Allied air victory over Japanese raiders near Darwin and New Guinea
Gen MacArthur reports heavy enemy bomber attacks repelled by American Kittyhawks and Allied bombers. Nine Japanese raiders shot down near Darwin, one or two over New Guinea, transport and destroyer damaged by long-range strikes off Port Darwin and near Gans Mission, Papua. One American plane missing.
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Treat Gen. MacArthur
Australia
Darwin
New Guinea
Port Darwin
Plann
Commonwealth
Port Hedland
Broome
Western Australia
Horn Island
Torres Strait
Gans Mission
Papua
Elzell
Papuan
Columbus youth charged after early morning crash
George B Hogart, 22, of Columbus, faces a reckless driving charge after a collision on the Corny Columbus road two miles from the city. His Chevrolet sedan sidewiped an International truck driven by Ray Ehrhart of Spartansburg, causing extensive damage to both vehicles.
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George B. Hogart
Columbus
Bogart
Ray Ehrhart
Main Street
Spartansborg
Bor- Art
Stite Motor Pallor
Outdoor Switch Urged Here for Surprise Tests
Acting to simplify enforcement during the upcoming surprise blackouts, Walter Scott, chief air raid warden, will meet with Retail Merchants Bureau at the Municipal Building next Tuesday at 2 30 regarding outdoor switches for mercantile places. Some businesses have begun installing switches to cut lights for wardens or officers during a blackout when owners are unavailable. Pennsylvania Electric Company reps will discuss installation and costs. A fourth violation fine was announced for the Wednesday blackout of July 3, with Harry Blount cited for lighting a burning basement during the blackout and fined 10 dollars plus costs.
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Walter
Scott
Scott Annouces
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Dey
Harry
Blount
Pourt Avenue
George H. Gordon
Cairo Raider Attacks Hit Alexandria and Cairo Area
CATRO Egypt July 31 Axis raided Alexandria last night killing four and injuring 13 causing slight property damage. Air raid alarms sounded in Cairo area with no report of bombs. British patrols harassed Axis on Hl Alamein front with no large-scale operations indicated. Churchill had threatened to bomb Rome if Cairo were bombed.
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Catro
Egypt
Alexandria
Interior Ministry
Cairo
Avis
Hl Alamein
Claude Auchinleck
Caio
Churchill
Rome
Old-Time Company A Vets Open Reunion
Cory hosts World War veterans of Company A of the 112th Thfaatcy, 26th Division for their annual reunion in this city. Veterans from York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago and surrounding towns are expected for one of the largest gatherings yet. Major Cuttard Malter, Tow Stationed at Redford, and former Lt. Wallace Wellman are among notable attendees. more war-time members are anticipated. Continued on Page Four.
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Cory
Company A
Thfaatcy
Divison
York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Ielly
Cuttard Malter
Tow
Redford
Wat
Stuart W. Houghton
Camp Livingston
Wallace Wellman
Susquehanna
Raymond Hysns
Joseph Nehil
Belmont
N. M2
Raymond Cooney
Chicagg0
Paul and
Percy LaPaze
Strutters
Ohio
Japs Plan Triple Blow At Russia
British military quarters said Japan massed force near the Manchurian frontier with 400 000 traps, planning three drives to isolate Vladivostok. They projected targets for August and September 1942 and noted Siberia as a probable objective amid limited Far East activity.
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Associated Press
Japan
Manchukuo
Siberian
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Toyko
Siberia
Port Moresby
New Galinea
Far Pacific Theater
Rubbing Lotion Fatal to Child in Warren
William Gibson two set of twins in Pittsfield died after rubbing lotion exposure. The infant aged months died minutes after admission to Warren General Hospital. Rest of text also references treasury receipts and expenditures, with figures and dates.
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Ed Lowrey
Warren Cownig
Labor Trouble In Pennsylvania War Industries
An Army Ordnance Department report calls a two day strike at American Car and Foundry Berwick and other labor disputes in York CataWista, Sellersville and other plants very discouraging to war production. Roosevelt pressured unions to end the Berwick walkout, while Philadelphia transit strikes threaten city transport amid wage talks.
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Pennsylvania
Army Ordnance Department
Department
American Car and Foundry Company
Tani
Berwick
York
Butner
Phoenix
St Cata- Wiest
Sellersville
Logan Demands Dismissal of State Employees
Harrisburg July 4. Auditor General Ross faces a demand from Edward Bar Logan secretary of revenue to dismiss 124 to 126 state employees appointed since May 6 1941. Logan argues payroll costs are excessive and unnecessary while stressing the need to maintain staff to collect mercantile and inheritance taxes.
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Logan
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Ross
Imperial and German wartime bulletins from July reports
Tokyo dispatches say Japanese air units damaged air bases and other targets in Australia in raids on July 25 27 and 28 Gen MacArthur headquarters notes no damage from raids Moscow reports armored trains reinforcing the Dowbend defenders west of Stalingrad German news services boast defenses against a second front in western Europe Harrisburg reports progress on a U S food stamp plan expanding benefits to relief families
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Townsville
Australia
Moscow
Rea
Dow Bend
Stalingrad
New York
Berlin
Germany
United Nations
Europe
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Howard J. Muswell
Man Dragged 800 Feet as Team Flees in Accident
Dean E. Jonas, 63, of FRD 2, Clymer, was badly hurt when a team of horses bolted on the Beckerink farm road. He suffered a leg fracture and severe cuts and abrasions to arms and head, was taken to Jamestown hospital, with the cause still under inquiry.
