Rubber Now Big Problem Not Gasoline
Rubber shortages dominate concerns as 1944 demand soars for military and civilian use. American natural rubber supply, plus rising synthetic output, aims to fill a 170 000 ton gap while wartime needs surge. outlook predicts postwar tightness lasting two to five years with continued sourcing from Ceylon and new arrivals from other regions.
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Babson Park
Mass
Wison
Ory
Satura
Ceylon
Amiazon River Valley
Braal
Africa
Middle East
Saturn
Allied Drive Mounts as Germans Prepare to Surrender Rome
Allied forces push toward Myitkyina in northern Burma with gains near 1.5 miles as Chinese and Allied units press Japanese positions. Reports say Chinese capture near Warang and destroy a supply dump in the Majlong valley while pursuing retreating Japanese. Air forces pound targets across Asia and the Pacific, with heavy action in Meiktila, Loyang, and Manipur river ridge, signaling intensified campaigns against Japanese fronts.
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Burma
Ali
Rome
Nori
High Command
Tmphal
India
Vic
Royal Air Pores
Tollan
Manipur
38Rd
Mesonnet Plain
440Hr
Yisin
Loyang
Kuskie Island
Kurtles
Marshall Atolls
Southwest Pacific
Governors Arrive for Hershey Governors Conference
Governors Earl Warren of California and Andrew Schoeppel of Kansas led arrivals for the 36th annual governors conference in Hershey Pennsylvania on May 27. They reached Harrisburg first and traveled to the hotel, with six more late and territorial executives expected that day and evening.
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Warren
California
Associated Press
Hershey
Earl Warren
Harrisburg
Hotel Hershey
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Samuel W. Fleming, Jr
Tate
Spessard , Holland
Florida
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Andrew Schoenpel
Kalisag
John J. Dempsey
New Mexico
Earl Snell
Oregon
Charles Harwood
Virgin
Needed Shift of Workers Causes New WMC Crisis
Washington May 27 The No Insipower problem is getting enough workers to critical sites as war developments accelerate manpower officials told the House Appropriations Sub Committee. Manpower officials cited peak production and plateau needs. Director Lawrence A Appley noted a recent estimate of 78 000 workers with crews being recruited to move to priority areas.
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Washington
House Appropriations
Pail Vi Metfutt
Wir
Lian
Iiven
Lawrence A. Appley
Sida
Sharp Drop In Local District Draft Quotas At Board Meeting
Heavy session facing school board Monday as they consider graduation amid exams. Supt Dewey and Principal Sheen review graduates with 6 to 8 pending results. Finance chair Eid Lewis to present exonerations list and collector’s final settlement. Election of treasurer likely and deliberation on delinquent tax collection methods.
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Board of Education
Dunlar High
Dewey
Howard Sheen
Pelish
Chairian Eid Lewis
Finance Committee
Fowether
Mir. Lewis
Lewis
Karl Haight
Severith
Ward Case May Define Full Election Issue in D.C.
In Washington the Montgomery Ward seizure becomes a prime election issue as the Senate Judiciary Sub-Committee criticizes all federal departments involved. Attorney General Biddle calls the report absurd while Roosevelt hints Congress might alter law to curb War Labor Board decisions, amid party and press tension. Estelle Taylor weds third husband producer Hal Small in Hollywood.
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Senate Committee
Associated Press
Washington
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Fedral
Biddle
Sénate
Star Chamber
Roosevelt
Sayis
Congress
War Labor Board
Ynilijant
Allied Bomber Fleets Resume Aerial Offensive on Germany
Allied air forces pushed into Germany with hundreds of bombers over the Channel, signaling major daytime raids on Ludwigshafen and Aachen's rail yards. Mosquito aircraft struck Ludwigshafen for the fourth time in May, while night bombers damaged Aachen and other targets. Royal air crews laid mines in northern European waters as Liberators and Wellingtons extended Danube mining operations.
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London
Rose
Switzerland
Germany
Ludwigshafen
Rothe Erde
Aachen
Britain
Aschen Lsst
Continent
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Paris
Ostende
Naples
Danube Tiver
Nazis No Longer Guard Downed Airmen Says Goebbels
Stockholm May 27 Propaganda Minister Goebbels in the Volkschan Beobachter declared Nazi authorities will not protect Allied airmen who bail out over Germany. He charged Anglo American fliers with terror and attacks on German civilians and said protecting pilots would require German soldiers amid panic and lynching fears. The article does not confirm if German civilians attacked airmen.
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Stockholm
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Volkscher Beobachter
Germany
Armell Turce
Goebbels
Wis
Reich
Heavy Storm Strikes Meadville Area
A severe thunderstorm hit Meadville and Saegertown late yesterday causing small fires and floods. Fire crews contained a blaze at a J. Shryvek furniture store while high water affected rural Crawford County points. Only Meadville reported rain beyond the area.
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Meadville
Saegertown
Aan J. Shryvek Furniture
Crawford
Highway Department
Actress Welcomes Third Child in London
Actress Wens ey Hiller, famed for Pygmalion and Major Barbara, gave birth today in London to her third child, a daughter. She and husband Ronald Gow, a dramatist, have two other children, a five year old girl and a two year old son.
