Blame Parents for Outbreak of Juvenile Crime
Jamestown June 30 Detective Chief Richard Moynihan blamed improprer supervision over youths whose parents work in war industries for a rise in juvenile crime. Offenses ranged from petty larceny to grand larceny including auto thefts. A 14 year old hitchhiked from Cleveland to Endicott and stole a taxicab. Three boys ages 9, 10, and 11 admitted to raiding a Donato Sons warehouse, taking $28 from an unlocked safe. Ross Yanni, 19, was arrested for third degree burglary and petit larceny after breaking into homes and taking War Stamps valued at about $50 and $25 cash.
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Jamestown
Richard K. Moynihas
Moynihan
Cleveland
Endicott
East Second Street
Moynihant
Donato Sons
West Eighth Street
First Census 1790 counted U.S. population
The first census of the United States was taken in 1790 and recorded a population of 3,929,000, about half the size of New York City’s current population.
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United States
New York City
Inquiry closes into Ajax worker's death at plant
Deputy Coroner Tr Lawrence Davison announced the inquest is closed into the death of Haley Titus a 62 year old Ajax Iron Works employee who died from burns at Gorry hospital after an accident at the Union City foundry. Titus died Sunday evening as he left the plant suffering severe burns and possible inhalation of flame. Funeral services will be held in Union City this afternoon with burial at Lownville cemetery.
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Pew
Lawrence Davison
Haley
Titus
R. D. D. Union City
Ajax Iron Works
Gorry Hoégpitl
Davison
Jemployes
Ajax
Union City
Lin Lowvitte
Blonde Suspect Sought in 100 Hog Thefts Near DuBois
Police believe a smart blonde aided by a companion carried off more than 100 hogs from the Beshada hog farm near DuBois. A herdsman was Distracted by the pair while others allegedly chloroformed and loaded the hogs into a truck, transporting them to unknown pens.
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Dubois
Beshada
Blonde
British forces claim gains as Rommel fights back near Matruh
Allied night air attacks continue as British and New Zealand troops clash with Axis forces west of Matruh. Reports say Tobruk harbor fires, one enemy ship hit, while Axis armor and infantry meet British counterattacks. Berlin cites 53,000 prisoners and 1,000 tanks lost by Britain in the campaign.
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Alexandria
Tobrik
Fike
Matruh
E Dabr
Tialian
Pulin
Berlin
Harry Crockett
Associated Press
St Marys Youth Dies After Car Crash
Lawrence M Lechner Jr 19 of St Marys dies from skull and brain injuries after an automobile crash on Washington Street. He and companion James Meyer 18 and Laverne Smith 16 suffered injuries. car left the road hitting two trees and stopped in front yard. Coroner says no inquest required.
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Chestnut Street
St. Mary
Elk Gasino
Lechner
Washington Street
James Peele
Smalth
Meyer
Traffic toll drops with less driving in May 1942
Chicago report notes a National Safety Council estimate of a 25 percent drop in the U S traffic death toll for May 1942 due to reduced driving and conservation efforts. May toll fell to 2,200 from 3,060 in May 1941, with five months of 1942 showing an 11 percent decline to 12,450 deaths.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
British advance inches inland from Matruh in desert push
In the desert last night British lines extend about 50 miles inland from strong coastal positions around Matruh to roughly 45 miles toward the Quattara de pression. Reinforcements are being sent to the key area as Rommel faces pressure and a beleaguered front.
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Matruh
Quattara
Crockett
Rommel
WPA Sewing Project Ending After Years of Work
Orders received to suspend the WPA sewing project conducted in the Post Office building under Mrs. Mary Mulligan. Less than twenty women to lose work. Titwine sewing project also to be suspended as part of broader retrenchment efforts.
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W. FA
Mary Mulligan
Sellars
Sharon Farrell Rent Increases Hit In Two PA Cities
The WPA reported residential rents rose 1.8 percent in Sharon and 22 percent in Farrell Pennsylvania from January to May. An index shows 94 percent total increases in Sharon and 186 percent in Farrell since September 1940. Rents added about 6200 dollars monthly in Sharon and 4400 dollars in Farrell. About one ninth of rents rose, averaging 47 dollars in Sharon and 3.69 in Farrell.
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Washington
WPA
Sharon
Farrell
Defense
GPA
Landlunds
Works Projects Administration
OPA
Sharam
Parrell
Farm Council Leaders Score Lewis Threat
In Harrisburg June 10 Jol L Lewis demands power while Tamer, president of the Interstate Farmers Council, warned that a unionized dairy sector could let the United Mine Workers control food costs. Roland N Benjamin of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau cautioned that unionizing dairy men would push two cent per hundredweight milk checks into union coffers, totaling over 88400 annually. The Interstate Council, formed to oppose Lewis, argues the plan targets dairy farmers across Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Jol L. Lewis
PBCG
Tamer
Interstate Farmers Council
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania Cowell of Farm Organizations
Roland N. Benjamin
Pennsylvania Parm Bureau
Wounell
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
Lamberton forms Sheriff’s Rifles for emergency defense
Sheriff Pred Lamberton announces the creation of the Sheriff’s Rifles, a defense unit drawn from 307 deputized rifle-equipped officers across the county. He recently joined 24 Pennsylvania county sheriffs in Pittsburgh to organize the force for potential emergencies.
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Erie
Lamberton
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
State Milk Board urged to cut class 7 milk price
Harrisburg June 30 The State Milk Control Commission was asked to lower class 7 milk prices used in evaporated milk. J A Peterson for Erie and Crawford counties testified high prices pressuring producers. E Hartwick of Carnation noted Erie Crawford area price around $1.00 per hundredweight for 95 percent butterfat versus a federal code price near 1.80.
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Harrisburg
State ‘Milk Control Commission
J. A. Peterson
Eric
Crawford ‘County
E. Hartwick
Carnation Company
Cambridge Springs
Erie-Crawford
Birax Woman Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell Milestone
Elizabeth Blackwell the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States completed her studies at Geneva Medical College in 1849. Her achievement marked a turning point for women in medicine and higher education.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
Geneva Medical College
United States
Warren Man Hurt In Crash At Picnic Run
Warren June 30 Paul Olmsted 36 of 3 Melvina street injured when a tank truck trailer he operated left U S Route 6 near Picnic Run and overturned. He was proceeding west at about 25 mph when a car from the opposite direction forced him off the road. The car fled. his vehicle ran along the berm then down an embankment. Olmsted is in Warren General Hospital in good condition.
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Warren
Paul Olmsted
Melvina Street
Warren General Hospital
U. S. Route 6
Picnic Runn
Olmsted
Picnic Run
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Corry
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Corry Evening Journal
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