Soldier Rail Fare Cuts to Be Requested
Washington dispatch reports Representative Clarence F E Hancock pressing to lower rail fares for service men. War Department will push for reductions through conferences with carrier executives starting September 1. Carriers would voluntarily decide fares. current round trip furlough rates run through October 31, 1941. Hancock notes eastern excursion rates are lower than present round trips.
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Washington
Clarence FE. Hancock
War Department
Hancock
FL. H. Pope
Variety show at Thornden Park draws 6000 audience
News Shots reports a municipal variety show at Thornden Park amphi theater attracting 6000 spectators, mostly children, with 23 performers across 20 acts under Miss Nicoletta Phillips.
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Municipal Recreation Commission
Thornden Park
Nicoletta Phillips
Philippines Army Ranked Among Most Vigorous of All
Lieut. Col. James K.R. Urquhart, adjutant at the Federal Building headquarters of the Far East Military Area, calls the Philippine Island Army among the world’s most vigorous. He notes the force, inaugurated in 1936, inducts 20,000 yearly and places the same number in reserves, with reserves maturing for better return to active duty.
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The
United States
James KR. Urquhart
Federal
Furst
Urquhart
United States Army
Philippines
Stager Pleads Guilty Over Gun in Police Court
Albert G. Stager 23 of 1023 Lodi Street pleaded guilty before Judge Homer W. Walsh to possessing a revolver without a license and was fined 35 dollars. His wife Theresa 22 admitted petty larceny and was held for sentence tomorrow after a neighbor reported a $90 missing. detectives later found the weapon belonged to Stager, who said a deceased relative left it to him.
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Albert G. Stager
Lodi Street
Homer W. Walsh
Theresa
Josephine ‘Pantoliano
Canned Goods Bids For County Order Up 10 Percent
Onondaga County purchasing agent canvassed bids to supply a six month stock of canned goods to county institutions. More than 100 items including fruit vegetables fish and others at a total of 5 000 dollars. Bidders Bentley Settlement S N Flickinger Company and H C Hemingway Company. Prices were about ten percent higher than six months ago. Delivery to begin November first to beat further price hikes.
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Onondaga County
Onondaga County Penitentiary
County Home
Jackson Lodge
Brighton
Bentley Settle Company
S. N. Flickinger Company
H. C. Heminway Company
Fire Record Alarm at North Franklin and West Belden
A Wednesday 6 02 A M telephone alarm reported a vehicle fire at the intersection of North Franklin Street and West Belden Avenue. No injuries noted and responders addressed the scene promptly.
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Franklin Street
West Belden Avenue
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Sherburne
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Warsaw
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Munity
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Melbourne
John McEwen
First Federal
MR. Couvrettie
MR. Dickson
U. S
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Rudolph
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Comer
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