park
Splamanca
Exie
Seven Workers Gashed in Paper Plant Tragedy
Kane December 29 report lists seven victims of an accidental gas release at the Castanea Paper Co mill in Johnsonburg. Eline Britis, 21, the only fatality, died after efforts to rescue co workers. Rescue squads credited with saving others. several hospitalized improving at Ridgway and home care for others.
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Kane
Castanea Paper Company
Johnsonburg
Johsonburg
Eline Britis
Zetle
Rider Way
Ridgway
Grimey Willow
Frank di Sullo
Joseph Kilgosky
Peter Gasharri
Raymond Willams
Fred Launer
Raymond
Griffity Hook and Ladder Company of Kane
West Penn Power Company Rescue Squad
Cleric Eaves for Camp Davis Chaplaincy Official
The Reverend Ennis P. Thorne is leaving his post as pastor of the First Baptist to become chaplain at Camp Davis in North Carolina with the rank of lieutenant. He preached his farewell sermon at the morning service, which was moved earlier to allow the Thorne family to depart for the south after noon.
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Avine
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N. C
Ennis P. Thorne
Ian Pstal
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Lendley
Markets Feature Buffalo Livestock and Pittsburgh Produce
Stock market notes from Buffalo and Pittsburgh list livestock prices and demand as of Dec 29. Buffalo hogs and cattle show assorted weights with gains and steady calves. Pittsburgh reports moderate produce demand with prices for apples potatoes and fruits in steady ranges. Overall year-end market activity shows tax selling limiting rallies while many stocks trade near mixed noon quotes.
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Associated Fress
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American
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Untitled fragment hints at game schedule and standings
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a game week, top team Erie with ten games, a Sunday schedule, and various garbled names. The readable pieces imply a sports snippet about teams, matches, and implied standings but specifics are unclear.
Fragmented Local Notice on Bik Leons
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Bik Leons with unclear context. No full names, dates, or places are readable. The item appears to be a brief public or classified notice lacking complete details.
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