Civil Air Patrol Rushes Defense Parts From Jamestown
Jamestown squadron of the Civil Air Patrol flew vital bearings from the Marlin Rockwell Jamestown plant to Detroit to speed production of an air craft engine. The mission cut hours off production time at Packard and allowed the plant to resume assembly ahead of schedule after a potential shutdown.
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Jamestown
Packards Company
John H. Wright
Group 217
Civil Air Patrol
Detroit
Train wreck in Erie yards delays westbound freight
A westbound Pennsylvanian freight of nine cars was sideswiped by a yard engine at 5 10 p m Tuesday south of the over head Bridge on the Bustato rant in Erie. Five cars derailed two overturned completely and three piled up. All railroad men escaped injury. Freight was slightly damaged and the westbound train was delayed about one hour. Supplee said trains are now running on schedule.
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William D. Supples
Renovo Division
Tier
Pennsylvania
Dubois Guerrillas Seek State Defense Role
The Dubois Guerrillas, formed six months ago to train punters and sportsmen for local defense against invasion, seek acceptance as a unit in the state secondary armed defense, with civil defense authorities denying them post access during air alerts but state officials inviting them to become Clearfield county's first company in the Auxiliary to home defense. Oil City native Franke M. Fisher, 49, longtime manager for Prick-Reid Supply Corp eastern division and former Oil City resident, died Wednesday at the Veterans Hospital in Aspinwall.
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Dupys
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Whigt 1
Clearfield County
Firs
Home Defense
James
Oil City
Franke M. Fisher
Walnut Apartments
Walnut Street
Pittsburgh
Geners
Book notes and reviews by JOHN SELBY and others
A roundup of contemporary books with reviews by Len J. F. Hasey Elizabeth Bowen Clyde Brian Davis Philip Van Doren Stern Kathleen Norris and others. The critique covers December 7 The First 30 Hours Yankee Fighter Bowen’s Court Follow The Leader The Drums Of Morning One Nation Indivisible and more, praising reporting style and the authors’ portrayals while noting varying reader interest and writing approaches.
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John Selby
Thins
Life and
Fortune Knopf
Doyens
Thne
Life
Fortune
David Huslburd
Japan
America
Elizabeth Bowen
Alan Cameron
United States
Bowen
County Cork
George Iit
Aera
Philip van Doren Stern
Doubleday
Daran
Philtn van Doren Stern
Brooklyn
Abraham Lincoln
Lineal
Mr. Stern
Jonathan Bradford
Golion
Richmond
Bob
Three year sentence for auto theft in Meadville area
In Meadville on August 6 Judge Clare Kent deferred sentence for Walter Evans of Oil City and Titusville who pled guilty to breaking into the Sterling gasoline station in Hyden town. Evans also faced questions about thefts of two cars in Titusville denied by him. Manning Hill in Meadville received 30 months to three years in the workhouse for stealing a car from a TNT plant lot. Thelma Odessa Gosnell in Saeger town was paroled for three years on larceny charges. George Keeler of Meadville, indicted with sex, refused to plead and awaits September proceedings.
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Meadville
Clare Kent
Walter Evans
Oil City
Titusville
Sterling
TNT
Thelma Odessa Gosnell
Saegertown
George Keeler
McKean County Sends 37 Draft Recruits to Eastern Reception
Kane Algonquin reports 37 men from McKean Local Board No 1 left by Pennsylvania Railroad for an eastern reception center. A second group of 15 is scheduled to depart today. An eleven seat special coach accompanied the group with additional draftees expected to be picked up along the line.
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Kane
Alg
United States Army
McKean
Pennsylvania Railroad
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