Diplomas Awarded at CHS Commencement 1941
Corry High School awarded 105 diplomas at the sixteenth annual commencement in the Senior High auditorium. Graduates wore white gowns with red tassels for the girls and blue gowns with red tassels for the boys. The program opened with a march by the high school orchestra, an invocation by Rev. Edward Ly Wagner, salutatory by Doric Vierumen, and a patriotic theme focusing on promoting friendliness among Western hemisphere nations.
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Corry Heh School
Avanity
Weiling
William J Knowlton
Edward Ly Wagner
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Doric ‘Vierumen
North
South America
Western Hemisphere
Ole Ark
Hospital Sup’t Meets Oh Board in Corry County Notice
Corry Hospital Association held its first meeting with new superintendent L William Coons and new directress of nurses Miss Margaret Askew. The board reported on patient stats for May including 106 admitted, 10 discharged and 4 deaths, with 17 remaining. Details show 638 days of service for 195 patients across room types and 25 major plus 92 minor operations. The board authorized buying two steel desks and four chairs and accepted the resignation of Angeline Baressi as clerk with a new clerk to be hired pending review by Messrs Bent Covhis and Sere ly B Histon.
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Corry Hospital Association
L. William Coons
Margaret Askew
Coons
Miss Askew
Supt. Coons
Corry-Jamestown Manuufacturing Corporation
Angeline Baressi
Aming & New
Bent
Covhis
Serelary
Histon
Nazis Claim Two British Battleships
Berlin reports Nazi news agency says Britain lost the 31,100 ton battleship Malaya and 22,000 ton Repulse to German submarine torpedoes, bringing total British capital ships out of action to three. It notes Royal Oak was sunk at Scapa Flow, while other ships are omitted with no reason given.
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Associated Press
Berlin
NWR
Britain
Malaya
DNE
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
Huot
Tootand
Bismarck
Parking Lot Planned For Aero Supply Plant Workers
Aero Supply Mfg proposes a two acre parking plot between Pleasant and Malin streets near the Fourth Ward plant on West Main to relieve street congestion. Officials say 2,200 to 2,900 employees will use the lot, with work hours and new unit expansion driving the need. The site was formerly owned by R A Patterson. Second auto victim dies in Sharon crash. John Gardner 15 dies at Buhl Hospital after collision near Farrell. driver William Shanes Sr. died at the scene.
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Aero Supply Mfg. Company
Main Street
Pleasant and
Malin Streets
2Ion
McHenry Streets
Fourth Ward
R.A. Patterson
Corporation
Neighbhood
Sharon
John Gardner
Buh
Farrell
William Shanes
Coast plants operate at full capacity amid wartime labor tensions
Industrial strife eases but government proposals to curb stoppages spark debate. Detroit Bohn Alum Company and six Almahum plants resume full output on warplane parts while Cleveland units face brief CIO strikes. North American Aircraft reports production normal with 10 percent staffing. Inglewood troops bolster guards as labor unrest spreads to Pittsburgh and Colfax. Washington hints at barring strike promoters from defense work. UAW aircraft head says army has not abused power. Separate minor crash injures none in Spartansburg intersection.
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Detroit
Bohn Alumnn and Brass Company
Almahum Company of America
Cleveland
California
North American Aircrall Corp
Inglewood
San Diego
AFL
Michig Consolidated Aircraft Plant
Inglewoold
Grent
Pittsburgh
APL
Labor Department
CTO Steelgfrneers
Curtiss-Wricht Propellers Division
Jao
CIO
Colfax
Washington
Navy
Knox
Richard T. Frankensteen
UAW
San Francisco
Murray Denoune Legislation sparks anti strike protest
Washington reports CIO chief denounces use of the Army in labor amid proposed congressional bills backing compulsory arbitration. He claims the measures threaten organized labor and urges unity against the legislation that would curb strike rights.
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CIO
Washington
Defense Mediation Board
Cto
Priom
Nazis Try Pamphlet Strategy On England
London reports German night raids over the English coast with Luftwaffe losses and British aircraft downed. Incoming Allied prose from Allied press notes mentions Roosevelt, Britain damage, and propaganda leaflets spread amid the bombardment as German efforts press England.
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England
Robin Moor Sub Attack Confirmed
The State Department says the American consul in Pernemuuco Brazil reports the Robin Moor was sunk by a German submarine. The commander knew the ship was American. Survivors numbered 11 with 35 missing. Official confirmation awaited and under study.
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Associated Preav
Washington
State Department
Pernemuuco
Brazil
United States
Walter 4d. Linthicum
South Atlantic
Perssons
Stephen Early
Local Board 10 to Furnish 17 Men for July Examinations
Local Board No. 3 of Erie County including Corry and eastern county sections will furnish 17 men for their final physical examinations at army stations from June 23 to July 9. The Harrisburg induction list shows Erie Army examination stations at Sixth and Parade Streets. Totals by county and by White and colored counts are listed, with dates July 2 and July 8 for White and colored personnel.
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Erie
Corry
Harrisburg
Grawford County
Bik County
Erie County
City of Erie
Porest County
McKean County
Mercer County
Venengo County
Warren
July Draft Quota From State Set For Induction
Harrisburg June 12 Pennsylvnia Wax announced a July draft quota of 8207 men to be inducted into the U S Army between July 1 and 31. White men number 8897 and Negroes 440. Inductees will be held at Port Meade New Cumberland and Camp Lee for processing.
