Erie and Girard Men Cited for Material-Saving Designs
Two Pennsylvania and Ohio industrial workers, Lesley F. Belch of Girard Manufacturing and Walter Kauffman of Lovell Manufacturing, were honored in Cleveland with army ordnance citations for re design work that cut steel usage and machining time. Belch redesigned bomb fuse vane assemblies replacing two thirds of a pound of fabricated tubing with half that weight in sheet steel, halving machining time. Kauffman redesigned the pintle of a 90 caliber machine gun mount, replacing three pounds of bar steel with tile sheet steel and reducing machining time from 90 minutes to under five minutes.
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Sleverand
Ennsylvants
Lesley F. Belch
Girard Mfg. Company
Girrd
Walter Kauffman
Fond
Lovell Mg. Co
du Brie
Army Ordnance
Olta- Hom
Cleveland
Is Qhio
Pennsylvania
H. M. Reedall
War Department
Cleveland Ordnance District
Kelch
Ins
Kauffman
Search For Three Missing Off Coast
An unrelenting search by Sea and all today for trace of four missing soldiers follows a capsizing near a shoal during a landing operation between Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. One drowned, six rescued, and multiple services including Navy blimp Army Navy Coast Guard planes and local fishermen aided the effort. Missing are Second Dr. Alpheus B. Clark and Miss Harriet Van Riper, Second Lt. Walter Ahlwurst, and Edward L. Kramer.
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Associated Press
Edwards
Mass
Nantucket
Martha’ Vineyard
Navy
Army
Coast Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Pyi
Albert F. Klemme
Gerlach
Alpheus IB. Clark
Sherry ‘Tree Pa
Miss Harriet
van Riper
Carlisle
Walter D. Ahl~wurst
Garfield
Utah
Teoh
Edward L. Kramer
Weehawken, N. J
Nine Hurt as Jordan Car Upsets on Findley Lake Road
Nine people were injured when the Jordan touring car driven by Newman Hicks flipped on the Findley Lake road Sunday afternoon to avoid two racing toward the lake resort. Neva Hicks, 12, was critically injured with a severe leg wound and loss of blood, hospitalized in Corry in grave condition.
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Newman Hicks
Findley Lake Road
Neva Hicks
Corry Hospital
Wage hike recommended for Dun Kirk plant workers
A War Labor Board panel on July 2 urged a five cent per hour rise for about 1800 workers at American Locomotive Company Dun Kirk plant. The proposal lifts the minimum from 67 to 72 cents per hour and includes maintenance of the membership checkoff, job reclassification, and double time for Sunday work, retroactive to February 22.
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Dunkirk
The
War Labor Board
American Locomotive Company
Raymond C. McLaughlin
CIO United Bieel Workers of America
McLaughlin
WLB
Roosevelt
Warmer Weather Promised After Cold Start This Week
The city saw a morning low around 40 degrees a drop of 52 from last Friday’s 92 high as forecasters predict a warm spell ahead. Officials expect weekend and holiday periods to bring more summerlike air temperatures for residents.
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Tom Wemaeees
Andi
Corry Ealdents
Young Warren flier faces near disaster at sea
Joseph R McConnell of Key West Florida, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur McConnell of Cob ham Park Road, wingman in World War II era, survived a bomber forced down in the Atlantic after motor trouble. Earlier reports said he was rescued after 80 hours at sea following a March forced landing. both crew members were saved.
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Young Warren
Warren
Arthur McConnell
Cobham Park Road
Joseph R McConnell
Key West
Fla
Young McConnell
Atlantic
Plance
Ena
Plane Crash Off Seaside Heights Tests Coast Guard Rescue
Two U S Army Coast Patrol crewmen survived a sea crash off Seaside Heights after their plane struck the water. Captain B R Johnson identified Robert E Stephenson 32 of Ashland Ky and Flight Officer Jack Bagon 32 of Woodmere NY as the crew. They escaped the crash in inflated life jackets and later used a rubber raft until rescuers arrived.
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Associated Fresh
Atlantic City
U. 8
Seaside Heights
B. R. Johnson
First Air Patrol
Air Coastal Patrol
Robert E. Stephenson
Ashant
Jacke Bagom
Woodmere
N.Y
Johnson
De Valera Loses Ground After Irish Elections
Premier De Valera loses his governing majority as three opposition groups, led by the Farmers, gain seats in the Dail. Discontent cites neutrality policy benefiting Germany and hindering Britain, with war restrictions angering citizens. De Valera may depart if opposition unites or public pressure grows.
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de Valera
Nf Eire
New Farmers
United Nations
de Valeri
England
Hitler
Fadlani
Eire
Voldts
Lenin's City Holds Out After Great Siege
Lenin grad the bravest city in this war shattered world continues to resist German assault. United Press correspondent Henry Shapiro recounts how the capital, once St. Petersburg Petrograd, remains a city of soldiers women and children with factories operating near the enemy and barricades and improvised living areas in parks and wrecked sites.
