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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1941
Page
3
Sunday School Picnic Near Bear Lake Featured by Outing
Local notes report a United Brethren Sunday School picnic at the William Borgerding grove near Bear Lake with a dinner and games for children and adults. The event followed a busy summer with neighbors arriving from Corry Erie Gerry Ripley and Newport News for visits and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Clyde Manwaring
Oh Main Street
Harry Wilsted
Fewilly
Newport News
Corry
Ivan Hawkins
David
Cuba Lake
N. Y
Andrew Peterson
Milton Smith
Michael Mikrik
Ripley
United Brethren
Ricnic
William Borgerding Grove
Nown
G. H. Tillotson
Florence Whiteley
Erie
Ralph Hamilton
Columbus
Everett Eastman
Gerry
Robert
Wilbur Hawkins
Ethel Bond
Edith Hawkins
Ellen Hawkins
Charles Hawkins
Albert Royce
Fred Owens
William Owens
Youngsville
Roy Collins
Jamestown
J. B. Wilcox
Suzanne
Ivan E. Hawkins
E. Johnson
Caldren
Avitea
Kenneth Martin
Richard Price
Lulu Hinckley
Tyan Hawkins
L. W. Whiteley
Coxty
Newport
News
W- Brown
Plywood Plane Pontoons Tested At Lock Haven
Carl A. Wollam, navy's first balloon pilot, unveils a plywood seaplane pontoon system. Tests on the Susquehanna River show Wollam floats are inexpensive and durable compared with aluminum alloy floats. Wollam contracts with Ellinwood to produce dope fused, lightweight pontoons that can carry auxiliary fuel and be repaired with simple tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lock Haven
Carl A. Wollani
Navy
Susquehanna
Muhls
Wollam
East Liverpool
Ohto
Children barred from hospital visitation at DuBois and Maple avenues
Aug 4 DuBois and Maple avenue hospitals announce a ban on visitors under 16 years old as a precaution against infantile paralysis. Officials say no local cases but nearby areas show isolated instances and emphasize preventive steps to keep the disease from gaining a foothold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antdren
DuBois
Maple Avenue
Erie Taxicab Fleets Merge Under Yellow Cab Name
Erie Aug 22 Checker Cab Company will merge its eight taxis with Yellow Cab Company Union Station. Yellow Cab runs 13 cabs. date of union not set but expected within days. Fleet will operate under the Yellow Cab Co. Local social notes include Columbus Town Picnic attendance and various family visits and reunions in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Checker Cab Company
Yellow Cab Company
Union Station
Yellow Cab Co
May Reverse Oil Pipelines
The Associated Press reports in New York that reversing flow on three Pennsylvania pipelines could shuttle western crude to eastern refineries to ease a looming gasoline shortage. Tuscarora, Keystone, and Susqueharnia lines may be considered to move oil toward the east, amid dwindling eastern supplies and a pending Texas to New York defense pipeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
NEW York
Pennsylvania
Eastern Seaboard
Middle East
Ralph K. Davies
Penullum
Texas
Philadelphia
Lessn
New Jersey
Tuscarora
Keystone
Susqueharnia
Penn—sylvenia
Clo Wins At Bethlehem In NLRB Election
Bethlehem Pa August 22 The GIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee was declared the winner of the National Labor Relations Board election determining the wage bargaining agency for about 18 000 employees at the Bethlehem plant of Bethlehem Steel Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLO
Bethlehem Bethlehem
GIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Erie gas station halts day sales after blackout defiance
Herbert Blicke's Erie station at 6th and Payne will stop daytime gasoline sales but remain open 7 PM to 7 AM for emergencies and oil and grease. Distributor cuts supply by ten percent. crowding and pickets drew hundreds since Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Herbert Blicke
6Th and
Payne Avenue
Iaingt
County retires $250000 loan for Marine National Bank
Erie county retired a $250,000 note from Marine National Bank, issued last February to bridge until current tax collections arrive. Controller Harvey Willis noted this year’s collections are excellent, with expectations of better than 90 percent compliance by year end. Greensburg mechanic Herbert Wirsing, Westmoreland county register of wills and former city clerk, died at home from heart ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric
