First Oil Fields Are Producing For Defense Needs
In RD Pennsylvania on July 8 reports resurgence in the states oil fields long established as the worlds oldest. Wartime demand spurs new wells and repressuring boosting output in Bradford area to 38 081 barrels daily for the week ended June 28. Pennsylvania grade crude fields produced 74 100 barrels daily across regions extending into New York West Virginia and Southeast Ohio with prices rising from 1 68 to 2 75 per barrel.
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Pennsylvania
Defense
America
Bradford
Oil City
Titusville
Edwin Drake
New York
West Virginia
Ohio
Brake Reconditioning Special
Four wheel inspection of lining and drums with the Electric Brake Machine. Lubricate all moving parts and buff brake shoes. Set anchors and equalize all brakes to show proper pressure. Conduct a scientific road test.
Richard Whitney Seeks Parole From Sing Sing
Richard Whitney former head of the New York Stock Exchange seeks parole today at Sing Sing after a 1938 collapse. He pleads guilty to first degree larceny of customers securities and has served three years four months of a five to ten year sentence. The parole board will review pre parole report on his life, prison behavior, and future home and employment prospects. Whitney currently works as a clerk in the Chief Keeper's office assisting in tallying prisoners.
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N.Y
Richard Whitney
Finance
State Parole Board
Sing Sing
New York Stock Exchange
Parole Board
Whitney
Co. Whitney
Water Wagon Afire in Birmingham Street Flood
Firemen responding to an alarm found a street flooded and water spraying from a water wagon, misjudging the cause as a fire at a Birmingham scene on July 8.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rich Tax Dodger Denied Parole From Penitentiary
M. L. Annenberg the Philadelphia publisher serving a three year term for income tax evasion has been denied parole. He would have been eligible July 21 and now faces possible release after November 11 1942. He is at Lewisburg Pennsylvania Federal Penitentiary and carries a fine of eight million dollars plus interest totaling about eleven million dollars the largest income tax case handled by the department.
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Washington
M. L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
Justice Department
Annenberg
Lewisburg
Women Polled For Ferry Service
The Women Flyers of America is polling its members for women pilots with 200 or more flying hours who might ferry airplanes from factories to Atlantic seaboard air ports. Secretary Jessie R. O’Connell said Col. Robert Olds requested the list for ferrying service eligibility. The group has about 500 members, but likely fewer than 50 meet requirements.
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New York
Women Flyers of America
Atlantic Seaboard
Jessie R. O’connell
Robert Olds
Air Corps Ferrying Command
May Practice War On Famed Field Near Manassas
Fort George G. Meade Md July 8 An effort seeks permission to use about 3000 acres of privately owned land beside the Bull Run battlefields near Manassas Va for 29th division maneuvers If granted the land would total 5000 to 6000 acres including the battlefields a national park for the two brigade combat teams of 8000 officers and men each The 88th combat team will maneuver at A P Hill for 10 days then the 44th division from Fort Dix N J and the 28th from Indiantown Gap Pa will take over until mid September
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Fort George G. Meade
Bull Run Battlefields
Manassas
29Th Division
A. P. Hill
Caroline County
Fort Dix
N. J
Indiantown Gap
Princeton Coach Martin V. Bergen Dies at 69
Martin V. Bergen, 69, a former Princeton University football coach and standout player, died today in his Philadelphia apartment at the Racquet Club. A descendant of a long New Jersey family, he coached at Princeton after graduating in 1894 and later held coaching positions at other institutions.
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Philadelphia
Martin V. Bergen
Princeton University
New Jersey
Princeton
Bergen
American Rubber Doctrine Debated By MIT Expert
Dr. Ernst A. Hauser of MIT told a Gibson Island symposium that public claims on synthetic rubber are overstated. He cited low current production, slow scaling, and warned that even optimistic projections fail to meet annual needs. He urged boosting guayule rubber as an immediate stopgap and faster research could raise its quality.
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Baltimore
Ernst A. Hauser
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gibson Island
Hauser
U. S
America
Far East
Pacific Ocean
American Southwest
Mexico
Winchester Boys In The National Guard Roll Call
A list of Winchester and surrounding area men in the National Guard, published at the request of the USO. The names include Daniel O. Affleck, William C. Allen, George L. Baker, John H. Barton, Donald C. Bowman, Richard C. Boyce, and many others. The compilation covers officers and enlisted from city and county service members currently in uniform.
