New Assistant Hired at Litta Funeral Home
Walte N. Ryden arrives to begin duties as assistant at Litta Funeral Home. Ryden is a native of rhe and has worked at Chester A. Schoal Funeral Home for about one year. Farm families in Chautauqua County plan housing expansion, with over 3.75 million dollars forecast to be spent in three to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Litta Funeral Home
Walte N. Ryden
Rhe
Chester A. Schoal Funeral Home
Chautauqua County
Tile Counil of America
City and Vicinity Factory rebuilt Ford engines
Local notices report factory work on Ford engines in the city and vicinity. The item mentions Powell's and Erle with details about arrivals in New York and a Queen Mary voyage, plus various community updates including a 1947 school opening and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Powell's
Erle
Trish
Christopher Lynch
New York City
Eugene Bosart
Meerdink’s
Leroy Search
Ghester Witkowski
Audrey Kraus
Sth
Roy B. Mong
East Side
Legless War Veteran Wins Seat in Congress
Charles E. Potter a 31 year old war veteran won Michigan's 6th district seat in a Republican victory over Harold D. Beaton. Potter succeeds the late Rep. Fred A. Bradley and said the win left him proud and humble as he prepared to take office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Charles E. Potter
New Republica
Michigan
Ith
Igiet
Harold D. Beaton
Potter
Fred A. Bradley
Steep Kane Hill See Traffic Crash Involving Tank Truck
A downhill tank truck crash on the steep Kane Hill injured no one seriously and damaged a telephone pole. In Corry, nine year old Stephen Howard was admitted to hospital for treatment after an unspecified incident. Kane Chamber of Commerce eyed a public inspection and possible dedication at Truskan Products in about five weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
Goodrich
Thomas Motor Co
Franklin Street
Home Furniture Co
South Center Street
Stephen Howard
Harold Howard
Findley Lake
Corry Hospital
Kane
Truskan Products Company
Kane Chamber of Commerce
Polio Delays Wilmington School Opening
In Wilmington Delaware the start of public schools moved from September 2 to September 15 due to poliomyelitis spread. The health board reported ten new infantile paralysis cases this year for a total of eight and three deaths since January. Reconnaissance flights by Army planes plan DDT spraying over three days to combat house flies believed to spread the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
George Baines
Wilmington Board of Health
City Board of Education
Health Board
Lightning Kills 14-year-old on Lancaster Farm
A heavy storm in Lancaster killed 14-year-old James R Witmer who stood at a barn door as a bolt struck the Witmer farm. The same lightning damaged the Witmer farmhouse kitchen and injured others in the family. In Philadelphia, a trolley car crash left 11 injured as passengers fled smoke-filled cars through windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Pay
James R. ‘Witmer
Witmmer
Philadelphia
Japanese Captain Pleads Innocent for Prisoner Deaths
Japanese Capt. Toshi Akautsu pleaded innocent to charges of responsibility for the deaths of 15 American POWs. Akatsu, who had charge of labor detail in the Philippines, denied he failed or refused to hospitalize prisoners.
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Yokohama
Toshi Akautsu
Iris
Akatsu
Philippines
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Lakewood
Star Lite Athletic Club
Fist
McCray
Blakeside
Crowell
Mead Bark
St. Vincent's Hospital
J.C. Bryfmt
Catherine Lahu' Q
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Rosssacher Insurance Service
Joseph Millon
Jamestown Veneer and Plywood Corporation
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Botley
Oil City
J. Whillateh
Grace Church
Dial
Koehlers, DuBois and Koch's
D. W. Clark
Thoms Ahrens
R. D
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Ahrens
Stendant
Root
Cory Hospital
Austin Strard
Wright Street
Barrett
Robert Earnest
A. B. Earnest
Detmotte
Cabins-In-The- Pines
Cory Welfare Organization
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Edward J. Henna
Coraopolis
Ellis
Janet
Sorenson
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Crawford County Board of Elections
Titusville
Laurel
Legion of the Moose
Gioria Walrous
Desigiter
Hubert Walrous
Manhattan
Turner
Calif
Jack Frost
Sugarontario Club
Widmann
Meer
Bill Wilcox
R. P. Beckwith
Jeeps & Equipment
Willys
N. Center St
Congress
Keystone VanCise
Stevens Paame
Topp
North Center Street
Wilnington
Piniham
Oman
Taien
Piniehar's
Co.o
Reipe
Carole King
Gadabout
Carole
King
Junior Bazaar
Powell, Loan and Finance CO
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C.H. Gens
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