Three Die in Jamestown Area Auto Crashes
Jamestown Aug 17 two persons died in mobile crashes Sunday raising the year toll to 10 killed and 216 injured in 108 accidents. Authorities are probing a third fatality to determine if an automobile crash caused death. The victims include Joseph Howard Swartzentuber 69 Delia Summerjee and Richard Swanson. The Swartzentruber boy died at Westfield Mercy Hospital after a three car wreck on the Kiantone road south of Jamestown at about 10 15 p m Sunday while returning from a movie with family. The injured include Joseph William Swartzentruber Richard William Swartzentruber Frederick Leach Richard Hall George Pennell and others.
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Jamestown
Joseph Howard Swartzenhuber
Kiantone Road
Delia’ Summer- Jee
Forestville
Sheridan
Richard Swanson
Poland
Celcron Park
Joseph William Swartzentruber
Richard William
R. D
Kiantone
Frederick Leach
Kennedy
Richard Hall
Falconer
George Pennell
Youngstown
Swartzentyuber
W. ©. A. Hospital
Swartzentruber
OPA Uncovers Huge Black Market Auto Ring
Agents busted a covert auto ring linked to South Carolina suspects and a former legislator G Pope Gantt. The Ville operation allegedly served dealers across multiple states including Virginia New York New Jersey Ohio Tennessee Georgia Alabama Michigan Kentucky Louisiana Florida and Pennsylvania. Agents seized and copied license numbers from about 300 cars after the arrests.
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OPA
South Carolina
G. Pope Gantt
Ridge Spring
C. C. Moseley
North
Virginia
District of Columbia
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Tennessee
Georggia
Alabama
Michigan
Kentucky
Louisiana
Florida
Pennsylvania
Local Convent Reopens For School Year At First Avenue
The Mercy sisters assigned to St Thomas parish arrived and opened the convent on First Avenue for the new school year. Sister M Isabel serves as superior this year with Sisters Winifred Joseph Mary Lucille Stater John Bosco Camilla and Lawrence among those stationed here. Most spent the summer at Mercyhurst. Sister John Bosco attended Catholic University in Washington.
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Sisters of Mercy
St. Thomas’ Parish
First Avenue
M. Isabel
M. Winifred
Joseph Mary
Lucille
Stater M
John Bosco
M. Camilla
M. Lawrence
Mercyhurst
Catholic University At
Washington
KILLED BY TRUCK MCCONNELLSBURG INCIDENT
Michael Smith 55 of Clear Ridge was killed in a truck crash near McConnellsburg. His daughter, 12, sustained minor injuries. The accident occurred on August 27.
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Mcconnellsburg
Michael Smith
Clear Ridge
Chautauqua Gate Sets Record at Jamestown Assembly
Chautauqua Institution closed its 73rd annual assembly with the largest gate income since 1910. Ralph McCallister, program director, announced 45 000 attendance including grounds residents, daily visitors and staff. Overall guest attendance reached 40 000 with 10 000 on grounds and 30 000 daily visitors, up 50 percent from last year.
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Jamestown
Chauitauqua Institution
Ralph McCallister
McCallister
Unose
Chautauqua
Five children hurt in blast of cannon ball
Five children of the same family were seriously injured in the explosion of a Spanish American War cannon ball they found and played with in front of their Houston home. A neighbor noted the children bored out a section of the missile with a small drill and a flash from it triggered a blast after they lit a match.
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Houston
Tex
Leo Butler
WESTFIELD RECRUITS 68 FARM HELP FROM ARKANSAS
About 68 men with farming experience arrived at Westfield from Arkansas to aid picking season work in the Westfield area. They join the Westfield Food Commandos camp formerly used to house German prisoners of war. The camp, prepared in recent weeks with a cafeteria, can accommodate 360 to 400 workers. As peak processing hits, Jamestown and other communities will supply at least 350 more workers, some living at the camp, others day laborers.
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Westfield
Arkansas
Westfield Food Commandos
Norman Johnson
Food Commandos
Yiry Johnson
Jamestown
Australia decries Russia power politics at peace conference
At the European peace talks Australia challenges Soviet dominance, defending its wartime contributions and opposing quick concessions. Vishinsky rails against Australian tactics as Hodgson seeks a subcommittee on Italian frontier disputes. Czechoslovakia defends Russia's demand for large Romanian reparations while Byrnes meets Bulgaria's Georgiev.
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Wlec
Europe
Beasley
Vishinsky
Lief Ageland
South Africa
Besley
Bensley
Russia
Hodgson
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Balkan Commission
Romania
U. S
Byrnes
Kimeon Georgiev
Walter Foley in Titusville Hospital Seriously Hurt in Fall
Walter Foley of 124 Breed Street remains in serious condition at Titusville Hospital after X rays showed two skull fractures from a ladder fall on the prior Saturday while trimming a tree in front of his home.
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Titusville
Walter Foley
Breed Street
Titusville Hospital
Tolley
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