Pennsylvania News Briefs From War Era Community
Local events include a high school a cappella choir’s first vespers at the Senior High auditorium this Sunday at 5 o’clock. Reports of store shortages and a minor street crash on North Center Street. Measles cases rise with three new infections named. Coast Guard SPARS recruitment called for 1,000 from Pennsylvania. Wage acts oversee employee compensation at Weller Supply in Erie. Council of Defense clarifies outdoor Christmas lighting rules with blackout readiness. Hospital association buys autoclave for sanitation needs amid Army service plans. State defense appoints Russell to coordinate disaster welfare and relief. Restaurant wage orders advance to state department for action.
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Fale Pineleri
Dum
Brad‘abregt
Ars
William Baxter
Pitts Held
Roger Norton Jacobs
Watts
North Center Street
Cie
State Defense Council
Howard L. Russell
Secretary of Public Assistance
Emergency Welfare Service
Russell
Junior Rangers Organized At Clymer School
Blymer Central School assembles a Junior Rangers program with grade 3 to 14 students pledging wartime efforts. Points are earned for stamps, bonds, grease, rubber, and registrations, funding a forthcoming production training course and armband scholarships.
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Clymer
Blymer Central School Company
Junior Amatients Rangers
Ustir
Ius
Bridges
Cis
Pohls
Pydte High
Elacss Ort
Board of Education
Janary
Clayton Bridges
Plechman
Ruth Lincsul
Button
Anna Waeob
Gordon Wilkinson
Shirley Wright
William Yuiko
Cato Howes
Carlton King
Joyce Leatees
Mary Lou McCain
Shirley Schruers
Miss Cleason
Phyllis Bensink
Thomas Bridges
Marilyn Giavink
George Green
Norma Newhouse
Jacquelyn Il
Phylli Pitt
Winifred Rhebergen
Velma TeWinkle
Carol Ton
Virginia Vruvik
Margaret Walford
Lorene Groters
Carol Hewes
Gordon Holthoure
Merle Holthoure
Robert Hulett
Vivien King
Donald LaRose
Haybara Meetdink
Lucille Meyerint
Paull Meyerink
Betty Neckers
Jonny Neckere
Jacquelyn Nutill
Carol Newhaute
Donald Olmsted
Winifred Pill
Dorothy Pfeiffer
Alan Rhebergen
Audrey Rouse
Joyes
New Gas Regulations Take Effect Monday
Eastern filling stations face dry conditions as new gas rules start Monday. Officials say 305000 barrels daily will be available in the East this month, 831000 for January, with 450000 previously consumed daily. Supplies must cover essential motor vehicles and military needs ahead of winter heating.
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Africa
Texas
Zast
Tekes
Book Reviews on Wartime Works and a Pilot’s Guide
A disparate roundup reviews a slate of wartime books and a flight navigation title. John Selby surveys Ishihara and Grahams works while Joseph Grew’s Tokyo report and Dorothy Thompson’s Listen Hans analyze Japan and Germany. Leisure titles include Preachers Kid by Haystead and Visibility Unlimited by Vetter, with critics noting biases and the wartime context.
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Luella Deyoe at Pine Grove
Funeral services for Mrs. Luella Deyoe were conducted at Interonte Air 3A West Columbus avenue with Rev H Ray Harris officiating. Attending friends included Wesley H Howard Sam Hatley Wesley Ober Shepard Harry Fleming and Albert Bush. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery. A large delegation from the Women's Relief Camps served as escort along with relatives Archie Taylor Joan Taylor William Taylor of Detroit and Ettie Trisoult of Union City among others.
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Luella
Interonte
Columbus Avenue
H. Ray Harris
Deurens
Wesley H. Howard
Sam Hatley
Wesley Ober
Shepard
Harry Fleming
Albert Bush
Pine Grove Cemetery
Hunter
Commissioners Lift Complaints On Assessment In Erie
Erie county commissioners Friday enhanced appeals from 12 to 20 year end assessment protests while Monday will begin hearings on the traliman and handing down final decisions. Most appeals came from city residents with Wards One to Five prominent. The board noted that demonstrations reduced work time and urged balance between city and county values.
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Erie
Rpvision Board
Kane Plant Building Goes Under Hammer
Kane, Dec. 19 R J Hetenecker Kane attorney was high bidder and awarded title to the Berry Truck and Body Building at public sale held Friday afternoon at two oclock. Bid of 5380 accepted by Auctioneer Clyde J McKnell for bondholders. Building constructed in 1911 at an estimated cost of 18000 used for truck bodies later for signal lamps and, in recent years, as storage garage and trucks sales room.
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Kane
R. J. Hetenecker
Berry
Clyde J McKnell
Hetenecker
Dliseloge
War volunteers urged for community rationing work
Officials appeal for men and women to volunteer for wartime duties at Corry's rationing office. Volunteers to work 100 hours per week, type and file cards, assist at the second floor municipal building, and support various Detroit projects. Women with office experience asked to report to headquarters. Volunteers must register at the municipal building second floor, room 21-891.
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Corry
Lee
Christmas greetings banned by wartime communications board
The Board of War Communications has banned festive messages via Wire and Weld telegraph companies effective December 22 within the United States. Messages sent to other parts of the nation are restricted, while greetings sent from armed forces outside the continental United States remain allowed.
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Bales States
Board of War Communications
United States
Potato Cooperative Annual Meeting Set for Monday
Stockholders of the Potato Cooperative Association will hold their annual meeting at North Girdd plant Monday afternoon at 1 30 o clock. The session includes officer election and the usual annual business with an opportunity to inspect the plant.
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Stockhoniers
Northwesten , Potato Cooperative Association
Wavell drives into Burma and gains in Africa
A New Delhi communique discloses British and American forces moved into Burma from the Arakan border, seizing the Maungdaw Bunduong area about 80 miles northwest of Akyab after enemy withdrawal. Allied air attacks pounded Japanese positions near the frontier ahead of the thrust. In Russia, Stalingrad fronts saw heavy air battles and ground fighting as German and Soviet forces clashed. Russians reported significant losses for the Germans and stubborn counterattacks along the central front toward Moscow and near Kotelnikovski.
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Burma
Africa
First Army
New Delhi
Arakan
Maungdaw - Bundoung
Akyab
Russia
Stalingrad
Red Army
Moscow
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