Prosecutions Threatened Over Street Light Vandalism in Corry
Twenty years ago in Corry a warning was issued by the Electric Light Company as young boys in the Third Ward repeated street light vandalism. Manager Shuss reported up to five lights broken in as many days, while a cold snap forced school closures and disrupted classes at the high school and East Main Street school.
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Corry City Electric Light Company
Third Ward
Shuss
Eset Mahi Street
Pennsylvanis. National Guard
State Armory
Davids
U.S. Army
McCoy
Radio Listings Preview Entertainment Night Schedule
A dense radio guide lists NBC and CBS programs across the evening, including Mérle Oberon in Dark Angel, musical acts like Freddy Martin and Morton Gould, opera and talk segments, and upcoming Tuesday items such as Brotherhood Weel. It notes times from 7:30 to 10 and references multiple stations and programs.
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NBC
Mérle Oberon
James Mellon
Margaret Speaks
J. Q. Quly
Blondie
Radio Theater
Freddy Martin
America
Morton Gould
Eady
Duchin
Pa Relief Rolls Turn Downward After Week of Gains
Pennsylvania general assistance rolls declined by 209 cases in the first week of February, ending with 74,883 cases and 104,048 persons. Expenditures totaled 287,183 dollars. About 30,000 cases include employable members. private employment removed 103 cases, while WPA layoffs opened 366 cases and 638 were cut due to WE A project assignments, netting a negative 28.
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Pennsylvania
WEA
Attack not retreat in Allied war effort blaze
A wartime editorial urges bold offense over defense, arguing that retreat leads to strategic failure. It cites German escapes from Brest and other fortified bases, warning that the Allies must strike at Berlin, Tokyo, and Rome with decisive bombing to break the enemy. It also contrasts democracy's resilience with its wartime duty to mobilize, then notes inflation risks and the need for steady currency to support war production.
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Soviet
Russia
Britain
Brest
Wildenshaven
Bremerhaven
Cusmaven
Helgoland Highton Bay
Anch
Pear Harbor
Manila
Singapore
Hong Kong
United
Tates
Leon Henderson
Labor
Harrisburg Tutor Faces Maternity Appeal Rule Decision
In Harrisburg on February 16, Pennsylvanias public instruction chief Dr Branell B Hass weighs a complex case involving a Bethlehem teacher Mrs Gertrude Kelley Brown who was dismissed for alleged incompetency after requesting maternity leave and medical absence. The case tests whether state law allows maternity leave with back pay while teachers appeal suspensions and how school boards and the state board define eligibility for teacher tenure and leaves amid a wartime context.
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Harrisburg
Branell B. Hass
Pennsy Vane
Puible
Ian Raat
Porine Uy
Gertrude Kelley Brown
Bethlehem Sool
India
Haas
Seteboard
Brown
Wayglert
Darye
Hans
Dlis Ap Sing
Commonwealth
City to rent vacant city lots for vegetable gardens
Erie officials announced vacant city lots with about 1500 byproducts available for vegetable gardens to relieve possible food shortages. Starting February 17 applications at city hall, with no charge for relief recipients and a nominal fee for others, will allow individuals to use the land while supplying their own seeds and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erte
City Hall
Joseph Marrin
Ely
Michael Mosher
Irs
Martinn
Martin
Open Bids at McKean Airport February 28
Open bids for clearing and runways at the McKean Airport site were received Friday. The notice names Henry Quitrey of Bradford and Bradford Kane as related to the project. The federal government has not allocated the final amount. Bradford county officials emphasize the project’s importance and timing.
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McKean Airport
ACANE
Theaeras Epgment
Pibtaburdh
Runin G
McKeen Gourity
Aten Minh
Cite Aatines J
Henry Quitrey
Bradt
Airard
Nations
Mekenn
Bradford-Kane
Lala
Newien
Daily Dozen Chest Pain Diagnostic Guide
Pain in the chest may reflect heart, lung, or abdominal disease and can originate in bones or spinal cord. Vague pain location, nervous state, and unrelated conditions like indigestion or gallbladder disease complicate diagnosis. Neuritis or chest wall injury are common causes, making chest pain a real diagnostic problem for physicians.
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Prom
Medical Society of
Pennsylvania
Daily Quiz Questions From Classified Columns
A scrambled test of trivia from the Daily Quiz with items about architecture, politics, sports, and geography. It asks which public building rose first in Washington and which country gifted the Rosetta Stone, among other items, ending with a garbled line about multiply Rob dollars and gunar shells.
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Washington, D
Stock swindler Neuman sought by many cities
Pat Newman associated with William Carter in a large stock swindle spanning Pennsylvania and the east. Paul R. Neuman, 43, faces first degree grand larceny and securities act charges in multiple counties. Dozens of warrants and inquiries indicate he is wanted in at least 25 jurisdictions. he was arrested in Buffalo after a month-long search.
