Allied Air Raids and Naval Bombardments Reported
Allied air strikes hit targets in the Netherlands and Sicily with naval and aerial missions. Fortresses attacked Rotterdam area and other sites in daylight. German fighters inflicted minimal damage. Bombers returned safely from Messina raid. five raids on Japanese positions in the Solomon Islands were reported with limited details.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Wotterdam
Hawn
Germany
Berlin-Cologne
Rotterdam
Plions
Cairo
Messina
Sicily
Strait of Messina
Middle East Command
Washington
Solomon Islands
Manila
Navy
Wunda
Allies Press South in Africa and Russians Advance Toward Orel
Allied planes destroy a Japanese convoy as Rommel shifts to southern Tunisia to meet the Eighth Army near Mareth Line. British and American patrols near Waid Pass report contact with German forces, while Soviet forces push southwest from Rzhev toward Orel.
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North Africa
Thie States
Waid Pass
Fard Pass
Marshal Rommel
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Moscow
Ries
Rzhev
Vilages
Orel
Kharkov
Llavyansi
Doney Valey
Uckween
Gom Monique
Mareline
Red Cross War Fund Campaign Set for March Start
Corry plants to donate two hours pay to the Red Cross War Fund drive starting Wednesday March 10. The local goal is 9000 with 6300 to national headquarters and 3790 to Gerry Chapter. The drive unites Roll Call and War Fund into one annual canvass with industry reps and workers contributing as planned.
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Corry
Red Cross War Fund
Comy
Gerry
Red Cross
Red Grass
Ajax
Olin W. Bracken
Tampalen
Hamburg Pounded In Eighth Night Attack
London announced a heavy German air raid on Hamburg following raids on London and other targets. Between 20 and 40 German bombers crossed the coast, with only part reaching land. Berlin and Hamburg had been repeatedly attacked and some raids failed to return.
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Associated Press
London
Royal Ai
Germany
Lurobe
Westen Germany
Hamburg
Berlin
Beloon
Fonder
Landy
Two Day Aerial Attacks Mark Major Pacific Battles
Allied headquarters in Australia reports major naval air battles in the Pacific. Bisمارck Sea sees Japanese losses of 22 ships while Allied air forces suffer smaller losses. Similar engagements near Solomon Islands and at Midway yield significant Japanese ship losses and numerous damaged vessels.
States urged uniform draft calls by all boards
War Manpower Chief McNutt clarified that local draft boards may not induct men with dependents without national authorization. Inductions target fathers with new dependents after Dec 1941, while prewar marriages remain deferred unless authorized. Boards will exhaust single nondeferred workers then reassess 3-A and 3-B classifications to protect dependents. State directors told to coordinate calls to avoid gaps between boards.
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Associated Press
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission Today
National Selective Service Headquarters
McNutt
Armed Services
U. S. Employment Service
Menutt
York Fire Leaves Tenants Homeless in Downtown Blaze
A downtown York, Pennsylvania, fire last night left about thirty residents homeless as flames gutted multiple buildings. Firefighters battled the cold and ice with more than 25 men, while one tenant Raeford Brown was overcome by smoke and hospitalized. The blaze origin remains undetermined.
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Ny Associated Press
York
Raeford Brown
Njirsey
Local Worker Injured in Woods Mishap Near Edinboro
Howard Robinson of 121 East Main Street Isim Carry hospital with possible fractured ribs and other injuries after a wood cutting accident near Edinboro. A Thompson Bibow Maple Products employee, he was struck by a heavy limb during felling by workers from Corry manufacturing near Edinboro. The incident occurred just before quitting time. he is reported in fair condition as x rays determine the full extent of injuries.
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Howard Robinson
East Main Street
Isim Carry
Edinboro
Thompson-Bibow Maple Products Company
Robinson
Corry
Corry Hospital
Demands Rise for Teacher Pay Before Budget Action
Harrisburg reports an intensified push to raise teacher salaries before the legislature acts on Governor Martin’s proposed 41 million tax cut. Senator Cox and Republican Leader Heyburn urge a formal inquiry with the Department of Public Instruction to assess necessary pay increases for Pennsylvania’s 40,000 plus teachers, noting funding must come from new taxes or other sources.
