Kinney Son Survives Bomber Downing In Germany
Corry families receive war department telegram and red cross letters confirming Rolland Sonny Kinney, a bomber crew member from Corry, is a prisoner of war in Germany after their aircraft reportedly went down near Bremen on November 26. Letters from crew and the co pilot’s sister express hope of survival and gratitude for the news.
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Rolland
Sonny" Kinney
Germany
Barry
Corry
Orrin A. Kinney
War Department
Mat Informaton
Red Cross
Sgt
Finney
Levgt
Rolland Kinney
Bremen
Gorey
Normandie
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander
Levdler
Bishop Here For Emmanuel Event
Emmanuel Episcopal church members hosted Bishop E Pinkney Wroth of the Erie diocese at the annual dinner and business meeting. Ninety six parishioners attended as a dinner prepared by a ladies committee led by Mrs Frank Lockwood. The bishop spoke on the diocese’s work and church activities while assisting with parish debt actions and electing new wardens and officers in a tense meeting with wartime vacancies.
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Emmanuel Episcopal Church
E. Pinkney Wroth
Erie
Episcopal Church
Frank Lockwood
Corry
Erle
A. van Houten
Wallace Young
Harold Gilbert
Raymond Sandburg
Edward Feldt
William Redmond
Robert Dasmond
Peldt
Sandburg
Desmond Ware
Carl Binuith
Sieut
Redmond
USN
One Body Recovered After Youth Drowns at Erie Dock
Erie police and coast guards recovered an unidentified man’s body after a 17 year old sailor’s wife told police she pushed him overboard during a dispute on the dock. Authorities searched the lake for a second body as the DA questioned the young woman about the incident and her former employer at a nearby restaurant.
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Associated Press
Erib
Coast
Knheja Sad
Big Pinn
Bypton A. Laub
Kormecll
Lyed
Kormecki
Pelle
Taber Charges FDR Wartime Budget Padded
Washington June 14 Rep Taber Republican New York charged Roosevelt wartime budget was padded. He urged cutting established departments 18 percent and war agencies 25 percent while bipartisan support favored funding for the war. Cannon said there was an un obligated balance and no padding found. Senators called for tighter spending checks.
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Associated Pros
Washington
Roosevelt
Taber
RNY
House
Hecht
Cannon
D-Mp
Train Wreck in Texas Kills Twelve, Injures Fifteen
In Texas snowstorm, two Santa Fe passenger trains collide near a station. Twelve dead and 15 injured as a four car express rear-ends a 12 car train bound for California. Identified victims include Marvin Riordan, 11, of Hattiesburg Miss. Mrs Dorothy Morris Roberts, 19, of McGregor Tex, and her infant daughter Bonus Madge. Railway division reports indicate heavy traffic and faulty communications contributed to the crash.
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Tex
Santa Fe
E. Baker
Brown ‘Wood
Marvin Riordan
Hattiesburg
Dorothy Morris Roberts
Poles Plan Reply To Red Proposal
London report says Poland's government in exile may send a conciliatory reply to the Soviet Curzon line issue. Cabinet meets fourth day with draft shaping a cautious tone. British censorship blocks speculation while Eden and Polish leaders discuss the overall problem in private sessions.
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Eden
London
Associated Press
Poland
Landons
Versons
Frank King
British Press Association
the Express
Antony Been
Stanislaw Mikolajczvic
Tadeusz Romer
Britain
Edward Rachaynekty
Tater
Gas coupons moved to mail from local boards
New York dispatches report the OPA will remove gasoline coupon handling from local ration boards in the near future. Special mail centers will issue coupons to motorists in large districts, while local boards continue to decide supplemental ration eligibility and forward details to the centers for mailing.
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New York
OPA
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Isniine Center
P-51 Mustang Prominent in Duel with Nazi Planes
RAF Mosquitos bombed western Germany as American officers tally Tuesday's air battle over the Reich. The tally shows 152 German planes shot down and three factories seriously damaged, with one Mosquito loss and eight enemy fighters downed in northern France. Fresh details note bomber and fighter losses, with 700 American bombers and 800 escorts involved. The battle’s full totals remain incomplete and may never be known.
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Hy Associated Press
London
Germany
Reich
Kulbw
Hhey
Berlin
Fir Ministay
France
Eighth Air Porce
United States
Jack and Heintz Cited by Gov't in Price Adjustment Action
The War Department directs Cleveland aircraft parts maker Jack and Heintz to cut 7 million dollars from 1942 government sales claiming excess profits. Undersecretary Patterson says recovery will be via tax collection or withholding about 760 thousand dollars. The firm faced a 1942 House Naval Affairs inquiry with testimony of a secretary earning 29 thousand dollars in salary and bonuses in one year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jal
War Department
Cleveland
Jack & Heinty
Wat
Robert Patterson
Treasury Department
Congressional Committees
Edmund Toland
Cimmsel
House Naval Affairs Committee
Guard Officers Dinner Guests of Local Club in Corry
Sivanians host Col. Woodside and state officers during a steak dinner at the Rite Restaurant attended by 49 Kiwanis members and visiting guards. Col. Woodside inspected Corry’s new Company A at the State Armory, spoke on Pennsylvania’s old National Guard and the new State Guard, and thanked Capt. Guy Abbey and Lieuts. Mountain and Hicks for the unit’s strong showing. Guests included Kiwanis officials and Col. Woodside’s staff with Lt. Col. Earl McCrea Major Frank W. Hill Major Robert Porter and Capt. Joseph Stormer among those present.
