Primary election activity low as voters prepare for county contests
Voters head to the polls Tuesday for city posts and a key judicial race. Local contests are sparse with only the school board Republican race attracting attention while other nominations across Democrats and Republicans appear unopposed. Polls open at 7 am and close at 8 pm with early returns expected slowly.
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Corty
Cowbell
Councilimante Pominarions
Fred J. Weaver
Jaret Kinley
Stanley H. Nichols
Fred L. Barnes
Miss Trene M. Mullen
Richard R. Powers
Weasurer
Victor Ornis Jie Ione
C. Barnes
Edwin J. Lewis
Robert Dermand
Elmer Evans
JO. Hertzler
Samuel L. Gilsom
Cimorrow
Register of Wills
Recorders of Deeds
Partis Tarly
Industrial Upturn In Western Pennsylvania Hints at Recovery
Pittsburgh report notes boosts from steel and coal sectors lifting unit tempo and output. Production may hit 67 percent of capacity this week, the highest since autumn 1937, signaling improved conditions for thousands of steel workers and coal miners amid uncertain times.
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Unico Peas
Pittsburgh
Steel
Pennsylvania
Elgin Man Held on License Suspension Charge
Merrill McCray of Elgin was arrested in Concord township for driving a car under suspension of his license. He was held on a $300 bond pending arraignment before Alderman Porirr as police report plans for a plea in open court.
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Qeunno- Wile
Merrill McCray
Elgin
Nagy
Irwin
State Motor Police
Concord Township
Saburdayitt
Porirr
Sally
Brie
Young people escape injury after car crashes across weekend
Cory and state authorities examined a series of weekend automobile accidents. A Durant sedan driven by Ernest Bore of Youngsville hit a truck on East Wayne Street and then faced a Greyhound bus, but no serious injuries occurred. Other crashes on Irving Center streets and South Street left vehicles damaged with only minor injuries. A Spring Creek group escaped harm when their car overturned after a collision on the Roosevelt highway nine miles east of Corry.
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Cory
East Wayne Street
Durant
Ernest P. Bore
Youngsville
Arvid C. Undstrem
R. D
Bear Lake
Borne
Wayne Street
Columbus Avenue
Greyhound
Ellis Harvey
East Congress Street
Harvey
Ross Mead
G. A. Duryee
R.D. 4
Wattaburg
Paul Weed
Irving Street
Irving
Center Streets
Ralph Chiricusio
First Avenue
Hopkins
South Street
Spring Creek
Corry
Roosevelt Highway
Cony
Richard J. Ohrn
Herold S. Matteson
Matteson
Alice Damon
Elizabeth Armitage
Ohrn
J. A. Gantas
William ©. Whiteley
Schenley Street
Erie
Whiteley
White- Toy
Donna
Willy
Two British ships sunk by Nazi warship mine hits
United Press reports British steamer Blairlogie torpedoed in mid Atlantic. Freighter American Shipper rescued crew of Blairlogie, 32 aboard. Gartave sunk by submarine. Castor ferried 24 survivors. Berlingske says German warship blown up off Trelleborg. Swedish paper sourced.
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United Press
New York
United States Lines
Mid- Atlantic
R. J. Sullivan
Horta
Azores
Gartave
Atlantic
Castor
Castor Carrie
London
Exchange ‘Telegraph
Copenhagen
Berlinske Aftenavis
Trelleborg
Two Men Rescued After 16 Hours in Lake Erie Crib
Two men clung for 16 hours to a railroad crib in stormy Lake Erie while wives watched from shore. Coast guardsmen pulled them to safety early today. They, A. B. Reynolds, 40, of Millvale, and Charley Logan, 28, of Valencia, Pa., refused medical attention.
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Stormy Lake
United Press Erie
New York Central Railroad
Lake Erie
Coast
Four Court Judges to Be Named in Tuesday Voting
Harrisburg Sept 11 Pennsylvania voters will go to the polls tomorrow to name four appellate court judges and many local offices. The major issue is the sale of intoxicating beverages with a showdown since repeal of prohibition in many communities. Party leaders and observers call the vote the freest in years for party followers and average voters alike.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Raymond Shop Workers Annual Plant Picnic at Lake LeBoeuf
Raymond factory employees and families held their yearly outing at Lake LeBoeuf Waterford with a morning and afternoon athletic program featuring softball tug of war and many games. top prizes went to Albert VanDreniar and Florence Gumblétan.
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Nunurea Raymond Wsesaufacturing Company
Lake LeBoeuf
Waterford
Sissies
Swhmld Staples
Offee Wildcats
Rex Dempsey
Carl Coatest
Ethel Wykoff
James Lewis
Hubert Fleming
Harris Robbins
Bemnarr Whiteley
Helen Berry
Tra Weber
Mary Hnatystyn
Florence Rourke
John “Westley
Mathew Stokies
Margaret Geertson
Theresa Fox
Canada Adopts War Budget to Enter Conflict
Ottawa reports Canada is at war with Germany and parliament debates funding. The government budget imposes heavy tax increases on corporations profits and capital gains, tobacco, alcohol and luxuries. King George VI and Lord Sweeps muir sign the declaration aligning Canada with Britain, promising air support and overseas volunteers, with no conscription planned.
