Plans for Corry Municipal Airport Requisition
A meeting in Miglested parkles last night mapped plans for requisition and development of the Corry Municipal Airport on Spring Street by the Gorey Flight of the Warren Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. Estimated total costs total about 10000 dollars with line items for right of way, grading, buildings, and incidental expenses. The Corry Flight organized officers and committee members were named and continued on page three.
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Law Mde
Spring Street
Gorey
Warren
Civil Air Patol
Corry
Willhelude
WW. Hutcheson
Harry Lamony
Bold Waterford Holdup Nets Over 500 In Cash Jewelry
Two armed bandits obtained over 500 dollars in cash and jewelry in a bold armed holdup at the Show Hall nightclub near Waterford Lake LeBoeuf shortly before midnight last night. They rifled cash registers and lined up ten patrons to relieve them of valuables. Police canvass the Lake LeBoeuf area for suspects.
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Pennsylvania
Lake LeHocht
Waterford
Convoy Escort Sees Heavy Losses Against Nazis
London reports the British convoy homeward bound for Russia saw the great majority of the Jaden merchantmen reach northern ports. The admiralty said 40 German planes were shot down, two U boats destroyed, and four damaged as ward and outward communications were aided by air and carrier-based ships.
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London
Associated Press
Lis
Komali
Ledaimi
Ruissin Attay
Admiralty
Convict Kidnaper Captured Today
A fugitive who abducted the wife of a prison official from the Chillicothe Federal Reformatory in Ohio was captured this morning by state agents on Williamson Street. Identified as Jack H. Triplett Jr., 20, of Corona, Conn., he fled with companion William Cate, 17, of Willimantic, Conn. After Mrs Meier seized the steering wheel, Cate was caught nearby and the pair were forced to abandon the car.
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Williamson, W. Vs
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
PBI
Williamson Street
FBT
Jack H. Triplett, Jr
Corona
Ity
Triplett
William Cate
Willimantic
Conn
R. W. Meier
Hedgate Prison
Cate
Earth tremors recorded in Los Angeles area
Two tremors were reported in Los Angeles today with a shock noted near a government station south of the city. Police said there was no damage and officials reported minor activity in Harbor District.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's
He Clty
Corry Man Reports Hold Up Loot Small
A Corry man claiming to have witnessed a late night showboat hold up reported a small loot from the incident. Two gunmen escaped in a 1997 Ford coupe, searched south toward Cambridge Springs or toward Erie, with police scouring Waterford and surrounding areas for leads.
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Waterford
Wttle
Cambridge Springs
Erie
Edward Hopkins
Verne Chase
Route 19
Millyu- Tage
Waterford Toting
Eighty Protests Filed as Appeals Court Opens
Approximately eighty complaints against valuations fixed at this year’s original assessments were recorded with Gly Council during tax revision hearings. The Board of Appeal continued sessions as Second Ward complaints were logged for consideration by tax assessors and council. Court of Appeal hearings for Third and Fourth Ward assessments are scheduled for October 6 and 7. Protests filled the morning to evening, with notes of assertions that assessments exceed recent sale prices.
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Gly Council
Board of Appeal
Board of Tax Assessors
Cownell
Court of Appeal
Navy Chief Inspects strengthened Canal Zone defenses
Sec retary of the Navy Knox began an inspection of the strengthened Panama Canal Zone defenses after arriving in Balboa N Z aboard a large naval seaplane. The bulletin places Knox in the zone as U S defenses are assessed.
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Preut
U Boat Commander Aided Lifeboat Survivors and Spoke to Roosevelt
A survivor story from Philadelphia recounts a German U boat captain aiding 19 men adrift after their cargo ship was torpedoed on the Atlantic. The submariner offered bread whisky and directions, radioed for help, and sent rescuers within 12 hours as the lifeboat traversed about 300 miles. The captain saluted Roosevelt as he departed.
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We Associated Press
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Isinking
Naxi
Bopereel
Mortis Bare
United Nation
Fourth Naval District
Ward
Roosevelt
Twelve Bodies Not Identified Twenty Dead In Rail Crash
Train wreck near Dicker son Maryland leaves at least twenty dead and twelve bodies unidentified. The collision involved the Cleveland night express and an Ambassador train. fire spread after impact. Eight passengers remain unaccounted for as investigators pursue charges of manslaughter against a station official.
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Associated Press
Dickerson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
William D. Glark
Montgomery County
Maryland
John J. Cassidy
Raymond Fufus McClelland
Baltimore
J. M Gilhard
Clark
Sheering
Mate Slaughter
McClelland
Ruguily
Washington
Cleveland Night Express
Detroit
Headless body found near Westfield in Lake Erie
Coroner Wil Usin B Crandall of Westfield New York said a headless footless body was recovered from Lake Erie late yesterday near Bahcelona New York thirty miles east of here. Erie investigators seek to determine if it is Robert Slater of Erle who drowned last June after falling from a pleasure boat. Nurses may marry in the Army Nurse Corps without losing jobs per War Department guidance.
