Eye Witness Tells of Gun Duel in Luzon
On the Batan Peninsula USAFFE artillery and Filipino crews repulse Japanese fire in a day night duel. American 75 and 155 mm pieces engage, with Japanese 105 mm in action. Col Quintard praises officers and troops as camouflage and spotting keep shells aimed and neutralized.
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Luzon
Usaffe
Batan
Filipe
Hell
Mister Moto
Pant Tasemanan Manda
Radwood
Calif
Tojo
Alexander Quintard
Quintard
Inghly
U. S
Pag
Army approves auxiliary air port site near Fulton
United States Army authorities approved a site for an auxiliary military air port near Fulton. A telegram from August R. Butz district engineer of the Civilian Aeronautics Authority to Fulton Mayor Elon K. Rowlee ordered the city to proceed at once to obtain options on the proposed site. Army engineers had visited Fulton several times, with the latest visit a week prior, and their recommendation has now been approved.
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Fulton
United States Army
August R. Butz
Civilian Aeronautics Authority
Elon K. Rowlee
Fulton Saniiva
Army
Public Invited to Assembly at Oswego Normal School
Oswego Jan 20 The public is invited to the assembly period at Oswego State Normal School tomorrow at 9 A M when Don Bata world wide newspaperman will speak His topic A World Ablaze He has traveled around the world crossed the Pacific eight times represented the China press in Lenine igrad Rome Berlin Warsaw Paris London and Cairo He will answer audience questions after his talk.
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Oswego
Oswego State Normal School
Don Bata
Bate
Pacific
China Press
Lenine Igrad
Rome
Berlin
Warsaw
Paris
London
Cairo
Misy Challen
United Press
Ateilcan Dense
Paper Alliance
Fire Sweeps Apartments End in 14 Deaths at Dawn
A morning blaze tore through a Lynn apartment building trapping residents on upper floors. Firefighters battled flames as survivors recalled desperate exits and a contractor Eldon Taylor saving five people. Mayor Cole demanded a state probe into missing fire escapes.
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Forrest Alden
AU Adee Gp
Netto
Wiliam Day
Victin
Caroline Thornell
Elsie
Miss Thorne
Lynn Hospital
Etd
Ke Ae Dutasben
St. Mary's Church
Albert T. Cole
Lynn
Fulton Airport Approved by Government in Potsdam Inductions
Potsdam area lists ten men inducted into the Army on January 13 as Selective Service Board 412 releases names. Inductees include Donald Van Olst and Robert B. Shea of Potsdam, Floyd J. Badger Jr and Harold L. Lagan of Norwood, Marcel E. Lalonde of Newton Falls, Joseph Santiman of Parishville, and others from Canton, Potsdam, and surrounding towns.
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Norwood
Marshall R. Bordeau
Potsdam
Marcel E. Lalonde
Newton
Falls
Joseph Santiman
Parishville
Richard Fadden, Jr
Jacking
Chenango County Defers Heating Bill for Air Station
Norwich officers approve payment of 22.26 for heating and lights at the Nae plane spotter station as 26 stations exist countywide with few on 24 hour duty. County Council may authorize emergency actions while salvaging paper rags metal and rubber proceeds, amid warnings against using fire alarms as blackout signals after a Cooperstown blaze.
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Norwich
Chenango County Defense Council
Board of Supervisors
Herbert Griffen
Oxford
K. D. iScott
J. M. Flannery
Percy Jackson
Howard C. Bartlett
Cooperstown
Farmer Shot By Own Shotgun In Daysville Farmyard
John Ivens, 72, a Daysville farmer, was seriously wounded by a 410 shotgun discharge in his yard. He was taken to Crouse-Irving Hospital, Syracuse, after doctors determined he fired the weapon himself in the presence of his wife.
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Pulaski
Jane
John Ivens
Daysville
Ivens
Crouse-Irving Hospital
Syracuse
A. G. Dunbar
Nelson Gydeson
John B. Mowry
Mexico
Airliner Off Its Course in Fatal Crash
Las Vegas dispatch reports Transcontinental and Western Air transport plane seven miles off course before crashing into a peak. Among 21 dead were Carole Lombard and 6 others. 19 bodies moved to garrison mortuary. Investigators note no engine trouble and wrecked instruments hinder clues.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Transcontinental and Western Air Transport
Carole Lombard
Pata Anal Pellers
Army
CAA
National
House of Representatives Committee
Elizabeth K. Peters
Miss Lombard
B. Mahlon Brown
Peters
Otto Winkler
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
Glendale
Los Angeles
Man Fatally Uses Carbon Monoxide In Garage
Watertown reports Martin Holland 41 of 127 North Indiana Avenue ended his life via carbon monoxide in the back seat of a sedan in the garage behind his home Monday night. Discovered after 10 30 PM police and fire crews found his body. Holland, once a driver for Gibson Laundry, was believed despondent. Firemen brought an inhalator but could not revive him.
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Watertown
Martin Holland
Indiana Avenue
Hans Weigand
Clarence Gaffney
Holland
Gibson Laundry Company
Japanese Pledge To Attack Soviet In Spring
London report states Japan agrees to open a new eastern front in spring as a secret clause of the Axis pact with Germany and Italy. Chungking press calls the pact anti Russia, suggesting Japan may gain hegemony in Asia and the southwest Pacific to pressure Siberia.
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Germany
Italy
Japan
Chungking
Sao Tangpao
Russia
Asia
South‘west Pacific
Siberia
Pacille
Conviction Of Motorist Overruled In Oxford Case
Norwich January 20 County Judge Frank W Barnes overruled Norman Wayne Douglas of New Hampshire guilty verdict for passing a school bus in Oxford The judge found a defect in the information and sustained the defense that it failed to state information and belief and that the bus was not proven properly marked The defendant jailed for 30 days previously and freed on $500 bail pending new proceedings The case involves injuries to Joyce Harris of Oxford as she alighted from an Oxford Academy bus.
