Hershey Faces Pressure Over Selective Service Draft
Brig. Gen. Louis B. Hershey defends the draft system as critics accuse officials of overdoing or underdoing it. He cooperates with federal investigators to probe anonymous letters and alleged conspiracies to nullify the Selective Service Act. The piece notes widespread government public relations reach and farm labor erosion toward town wages, while calling for possible funding to bridge pay gaps and ensure compliance.
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Charles P. Stewart Central Press
Louis B. Hershey
Hershey
J. Bilgar Boogar
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hig
Agaloutime
Mayle
India
General Hershey
Can
Doea
Washington
Fnlse
Bline
Justice Department
Offid Henver
Investiga
Liv Aureuil
Lew
Hershe
Ed Hoover
Record sugar beet crop seen for 1942 season
Sugar beet industry forecasts a record 1942 crop with potential to reach about 2,000,000 tons nationwide due to favorable conditions. Production expected late 1942 into 1943, with factories processing around 410,000 tons daily at peak. Factors include labor, water, seed independence, land, factory capacity, and weather.
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Robert Geiger
Denver
Wature
Amelia
Sukat
Najite
America
Sctories
Peris
Deny Sabotage In P R R Wreck
Roeynoldsville Pa March 1 local officials deny sabotage in a P R R wreck on the line between Renovo and Reynoldsville after an eastbound New York Central freight train struck a broken rail in a blinding snowstorm. Crews worked over 18 hours to clear debris from two wrecked Telent cars and a long section of track.
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Roeynoldsville
Spetinaglvane
Rarona
Renovo
Reynoldsville
Fimd
Punnaylvania Railroad System
Sherwood
Here
New York Central
Democracy praised by Davies amid Asia for Asiats and global shifts
Joseph E Davies, ex ambassador to the USSR, argues democracy remains the best form of government and will outpace Soviet and other systems. He warns against choosing between systems, notes India’s push for dominion status, and highlights Asia's rising influence as Western civilization shifts eastward, impacting global balance.
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Goon Democracy
Joseph E. Davies
Qigny Times
Moscow
Lindberg
Davies
St Dunkirk
London
Hitler
Asia
India
Nehru
Canada
South Africa
Australis
China
Japan
Asis ‘A
Europe
America
Wavele's Luck and Laxes in Global War Stages
General Wavell's career is described as a sequence of mixed outcomes across theaters. Distinctions between his successes and defeats suggested shifting momentum as Allied reinforcements arrived in the Mediterranean and in India. His recent transfer to India signals anticipated Japanese pressure, with future troubles likely to hinge on resource and manpower flow to sustain operations.
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Wavele
Wavell
North Africa
Mediterranean
Far East
India
Battered OCR Notes on Vehicle Plate Exchange Policy
Incomplete text suggests people turning in old license plates when purchasing new ones. Mentions government involvement and a large amount of metal, possibly steel, with references to 1943 era numbering. Specifics unclear due to garbled OCR. context implies a state or national plate return program and attached tags or tests.
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Eee Dora
Tts
Lower California Invade Caution From Pacific Defense
Pacific Defense Headquarters at Ensenada reports Mexican and U S officers doubt any Japanese invasion of Lower California is feasible. The peninsula’s mountains deserts and arroyos block movement, water is scarce, beaches are watched, and air and sea surveillance is constant. Experts say the coast offers few landing points and any assault would face swift attrition from air and ground fire.
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William D. Pate
Pacific Defense
Ensenada
Lower California
United States
Armch
Dirbsaur
Galifornia
Malay Peninsula
Russia
Lower
California
Santo Tomas
Airforce
Fernando Proal
Western Pacific
Japan
Western Hemisphere
Roberta Gomez Maquen
Mexico
Gomes Maqueo
Bally
Ensenuds
Col
H. M. Rayner
UF S. Asiron
Ete
Peninsula
Rayner
Fragmentary notes on history of measurement and natural history
The text compiles scattered historical and natural facts including early slide rule origins by Bisaker in 1854, Napier’s logarithms from 1614, alum-treated parchaent, and remarks on rawhide, clothing, and Amazonian forests. It also references Benjamin Franklin’s cleanliness advocacy and sponge usage, plus a garbled note on fish behavior and a chemical surface description.
