Titusville College Event Prompts Sightseeing and Songs
A fragmentary report describes a Titusville form at Titusville with references to singing and performances by multiple singers. The piece hints at planned events Monday and notes supposedly ongoing efforts by agencies and advertisers to involve people in a transportation and railroad context.
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Ision Sville
Titus
Ville
Moros
Charles Ridinie
Plemolseman Alun
Davis
Nington
Alex
Ste
Tess Anal
Add 800 To Tax Rolls Probe Blackout Violation
Government officials report Gary’s tax rolls expanding by about eight hundred names. Miss Hehe Mullen, the tax collector, says population growth will lift per capita school tax and city occupation tax, with many additions likely over the next ten weeks. Factoring into receipts, some formerly exempt ties may now be taxed, and the per capita tax could rise toward five thousand by fall.
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Gorty
Hehe Mullen
Gary Ie
Éleht
Fatality Near Lowville Claims 18-Year-Old Harold Brooks
An inquiry ends with Harold Brooks 18 of Union City fatally injured when his car left Route 80 near Lowville Friday morning and overturned five times. He died at Union City Hospital later that night. Brooks worked at Aero Supply. a funeral service is planned at Glenn Funeral Home with Rev. B. W. Mattison officiating. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Nccident
Harold Brooks
Union City
Lowville
Brooks
Union— City Hospital
Withas
Aero Supply
Punetal
Glenn Puneral
Uniton City
Hoy
B. W. Mattison
United Brethrenth Chplat
Evergreen Cemetery
Fliers Return From Africa Raids With Successful Report
In Egypt on July 26 the first force of American bombers reached base after a night raid over Tobruk and an eastern Libya supply park. Seventy Americans manned the mission, and all aircraft returned safely. Officers’ maps marked bomb sites with dots and crosses.
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Kane
Draft Dodger Attempts death by own action At County Jail
Salvatore Nastasi, 38, of Broad Channel Long Island, held on a selective service neglect charge, allegedly tried to kill himself by diving headfirst into a shower valve at the Erie County jail. Warden Hess reported Nastasi sustained a possible skull fracture and remained in serious condition as another prisoner restrained him with a blanket before tossing him to the floor. Nastasi faced a federal petition to move him to Brooklyn for failing to report to a selective service board. Authorities said he was arrested at Erie airport while attempting to flee to Mexico City with $3,000.
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Associated Press
ERIE
Mall Hess
Erie County
Long Island
Selective Service
Hess
Salvatore Nastasi
Broad Channel
Nastasi
Hesssel Nastasi
Brooklyn
Selective Service Board No. 1
Tnspector Quslar Flatland
PEI
Erle
Cleveland
Garland
Nastest
Mexico City
Cartand
Third Labor Federation to be Formed
A conference of independent unions approved forming a third international labor federation to rival the AFL and CIO. Donald P. Cameron of Milwaukee said leaders from over 40 unions representing more than a million workers endorse the plan, with a national founding convention set for October 2 3 and 4 in Chicago.
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Chicago
International Labor Federation
American Federation of Labor
Ongees
Donald P. Cameron
Milwauckee
Tmt
Feaders
AFL
CIO
Cameron
Associated Unions of America
Reports France ready for revolt and steel production forecast
London reports Professor Andre Philip, an escaped French resistance figure, says a successful Allied invasion would spark revolt in occupied France while warning that an unsuccessful assault could trigger German brutalities. New York notes a slight steel drop as mills run at 87 percent capacity, producing about 1,647,700 tons for the week. output falls from the prior week.
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Associatedness
London
Andre Philip
Philip
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
Gestapo
New York
Naion
American Tron and Steel Institute
Tax Bill debate nudges toward broader revenue plan
A New York Board of Trade official urged Congress to amend a 6.271 billion dollar tax bill by removing personal income exemptions to raise five billion dollars, proposing a 10 percent tax on net income free of federal levies. The report also notes Australia’s fear of enemy agents and a Chungking air raid alarm with US warplanes responding.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York Board of Trade
Senate Finance Committer
M. L. Seidman
New York Board
Trial of saboteurs nears close in wartime commission
In Washington the military commission for eight alleged Nazi saboteurs heard the last defendant in a 2 hour 35 minute morning session. The commission released a brief statement not specifying plans for an afternoon session as the 17th day of the trial closed with a scheduled recess.
