Berlin Fakes Success To Offset Russian Victory
AP analyst reports German high command pushing a wartime fiction to downplay Soviet gains while hinting at a major push near Belev and toward the Upper Volga. German circles suggest a coming foray near Belogorod, with broader advances west of Rehey and toward the Main-occupied Baltics as Allies brace for spring offensives.
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Berlin
Vladivostok
Simeune Aesmonunos
Anbelly
Upper Volga
Mosetow
Rehey
Baltie States
Russa
Ius
U S Bombers Score Against Japs In Indies
The War Department reported American bombers hit Japanese warships and transports near Bali, with four planes shot down and crashes on three cruisers. In the Philippines, heavy artillery and night bombing continue on Bataan as MacArthur’s forces endure an eighth week of siege.
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Associated Press
Washington
Netherlands
Bali
Batavia
Philippines
Merc
Bataan
Manila Bay
Fort Frank
Philippine
MacArthur
Badaan
R’rived
Subic Bay
Thirty three registrants called to army from Corry area
Corry and nearby towns ship 33 men to Local Board No. 3 in Union City for early March induction into the U S Army. The list includes Frank Clark Green Joseph Loven Gelives Ernest Hess Sherwood Merritt Koole Charles Williams Kerr Joseph nib Leo Gehres Howard Emerson J Keith Donaldson Paul Evereth Hardman Alex Adamehsyk Arnold McCaslin Stanley Miller Harry Smiley William Mick Paul Hinckley Joseph Hopkins Frank Zielinski Milton Blakeslee Richard Goddard Wilfred ExRue Hamilton Carl Predell William Himron Frank Bielawski Michael Sprovers Thomas Thompson William Pettit Frank Brol John Krol Earl Baumbaugh Fred Campbell Jeff Shields Frank Baressi Clyde Skelton and others. Price rise warned by Henderson as farm prices rise costs follow.
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Corry
Union City
Fay
U.S. Army
District Board
Frank Clark Green
Wesh Smith Street
Joseph Loven Gelives
Uhion City
Ernest Hess
R. D
Waterford
Sherwood Merritt Koole
Stanley Miller
Harry Leverne Smiley
William S. Mick
Paul Lee Hinckley
R.D
Joseph Perry Hopkins
Frank Zielinski
Wattsburg
Milton Penn Blakeslee
Union
Richard Evans Goddard
Wilfred ExRue Hamilton
Carl L. Predell
Seneca Street
William Robert Himron
Frank Bielawski
Washington Street
Michael Sprovers
Wayne Street
Com
Thomps William Pettit
Edinboro
Frank Stephen Brol
D. 1
John Burl Krol
City
Earl Baumbaugh
Fred M. Campbell
Jolt Waller Albert Shields
Gon
Cord Street
Frank Laurence Baressi
Smith
Corey
Clyde Laverne Skelton
Annihilation Claims By Nazis Advance
Adolf Hitler's high command asserted German tank forces killed 27 000 Russians and captured 5 000 prisoners in a four week encirclement near Rehov 125 miles northeast of Moscow. Soviet front lines claimed the garrison at Radev was surrounded while Soviet dispatches reported fresh troops landing at Grimes. In Crimea Soviet warplanes aided Sevastopol defense and reportedly killed nearly 30 000 Germans in 300 offensive thrusts. The Red Army pledged a larger assault in Moscow to counter Hitler's spring plans.
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Adolf Hitler
Rehov
Moscow
London
Radev
Crimea
Feodosiya
Kerch
Sevastopol
Crimean
Red Army
Red Star
Nazi Germany
Soviet Information Bureau
Corry Soldier Carlton Craker Found Dead in Army Barracks
Corry mourns its first war casualty Private Carlton W Craker 20 son of Mr and Mrs Charles T Craker of 20 First avenue. He enlisted in the U S Air Corps at Pittsburgh February 4 1941 and trained at Lowry Field Denver Colorado. He hoped to graduate from a special armament school but failed to reach that goal and died in barracks, with word of the tragedy spreading to his hometown.
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Corry
First Avenue
Carlton W. Craker
Charles T. Craker
U. S. Air Corps
Pittsburgh
Pearl Harbor
Ain Corns
Lowry Pield
Denver
Galo
Binks
Lowry Field
Rockies
Appar
New War Powers Legislation Heads to House Next Week
Washington February 21 The House will take up new war powers legislation as a major item next week with debate allotted for four hours. The measure would authorize federal agencies to operate for the duration of a wartime period and is part of five key actions House leaders plan to dispose of. Also planned is a pension repealer tied to a Senate bill, with potential Senate-adjacent support and a possible House margin of aid.
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Fes
Washington
House
Cone
Congressional
Senate
Berlin Claiming Eighty Ships As East Coast Toll
Berlin reports eighty ships sunk by German submarines off the American coast totaling 532,900 tons. A liberally stated communique says fourteen more ships have been destroyed in Caribbean operations, including a Paria Gulf entry where no ships were found and two anchored vessels at Port of Spain were damaged by explosions overnight.
