Revised Corry School District budget approved for 1942 43
Tentative approval of a revised Corry School District budget for 1942 43 is scheduled at a special board meeting Tuesday night after an item by item discussion in executive session. The change reportedly trims some expenditures and includes salary adjustments and a blanket boost for certain district employees. The board faced questions about conformance with state codes and planned further committee review before formal action.
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Corry
Board of Education
Committee
Begin Issuance Of War Ration Books Monday
War Ration Books will be issued nationwide starting next week after registration. Each family must have one adult register, listing all members’ personal details and current sugar owned. Registrations span May 4 5 and 7 with specified times and ward precinct locations for first and second wards.
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Ite
Concord
Harding School
Washington School
Fair-view School
Youth and Girl Arraigned for Armed Robbery
Paul J. Porter, 23, of Uniim City, and Hazel Hand, 18, of Carry, were arraigned before Justice J. E. Whippe ay on armed robbery charges in Jamestown after being returned from Fayetteville West Virginia. They waived examination and were removed to the Clymer county jail as the grand jury considered the case involving the holdup of Charles Frushone at gunpoint on Sherman Street. Porter reportedly implicated Hand in the robbery, with troopers bringing the pair back to Jamestown from Bayville for arraignment.
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Fayetteville
Paul J. Porter
B.D
Hazel Hand
J. E. Whippe Ay Clymer
Chautauqui County Plate
Mayuille
John Flanigan
Charles Frushone
Sherman Street
Jamestown
Porter
North Clymer
Frushone
Cony
Watisburg Motorist Narrow Escape After Crash
Ross Brumagin of WatIsburg sustained cuts and bruises when his 1940 Mercury left Route 6 east of Warner's Corners during a rainstorm last night at about 6 30. The car apparently skidded on the wet highway and overturned, after which it was towed to Powell Motors for repairs.
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Ross Brumagin
Ak Waysund
Houte 6
Warner's
Brumagin
Hays
Powell Motors
Faddis Targets Quickie Army Navy Commissions
Rep Charles J Faddis chairman of the House sub committee on Army matters accused a rising trend of issuing quickie commissions to unqualified civilians He urged Congress to curb the practice and backed amendments requiring commissions only for graduates of officers training schools National Guard and RC T G officers or those with approved military coursework He warned that thousands of such commissions are unnecessary and suggested capable soldiers within the Army could fill these roles instead.
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Washington
Charles J. Faddis
D-Pa
House
Army
Navy
Congress
Full House Military Committee
National Guard
Cvilian
Girard Man Killed as Auto Upsets Near Town
Harry R. Schultz 50 of Girard died when his automobile overturned a mile west of here while en route to work. He was pinned beneath the car, suffering a skull fracture and punctured lung. Schultz was employed by New York Central Railroad.
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Arres
Rie
Harry R. Schultz
Girard
Here
Schultz
New York Central Railroad
Navy's Losses Now Total 6,383
Navy reports 5,486 dead and missing in first four months of global naval warfare from Dec 7 to Apr 15. casualties: dead 2,991 missing 2,405 wounded 807 tubal 6,293. most losses from direct enemy action. natural deaths excluded. regional casualty lists to follow next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Anast
War Production Board orders curb iron and steel use
Washington reports long awaited WPB orders prohibiting iron and steel use will likely be issued early next week, officials said. Rome dispatchs quote the Italian high command asserting Axis forces forced British armored columns to withdraw in Libyan engagements amid intense artillery activity.
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Washington
Longawaited
War Production Board
Rome
Tallan
Sparta Man Held for Drunken Driving After West Mall Crash
Police arrested Peter A. Popovich of Spartansburg for drunken driving after his Terraplane crashed into D. A. Hillstrom’s Lincoln on West Main Street. The vehicle was left on West Main when Popovich lost control, striking a telegraph pole and damaging both cars. He posted $1,000 bond and awaits the next county term. police plan charges against two others connected to recent accidents as the investigation continues.
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West Mall Street
Peter A. Popovich
Spartansburg
D. A. Hillstrom
Bash Gen? Presa Street
West Main Street
Clot Hillstrom
Popoyleh
Feth
Waterhouse
Hillstrom
Popovich
Spartansburg Manus
Staggerine
George Burlingame
Emill Toplovich
Verne Dovison, Jr
East Mul Street
Johnson
Cause Of McKeesport Blast Killed Eight Women Remains Unknown
McKeesport Pennsylvania May 2 The blast at Central Railways Signal Company plant in Versailles borough killed eight women employees and injured 12 others destroying a torpedo building where railroad signaling devices were made Investigators including three FBI agents state and local officials found no evidence of a cause as yet Secretary of Labor Perkins ordered William Cameron to the scene The explosion was heard for miles with debris and fire followed by a rapid suppression and a large loss estimated at 25000.</S>
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Salt Lake City
George Benton Gearhart
San Francisco
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Sumlyarietsee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
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Donald W. Brown
Ham. Fransisco
Harold Winer
Teva Cantwell
Maryin Shapiro
Oakdale Avenue
Chicago
Herman
Prankenburg
U.S. Army
Lorraine Street
Wikhita
Kasdallus Kershisnile
Seattle
Cheyenne
J. A. Lloyd
A. Lloyd
Capi Obino Avenue
Burlingame
Calif
Mckeesport
Central Railways Signal Company
Versailles
FBI
Iato
Inius
Lator Perkina
William ‘. Cameron
Labor Department
Pittsburgh
Glist Bassler
Giraere
Capture Nazi Flier In Texas
DETROIT May 2 John F Bugas head of the FBI said Lieut Peter Krug Nazi fliers who fled from a Canadian concentration camp and crossed into the United States at Detroit was captured Friday night in San Antonio Texas Police were called after the fugitive entered a small San Antonio hotel room and did not resist when officers and detectives burst in Krug escaped from Bowmanville Ontario April 16 with Erich Bohle who was recaptured at Niagara Falls Bohle and Krug fled into the United States by boat across the Detroit River.