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USO
National Guard
George L. Baker
John H. Barton
Donald C. Bowman
Richard C. Boyce
Williamb. Breckenridge
John W. Brill
Thomas G. Butler
Beatification of Mother Seton Before Vatican Officials
Vatican officials discussed a proposal to beatify Anna Elizabeth Seton founder of the Sisters of Charity of St Joseph. Her writings have been examined for four years showing sanctity and miracles. Seton born 1774 daughter of an army surgeon married James Seton moved to Italy, converted to Catholicism, and founded U.S. Catholic institutions before dying in 1821.
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Vatican City
Congregation of Rites
Anna Elizabeth Seton
Sisters of Charity of
United States
Emmitsburg
Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of
Women of Germany Banned from Wearing Slacks
German clothing authorities forbid the manufacture of women’s slacks. The policy ends debate on women in slacks after many adopted the style during the severe winter of 1939 1940.
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Germany
Berlin
Welles Reports Plans To Assist Russia Proceeding
Acting Secretary of State sums aid plans to Soviet Russia as progressing rapidly after talks with Soviet Ambassador Oumansky. He and Assistant Secretary Acheson discussed placing orders in the United States. no official word on any Japan safety zone around Japanese islands affecting Vladivostok imports.
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Washington
Ner Welles
Welles
Oumansky
Acheson
Saeed Welles
United States
Japan
Vladivostok
Far East
Youth Admits Setting 25 Fires in Bethesda Chevy Chase
Montgomery county police held a 16 year old boy without charge as he confessed to starting 25 fires in the Bethesda Chevy Chase area over the last two years. Formal charges were held in abeyance while a decision on juvenile custody is made.
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Bethesda, Md
Montgomery County
Bethesda
Chevy Chase
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Rich Tax Dodger
Famed Field
Ernst Hauser
Double
Shady Rest
Donald Patton
Everybody Welcome
Nash
Stockton
Winchester
Daniel O. Affleck
William C. Allen
CoLynn C. Campbell
Harry L. Carper
Charles E. Cather
Mahlon E. Cather
Charles A. Clevenger
Mifflin B. Clowe Jr
William BE. Cochran
Jacob D. Colvin
Charles R. Cunningham
Elmore R. Dellinger
Louis C. Duvall
Miller Fletcher
Clyde F. Pranks
Mitchell T. Franks
Leslie Paul Pries
Lewis H. Fries
Delmar O. Frye
Mervin F. Frye
Charles A. Gibbons
Robert G. Gibbons
Nelson Wb Grim
Eugene Haines
Lawrence C. Hollis
Marshall F. Hollis
Charles Cc. Huff
James Z. Hughes
Webb C. Jenkins
Charles E. Johnson
K James EB. Keffer
Charles Norman Kidwell
W. Kitchen
Andrew M. Lake
Robert C. Lake
Theodore H. Legg
Charles J. Lillis
Delmer D. Linaberg
Ralph BE. Manuel
Robert F. Manuel
Virgil L. Maphis
Garland K. Mason
Mervel E. McCormick
Ae C. McKee
Charles R. Miler
Douglas A. Orndorff
Elwood M. Orndorff
Richard E. Owen
Madison S. Pangle
Donald L. Patton
Kennth C. Patton
Lawrence E. Patton
Charles T. Parrill
Luther M. Peacemaker
William G. Pingley, Jr
Frank E. Pope
Stewart C. Pugh
John W. Riley
Wallace W Rodgers
Willis J. Rush
August Schrader
Glen W. Seabright
Henry F. Seal
Wilbur R. Sellers
Jack T. Shumaker
Meredith R. Shumaker
Thomas Smallwood
Orville M. Spurline
James E. Taylor
James A. Thompson
William H. Thompson
Cletus H. Triplett
Roland S. White
Finley
Whitlock
Willis Whitlock
Douglas Willey
Earl W. Willey
Mother Seton
Vatican
Russia
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
E. Boscawen
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