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London
Wensey Hiller
Major Barbara
Ronald Gow
Autho
Nughter
Sor
Oil City Man Killed in Bus Crash
Morrie Clyde Warner, 2, was instantly killed in a crash on the Oil City to Rouseville bus line near the McClintockville bridge. Three others were injured including Warner's two daughters Beverly Ann and Joyce Elaine, both in serious condition. Ralph W. Morrison, the bus driver, complained of back injuries. The accident occurred when the bus halted to pick up a passenger and a nearby car rear ended it.
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Oil City
Morrie Clyde Warner
Hig
Warner
Beverly Ann Warner
Joyce Elaine Warner
Ralph W. Morrison
Citizens Transit Company
Rouseville
Heavy Holiday Travel Expected Across Regions
New York reports holiday travel 15 percent above last year amid calls for trim spending. Berlin palace bombing seen in recent days as travelers from Germany arrive in Stockholm to boost holiday movement. Airlines expect higher capacity and rail officials monitor light raids as schedules adapt.
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New York
Berlin
Stockholm
Umpériel Palace
Germany
Draft postures shift as pre-induction calls scale back
Reports from the draft show a sharp drop in calls across the state. The Erie and Allentown centers plan to reduce examinations to limited days after June 1 while the local office awaits broader guidance on essential workers and age groups.
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Guy Wre
Union Chy-orry Dent Board
Mie
Pubhiembion
Selective Service
Erie
Allentown
Rutter
Missing Spring Creek flier Lieut Popovich a Corry High graduate
Lieut Charles Popovich son of Mr and Mrs John Popovich of Spring Creek district was reported missing in action last night. He had served with the Army Air Force in Iceland and may have been transferred to Britain. His brother Peter is a Navy veteran wounded and in a service hospital. His mother is at the Cresson State Sanatorium. War Department updates expected.
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Charles Popovich
Corry High
Air Force
Iceland
John Popovich
Spring Creek
Law War Department
Popovich
Corry High School
Army Air Force
Teeland
Britain
Ice
Popayich
Pentzoll Gueoline
Ts City
Peter
Cresson ‘State
Irene Tenriitee
War Department
Met
Tri-power cabinet eyed to govern postwar diplomacy
Bulletins from London and Washington describe Britain Russia and the United States considering a tri power “super cabinet” to handle international problems after victory. Reports also note British plans to publish detailed invasion reports and Roosevelt says about 100000 prisoners of war in the United States could be used for labor on public projects under war mobilization.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Russia
United States
Vietory
Wis
Washington
Roosevelt
Memorial Day Parade Sets Four Divisions Here
The Memorial Day parade will feature four divisions formed along First Avenue Pleasant Center and Smith streets with a 9:45 assembly and 10 a.m. march. Units include Stowe and Jerle Burnley divisions with local schools, veterans and youth groups, led by Dr. C F Bennett as chief marshal. Citizens may join by notifying Stephen Brooks at 7-872 via phone.
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Conmartias
Participatine
Pamde
Iealans
Tess Thiffir
First
Washington Street
World Way
V. FW
Brun
Bugle Corps
Veterans’ Organizations
Jerle
C. H. & Band
Corry
W.E. Ori
Ports i State Armor
Maple Anie
Washington
American Legion
Salvation Army
South Street
Spring
Center Street
Riding Clit
First Avenue
Pleasant
Church Street
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Avro Victory Band
B. Stanford
Inday
Stephen Brooks
Callitsy
Small blaze at North Side Diner causes brief alarm
A grease fire in a North Side Diner on North Center Street about 11 o'clock this morning was confined to a small chimney and wall section by firefighters. No major damage reported and the blaze was quickly controlled.
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North Side
DINOR
Center Street
Allied and German Forces Clash Near Rome Front
London reports Nazi propaganda claims fall of Rome as Vichy broadcasts hint at a fortified line. Allied lines near Arlena and the Liri valley push toward strategic Cassino Rome junctions while German reinforcements and heavy armor attempt countermoves along the Cassino front.
No Action Reported in Local Gas Ration Case
Undefined and garbled text reports no action in a local gas ration case. Mentions Tiebbie SAE Tevy yeergemee and penalties in similar cases in HeAroe Chautaugus county and in Wurrell ad OUWlincomoties with unclear references to Erie and Flaten Ida trips.
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HeAroe Chautaugus
Wurrell
Erie
Edleaguer
Ako Impee
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Ath Army
Nurid
Babson
Mvitryina
Tatongtzu
Imphal
Kurile
Caroline, Marshall Islands
U. S
Myitkyina
Southeast Asia
WMC
Teaves
Hollywood
Estelle Taylor
Pound Aachen
Duemonday
Erie Center
Mercer
Pittsburgh
Harold Lewis Lemay
New Brighton
Theodore J. Redmond
Losmon
Europe
Vichy
Rodia
Hoth
Na~tis
Casilina
Fifth Army
Arlen
Vaimontone Trang
Felow Ronie
Mir W. Chirk
Artenaanes
Vialmon- Loneroa
Lil Valley
Eighth
Melfa
Arti
Liri
Lucas Rivers
Ceprans
Cassite-Rome
Eighth Army
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