Pennsylvania Farm Column Highlights Early Peach Harvest
The Pennsylvania peach harvest is underway a week earlier than usual with large, flavorful peaches good for canning and slicing. Officials discuss moving the crop, possibly using schoolchildren as pickers. The blight threatens potatoes in mountainous Potter and Somerset counties, worsened by wet weather and spraying delays. Agricultural notes cover oats, hay, corn, tobacco, alfalfa, and tomatoes. tomato canning is ramping up, with a 82 percent rise in acreage. Red mite control for poultry houses is advised using a soap kerosene spray mixed with water.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Potter
Somerset
Lancaster County
Erie County
Agriculture Department
Missing Jamestown sergeant long serving in Air Corps
Mrs Joseph Paterniti of Crescent Street received word that her brother Sergeant Sosepn T Cammarata, formerly of Jamestown, has been reported missing in action. He left Jamestown 15 years ago to enlist in the Air Corps in Hawaii, later becoming an ocean steamer engineer, then returned to the Air Corps in California and was sent to the Philippines at the time of the final surrender. The note references his long service and updated status. Nearly 200000 persons worked in petroleum and natural gas in the United States in 1959.
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Jamestown
Aug
Joseph “Paterniti
Crescent Street
Sosepn ‘T. Cammarata
Fle Vly
Cammarats
Jamestown Shout
Air Corps
Hawaiian Islands
California
Philippines
SEC censures New York firm over Associated Gas audits
The SEC withdraws registration of Associated Gas Company stock from the New York and Los Angeles exchanges after faulting Has iting & Sells for not conducting comprehensive audits. The 1985 86 and 27 reports are cited as inadequately supporting the financial statements. The commission warns that remnants of 1940 bankruptcy and reorganization haunt current filings and that trustee Stanley Clarke deems the stock worthless, delaying 1940 annual report expenses.
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Philadelphia
SEC
New York
Commission
Hasiting & Sells
Fisd
Tavestary
AGECO
Stanley Clarke
Nad
AGEGO
United
Warren Police Dept Promotes Officers at August Meeting
At the August borough council session in Warren changes were made in the police department. Michael Evan was promoted to first lieutenant and Gordon Minn to second lieutenant. Captain Rey Eickhart, ill for some time, requested voluntary demotion to patrolman with pay prorated from $148.50 monthly. Ernest Hewitt of Alexander Street was appointed as patrolman at $126.50 per month.
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Warren
Michael Evan
Gordon Minn
Rey Eekhard
Ernest Hewitt
Alexander Street
Waterford Man Survives Narrow Crash at Junction
Erie state trooper Reeder reports Frederick Barber of Waterford, 48, escaped serious injury after his car struck the rear of a stock trailer at Route 20 and Harborcreek Lawrence Park road. The impact demolished the front engine while Barber, shaken, was only lightly cut by splinters from the panel. Richard Wintemute of Girard drove the Western Express trailer, owned by Lyle Salisbury of West Springfield.
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Erie
Aug
Reeder
Frederick Barber
Waterford
Route 20
Harborcreek
Lawrence Park Road
Barber
Richard Wintemute
Girard
Western Express
Lyle Salisbury
W. Springfield
New War Accident Policy Offered to Civilians
New York August 6 a new war accident policy will cover civilians nationwide with a fixed premium of 5.50 per year regardless of age or occupation. It pays 5000 to beneficiaries if death results from direct enemy attack and 2500 for loss of limb or sight, plus up to 50 for medical expenses within months of the incident. The policy aims to supplement standard health and accident coverages and is awaiting tentative adoption by insurers in the state.
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New York
Proup
Neemseit
Midwest
Ashle
Ural Che
Mie
Ohio couple honored with weekend visits and a wedding
Spacious column records a Columbus honor couple's weekend trips to Dunkirk and Erie visits by many friends. It notes Patty Mishik's wedding to Milton Jaquith at St. Elizabeth church with details on attire and attendants. Also mentions a Lillite Reunion, church services scheduled for August 5, and Ralph Bill's 25th wedding anniversary with a silver purse gift.
