Truck Cab Burns In Oil City Area Fire Driver Escapes
Robert Kars of Old City escaped unharmed when the cab of an old truck he drove burned Thursday near Stanley's Corners on the Ol Citys Pryburg road. Seven hundred gallons of gasoline and 400 gallons of oil in the tanks did not ignite. The fire damaged the truck motor. the rig belonged to Andrew Karg of Oil City. Oil City fire department was called but did not respond due to equipment. State highway department and WPA forces aided farmers near Oxbow Hill southwest of Concord as a road to their homes is opened. work to resume on other rural roads Monday.
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Oll Cuny
Robert Kars
Old City
Stanley's Corners
Ol Citys
Pryburg Road
Fie-Truck
Mr. Berg
Andrew Karg
Oil City
State Highway Department
WPA
Oxbaw Hill
Concord
Department
Personal Mention local visitors and departures in Meadville area
Personal mentions list residents and visitors arriving or departing Meadville and surrounding towns. Notables include Ell Ames of New York visiting with his parents on West Smith street, Clarence E. Smith attending Bert Fuller’s funeral in Spartansburg, and Mrs. C. C. Blanchard returning from Alstead after her father Herbert Greene’s death. Multiple families host guests from Kane Jamestown Erie and Cleveland during weekends.
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Ell Ames
New York City
Frank N. Ames
West Smith Street
Clarence E. Smith
Spartansburg
Bert Fuller
C. C. Blanchard
Alstead
M. H
Herbert Greene
Joan McLean
Kane
John Gregor
Jamestown
Harris
R. H. VanTassel
Johnson
Erie
Mary Ohare
Alron
H. A. O'Hare
Dan O'Day
Meadville
Richard Bachelyer
Bernard Burkett
Walter Gulick
State College
George Sisson
William Veenshoten
Alfred Emmons
Spencer
N. Y
G. T. Sincaid
North Center
J. A. Cassidy
Detroit
Mich
William Cassidy
Terry
Dustin R. Butters
L. Messenger
Libfeld
N. C
Dora Cornell
Wiases
Mary Loveland
Rachel Graft
Harriett Anderson
Caryl ‘Mac Hosking
Marion Demardson
Spring Creek
George Orcutt
Janet
Cleveland
Lawrence Mourer
Robert
Youngsville
Arg
Frank Chase
F. J. Burkett
Robert Howgard
Pope Pius XII reports slight cold not serious
United Press reports Pope Pius XII, 72, has a slight cold since Thursday morning and cancelled audiences. The illness is not serious and he is not bedbound, though rumors said otherwise. Cardinal Pacelli led yesterday's St Giovanni Bosco monument ceremony as the Pope stayed in his apartments. It was hoped he would attend Candlemas in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow.
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United Press
Vatican Gity
Pone Pitts
Cardinal Pacelli
Giovanni Bosco
St. Peter's
Sistine Chapel
Pope Pius
WPA Workers Clear Road to Ill Girl's Home
WPA workers under Isdhy Foreman Charles H. Skells and W. T. Coverdale cleared a snow blocked road for five hours in near zero weather to reach a ill year old girl near North East. Dr. E. Shelley treated her for scarlet fever and mastoid before an Erie hospital transfer. The operation was prompted by a telephone call from Roy Wilkinson after the doctor requested air clearance. The girl's condition was listed as critical.
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WPA
North East
Isd Hy
Charlea H. Skells
W. T. Coverdale
WEA
E. Shelley
Lacome
Roy Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Hame
Alr
Sheltey
Erie Hospital
Expel Students After Quiz Papers Stolen
Fifty UNC students faced expulsion in a campus probe into a ring that allegedly procured and shared examination questions. Thirty-three had already been expelled, including members of Beta Kappa and Golden Fleece, several athletes, and an unnamed upperclassman, with more actions anticipated as the investigation continues.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Beam
Bu Beta Kappi
Golden Freece
Dan Jackson
all-Sanborn
Wreck of The Williamporter prompts rail inquiry at Shamokin Dam
Workers continued clearing wreckage after The Williamporter derailed at Shamokin Dam injuring 42. Investigators from the Public Service Commission press on with a probe into a broken rail as cause. Two patients remain in critical condition, Frank M. Funston of Muncy and Mrs. Lara Brownell of Williamsport, with others discharged from Mary Parker Hospital.
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Ey Union Press
Sunbury
Reading Raiload
Shamokin Dam
Reading
Public Service Commission
al Henry Jr
Rose
Mary Parker Hospital
Frank M. Funston
Muncy
Mys
Lara Brownell
Williamsport
Blakeslee Dies at Sparta in New York Township
Funeral services for Ernest Blakeslee of Sparta township, who died Thursday evening at his daughter Mrs. Fannie McCray's home after a ten day illness, will be held Sunday at 1 pm at the M church Spartansburg with a 12:30 pm prayer service. Interment in Covenant cemetery Rom township. Survived by wife Laura, son Verne Blakeslee of near Corry, daughters Mrs. Clayton McCray of Elgin, Mrs. Mary Arnold of Mayville NY, Mrs. Winnifred Flakeslee of Corry, and Mrs. Mannie McCray.
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Ernest Blakeslee
Sparta Township
Fannie McCray
Spartansbury
Covenanter
Rom Township
Blakeslee
Laura Blakeslee
Verne Blakeslee
Interstate truck permits deadline set for February 12
Public Service Commission warns Pennsylvania truckers to file applications with the Interstate Commerce Commission by February 12 to avoid fines. Representatives of the Bureau of Motor Carrier Interstate Commerce will assist at the PSC February 11. Applications filed after February 12 face first offense fines up to 100 dollars. subsequent offenses carry the same limit. The act requires proof public convenience will be served and compliance with filing procedures.
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Tarrisring
Bureau of Motor Interstate Commerce
Com ‘Selon
Public Servic Commission
Public Service Commission
Federal Commission
Pennsylvania
Tckers
Interstate Commission
Wpublic Service Commission
Market Gossip Scores Mixed Week in Stocks and Bonds
United Press reports a mixed week with stocks and bonds moving differently. Industrial shares led gains while utilities and steel rose, grain and cotton eased, and inflation fears hovered as the market closed January at strong levels for several leaders.
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United Press
New York
Honda
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Consolidated Gas
Columbus Gas
Elestine Power & Light
Commonwealth & Southern
Atchison
New York Central
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Chrysler
General Motors
Soldier Borns
Westinghouse Electric
Steel
Montreal
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Robert Young
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Kotex
Dr. West
Miles Nergine
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Pope
North East District
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Sparta
Rexall
Condra’s Pharmacy
Frank J. Davis
Maine
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D. L. Campbell
American Advent Mission
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Bethlehem Steel
Beniiix Aviation
Curtiss-Wright
Chrysler Columbia Ges
Continental Can
Erfert Place
General Electric
International Nickel Kennecott
Reen Montgomery Ward
National Dairy
New York Central Northern Pacific
Otis Steel
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