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Associated Press
Detroit
John 5. Bugas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Krug Nazi
Mier
United States
Detroi
San Antonio
Texas
Krug
FBT
Nexis
Bugrs
Hyo San Antonio
Bowmanville
Ont
Erich Bohle
Bohle
Niagara Falls
Njx
Brug
Windsor
Detroit River
U S Troops in Middle East Deployed for Support Roles
Cairo May 2 Major General Russell L Maxwell announced U S troops are in the eastern Mediterranean war theater as service personnel. Their mission is to support combat units from Allied countries involved in the fighting.
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Byassoeinsea
Cairo
United States
Russell L. Mawel
United States North African
Maxwell
British Air Attacks Roll On as Nazi Raids Pause
London May 2 British bombing squadrons hit naval centers along Norway coast and northern France while German raids paused. Coastal command planes attacked shipping off Norway and a destroyer. heavy air activity continued with several waves of formations crossing the Channel to targets including Calais and St Omer.
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Associated Press
Britain
Naud
France
Jan Scorer
Destenyer
Norway
London
Coastal Command
Air Ministry
Dronies
Atrventh
Meher
Sherish
Tusk
Agsine
Ciuluts
St. Omer
Phrslil
York
Lovey
Bus Service Curtailed Across Gary Area Under Federal Orders
Washington orders curtailment of West Ridge Transportation operations affecting Gary routes. The Gerard district loses about seven buses while other towns in northwestern Pennsylvania will see changes to save tires and fuel. Some evening layovers and schedule tweaks aim to boost efficiency. Gary service only is detailed.
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Weel
Ridge
Pennsylvania
Gary
Gérard
PLAN BUSINESS CURtailment Wallace eyes move to railroad shops
Clarence 5 Wallace of First avenue garage dealer confirms reports of possible curtailment in operation to take work at Bessemer and Lake Railway shops in Greenville. A conference with Bessemer officials Monday will decisive. Tentative plan preserves a small workshop with one man retained while storage space remains. Wayne Nichols plans other employment.
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Clarence
Wallace
First Avenue
Bessemer & Lake
Eysemer Company
Snd
Greenville
Japanese Radio Claims Sink Russian Ship
Tokyo reports that a 3,761 ton Russian merchant ship was torpedoed by a United States submarine and left sinking near Reyushi. It adds that a 2,549 ton Japanese steamer Calcutta Mara was sunk in nearby waters, though no non Axis source confirms the tests. The broadcast notes the report could be part of war propaganda to provoke American fear, while offering no independent verification.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Angyistrol
Reyushi
Wattie
Presv
Ratsman Alps
Wheat Growers Vote On Production Policy Today
Washington May 2 The agriculture department sought farmer approval of a policy to limit wheat production and marketing during wartime shortages while other regions suffer bread scarcity. Harrisburg May Pennsylvania wheat growers who had previously rejected government quotas voted today. 23 growers were eligible in Evie County.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Aarrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Agricultual Conservation Committee
Evie
State Moves To Clean Up Huge Fraud In Unemployment Claims
Harrisburg May 2 A government drive targets illegal unemployment payments with 9 200 false claims traced to 1938 1940. Payroll audits of 8 000 stevedores found 408 similar cases in garment towns Easton Pittsburgh Scranton Wilkes Barre. $3 974 restitution collected from 409 individuals and 5 339 cases under investigation. Union aid from International Brotherhood of Teamsters is aiding claims accuracy.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphs
Lewis G. Hisies
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Hayan
Foe Wiouivase Pune
Ubles
Easton
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Hines
International Tongsharemen
Bureau
Ust
British Speed Withdrawal Threatens Free China
British forces accelerate withdrawal amid wartime peril as Japan pursues a rapid advance toward reinforcements in China. Kai-Shek mobilizes troops to shore up defenses through a so called back door strategy to keep Free China from collapse.
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China
Free China
Kai-Shek
Stilwell
Invasion warnings loom as Burma frontline tightens
Allied dispatches report Mandalay and the Burma front under heavy threat as Japanese forces push toward the Chinese border and threaten Australian targets. Townsville alarms rise while Mindanao and other Pacific fronts endure renewed air attacks. General Stilwell and Chinese reinforcements mobilize as Allied defense adapts.
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Burma
Systemale
Mandalay
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sapao
Chie
Wwestwand
Tudia
Chungking
Ghiang — Kai-Shele
Bul- Weil
Devin
Austredia
Townsville
Cave York
Fred En
Umiden
Sphicle
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Philippines
Jonathan Wainyrant
Cormgisor
Hess
Entyane
Manila Bay
Mindanap Ishind
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