Restrictions On Road Materials Curtail Work
Harrisburg Aug 20 War restrictions on critical materials reduce township use of state funds for rural road improvements. Second class townships filed 444 applications for 88.68 miles of road work costing 1.408 million, with 809,731 covered by motor fund money. WPA adds 2,050 toward total costs and counties such as Bucks, Erie, Lancaster, and York report notable mileage.
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Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Te Motor Fund
WEA
Sora
Thenilysee
Herks
Bucks
Butler
Erie
Franklin
Lancaster
Lawrence
Northampton
York
Davis Street warden hurt in blackout call fall
Aug 1 1939 city blackout incident leaves air raid warden Scilghig with an ankle injury after sprinting from home and tumbling down stairs. A second warden aided by a rescue squad, sent him to hospital for several days’ recovery.
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Scilghig
McKean County Reports Widespread Blackout Violations
McKean County faced a surprise blackout Tuesday evening with numerous violations noted by Mayor Hugh J. Ryan and County Defense Chairman Gord Potter of Smethport. The event occurred between 9 31 and 8 36, prompting police chief Edward M. Edmonds to issue a violation list and signaling possible prosecutions.
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Bradword
Ue- Kean
Hugh J. Ryan
Gord Potter
Smethport
Sted
Fvares
Edward M. Edmonds
Haim
Book notes review round selects wartime and regional reads
A packed Books-Comment review highlights The Raft by Robert Trumbull and Other new works. It previews Small Town South by Sam Byrd and And There Were Men by Russell Blankinship, plus John Sullivan biography and Monica Dickens wartime reminiscence. The piece weighs themes of endurance, frontier history, and regional character through named authors, titles, and places.
Titusville Youth In Commandos Raid
Titusville, Aug 20 A Cherry Tree Township youth Sergeant Robert E Bunce son of Mr and Mrs Leonard A Bunce Route 3 Titusville was listed among Pennsylvanians in the Flying Fortress attack on Rouen The family said they expected his service and learned he has been in England attached to one of the Flying Fortresses as a machine gunner and assistant engineer Bunce enlisted July 1941 studied at Chanute Field and later joined a reconnaissance squadron at MacDill Field He is the youngest son in the family
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Titusville
Cherrytree Township
Robert E. Bunce
Leonard A. Bunce
Rouen
Prince
Associated Press
Buinee
England
Bunce
Maine
Bunne
Chanute Field
Milnais
Mac
Two Oil City Nurses Enter Army Service
Aug 2. Ann Rhoades daughter of Mr and Mrs Randall Rhoades 10 Glenview Avenue and Miss Helen Hollingshead of Knox have been commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Army. They will leave Monday for Fort George Meade Md to begin duties in the nursing corps.
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Ann Rhoades
Randall Rhoades
Glenview Avenue
Helen Hollingshead
Knox
Oil City Hospital School of
United States Army
Fort George Meade
Pursing Corps
Rhoades
Miss Hollingshead
Dr Frank Siple Named Climatic Specialist in Army
Washington Aug 1 War Department announced Captain Frank Parl Siple of Ene ma Wid Was geographer with Rear Admiral Richard Byrd on three Antarctic expeditions has been commissioned and assigned to the Quartermaster Corps as climatic specialist and advisor on cold weather clothing. He served last year in a similar civilian role.
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Washington
War Department
Frank Parl Siple
Enema
Wid
Richard B. Byrd
Quartermaster Corps
Novel Reviews Spotlight Yeats and Foster in 1930s Era Debuts
A critic praises Anne Brook’s Hang My Heart as a strong follow up to Kingdom on Worth, tracing the rise of Josephine Foster in New York from minor magazine job to material success. The review notes Josephine’s excessive drive dilutes her humanity, a theme mirrored by Ishbel Ross Isle of Escape, which examines immigrant contributions to America amid refugee issues.
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Robertson
Knopf
Anne Brook
Josephine Foster
New York
Horsephine
Morrow
Ishbell Ross
Harpers
America
Fragmented OCR snippet on war moves and positions
A distorted text fragment mentions artillery, motor ports, and eastward thrust near Kr Royle with scattered references to areas, places, and tense shifts. It appears to be an incomplete war narrative, lacking clear names, dates, or cohesive details.
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Gersauill
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