Red Cross Drive Nears Goal as Midwest Totals Rise
Corry's Red Cross fund stands at 11032.40 at noon aiming for 14600 by Wednesday. Major boosts include a 400 gift from Raymond Manufacturing and 244 from JW and A P Howard Company. Concord School rooms report strong totals from salvage and a special collection. If current voluntary gifts continue, over subscription should be secured before Friday evening.
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Corry
Bracken Ad Ven
Raymond Manufacturing Company
A. P. Howard Company
Raymond
Ghauman Bracken
Concord
WFE
Act
Oklahoma and nation watch as party primaries unfold
Democrats and Republicans pace the scene in Oklahoma and New York as primary results shape the national political outlook. The Oklahoma race pits Burney against Stigley and Clark for a House seat while New York voters choose a Democratic delegation. Presidential implications loom as governors Bricker and Barkley stir debate on the national stage.
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Associated
Mess
Democrats
Hepp Bliewsys Waletin
Okahoms
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Oklahoma
W. G. Stigley
W. O. Clark
Burney
Kentugly
Lie Challene
Moore
R-Olda
Clark
Wight
Gelation
Joni W. Bricker
ONIG
Repub
Barkley
Rules delay draft calls for men over twenty six
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania local draft boards begin April first to fill pre-induction quotas with registrants under twenty six before older men are ordered for physicals. State selective service says this affects only pre induction calls and not those already fit and awaiting orders. Washington officials note postponement of examinations for men over twenty five is not in national rules but may be applied by local admin orders.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Selective Service
Washington
Uo Us
Bombers Hit German Air Fields in France
Associated Press reports 25M to 500 U.S. heavy bombers struck German air fields in France, targeting Chartres, Chateaudun, Reims and Dijon as a follow up to yesterday’s raids on the Tour freight yards by 750 to 100 bombers.
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Associated Press
London
U.S
France
Chartres
Chateaudun
Reims
Dijon
Tour
Letter From Sgt Kinney Now Prisoner Of War
A trove of letters shows Sgt Rolland Kinney of the 11th Bomber Command, reported missing after a heavy air over Bremen on November 21, now listed as a German prisoner of war. Kinney writes home from a POW camp via Red Cross, sending thanks and reassurance while detailing daily rations and clothing. His parents, Mr and Mrs Kinney, live at 129 West Wayne Street and are stationed in Basemont Texas where Kinney works on Ajax Tron machinery. Also notes a separate letter from Sgt William F Albright, Kinney’s crewmate, confirming similar POW correspondence.
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Wid Mies
Quin A. Kinney
West Wayne Street
Tech
Rollynd Kinney
Germany
Mrs. Kinney
Basemont
Texas
Mr. Kinney
Ajax Tron
Wirmpi
Sergt. Hinney
Bremen
Einhey
Sergi
William F. Albright
Nesistapl
Seret
Kinney
Vandalism Report At Decker Shop And Powell Restaurant
Police investigated overnight vandalism in the Decker barber shop inside the Ajax Building on North Center Street. Entry appeared unauthorized with property damage including smashed panes. A group of boys later admitted responsibility and stated they had arranged with Mr. Pawel and Mr. Darker to resolve the matter.
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Decker Shop
Decker Barber Shop
Ajax
North Center Street
Powell Restaurant
Hind
Pawel
Darker
Hitler Faces Crisis From Russian Advances
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports Hitler confronts rapid Soviet gains in the Soviet and Balkuth theaters. Russian drives through Bessarabia toward the Prut river threaten Romania and the Danube basin. A renewed push signals another blow to Hitler's plans, widening peril along Poland and the Baltic defenses.
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Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Herr Hitler
Wiehre
von Mannstein
Ukraine
Nis
Fuehter
Hastie
Rumania
Lala
Danubian
Poland
Inmer
Berlin
Baltic States
Marshal Konev
Bessarabia
Prut
Repulse German casino attack near Cassino
Allied artillery repulsed a German attack north of Cassino and hammered two hotel key point areas in the town. Germans struck Allied positions south of Cassino while three small attacks on the beachhead left side were beaten off. Patrol clashes occurred in Cisterna Garroceto and other sectors as front lines held and shelling reduced in the main front. In Norristown, Pennsylvania, 53 drivers ended a strike and returned to work after disruptions to Montgomery County transit.
