Water Rates Spark Public Push for Municipal Control
The Public Utility Commission ordered Curwensville Water to restore Bear Run supply immediately and urged tests on Macanaqua water. hearings set for May 16 on Belleville changes. Commission cites high private rates and urges municipal ownership alongside ongoing probes of several providers.
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Richard J. Beamish
PUC
Curwensville Water Company
Clearfield County
Miflin County
Beamish
Cailt
French claim open cities bombed by Germans
Paris report says German bombed northern and eastern towns including Lyons airport in two hours and Pontoise near Paris while Lille Nancy and Colmar were also hit. French official statement accuses Germans of targeting open towns as US ambassador Bullitt relayed casualty and damage details.
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Paris
Orange
Lyons
Pontoise
Wasming On
State de Partmend
William C. Bullitt
United States
Calis
Dukerque
Lille
Nancy
Colniay
Nanoy
Ero Dows
Pittsburgh CIO backs statewide auto caravan protest
Pittsburgh's Steel City Industrial Union Council CIO favors a state wide auto caravan to Harrisburg to protest Gov Arthur James relief borrowing program. Council decides time short for current session but will sponsor caravan before the next regular session. Mayor D Scully to lead Western Pennsylvania officials delegation to Harrisburg to protest diversion of municipal funds for relief.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsurgh
Steel City Industrial Union Council
CIO
Harrisburg
Arthur James
D. Scully
Pennsylvania
Tor Rellet
Final War Bulletins From The Fronts In Europe And Asia
London's dispatches note thirty seven killed and many wounded in a Brussels air attack while Rotterdam reports stubborn defense against German offensives. German forces push into Dutch and Belgian territory and Luxembourg is reportedly occupied. Paris confirms cabinet reorganization into a broader coalition. Swiss mobilization begins tomorrow as Narvik and Dutch border actions unfold. Dutch East Indies declares a state of siege.
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Dutch East Indies
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Hague
Tle
United States
G. A. Gordon
Gibraltar
Straits of ‘Cuiraltar
Zurich
Switzerland
Stockholm
Sweden
Narvik
Churchill to Succeed Chamberlain in Britain Crisis
London May 10 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced his resignation in a national broadcast and urged unity behind a government led by Winston Churchill. Germany’s assault halted parliamentary leaders as Britain prepared for potential German air raids and evacuation plans for London children. Iceland was occupied by British forces to deter German use as a base while questions lingered about the national crisis outcome.
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United Press
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Great Britain
France
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Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Nation
Winston Churchill
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Belgium
Britain
British Isles
Canterbury
Iceland
Luxembourg
Spring Creek Two School Directors Explain Position
Spring Creek Township school directors cite increased operating costs and falling tax revenue as the main reasons for not keeping tuition current for Corry Public Schools. They note delinquent tuition exceeds 5000 dollars and urge state aid to distressed districts while outlining levy and per capita tax burdens as the district faces mounting tuition costs and declining property valuations.
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Spring Creek
Spring Cree Township
Corry Public Schools
Cory
Spring
Roosevelt summons cabinet for war confab
President Roosevelt to chair wartime cabinet meeting at the White House to discuss U S neutrality and strategy. Key participants include Secretary of State Hull, Undersecretary Welles, Attorney General Jackson, General Marshall, Admiral Stark, and Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. The full cabinet convenes at 2 p m to review security and military matters.
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White House
Cordell Hull
Sumner Welles
Robert H. Jackson
Gru
George ©. Marshall
Vhter
Sill
Harold R. Stark
Four Corry Officers Given Certificates
Eighteen police officers including Corry Chief D. Flanigan and Patrolmen Burlingame Swat Mead were awarded certificates of attainment at graduation exercises in Meadville. The 72 hour course covered criminal law public relations reports and records accident and criminal investigation map making and sketching cooperation with agencies crime prevention and interviewing suspects and witnesses.
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Woh D. Flanigan
H. 8. Burlingame
William G. Swat
Ross Mead
Corry
Kepler Hotel
Meadville
Charles Sofok
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Public Service Instiute of
Pennsylvania
Fred Whipple
E. GC. Gibson
Amner
James P. Sullivan
Fhis City
Concord Township Eighth Grade Commencement
Twenty students graduated from Concord community schools at eighth grade commencement held at McCray church last evening. Superintendent Willis Pratt spoke and presented diplomas to graduates from Lindsey Lovells Hoffatt Concord Ridge and Hemlock schools. Bennett's orchestra provided music while readings numbers and two short plays finished the program. Olive Lee was valedictorian Theodore Savako was salutatorian. Teachers included Mrs Inez Blakeslee Miss La homa Blakeslee Mary L Johnson Ruth Keep Anna Mineo and Katherine Thomson.