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Ign
Berlin
Belo
High Command
Caribbean Sea
Specia
Paria Gulf
Trinidad
Port-of-Spain
U.S. Army
Portaf-Spain
Anchorage
Gulf of Paria
Ist
Portugal prepares for Timor crisis as Salazar speaks
In Lisbon the national assembly convenes for an extraordinary session to hear Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar outline Portugal's policy after Japan's invasion of Timor. The Japanese ambassador warned Portugal of leaving Timor after achieving aims if neutrality remains. Berlin announced a German minister visited Salazar, with no public result, as Ontario police hunted for escaped German air force personnel from a Bowmanville camp.
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Axis
Portugal
National Assembly
Associated Press
Lisbon
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Portuguese Timor
Ambassdor
Galezz
Salazar
Berlin
Bowmanville
Ont
Ontario
Lad Falls From Bridge Injures Wrists In Storm
A Spring Creek youth fell from a bridge over the Brokenstraw during a severe storm Friday afternoon, snapping both wrists and injuring his chin. He was found by a neighbor and later treated at Corry hospital. concussion ruled out. He is the son of Mr Sadie Taylor of Spring Creek. The exact sequence remains uncertain as he climbed from the creek side before reaching his home.
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Lime LaRue ‘Tay
Spring Creek
Brokenstraw
Corry Ironpital
Buy
Incal Institution
John Rickerson
Sadie Taylor
Presidential order to shift federal workers for war effort
Roosevelt issued an executive order creating a priority classification system to move competent federal employees from less essential agencies to areas contributing more to the war program. The move aims to maximize manpower where it counts most for national defense.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Piling Up of War Materials at U S Ports Delays Pacific Convoys
War materials crated for the Pacific front are piling on American wharves awaiting cargo ships. The shortage is blamed on shipping line capacity rather than production, with officials forecasting a temporary bottleneck. Senate panel hears rapid garment of planes tanks and guns, as talks on a large army navy appropriation bill proceed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Parife Trent
Senate Appropriations
Robert P. Patterson
Ueb
Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
Monnay
Army Navy
Zand
Tela
Inter
Jong Hai
Riom Trial Proceedings Outline Pre-Will Developments
The fragment references Riom trials in occupied France, noting pre-will developments in Germany and France. It mentions defense items and a presentation by Formey Prenser bent Blum to support a political risk, amid the Leibunal of Riom day.
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Procerte Riom
France
Germany
Formey Prenser
Bent Blum
Wreck at Horseshoe Curve Traps Crew Near Altoona
An eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight train wrecked near Horseshoe Curve, west of Altoona, trapping the engine crew. The incident, the third on Pennsylvania lines that week, halted all four mainline tracks around 10:15 AM as officials sought details.
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Associated Press
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroadreight
Pennsylvania Lines
Tess
Deserters to be returned to Fort Belvoir
Two young soldiers alleged to have wrecked a stolen automobile near Irvine and fled Fort Belvoir will be returned by military authorities. They are held in the Erie County Jail awaiting arrival of officers from Fort Belvoir. Other arrests include Lloyd of Spartansburg and Nick Rysshin of Algwippa at Lloyd’s home after a crash near Spartansburg. The stolen car was reported owned by Ralph M. Henry of Reedsville. Loyd was arrested recently in Sheffield and released from Warren County jail February 12 before being returned to Fort Belvoir.
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Irvine
Fort Belvoir
Howe
Erie County
Oficer
Lamarrow
Kennetht
E. Llovid
Neer Spartansbury
Nick Ryisshin
Algwippa
Lloyd's
Spartansbure
Trvine
Medway
Ralph M. Henry
Reedsville
Mifflin County
Warren Earuse
Loyd
Sheffield
Warren County
Fort Belvoie
Ohare
Euiard
State relief spending hits decade low as 640000 still aided
Harrisburg report shows Pennsylvania relief rolls fell to 640000 in December as wartime factory output boosted earnings. Total expenditures reached 103.94 million dollars with federal funds included. Dependency varied by county from 19 to 132 percent amid uneven recovery since the 1930s WPA era.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Howard L. Russell
Department of Public Assistance
James
Stisell
Tourti Ct
Russell
Montgomery County
Philadelphia
Lavka
Warns
Bali Strait naval battle swells beyond Macassar clash
Allied US Dutch forces smash Japanese invasion fleets off Bali in a major sea battle. Official war bulletins say two Japanese cruisers and two destroyers were seriously damaged, as submarines and air units support the action amid Java Bali Lombok fighting.
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Macassar Strait
Associated Press
Macassar Straits
Bali
United Nations
Indies
Japan
Java
Canberra
Astralia
Brown Kip
Analte
Ball
Batavia
NM. E. I
Lombok
United States
Hepsi
Netherlands
Banjoewanui
SumAlay
Batnyin
Isnds
East Indies
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Nerral
Adal
Alus
Beason
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Belev
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Issla
Fe Rassias
Eatlien
Ruidense
Ernst
U S.S
Eitut
Ford Cripps
Wissin
England
Stafford
Russia
Atu
Ying-Chin
Achilles
Hie
Sue Pessen
Dogger Yairibe
Chen Jerut Ho
Juan
U. S
War Department
Tckes
Ickes
Gulf Coast
Urania
Des Moines
Towa
Leon Henderson
Carlton Craker
Colo
Congress
Timor
Lad
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Yale
Paoli
Stockholm
Sweden
Britain
Norway
Oslo
Montevideo
Alfredo Baldomir
Uruguay
Luis Alberto de Herrera
de Herrera
U.S
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