New Road Between Ridgway and St. Marys Planned
Ridgway August 12 bids are invited by the Pennsylvania Department of Highways for building parts of a proposed new highway linking Ridgway and St. Marys. Sen. George B. Stevenson announced the bid schedule. Chief Engineer Thomas O. Frame said bids cover completed survey sections with remaining portions to follow once surveys finish while engineers survey route changes in Ridgway. The department aims to start construction promptly, subject to material priorities for national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgway
Penn-sylgania Department of Highways
Wasks
St. Marys
George B. Stevenson
Dock Haven
Thomas O. Frame
State Highway Department
Stevenson
Car Leaves Road In Crash Near Clymer Jamestown Aug 12
In Jamestown on August 12 Mrs Belle Green of Canton was admitted to Jamestown General Hospital with a fractured collarbone and right ear laceration after a car left the highway near Clymer and rolled. Harvard A Clemens, driver of the car, suffered a forehead cut and Mrs Clemens head injuries. Mrs Berths Peterson sustained forehead injuries. Clemens said a car driven by Carl Richardson of Silver Creek forced him off the road. Richardson was not held.
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Jamestown
Carl, Richardson
Silver Greek
Walisburg, Pa
Richardson
Oil City Man Killed in Crash on Oil City‑Framdin Road
Oil City Aug 12 One man was killed and two injured when a truck struck a culvert and overturned just north of Reno. Charles Meagher 67 east Fourth Street Oil City died instantly. William G Keliner Rouseville driver and Loretta Davis 401 Central Avenue Oil City were injured. They are patients in Oil City hospital. Keliner had cuts to left hand and cheek. Mrs Davis had shock and abrasions on right arm. Neither believed seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Oil City-Framidin
Reno
Charles Meagher
East Fourth Street
William G. Keliner
Rouseville
Loretta Davis
Central Avenue
Oil City Hospital
Eliner
Davis
Gasoline dealers plan meeting over fuel campaign issues
Representatives of eastern seaboard gasoline retailers will meet in Philadelphia next week to press for a voice in fuel policy. Benjamin J. Jacoby, president of the Associated Gasoline Dealers of Philadelphia and Vicinity, says the program has harmed business and accuses the oil coordinating committee of silence. He cites reports of a ten percent drop in consumption during the first week of statewide closing measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Seaboard
Benjamin J. Jacoby
Associated Gasooline Dealers of
Alaoby
Tekes
Stat Hors
Jacoby
Fasy Payment Plan Ordered Experiencing Scrutiny
A Federal Reserve Board official notes a loosened payment plan for installment credit on consumer durables including automobiles and appliances. He cites defense-supply materials as a requirement and mentions an exception for new homes, outlining regulatory context and related constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghalazan Marriner
Heslen
Veleral Reserve Board
Becles
Betts
Ground Broken For New Gym At Sparta
SPARTANSBURG Aug 13 Ground was broken this week for a new gymnasium at the end of the school lot the contract awarded to an Ol City firm Plans are to move the project quickly while weather holds. Rural letter carriers meet at Centerville Baptist church. Local gatherings include a fish fry at Patchen grove and a successful ice cream social for the Victory Catholic church building fund. Boy Scouts return from Camp Coffinga near Van Pa with several first class scouts and new tender feet. Churches plan repairs and a future borough church. Various arrivals and visits noted including D W Kinney Erie and others. Orr Wetherbee hospitalized for medical treatment. Red Cross sewing session planned. Sparta Tabernacle prayer meetings begin the week.
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Spartansburg
Florkst
Glenn Steadman
B. D. Bryant
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Baptist
Predonia
N. Y
James Phelps
Havel Duffy
Pittsburgh
Vern Puller
Titus
Bert
Messenger
Focal Sportsmen's Council
Patchen Grove
B.D. Bryant
Coffinga
Van
Hoya
Willard Tillotson, Jr
Jimmie Shreve
Jack Fibers
Richard Sc
Scott Building
Oil City
Uley
Webb
Princes Graves of Corry
Carolyn Burrell
Rew
Paul Sheldon
Story
Carl ‘Thomas
Union City
Willard Tillotson
Familly
Ray Rafferty
Eileen Kinney
Erie
D. W. Kinney
Orr Wetherbee
Corry Hospital
Torrey
Samuel Webber
Florence Stuckle
Buffalo
Edward Webber
Eugene
Wilson Poster
Franklin, Pa
Foster
Glenn Morris, Jr
Linesville
Ila Morris
Ferne
Anna Boughton
Carl Boughton
David
Emory Mellon
Tidioute
Earl Boughton
Henry ‘Thurston
Harold Thurston
Astrabula
Ohio
Ella Thurston
Carrie Eldred
Alan Green
Lincolnville
Sidney Green
Clifford Jennings
Thuusvile
Catherine Buxton
Eric
Bessie Brickmeyer
Lewis Reisenweber
Glenn Burton
Lina Rexford
C. M Thompson
Oi City
Fred Granall
Crandall
William Contey
Conrad Genmimie
East Rutherford
N. J
Gemmer
Clara Schreckengost
Titusville
Mabel Schreckengost
Floyd
Charles Torrey
Wid
Docher
Westfield
Myrna Thompson
Los Angeles
Ina Smith
American Red Cross
Sparta Tabernacle
Union Firemen Extend Farm Aid Plan
Rural residents of Union township will gain fire protection from Union City Volunteer Company in a plan allowing calls across township lines. Representatives will canvass rural homes for cash to buy extra farm firefighting equipment, with five firemen named to solicit and carry credentials. Residents are warned to only contribute when solicitors show proper identification.