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John Napier
Edmund Gimier
Robert Bisaker
Daily Quiz Questions Challenge Readers
A scrambled page asks seven questions covering defense agencies, naval awards, Burroughs characters, Edgar Rice Burroughs heroes, grammar truths, gemstone origins, and state nicknames. The garbled OCR includes references to Nelson, naval decension, Johnny Weissmuller, Sooner State, and historical figures, with uncertain spellings and misprints throughout.
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Defense
Donald M. Nelson
Naif
United States
Torquaty Tasa
Bass Shiger
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Johnny Weissmuller
Grvernor
al Smid
New York
Happy Warrie
Bay Gillie Atlantic
Hepry
Nuyuree
Daily Dozen from Megteal Society of LW State Pennsstynnlay
Fragmented nosed text discusses medical practice and honesty in doctor patient relations. It questions clinical prognosis and patient awareness while noting emotional strain on a patient and family. The piece hints at funding or costs and suggests a focus on hope and cure.
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Daily Dozen
Megteal Society of
State of Pennsstynnlay
Voice of the People in Garey on Jehovah’s Witnesses
A reader letter accuses persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Garey, criticizing banners and a Saturday event by a group called Young American Christians. The piece claims a plan to advance a government aligned with Christian values and mentions a confrontation involving a booklet dropped during a city gathering.
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Garey
Tis City
Christina
Stand With Jehovah Witnesses Against Young America
A fragmentary appears to claim support from the public press and police for a stance with Jehovah’s Witnesses against a group labeled Young America. Ambiguous text references planes and a person named Harey Krone in a disjointed note.
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Forc
Jehovah Witnesses
Twa Lnst
Young America
Planes
Mite Harey Krone
Twenty Years Ago in Corry and Nearby News Highlights
Mayor J Alexander designates May 6 as Spring Clean-up Day with staged citywide coverage by Street Commissioner Vogill and pre-event preparation urged for a week. Bernstein Brothers opens a new men’s clothing store. Chauncey R Murray Navy Supply Corps graduate. Roosevelt presiding official. Local motor club plans roadbed improvements between Corry and Spartansburg for a new highway. Athletic association planned to boost outdoor sports with community cooperation. Born March 10 to Mr and Mrs John Courtnes of Liberty Street. Anne Hoskins, former resident and mother of Captain J F Austin, dies in Omaha at age 8. Common error note on pluralization of politics.
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J. Alexander
Vogill
Anne Hoskins
J. F. Austin
Corry
Omaha
Neb
Sugar Grove Hit By Ice Jam In Creek
Sugar Grove faced flood disruption after an ice jam on Wie Stillwater Creek backed water over Seminary street near the old carload bridge. Fire crews pumped water from basements, including near Stabber hone, as power lines and a minor fire caused by the jam were addressed.
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Sugar Grove
Stillwater Creek
Hartley Northrop
Carload
Seminary Street
John Fuseell
Ice jam floods Ellicottville road. seven hours closed
Salamanca reports March thaw and rain caused an ice jam on Bryant Creek between Salamanca and Great Valley. State Route Ellicottville road was submerged for seven hours, six basements flooded including Leonard Harman home. dynamite breached the jam to reopen the highway early Monday, with water covering the Great Valley Ellicottville stretch.
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Salamanca
Bryant Creek
Peth
Great Valley
Ellicottville
Leonard B. Harman
Ullicottville
Girls Replace Men in Highway Offices
Harrisburg dispatch reports a wartime staffing shift as the Department of Highways hires five female graduates for its testing laboratory to handle materials for highway construction and maintenance. Additional women draftsmen have been employed in Ardmore, reinforcing district offices amid manpower shortages from military service.
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Harrisburg
Department
Ardmore
Lie Department
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Voice of the People
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Supply Corps
United States Navy
Navy Department
Washington, D.C
Wheodore Roosevelt
Navy
Comny Motor Glid
Crawford County
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Spartansburg
John Courtnes
Liberty Street
Singlar
Plurel
Ellicottville Road
Rexall Cul Drug Store
N.center ST
Gorry
KOTEX
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Woodbury
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Lew Wilt Marke
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Gulf
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