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Sivanians
Woodside
Corry
Robert Woodside
Pitts
Durgh
Pentsylvania State Guard
Kiwarile
Charles Truren
Meydviile
James W. Gray
Col. Woodside
Old National Guard Organization of
Pennsylvania
State Guard
Charles P.keating
Kiwanis
Guy Abbey
Mountain and Hicks
Corry Company
State Armory
Cal
Liet
Earl McCrea
Oil City
Frank W. Hill
Lawrence County
Robert Porter
Joseph Stormer
Edward Satiol
Abbey
New Director of Athletics Arrives in Cony Schools
John Tinson named director of health and athletics arrives in Cony schools to serve as near member of the Senlee Highs faculty. He will join the park of the servnce Giakses at Senlee High. Kenneth O. Bogarday, recently appointed to a new senior high post, will depart for New Kensington this weekend.
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John Tinson
Atiletics
Cony
Senlee Highs
Soho
Lumber and Saw Mills Seek 3000 War Prisoners
A request to supply 3,000 war prisoners to relieve manpower shortages in lumber and saw mills across northern and central Pennsylvania has been sent to the Army's Third Service Command by the Regional War Manpower Commission. The U S Employment Service office in Coudersport originated the plan to utilize prisoners to ease the labor shortage.
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Mswueimen
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Army
Third Service Command
Regional War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service Office Sr
Couderswort
Ine
Mnspower
Tokyo Hints Of Trouble On Jap Production Front
Allies press in Wa sectors of the War as Tokyo hints trouble on Jap production front. Reports describe American air raids and naval actions along the western coast, with BAT boats and amphibious operations targeting Japanese shipping and beachheads at Saidor and New Guinea.
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Tokyo
Rania
Orton New Gunes
New Britton
Buwme
Lruoyy
AkVals
Americalt
Chin
War Bulletin Mixed With Allied and White House Updates
American bombers resumed raids on Germany while Russian cavalry reportedly pushed near Minsk and cut the Nast escape route. Bulgarian capital Sofia raid noted by White House. President McIntire asks rest. Labor union weekly denounces the New Deal as dead and Congress conscription rhetoric appears.
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Associated Press
T Heey
Pripet Marshes
Radio Moscow
Moxyr
Mink
Keystone TNT Plant Closing at Keystone Ordnance Works
MEADVILLE Pa Jan 14 Production of TNT at the Army Keystone Ordnance Works in Geneva will cease Sunday, said Major John L Willard commanding officer. The shutdown affects 1100 workers at the facility, the second ordnance plant in the state to halt operations after Williamsport.
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Meadville
Army
Keystone Oriliance
Geneva
Willard
Pennsylvania Ordnance Works
Williamsport
Little Steel War Labor Board hearing ends without deal
Weirton Steel Company mill and Weirton Independent Unions failed to reach an agreement on wage demands. The United Steel Workers seek an 22 percent raise to raise minimum pay to 81 and a 16 percent boost for all workers. Joseph Conway of the Labor Department attended as the WEB weighs a hearing. The union signed by George T. Ponto and 10,000 members, with Frances Peeing expected to be named to hear the case within weeks.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Little
Agay
War Labor Board
Weirton Sleet Company Mills
Weirton
Unios
Fiw
Joseph EB. Conway
Voneltistor
U.S. Department of Labor
Tap
Miso
Hiv
George T. Ponto
Sampans
GS Latavy
Women join first organized fox hunt Sunday rally
Corry club hosts its inaugural fox hunt with both women and men meeting at the Red and Gum Club on East Washington to depart for hunting grounds by 9 AM. Club members receive a $2 bounty while nonmembers may win a $5 prize for a fox killed. Experienced hunters will guide the pack as multiple hunting runs are planned if turnout allows.
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Red and Gum Club
East Washington Street
John Flanigan
Clu
Hudson School
Lamaraci
Cld
Corry
Planigan
Cast
Lin Tirah Evens
Warren
Corry Club
Heavy fighting near Vinnitsa and surrounding areas
Allied forces report intense combat around Vinnitsa and on the road skirts near Mozyr and Kalinkovichi. British and American air forces strike Rome area targets while German troops report setbacks in the Cervaro region.
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Vinnitsa
Mozyr
Kalinkovichi
Curzon Line
Rome
Cervaro
Russians Push Toward Warsaw Amid Balkan Front Turbulence
Soviet forces claimed 11 more miles toward Warsaw with drives around Mozyr Kalinkovichi and Rynaria while engaging near Vingitse. Allied air attacks hit the Romy ferry at Gentocelle Guidonia and air raids over Tisly. British Eighth Army prepared to move at Peso as fighting raged around Cassino and near Vinnitsa. Russians widened incursions into Poland to 40 miles, with captures near Tutavichi Serny and Mogyr. The Odessa Warsaw railway remained a focal lifeline as fronts shift.
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Warsaw
Mozyr
Kalinkovichi
Pripet
Germia
Vingitse
Old Rynaria
Gentocelle
Guidonia
Tisly
Perugia
Thay Bernal
Wei
Cassino
Cervero
Tivly
Gakern
Old Poland
Tutavichi
Serny
Novograd-Volynski
Vinnitsa
Odessa-Warsaw
Dnieper
Bug River
Vinnitse
Mogyr
Curzon Line
Mascoy
Poland
Low
Soldier Vote Issue Thrown Back to State H
Washington January 14 The House Elections Committee rejected uniform federal ballot plans for new recruits and women in the armed forces and approved a modified Senate measure tossing the soldier vote problem to the states. Committee sources say three Democrats and four Republicans backed defeat while five Democrats supported the federal plan.
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Ouse Committee
Associated Press
Washington
House Elections Committee
Warley JT Tes
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