County Bureau 4 Creates Veterans Service Department
Erie April 27. County commissioners announced formation of the Rio County Veterans Service Department to aid discharged war veterans. Capt Edward Schmelzer to head the unit, combining with the former grave registration bureau. Certificates of honorable discharge issued, numbered, and filed for quick replacement. service men bring discharge papers to third floor west wing courthouse for transfer and safekeeping.
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Erie
Rio County Veterans Service Department
Edward Schmelzer
Servier
Thehhree
del Darling
Thomas Flatley
Thomas Schaper
Dhmester
Bureau
Court House
West Wing
Consistory Reunion Held by Erie Scottish Rite Masons
The Ele Consistory Scottish Rite Masons of the Valley of Erie held its annual spring reunion in Erie on Wednesday and Thursday. The program included conferring the fourth tenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth twenty fourth and fifty second degrees. An annual banquet followed in the Masonic Temple didi room. The thirty second degree will be conferred at the Columbia Theatre after the banquet, with other degrees exemplified in the lodge rooms of the Masonic Temple.
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Erie Erie
Valley of Erie
Erie
Masonic Temple
Didi Room
Columbia Theatre
Jodze Rooms
Misonie ‘Temple
Dems and GOP Plan Heavy State Campaign in Pa
In Harrisburg on April 27 Associated Press reports Republicans announcing a May 20 meeting of the state committee to organize a vigorous campaign after a primary that hinted at Dewey and Roosevelt support. Governor Martin led the delegation with no comment on returns, while Democratic nominees were set to meet with David L. Lawrence to map plans, with a May 24 reorganizing session scheduled.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Repubs
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
M. Harvey Taylor
Pennsylvania
Phiadelphia
Dewey
Martin
David L. Lawrence
Aviation plant will continue in Jamestown
Jamestown April 27. American Aviation Corporation will finish buildings under construction and pave areas. General manager H R Carlson says the firm intends to stay in business and keep its 340 employees busy while adjusting the new process building interior for different work. He expects no further cuts as work remains, and the company seeks military contracts with favorable reports anticipated soon. American Aviation will continue on the Vultee sub contract work.
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Jamestown
American Aviation Corporation
H. R. Carlson
Aviation Company
Carlson
Thal
American Aviation
Ridgway Youth Ends Fifty Missions In Europe
Staff Sergeant John Wallace Morgester of the 15th Army Air Force returns home after completing his 50th bombing mission, his 200th for the group, in which his B-24 Liberator attacked railroad yards near Venice Italy. He flew as a ball turret gunner and survived multiple German air attacks. He is son of Mr and Mrs John W Morgester.
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Europe
Ridgway
Middle East
Africa
Italy
John Wallace Morgester
15Th Army Air Force
John W. Morgester
Morgester
Venice
Romania
Bulgaria
Austria
France
Thompson's Barasma and Barostna Tablets Ad
An old advertisement promotes Thompson's Barasma Tablets as a stimulant diuretic aiding kidney detoxification and relieving aches. It claims they help flush poisonous waste from blood and ease night discomfort. Also touts Barostna Tablets for liver and stomach relief. Mentions Golden Lax for constipation and a price note.
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Thompson
Woman Admits Perjury Guilty in County Case
In Little Valley on April 2 Miss Adru Anderson of Stockton pleaded guilty to first degree perjury and received five months in county jail after withdrawing a prior not guilty plea. John Perrara of Cattaraugus pleaded guilty to second degree perjury in connection with the trial of Robert Covedill, who was involved in a separate case. Covedill, a 25 year old farmer and truck driver from Conewango, had previously been convicted of an offense involving a minor but won a new trial and later pled guilty to a lesser charge endangering the health of a child under 16.
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Little Valiary
Adru Anderson
Stockton
John Pe~rarra
Cattursugus
Robert Covedill
Wis
Cavedill
Conewango
Punxsutawney Youth Struck by Train in Elk Run
Punxsutawney Pa April 27 Arthur Dunbire 114 year old Punxsutawney youth is in critical condition at Adrian hospital after being struck by a Pittsburgh bound passenger train in Elk Run He was reportedly dragged for some distance by the train and doctors fear amputation may be necessary though he survived his injuries.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Arthur Dunbire
Adrian Hospital
Elk Run
Hyer
Erie Police Hold Pair and Woman Over Parole Inquiry
In Erie on April 27 two men and a woman were detained following a raid at 158 Edgar Street where they resided. Henry Bennett, 33, from Utica, on parole from the Allegheny workhouse for larceny and burglary, Lea K. Stokes, 29, with a prison record, and Mrs. Ethel Wagner, 27, are jailed for investigation into parole matters. A fourth person, Mire Wigiler, is held on a warrant issued by Crawford County Detective J. Winkle for alleged court-order child endangerment and will be sent back to Meadville.
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Erie
Egarath Street
Henry Bennett
Uttsville
Allegheny
Lea
KK. Stokes
Walter Anderson
Ethel Wagner
Anderson Spit Bennett
Mire Wigiler
Craeford County
J Winkle
Sne
Meadville
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Koater
Miracle
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G. C. Murphy Company
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Loblaws
Phillips — Hurff
Gibbs Tomato Soup
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Boyardes
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