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Norwich
Frank W. Barnes
Norman Wayne Douglas
New Hampshire
Oxford
Douglas
Justice of the
Charles H. Knepka
Chenango
David F. Lee, Jr
Grand Jury
Thon
James Heath
Barnes Granted
Joyce Harris
R. D
Oxford Academy
Ogdensburg Aldermen to be Paid $250 Monthly Each
Local Law No. 2 providing salaries of 250 dollars to Ogdensburg’s eight aldermen became effective after the protest period expired. First checks were issued by the city treasurer, with no protests received. The law is retroactive to Jan 1, and aldermen will be paid twice monthly.
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Ogdensburg
Dust Bowl groups push soil conservation in Colorado and West
Farmers in Colorado and neighboring states form soil conservation districts to stabilize returns amid volatile grain prices and recurring drought. Edward D. Foster urges farming with integrated crops and livestock to curb erosion. Secretary Wickard warns against overstocking and notes ample irrigation water but possible sugar beet shortages next year.
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Denver
Colorado
Edward D. Foster
Colorado Soil Conservation Board
State Planning Commission
Foster
Wickard
Ford Process Promises Use Of Poor Ore In War Material
Ford announced a new method to extract iron from low grade ore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The process yields a ductile, corrosion resistant iron suitable for powder metallurgy and potentially improves car performance. A pilot plant is planned at the Rouge with full scale operations to follow.
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Detroit
America
Henry Ford
Ford
The
Rouge
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Drought Aid Sought by Kilburn for Northern New York Farmers
Franklin County Farmers Union says Representative Clarence Kilburn is pressing for drought relief legislation. Kilburn reports he spoke with Representative Fulmer about a dairy aid bill and vows to push Congress to aid drought hit farmers. Hastings cites hay shortages and high prices amid the crisis.
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Kilburn
Congress
Hastings
Congressman Kilburn
Dougherty Named President of Oswego County Savings Bank
Wallace A. Dougherty of 96 West Seneca Street was named president of the Oswego County Savings Bank at the annual board meeting in Oswego. The coal merchant succeeds the late Peebles who died last fall, with other bank officers reelected.
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Dougherty
Head County Savings Bank
Oswego
Wallace A. Dougherty
West Seneca Street
Oswego County Savings Bank
Dhuudie Oe Peebles
Bickos Installed As Masonic Master
Sidney Lodge officers for 801 F A M were installed by Past Master Ralph Allen with marshal Frank Davis. New Worshipful Master George Bickos leads the lodge joined by William Bure L. L. Haynes L. C. Van Orsdale Lester Hayes F C Norman Carlton Everest M C R L Barrett Jr J M C Erling Hellan and Alfred Zurbrugg as tiler.
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L. Barratt, Jr
Erling Hellan
Alfred Zurbrugg
Auto Shortage May Bring Back Pony Express
Indianapolis announces a revival plan with E A Crane registering riders and horse owners for messenger service to handle possible communication failures. The story also notes Chicago's rail line adding bicycle racks at suburban stations due to automobile tire restrictions. Des Moines questions schooling distance as a country upbringing. Virginia bills 65 dollars to compensate J W Howell after a buck killed his cow amid deer season restrictions.
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Indianapolis
E. A. Crane
Indiana Saddle Horse Association
Arctic explorer Wilkins recalls near freeze ordeal
Sir Hubert Wilkins told a business men’s club how he fell through ice in 40 below weather and dried his clothes by rubbing them in the snow. A telegram offered plane passage to Alaska if Holden and Kunz could duplicate the incident next April.
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Idaho Falls
Ida
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Arthur Holden
J. H. Kunz
Sir Hubert
Holden
Kunz
Alaska
Massena Teacher Fractures Rib in Icy Fall
Massena January 20 George C Ure head of industrial arts at Massena High School sustained a fractured rib after slipping on an icy walk on Allen Street Sunday night Dr C E Elkins treated him In Georgetown a new 40 by 50 foot storage building for town trucks snow plows and graders was erected near the town hall
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Massena
George C. Ure
Bridges Avenue
Massena High School
Allen Street
C. E. Elkins
Georgetown
Americans Hit Singapore and Celebes air bases
U S planes launched raids across Singapore and Celebes as General MacArthur’s forces brace for a new Japanese assault in Luzon. Bombers fought over Burma and Rangoon lines, with 60 plus Japanese planes reported down and two American bombers lost.
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Singapore
Dutch Indies
Dougl i
MacArthur
Bat
Luzon
U. S
Fai
East
Japan
Sungei Patani
Amery
Lican
Igi
Burma
Vol. 5
T ‘Unteer Air Force
Smet Stack
Rangoon
War Department
Mandano
O Celebes
Iron
Britain
Germany
Fragmented OCR News Item
Readable fragments describe a local event or notice with limited details. The text mentions a place or person names in passing but lacks clear actions, dates, or outcomes to confirm a specific report. Further context is needed to produce a precise summary.
Bernice McCord to Wed in Geneva Ceremony
Announcement of Miss Bernice McCord of 149 West Bridge Street Oswego to William Hefferon of 212 Williams Street Geneva. The wedding will be performed by Rev. Edward G. Quaid at St. Marys Church on Monday January 26. Miss McCord is a former resident of Geneva.
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Bernice McCord
Oswego
West Bridge Street
William Hefferon
Williams Street
Geneva
Edoward G. Quaid
St. Mary's
KcCord
iGeneva
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