International Telecommunication Order Promises Wider Links
The article notes a May 1 rollout of a new international communications order enabling travel and contact with Italy and other regions at reduced rates. It covers government approval timelines, wartime context, and broader connectivity for Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean as conditions improve. It also lists local notices: divorce action, military family updates, and OPA rules for used car ads with price and specifications.
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FBI
Business International A
Jaly
L. B. Ball
Smullayer
Western Union Bee Company
Dees Sessagés
Italy
South America
Central America
West Indies
OPA
Transfer Telephone Lines at Carter Hill Se One
Community notes detail the Carter Hill telephone exchange history from its first site in a store to various homes and farms over 39 years. The move to Wattsburg brings twenty four hour service and new call numbers for former Carter Hill line subscribers as rumors of Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation acquisitions circulate.
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Carter Hill Usteid
Telephone Company
Carter Hl
J. J. Martz
B. B. Hawley
Morris Barnes
Monroe Mangus
Grant Moore
Olin Moore
Moore
Wattsburg Exchange
Carter Hill
Wattsburg
Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation
Erie
Comy
Mysterious flash linked to large meteor crash killing pilot
Westfield mourns Flight Officer Angelo J. Rainieri 26 reported missing over Luzon since March 26 and killed in a Philippine plane crash. Survived by wife Ethel, parents, and a 2-year-old son Carmen. a brother had died years earlier. Rainieri, a Westfield High School graduate, served since February 1943 after a 1944 Monroe, Louisiana commission. The Weather Bureau and Franklin Institute experts described a massive meteor, possibly weighing up to 1,000 tons, with a late night flash observed across the Middle Atlantic states and tremors felt in Philadelphia area. Authorities noted no confirmed damage or further details on his unit.
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Angela Rainieri
Westfield
Philippine
War Department
Ethel Rainieri
Angelo J. Rainieri
Luzon
Rainieri
Carl Rainieri
Case Street
Monroe
Carmen
Ralnieri
Jamestown
Westfield High School
Aero Supply Company
Corry
Freddie Eimers
Chorat
Ripley
Sy Assoctatea Press
Philadelphia
Middle Atlantic
Roy
Marshall
Pals Plantarum
Franklin Institute
Army
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Westfield Father Hears Second Son Is Killed
May 4 A War Department message informed Floyd Farnham of Westfield that his son Private Gerald Farnham 19 was killed in Italy April 17. His other son Private Calvin Farnham was killed January 2 in Luxembourg. Survived by father, brother William, sisters Lura Stina Farnham and Ruth Pratt. This marks the 19th Westfield serviceman to die in the present conflict.
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Westfield
War Department
Floyd Farnham
West- Held
Gerald Farnham
Farnham
Italy
Pfc
Calvin J. Farnham
Luxembourg
Parnham
William Farnham
Lura
Stina Parham
Ruth Pratt
Jamestown
World's Bitter Tonic Laxative Ad
Describes irregular habits and temporary constipation and recommends WORLD'S BITTER TONIC as a laxative aid for adults and youth. Encourages purchase at Lindsley's Rexall Cut Rate Drug Store and other modern drug stores. Indicates use as directed.
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Lindsley’s
Rexall
Complete Capitulation Of Nazis In Progress
The report notes Doenitz and Himmler allegedly offered surrender to Allied powers. Germany’s remaining holdouts are a small Elbe bulge east of Magdeburg and a shrinking northwest corridor, with Kiel and Flensburg open as retreating fronts. Luxembourg and Paris broadcasts claim rapid capitulation may be imminent, while Speer appeals to the German public. Stockholm dispatches view this as a signal that broad German surrender could come soon.
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Doenitz
Luxembourg
Paris
Heinrich Himler
Gestapo
Britain
Russia
United States
Germany
Elbe River
Magdeburg
Schleswig Holstein
Denmark
Kiel
Flensburg
Speer
Stockholm
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever Surge in Chautauqua County
Mayville May 4 Dr Walter B Levy state health officer reports a scarlet fever outbreak with 15 cases in North Harmony and Chautauqua. Olean records five diphtheria cases with one death in the past two weeks. Scarlet fever cases centered near Chautauqua Central School and began mid April. Jamestown quarantines a scarlet fever case and there are 10 diphtheria cases locally.
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Mayville
Walter B. Levy
North Harmony
Chautauqua
Olean
Ley
Chautauqua Central School
Jamestown
Yanks Smash With New Fury On Okinawa Isle
American troops drive a renewed assault against Okinawa’s southern front as heavy guns clash in caves tunnels and pillboxes. The campaign and pre invasion raids to Japan proper have produced Navy casualties totaling 5 961 with 1 131 killed and 1 604 missing through midweek. Ground losses through April 25 reach 11 413 with 1 527 soldiers and 820 Marines killed.
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Associated Press
Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Plest Adm
Chester W. Nimits
Two
Mass Surrender of Nazis Strains Allied Camps and Food
Allied forces face a growing problem as thousands of German soldiers surrender to American and British troops to avoid Russian capture. London reports say British camps are overfilled and feeding prisoners is becoming difficult. The Daily Express notes up to three million Germans captured since D-Day and urges the United States to take more prisoners while balancing troop redeployments and shipping needs.
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London
Americar
Altec
Prout
Britain
Daily Express
United ‘States
the Express
U. S
America
Café Employee Dies After Fall at Moody's Cafe
Erie May 4 Charles Madison 65 a custodian at Moody's Cafe died after suffering a fractured skull from a fall down a tavern stairs at 7 30 p m Tuesday. He died at 7 96 a m today in Hamot Hospital Coroner Warren W Wood said
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Erie
Charles Madison
Moody’s Cafe
Hamot
Warren W. Wood
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