Meadville and region brief items on war notice and local events
A police order designates five hill streets in a borough for play use and traffic closure on school days. Meadville reports Captain Clinton W. Kuhns listed missing and described as prisoner of war in the Philippines. church dinner and meeting plans, a naval cadet fatality note, local draftee schedules, accident updates, and community notices across Meadville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess I J. McGaee
Meadville
Clinton W.] Kuhns
Philippine Island
Iis
Frances Kulms
South Meadville
Washington, D. C
Methodist Church
Weard
Franklin
Ross A.thomas
Florida
Valvoline Oi Company
Pranklin
Powell Motors
St. Marys
Sit
Army
Navy
Ridgway
Draft Board
Rideway
Erie
Sttaches
Meadville City Hospital
Nad
Market
North Streets
December quota mounts for Kane district recruits
Kane leads the December quota with 19 men, Ludlow 10, plus two from Mt Jewett and one from a sergeant, as Det. 23 handles examinations in Erie. Remaining quota totals 5, with 128 overall. Also reported: a James town man injured lightly in a blackout incident and a 19 month old baby hurt in an accident, with both families receiving care. Steen's advertises civilian clothes cleaning with moth proof bags. County prison board seeks higher federal pay for inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Mt. Jewett Dall
Erie
Ludlow
Jewett
Stan
12Th
Reed Steels
Hamet Hospital
Beulah Moore
Waterford
Gary Moore
Steen's
Sautsday
State's Air Patrol Led Submarine Search Off Atlantic
Civil Air Patrol of Pennsylvania aids anti submarine patrols off the Atlantic coast. Wing Commander William L. Anderson reports 3,000 members in 32 squadrons, with over 200 enlisted in patrol work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markece Urc
Pensylvania
Civil Air Patrol
Atlantic
William L. Anderson
Pennsylvania
Wom
Congress Resumes On January 6th Date Set
Washington December 14 Speaker Rayburn announced congressional leaders agreed to convene the 77th Congress on January 6 with President Roosevelt delivering his message in person to a joint session on January 7. They expect adjournment by Wednesday or Thursday of that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Djourn
Allied Merchant Ship Toll Reaches 536 in Atlantic Losses
The first week of the second year after Pearl Harbor sees eight more cargo ship sitings in enemy Atlantic campaigns. Total ships toll rises to 536 with nearly 6,000 aboard or lost, including 3,740 dead and 2,233 missing. The Associated Press tabulation covers United and neutral vessels. In a separate item, Tuunville proposes fines up to 30 dollars for blackout violations after November test, with hearings set and officers directing defendants to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
United
Neutral Nations
Tuunville
Norma- Hons
Mii
Harley
Varnim and
Tees
Sun
Stolen Auto Recovered Near Titusville
Chief Dan Connell reports a Ford two door sedan owned by Charles Monroe of East Pleasant Street was found abandoned on Ol Creek Road three miles north of Titusville after being stolen Friday night. Police believe the thieves then stole a 1937 Pontiac sedan owned by Fred Wisland nearby, a Pontiac with Pennsylvania license PLAT and three new retapped tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Connell
Titusville
Thesi
Charles 5
Monroe
East Pleasant Street
Ol Creek Road
Cory Man
Fred Wisland
R. D
Titusvile
Pennsylvania
Rommel Forces Routed Pressed Toward Misurata
The report notes Rommel’s forces fleeing westward with a possible stand at Misurata an oasis position about 300 miles from Tripoli. A contested supply line could be shortened by a push toward Misurata, while risk grows of colliding with the Eighth Army and Allied forces in Tunisia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporium
Athletic Boosters Club
Canada
Oklahoma
H. J. Grant
DeJeon
Misurata
Mershes
Il ‘Agheilu
Rommel
Tripoli
Eighth Army
Alliec
Tunisia
Warren Woman Dies at Hospital After Bombing
A Warren, Pennsylvania woman, Mrs. Nicholas Andersen, 47, died at Corry Hospital after a week of medical care following injuries from bombing near Bengasi and Tobruk harbors. Allied advances were reported with the Eighth Army providing medical support and Britain moving supplies to the rear amid port activity as Axis ships lay wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengasi
Tobruk
Wreska
Alr
Nicholas Andersen
Libya
Russell Street
Warren
Io Pa
Corry Hospital
Oecar
Eighth Army
Hazardous device threat shifts from Sousse to Palermo
Reports indicate continued operations aiming at a hazardous device as forces move from Sousse Tunisia toward the Sicilian port of Palermo, with activity extending across the Mediterranean on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sousse
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Palermo
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Hubert
Wi Wager
Tob
Wager
Apnapoli
C. V. Clark
Elk Street
Liberty Street
PB. Cunningham
Earl van Guilder
Spring Street
Mb. Jewett
Fecel
William J. Brooks
South Franklin Street
Traey
Stewart Hat Shop
Wooman
Lady Wrailin Rebekah Lodge
LO. O. F
Fred Plinchbaugh
Charles Altes
Flinchbaugh
Mentor Club
Elinor Griswold
Mapie Avenue
aTegin
Columbus Community Aid
Frank Betts
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
C.F. McCrey
Solota Community
Lido Club
Heinz
Bisquick
LUX
Wing- Willi Star Stores
J. D
Jamestown
William Fellows
67Th Street
W.C. 4
Jamestown Metal Equipment
Mendous
Zuckerman
Dia Ie
Corry Pa
State's Air Patrol
Army, Navy & Air Corps
BILL
Jim
Corry’s Greatest Clothiers
Ford
C. S. Monroe
Oil Creek Road
Durkees
Firch's
Hunt Club
ACME
Eli
Floris Cort Flori
Fanc Jerse
Swift Tasty
OHIO
Presse
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