County 1941 Road Program Threatened by Material Shortages
Erie August 29 1941 County Engineer William Supplee warns four major county road projects may be delayed as material shortages divert tar, asphalt and cement to defense needs. State plans to reconstruct Lake Road north of Payne to Four Mile Creek face curtailment, while East Lake farmers fear harvest transportation issues.
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Erie
Erle
Tiuiirs My
William Wf. Supplee
Defense
Uy Opm
L Lamont Hughes
Harrisburg
King of 41
General Electric
Lake Road
Payne
Franklin Avenue
Four-Mile Creek
East County
Avonia
Ridge Road
Asbury Chapel
Ridge
Brown Avenue
Pittsburgh Avenue
Supplee
Aged man in orchard attempts self harm
An 86 year old village resident attempted suicide Thursday morning in an apple orchard at Wood and Bliss streets. He was found with a rope around his neck and suspended from a tree limb. Charles Pieter was taken to Brooks Memorial hospital. coroner Crandall ordered x rays to check for a broken neck. The condition was listed as fair.
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Wilsisney
Alice
Wood
Bliss
Charles Pieter
Brooks Memorial Hospital
William B. Crandall
Worker Electrocuted at Westinghouse Plant
Edwin E. Simpson 29 a tester at the Sharon works of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company was electrocuted yesterday. Fellow workmen tried for three hours to revive him by artificial respiration.
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Sharon
Edwin E. Simpson
Sharon Works
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Berkeley Equipment Company Wins War Contract
The Berkeley Equipment Company was listed by the War Department to pay as receiving a contract for machines totaling 7000 dollars.
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Berkeley
Berkeley Equipment Company
War Department
Ptay
Sparta School Opens Tuesday Amid Faculty Changes
Spartansburg Vocations school plans to open Tuesday for the 1941-14 term. New Home Economics teacher and other staff changes greet the start as rooms are cleaned, supplies on hand, and teachers attend a two day institute at Allegheny College.
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Spartansburg
Spartansburg Vocations
Helen Hutchinson
Molasse Yoas
Punxsulawhey
Harold Wellyee
Butler
Roy Dalrymple
K. A. Bennett
Wevtford
H. D. Bennett
Meadville
Teachers’ Institute
Allegheny College
Board of Education
Luquesne Construction Company
Mary Stranahan
New Castle
Corry
Wellsboro
East Aurora
Thomas Bimber
Arthur Bimber
Corry Thospital
Torrey
Naomi Bimber
Joga
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Hysetown
Morris
Victor Sayre
Erie Commercial College
Fern Sayre
Jesse Richard Croscutt
Willard Tillotson
P. J. Dooher
Vernal Torrey
Niagara Palls
John Burns
Anna Roth
Prisciilla Sensor
Edinboro
Wattsburg
Maximum gas price set for Erie sector 19 cents
Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson fixed a 19 cent ceiling on the retail price of regular gasoline in Erie. The move, announced from Washington, aims to guide motorists though vendors were not required to follow the limit. The 19 cent Erie ceiling also applies to Pittsburgh Scranton Reading and Harrisburg.
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Erie
Henderson
Leon Henderson
Well known retired industrialist dies in Buffalo
Davidson, a nationally known retired industrialist and organizer of the Davidson Ore Mining Company, died yesterday at age 75 in Buffalo. A native of Connellsville, Pa., he is survived by his widow Mary Quay, daughter of late Senator Matthew Quay, and a daughter Mrs. George Davidson Sietmer of New York.
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Buffalo
Davidson
Davidson ‘Ore Mining Company
Connellsville
Mary| Quay
US 8
Matthew $. Quay
Beay BP
George | Davidson Sietmer
New York
Shortage stations push uneven gasoline price schedules
The article notes stations exploiting shortages with price schedules aimed at profiteering, urging motorists to protest violations. Henderson called for consumer protection and announced possible schedules on motor fuel sales, with prices ranging from 20.1 cents per gallon in Manchester New Hampshire to 105 cents in Washington DC.
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Henderson
Manchester
Nhs
Washington
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