Twenty-Second British Warship Lost With All Aboard
Diplomats report tension between United States Great Britain and Japan over trade pact lapse while wartime fronts see continued Red Army offensives. British seizure of German seamen from Japanese ships sparks Japanese protest, with potential strain on allied relations. German bombers attack Shetland islands as Red Army makes gains near Lake Ladoga.
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Joe Alex Morris
Europe
United States
Japan
Red Army
Pinland
Tokyo
Great Britain
America
East Asia
Bitain
London
Shetland Islands
Lrtish Aval
Forth
Scotland
Belsinei
Lake Ladoga
Exmouth Destroyer Lost in North Sea War Toll Rises
London dispatch reports the 1475 ton British destroyer Exmouth sunk in the North Sea by a mine or torpedo with at least 175 presumed dead. Exmouth, launched July 1834, was the 22nd British war vessel lost in the war. Captain R S Benson commanded the ship and received a Distinguished Service Order last December for anti submarine action.
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London
Exmouth
North Sea
Stynes
Admiralty
R. S. Benson
Benson
Fhayy
China
Grenvills
Courageous
Royal Oak
Blanche
Gypsy
Royalpifidl
Starfish
Sea Horse
Udine
Foxen
Dewey Attacks Roosevelt Policies in Portland Rally
Republican presidential hopeful Thomas E Dewey challenged the Roosevelt New Deal spendthrift policy at a mass meeting in Portland Maine. He warned thousands of Republicans that deficit spending would choke private capital and threaten employment and the budget balance.
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Boston
Dewey
Republian
Portland
Roosevelt
H. Ly
Aeudiers
Delinquent Tax Totals Threaten Year’s Levy in Corry
Corry faces a mounting backlog of unpaid city and school district taxes. By early 1939 the city owed about 67,775.69 in delinquent taxes, with only 15,000 collected that year. City levies totalled 71,174.25 with penalties of 2,299.67. School tax delinquencies run about 20 percent annually, with the district’s duplicate approaching 100,000 for the year. Continued on Page Three.
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Corry
Hold Up Quartet Robs Gas Station Near Butler
Police warn to watch for a Ford sedan model 198 with four armed men who fled after an armed robbery at a Butler area gas station on Route 8 around 4:30 this morning. The suspects are said to carry a Pennsylvania license AP 723 once issued to R C Heasley of Bradford and vehicle details include a Penn Moll station operator near Butler.
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Biller
Gasoime
Route 8
Butler
Pennsylvania
R. C. Heasley
Bradford
State Patrol
Pennmoll Company
House Votes to Extend Dies Committee Inquiry
United Press reports in Washington that the Dies Committee will seek House funds within a week to continue the probe into un American activities. Acting Chairman Joe Starnes said the committee won a one year extension of authority after the House approved 345 021 for its continuance.
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HOUSE
United Press
Washington
Dies
Joe Starnes
Ala
Todly
Erie Railway Officials Confer Over Corry Crossing Trouble
Erie trainmaster F Bordwell and Erie Agent Johnson met with Corry Mayor Hepler and council to review last Saturday’s crossing incident. Bordwell said the crew of the 147 car freight train used poor railroading and should have cut the train at the main street crossings before shifting. He promised special instructions for crews. the mayor warned no prosecutions now but will press immediate action if a similar event recurs as every crossing was blocked for about forty minutes.
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F. ¥. Bordwell
Erie Railroad
Meadville
Corry
Erie
Johnson
Hepler
Bordiell
West End
Allies Break With Rumania Over Oil Shipments
London reports an Allied dispute with Rumania over oil shipments to Germany. Rumania allegedly requires foreign oil firms to supply oil for Germany while withholding oil from the Allies. Britain reportedly pressed Rumania and hinted that access to British products, including aircraft and war materiel, could hinge on solving the oil issue.
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Rumania
Germany
Britain
United Press
London
Columbus Moves To Purchase Hose And Organize Fire Bureau
Columbus residents and township supervisors debated a plan to buy 00 feet of hose and form a fire bureau to assist the Corry fire department. The meeting at Town Hall featured Director Richard Romtacher Gerry and others urging cooperation to improve local fire protection.
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Columbus
Cumubtt Yillege Glans
P Volimteer Fire Committee
Corry
Verity-fiye
Town Hall
Columbus Tech
Richard Romtacher
Gerry
Join In Hospital Plan In Corry Area Enrolls 1000
About 2000 people in Corry city and nearby areas have joined a group hospitalization plan announced by Miss Margaret Bower, superintendent of Corry Hospital. The plan aims to broaden hospital care access, with many Pennsylvania hospitals already enrolled and more expected in 1940.
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Cony Hospital
Margaret Bower
Corry High School Opens New Semester Monday
Tomorrow afternoon Corry High School will conclude finals after four days of examinations. Principal Howard Sheen and teachers will grade papers and finalize reports for report cards. Classes Friday are suspended to prepare schedules for the new semester beginning Monday morning. Illness has disrupted the week with twenty three students absent today and similar totals on prior days.
