Elyria Men To Register At Local Selective Service Centers
Elyria announces Third Selective Service registration for residents of Elyria and nearby districts. Local registrants will use multiple centers including Garford and McKinley schools and city hall offices. Volunteers operate without pay as meetings set at Elyria Tech auditorium to receive final instructions.
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Elyria
Selective Service
Draft Board
Elyria City
Lintte
Garford
McKinley
Allen
Ely
Bramilton
Franklin
Edison
Gates
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Elyria Township
Registrants Hastily Preparing for Induction Prompted by Confusion
Local draft board in Elyria reports some registrants and employers rushed to arrange physicals in Cleveland, expecting immediate induction if pass. Board notes exams are preliminary and those examined will return to Elyria for final results, with orders issued only after Army exams.
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Selective Service
Elsrin Graft Board
Cleveland
Elyria
War Department
Army
Weather report for Ohio cold with snow in northwest areas
The forecast calls for very cold conditions across Ohio with snow in the northwest tonight and lingering into the day. Expect frigid temperatures and scattered snow showers as work and travel continue.
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Ohio
Huge Japanese Pincer Aimed At Java
Dutch report says heavy fighting to halt a large Japanese pincer threatening Java as Indies troops battle toward Macassar in Celebes and Bandjermasin in South Borneo. Five enemy ships sunk off Amboina since the attack ten days ago, communique notes with no further details.
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Dubh
Netherlands
Amboina
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High Command
Indies
Macissar
Celebes
Bandjermizin
South Borneo
Java
Netherlands Indies
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Elyria Could Add 1260 Students Without New Rooms
A survey by Elyria's school superintendent R C Maston shows elementary schools can hold 3 740 pupils with 40 per room, though many rooms would exceed 40. Present enrollment 2 467. 17 unused rooms could become classrooms. Practical capacity likely about 75 percent of the theoretical 1 273 extra student figure.
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Elytia
R. C. Maston
United States Department of Edscation
Eby
Maston
Franklin
Hamilton
Gates
Sweeney Seeks Committee Recommendation to Replace Stetson
Sweeney said he will appoint anyone the Lorain County Republican executive committee recommends to replace Frank A. Stetson, longtime Lorain County Board of Elections chairman. He plans to ask the Republican party to propose a replacement plan while Stetson’s term ends March 1 for his conduct on the board. He noted Ben Harris’s hospital condition and lauded the need to confer with Harris, Davis of Lorain, and Neweard of Elyria before acting.
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Coltmbvs
FE Sweeney
Frank A. Stetson
Elyria
Lorain County
Board of Elections
Sweeney
Election Board
Lorain
British Fight On Stubbornly At Singapore
British forces in Singapore reportedly held a stubborn line against a Japanese assault as airfields came under fire and reports debated whether the defense could endure. A mainland press briefing gave no confirmation of massive casualties and warned the situation could worsen at any moment.
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London
Ata P
Singayore
Pasir Panjang
Pra
Johore
Pilgrim Church to mark 20th anniversary celebration
The Pilgrim Community church, founded in February 1922, will observe its twentieth anniversary with main speakers Rev Orville C. Jones of Oberlin and Rev Ray Utterback of Westlake. The morning service begins at ten with Jones speaking on Soldiers for Christ. A church anniversary supper is planned Tuesday in the parish hall with Utterback to speak.