Five Ill After Food Poisoning At 70 East Sixth Street
Five persons including a man named Charles W. Pless and four children from 70 East Sixth Street were taken to Cory hospital shortly before 2 PM after suffering suspected food poisoning. The exact cause and severity were not yet known with limited details available.
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Charles W. Pless
East Sixth Streets
Cory Hospital
Two Die In Series Of Flash Floods In Lancaster And Bucks Counties
A steep storm drenched northeastern Lancaster and the Sellersville Perkasie area in Bucks, killing two people and causing widespread damage. Floodwaters swamped creeks and culverts, damaged homes and crops, disrupted trolley and train service, and washed away bridges. In Lancaster County, 76 year old John Zerbe of Reamstown drowned after attempting to swim the Cocalico Creek. four friends and a small child sought higher ground.
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Lancaster
Bucks Counties
Prevy Lon
Lancaster County
Selleraville-Perkasie
Bucks County
Wwide
Banks County Hood
John Zerbe
Reamshiwn
Cocalico Creek
Zerbe
Howard Gelz
Joseph ‘Reddig
Reavistown
Fara
Woman charged in Third Ward blackout case
A hearing was set for Mrs Ethel Bawat of 01 West Wayne Street after her arrest for violating the city blackout ordinance during Wednesday night’s drill. Bail of 500 could not be posted, prolonging her two day stay in jail as wardens test to her cooperation. Her case marks the third under the new ordinance with two prior hearings for minor violations.
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George
Gordon Ai O
Ethel Bawat
West Wayne Street
Fourth Woman Slain in Media Details emerge
Media, Pa. July 27. A 55-year old divorcee and mother of two sons was beaten to death in her second-floor Media apartment last night. Assistant District Attorney Guy Di Furia said she was struck with a baseball bat, apparently while in bed. No sign of struggle. This follows three similar killings in Media. One son William 15 returned home unable to enter. neighbor helped.
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Associated Press Media
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Sterlights
Alain Pe
Neudesker'sody
William
Tzher
Exter
Luong
Tobruk Bombed Again by British Forces
Cairo July 21 British bombers struck Tobruk’s Axis supply port touching off fires and explosions and scoring a direct hit on an enemy ship in a raid billed as the second attack into Tobruk after a Saturday assault. American airmen reported lakes of Tobruk aflame as long range fighters targeted Axis barges off Sidi Barrani on the Egyptian Libyan frontier.
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Pym
Cairo
Tobruk
Africas
Nick
RAP
Sidi Barrani
Egypbian
Beaia
One U.S. Plane Reported Lost in Big Raids
London dispatch details heavy RAF raid on Hamburg, Germany, with 29 raiders not returning. Berlin claims civilian casualties and damage to residential areas, industrial sites, and ships. German bombers hit parts of southern England and East Anglia in subsequent operations.
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Associated Press
London
Hamburg
Germany
Royal Air Force
Reich
Brenten
Leis Wold
Voss
High Command
Berlin
Sud
England
Cabitat
iniAnd
Midlands
East Anglia
Cartack Tin Germany
Duisburg
Trenton Justice Trenchard Laid To Rest
Funeral services were held today for retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, the judge who sentenced Bruno Hauptmann to the electric chair for the Lindbergh infant kidnapping, a case he handled as part of his long career on the bench.
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Trenton
N.J
Thomas W.trenchard
New Jersey Supreme Court
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wipe Out Norwegian Village Reported In Reprisal
Witnesses in Britain said the Gestapo wiped out the Norwegian village of Televaag on Sotra Island near Bergen as reprisal for the shooting of two secret police members. The Norweigan government also told the Gestapo had killed many in the Bergen area.