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Harrisburg
Martin
John F. Cox
D-Alle
Bheny
Cox
Pennayl- Vahla
Senate
Weldot B. Heyburn
Heyburp
Navy announces 60 new casualties in World War II totals
Washington reports 60 new Navy casualties including 3 dead 23 wounded and 34 missing raising overall Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard totals to 24086 with 6708 dead 4377 wounded and 12785 missing. Northwestern Pennsylvania names include Francis Dowdall Meadville wounded and Harry Stewart Voorhis Erie listed as missing.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Pennsylvania
Dowdall
Francis Joseph
Francis Dowdall
South Street
Meadville
Voorhis
Arthur
Harry Stewart Voorhis
Enuger Avenue
Ere
Senate moves toward farm deferment bill approval
Senate leaders near passage of a farm worker deferment measure but debate over Bankhead’s broad terms continues. Senator Truman opposes blanket deferments arguing the draft must balance food production with national service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Bankhead
Dala
Bheirman Trumai-Mo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Beakhead
Co- Jettive Service
Truman
New Signals to Undergo First Blackout Test
More than eight thousand Corry residents join about 18 000 others in a 40 minute blackout test starting at 10 pm. The 96 700 warfare miles area will be electrified as the Army's Third Service Command stages the last practice for the new air warning system. The test requires mobilization of defense forces and no audible all clear. All clear will be signaled by relighting street lights at test end or by air raid wardens.
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Corry
Peninsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
U. S. Army
Third Service Command
Relph Cooper Hutchinson
State Defense Council
Ertigens
Pemnsylvania
British Sub Gets Seven Axis Ships
A British submarine in the Mediterranean destroyed seven Axis vessels and damaged nine others. Another sub shelled a train inshore, while additional operations targeted Axis supply lines with several ships and tugs reported as destroyed or damaged.
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Associated Presa London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Gard
Gulf of Geltoa
Trallen
Briding
Auimarines
Asis
Severe Cold Wave Grips Pennsylvania With Subzero Readings
A sharp cold snap sweeps Pennsylvania with subzero temperatures across many counties. Pittsburgh suburbs fall to one below, Kane and St Marys reach 18 below, Philadelphia drops to seven above, and many eastern cities report five to zero degrees. The state faces ongoing frigid conditions and lingering snow.
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Pennsylvania
Gerry
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Maple Avenue
Pitsburgh
Philadelphia
Kane
St. Marys
Brookville
Ridgway
Vandergrift
Chinese Army Says Japanese Offensives Faltered In Several Fronts
In Shungking today a Chinese army spokesman described a brighter military picture for China. He said Japanese drives in Klangsi and Blangsi provinces largely failed, and that western Yunnan Salween front thrusts were checked. The fate of any all-out offensive hinges on enemy reserves and reinforcements at key points.
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Shungking
China
Klangsi
Blangsi
Yunnan
Salween
Setion
Parents Fined for Children Left Home During War Time
Mr and Mrs Artur Fiskey of 88 Railroad Street faced $140 in fines and costs after a First Ward hearing before Alderman George H. Gordon for violating compulsory school attendance. Five children in the family saw older siblings left to care for younger ones while parents worked in war plants.
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First Ward
Artur Fiskey
Railroad Street
George H. Gordon
Fisher
Jt Qa
Feaving
Q War
II Erie
Fils Wits
ONG
Vie
Jalfter
Single Coupon Set to Cover Meats and Fats in Ration Book
Government plans to compress meat butter cheese and fats into one coupon set in Ration Book No 2 with interchangeable points. Rationing to start April 1 possibly delayed to April 15. Treasury report shows March receipts 49,061,959.05 expenditures 237,925,410.30 net 5,010,209.85608 total debt 118,245,944,269.73, daily increase 20,099,609.96.
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Washington
Treasury
Washington, D. C
The
Pinball Machines Flourish as Scores Are Licensed Again
Pinball machines, once outlawed, resume operation after a Superior Court ruling. Corry and other Pennsylvania towns licensed devices and collected fees of 25 cents per machine. The court's decision ends months of prohibition and prompts renewed renewals by clubs and venues. Continued on page five.
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Superior Court
Keibunal
Corry
Clifts
Pennsylvania
Council
Charles E. Kenworthy
Victory perils Japs in whole S pacific area
Japanese setbacks in the southwestern Pacific threaten major convoy moves toward Rabaul. General MacArthur reports annihilation of a squadron of warships and 12 transports, neutralizing the base for offensive operations and signaling Allied air and naval superiority.
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Pacific Area
Gleny Baan
Fine Bismaree
Pacife
MacArthur
Rabaul
Allied air victory halts Japanese force in Pacific sea battle
Allied communique reports a massive air assault in the Bismarck Sea destroying most of a Japanese fleet bound for New Guinea. Losses include one Allied destroyer or cruiser and one bomber. 15,000 ground troops killed or wounded. 1500 Japanese naval personnel likely lost. Fifty five Japanese transport ships were hit, with many damaged. The action, described as one of the war’s great ship battles, disrupted the Japanese campaign toward Australia and altered the battle lines.
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Associated Press
Bismarck Sea
Arvour
New Guinea
Palletin
Nartubly de Atroyed
Australia
Timastar
Donilet
Hoy
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Madeid
Rommel
Beas Sea
von Arnim
TN Australia
TapsuneNbahine
Imus
Thompson- Bibow Company
Phila
Richard Bouldridge
Meadville and
Erie
Gulf of Genoa
Zero Cold Names City
Heen
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