Ajax Trax Works Hosts War Stories Christmas Party
A Christmas party for Ajax Trax Works employees and guests at St Edward's hall featured veteran war stories by Staff Sergeant Douglas E. Brown and Colm McKeusie. The event celebrated a 10 percent bond subscription by northside plant workers and announced a Treasury recognition award for reaching 20 percent.
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Ajax Trax Works
St. Edward's Hall
Ajax Tron Works
Northside
Mast
Treasury Department
St. Edward
Colm MscKeusie
Merchant Marine
Shieir
Con Het
Ernest Dim
Allies Press Drive as Axis Retreats in Tunisia
A Cairo communique reports Allied forward patrols in contact with Axis forces near Sultan Morstaal Rommel’s retreating columns along the coastal road from Bute to Beurat El Hsun. In Tunisia French troops with American air support recaptured Pichon and pushed German forces with prisoners taken, while Italian sources say Axis units remain active repelling Allied pressure west of the front.
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Libya
Cairo
Sultan
Phannesbatttemd
Morstaal
Rommel
Bute
Sultin
Beurat el Hsun
Pichon
Sousse
Medjez-El-Bal
Tunisia
Detectives in Sheffield Use Cameras for Street Harassment Evidence
Detectives in Sheffield, England deploy surveillance cameras to gather evidence against men who harass pedestrians and cyclists on sidewalks and near horse fairs.
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Sheffield
England
Arizona Girl Wins Quick Acquittal In Murder Case
Margaret Herlihy of Killing became free after a speedy jury acquitted her of murdering Captain David D. Carr, father of her unborn child. Jurors praised her as others said they might have acted similarly.
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Arizona
Associated Pres Hisbee
Margaret Herlihy
David D. Carr
Carr
Margaret
John F. Ross
Chfet
Gol
BG. Herlihy
Captain Cave
Mexico
Erie County Surpasses Quota in Victory Loan Campaign
Erie county reports a grand total of 12,227,450 subscribed in the federal Victory Loan drive, first in the Fourth Federal Reserve district to top its quota. City donations totaled 11,128,800 toward a 4,526,000 goal, while the county contributed 1,098,650 toward a 1,913,000 quota, with four days remaining.
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Erie
Erie County
Federal Reserve District
Goodwill Trial Slated for Early January
Floyd Goodwill of near Spartansburg will stand trial in Mayville early in January for assault on a farmer near Findley Lake. Frant J. Militello of Forestville was named as counsel for Goodwill and appointed by the court last week.
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Floyd Goodwill
Spartansburg
Mayville
Findley Lake
Frant J. Militello
Forestville
Beer
Goodwill
Acquit Dubois Man of Murder
A jury in Clearfield Pennsylvania found Easterly Dubouy not guilty of murdering Charles McGranor whose body was found in a quarry near DuBois in September 1941. The trial lasted a week with 17 hours of deliberation and included contested confessions from several party members later repudiated on the stand.
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Clearfield
Jo Seni
Dubouy
Eb RaSpe
Ste
Charles McGranor
DuBois
McGranor
Byr Passerb
Traffic Over Route 6 Sees Historic Low Amid Snow
Route 6 traffic through Hane Saturday reached a multiyear low as wartime gasoline bans and heavy snow curbed travel. Snowfall totaled 10 inches in 48 hours, pushing the December storm to about 26.70 inches overall.
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Kan
Hane
Spring Water Company
Dunkirk Plant Receives Coveted M Award
The Dunkirk plant of the American Locomotive Company was honored with the M award for top production in vital war materials for the United States Maritime Commission. Col Willard R Rockwell presented the award to Frank M Gaskell as Sylvia Strakacs addressed workers in the plate shop.
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Dunkirk
American Locomotive Company
United States Maritime Compission
Willard R. Rockwell
Commission
Washington, D. C
Frank M. Gaskell
Dunklie
Sylvia Strakacs
New York City
Sheffield youth models for national poster in New York
Cronmiller Sheffield Pa youth Roy Cronmillér of 258 East Aril Street is depicted modeling for McClelland Barclay in New York hailed as a typical fighting man of Uncle Sam. The contact led to a dinner with Lieut Topping and his wife Sonja Henie. Cronmillér, coast guard petty officer aboard the USS Manhasset, is a former Sheffield High School football captain and brother of Nek Cronmiller.
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Sheffield
Cronmiller
East Aril Street
Looline
Postey
McClelland Barclay
Barclay Vangerous
New York
Samm
Roy
Dani Topping
Hyll
Sonja Henre Cronmillérsa
Coast Guard
USS Manhasset
Sheffield High School
Nek Gronmiller
Raspberry Street
Exig
Three Escape Carbon Monoxide Fumes At Burgert Home
In Franklin on December 2 a family and a maid were overcome by carbon monoxide in the Burgert home at 707 Twelfth Street. Mrs Harold Burgert and their daughter aged seven were unconscious along with a maid, all saved from a fatal outcome.
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Franklin
Harold Burgert
Twelfth Street
Burgert
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Joseph Passerb
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Dial
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Hotel
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Hig Wee
Owletrie
Coty
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Nancy Drew
Route Corp
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