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Columbus
Jack Berry
Dunkirk
Kenyon Miller
Clare Gordon
Merle Page
Erie
Perry Mead
Frank Whiteley
Magnolia Bay
Chautauqua Lake
Nis
Franc Howard
Arthur ‘Milder
P. R. Civb
Mead Park
Eben Dunham
Vi A. Smith
Patty Kafferlin
Spring Creek
Hollis Opperman
Mary Mishik
Corry
R. D
Milton Jaquith
Glenn
Jacquith
St. Mlrabeth Church
Carl Heidt
Herold Jacquith
John Mishik
Bear Lake
Albert Sandburg
Ian Charles
Emma Carroll
Gertrude Carroll
Exie
Weaving
Ralph Bill
Origin of Golf Traced to Holland and Scotland Claim
A Dutch claim traces golf’s origin to Holland in the twelfth century. It notes the game was introduced into Scotland just before 1457, marking a high point in early golf history and cross‑regional links.
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Holland
Scotland
RUSS RESERVES MOVE TO SAVE STALINGRAD
Soviet and German forces battle across southern Belaya Glina and Bryansk fronts as Germans push toward airfields near Markop and an oil port on the Caspian Sea. Major General Follett Bradley arrives in Moscow to aid Red Army. A village in Bryansk is recaptured as fighting continues on multiple fronts. Local note: Martha Shipman visits Sunbury residents in Elm Street area.
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Dow
Voroshil VK
Red Star
Belaya Glin
Bushchevka
Russia
Belaya Gina
Markop
Moscow
Folleth Bradley
United States
Porces
Aida
Red Army
Belays Glina
Aumly
Eletskaya Front
Brynsk Front
Stalingrad
To Shutt
Kotelnikovski
Astrakhen
Caspian Ser
Votea
Hat Oil
City Likely to Offer Compromise in Erie Bond Case
Aug 6 Erie plans a settlement offer to defaulted bondholders of about 80 percent of face value, totaling around 49 000. Judge Evans encouraged another settlement push after five test cases. If no deal, Evans will rule on the matter based on presented facts.
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Erie
Privice
Dokept C. Mas
HUA Knid
Ely Cowbell
Matib
Elmer L. Evans
Evans
Tle
Martin
Wial Ot
Two Boys Burned in Erie Accidents
In Erie Pennsylvania on August 6 two boys were injured in separate accidents. Ronnie Somerville seven suffered severe arm and shoulder burns after touching a lye wire while seated on a bridge near the Hummmer mill Paper Company. Steven Tampithi fourteen sustained burns to both arms when a dynamite cap exploded in front of him, caused by another youth.
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Assomatea
Erin
Ronnie Somerville
Karl R. Somerville
Hummermill Paper Company
Steven Tampithi
Can't Keep Grandma in Her Chair Ad Claims Pain Relief
An ad lists backache relief claims for kidney disorder symptoms and offers Dauo's Filbhy as a remedy. It mentions pain relief from nagging backache, frequent urination, and burning ache, urging readers to consult their druggist for product safety. It uses early 20th century marketing language with unsettled OCR text.
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Pephd Sivrey
Sven
Answers to Today’s Quiz
Answers to today’s quiz show a misspelled list with errors and mislabelled items. It mentions Reuben James destroyer sunk Betaber 1940, Ko, Palse: it was less thant tall, Bicoin disease, Berne, Department of Justice, 2 Marc Canhety, Ui Jocham Dees, Parl. 19, and Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis.
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Reuben James
Palse
Berne
Department of Justice
Marc Canhety
Jocham Dees
Sinclair Lewis
Notices SAVE TIME Have your oats combined Paul V Lines Corry
A brief notice from Corry RD4 about oats collection cites Paul V Lines as the contact for combining the harvest.
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Paul V
Corry
Mrs Jennie E Place Dies in Erie Home
Former Corry resident Mrs Jennie E Place dies Wednesday afternoon at her son Prank Place s Erie home Born in 1877 she spent early years in Corry and Buffalo before moving to Erie Survived by daughter Mrs Fred Reiner Holland N Y twelve grandchildren and two brothers Funeral services at Bracken Keating chapel Saturday at 2 p m with burial in Pine Grove cemetery
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Jennie E. Place
Erie
Corry
Prank
Samford Pines
Deceasers
Buffalo
Fred Reiner
Holland, N
John A. Marinas
Louis F. Marnas
Pittsburgh
Pince
Bracken-Keating
Pine Grove Cemetery
Japanese Beetle Traps Placed In Jamestown
Jamestown reports installation of 302 beetle traps to curb an invasion of winged Japanese beetles. The campaign is led by the U S Department of Agriculture and aims to reduce beetle spread, with many insects captured so far and more expected before removal ends.
