Telecommunication delays and a street repair sniffer
The article notes a repairman using a “bliffy sniffer” to quickly match cable strands, highlighting a lack of such vital equipment delaying telephone service nationwide. It also mentions the Gabrielstateport at Seneca opening for the first time, several months into construction by Oil City Veterans of World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabrielstateport
Seneca
Oil City
Jack R. Lange
Ronald Cumming
Civil Aeroautics Authority
City and Vicinity Local Notices and Updates
Prompt service on car wash and lubrication offered by Powell Motor Co. in Oil City. Negotiations to purchase the Edwards Jatore site completed by Louis B. Brody with plans for cleanup and possible non-building outcome. Kane Borough approves borrowing $10,000 to advance a proposed airport project on a 92 acre site west of town. Connie's open daily for groceries and services. Police report thefts from parked cars and burglaries in the area. General Electric plant expands with new unit to move departments and manufacture hospital equipment. Jamestown reports polio year-to-date at one case and measles on the wane. Erie burglar robs home and escapes. Major Crow listed as killed in action. body located July 27. Vacation period at General Electric affects 10,000 workers. Various local notices include VFW Auxiliary tribute, Moose Club events, and American Legion picnic. Meadville radio station approval granted for 250-watt station on 1490 kHz. City council in Bradford declines 18-cent raise but to study finances. possible future wage adjustments discussed. Titusville reports staged thefts and recoveries of a Ford sedan, and local obituaries including Vernon L. Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell Motor Co
Oil City
Edwards Jatore
Louis B. Brody
Elm
Syea
Meerdink’s
Kane
W. Comuen
Corry
West Main St
Miller
Kendall Service
Washington and
Center Streets
Maxwell Lee Cross
Tid Joule
War Department
Crow
Australia
Carroll's Cosmetic Bar
Ete
General Electric
American Legion
Sekeraks Grove
Wattsburg
Lillian Blooms
Lowville
Phillipsville
Bloomster
Roration Bible School
Kentucky
Sekerak’s Grove
Bradford
Sekerak's Grove
Titusville
Joe Papotnile
Boalville
Continental Rubber Works
Erie
State Police
Franklin
Gep
Root
Tiniaville
Vernon L. Greeley
Crawford
Hinn
Dakedem
Explosion destroys Nye-room home between Chapmanville and Black Ash
In Titusville area on Route 27, a kitchen oil stove explosion leveled the Nye-room residence of Lorris R. Tracy and family, with insurance covering only a fraction of losses. The home housed a father, mother, and children ages 1 to 18. Also noted are local notices: bingo at St Edward's Hall, a fledgling nighthawk on Engst Fourth Street roof, Sunday dinners at Al's Place Corry Sparta, court fines near payment deadlines, a near-tragic boat capsizing on Petroleuma Street, and several discharge notices from Corry Hospital. A family displaced by eviction now resides in a 6x9 tent in North East, lacking plumbing and cooking facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Lorris R. Tracy
Chapmanville
Black Ash
St. Edward's Hall
Samestown
Jamesjn. Mutual Insurance Company
Engst Fourth Street
Julius King
Al's Place
Corry-Sparta
Be County Court House
Evelyn Wilson
Courts
Corry Hospital Priday
Frank Miler
Fourth Avenue
Howard Johnson
R. D
Gorty
Joseph Yaratch
First Avenue
Joseph Balog
Prish Avenue
Albert Fox
Cherry Run
Youngsville
Albert Hill
R. D. J. Gerry
Mary Hitchcock
Ee City
Avella Armitage
William Armitage
Spring Creek
Hester Dean
Sherman
North East
Charles Lawrence
West Main Street
Polio Cases Rise Across Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania reports five new poliomyelitis cases including two in Pittsburgh and one each in Butler and Westmoreland counties. A 10-year-old Mt. Lebanon girl and a three-year-old Bloomfield girl are among the Pittsburgh victims. A six-year-old Brady Township boy near Slippery Rock and a 16-year-old Westmoreland County boy in Rostelter Township also diagnosed. A girl camper at Penn Craft camp near Hast Mills borough prompted a 14-day quarantine observation. Multiple districts report no other new cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Jess
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Butler
Westmoreland
Payette County
Penn
Hast Millsboro
T. Hope Alexander
Mt. Lebanon
Bloomfield
Buller County
W. V.mcgarrier
Brady Township
Slippery Rock
Westmoreland County
Rostayer Township
Five Die In Two Airplane Crashes Near Lakehurst
Two separate crashes in Ocean County claim five lives. An Atlantic Central Lines twin engine passenger flight from Atlantic City to Newark crashed near Lakehurst Naval Air Station after requesting an emergency landing. the pilot and two passengers died and three others were injured. Hours later a small Fairchild plane collided in a meadow at the New Jersey State Game Farm near Forked River, killing two people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posvoapen
Eros
Lakehurst
N. J
Ocean County
T Wo
Atlantic Central Lines
Atlantic
City
Newark
Airlines
Lakehutel Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station
Forked River
Fairchild
New Jersey
Two Men Die in Warren County War News
In Warren Pa on August 10 George Mitchell 69 collapsed and died on his lawn after guiding a neighbor in rounding up runaway cows. Coroner Ed Lowrey reported Mitchell worked at Titusville Forge Works. Lowrey also announced the death of George Sherman 75 of Freehold township near Lotisville from a chronic heart ailment. Also notes on plant transplanting success stressing careful work and prepared soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
George Mitchell
Ed Lowrey
Mitchell
Titusville
Lowey
George Sherman
Freehold Township
Lotisville
Sherman
Fragmentary State Notice Hints At Local Inquiry
Incomplete OCR text references a state inquiry or claim tied to a person named Eileen Brows and a missing home event. The readable fragments suggest regional involvement and an official action but lack concrete details or dates. Further legible material needed for a precise headline and summary.
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Hills Brothers Coffee
Chase & Sanborn
Kraft Dinners
HOT Peppers
Wing- Willi Star Stores
Himer L. Ryans
G. Daniel Baldwin
Benjamin Breskin
Steele's Restawant Co. Te
State Street
Baldwin
Sportland
Olean
Stephen J. Biracree
Bradner Stadiu
J. Richmond Page
Red & Gun Club
George W. Bach
American Sterilizer Company
Ab Erie
Wilcox’s
Jamestown
William M. Sill
Health and Hospital Board
Jamestown General Hospital
Excelsior Corners
Titus- Ville Foyge
Excelsior
Brié
James Smith
Lake Erie
Franz
James Bell
Briday
Sanida
Connie‘s
V. F. W. Ausiliary
Davison
Eva Dahil
Moose Club
Union City
Fritz Whitaker
Meadville
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
H. C. Winslow
Floccles
J. A. Lanston
William R.kelly
Dempseytown
Rand
Oakland Township
Beckwith & Turner
North Centar
Corry, Fa
Waenee
Pennioh
N. Center
Amie Lite
Boston House
Petrolema Street
Acmding
William Miler
Joe Sehurr
William Berlin
Stanley Mower
Warren CO
Al's Clothes Shop
B.v.druggers
Ric
Bernstein Bros
Capwell
Columbus
Keystone Gasoline & Emblem Oil
Hompers
Presto
Tinning Ames USA
Mik
Democra
Erle Ballioa
Fis
Robert Wintry
Paul M. Morton
Department of Forty
Miess
Florian B
Asylvania
Uring Penns
Wil Einney
Ney
Law Dias
Viola Amon
Arec
Tey B
Ing’ Leense
Yesterda
A. Des Eileen
Aing
Fts Vicin
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