Fourth S. S. Group For New Cumberland Classification
The fourth Selective Service consignment of the week from Local Board 3 left Indiana at 8 06 this morning. Fifteen Navy volunteers departed for Pittsburgh half an hour earlier. The New Cumberland group led by acting corporal Peter J Allan of Robinson marched to the hay station behind the Municipal Band with a Legion escort, as customary gifts were exchanged and farewells said. The group included many teen aged boys, with Corporal Allan pictured on the left in the top photo and Robert Leroy Long of Clymer beside Chester Long, Court House caretaker, in the same image. the Navy group shows Arnold Telier of Commodore as acting corporal in the first row.
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Indiana
Navy
Pittsburgh
New Cumberland
Peter J. Allan
Robinson
Municipal Bund
William Beck
Hay Station
Legion Ang
Allan
Robert Leroy Long
Clymer
Chester Long
Arnold Telier
Commodore
Jurors for June Court Named for First Week
Twenty four grand jurors and seventy petit jurors for June were summoned as the first week schedule. Names include J Purl Bennett foreman and Cyrus Campbell among others. A Blairsville area crash injured three teens and left a fourth unhurt when a car struck a utility pole on Route 119 near South Wayne Avenue late last night. Driver Ralph Parana reported lighting a cigarette caused loss of control. wires fell, cutting service. Parana bruised and shocked. Lavara Blose and Irene Barto injured. Stephen Parana also hurt.
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South Wayne Avenue
Blairsville
Ralph W. Parana Oi Clymer
Parana
Lavara , Blose
Clymer
Irene Barto
Kent
Stephen Par
Ana
Lwas
Two Held in Money Theft in Indiana
James J. Gulace and Albert Buzzinutti were charged with the theft of $105 from John Mye. s on March 14 and remanded to jail after a hearing before Squire Walter H. Jackson. They were linked to Edward and Anthony Gilace, also jailed. James, 26, is a deserter from the U. S. Army since January 26, with a second similar offense noted. Send The Indiana Evening Gazette to your boy in the Army or Navy.
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Indiana
John Mye
James J. Gulace
Albert Buzzinutti
Squire Walter H. Jackson
Edward
Anthony Gilace
James
U. S. Army
Forecaster Warns of Frost and Cold Start to May
Strong winds and snow flurries usher May into Western Pennsylvania with near record cold. Temperatures dipped below freezing as the day opened, with a forecast night near 20s and frost. The cold record for tomorrow sits around the low thirties, tied to 1876 and 1879.
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Pennsylvania
Treasury Balance Report with April figures
Washington May 1 reports show Treasury receipts 44.00 million and expenditures 289.15 million for April. Net balance 12.048 billion and gross debt 193.425 billion, with a daily increase of 40.10 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Indiana High School Student Dies at 13
Robert Lee Sutton, 13, son of Mrs. Leora Sutton, of Indiana, died at 1:25 p.m. Friday in Indiana Hospital after living in Homer City and Indiana. A Methodist Church member, Boy Scout, and Civilian Defense messenger, he is survived by his mother and maternal Stormey grandparents. Funeral services set for 1:30 p.m. Monday at Robinson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. David R. Graham officiating. interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Robert Lee Sutton
Leora (Stormer) Sutton
Locust Street
Indiana High School
Indiana Hospital
Homer City
Indiana
First Methodist Church
Boy Scouts
Indiana County
Frank
Mabel McGuen) Stormey
Robinson Funeral Home
David R. Graham
Neiate
Dun Greenwood Cemetery
William Johnson
Lilian Hoekman
Indiana State Teachers College
Chicago
Moore Funeral Home
DuBois
Rumbarger Cemetery
J. Alexander Deemer
Selner Deemer
Iselin
Sykesville
Grace Polly (Reiter) Deemer
Howard Shearer
Mckees Rocks
C. O. Deemer
Detroit
Grace Methodist Church
Sykes-ville
Vermont
Red stamps reminders and price panels issued by OPA
The Altoona district OPA reminds consumers that red ration stamps E F G H and J will be used for meats cheese butter fats and canned fish in May. Stamp E valid April 26 through May. Weekly validations begin May 2 9 16 23. Wholesalers and retailers urged to record April 23 May 1 sales and inventories by May 3 14. Price panels established by order from regional administrator Sylvan L. B. Joseph.
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Altoona
OPA
Sylvan Lb. Joseph
Office of Price Administration
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Nazis Cling Posts On Tunisian Front As Allies Press
Allied reports say American troops seized three more important localities and captured 200 prisoners on the Northern Tunisian battlefront. In Tunisia the British 1st Army retreated slightly along the center of a 100 mile western barrier as heavy fighting continued in the Medjez El Bab zone near the plain before Tunis. General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters noted a slight withdrawal in one sector but overall positions remained firm amid repeated German counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Dwight Dy
Mithenhower
Sual
War Training Classes End at Indiana State Teachers College
Pennsylvania State College war training classes at Indiana State Teachers College awarded certificates to graduates in Industrial Accounting and Electrical Engineering foundations after 100 hours over 14 weeks. Instructors were Dr. C. M. File and J. Russell Guard. notable graduates include James W. Bennett and Margeret A. Beighler among many others. Registration for additional courses set for May 26 at Leonard Hall office, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
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Pennsylvania State College
Indiana State Teachers College
C. M. File
Ace Courting
J. Russell Guard
James W. Bennett
August B. Chemotti
John C. Chew
Ray H. Hosack
Howard J. Householder
Melvin B. Kerr
Ruth Knowles
Robert L. McCartile
Jos
Leonard Hall
Local Soldier Ray Drew Dies From Wounds in South Pacific
Staff Sergeant Raymond Drew of Indiana dies April 22 in the South Pacific Area. He was a 1939 Indiana High School graduate and served over a year in the Armed Forces. Surviving: parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Drew, two brothers Kenneth and Gilbert, and sister Virginia. Two cousins serve with the Royal Air Force. The report notes his prior World War I service with the British Army and a Wake Island raid memory. Also mentions Lieutenant Nastace and Lieutenant Moore in separate notes.
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Indiana
Raymond Drew
Samuel C. Drew
Maple Street
War Department
South Pacific
Indiana High School
Raymond
Kenneth
Indiana Evening Gazette
Gilbert
Virginia Drew
Washington
Drew
Wake Island
Royal Air Force
Hickman Field
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J. Purl
Foreman
Sehvo
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Gertrude J
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Church Street
Campbell
Cyrus
Farmer
Dilltown
Clawson
Elizabeth KE
Cummings
John
Chambersville
Devlin
D. Harvey
She
Jueta
Troubt
Ralph
Alverda
Eckenroad
Elizabeth
H. W. Everest
Houck
Gertrude
H. W
S. 6Th Street
Koozer
Edith
Glen Campbell
Leamer
Ells
Cherry
Tree
Army
Harvey W. Klingen Smith
Parks Township
Armstrong County
Tunisia
Germany
Essen
Krupps
Ruhr
Russia
Stalin
Second Front
Europe
Donets River
Izyum
Kharkov
Caucasus
Pacific
MacArthur
Australia
French Antilles
U. S S
Martinique
Sea International
Harold Ickes
Sergt
Nastace
Nick A. Nastace
Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School
Fdgewood Arse
Moore James G. Moore
Molly Ann
Department
Interior
Roosevelt
White House
Ickes
War
Stimson
UMWA
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
New York City
Stephen
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Coordi
Secretary of War
Interior Secretary
UMW
Waldorf
Roosevelt Corrior
Jonuy J. Joass
Clund
Wadorf
United Mine Workers
Bysylvania
Utah
Dent
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