Erie County
Marine National Bank
Harvey It
Willis
Greensburg
Herbert Wirsing
Westmoreland County Register of Wills
Will Reduce State's WPA Roster To 50 000 Limit
Harrisburg reports a plan to cut Pennsylvania WPA rolls to a 50 000 minimum. Administrator Philip Mathews notes draft regulations to begin work by September 1 under the state agency formed to hire relief labor. Hopes to reduce delays and keep employable men on public assistance rolls while defense needs grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harrisburg
WPA
Pennsylvania
Philip Mathews
Nsw
H.R. Davidson
Lits
James
Davidson
Department of Public Assistance
Mathews
Seuyetion
Wallenal
Amogvain
Hells
Pennsylvani
Settlement Reached in Dunkirk Will Case
A settlement was reached in the Dotterweich will dispute in Dunkirk. Executor Anthony Johnston states Mary T. Dotterweich is the niece referred to in the will, with Mary B. Dotterweich receiving only a nominal sum. The estate valued at 410,000 had been contested over the clause naming “my niece, Mary Dotterweich” with two potential beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Mary T. Dotterweich
He Dotterweich
Anthony Johnston
Mary B. Datterwetch
Mary Eva Datterwetch
Mary Dotterweich
Wert
Sixth Street
Mary B. Dotterweith
King Street
Mary T. Doler
Weiches Cheniere
Freight Cars Wrecked At Conneaut In $15,000 to $20,000 Loss
Seventy one freight cars derailed when a New York Central freight train wrecked near Conneaut. Several hundred yards of track were blocked and four mainline tracks were blocked for hours. Damage was unofficially estimated between 15 000 and 20 000 dollars. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Lrark
Linesville Girl Killed in Auto Crash
A Linesville girl, Virginia Dougherty, was killed when an automobile crashed into a tree near Meadville. Four others were injured including Charing Campbell, 19, and Lois Cullins, 19, both of Linesville, with Ceres Bindlinge reported among the injured. The crash occurred in August near Meauvillle with a May year designation in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meauvillle
Linesvill
Lajuysa Thairedsy
Virginia Dougherty
Charing Campbell
Meadville
Ceres Bindlinge
Lois Cullins
Linewvitte
Father Bringing Babe Home Killed In Fall
Bradford Aug 2 An accident near the state line between Eldred and Bradford claimed the life of Donald Johnson 34 of Duke Center as he rode in an ambulance returning home with his infant daughter and wife. The skull fracture occurred at about 7:15 PM and was deemed accidental by Coroner Holmes Clark. The ambulance owned by G R Carley Eldred Mineral director was involved. The child had just been born at Mornton Clinic hospital hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Daugher
Donald Johnson
Duke Center
Morinton Clinic
Johnson
Holms
Olean
Thomas
Clark
Orestes J. Marcis
Eldred
G. R. Carley
Eldred Mineral
New York
Lake Patrol Plan on Erie Guard Shore Plants
Erie reports Coast Guard Auxiliary unit to guard shoreline as part of wartime drill. Captain C. S. Sterrett announces one day training aboard the coast guard cutter Tahoma with Morr L. Crowell leading crew from The District aboard. Cruises to Lake Huron and Georgian Bay will follow with classroom and seamanship exercises ending Monday. War time measures also raise watch and clock sales in Santa Adrien by about 59 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Terence
Sion
Elystal -Voliss
Coast Guard Auxiliary
C. S. Sterrett
Eurth
Auxiliary
Morr L. Crowell
Hlander
Evie Mota
Iaelwight
Coast Guard
Crowell
Lake Huron
Georgian Bay Area
Bem Liew
Emmanuel Des
Cruse
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George Slater
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Dial
Corry, Penn
Erie Station
Dlickle
Ford Tudor
Rtr
Palvest
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Powell Motor Company
Sen
H. Cemer
Conneaut
Muscovy
Yas
Russia
Linesville
Babe
Erie Waterfront
United States
Santa Adrien
Pinkhams
Magnesia
Cocoanut & Castile
Vicks VapoRub
RED Cross
Kotex
Tampax
S.M.A
Fletchers Castoria
J. Ad. Baby
Hobson
Oisan
Eels
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