Fatal burns kill seven year old in accidental home fire
A seven year old girl, Marjorie St. John, died two weeks after a stove fire in her home near Lincolnville. She suffered severe burns to the head neck arms and legs and was treated at Corry Hospital before passing away. Survived by parents Milo and Mrs St. John and three brothers Milo Jr Eldred and Melvin. Body taken to Torry funeral home Spartansburg. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at grandparents Samuel and Susan St. John Bloomfield Township with burial in Lounds Cemetery.
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Marjorie Sidon
Mila St. John
Lincolnville
Corry ‘Hospital
Milo St. John
Milo
Eldrede
Melvin
Torry
Spartansburg
Samuel St. Job
Bloomfeld Township
Durlal
Loouds
Farm Senators Call Wickard in Parity Debate
Farm State senators rejected Roosevelt’s push to adjust price parity under the price control law and urged Wickard to outline his policies. The Senate agriculture committee asked the agriculture secretary to testify in a closed session amid talks of potential amendments to parity, with Senator Gillette vowing to oppose changes. He argued the 10 percent latitude was needed to ensure farmers receive parity for their production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Farm State
Roosevelt
Wickard
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Gillette
D-Lawa
Shporters
Detroit idle hits 300000 as auto plants halt
Detroit faces indefinite layoffs as about 900000 workers lose civilian jobs amid the first major stretch of wartime automotive production. Assembly lines are largely stopped and will shift to war needs once retooling proceeds. Officials say recalls likely not before mid-summer as armament output begins.
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Ment Eth
Detroit
Dan
United Automobile Workers
O10
War Production Board Limits Recapping Machinery Output
Washington June 31 The War Production Board announced a prohibition on manufacturing retreading and recap machinery unless accompanied by prefatory testing certification. The restriction targets equipment used for retreading tires, affecting suppliers and fleets awaiting new machinery.
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PME
Washington
War Production Board
Britain Faces Setbacks in Far Pacific and Burma Evacuations
Bulletin reports two British defeats in the Pacific as Malay defenses retreat near Singapore and Moulmein on the Burma coast. Evacuation occurs across Rangoon’s bay, with India’s lifeline to China framed as critical to the Burma road. The piece touches broader theatre updates with tremor in Vancouver and Middle East and Soviet war gains.
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Associated Press
Britain
Far Pacific
Singapore Island
Moulmein
Rangoon
Burma
India
Aiso
China
Fractured Ankles Reported After Gym Incident
An eighth grade pupil Miss Margaret Spencer of West Wayne Street sustained fractures in both bones of her left ankle during gym at the junior high Thursday. Teachers allegedly dismissed the injury as not serious and the girl walked away before a doctor was called, revealing more serious damage.
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Margaret Spencer
Allan Spencer
West Wayne Street
Defense bond sales at record high for month
Washington reports defense bond sales reaching a record 1 billion dollars in January. Officials forecast 1942 sales could hit about 7 billion as the total since Pearl Harbor surpasses 1.8 billion dollars, nearly tripling December figures after the attack.
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MORTH
Washington
Defense
Treasury
Polnls
Pearl Harbor
Miters
Three of Crew Killed as Ship Was Attacked
Norfolk dispatch cites survivor accounts of the tanker Rochester sunk off the Virginia coast. Captain A Clark and chief officer L J Davidson described two torpedoes and 13 shells from a U boat as crew were ordered to evacuate, with two men injured and several killed by steam, noting the Germans were “bum shooters” while politely warning to move.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Naval
Virginia
A. Clark
Clovis
West Bradford
Mass
L. J. Davidson
Lillie Fails
N. J
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
New York City
Davidson
Clark
Atlantic
Milk Price Rise Hits Local Stores Tomorrow
Price of milk will be advanced one cent per quart here tomorrow January 31 as distributors raise costs of production. Model Dairy, Sterling Milk, Cecil Akam and Cerleton J. Curtis cited higher costs for the change while stores have been selling milk at twelve cents. In a separate note, Auditor General F. Clair Ross announced a shortage of $801 found in the Pittsburgh bureau of Vital Statistics under the State Health Department.
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Fercusry
Model Dairy Company
Sterling Milk Company
Cecil Akam
Cerleton J. Curtis Tnerensiig
Giver Ag
Ross Bares
Harrisburg
F. Clair Ross
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Vital Statiation
State Health Department
De Gaulle Allies with Bodoukou Native King in Ivory Coast
De Gaulle announces a new ally, Kosdio Adiomant, ruler of about 200,000 natives in the Bou doukou district of the Ivory Coast. The region is described as part of Vichy controlled West Africa.
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Degaulle
London
Dan
DeGaullist
Kosdio Adiomant
Boudoukou
Ivory Coast
Preach West Africa
Union City youths in crash arrest driver after Elgin wreck
A white Chevrolet sedan carrying two Union City youths and 16 year old Mary Holland was pursued by patrols when they attempted to flee a traffic stop on Breed Bill Road. The car crashed near Klein blacktop, injuring Holland who was hospitalized with fractured ribs and bruises while driver Kenneth Dirks and passenger Lars Sorenson escaped with minor injuries. Sorenson was arrested on charges of attempting to fire a police officer and held for court.
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Union City
Yasen
Wwe
Mary Holland
Miles Street
Hi Corry ‘Hospital
Betttef
Lars Sorenson
Kenneth Dirks
Sorenson
Leo Weir
Aldermatt C
Tyson City
Sorenain
Chevrolet
Ats
Klein Blacktop
P. R. Ry
Sr Blein
Nazis Scouting U S Irish Base In Ulster War News
Reports from German broadcasts say railway targets in Northern Ireland were bombed by German planes as American troops are billeted in Ulster. RAF fighters engaged a German reconnaissance plane over Belfast and a chase followed through cloud cover with the enemy evading pursuit. In Harrisburg rates rise as express charges begin under ICC order, causing expected confusion between state and national rates.