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Associated Press
AUTRO
Naples
Artilery
Cassino
Terelle
Des Roses
Beach
Cisterna
Garroceto
I Gariglisns
Pitth
Orsogna
Eighth Army
Smirrol
Toilo
Arielle
Blaze Sweeps Three Story Building in Early Fire
Fire chief says blaze started as incendiary. Three story frame building gutted with about 100 industrial tenants displaced. Three other fires of unknown origin reported nearby. Authorities probe cause and damages as community aids victims.
Fire kills 22 as New Amsterdam Hotel blaze rages
In San Francisco, a rapid hotel fire at the New Amsterdam Hotel left 22 dead and many injured. An arsonist is suspected after multiple incendiary fires earlier, with police and fire crews assisting in rescue as victims leaped to safety or died in stairwells and light wells.
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Frank Kelly
New Amsterdam
Indiasna
Market Street
Mamie Pulosky
Southern District
D. Glover
Glover
Sullivan
Oakend
San Jancisco Bays
Fos
Eoilov
Bkize
Luhoul
Attnutes Wind
Plane Crash Halts Freight Train Near County Airport
March 28 Pittsburgh reports an Abny fighter plane crashed alongside a moving freight train near the county airport. The craft exploded on impact scattering wreckage over the cars and igniting contents in several units. The pilot’s body was not recovered immediately.
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Pittsburgh
Abny
Russians seize wide Prut front in Bucovina advance
Russian forces claim major gains across Bucovina and near Czernowitz advancing to within miles of key targets. They toppled Kamenets Podolski fortification, seized towns along the Prut border, and reported heavy destruction of enemy units. Overall, hundreds of towns and strongholds reportedly fell as Zhukov and allied commands press the push toward Iași and Bucharest fronts.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Bucovina
Czernowitz
Cernauti
Prut River
Rumania
Buzo- Vilsky
Ukraine
al Ule
Nileo~ Ivey
Bug
Yarmoliitsky
Sadagata
Prut
Hungaria
Tmall
Cuemowite
Russia
Swifty
Bessarabia
Skulyany
Eall
Tasi
Jassy
Ploesti
Koney
Odessa-Nikolaev
Suitor Roksia
Thirty six called up for army service in local draft
A local draft report lists thirty six men summoned to report April 6 at 6 p.m. for induction and transport to the New Cumberland reception center. Named are William Genie Randall and many others from Union City, Meadville, Erie, and surrounding areas.
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Union City
New Cumberland
Vic Ask
Ahliyas
Flo Chy-Corry
Sery
Joondrat
Union Diy
Sumberland
Corry
William Genie Randall
Figur
Hans Mille
Walter James Punvton
Raymond Lloyd Claris
Lawrence Ray Chick
Mike Kowsilski
Rupert Paul Keppel
John Wescott Cruker
Carlyle Joseph Sawyer
Joseph Edward Gronostar
Paul Francis Janesee
John Carl Krizanik
JraVerne Protto
Alfred Edd Chesley
Richard John Holman
Meadville
Dennis H. Alexander
Edwin Perry Batsies
Michael Marcinowski
Bainboro
Norman Leonard Millard
Eric
Wiliam L. Burgess
Cambridge Prings
Howard A. Bogardus
Rverett Gee Childs
Gerald LeRoy Kier
Buffalo
N.Y
Lloyd W. Barber
Union Gily
Raymond A. Emerson
Harry Herluf Larsen
Eric Micholas W. Skalko
Benver Baie Ardell
Edward Patterson
Mokean Dames
Vincent Miniaci
Edinboro
Gasoline ration changes loom outside eastern seaboard
The government signals a substantial bump in auto fuel rations for areas outside the Eastern Seaboard, with possible similar concessions for the region. OPA notes black market drain during winter and aims to end ration stamp expirations, while Treasury reports March receipts at 207.7 million and expenditures at 245.8 million, debt down from prior day.
