Warren Plans to survey old license plates for war use
Warren County Motor Club will collect discarded automobile license plates for scrap metal to aid war industries. Owner drivers are urged to bring plates to the Exchange Hotel lobby.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1942
Page
2
Warren County Motor Club will collect discarded automobile license plates for scrap metal to aid war industries. Owner drivers are urged to bring plates to the Exchange Hotel lobby.
An advertisement by Dames Dumery of Sharon promotes World's Tonic as a cure for constipation and poor appetite causing emaciation. It claims the tonic revived appetite and weight and urges readers to buy at McCandrew's Drug Store and other local drug stores.
President Roosevelt marks ten years in the White House with steady health despite wartime strain. His physician Rear Admiral Ross T McIntire credits calmness under pressure as key to resilience. Nine years in office left a light imprint on the chief executive, though the war limits his rest trips and keeps him near the capital and pool routine.
Erie, March 4. Daniel Huntsman and his 18 year old brother Walter tried to join the navy two weeks ago but were refused due to lack of parental consent and their mother’s death. They later found their father, secured permission, and were accepted yesterday. They await assignment to naval duty today.
Washington March 4 The formal resignation of George H Earle as minister to Bulgaria was announced at the White House Earle who is now a navy lieutenant commander is praised by the President for resourcefulness and service The article notes delays to army induction from Crawford county Meaville and related local notices including a Woman's Relief Corps meeting and Scranton parking fine totals for February
Erie activates its defense telephone network for the first time with 12 direct lines linking wardens' homes to a central box here. A battery of telephone operators will relay air raid warnings to wardens and their assistants in seconds, with 4 AM shifts starting today and ongoing seven days a week for the war.
Lawrence J. Rudolph of Pleasantville pleaded guilty to assault with intent to ravish after a parked car incident involving a 12 year old Allegheny township girl. Arrested in Titusville, he was jailed in Venango County with no bail set, as drafts board duties loom. Despondent coal miner Homer Smith died by self inflicted gunshot in West Freedom, Clarion County, amid unemployment. Julia Zepka, treated at Corry hospital, was sent home.
Military leaders warn a second major invasion of Java would stretch the defending force. If the invaders reorganize and return, they could lose a shock force of 60 000 to 80 000 first line troops and up to 30 ships sunk. The United Nations’ sea policing capability is in question as a formidable armada could threaten sea control. Private Harry L. Newell, brother of Mrs Jennie Walls of Oil City, is reported among U.S. forces stationed in Iceland.
Charles Sampson, 62, of Tionesta R D died en route to Oil City Hospital after being struck by a truck driven by Robert H Marshall, 20, of Tylersburg Clarion County. The collision occurred about a quarter mile north of Tylersburg on the Leeper road. Sampson suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and was badly mangled in the impact.
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