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Pat Newman
William Carter
Pennsylvania
Carter
New York
Neuman
Wyoming County
N.Y
Warsaw
N. Y
Paul R. Neuman
Philadelphia
Plora Wright
Bliss
Sherrif Lewis Spring
Allegheny Jecusty
Westmoreland County
Allegany County
Hamilton County
Aged Punxsytawney Woman Burned to Death
PUNXSYTAWNEY Pa Feb 1 A 70 year old widow Mrs Fred Lydle who lived alone at 235 Front street was found burned to death Saturday night in her home. Firemen were summoned by passersby who saw flames from a front room. Police and firemen said her dress ignited from an open gas heater, she apparently fainted and the clothing flames spread to carpet and floor.
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Punasytawney
Fred Lydle
Front Street
Farm Accident Claims Starr Youths Life
Donghey, 26, a junior at Tionesta High School, died at Ol City Hospital at 2:28 a.m. Saturday from injuries suffered February 11 when a reins entangled on a manure spreader. He went under the machine while trying to fix it and both legs were mangled. his left leg was amputated after arrival at the hospital.
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Veo
Donghey
Tionesta High School
Dehaney
Ghost Town Donates 100 To Norwich Red Cross Drive
A $100 check from a near-abandoned town, once busy in Norwich 24 years ago, arrived to settle the remainder of a World War I Red Cross drive. The gift, signed by former Norwich Red Cross officers, reflects a community once with 1300 residents now down to about 30. Card of thanks follows for sympathy after a death.
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Treasury Emporium
John Murray
Cameron County
Ted Cross Chanter
Red Cross
Norwich
R. P. Krebs
William McCloskey
Norwich Red Cross
Two Sentenced in Warren Co to Eight Months in Jail
Warren Feb 16 District Attorney Joseph N. Goldstein prosecuted Rex Confer and Wade Meddnck of Clarence for larceny. Both pled guilty and received six to eight months in county jail plus a 25 fine, costs, and restitution for property stolen from Jon Wolfe in Cherry Run Blutfield district. Police and deputies arrested them January after taking a steam engine and other equipment.
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Sanford Secor
Sheffield
L. Linder
Jon Wolfe
Blast Jap Fleets As Invasion Gains
Reported in large bold type from Sumatra fronts the invasion gains as Japanese forces strike for railway control and target oil fields. Sydney reports Prime Minister Curtin mobilizing all resources for Australia’s defense amid fears of a swift Japanese air and sea assault following Singapore’s fall.
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Sydney
Australia
John Curtin
Singapore
Sir
Bréie
Reward Offered for Thieves by Erie County Men Club
The Erie County Men Club voted to offer a 4100 reward for any apprehension of persons stealing fires from a member’s automobile. The club plans to distribute cards to members for recording the make and serial numbers of their vehicles, to be kept in a club file. Robert Burns, director, spoke on war preparations and noted increased motor traffic through the southern states, urging members to recognize the seriousness of the national emergency.
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Erie County Men Club
Robert ¥. Burns
North East Girl Hurt In Auto Crash
Nevis Morvin 23 of North East sustained injuries in a two car collision Friday afternoon at the Route Way Walbridge road intersection near Lawrence Park. She rode west in a car driven by David Stinson Ripley NY. An eastbound car driven by D B Shunk Harborcreek pulled out as the other turned left. Dr FH B Emerson treated her in Lawrence Park then she was taken home.
Fall is Fatal to Aged Ms Jewett Resident
Andrew Sylvander, 89 years five months four days, longtime Nome of Mrs Alice McCarthy resident in Jewett, died after a fall at home. Born in Binnoskog Sweden he immigrated over 50 years ago and settled in Jewett August 12 1805. A skull fracture from a bed slip led to his death after failing to rally.
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Jewett
Andrew Sylvander
Alice McCarthy
Une
Sylvander
Binnoskog
Sweden
Br Tits Epltry
Jewell
Warren plans Civil Air Patrol meeting at Warren airport
Warren Pennsylvania reports that local airplane pilots press forward with plans to form a Civil Air Patrol unit at Warren airport. A group meeting will be held Friday night, led by Clifford Ball of Butler, head of Western Pennsylvania operations, detailing proposed activities.
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Warren
Pln
Civil Air Patrol
Clifford Ball
Butler
Pennsylvania
Arthur Johnston
Harold Besch
George Wolstencroft
Oilers
W. H. Bary
Shinpenville
John Frottera
Beckenstraw
Roimesville
Thaddiin
Kenneth Porter
Warns
Commercal
Y'Stig
Ingal
CAA
What About The Old Folks In Adlerika Ad Card
An old advertisement promotes Adlerika for elderly people troubled by constipation and digestive discomfort. It claims many grateful letters from older customers and urges readers to ask their druggist for Adlerika.
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Adlerika
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National Bank of Corry
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U. S. Weather & Bureau
Erie
Medical Society of the
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Thomas Minton
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Cora Merry
Lyle Merry
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Clinton Preble
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