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Orville C. Jones
Oberlin
Ray Stelye Utterback
Westlake
Pilgrim Community Church
Jerry Newcomer
Parenor
Tilatim Community Church
Garford
Garlord
Flanheth Freese
Supon
J. H. Grant
First Congregational
Ehoteh
Elyria
His
William Muir Auld
First Congregational Church
Alent
Beegin
Ten Welock
Jone
Graduate School of Theology
Christ
Junor Vested Cheat of the Church, Under the Direction of Mrs. Rawerd Hart
Utterback
Tie’ Manister
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Real Battle Of Burma Under Way
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Burma
Three Warships Are Launched in Navy Build Up
Philadelphia February 12 three warships described by the Navy as new emancipators for the two ocean fleet slid down the ways at Camden New Jersey yards of the New York Shipbuilding Corp The 19000 ton cruiser Montpelier of the Cleveland class was launched after four months on the ways as part of the government plan to build 32 cruisers Note continued on page two
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Lincoln
Montpelier
Caamlen
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New York Shipbuilding Corp
War Summary Fragment Mixed With Incoherent Lines
Fragmentary war notes mention battles and movements across multiple theaters. Names like MacArthur and references to Burma and Africa appear amid garbled text and stray phrases. No coherent events or outcomes can be confirmed from the readable portions.
Elyria Welcomes New Pastor Homer W Courtney
Dr Homer W Courtney appointed pastor of the First Methodist church in Elyria replacing Dr Frank L Hicks who moves to Ashland He previously served as pastor in Lotain from 1929 to 1933 and sits on the Elyria Home for the Aged trustees board He came from Cambridge where he was district superintendent
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Homer W. Courtney
First Methodist Church
Elyria
First Methodist
Lotain
Cambridge
Focal Church
Frank L. Hicks
Ashland
Secretary Hull Plans Southern Vacation Amid Illness
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, reportedly very tired and dispirited since the war began, plans a southern vacation for several weeks. An illness kept him from his desk for over a week, fueling retirement speculation as Undersecretary Sumner Welles would act in his absence.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Grippe
Whit Hull
Florida
Sumner Welles
Pearl Harbor
Hull
Pagett
U S Troops Guard Dutch Islands Aruba Curacao
American soldiers guard vital oil supplies on Aruba and Curacao under Roosevelt policy to send troops where needed. Forces work with Dutch armed forces, under Curacao governor, to defend refineries and bauxite sources as Venezuela approves the Netherlands-US agreement. Oil wells lie near Maravallon in Venezuela.
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Dutch West Innes
Aruba
Curacao
Roosevelt
United States
Netherlands
Surinam
South America
Cusiacan
Venezuela
Dutch East Indies
Japan
West Indies
State Department
Curaco
Dutch Islands
Veneanela
Maravallon
Notified Son Has Been Killed In Action
Paineville reports notify families of two casualties in the Pacific and the Philippines. Albert G Mele age 20 is reported killed in action in the Pacific. Lieut George E Davis 26, a former resident of Paiks ite, was killed in the Philippines per court notice.
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Painesville
Joseph Mele
Wile Joughby
Army Bomber Crashes North of Seattle
A rain powered Army bomber from McChord Field crashed near Toit, northwest of Seattle, today. Officials said four men were killed in the crash.
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Wash
McChord Field
Toit
Here
Icers
Ohio Republicans Oppose Pensions For Congressmen
Ohio GOP in the House released a statement opposing pensions for members of Congress. They repeal the retirement provision and pledge to vote against it. Several Republican leaders and delegation members promise continued opposition and support repeal efforts.
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Ohio
Washington
House of Representatives
Rlay Ibelarad
Ihne
Loree
Mar
Harold T. Furtan
Coveland
David Baumhart
Vernilion
Robert F. Jones
Lima
Taanihart
Civil Service Committee
Chaise
Mephien Mc Vou
J. Cleveland
Telert Fromain
Cakdwell
Americans Await New Japanese Drive On Luzon
Washington reports slow Allied plans for a knockout blow in Bataan as MacArthur warns of a short lull. Japanese forces occupy Masbate and press shortages strain supply lines. Homma urges Filipinos to harvest crops or face starvation while U S forts in Manila Bay disrupt enemy timing.
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Douglas MacArthur
Batsan
War Department
Philippine Archipelago
Masbate
Tucon
Mindanao
Cebu
Bataan Peninsuts
MacArthur
Luzon
Misbate
Philippines
Masharu Homma
Manila
Iat
Homma
United States
Cone
Bataan
U. S
Manila Bay
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