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Jamestown
United States Department of Agriculture
Wild Jackasses Save Survivors From Ship Sinking
A dramatic sea tale recalls a lifeboat survival ordeal. Survivors fashioned nets to catch fish after food ran low. seaman Miller lost an arm to a shark and died, and 15 year old cook Parsons perished from exhaustion. After detour on a small isle they reached safety aboard Betty Carstairs yacht, as Navy and Allied reports track wartime losses in the Western Atlantic.
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Mfehya
Miller
Parsons
Parsons, Died In the Lifeboat Fromn Exhaustion. After Two Days On the Detoiste
Fie Bshimas
Betty Carstairs
Navy
Maal
U. S
Tbe
Atlantic
Jans Wyatt Works For War Effort In Red Cross Lab
Actress Jans Wyatt, member of the Los Angeles Red Cross chapter, divides her time between film roles and war service. She works in a Glendale laboratory, aiding the home front as part of the American Red Cross effort.
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Jans Wyatt
Miss Wyatt
Los Angeles
Fie
American Red Cross
Glendale
Cal
Markets Buffalo Livestock and Pittsburgh Produce Items
Buffalo market reports show steady to good demand with cattle, calves, sheep and hogs traded. Notable price ranges include steers 12.00-12.75, cows 9.25-11.50, vealers 15.50-16.00, and calves around 12.00-12.50. Pittsburgh Produce notes moderate demand with apples and potatoes trading steadily, various coppery price ranges listed for Pennsylvanian and New Jersey varieties.
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Pittsburgh
Beratse 1609 Plans and Secret Practices Near Nebr Air Base
Fragmented report notes Beratse 1609 with plans to secret football practices near a Nebraska air base. References to scouts, Michigan rivalry, and possible town meetings appear amid garbled names and places, mentioning a football event at Wichita and a game against Norfolk with uncertain outcomes. The piece references various individuals and teams in scattered fragments, lacking a clear single narrative.
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Beratse
Neb
Uel
Michigan
Gigi Ment
Hig Press
Max
Algust
Taelnta
Stand Rig i Cooke at UMama Petitions Attire Incident
Stand Rig i Cooke appears in a terse item as a sensational prompt about a campus or event involving clothing, urging readers to note the provocative behavior and a call to action. No clear dates or organizations are specified in the visible text.
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Jon H. Light
Natral
Realg Millee
N.Y
Securities Commission
Warren Police Dept
Ralph Hill
Martha Shipman
Sunbury, Fu
The
Ely
Eileen Graham
West
Congress Street
Avery
Bahia
Titangle Shoes
Norman McElroy
Pith Ave
Soclal
A. J. Alkens Motor Buses
Pase First Avenue
Beckwith & Turner Garage
N. Center
Atlantic Products
Weide Hatteries
Auto Electric Service
Doane's Hardware
W. Main St
AVER
Mr. Abbott
Raymond Manufacturing Ca Ay
Shrec
Terie
Atr
Avr
Turben
Sty
Welle Box
M' Grt Journal
Gerald Fastons
Atte
Leghorn Owl Thompson
Bill de Witt
Digin
Aioe
Alk Marvey Arceour
Comer St
Steneth
Johnson Street
East Precerick Street
Hayen State Line
Dalles
Wettsburg
Spencer's Cash Mill
Lucky Dog
Crawford Woods
Nichol
Ata
Gord Helman
North Center Street
Higley
North Bach
East Pleasant St
Spring Bt
Aone
Farman
Hilb
Mike Mikluk
Lerd
Traation
Berach
Care Journal
Perry Farm
Movembigué
Cury
East
Charles Myersmer
Champlin
Rexall and Lindsley Pharmacies
America
United Nations
Vicky
National Bank OF Corry Deporte
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Weahington
D.C
Faximmm
Medias
Ang
T&t
Atlantic Techning
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem
Steel
Westinghonee Electric
Woolworth
Moungstown
SPC
Hugh
Jon
Bohol Athobie Ik
Von
Geor
Tucson
Oulfelt
Howard
Levis Carell
Pike
Dodger
Wichita
Gamp Wesler
Riley
Rigi Cooke
U Mama
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