Services Sunday for Mrs. George Thomas
Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 30 P M from Bracken Kealing Funeral Home with Rev Francis G Whiteman officiating. Bearers were William DeHaven Leon Yanger Vern Galloway Archie Goldfinch Laverne Grandy and Carl Way. Temporary interment in Pine Grove mausoleum. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs William Price Warren Thomas Mrs Fred Evans Mr and Mrs William Dayies and Mr and Mrs Arthur Thomas plus several others from Erie Mayville Meadville Warren and Cleveland. Many relatives and friends attended and floral tributes were numerous.
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Memo.y
George Thomas
Bracken-Kealing Funeral Home
Francis G. Whiteman
William DeHaven
Leon Yanger
Vern Galloway
Archie Goldfinch
Laverne Grandy
Carl Way
Pine Grove Cemetery
William Price
Youngstown
Warren
Thomas
Washington, D
Syeme Grandy
Frank Allen
Erie
Seabee Slogan Echoed in Public Familiarity
The famous Seabee slogan “We do the difficult immediately, the impossible takes a little longer” is recalled as a well known wartime maxim. The line remains associated with morale and perseverance, reflecting historic teamwork.
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Seabee
Proud Mother to Sponsor Liberty Ship William J McLean
Savannah Ga December 11 1943 Mrs Hazel Palmer Athens Jr will sponsor the Liberty ship William J McLean named for the late publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin The ceremony is tied to the war stamp drive by newspaper carriers with 150 000 boys selling over 1 300 000 000 stamps The event begins at 630 am EWT Also report Erie man Joseph Tomczak injured when his truck overturned near Venango Route 19 and Corry resident Mrs Hettle D McGrath is listed as a patient in Corry Hospital in good condition.
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Esamumen
Savannah
Hazel Palmer
Athens, Jr
William J. McLean
Philadelphia
Tuiletin
Palmer
Mendville
Joseph Tomczak
Erie
Venango
Hettle D. McGrath
RL D.2
Corry
Corry Hospital
Dubois
Menite Addiiion
Nimrods
Johnsonburg
St.Edward’s Hall
Mts
Harald Dolf
Germania
Potter County
Dolf
Dial
Healy Studio
North Center Street
Jamestown
UG East Smith Street
SeaBees
Erie Navy
Carroll
Beautty Salon
St Mayville
Mayville
Donald Lew
First Lutheran Church
Genterville
Hhr
Baptistas Dies
W. Earl Goodill
Tole
Tipmanuel Guild
Houtewies
Myris Bonsteel
Mia
Sam Hofley
Frank Prost
JeWell Flower Shop
Missing in action and prisoner of war report airs
A government telegram to Mr. and Mrs. Bay Atts of Oil City notes their son Pfc. Harold Edwin Atts is missing in action since September 22 and possibly a prisoner of war in Germany. Telegram from Provost Marshal General cautions pending confirmation and cites intercepted enemy propaganda.
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Powell Motor Co
Bay
J. Atts
Oil City
Harold Edwin Atts
Germany
Lereh
Rand
Tarold Arts
Yeggs Blow Safe at Erie and Loot Exceeds Two Thousand
Police report the seventh Erie safe robbery in months netting over 2000 in cash war bonds and postal stamps at the John F. Kukin Lumber Co. break in occurred at 6:45 am Monday with entry through a cellar window and forced doors. Yeggmen attempted to pry the safe before blasting it open with nitroglycerine and earth, leaving the rear door damaged on the way out.
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Erie
John F. Kukin Lumber Co
Kuhnns
Postal Saynes
Kuhns
Kuhns Wald
Bothie
Slattery Resigns as Rural Electrification Chief
President Roosevelt accepts Harry Slattery’s resignation as rural electrification administrator effective immediately. No reason given and no successor named. Slattery had faced a congressional inquiry last spring amid claims of efforts to force his ouster and testified about pressure from officials including Secretary Wickard and aide Jonathan Daniels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Slattery
White House
Slattery
Senate Agriculture
Agriculture Secretay Wickatél
Jonathan Daniels
Stenoh
Dunkirk Babe Suffocated in Carriage Tragedy
Dennis Le Roy Windsor an infant months old child of Mr and Mrs Windsor died in Dunkirk December 11 from suffocation. The mother reportedly failed to notice the child’s head buried in carriage blankets until the father returned home at noon. Fire department aided with resuscitation attempts for about 30 minutes, but the infant had been dead for two hours before discovery.
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Wallace
First Avenue
Wallace B. White
R.D
Erie
New York Central Railroad
Pittsburgh
R. M. Gibrom
Oil City
Clyde M
Raymond Lefferts
Bremen
Ite
Joseph R. LaPagla
Mrs McEldowney Dies At Cory Hospital At 49
Marian Onnarosacsiown ey McEldowney wife of Malcolm McEldowney of 910 East Main Warren born July 30 1902 in Warren Pa married Aug 11 1919 in West Virginia dies at Cory Hospital after a short illness aged 49 six children two daughters Elaine Spangler Betty and four sons Fred Laverne Robert Richard two sisters Dora Wilcox Clen Dalrymple Warren brother Henry Honhart Warren and grandson Daniel McEldowney. services Wednesday at 2 p m Davison Funeral Home with interment Pine Grove Cemetery
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Marian Onnarosacsiowney
Cory Hospital
McEldowney
Malcolm McEldowney
East Main Short
Warren
West Virginia
Betty
Elaine Spangler
Cory
Fred
Laverne
Robert
Richard
Dora Wilcox
Clen Dalrymple
Henry Honhart
Daniel McEidawney
Corry
Davison Funeral
Pine Grove
Germans Forced Back From Roer River Towns
Allied forces pushed Germans back from towns along the Roer River as units of the Seventh Army and French First Army swept the Alsatian pocket near Colmar. The assault reached within three to nine miles of Colmar while French and American troops closed in from the west. More than 500 heavy bombers and about 2,000 lighter aircraft supported air operations, with raids killing railcars and locomotives and targeting fortified buildings near the U.S. Ninth Army front.
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Sarlaruhe
Rhine
Griesbach
St Mertzwiller
Seventh Army
First Army
Alsatian
Colmar
Rignizheim
Sigelsheim
Lusif
Sai
Third Army
U.S. Ninth Army
Anks
Meadville trio agrees to abide by price rules in fruit sale
Morris Firman Eric and John Micelli signed stipulations in Federal Court agreeing to follow maximum price regulations and to maintain records in the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables. The report notes this action taken in Pittsburgh on December 11.
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OPA
Pittsburgh
Morris Firman
Eric
John Micelli
Meadville
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Clearfield County
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