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Willis
Pratt
Lindsey, Lovells, Hoffatt
Concord Ridge
Hemlock
Bennett
Olive Lee
Theodore Savako
Inez Blakeslee
Lahoma Blakeslee
Mary L. Johnson
Ruth Keep
Anna Mineo
Kathrine Thomson
Missing tax books sought at capital
Harrisburg police continued a search for four delinquent tax books revealing defalcations of nine thousand to ten thousand dollars stolen by Treasury Clerk G. Alvin Rollifiger before he killed himself at ninety Manads Gap.
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Harrisburg
Treasury
G. Alvin Rollifiger
Nenthy Manads Gap
Seek Two Children At Erie After Kidnap
Police in eight states seek a car with Indiana plates in which Mrs Grace Kerr reports her children Bennette 11 and Warne 9 were spirited away at 1 p m. They were seen entering a tar in front of Lincoln Reed streets by Betty Enell a West Street clerk. Mrs Kerr charges her former husband John Franklin Kerr of Devry Pa with kidnapping.
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Erie
Indiana
Grace Kerr
East 28Th Street
Richia Bundon
Bennette
Warne Kerr
Lincoln
Reed Streets
Betiy A. Enell
West Street
Hospital Tag Day Planned On Saturday
Girl Scouts will assist members of the Laces Auxiliary of Corry Hospital in the annual Tag Day on the streets of the city. Proceeds fund refrigeration equipment for the hospital kitchen. Mrs. Morris Bernstein chairs the sale at Rexall drug store with local and neighboring town canvassing led by Mrs. M Ray Greene.
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Laces
Corry Hospital
National Hospital
Morris Bernstein
Sehalf
Hoslta 1
M. Ray Greene
Allegheny Hit by GOP Action in State Plow Plan
May 10 Pittsburgh reports Governor Arthur H. James plans to borrow from the state motor fund for county needs, a move that would fund a $1,000,000 plow for Allegheny County in 1900. City and county officials and state senators met to discuss ways to solidify opposition and protect the treasury.
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Allegheny
United Press
Pittsburgh
Arthur H. James
Allegheny County
Gy County
George Wintin
Renkin
Hopson case draws local interest over Associated Gas fraud
Local residents in Corry and nearby areas hold Associated Gas stocks and bonds amid reports that Howard Hopson and associates were indicted in New York on 18 counts of mail fraud and one conspiracy charge for a $20,000,000 swindle affecting about 300,000 investors. The defendants face arraignment on May 14 as local investors track developments.
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Corry
New York
Howard
Hopson and Ihre
Pennsylvania
Samuel Tasuli
Chicago
Slayer Tips Draw Hundreds in Bellefonte May Day Event
In Bellefonte Pa on May 10 the fourth Slayer of Maye Gaips and Rachel Taylor drew hundreds of tips from citizen writers. The day featured a painshaking check of four cited items as locals contributed many notes.
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United Frees Bellefonte
Maye Gaips
Rachel Taylor
Asa
Air War Rages Over Dutch Coastline In May Engagements
Reporter Grattan P McGroarty reports from Leyden on relentless air battles over the Netherlands. British and German planes clash above Amsterdam The Hague Rotterdam and Leyden with constant troop flights and several German aircraft shot down or damaged.
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Grattan P. McGroarty
United Press
Leyden
Netherlands
Date
Germany
Amsterdam
Hague
Rotterdam
German Invasion Seizes Dutch Belgium and Luxembourg
May 10 reports say German forces under Adolf Hitler occupy the Hague and other targets in the Low Countries and Luxembourg. Berlin claims sweeping advances as parachutists and troops disrupt resistance, with broadcasts urging calm and warning of “hitth column” dangers amid the invasion.
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Germany
Adolfitler
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Diicn Cpnstal
The
Hague
Unclear fragmentary wartime bulletin from Metz area
Fragmentary OCR notes describe destruction around Metz with reports of bombs and damage. Mentions Antwerp Brussels and German actions with scattered names and phrases, but content is largely garbled and hard to interpret.
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