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London
Britain
Gestapo
Televaag
Sotra
Bergen
Ald
Allied land patrols strike Japs on Papua campaign
Allied forces engage Japanese near Buna and Salamaua in the New Guinea theater as MacArthur’s command reports skirmishes inland from Buna and continued Allied bombardment of Gona Mission Buna sector. Japanese raids target Darwin Townsville and northern Australia as air battles and ground actions persist with several planes shot down.
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Papua
Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Ingte-Wise
Aled Latrata
Hawness
New Guinea
Darwin
Townsville
North
Cowitoy
Jwar
al Muba
Buna
Salamaug
Gona
Erie Inmate Stabbed at Huntingdon
An Erie inmate from Huntingdon Industrial School, Louis Huber, 21, was stabbed 17 times by four inmates in a pre arranged attack in the large recreation room. The assailants Clyde DuBois Majewski Philadelphia Clinioci Pittsburgh were placed in solitary confinement. The incident left Huber in critical condition.
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Louis Huber
Frisoner
Erie
Huntingdon
Padfly
Hoya
John D. Pennington
Pennington
Huber
Witla Clyde
DuBois
Joseph Majewski
Philadelphia
James Clinioci
Philladelphia
Joeph Okdota
Pittsburgh
Clyde
Telephone Threat Rings Alarm Through City Home
Police investigate a mysterious message received at a First Ward residence. A woman answering a phone armed herself with a revolver after hearing the threat you know Shirley, I am coming down to kill you tonight. No Shirley is in the home and detectives pursue the caller.
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First Ward
Shirley
Philadelphia Worker Kill Wife and Self in Dining Room
A 200 pound Philadelphia worker slashed his wife's throat and then killed himself after returning from work. Dora Hodges, 18, and her husband had quarrelled over an unprepared meal. The dispute drew in Hodges' cousin, William S. Johnson, who attempted to intervene but Hodges also stabbed him. Hodges then slashed his own throat and twisted the knife in his abdomen before collapsing on the porch.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John Heher
Upper Darby
Dora Hodges
Thomas Ol. Hodes
Heber
Hodges
Chester
Senate Finance Committee Divided Over Federal Sales Tax
Washington July 27 The Senate Finance Committee began voting on the new revenue plan as it confronts the goal of 8.7 billion dollars in new revenue. Five members urged sales tax, seven would accept it only as a partial aid to the treasury, while two opposed, showing a sharp split over the levy and its scope.
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Washington
Senate Nnance Committee
George
D-Gi
Treasury
House
Senate
Deovidés
Sena
Senate Finance Committee
Burkley
George, Connally
D-Tex
Smathers
D-Ni
Brown
D-Mieh
Guffey
D-Pa
Davis
R-Pa
LaPollette
Clavie
Empralle
Advancing forces threaten Rostov rail hub and Bataisk
Reports from Berlin say 20 mile penetrations south of Rostov on the Don reached Bataisk along the main rail line into Russia. Moscow claims German pressure eased after heavy aerial assaults and ground fighting in the Yalmyansk area, with German entry into Bataisk briefly noted.
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Prov
Berlin
Caucasus
Rostov
Don
Russia
Yalmlyansk
Moscow
Batush
Russians Hold North Caucasus Battle Near Stalingrad
Russian forces maintain pressure as German troops press toward Stalingrad and Rostov. Berlin claims gains along the Don, while Moscow reports continued Caucasus fighting through the night near Voronezh and Rostov, with intensifying operations in the Volga region.
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Stalingrad
Lie jDen
Berlin
Butaisk
Rostov
Don
Moscow
Voronezh
House committee halts plan to cancel ship contract
Washington July 27 The House merchant marine committee abides a stay on the cancellation of a Higgins Shipbuilding Corporation of New Orleans contract while continuing the investigation. Representative Bland advised the panel after a closed session that more information is needed before concluding the inquiry.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Abelved Ihesolution
Fidellity
Higgins Shipbuilding Corporation of
New Orleans
Penditp
Pimonttiy
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