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Assminted Press
Washington
Mateh
Contol
OPA
Sucheas
Treasury
Position of the Treasury
RAF Bombers Rain New Fire Through Ruhr Valley
Allied air forces relentlessly bombed the Ruhr valley with Mosquito raids and heavy bombers striking industrial targets. The RAF and US missions targeted German armament centers, rail yards at Tours, airfields, and long-range bomber bases, with reports of widespread destruction and resumed operations after overnight raids.
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RAF
Ruhr
Presa
London
Bixon
Wir
Atlantic Wall
France
Tours
Flood control funds proposed for Youghiogheny river project
A postwar flood control bill HR485 includes funding for Youghiogheny river flood control and power projects in western Pennsylvania. War Department engineers recommended the dam and power generation plan as part of the Ohio river basin program. Details await committee report.
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Associated Press
Washington
Muireh
Youghiogheny
Pennsylvania
House
Whittington
D-Miss
House Hood Control Committee
War Department
Youghiogheny River
Monongehela
McKeesport
Army
Couples Found Dead in Parked Car in Altoona
State police say the bodies of Bernard P. Thomas, 34, of Roaring Springs, and Ruby Vector Butterbauzh, 26, Altoona, were found in a car parked off the main highway near Capeansville. The deaths appear connected to exhaust pipe blockage, with the vehicle interior confirmed as the scene.
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Ernst Altoona
Bernard P. ‘Thomas
Roaring “Springs S
Ruby Vecto Butterbauzh
Altoona
Scar
Capeansville
Showdown Looms in Burma As Forces Clash In Jungles
Japanese and Allied troops clash in Burma as separate offensives aim to seize vital supply routes. Japanese spearheads push toward Kohima while Stilwell’s command pins enemy fighters near Myitkyina. Merrill’s American Chinese units hold Shaduap and Hkawnglaw Ha, with shifts near Myikyine base as continued fighting threatens strategic positions.
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Associated Press
Burma
Tihphal
Thidid
Ukhtul
Umpuel
Kohima
Southeast Asia Command
Naga
Assam
Imeer Gr
Joseph Stilwell
Ito
Myitkyna
Ametlech
Widerrig
Frank Merrill
Shaduaup
Merril
Hkawnglaw Ha
Stilwil
Myikyine
Prisoner in Japan Bob Williams sends broadcast fright message
Bob Williams, long held prisoner of Japan since the fall of Corregidor, writes a letter home describing mike fright during a radio broadcast and asking about loved ones. The note, dated August 26, was forwarded by Mrs. Wilkans in California and underscores concern over how the broadcast was heard. Roosevelt remains in residence with a cold but improving condition.
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Bob Williams
Japan
Mike Fright
Broadcast Home
Crewsmes Sruse Syonsnyes
Otch
Theo P. Willms
Carregidor
Jersey
Wilkans
California
Cory
Bob
Merchants to Decide Trading Hours Policy Tonight
Merchants will meet at the Municipal Building this evening to discuss Friday trading hours. The Retail Merchants Bureau of the Golden Tile will convene at 7:00 PM to seek a final brokered decision and reconcile differences.
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Retell Mera Bureau
The
Golden Tile Aie
Bureau Arid
Elftrace
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Red Front
Red Cross
South Wales
Rrctern
Aouthern Uni Puftigamiers
England
Cisnken
Noris
Sgt. Kinney
Orrin A. Kinnney
Tin
Taye
Rolland J. Kinney
Norristown
Montgomery County
San Francisco
Cal
Ted
Eastern Seaboard
Budibes
Werton Line
Withfall
Amilles
Pats
la Ochaire
St. Jean DiAngely
Pat
Biartite
Caxaux
Maren
Mont de Mansa
Bay
Rabaul
Ponape
Solomons
Brewhen
White House
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