Franklin Man Burns, Home Destroyed by Fire in Franklin
Franklin, Dec 26 A four room frame dwelling owned by Kelly Dunlap off Fifteenth Street near the city line burned at 10 40 Saturday. Dunlap, about 50, suffered burns while trying to extinguish the blaze which started from a stove overheated by pouring oil into it. He was treated by a physician. contents were destroyed and no insurance was carried. Only the clothing on his back survived. James Albert Schloch, 4, of Franklin, died Monday at Franklin hospital after a long illness.
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Kelly Dunlap
Fifteenth Street
City Line
Mr. Dunlap
Franklin Fire Department
Hch
James Albert Schloch
Franklin Hospital
St. John's Day
Masonic Temple
Sugar Grove
Robin
Spartansburg
Titusville Hospital
Titusville
Armed Services
Spencer Ladies Aid Meets As Erin Downing Dies
The Spencer Ladies Aid gathers Thursday at Mrs. Lyle Merry’s home with a 5c gift exchange. Erin Downing 76 widow of Rev. Walter H. Downing died Saturday at her daughter’s home, with ties to Se wickley and the late Ceoral Downing. Funeral and local notices follow.
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Powell Motor Co
Spencer Ladies Aid
Lyle Merry
R. D
Erin
Olive Cora Downing
Walte H. Downing
Harry B. Brock
Ceo
Fire Destroys State Highway Tractor-Plow
A caterpillar tractor snow plow operated by the State Highway Department burned on Brynnon Hill east of Titusville. Sparks from the exhaust ignited gasoline causing the machine to go up in flames. the operators barely escaped with their lives and belongings. A Centerville highway official cited ongoing snow removal difficulties and inadequate equipment.
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State Highway Department
Centerville
Buells Comers
Brynnon Hill
Titusville
Bulls Corers
Amman
Mearville
Townville
Foel
Neal
Stley Hunt
Tina
Home destroyed near Townville in Christmas fire
Gerald Longstreth’s farm home on the Townville Centerville road burned between 6:20 and 7 a.m. Sunday, destroying the house and all contents including potatoes, fruit, groceries, gifts, clothing, and furnishings. Mrs Longstreth, their six year old Mildred, and Mr Longstreth’s parents were away. two teenage sons escaped in snow with minimal clothing.
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Titusville
Gerald Longstreth
Townville
Centerville
Man Dies As Car Is Stalled Near Titusville
Fred R. Nichols, 60s or 70s, died suddenly last night while driving from Titusville toward his home at Gresham church. He had spent Christmas Day with his daughter and was traveling with his grandson Wesley McGaha and another boy. The car stalled in snow repeatedly and Nichols suffered a fatal attack before help arrived.
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Nichols
Lloyd Nichols
J. B. Hague
Peterson
Mr. Nichols
Mrs Myrtle Broughton Dies After Sunday Afternoon
Mrs Myrtle Broughton died Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock at her daughter’s home in Niobe. She was born near Girard in 1873 and lived in Corry for six years. She married Oren O Broughton December 26 1894 and would have marked their 50th anniversary. Survived by husband, children Ruth Mars Rachel Laird Sam Broughton Alton Elinger Lamy Tong Ross Sisson Arlington Lee and John Broughton plus mother Mrs Ella Hewitt and sisters C E Gance Florence Hubbard and Jack Winston. Forty two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral at Bracken Keating Funeral Home Thursday at 2 PM.
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ToUsMon
Oren
O. Broughton
Arlington Lee
Niobe
Broughton
Garland
Corry
Bethel ‘Tabernacle
Lamy Tong
Ross Sisson
Girard
Niche
John Broughton
Europe
Company A
Ella Hewitt
Erie
C. E. Gance
Plorence Hubbard
City Plans Street Oiling Service in 1945
White winter conditions may seem unseasonable but the city administration plans street oiling next summer on a cost basis. The Streets Department proposes using former water sprinkling gear on a city duck, with storage lake sought for bulk material to be purchased in tank cars. If approved, service would begin early in the coming summer.
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Streets
Germans squeeze out U.S. wedge at St Mihiel like action staged
The report details German attempts to extend westward counteroffensives while facing intensified American pressure near Hanks. It notes slight Saturday gains breaking a 48 hour stalemate, claims a German tank division was wiped out near Stavelot, and cites heavy Allied air losses though substantial German planes were destroyed. It also mentions recapture of Bennwihr and obituary for Oil City clergyman Rev G W Fiancey.
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Hanks
Patis Dan Vary Vth
Roosevelt
Veldeles
Stavelot
O. 5. Sonesiter
Harrisburg
Argentar Gap
Normanay
Bennlwihr
Colmar
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Westford Road
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Somerset
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Dundon
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Belgium
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Climax Street
Luther Eddy
H. J. Grant
DeJean & Cochran
St —Jamestown
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Washington
United States
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
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Walter A. Phipps
Venango County
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William Powell
Malissa Pless
Johnson Street
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Rupert Morris
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Highway Department
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Rex Theatre
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Thompson
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