General's Wife Aided By Erie Ticket Agent
John J. Burgoyne, a passenger and ticket agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Erie, helped Mrs. Mark Clark with 5 dollars when she could not cash a check at Union Station. Burgoyne recalled the encounter, noting the woman was Mrs. Clark, wife of the deputy commander in chief of the Mediterranean theater of war, and said he did not want to embarrass her.
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Erie
John J. Burgoyne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Burgoyne
Union Station
Pittsburgh
Mark Clark
Buroye
New Parking Ordinance Amendment Moves Through Council
The council debates Bill 713 on parking changes authorizing a dollar voluntary forfeiture with the city receiving the funds. If not paid within 48 hours the penalty rises to two dollars. ignored notices lead to a ten dollar fine and legal costs. Final reading slated for December 29 as the budget is set.
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Gordon
Kinsey
Department of Safety
Tts
City Escapes as Snow Closes Roads Across State
Snow continues to cover wide areas as Pennsylvania roads remain hazardous. The Lincoln Highway between Pittsburgh and Greensburg reports seven inches of snow while routes 2 and 20 suffer in rough conditions. Westmoreland County notes slow clearing as 60 percent of roads still closed from last week's storm. Bus services from Washington suspend, Somerset reports three to five inches, Crawford sees light flurries, and temperatures hover near 18 degrees as West Virginia highways become impassable and schools close for a second time this week.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Grawford
West Virginia
Sparta Scrambles Back After Snowstorm Strands Town
Sparta, Venango County, is recovering from a heavy snow event that delayed travel and left about 125 students absent as schools resumed Monday. Roads reopened then filled in again by high winds, rural routes still unsettled. community groups like the 800 Club met for Christmas, shifting plans as roads remained impassable. Local notices include junior grange meetings, service updates, personnel moves, and upcoming Christmas programs, with residents from Spartansburg to Guys Mills noting travel and family updates.
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Spartansburg
Veo
800 Club
Prances Doukey
Brank Buxton
Carl Kovach
Corry
Sidney Winans
Frances Dooher
Ernest Platt
Door
Port Angles
Wash
Asa Tobias
Ashtabula
Ohio
Clint Smith
Nina Williams
Arthur
Ernest
W. Warren ‘Tobias
Chicago
Ill
Smiths
Lucille Blakeslee
St. Petersburg
Fla
Paul B. Smith
Oph Smith
George Salmon
Prank Childs
Guys Mills
al McNamara
Atden Rockefellow
West Spring Creek
Carlton Johnson and Son
Camp Parry
Hiram John
Erie City Hikes Tax Rate in Split Council Vote
By a 9 to 2 vote on Monday, the Erie City Council raised the 1945 property tax rate by three quarters of a mill to 1574 amis after reducing the deficit to about $88,000. Mayor Charles R. Barber moved for the increase, supported by Parks Director Gale Ross and three Republicans, while Finance Director Joseph C. Martin and Safety Director Sherman Hickey opposed. Martin had proposed maintaining the current year’s appropriation to avoid a tax rise of 14.75 mills, but Barber argued that slashed departmental appropriations would cut into next year’s budget and create a larger deficit, risking a two mill hike in 1946.
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Erie
Charles R. Barber
Gale Ross
Streets
Hany Ebebes
Joseph C. Martin
Sherman Hickey
Martin
Hickey
Counciil
Barber
Chaplin May Take Stand In Own Defense Today
Chaplin in Los Angeles faces a paternity trial with jurors sworn and two alternates to be chosen. Attorney Joseph L. Scott outlines 24 year old Joan Berry suit claiming Charlie Chaplin as father of her baby, Carol Ann. Dr Russell Starr set to testify as to the infant born 14 months ago. Chaplin on call to testify next.
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Los Angeles
Joseph L. Scott
Joan Berry
Charlie Chaplin
Carol Ann
Russell Starr
Beatty
Funnyman
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John Burgoyne
First Avenue Poultry Market
Wayne Jaggi
First Ave
Sparta
Woneyse Vharge
SeaBees
Helen Boythe
Edinboro State Teachers Gallege
Thomas Richards
Cleveland
Java Richards
Merritt Harrison
Harrisburg
Lola Potter
Tillotson Corners
Lawrence Snepp
Francis Kinney
A. S
Great Lakes
Clyde Kinney
Patricia Fish
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Guy Fish
Clyde McCray
Corry Hospital
Henry Culver
Dunkirk
N. Y
Riley Smith
Paul Dooher
Pauline Kunich
Nicholas Kunich
Centerville
Martha
Maxine Kinney
Women’s Missionary Society
Townville
Erie City
Martin and
Chaplin
G. C. Murphy CO
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