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Associated Press
Erig
Wil- Usin B. Crandall
Westfield
N. Y
Lake Erie
Bahcelona
Erie Wutherliies
Robert Slater
Erle
Washington
Army
Wat
Mukses
Mary
Japanese Submarine Reported In Atlantic By Axis Allies
Tokyo broadcast claims Japanese naval forces have entered the Atlantic in liaison with German operations. London observers question the claim’s certainty but note the move would serve propaganda value. Reports describe a submarine reaching a German base and proceeding toward strategic waters amid joint Axis naval actions. Corry welcomes visitors Mr and Mrs W Cox and son from Titusville.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Cval
Atlantic
Toy
Berlin
Europe
Germitsn
Bardeau
Io Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Tadian Ocean
London
Singapore
Taeia
South Atlantic
Madagascar
Naas
Giant Federal Agency Could Create Single Farm Market
Washington reports a plan for a 1 percent government purchasing program to form a single market for farm products. If adopted, Roosevelt would allocate supplies to meet price limits, with primary markets buying within bands and retailers under existing price controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Selectees Sent Off in Big Union City Farewell
A large crowd turned out for the New Cumberland sendoff as twenty eight Union City youths from Local Board No. 2 embarked for Army service. Hol y the Cony High School band and Jantor bugle corps led the parade to the passenger station where families, friends, and bus crews cheered the youths. A local committee prepared fruit baskets and staves off the departure, with a drum corps providing music.
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Lory Migzens
New Cumberland
Dejjary
Cony High School
P. W. Jantor
Loosl Board No. 2
Union City
Residents to donate blood for war effort in Corry
Corry will contribute to a blood bank to aid the war effort. Richard Rossbacher, chairman of the Red Cross chapter, opened prenr rations and named Dr. N T Gillette to chair a committee. Donors will be registered with a definite participation schedule as the project moves from tentative stage to formal planning. Blood will be classified and sent to a major bank, likely Philadelphia, for use as needed.
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Corry
Richard Rossbacher
The
Red Cross
Rossbacher
N. ‘T. Gillette
Brie
Philadelphia
Report 6 000 U S war captives in Manila camp
Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright and about 6,000 other American defenders of Bataan and Corregidor were reported to be prisoners in a Japanese camp at Tarlac Philippines north of Manila. A partial list of about 200 prisoners included four American and Filipino army generals. The report notes Wainwright’s command after MacArthur’s departure to Australia and mentions earlier doubts about the total number.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
Corregidor
Tarlac
Manila
General Wainwright
Douiglas MacArthur
Australia
Tate
Qine Kun
William
Plan Scholastic Victory Corps creation announced by war chief
The Plan Scholastic Victory Corps aims to enroll all high school students in the United States in a voluntary national war effort. Paul V. McNall, the war manpower chief, announced the program which would be headed by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Local school officials have not yet been advised.
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Paul V. McNall
P Wlve
United States
Eddie Rickenbacker
Quail's Commander Confirms Corry Boy Is Prisoner Of Japs
Letter from Lieut J H Mor rill former Quail commander describes Robert Corry as captured after Corregidor surrender. Mor rill recalls his crew nearly all escaped or were left behind during the fall, noting Corry’s service and bravery aboard the minesweeper Quail.
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Quail
Corry Boy
Ineo
Williams
J. H. Morrill
Robert
Pacific
Morrill
Carrexidor
Corregidor
Corregidor Island
Pave Bight
Indications Hitler's siege is wavering in Stalingrad
Soviet and Russian dispatches report bayonet fights northwest of Stalingrad as German forces fail to hold. A Moscow broadcast suggested the fall of the city may be delayed while Soviet counterattacks push back assaults and destroy tanks. The scene at Stalingrad grows chaotic with ruined streets, fires, and civilians fleeing amid the unfolding battle.
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Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Pfeil Borlini
Hitler
Eld
Furr
Iter
Ubrass
HoriNern
Ger Minn
Healty
Volga
Rea Army
Spviib
Vfank
Junp
Stalinerad
Volex
Nii
Sialingrad
Stallngrad
Pavely
Niet
Prisoner Allen sought Rommel in Tobruk raid aftermath
London, Sept 25. Larry Allen, Associated Press correspondent, was captured during the British Commando raid on Tobruk and asked his Axis captors for an interview with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The claim circulated after Italian radio reported his capture, but Axis radio denied any interview occurred.
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London
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Tobrus
Erwin Rommel
Berlin
Pr Aer Jean
Cn Axis Radio
Allen
Tobruk
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Mccandrew
Lake le~ Booch
Ryman
Harold Sweet
New York City
Newark
N. J
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Moscow
Rehev
Wendell L. Willkie
Mito
Rebev
Moscaur
England
RAF
Flensburg
Germany
MacArthur
New Guinea
New Britain
Timor
Solomon Islands
Torbaiya
Port Moresby
Greensburg
Russell F. Roddy
Latrobe R. D
J. Hilary Keenan
Allegheny County
Ondon Belittles
AXIS
Congress
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U.S
Wainwright
Bataan and
Tarlag
Victory Corps
City
Rommel
Prays
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