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Lenin
Grad
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Petrograd
Henry Shapiro
United Press
Alty
Hanes
Bill Howes
Russia
Hoarded Corn and Industrial Use Question
An article discusses a Chicago area corn refinery closing and shedding about 1000 workers. It notes the plant’s role supplying farm produce for textiles, paper, explosives, castings, and iron and steel, with other similar plants cited. It questions where the money goes as prices rise and wartime stocks shift under the War Food Act.
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Chicago
Sthebe
Daily Dozen on Earwax Removal Cautions and Methods
The piece discusses cerumen buildup in the outer ear and its impact on hearing. It notes that dried earwax can block the ear canal and dull hearing, while perforation of the eardrum or gumma of the ear can complicate removal. A new suction method is suggested as safer for certain cases.
Turn to Page Six for the correct answers quiz
A fragmented quiz item lists ten questions about historical figures and wordplay. It asks to correct a sermon sentence, ages, prefixes, Crusades leaders, Continental Congresses, nursery rhymes, Dolly Madison, Roger Williams, a German Belgian governor, and Elizabeth I’s mother. The garbled prompts mix dates, names, and misprints, reflecting OCR style.
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Jones
Jerusalem
Dolly Madison
James Madisson
Roger Williams
Ameriatt Colony
Belgium
Elizabeth
England
Henry Vet
Unclear Prewar Remedies and World Facts Fragment
Fragmentary notes describe prewar medical practices using heated cups and blisters on the forehead for headache relief. It also lists 7,083 Philippine islands with many unnamed, plus a claim about Chevalier Clinuot as the greatest arrow swallower, though several words are garbled and uncertain.
Merchants Asked to Display Flag in July
All merchants in the city are asked to display the American flag on Monday July Sth in observance of Independence Day and throughout July as the Buy Fighter Bonds campaign proceeds. The Stamp and Bond Committee has hung pennants on Center Street and First Avenue to call attention to the drive to raise funds in July to buy a fighter plane named Wings of Corry.
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We City
Center Street
Hackensack Man Dies by Hanging at McGraw Farm
Harry Morrison aged 49 of Hackensack killed himself at his brother James Morrison's McGraw Southwest township home after a nervous breakdown. Ill for weeks he came to the brother’s house seeking relief, his body found in the engine house a quarter mile from the dwelling. Morrison had long operated a Hackensack coal yard.
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Harry Morrison
Hackensack
James Morrison
McGraw
Southwest Township
Morrison
Flo
James
Treasury report details deficit, debt, and balance sums
Treasury report from Washington lists deficits of 580 million, revenue 280 million, and a net balance near 9.5 billion. It states total debt at 140.79 billion with a rise of 592 million compared with the previous day.
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Treasury Report
Washington, D
D. 5
Treasury
Bates declines Dems bid for city ticket in Erie
Charles A Bates, Erie labor leader, announced he will not run for city council this year, dealing a setback to a proposed Martin Bates Runser ticket backed by Democratic leaders and labor representatives. A second item reports 12 year old Robert Calvert drowned while attempting to swim to an object in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, with search ongoing.
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Bates
SRIE
Charles A. Bates
Erie
Martin- Bates-Rumser
Joseph C. Martin
Edward Runser
Boy
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Robert Calvert
Open Air Airport for Holiday
Members of the local Civil Air Patrol are preparing a one day operation at Lawrence Airport on Spring Street Hill for Independence Day. An important CAP meeting will be held at Harry Damon's Barber Shop on North Center Street at 7 30 this evening. Jamestown plans to send five or six planes. two or three expected from Youngsville. An invitation extends to Meadville.
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Cil Air Patrol
Ongn
Lawrence Airport
Spring Street Hill
CAP
Harry Damons
North Center Street
Jamestown 45
Youngsville
Meadyills
Vealey Examined by County Prison Doctor
Boyd Vealey, 49, held for grand jury on indecent assault charges involving two young children on Basle Street, was examined by a county prison doctor in a preliminary four step process. The exam may lead to a court plea and a possible district attorney recommendation for a mental examination by alienists.
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Boyd Vealey
Grand
Basle Street
Fragmentary coastal note hints at a generation divide
A partial, unclear clipping references a generation gap amid severities and a nod to victory. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving only a general sense of conflict and triumph without concrete details.
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Ordnance Division
Girard
Auri
D. A. Depew
George W. Stone Company
Emman Henks
Bell Telephone Company
Corry ‘Hospital
Westfield
Corry
Henessary
Havine
Maniey
Board of Education
Hemstreet
Claude Kelly
Carry Electric Light Company
Keystone
Kelly
Panel of War Labor Board
Lenin's City
Bey Seal
John G
Daily Dozen
Rom
Medicsl Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
Sreg
Chevalier
Newsow
WET
Shamburg
Ene
Bros
North Center ST
Corry, PA
Patrick Henry
Bonds
Pennsylvania Electric Company
E. T. Cherry
Hirst Do
T Mts
Herbr
Aing
Aildaabunness
Willi Michels
Sherles
E Dorothy Sun
SPE
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