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Ang Coeevyne
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
U.S. Army
Port Meade
New Cumberland
Camu Lee
Way
Berlin reports Crete conquest casualties and shipping losses
Berlin said the Crete operation cost 5,893 German officers and men dead wounded and missing, with heavy Allied losses at sea and on land. It claimed dozens of Allied ships sunk in the Mediterranean and thousands of British Greek and Yugoslav prisoners taken, while Germany admitted 235 fighter and bomber losses and attributed major strategic value to the Crete campaign.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Mediterranean
Ihnlam
Air Force
Crete
Balkan
Adolf Hier
Britain
SF Mans
Wifiston Churel
House of Commons
Crewe
Opponents Gratified as Roosevelt Reports Lease-Lend Shipments
Washington dispatch notes mixed reactions to President Roosevelt's May report that only 75.2 million dollars worth of lease-lead equipment had been shipped from May 1 to May 31. Some senators voiced disappointment in aid levels while others claimed vindication for anti- Britain policy positions.
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Tet Press
Washington
Roosevelt
D-Ida
Byrd
Dva
Senator Bridges
RNB
Fice
Taft
R-Ohie
Britain
New Extension for Turnpike Moves in Harrisburg
June 12 Harrisburg reports six road bills advancing in the House including Turnpike extension to Boston and a parkway around the Pocono mountains. The measure would authorize an express road from Middlesex near Harrisburg to the New Jersey line. Governor signs extension from Irving near Pittsburgh to the Ohio line. Committee on lighting project at Lave and Field to meet for campaign briefing.
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Harrisburg
Boston
Pocono Mountains
House For Action Today
Tolnus
Middlesex
New Jersey
Bagton
Carleton T. Woodring
Northamipton
James Yesterday
Trwin
Pittsburgh
Ohio State Line
Philadelphia
Hane
Lave and
Field
Attley Walter H. Baott
Roosevelt names Stone and Byrnes for high offices
President Roosevelt nominates Hallan F. Stone of New York to fill a vacancy created by James Clarke Reynolds and designates Stone as attorney general successor. He also nominates Senator James Francis Byrnes of South Carolina to a high court seat, with speculation about Jackson becoming chief justice. Stone is 69 next October and Byrnes is 49.
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Associated Press
Walington
sJude
Roonovelt
Hallan F. Stone
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Stone
Robert H. Jackson
James Clarke— Reynolds
Ciel
James Francis Byrnes
South Chrolic
Waite
Jackson
Chien
Justee Stone
Deeksoh
Byrnes
Girls' Band of 60 Pieces Added to Corry Parade
A girls brass band of sixty pieces was added to the Flag Day parade in Corry. The band will be costumed and march along a route including West Washington, Scott, Saushetta Center, and Center streets to the park, where exercises proceed. Mortimer Graham will give the address under Corry Lodge No. 768 BPOE auspices, with veterans groups assisting. rain contingency favors staging in the State Armory.
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Corty
Charles P Keating
Genera
Tan
Drow Pyle God
Corry
Keating
W. Ham
West Washington Street
Scott Street
Saushehretta Center Street
Ay Center Street
Mortimer &. Graham
Erie
Corry Lodge
B. P.O. Ellis
Win
State Armory
Col Wilbur Pole Dies at 74 in Erie Estate Appraiser
Erie Pennsylvania June 12 Col Wilbur Pole 74 estate appraiser for the state died after a two month illness born in Baltimore Maryland and a veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars He came to Erie in 1911 to develop Lawrhead Park as a townsite Funeral will be at Roanoke.
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Wilbur Pole
Erie
Associated Press
Wilburs. Pole
St. Hagerstown
Pole
Lawrehed Park
Roanoke
Pennsylvania Senate weighs midnight session to pass budget bill
Harrisburg June 12 The Republican Senate discussed staying in session past midnight to finalize the 188 million 900 thousand dollar state appropriation bill at the request of Governor James The governor told an extraordinary joint session that the Senate must approve the biennium budget despite Democratic House revisions and ongoing investigations noting the state faces a tangled financial crisis with the biennium ending June 1 and 80 million dollars in the bank while no authority to spend remains The Democratic House has held up the budget pending review and changes are reported to have been added before continuation on page eight
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Harrisburg
Senate
James
Pennsylvania
Democratic House
British Tanks and French Air Force Clash Near Damascus
Allied forces clash on the Syria Lebanon front as British tanks engage French air units near Damascus with German planes aiding the trench in the region. Reports say British and French columns push toward Beirut and Sidon while Australian troops reach the outskirts of Sidon amid heavy fighting and heavy losses on both sides.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Syria
Vichy Prchely
Worth Attica
Yrauunday
Gall
Phul
Vichy Aogps
Yegist Nee
Oread
Beirut
Haiti
Paliites
Alogether
Lebanon
Gunboat and Monitor Sunk in Libyan Coast Action
Alexandria dispatch reports Britain's gunboat Ladybird of 625 tons and the monitor Terror with 35 inch guns were sunk by Stoke dive bombers off the Libyan coast. The 5,000 ton Terror was dusk-hit by bombs, causing near misses and a crumpled midship amidships after small arms fire.
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Mssddlales
Alexandria
Egypt
Britain
Italy
Libya
Library
Drought Triggers Major Electric Power Loss in East
A drought devastates electric supply across the eastern United States. Officials report a loss approaching a billion kilowatt hours due to stressed transmission lines and reduced river flows. The Associated Press notes government monitors the grid for further impacts and urges conservation.
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Associated Presa
Washington
United Statl
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Tyessildorf
Retterdaey Snr
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Air Ministry
Press Association
Hm Pamphints
Breland
Robin Moor
Hitler
Wheeler
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Sidon
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