Train Strikes Tractor Trailer Near Portland
Westbound Twenty Century Limited derailed a tractor trailer loaded with steel at Undershill Crossing near Portland in a snowstorm. The driver J M Cardsey escaped injury, the engine was crippled, and a wrecking train was sent. Four hours were needed to clear the scene and reroute the train toward Chicago.
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Westfield
New York Central
Pashenwer
Twentieth Century Limited
Trailes
Portland
J. M. Cardsey
Columbus
Mmeks
Penn Trucking Company
A.B. Hyder
Brie
Buffalo
Chicago
Mrs Kate Mullin 83 Dies In Corry After Ill Health
Mrs Kate Mullin aged 83 died Tuesday at 12 15 PM at the home of her niece Mrs Blanche Stearns 331 Eagle Street Corry Pa She was born December 29 1860 in Bear Lake and had lived there and nearby areas until moving to Corry Her husband died twenty years ago She is survived by a daughter Mrs Clayton Bratt of Celoron NY a son Dennis Mullin of Picke Ohio two sisters Mrs Nellie Upton and Mrs Clara Loomis of North East a brother Mot Carter of Bear Lake six grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM from the Bracken Keating Funeral Home Rev B A Galbreatty officiating Temporary interment will be in Pine Grove mausoleum Friends may call at the funeral home and attend the services.
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Kate Mullin
Blanche Stearns
Eagle Street
Mullin
Bear Lake
Corry
Stearns
Clayton Bratt
Celoron
Dennis Mullin
Picgue
Ohio
Nellie Upton
Clara Loomis
North East
Mot Carter
Bracken-Keating Funeral Home
Ollock
B. A. Galbreatty
Pine Grove
Little Cooley Infantryman Loses Leg in War
Private John Francis Jones from Centerville losses a leg after a second wounding in Germany. He survived Normandy D-Day and was later hospitalized in a New York City facility. Jones, 20, enlisted July 2, 1943, previously earned a Purple Heart.
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Little Cooley
Tuien UN Wien
Pfc
John Francis Jones
Samuel G. Jones
R.D. 2
Centerville
War Department
Germany
Pfe. Jones
Patiene Astron
New York City
Pvt. Jones
Roosevelt Wins Pennsylvania By 105 481 In 1944 Vote
Pennsylvania official returns show Franklin D Roosevelt with a 105 481 vote lead over Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt totals 1 964 479 civilian and military ballots to Dewey 1 935 048 with 19 260 for three minor candidates. Myers defeats Davis for a third Senate term by 23 58 votes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Dewey
State Elections Bureau
Francis J. Myers
James J. Davis
Snowstorm Strikes Jefferson County After 15 Inch Fall
Another snowstorm began today in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania. The region in Jefferson County was already beset by a 15 inch snowfall that blanketed the area.
Services in memory of George C Sackett
Funeral services for George C Sackett were held at 2:30 PM at Bracken-Keating Funeral Home. Rev G J Boyd officiated with out of town attendees including George C Sackett Jr from Houston and Cpl Richard Darling from Turlock. Bearers were Aero Supply Mfy Co workers Floyd Marsh Paul Taylor Len Howlett Clinton McLean than Gurter Clarence Alexander Elner Alexander and Harry Hickle.
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Punerar
George C. Sackett
Bracken-Keating
North Center Street
G. J. Boyd
The
Presbyterian Church
George C. Sackett, Jr
Houston
Texas
Cpl
Richard Darling
Turlock
Calif
Ernest Teldbus
New York City
Aero Supply Mfy. Co
Floyd , Marsh
Paul Taylor
Len Howlett
Clinton McLean
Than Gurter
Clarence Alexander
Elner Alexander
Harry Hickle
Corry airman earns Distinguished Unit streamer
Corry radio operator B Hinchman of 355 West Wayne Street receives the Distinguished Unit streamer for the 15th AAF heavy bomb group. Maj Gen Nathan F Twining pins the award for the Vienna Austria operation on July 25 26 highlighting the group’s valiant defense against 30 enemy fighters and heavy AA fire.
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Bae Uy
Uph
Netice B. Hinchman
Wesh
Wayne Street
Corry
Eumner Ia
Iuly
Nathan F. Twining
11Th Army Air Force
Libertor Pombens
Thieves Seize Tanker Trucks With Liquor in Philadelphia
Two men jumped into the cabs of two ten ton trucks at a loading platform in Philadelphia and drove off with $60 000 worth of liquor. police quickly swarmed the area and searched garages and warehouses. Authorities said the trucks likely remained within city limits.
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Philadelphia
Lim
Gal
John M. Price
Fort Dade
Iowa
Bertram C. Harrison
Leesburg
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Brocton
State
Y Associated Press
Wilcox Grocery Acres
Pillsbury Flour
Glendora
Karo
Duz
Washington
Maxwell House Coffee
George C.sacket
United States of America
Polos
Murphy's
A. L. Lyle
Clearfield Factory
Stewart’s Hat Shop
Canon
G.c.murphy
Murphy's Toy Headquarters
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