Father of Nine Killed in Gasline Blast
Pleasantville Verdant County oil lease foreman Erwin Fox, father of five, died instantly Saturday afternoon when a gas line he worked on exploded. He was tossed over 60 feet. Clair Caldwell escaped injury nearby. Fox’s body lay near the crater, boots found 200 feet away. Surviving are his wife Luelle Lalshaw Fox, eight children, and several relatives. Funeral set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Arnold Funeral Home Titusville.
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Venango County
Dexd
Erwin Bere Fos
Shamburg
Fox
Robert Fognan Estates
Clair Caldwell
Luelle Lalshaw Fox
Ardell
Maxine
Judy
Linda Fox
Charles Moon
Oility
Braden McKinley
Franklin
Patricia Ann Fox
Nicklesville
Neal
Donald Fox
Arnold Funeral Home
Titusville
Burin
Italian Train Wreck Kills Twenty Two In Italy
An express passenger train on its way from Bari to Naples derailed in Revento, Italy, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 80, with 23 serious. The single car train sped down a hillside at roughly 65 miles per hour, jumped the rails near the station, and the locomotive plunged onto the platform as the last car remained on the track.
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Bari
Foolproof national defense delayed by wartime cost pressures
Washington says expense limits on the Korean War have slowed progress toward foolproof defense. Lt. Gen. A. C. McAuliffe testified that funds were stretched to avoid extra appropriations, reducing and not replacing equipment stocks and lowering operation and maintenance standards, delaying mobilization readiness.
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Ash Wednesday Lent Services Listed in Local Catholic Parishes
Lenten services are announced for local Catholic churches. At St Elizabeth's ashes will be distributed after the 8 o'clock Mass with evening devotions at 7 30. St Thomas' holds evening devotions at 1 30 and is to conduct Stations of the Cross and Benediction on Sundays. Rev William Hastings of Erie will give sermons on Tuesday evenings. Rosary and Benediction occur at St Thomas' Wednesdays at 7 30. Daily Masses are at 9 and 8 o'clock.
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St., Elizabeth's Church
St. ‘Thomas' Church
Subways Open After Long Delay in Philadelphia
After 36 years Philadelphia's famous hole on the ground has become a subway with the Locust Street line connecting downtown Philadelphia to Camden New Jersey. Construction began in 1917 but was delayed by war mood money and material shortages. The line was finished early this year and service started yesterday.
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Camden
N. J
New Milk Price Program Urged by Syracuse Co op
Harry M. Smith of Bellefonte Pa chairs the Easter Milk Producers Cooperative Service proposes a three point pricing plan to raise dairy incomes by about 12 million dollars annually for roughly 50 000 farmers in six state New York milk shed. The plan sets a 5 12 per hundredweight base for milk in April to June sold for direct consumption in New York markets and aligns prices for non federally regulated markets. It also boosts manufactured dairy product milk prices to Midwest levels, yielding significant increases for farmers.
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Easter Milk Producers Co-operative Association
Harry M. Smith
Bellefonte
Co-Iinerative
New York
Smith
Katmai Volcano Erupts Shattering Heightens Alaskan Alert
Mt Katmai on the Alaska Peninsula erupted after 41 years, sending ash a 30,000 foot plume and filling nearby valleys with ash. No immediate word on threats to villages in the sparsely populated area. Military fliers reported the volcano still belching fire and smoke at night.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Mt. Katmai
Alaska Peninsula
Dust Storms Drive Destruction Across Plains States
The article describes severe dust storms in Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado with winds creating up to 13,000 feet high dust columns, breaking windows, uprooting trees, and tearing down power lines. Visibility dropped as whistling grit filled air, with no report of injuries.
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Amucriven
Denver
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Snowbound Highways Report From Northern Passes
Fragmentary OCR notes describe heavy snowfall on U S 40 and U S 6 slowing traffic in northern passes. Borthowld and Gales sweep the region as gravel and snow block routes, with mentions of long passes and Colorado Rowkies.
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Havardow
Automatic Gas Water Heater promises instant hot water
Tests prove modern Automatic Gas Water Heaters heat water three times faster than any other all automatic system. It provides just right hot water for every job and can supply an automatic laundry while keeping a full tank for other uses. Special allowance and low monthly payments offered. Visit to see how easy it is to have all the hot water you want when you want it.
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