High School Courses for Guardsmen Considered
In Indiantown Gap Pa the Army and Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction study a plan to let youths in National Guard complete high school while serving. Directed correspondence courses may allow graduation credits for soldiers delaying education. about 40 youths per regiment may be affected.
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Associated Press
Indiantown Gap
Army
Pennsylv Yaa Department of Public Instruction
Soldering
Linus T. Hoban
109Th Infantry
Lackawanna County
Civil Ife
Francis Haas
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Carp
Gol. Hoban
National
Drafted Man Enlists For Army Amid Domestic Strife
A Corry Pa note reflects a drafted man leaving a long held post to train for military service. He vows to serve for twenty two dollars and board monthly plus a soldier’s kit, while critiquing strikers for harming defense work and accusing union leaders of aiding “concentration camps.”
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Army
Union Teadher
B. Porter
State Highway Dept Takeover Faces Township Road Move
Union City March 21 supervisors fear a Harrisburg move to transfer 44 600 miles of second class township roads to the State Highway Department. Rep L D Stambaugh Perry county Republican and sponsor backs the plan arguing better facilities and service, though he opposes consolidation of powers.
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Union City
Mar
Harrisburg
State Highway Department
L. D. Stambaugh
Perry County
Stambaugh
James program to be presented in Harrisburg
Harrisburg dispatch outlines the James administration plans for the 1041 legislative session to be presented next week. Senate Republicans aim to accelerate activity toward final adjournment as the House and Senate set schedules. Include proposals on work relief scope, teacher salary hikes, civil service consolidation, and a subcommittee plan by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce on county subsidies for relief costs.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
James
Assembly
Senate
James A. Geltz
R-Allegheny
Pleson
Manjes
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce
House
Britain Seizes Initiative In War And Home Front
In a wartime reflection, Britain gains the upper hand by taking Mediterranean control and pressuring Hitler on the southern front while Americans rally behind President Roosevelt. The piece notes British resolve, German constraint, and a surge in mobilized U.S. industry under the speech era, highlighting unity and implied shifts in strategic momentum.
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Maly
Hitler
Britain
Fuehrer
Mediterranean
Napoleon
Germany
Twenty Years Ago Journal Notes March 21 1941
Abrant Alsdorf loses his farm barn to lightning fire near Spartansburg. Universalist Church property at Columbus sold to Polish residents for remodeling as a church. Oil shows at 142 feet on Jacob Gist farm SW of the city. more wells planned. Dr J W Campbell speaks on community work at Episcopal church. Cony Country Club meeting at Municipal Building assembly room tomorrow evening. Corry High loses to Chautauqua 38 to 21 in basketball. Pennsylvania Railroad home work reduces, 1100 jobs dropped in Philadelphia and Erie division.
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Jacob Gistx
Cony Country Club
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia and
Evie
Spring Weather Teases With Shifting Climates
A weather note from the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania describes March as variable with lingering winter remnants. It warns of damp chilly days and advises delaying summer garments until true warmth arrives. The 1888 Blissard event is mentioned in passing.
Ancient notes mix aviation, horsemanship and language hints
A Wichita Kansas aviation plant grows for defense and uses self propelled ecopters for transport. Dan Webb owns a horse burial with bridle and saddle to keep the animal standing. The kerosene origin traces to the Greek iseros. Raphael’s Transfiguration sold for 1600 dollars in historic times. A common error cautions against saying examine into the proposition.
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Wichita
Daniel Webster
Glee Club Presents Operetta Tonight at Senior High
The Corry High senior glee club performs the annual operetta in the Senior High Auditorium at 9:15 PM. The show titled On Doctor features lively music and promises one of the finest school productions in some time.
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Corry High Serior Gire
Fts
Knowles to Convert Dunkirk Plant for Airplane Parts
DUNKIRK March 20 It was announced that Knowles Engineering Company led by Robert Knowles of Gowanda won a bid of 3000 for a small city owned plant on Brigham Road once used for motor manufacture. The Chamber of Commerce aided the sale. The building will be repaired and altered to manufacture airplane parts for a New York corporation under sub contract. About 190 men will be employed eventually.
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Dans RS
Knowles Engineering Company
Robert Knowles
Gowanda
Soncerh
Brigham Road
Colin
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Woman to serve sentence in Muncy BRD case
Louise Mitchell Houss, an East Side underworld figure, surrendered to county authorities on Wednesday afternoon to begin a six to twelve month term for operating a disorderly house. She was taken to the county prison where Sheriff Carl Kuppler awaited commitment formalities. She had no comment in the sheriff’s office.
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Natthiy
Louise Mitchell Houss
Carl Kuppler
Fire destroys barn and Poultry House in Brocton property
Fire consumed the barn and a Poultry House on the property of L. Kubbe, a village police judge in Brocton. Firefighters found the structures a mass of fumes upon arrival. the adjacent dwelling section was charred but not severely damaged.
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L. Kubbe
Brocton
Fie
Daily Quiz Questions from Classified Page
A playful feature asks readers how many quiz questions they can answer. It includes queries about vice president Wallace, animal classifications, Montevideo’s capital, presidential line of succession, adult teeth count, sailing propulsion, constitutional signers, a comic character, and a fictional riddle about a dazzling nose.
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Pete
Henry A. ‘Wallace
Montevideo
Uruguay
Paraguay
Penn
United States
House of Representatives
George Washington Bee
Windsor
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