Edinboro Draft Lottery First in District Drawn at Washington
Edinboro registrant R W Huffman topped the local district lottery, with serial 1103, as the first to be called in Corry Union City district No 3. Other early numbers include Peters 176 and Kamp 1414, as the Union City board prepares the full list of registrants for possible service. Brigadier General Hershey noted a misprint caused two numbers 2385 and 2885, corrected by shifting order across 6258 positions.
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Milford Walker Casterdale
Moxsllvilla Street
Edinboro
Washington
Leven
Casterdale
Raymond W- Huffman
West Main Street
Qory
Union City Draft Board
Bart Monroe Peters
Union City
Vold
Gerald Lewis Bagley
Corry
Donald Lang Bastman
Samuel Walter Sweet
Wight Street
Benjamin Harrison Morton
West
Church
Francis LeRoy Poling
Arthur G. Kamp
Edinbers
Orden
Union City Board
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service Whief
War Stimson
Gen. Hershey
Flood claims former Corry girl’s husband in North East
Flood waters hit the North East business district on Monday night causing up to 100000 in damage. John Kebler Jr., 26, husband of former Corry resident Jeannette Skellie, drowned after his automobile was swept from Route 20 into the swollen Nine Mile Creek. The car was found Monday morning and his body recovered hours later. Kebler, a North East resident, attended defense school and had begun flood relief work when swept away. He is survived by his wife Mrs Walter McElroy, one child, and his parents. Funeral services will be held at Wilson Undertaking Parlors and at the Lutheran church in North East. Burial in North East cemetery.
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North East
John Kebler
Corry
Une
lé-Mile Creek
Jeannette Skellie
Gir
Buffalo Road
Fehler
Wwe
Vietich
Route 20
Walter McElroy
N. Center Street
Wilson Undertaking
North Baet
Rail traffic restored after Buffalo Pittsburgh wreck
After an eighteen hour delay a derailment near Summerdale involving train No 911, the moonlight express, tore out over six hundred feet of roadbed. Crews from Buffalo and OW City rebuilt the line and traffic resumed with five injuries reported, none seriously. Traffic on the Renovo division also moved normally today following a prior washout near Ligdon between Waterford and Erie.
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Buffalo
OW City
Renovo
Ligdon
Waterford
Erie
Montevideo Demonstration Continues Against Axis
Crowds of students in Montevideo protest the sinking of the Uruguayan steamer Montevideo while police guard the German legation and minister’s home. Rioters attack Axis-linked shops as ties to Axis nations face renewed pressure. Chile and Argentina have not severed relations.
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Associated Press
Montevideo
Uruguay
Faith
Legation
New York
Hac Hor
Axis
Chile
Argentina
el Imparcial
Fost
Tacoma
Graf Spee
Four Army Planes Crash Near Lima Injuring Unknown
Lima dispatch reports four army planes crashed in flames six miles east of Lima shortly before noon today. Eyewitness Byrom Heffner saw one plane fail on his farm and burst into flames. Two others fell about 100 yards apart east of the farm, with a fourth ending in McClure woods. One unconfirmed report said a man was seen in the downed woods plane. All ships were identified as army planes. officials awaiting confirmation on which units were involved.
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Associated Press
Lima
Mar
Byrom Heffner
Heffner Farm
McClure Woods
M. Beaker
Patterson Field
Dayton
Offervis
Selfeidge Field
Mich
Survivors Reach Safety After Two Ships Torpedoed
Eighteen survivors from two ships torpedoed December near Pearl Harbor crossed to safety in Fiji on March 18. Sixty others died from shellfire exposure and starvation. Also dated dispatches note Koelnische Zeitung debating Japan's transport strain and a Susquehanna flood crest projected at 16.5 feet tonight.
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Associated Press
Suva
Fiji Islands
Pearl Harbor
Bern
Switzerland
Koelnische Zeitung
Japan
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Three Enemy Submarines Torpedo Ship Off Norfolk
Norfolk dispatch reports an Atlantic coast merchant vessel was sunk Sunday after two torpedoes hit in the engine room. Six crewmen died, 33 survivors reached Morehead City after adrift on lifeboats. The attack involved three submarines, with shots fired as boats were lowered. The captain, Theodore Bockhof, described precise torpedo placement and near-visibility between ship and subs.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Eraw
Atthaval
Morehead City
Theodore Bockhof
MacArthur takes command over Australia defense
Australia accepts American leadership of land sea and air defenses under General MacArthur as the battle for the continent unfolds. General Brett and Admiral Leary join the plan, with Curtin forecasting a counter‑drive from Australia while experts warn the Japanese face a fierce campaign and potential beachhead challenges along the coast.
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Brett
Leary
MacArthur
Chief
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Singapore
George Brett
Australia-New Zealand
John Curtin
United States
Herbert F. Leary
Anzac Zone
Australia
Commonwealth
Curtin
Australias
Wilcox House Purchased for Funeral Home in Cheley
Bracken-Keating Company announces purchase of Ms Anka Wilcox’s residence at 215 Nuri Crater street opposite City Park. Remodeling to create a funeral home with driveways from North Genterster and West Binitly streets, aiming to open this summer. Plans are being drawn, purchase price not disclosed.