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Corry High School
Howard Sheen
Fifteen People Rescued From Pittsburgh Fire
At dawn a fire swept a three story building on Perrysville Avenue in Pittsburgh trapping fifteen residents. Firefighters rescued the occupants, including three families, as the blaze briefly flared again before midday. No injuries reported.
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Pittsburgh
William A. Hickey
Perrysville Avenue
Spy penalties to be bolstered by U S action
A Washington dispatch reports Benulor W. Warren states the administration will push peacetime espionage penalties higher. He notes potential prosecutions could target sabotage or other acts at Gibbstown New Jersey and similar sites, signaling stronger enforcement.
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United Bees
Washington
Dan
Benulor W. Warren
Harbour
Gibbstown
N. J
Sabotige
United
Atala
Pawnbroker Rate Act Upheld By Court
Judge Greer of Cambria County upheld the 1987 Pawnbroker Rate Act limiting interest on secured jewelry loans to 10 percent per year, ending an injunction against enforcement. The ruling allows immediate effect, reversing prior leniency toward small loan charges once contested by Philadelphia money lenders.
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Sect
Fuay News
Wiwaches
Il the Journal
Greer
Cambria County
Philadelphia
Navy Prepares for Defense of Island Group
United Press reports U S naval maneuvers off the Dutch West Indies with possible aims toward Hollandia's entry, as President Roosevelt says 2% vessels will operate near Curaçao Bonaire and St Eustatius in routine Caribbean drills. Diplomatic circles speculate on broader implications while the Navy and State Department decline comment. George A Gordon met Queen Wilhelmina in The Hague amid talk of American naval operations in the West Indies. Arthur Gilmore, head of social studies at California State Teachers College, died of a brain tumor at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
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Dutch West Indies
Holland
United Prem Washington
Caribbean
Roosevelt
Athils
Aya Vessals
Cura
California
Arthur Gilmore
Soctalstudies
State Teachers College
Yeaterday
Johns Hopkeine Hospital
Balticrore
Mountain Storm Blamed for Army Bomber Crash
Riverside Calif January 24 a mountain storm and severe icing conditions were blamed today for the crash of an army bomber and the deaths of four crew members. The dust-moted ship struck the hillside near March Field late yesterday while on a routine training flight from Sacramento to Riverside. Two crewmates escaped using parachutes. The dead include Raymond M Sumi Nashwauk Minnesota co pilot Gerald D Wilcox Bennett Town Sergeant Geel Purvis of Glensville GI and Private Prank Carroll of Hyde Park Massachusetts. Investigators from March Field withheld a report though army observers cited severe icing which feigned the bomber and rendered its controls inoperative.
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United Press
Riverside
Calif
Fis
Hisside
March Pieldat
Wall
Raymond M. Sumi
Nashwauk
Minty
Bill
Benjamin C
Holloway
Columbus
Ohio
Sergi
Gerald D Wilcox
Bennett
Town
Riley
Wichita Falls
Texas
Geel Purvis
Glentsville
Prank Carroll
Hyde Pak
Mass
March Field
Sumi
Sacramento
Wehachapl Mountains
Prosperity Predicted by Governor James for Nation
Philadelphia January 24 The United States moves toward an era of unprecedented prosperity, Governor Arthur H. James told Girard College graduates urging the 76 seniors to feel there is work to be done and a job for them to do, signaling optimism for the country’s economic future.
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Amea
Philadelphia
United States
Arthur H. James
Girard College
Snowstorm Threatens East As Winter Sweep Hits Region
An advancing snowstorm from the south rattled eastern Pennsylvania southern New Jersey and Delaware. Officials warned of heavy snowfall and continued cold with sharp gusts, as snow flurries appeared and temperatures hovered in the low teens.
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Philadelphia
Jay
Snath
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Wis
Leader explains split with Dem party in labor ranks
William Hm Lawrence reports President John L. Lewis predicts a stern defeat for Roosevelt if drafted for a third term. Lewis urges an accord between the Democratic party and organized labor to counter unemployment and rising taxes, while criticizing Democratic governance and cabinet representation for labor.
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William HM. Lawrence
United Press
Columbus
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
Roosevell
Lingwla
Meltnea Cunilfetors
Entity
United States
UMWA
We Congress of Industrial Organised ‘Tions
Jdarty
Bevin H
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Hesmot
Tabor
Ood
Ls Husil
Abor
Milv
Ijtuler
Ctu
Witnesses Called in Manslaughter Case
County Detective Learners and others served papers this afternoon regarding the trial of Arthur Morrison of Pintelid on manslaughter charges. Indictments allege involvement in a car incident that injured a person. Court proceedings are set for February 15 at the final court.
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Couny
Learers
Wikit Fey
John Coates
Ube Mane
Arthur Morison
Pintelid
Bram
Penruary
Hall
Pollée
Morrison
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Roy Laure
Braniford Hose Company
Tori Clark
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