Air Mail Boosted by Two New Pittsburgh Jamestown Flights
All American Aviation will inaugurate two additional round trips on the Pittsburgh Jamestown air pickup route effective Monday August 17. New schedules add two morning and two evening pickups improving service and speeding mail from Corry. Officials report past year traffic gains of up to 200 percent and expect further growth.
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Corry
All American Aviation, Inc
Pittsburgh- Jamestown
Hme
Pittsburgh
Natrona
Butler
Grove City
P.m
Franklin
Oil City
Pibusville O dl
Youngsville
Bip
Warren
Jamestown
Scietiiles
Mall
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Dayton
Boston
Tadisnopalis
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Strail
Air Express
All American Aviation
Pittsburgh-Jamestown
New Hope for Ridgway Soldier After Letter
Mr and Mrs Grover Starner of Ridgway Pa report a letter from their son Richard dated February 19 before the fall of Betuen indicating he survived heavy enemy fire and was twice caught in rice fields during Japanese air raids. The War Department had listed him among the missing since Garrigidor fell, but the letter arrives amid renewed hope as details of its journey remain unclear.
Hold Up Salaries Of Three State Workers In County
Harrisburg era dispute spills into Erie as two courthouse officials suspend three state workers’ salaries. Elwood Bauman Ralph McCord Carty Range and Forest Resgan face payroll holds while state revenue prompts removal notices.
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Harrisburg
Arthur H. James
F. Clair Ross
Erie County
Negss
Elwood Bauman
Ralph S. McCord
Carty Range
Ste
Union City
Union
Rollo McCray
Bauman
McCord
Reagan
Desert barrier to any invasion through Mexico
A Wide World Features piece by Sam Jackson argues the Mexican deserts pose a major obstacle to any invasion. It notes vast, barren lands, desert pavement, limited southern rail and road access, and a fragile defense that could be breached only if air power can seal key routes. It cites Yaqui and Apache history and compares terrain to other deserts while questioning how an invader would advance toward the United States.
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Sam Jackson
Wide
Guadalajara
Mex
Mexico
Great Western Desert
Vindivostoke
Japan
United Sites
Congress
Angeles
LaGuardia
Isea
Toyopa
Guihuahua
México
Texas
California
Sven Hedin
Gobi Desert
An & High
United States
Laredo
el Paso
Nogalés
Sonora
Chinwahui
Thirteen Arrested in Erie Blackout Violations
Erie Aug 13 Thirteen Wrieves were arrested on warrants for violating the last blackout test. Chief Air Raid Warden Harry Douglas testified before Alderman Brabender Seb Dacker and DeCarty. Seven more warrants pending for motorists. Arrestees include L J Heyerlein Louis Garvey Miss Mary Leonard A J Taitur Peter Esposito Ralph Mutts J Hunter LeSueur Dr Roger Kismarin and local businesses. All to have hearings later.
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Erie
Wrieves
Harry. Douglas
Aldsman
George Brabender
William Seb _Dacker
Lyle Orr
Thomas DeCarty
Douglas
Usu
L. J. Heyerlein
Reed Street
Louls Garvey
Tecoma Avenue
Franklin Terrace
Miss Mary Leonard
East Tth Treet
A. J.taitur
Cascade Street
Peter Esposito
Liberty Street
Ralph Mutts
West Sth
J. Hunter LeSueur
Lincoln Avenue
Roger Kismarin
New Principals Appointed in Six Erie Elementary Schools
Erie announces the assignment of 12 principals to six of its 19 elementary schools as 7,500 pupils return on Sept 2. Principal reductions since 1930s have saved about 25,900 dollars annually. list includes Cross, Barre, Mergengbsch, Klingel, Morse, Muellerstein, Nunn, Steadman and others across Edison to Perry schools.
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Erie
C. Herman Grose
Grose
Charles B. Cross
Edison
Peto
Wayne
Beatrice Barre
Living
Washington
Marl
Gingenbsch
Jefferson and
Longfellow
Enina Klingel
Glenwood
Uticula
Melvin E. Morse
Burton
McKinley
Minnie Muellerstein
Garfield
Jones
Grace Nunn
Bushs
Emerson
Harding
L. Steadman
Columbus
Hamiton
Perry
Quiz Holdup Suspect Tied to Wilkinson Murder
Erie police said James R. Heater a 27 year old physician of 2690 Peach Street admitted drinking and attempted to rob a young couple in Glenwood Park at 1 30 a m. during the same investigation Heater was linked to the fatal shooting of Lloyd Wilkinson a Navy petty officer in Harhovcreek township on Good Friday morning as investigators pursued leads from the Wilkinson case.
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Wilkinson
Erie
James R. Heater
Peach Street
Thesday Alchoon
George J. Christoph
Glenwood Park
Hester Saseiko
Lloyd Wilkinson
Harhovcreek
Mt Jewett Branch Line May Be Merged
Washington August 13 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to merge two wholly owned subsidiaries in western Pennsylvania The Fitzsburgh Junction Railroad Company with 8 61 miles of track and the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Company with 211 miles of track The taller company would survive running Pittsburgh to Butler Junction and Mt Jewett Pa
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Washington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Fitlsburgh Junction Railroad Company
Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Company
Tisine
Pittsburgh
Butler Junction
Mt. Jewett
Outlook for Domestic Fuel Grows Critical
John Grover reports a looming domestic fuel crisis as fuel oil supplies lag behind demand due to submarine disruptions and wartime allocations. Rail and pipeline efforts offer some relief but coal conversion remains minimal. officials warn rationing may come if shortages persist.
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John Grover
Harold Fekes
Con
Cony
Lkely
WPB
Oil City Teachers Granted $75 Salary Increase
Oil City school board approved a temporary one year raise of 75 for all teaching staff to offset rising living costs. The action applied to teachers, janitors, secretarial and original staff classifications, effective for the upcoming term.
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Oil City
Otl City
Little Contagion In Flood Area In Kane County
Aug 18. Health officials led by Dr. H J McGhee report one typhoid case in Kane Mrs Harry Steele of Chase Street is ill but improving. Quarantines extend to three scarlet fever cases in Eldred amid flood district concerns. Contagious disease activity remains low across the county through the period.
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Kane
Hood
H. J. McGhee
Kane, Mc
Kean County
Harry Steele
Chase Street
RUF Laboratories
Steele
Adyuye Ji Age
Eldred
McGhee
Plane in Erie crash injures 41. ceiling collapses
An Erie plane incident injures 41 as the ceiling during landing collapses and sustains property damage. Authorities investigate the cause and assess structural impact on the aircraft hangar and nearby facilities. The injured are treated on site or at local hospitals, with no additional fatalities reported at press time.
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Erie
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