Cronin seeks delegate seat at Democratic national convention
Michael Cronin former Democratic county committee chair and former fire chief announced Friday his candidacy for delegate to the Democratic national convention. He would push a strong bid and appears the sole candidate for the nomination. Local items mention a Red & Gun Club event and various notes from Warren Erie Jamestown and surrounding towns including a federal case, a suicide attempt, a priestly lecture, a bribery case and community notices in brief.
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Michael Cronin
Democratic County Committee
Cronin
Mrs Cora Merry 79 dies suddenly in Corry district
Mrs Cora M Merry widow of Howard W Merry died suddenly Friday afternoon at her R D 3 Corry home. Born in Garland August 16 1864 she spent her life here and married in 1890. She was active in the Methodist Church Women’s Society and the Corry W C T U. Surviving are daughter Perble and son Lyle Merry with grandchildren and siblings. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev B A Galbreath officiating. burial in Beaverdam cemetery.
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Cora Merry
Gora M. Merry
Howard W. Merry
R. D
Garland
Methodist Church of
Corry
Women's Society For Christi Service
Corry W. C. TU
Mss
Clinton Prebte
Wars
Perble
Lyle Mery
Cory
Daniel Houghnot
Russell
George E. Cole
Woodburn
Ore
John A. Cole
Warren
David J. Cole
Stoneham
Merry
Bracken-Keating
North Center Street
Friends
B.A. Galbreath
First Methodist Church
Beaverdam Cemetery
Grapegrowers May Use Japs in Erie County
Erie Report Says Effort Under Way to Use Ex Interned Japanese in Vineyards. L. H. Bull, county farm agent, says interned Japanese who were farmers in California may be brought to Erie county to relieve a labor shortage for grapes this summer. The visitors are American-born and approved as loyal by federal authorities.
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Erie
Erte
Erie County
L. H. Bull
Bull
California
Baruch Plan Sparks Wide Discussion in Postwar Debate
In Congress a fierce debate erupted over a proposed postwar tax bill and extending war powers. Chairman George of the Senate committee urged caution while Baruch pressed for a staged bill post hostilities. The issue also touched on continuing price subsidies and wartime controls as policy eyes shift after the war. A London dispatch noted heavy bombing of Rome by Vichy radio claims and Allied airstrikes on rail targets near the Anzio bridgehead as supplies to Germany were targeted.
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Chaiyman Gorge
D-Ga
Sainte Ansace
Baruch
London
Rome
Anzio
Erie County Confronts Farm Labor Shortage May Use Bahamans
Erie County faces a severe farm labor shortage this year and has begun importing help including Bahamans and prisoners of war. Paul Crossman of the Extension Bureau says many crops may go unplanted or unharvested without outside labor. The county plans to use tourist camps YMCA camps hotels and trailer camps to house workers and is weighing Kentucky families and war prisoners with adequate housing.
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Erie
Erie County
Paul Crossman
Erie County Agricultural Extension Bureau
Lakeside
North East
YMCA
East Lake Road
Cromman
Kentucky
Crossman
Pennsylvania
Fordham Named Erie City Passenger Agent at Jamestown
Jamestown Feb 19 Daniel 5 Fordham has become city passenger agent of the Erie Railroad Company succeeding Frank Priest who retired after 45 years with the Erie Fordham arrives from Olean where he was Erie ticket agent for several years He started 28 years ago at Corning as ticket clerk then Binghamton Hornell and now Jamestown He and his wife and five children including one in the armed forces and a daughter comprise his family.
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Fordham
Jamestown
Daniel 5
Erie Railroad Company
Frank Priest
Erie
Olean
Corning
Binghamton
Hornell
12 Ships in Jap Convoy Sunk in Battle
A WW2 report details Japanese convoy losses including a 7,300-ton tanker wrecked within minutes, an 8,000-ton tanker sunk, and a destroyer destroyed. Additional ships wiped out were a 6,000-ton transport, three 1,500-ton cargo ships, and a 900-ton freighter. No losses among attacking planes reported.
Spring Creek Community News and Local Updates
The Spring Creek Library revived a box of books from the Harrisburg library and will host weekly hours Wednesdays from 7 to 8. A Valentine box social supported by the Truth-Seekers class raised funds for the Hartman Center barn. Local residents attended meetings in Meadville and Warren on soil conservation, milk subsidy checks were to be issued February 28, and a township bond drive netted $4,105.25. Several residents traveled or planned travel, with multiple visits, furloughs, and community happenings noted.
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Spring Creek
Stakabrary
Harrisburg
Community House
Truth-Seekers
John Donaldson
Hartman Center
Milroy
Gomes
Harold Cobb
Buffalo
New York City
Stephen Cobb
C. Kafferlin
Ralph Swart
Leon Whiteley
Meadville
Soil Conservation Committee
Warren
Raymond Sickler
W. D. Mitchell
Madeline Sickle
Kenneth Sickler
Corry Hospital
John Waite
Youngsville
Geraldine Martin
Dunkirk
Albert Howell
General Motors Institute
Flint
Mich
Cleveland
Luella Braley
George Warner
John Waite, Jr
Wayne Willie
Union City
Leslie Barton
Alfie Gifford
Albin Peterson
Loren and
Leigh
Ashville
C. J. Miller
E. A. Parsons
E. A. Parsons, Jr
Norma C. Parsonis
Gon
Buckhannon
W. Va
Community Visitors and Family News From Corry Area
A round of brief social updates from the Corry region notes visits and travels. Mrs. Gerald Whaley hosted guests with plans for an indefinite stay. Loyd Van Guilder’s funeral drew Cecil and Elmer Ross to Sanford, Pa. Ingeborg Selberg and Mrs Kenneth Jackson visited the Matteson home.
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Gerald Whaley
Corry
Robert Maxwell
England
Prorence Waite
Raymond Sickler
Betty McDonald
Howard McDonald
Corry youth Merle J Sample promoted to captain
Merle J Sample son of Mr and Mrs Frank Sample of 31 Grove Street has been promoted to captain while serving in the Mediterranean theater. He entered the Army in August 1942 and has earned three commissions, with overseas service beginning in March 1943 in North Africa with the Quartermaster Corps. His wife and two children remain in Courtland N Y during his absence.
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Merle J. Sample
Frank Sample
Grove Street
Captain Sample
Corry
Captain Rample
Courtland
Sample
Army
Geers
North Africa
Qusrleiminster
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Norman Rice
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Gordon Downey
Tidioute
Walved
Warren County
Alma B. Duffy
Stanley Kubela
Hamet Hospital
Raymond Allen
Samuel W. Greene
C.S.B
Park Street
Burton R. Lath
Joseph Calafate
Calafate
Howard Allen
Calafato
Allen
Laub
Columbus P.T. A
DuBois
Cealing
Old Borough
Rich Ahrens
Erie Ge.a.a
Dward Runser
George J. Christoph
Tivty
Siday
Benjamin Hosbach
Free Methodist Vhurch
Carl J. Hosbach
Purest
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Owen N. Harned
Edinboro
Europe
Adenlopfenstein
Union F Otty
Jewell
Glenn Stone
American Legion
Frank %. Murray
Scranton
Michael , Morris
Lansford
First Baptist Church
Frank A. Sharp
Calvary Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church of
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Marcel
Huntingdon
Mentor Club
Porter Auer
East Congress Street
Washington
Shady Girdle
Albert Ghaffer
Essex Street
Center
Erie G.E.A.A
George Stowe
Highway Department
Cater Hill
N.center
St, Gorry
WS. Mall
National Bank OF Corry
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Corry Boy
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