Park Association meeting funds and city notices loom
City schedules public meetings at the municipal building from 7 00 to 12 00 with Social Security Board services in Corry. A council meeting weighs salvage bids for the city dump while discussion on wartime fund drives and municipal by laws continues.
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Park Association
Junicipel
Erie
Social Security Board
North Street
Corry
Bernard Augh
Fion
J. Bred Kinley
Branley H. Nichols
Defense Council
Howard Williams
H. H. Berkhaus
Mead Park Association
Olin W. Bracken
Stanley H. Nichols
Wallace to Attend USC Meet at Washington
Clarence 8 Wallace a Corry automobile distributor will represent his county at a USC meeting Sunday April 12 at 2 pm in the Mayflower Hotel Washington D C. The event includes a buffet lunch at 12 30 and speeches by Stimson Knox Nelson Taft Osborn Reynolds and others on the USO role in the war effort.
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Clarence 8. Wallace
First Avenue Automobile
Corry
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, D. C
United Service Organizations
Wallace
Ere
Paul V. Merrutt
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
McNutt
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Knox
Secretary of Navy
Donald M. Nelson
Offie Office of
Charles P. Taft
Federal Security Agency
Bris
B. H Osborn
Special Services Branch
John L. Reynolds
U. S. NI
USO
Australians Bayoneted in Jungle Massacre Report
Jasper Davison aged 85 died at his Titusville home after a long illness. The report recalls Australians bayoneted by Japanese soldiers in the jungle, with multiple men killed and others bayoneted or shot while bound, as captivity ended with rescue and unexplained escape.
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Jasper Davison
Titusville
Longness
Probe of alleged shots at east-city train
Police investigate an alleged saboteur attack on a Erie Railroad freight train near the Hare Greek bridge east of the city. Five cars reportedly loaded with explosives were the target, with officers reviewing a crew complaint and questioning a 13-year-old near the scene as a broader check continues.
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Corry
Boon
Chiefon Flanigan
Erie Railroad
Young
Sher
Flanigan
WPB Seizes Aluminum and Copper in War Metals Drive
Washington April 7 The War Production Board seized 1 000 pounds of high grade aluminum ingot from Clem Eline and Son Company Easton Pa for refused sale to the government at fixed prices. Other cases are being studied and the authority may be invoked. Two lots of copper sheet totaling 78 000 pounds were also seized at Allentown and Philadelphia where owner J M Katz of New York City refused an offer by the Metals Reserve Corporation.
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Sacce Crea
Washington
Finls
Clem Eline and San Company
Easton
WPS
Allentown
Penn
Tfl
J. M. Katz
New York City
Metals Reserve Corporation
House Ignores James On New Parole Plan
Harrisburg April 7 The House virtually neared the start of a new parole system in Pennsylvania June 1 by ignoring a last minute appeal from Governor James to postpone the effective date. The Senate approved the delay. The governor argued Rep Samuel M Rosen fel opposed postponement after seeking appointment to the parole board. The five board members would each earn 10000 annually.
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Sueseyeas
Tarrisburg
Pennsylvania
Tames
House
Senate
Samuel M. Rosenfel
D-Phile
Parole Board
County stores report strong Easter trade in Erie
Erie merchants dated a sharp Easter lift with shoppers flooding stores in the pre Easter week. Trade rose about 20 percent above last Easter’s figures, though overall business ran modestly better by roughly twenty percent. Chamber secretary KK Shields noted improved weather aided shoppers and that the season still showed a hopeful upswing for retailers statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Chamber of Commerce
Manuay
Shields
Schoopers
Special Voters Registration Days Planned For April
Special registration days set for Friday and Saturday April 16 and 17 in Corry. Mrs Helen Schulrus, on county board, announced arrangements to have registrars at the municipal building from noon to 10 pm each day for convenience. Voters may register, change party, renew voting privileges, and correct addresses. Dorothy Hammond Republican and Mrs Mary Dempsey Democrat named registrars to handle Corry voters ahead of the primary.
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Uths
Corry
Mary Primates
Helen Sehluras
Board of County Commissioners
Mulcipal
Rumstraei
Dorothy Hammond
Republiew
Mig Mery Dempsey
Chy
Tawrsitins
Last Week Shows Brisker Spending Across Sectors
A week earlier indicated Brie husbiness rose 47 percent year over year driven by bank debits, Tierney payrolls, and industrial power sales. The report found more money in circulation for the same period last year with apparel leading shopper traffic. Retailers called the pre Masterlays increase uneven and uneasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eireilacion Paani
Tire Slasher 5 Hunted Near Erie
A motorist reported a tire slash incident near Erie over the weekend as police continued to search for the suspect. Several similar acts have been reported in recent weeks, with residents expressing concern about the driver and the use of a large knife. Mrs. Florence Blakeslee, aged resident of 1681 Butflo fond, described finding damage to her auto while parked near Seventh and...
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Erie
Apell
Mre
Sinsner
Florence Blakeslee
Flo
Sth
Plan Guard Of Deer Hunters In World War Defense
DuBois, Pa plans to recruit big game hunters and World War veterans to form a local defense unit dubbed the Guerrillas. A retired National Guard officer leads the effort to organize a trained force ready to defend the town if called, aiming to deter invasions and patrol the hills with improvised weapons and stealth.
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DuBois
Veter
Catwin N. M
National Guard
Pennsylvania
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