Polio cases rise in Jamestown area countywide total 27
Jamestown Aug 26 one new polio case a 21 month old infant brings city total to seven and county total to 27. The patient is at Jamestown General Hospital. Most cases are in the northern section with new additions in Dunkirk Fredonia Sheridan Ellington and other towns.
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Jamestown
Chautauqua County
Jamestown General Hospital
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Sheridan
Ellington
Forestville
Sindaieville
West Ellicott
North Harmony
Westfield
Brocton
Silver Creek
Hanover
Cherry Creek
Hemlet
Allies Press Into Brest Siege Amid Heavy Air Strikes
Allied forces push to break the Brest siege as American and British bombers strike the forts guarding the port and the Warspite shells defenses. Submarines at Lorient and St Nazaire await cleanup while Allied air forces fly thousands of sorties from Germany to Brest and advance toward Belfort Gap near Troyes.
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France
Brest
Warspite
Jalls
Lorient
St. Nasaire
Breton
Germany
Troyes
Belfort Gap
Rhineland
Revision Announced In New Rent Control Order
The local district rent control office announced two amendments effective September 1. One raises the standard for hardship relief, requiring landlords to show a substantial decrease in net income and a substantial unavoidable rise in property tax or operating costs since the maximum rent date. The other allows rent adjustments for peculiar circumstances such as below market rents for a mentally incompetent tenant, disputed ownership, or a one month term with high rent to meet dwelling needs.
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Prank
Anderson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Patti Pleads Guilty in Coal Fraud Actions
Mayville reports Patti head of Market Street Coal and Coke Company pleaded guilty to petty larceny in three coal fraud cases. County Judge H V N Bodine fined $500 per count and suspended one year in Monroe county penitentiary on each charge. Restitution totals: $189 to American Aviation Corp, $831 to Jamestown Steel Partitions, and $861 to City of Jamestown. Sidney T. Hewes assisted the district attorney in prosecution.
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Mayville
John A. Patti
Patli
Market Street Coal and Coke Company
H. V.N. Bodine
Michael D. Lombardo
Bodine
Patti
Monroe County
American Aviation Corporation
Jamestown Steel Partitions Company
Jamestown
Sidney T. Hewes
Injured camp guard near death in wartime camp
Pvt John Perry 44 of Huntington West Virginia was gravely injured when struck by an automobile near the Nasi war prisoner camp at Hull Hill Sheffield. His skull and leg fractures left him in very grave condition as relatives flew in after a Department of Labor notice.
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Kane
Pvt
John . Perry
Huntington
W. Vis
Hull Hill
Sheffield
Perry
Prank Perry
Prances Perry
W. Va
Knox
Clarion County
Lax
Case Ends With Hung Jury and Charge Reduction
A case concluded with a hung jury and the defendant consented to a reduction of charges. The defense sought retrial coverage of county costs, while two related cases were expected to take longer than the initial five days of trial.
We, the People microphone program on Drake Well discovery
The Drake Well Memorial Park Library hosts a special We the People program recounting Col. Drake’s discovery that sparked the American petroleum industry. The program airs to millions on CBS at 10:30 PM.
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Drake Well Memorial Park
Col. Drake
Columbia Broadcasting System
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