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Mde
Bracken-Keating Company
Joelmiorticians
Lle Residentiat Propery
Anka Wilcox
Nuri Crater Street
Traieser
Olin W. Bracken
Fam
Jounal
Bracken
City Park
Cheeley Sind
Genterster
West Binitly
Sparta Youth Surrenders After Third Time Missing
Kenneth Lloyd nineteen of near Spartansburg surrendered to the state motor police at the Corry site last night ending days of search. He had left Fort Belvoir Virginia last Wednesday and was reportedly seen enroute to Corry before turning himself in. Lloyd had previously desert ed from camp twice in recent months and was involved in a wrecked stolen car incident near Irvine with another Pittsburgh youth. He will be held for military authorities in Virginia after surrendering at the motor police barracks.
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Kenneth Lloyd
Fort Belvoir
Spartansburg
Shartansburg
State Motor Police
Loyd
Corry
Corey
Poy Belvoir
Pittsburgh
Lloyd
Irvine
Sparta
Virginia
British fall back in Burma amid Japanese pressure
Report from London notes British forces retreating in Burma as Japanese troops concentrate along the Rangoon to Mandalay rail line. British positions near Toungoo and Toungom are described as 40 miles south of a major point, with Japanese reinforcements claimed to be arriving from Java. A London commentator questions Japanese claims of complete superiority and says no advance appears on the British right wing.
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Associated Press
NEW Dell
Iidla
Muarely
Dels
Buna
Munique
Brhist
Toustoo
Toungom
Mandalay
Rangoon-Mahdalay
London
Burma
Java
Prom
Moscow claims Nazis trapped in central area
Soviet reports claim 200000 German troops encircled west of Moscow in a vast pocket while paratroops reportedly drop near Smolensk and battles rage along the Kharkov front. Moscow asserts German counterattacks failed leaving thousands killed or wounded, with additional gains reported near Orel and Kursk.
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Moscow
Semeon
Timoshenko
Kharkov
Pittsburga
Stockholm
Reuters
Smolensk
Naz
Rehev
Vyamma
Thet
Fiyu Dys
Orel-Rurske
Hharkov
Crimea
Hiller
Collision near Union City Injures Five People
A crash on Route 7 near an overpass west of Union City left five injured, two critically. Ludwig Caylkon 6 Tulon Gliy pastor Lena Andrus 88 Tracy Montague 87 Tennie Range 52 were treated at Union City Hospital. Carlson car rear ended Montague’s. Range's truck failed to stop in time. Police investigated. conditions varied from critical to favorable.
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Waterford
Union City
Ares Ludwig Caylkon
Miles Street
Tulon Gliy
Pentecostal
Husiness Church
Lena Andrus
Tracy P. Montague
Nile
Union City Hospital
Tennie Range
Montague
Carlson
Range
Tench Stunck
Willys
Andrus
Bruses
Union
Two More U S Merchant Ships Torpedoed
Washington March 18 The Navy announced two additional U S merchant vessels torpedoed on the Atlantic coast. The brief notice gave no details of the incidents and described the ships simply as two additional U S merchant vessels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
U. S
Atlantic
Washington Announces Full Reviews Of The War Situation
Washington announces forthcoming authoritative general reviews of the military situation as part of wartime information policy. The plan aims to publish maximum lawful information while avoiding aid to the enemy. Casualty lists will be released locally with limits on nationwide roundups.
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Washington
Mar
Office of Facts and Peues
Navy
Setom
Aany
Navy reports Japanese invasion fleet smashed near Salamaua
Washington March 18 Navy communique says American Australian air forces destroyed or damaged 28 Japanese vessels including 12 warships near Salamaua and Lae New Guinea with heavy enemy losses. Also notes loss of submarine Shark and demolition of Sea Lion and destroyer Stewart to prevent capture. Casualties total 40 among Sea Lion and Stewart crews. Additional ships sunk probably sunk damaged and aircraft and shore installations reported.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Sherk
Wester Pacific
Louis Shane
Trooms
Wash
Cavite
Philippines
Stewart
Dutch Indies
Soerbajae
Sea Lion
Dap
New Gainea
Reds Encircle Germans at Gzhatsk in World War II
MOSCOW March 18 The Center Front reports Soviet forces encircled a German garrison at Gzhatsk 100 miles west of Moscow. Gzhatsk served as a retreat point after defeats at Mozhaysk and Borodino, lying near the Mosow-Smolinek corridor about 35 miles from Vyasma. A supply plane was shot down while trying to reach German forces.
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Moscow
Gshatsi
Grill
Gzhatsk
Vyasma
Western Front
Gathen
57 Land From Torpedoed Ship
Nassau Bahamas report says a torpedoed ship yielded 57 survivors after the attack. The crew faced shock during the perilous moment but many escaped, with one account noting immediate death for some and others saved by rapid action.
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Rsyocinyen
Nassau
Bahamas
Marti
Atlantic
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Milford W. Casterdale
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P. Schoonmaker
Harvey LeRoy Peterson
Peterson
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Istand
Wilcox
Funeral Home
Bracken-Keating Co
Santiago
Tokyo
EB Chileno
Masaharu Homma
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Army Air Corps
Reds
Ovel-Kursk
Negi Salamaua
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