Damaged Local Notices and Public Affairs Roundup
Damp and cooler, Stanford Hose Company fish fry tonight. An application for marriage for Joseph A Balog and Mary K Machacek filed in Corry. Neighbors complain about cows and dogs causing trouble. Bridge repairs near Beaverdam-North jarry road completed and reopened. Transfers recorded in Hite City. Patrick says he was not beaten on West Main Street. Fort Sheridan soldiers qualify as aviation cadets. New York Central Railroad reports seven months net income of 37.6 million. Soft drink prices regulated by the Erie district. Marion Street stone-throwing feud prompts police warning. American railroads report freight car activity up. Pennsylvania defense councils to aid War Loan drive. State to open Capitol basement cafeteria funded by $15,000. Highway workers seek a better title name. offered $25.
Erie police may be allowed to take war jobs
Erie, Aug. 27. Police may soon be allowed to work in war industries alongside regular duties. Currently officers are on 24 hour duty, prohibiting outside employment, while firemen work shifts. Council weighs lifting the ruling as Chief Christoph declines comment on his day off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erig
Erin
Dire
George J. Christoph
Three Pennsy Workers Hurt In Erie Train Collision
On August 27 at 2 30 p m three Pennsylvania railroad workers were injured when a locomotive rammed a standing engine and caboose on track nine near the 8th and Wesco streets crossing in Erie. Brakeman R R Kerr suffered a nose fracture and head lacerations. Brakeman W C Johnson sustained a back injury while Fireman William J Barringer had body bruises. Engineer Frank T Tenny and Conductor Daniel A Conwell were aboard during the collision as officials investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Pennsylvania Allroad
8Th and
Wescmer Streets
R. R. Kerr
East and Street
W. C. Johnson
East 26Th Street
William J. Barringer
East 28Th Street
Frank T.tenny
East 24Th Street
Daniel A. Conwell
Wayne Street
Thinsday
Drunk Attacks Officer Seizes Revolver in Street Fray
A drunken man attacked Patrolman Rooney, seized the officer’s revolver, and threatened violence before bystanders helped. Rooney was subdued with a blackjack and taken to Corry hospital for a head laceration. Patrolman Harley Drake helped move him to the police station where Rooney faced drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges. He was fined and remanded as his family works to raise bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer
Rooney
Corry Hospital
Harley Drake
Agare
George H. Gordon
Corry Curfew Debate Tests City Authority and Statutes
Erie and Corry clash over curfew powers as City Solicitor Murphy cites 1998 statute limiting municipal control. Justice Department deputy disputes claim, saying municipalities may prohibit minors on streets after certain hours. Judge Miles B. Kitts sides with municipalities, urging curfew enforcement to curb delinquency. Corry council passed curfew amid controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Municipal and County Court
Corry
ERIE
Department of Justice
Edward M. Murphy
Justice Department
Murphy
Miles B. Kitts
Kitts
Manial Affairs Department
Walter E. Greenwood
Third Class Cities League
Jolt Government Commission
Waller H. Scott
Scell
Scott
Corry Ater
Jddee Kitts
Wilcox Stricken on New England Visit
D WILCOX owner of Wilcox Grocery Store on East Main street was stricken during a Williamsburg Massachusetts visit with his daughter Mrs N P Graves. He was transported to Cooley Dickinson Hospital Northampton where his condition is listed as serious. A separate note states a lighted cigarette discarded by a nine year old boy caused a $10,000 fire damaging the West Lawn Fire Company building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prietus van Rege
Wy Weer
S. Donald Wilcox
Wilcox Grocery
East Main Street
N. P. Graves
Williamsburg
Mass
Cooley-Dickinson
Northampton
Reading
West Lawn Fire Company
Penicillin Appeal Aids Teen With Septicemia In Erie
In Erie on August 21 an appeal is made for penicillin for Pat McCarthy a sixteen year old Strong Vincent student and son of Mr and Mrs Din McCarthy of 408 Lincoln Avenue. He is at St Vincent's Hospital suffering from septicemia after boils on his arm and has received daily blood transfusions. Availability of penicillin is limited as civilians must obtain permission from Dr Chester Keefer of Boston. The patient’s name is on file for immediate attention when the drug becomes available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Pat Me
Carthy
Strong Vincent
Mra Din McCarthy
Lincoln
Erliew
St Vincent's Hospital
Chester Keeler
Boston
National Restorcd Council
Keefery
Canadian Deserter Is Returned to Army Authority
Aug 27 Lea J Gagner 20 year old deserter from the Canadian army held at a Harhovcreekt gasoline station has been turned over to Canadian authorities for discipline Sergt Willard Shauers state police reported Thursday Gagnor was arrested with a sixteen year old Teaneck N J youth after they allegedly stole cigarettes valued at 27 dollars. The youth appeared before Judge Miles B Ellis in juvenile court Thursday morning and was paroled to his father with the understanding costs paid and restitution made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles B. Ellis
Shipyard praised for part in Sicily battle
Dravo Corporation Neville Island yards receive high praise from Rear Admiral Cochrane chief of the Navy Bureau of Ships for ships contributing to the Sicily invasion. He notes beachheads were established with precision and low casualties, urging more ships for future invasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Dravo Corporation
Neville Island
EB. L. Cochrane
Navy Bureau of Ships
Cochrane
Dragvo
Sicily
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Stanford Hose Company
Nub
Golde Rule
Erle
Joseph
A. Balog
Mary K. Macha
Joseph Froian
Beaverdam-North
Jarry
Hite
Helen G. Emerson
Wiliaan Wanamaker
Hazel Street
Ittsburg
W. H. Boyd
John Wojtyczka
Waterford Street
UN- City
Hugh Peterson
Dee Peterson
Union Township
Carlyle Sawyer
North Center Street
the Journal
West Main Street
Robert L. DeMauri
Washington Street
Fort Sheridan
Air Corps
New York Centre Railroad
Stanley F. Jablonski
OPA
Marion Street
Association of American Airroads
Pennsylvania
Ralph Cooper ‘Huténison
State Council For Defense
National Housing Agency
Harrisburg
Department of Property and Supplies
State Capitol
Army of Highway Workers
John A. Shroyer
Council
Pennsy
D. Wilcox
New England
Politica
Ertiser
Republican
Helen
Schluraff
Court House
Montgomery Ward
Fed
Riverside
MEN OF
Bernstein's
Bernstein Bros
Center St
Corry, Pa
Port Orford Cedar
Fur Myre
Ehweka
Associated Preas
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