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Union City
Union Township
Union City Volunteer Company
Ares
Plane Crash Probe Pushed In Lake Erie Accident
Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Cleveland arrived at Conneaut on Sunday to probe a plane crash into Lake Erie on Saturday. Two killed, Albert W. Ryha 24 of 105 Plum Street and passenger Carl Edward Cedar 28 of McKees Rocks Pa. EN Townsend of Detroit and M W Hunter of the Cleveland unit lead the inquiry, expected to take time.
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McKees Rocks
EN. Townsend
Detroit
Wnd
M. W. Hunter
C. A
Cleveland
Community church notices and youth group events
The notice lists prayer meetings at 8 30 p m CST and a regular assembly at the Tdbernigcle. The Baptist Women plan a picnic dinner at Clyde McCray’s Britten Run home with a program including devotions and Africa talk. Other groups schedule midweek services, a farewell outing for Miss Dean Wallace, sewing and mission meetings, Junior League Bible study, choir rehearsal, and Leota Killinger opening a Baby Bear market in Martin's store room formerly the Windsor Market.
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Ramon Ross
Women’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Clyde McCray
Britten Run
Ella Sturdevant
Reba Hobinson
Africa
Ethel Thorogood
Truth Seekers
Dean Wallace
Butler
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
the Missionary Society
Leota Killinger
Hydetown
Hager Sent 10 Workhouse In Roofing Fraud
Franklin August 12 Sequel to alleged conversion of funds raised from patrons of All-State Roofing Company Oil City. Hager sentenced to Allegheny County Workhouse for two and a half years by Judge Lee McCracken. Fined $100 and costs with restitution. Stewart Roth freed on bond. Leroy Amon jailed for two years with $100 fine. Gary Thompson given three years for posting no checks. costs. Elmer Ferguson pleads guilty to larceny from Roy Miller. Alder man Foster Dale remanded Ferguson to jail for court action.
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Franklin
Oil City
Charles
Hager
Allegheny County
Lee
McCracken
Stewart Roth
Huger
Leroy Amon
Fple Piser
River Ridge Farm
Gary Thompson
Hilares
Bute County
C. T. Wheeling & Sox
Elmer Ferguson
Clark Summit
OM City
Roy Miller
Foster Dale
Fergu Santo
Fall of Odessa Near Soviet Army in Retreat
Soviet forces retreat under heavy Luftwaffe pressure in southern Ukraine as German raids disrupt rail traffic and advance toward Kiev. German claim of Red Army withdrawal contests Moscow’s lines, while Berlin reports limited Allied bombing of Berlin and Murmansk as western Germany faced new air action.
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DNB
Kiev
Ukraine
Berlin
Odecsa
Red Army
Grn
Bel Tserkoy
Moscow
Fragmented World War II item hints at troop movements and bombings
An unclear OCR fragment references Russian forces, a 4,000 ship count, bombs, and infantry prisoners. It mentions Mos army units and a wartime context with unclear details, making it difficult to identify a precise event or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bovier Fretiie
Ranek
Infantra Fey
Mos
The Man 3 Ty Wip Of St
A fragmentary note mentions a man connected to three typos or errors. Readable details are limited. no clear names, dates, or locations are discernible.
Outer War By Was In Take Th Olt Day Convention
Fragmentary note reports a convention event tied to opposition or conflict. Key names or locations are unclear, but the brief hints at a gathering or meeting with historical or regional significance. Additional readable details do not clarify participants or outcomes.
Misreadings Blur Into Schedule for Mission to Hire
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a government civil service mission and hiring details. Mentions a commission and employment figures, with unclear names and dates. The readable items point to a recruitment or civil service process and a listed staff count around four thousand two hundred.
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REX Theatre
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Don Ameche
Oscar Levant
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Clarence Wallace
Chrysler & Plymouth
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Sarah Gravino
Daniel RB. Bickeslee
Ted Cross
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Paul Bigelow
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Barbara Keppel
Crawford M
Ideal Dog Food
Wutz’s Market “On
George Neckers, R. D
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Hufling
Wing
Willi
Wheaties
Chipso
Laura’ A. Rethercord
Shambaugh
Dial
Herald Sweet
H. D
Jennie B. Willis
Spiesman
Chestar Kibby
Jeune OL
Schrader
Shoes & Nossery
A. Lee
Hobert Morris
Odessa
South Army
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