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Elgik
Enlil
Chain Wien
Dean E. Jonas
FR. D. 2
Clymer
Edward Beckerline
Glyyner-Cutting
Tones
Corry Jos
Psa
Bnkleard
Jamestown Hospital
Getbine
Beckerink
Beckerink Belmg
Jamestown
Fiat Jones
Corryite kin dead as husband burns in blast
Mrs Lisella Moody of Ripley and her husband Harry Kimmy with a gas engine explosion at Corry home left Moody dead and Kimmy badly burned. The couple, and Gus Geertson family, Erie natives, suffered severe injuries. Moody died at Hamon Hospital Erie with recovery uncertain. Survivors include husband and Geertson relatives in Erie. General plans incomplete.
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Luetla Moody
Ripley, N. X
Hamon Hospital
Erie
Lisella Moody
Ripley
N.X
Harry Kimmy
Corry
Gus Geertson
Moody
Mody
Erle
Katinyi Mason
Carl
Willard
Harry Geerts
Burl Warner
Eric
Child Injured by Father's Auto Near Essex Street
A child of Rev. and Mrs. Everett Altic of 336 Essex Street sustained a fracture to the right leg and multiple lacerations when hit by a car driven by her father near their home last evening. The child was playing in the yard when the father backed the vehicle onto the road. She was taken to Corry Hospital and is reported to be improving today.
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Tranc Ee Petter
Everett Altic
Essex Street
Corry “Hospital
Three Die in Air Crash Near Sumter Training Planes Collide
Two aviation cadets and an instructor were killed when two training planes crashed near Sumter yesterday afternoon. A civilian pilot was slightly injured. Shaw Field public relations office says there were no eye witnesses, but midair collision is suspected.
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Sumter
Avision
Clvilian Pilgp
Here
Shaw Field
Air Battle Rages as British Bombers Hit Boulogne
British fighters attacked Boulogne in daylight raids while German bombers struck Britain and Midlands targets. Anti aircraft guns battled over London as raids caused casualties in the West Midlands with seven trapped in a shelter.
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London
Channel
Boulogne
Britain
Irelind Warchirs
Midlands
Berlin
Birmingham
France
Vallette Midlands
Anglia
Due West Midlands
Londohutte
Germany
Ui¢reich
Pights
Japs Lose Four Planes In Hengyang Raids
July 31 dispatch from Chinhae says two separate Hengyang airfield raids by Japanese forces ended with four bombers and three fighters destroyed. U.S. Air Force under Gen Stilwell reported several enemy aircraft likely shot down, while one American plane was lost but the pilot saved.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Hengyane
U.S
Chita
Joseph W. Stil- Well
Hengyang
Hunan Province
Appeal Denied for Saboteurs by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court denied habeas corpus to seven of eight NazSaboteurs appealing military commission jurisdiction over Roosevelt order. Court held military commission lawful and petitioners held in custody with no cause shown for discharge. Full opinions to follow. orders issued.
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Washington
Ho Seyers
Nuzi
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Stone
ACEI
Jaytut
Trigl
Betg
Tay Wilt
Hebens Corpun
Hakesg
STE
Supreme Cour
Biddle
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Uniform rule urged to expand soldiers voting rights
Harrisburg reports the State Justice Department seeks uniform interpretation of the 1941 act to allow military ballots to be mailed and received within a wider window. Governor Reno says Attorney General opinions are advisory and boards must follow official election rules granting military voters 10 to 50 days before an election.
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Associated
Tess
Harrisburg
State Justice Department
David L. Lawrence
Jorney
Glaude T. Renode
State Department
Lawrence
Reno
Russians Repulse Germans Near Stalingrad Line
Soviet forces rallied under the slogan die but don’t retreat and checked German advances along the Don bend eighty miles north west of Stalingrad. In the Caucasus, German Romanian and Slovak troops pushing toward oil fields had driven 112 miles below the Don, prompting Soviet acknowledgment of German activity in that theater.
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Associated Press
Don River
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Adolf Hitler
Don
Hitler May Split Allies With Peace Offer to Russia
Allied leaders in London weigh signals that the Soviet Union seeks a diversion against Germany. Soviet and German fronts shift with retreats and counterattacks as Moscow reports intensified battles near Rostov and Stalingrad, while Red Army forces claim success at multiple fronts along the Don and Volkhov.
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Hitler
Russia
Sy Asselated
London
Gnc
Hie Thester
Germaine Mni Wester
Europe
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Richard J. Beamilsh
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Betsatini Farm
Corryite
Marks the Evangelist Church
Smithson and Morsesvehiles
Lawrence Park
Charles A. Ward
Musicians End
James C. Petrillo
Aft-American Federation of Musicians
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Neal Command
Rahev
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