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Ulster
Associated Press
Bercin
High Command
Northern Ireland
Treland
Belfast
Royal Air Force
Gmber
RAF
Harrisburg
Railway Express
Raily Way Express
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pub
Uc Utility Commission
General MacArthur braces for sixth major Japanese assault
Associated Press reports on January 3 that General MacArthur’s army in Baton prepared for a sixth major offensive after 29 days of siege. He warned of a great new Japanese attack, keeping American and Filipino troops alert for the coming push without revealing its likely location.
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Associated Press
Washington
MacArthur
Baton
Japs Attack New Guinea and Philippines Fronts
Reports from Washington detail Japanese attempts to infiltrate Philippine defenses on Batay Peninsula thwarted as American and Filipino forces hold. MacArthur’s troops resist, while Japanese leaflets and surrender demands spark mirth among Filipino soldiers. In the Pacific, Allied measures improve cargo rates to Australasia and a tanker loss marks a U S coast submarine action. Sydney confirms eleven Japanese planes hit Bulolo and Halamauy.
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Washington
Douglas MacAdlue
Batay Peninsula
Philippines
War Department
Tme
Balan
Macarthur
Pilipino
Pacific
United States
Atlantic
New Guinea
Sydney
Bulolo
Halamauy
Francis M. Forde
Axis mobilizing for Mediterranean blow
A preliminary export telegram from Zurich via Exchange Telegraph reports Axis moves in the Mediterranean theater. Passenger train service in Italy is to be sharply curtailed tomorrow as British intelligence notes German traffic, drawn by Rommel’s recent gains in Libya and Egypt, suggests a push to strike at Malta.
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Tvindi Nend
Italy
Tomarow
Telegraph
Aeney
Zurich
Switzerland
Wisqunnee Ronis
Nye
Adolf
Japanese claim six transports sunk at Padang port
Japanese aerial report says six transports were sunk or damaged during a Tuesday and Wednesday attack on Padang, Sumatra. It cites a 10,000-ton ship, two 4,000-ton ships, a 2,000-ton vessel heavily damaged, and one other small vessel sunk, plus five British planes destroyed on the ground and damage to installations.
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Bag Secconee
Toryoy
Jan
Noume Soid
Padang
Sumats
Senk
Singapore
Move Slowly on Rent Control Says OPA Head
Washington January 31 Ascsociate Press reports the Office Of Price Administration will proceed cautiously yet quickly into rent control in smaller communities. Karl Borders head of OPA rent section says immediate hard controls are not intended. He notes rent increases from five to one hundred percent in shipbuilding and aircraft centers near army posts. The law requires a 60 day interval between OPA recommendations and any formal rent ceiling order, allowing state or local regulation to curb action.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Karl Borders
OPA
Borders
Rumor of Major Fire Hits Copenhagen in Occupied Denmark
London reports a Stockholm dispatch claiming a quarter of Copenhagen, the Danish capital under German occupation, was destroyed by fire. It remains unclear if the blaze was accidental, arson, or caused by British bombing raids targeting Danish military objectives.
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London
Rome Radio
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Denmark
Fie
Youth held in theft of $300 from home here
A 29 year old, Donald Boland, was held after authorities tied him to a burglary at the Shields residence on South Center Street. About $300 was taken from a strong box. $191 was recovered from under Boland’s bed. Boland admitted guilt and faced a county court term after a hearing before Alderman B. Porter. A separate note reports H. B. Rogers’s promotion at the Erie Railroad to passenger traffic manager succeeding the late G. C. Howard.
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Donald Boland
South Center
Pant Shields
Steent
Wikence
Boland
Buland, & Nephew
Lourmain
Shields
Io Boland
B. Porter
Erie
Rogers
RAF Pilots Return From Sea With 100 Prisoners
Nineteen RAF pilots shot down at sea reached base with a score of 100 Italian prisoners after swimming to shore and trekking across Libyan desert. Their Sunderland aircrew fought off two German Messerschmitts, one shot down and the other damaged. The crippled craft sank near Apollonia after the attack, while the boat’s gunner was wounded and the survivors reached shore with dog companions. They encountered Italian guards who claimed the prisoners.
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Saward nEenanux
RAF
North Afric
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Tenia
Libyas
Sanderland
Snk
Apololiia
Malay Defense Ends Fortress Awaits Assault
Britain's weary Malay defenders withdrew to Singapore Island after destroying the land link and vow to resist Japan. Allied troops, including Australians, British, and Indians, retreated to the fortress, reporting heavy jungle fighting and preparations for a prolonged defense. The article notes the strategic hold on Singapore and the assessed 40 million dollar fortress as the last bastion against further Japanese advances.
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Hy Associated Press
Britain
Singapore
Japan
Rome
Singapmie
Amboina Naval Base Under Heavy Attack
Japanese forces open a new front in the East Indies attacking Amboina, with ships and aircraft shelling the island as Dutch high command reports fierce fighting everywhere. Australian reconnaissance spotted a Japanese invasion convoy heading toward Amboina.
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Amboina
Associated Press
Batavia
N.ea
the East Indies
Portous-asso Srom
Amboina Isham
Netherland East Indies
Sercivel
Malaya
Jaya
Ney
Ambon
Ambonin
Celebes Island
New Guillem
Alles Noch
Darwin
Rushiwia
Mindanao
Philippines
Ennemy
Aimtat
Daveh High Command
Indies
Soerabaja
Java
Sild Ir. Wi
Malay Peninsula
Tokyo
Dama
Ohare
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