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United Press
Ottawa
Canada
Germany
House of Commons
Britain
Adolf Hitler
George VI
London
Dominions
Lord Sweedsmuir
MacKenzie King
King
France
Bycert AG
Christian Science Lecture Friday At Junior High
Dr John R Carr of Philadelphia will lecture on Christian Science in the Junior High auditorium next Friday September 19 at 9 pm The Mother Church board member has lectured nationwide The First Church of Christ Scientist Cory hosts the event inviting the public and expects out of town guests
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John R. Carr
Philadelphia
Junior High Auditorium
Nere
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Cory
Duke and Duchess Await Warship Departure
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan to travel to England from France aboard a British warship. Departure will wait for a vessel that happens to enter a French port during its routine duty, authorities said today.
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Duke and Duchess
London
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
England
France
Bradford Dies After Plunge From Buffalo Road Bridge
Clarence L. Bradford, 29, formerly of Corry, died after plunging about 60 feet from the Buffalo road bridge at East avenue onto Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Witnesses say he walked the guard railing with his brother Harry present, then called to wait while he showed something. He died two hours later at Hamot hospital from skull and internal injuries. Funeral services are set for Tuesday morning at 8:30, with a requiem mass at Sacred Heart church and interment in Calvary cemetery. Coroner Walter G. Stroble continues the investigation but an inquest is unlikely.
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Walter G. Stroble
Clarence L. Bradford
Corry
Buffalo Road
Edward C. Hanley and Sons
Sacred Heart Church
Calvary Cemetery
Erie
Bradford
Shenk Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bukelay Road
East Avenue
Tle
Hamot
Roosevelt to Call Congress in Few Weeks
Washington Sept 11 President Roosevelt returned to the White House to pursue his peace policy and plans for a special session to revise the neutrality law. He was greeted at Union Station by Collis Johnson and Henry Morgenthau Jr. The call was expected before week’s end with October 2 as a probable session date. Roosevelt also announced a White House reorganization to streamline operations and remove the brain trust.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Union Station
Collis Johnson
War
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Hyde Park
Brain Trust
High Officials Testify Urged to Face Dies Committee
Representative Noah Mason urged the Dies committee to summon top government officials to testify about their affiliations with the League for Peace and Democracy, aiming to expose connections to alleged dissident or subversive groups.
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Washington
Noah Mason
Dies Committee
League For Péxce
Poles Battle Nazi Front in 250 Mile Battle Line
Poland’s armies clash with Nazi forces along a 250 mile bow shaped front across the homeland. In the Radom sector Poles defend War saw and push to stem a German thrust toward Lwow while German high command reports severe fighting after days of Polish retreats toward central positions once held in World War I. French actions on the Westwall siege continue with cautious offensives and reinforcements being sent.
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Western Front
Saar
United Press
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Warsaw
Radom
Lwow
Cuomung
Visiuin
West Front
Westwall
Samr
Poles and Nazis in decisive battle front report
German high command says the war's Polish front battle is decisive with a semi circular line from the northern frontier near Warsaw to the Bormandast Mountains. Heavy fighting rages between the Vistula and Bug rivers near Warsaw and near Jacom, about 40 miles southwest, with Radom actions seen as most significant by Nazi commanders.
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Warsaw
Radom
Warkaw
Vistula
Bugrive
Jacom
Battle for Budapest Reported by Polish Front
Sept 11 report from Warsaw cites German artillery and air raids on Budapest. German planes bombed the city, with several crashes and fires. Polish infantry held positions near the city as German forces pressed to advance, while Poles claimed the Germans began to retreat in some sectors.
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Budapest
Wyuwaw
Nuimerfis
Hamel
Warsaw
French Crush Nazi Counter Attacks on Maginot Line
French and German troops clashed along the Storck Samburg road in German territory as French forces repelled German counter-attacks with bayonet fighting. Dispatches say the German offensive was repulsed, leaving French gains along the Westwall front as the advance continued.
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Havis
Maginot
Westwall
Storck- Samburg
ITER ATTACKS IN GERMAN FRONT NEAR THE LUXEMBOURG BORDER
German counter-attacks focused along a 12 mile front near Martzig and the Moselle with French skirmishers and Maginot artillery assisting positions around Buesendorf and Zweibruecken. French artillery targeted railways and highways at the vital communications junction near Zweibruecken, eighteen miles east of Saarbrucken.
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Mart
Zweibruecken
Ibrwecken
Britain Tightens Sea Control for Long War
Britain and France press mine-laying in the Nordic Sea and English Channel to tighten the blockade on Germany. Admiralty prepares to convoy allied merchant ships to and from major ports as German submarines attack.
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Wonon
Great Britain
Nordic Sea
English Channel
Germany
Admiralty
British War Prospects and Poland Conflict Analysis
Reports from the weekend suggest British ships will support Dollom operations. The convoy system is seen as highly effective, minimizing Cyprus losses to three. Britain appears unwilling to endure a prolonged war and aims to resist German peace terms after Poland’s conquest, insisting Germany must withdraw troops from Poland under Anglo French terms.
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Poland
Gemimany
Italy Expected To Stay Neutral In War
Paris reports French ambassador to Rome says chances are good Italy will remain neutral in the European conflict. He told French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet that neutrality might favor the Allies, despite Rome’s resentment after German disclosures about plans to settle the Polish issue by force.
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Paris
André Pyccoles Poncet
Rome
Georges Bonnet
Hhances
Bonnet
Dot Galeasto Clano
Francois Poncet
Salabug
Germany
Peretza
Joachim Vol Ribbentrop
Jem
Berlin
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