Corry area notes and wartime homefront items
Local notes report ration price limits for maple syrup and gasoline, Coast Guard changes, and air mail schedule shifts. Erie County Historical Society plans a February 23 program on the iron steamer USS Michigan. Corps Guard member Tom Cragg returns from Gunnery School, with Naval Aviation Cadet status pending. Civil Service announces March 10 deadline for North Girard postmaster applications. Whooping cough cases appear in Corry, mumps, and tax notices reflect sewage disposal reserve needs. War casualty list includes 334 missing, with 27 from Pennsylvania. Aviation Cadet Shamburg departs Erie for training in California. Estates and large-scale turkey production projections noted. Financial items include shares in Provident Trust and local bank news amid Pennsylvanian banking activity.
Special Lenten Services Begin at St Pauls Evangelical
Mid week Lenten services at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran begin Wednesday evening at 7 30 with meditations on Christ as a servant. The painting Christ Washing Peter's Feet by Ford Madox Brown will be displayed and copied for attendees. The series runs Feb 23 to Mar 29 with topics Christ the Menial Servant to Christ the Crucified Saviour.
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St. Paul's
Christ
Peter
Ford Madox Brown
Son
Heist
Messiah
Churchill warns of coming attack on London
London reports a secondary attack as German raiders struck at the capital early today. The official note described the force as small and said bombs fell at scattered points with little damage and a few bomber losses overall. Night fighters and searchlights were active, but the raid did not match prior assaults in intensity.
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London
England
Castilles
Spartansburg and St Josephs Face Spartansburo Squad
Near Tannburg February 2 local floor hosts Spartansburg and St Josephs in an anticipated basketball game. Ty Crandalls All Stars of Corry will play Pout Snuths Raymones in TV uniforms. Friday Spartansburg travels to Godranton to meet the high school twain of that place.
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Tanbburg
St. Joseph's
Spartansburo ‘Ugh
Ty Crandall
ALL Stars of
Corry
Pout Snuth
Raymones
Spartansburg
Godranton
James Marti
Howard Martin
Meadville
Pensacola
Martin
Jacksonville Mia
Charles van Gelsen
Camp Rucker
Ala
Lewis Lindsey
Alten
Camp Reynolds Hospital
Greenville
Glenn Shreve
North East
Mary Holford
Som Arthur
Betty
Martha Sweet
Eric
Baptist Parsonage
Corry Woman Draws Simple Will to Sister Nora Wilcox
Minnie Boyle of Corry filed a probate will in Erie County Court on Feb 22. She leaves her entire estate valued at 3600 dollars to her sister Nora Wilcox, with minor bequests to Bert and Roy. Probate granted on petition by her nephew LeRoy Wilcox.
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Minnie Boyle
Erie
Corry
Erie County
Shiy
Nora Wilcox
Stask
Nora
Bert
Roy
Minnie
LeRoy Wilcox
CHECK CLUE IN BABY SLAYING
Erie police probe motive as coroner reports a newborn boy found on a Ferncliff embankment. Day old infant suffered a head blow and potential foul play is suspected. Chief Christoph and Coroner Wood lead the investigation with a physician’s forthcoming report.
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Erie
Ferncliff
Soroner W. W. Wood
George J. Christoph
Wood
Armstrong
Churchill reviews war outlook after Tehran Cairo talks
In a broad wartime briefing Churchill says Hitler defends Rome with stubborn resolve and half a million Germans linger in Italy. He cites German police control, NEA threats, and asserts allies grow stronger in artillery and air power while preparing to press across the Mediterranean.
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Prin
Cairo
Hitler
Rome
Stalingrad
Italy
Germany
Nea
Churchill
Enope
Africa
Mediterranean
Seek Recovery of Gas Coupons in Western Theft Ring
Authorities pursue recovery of gas coupons stolen in a string of robberies over two weeks. Suspects Alexander Stepnowski and Joseph Wesolowski confessed to 12 burglaries, seizing 12,000 gallons of gas by hitting GP Reuse gas station and Golden Eagle Beverage Co. Stolen items include pinball and cigarette machines and a gun used in the Wayne Tee Company robbery.
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Vonviets
Fasalind Ecigons
Alexander Stepnowskd
G. A. Garlow
Buffalo Road
Joseph Wesolowski
Reuse
Golden Eagle Heverage Co
H. Wills Co
Steve Sperry
Kay
Stepnowski
Robe Hery
Wayne Tee Company
Ball Bearing Pioneer dies in Florida hometown
Frederick W. Gurney, 76, of Cocoanut Grove Miami, founder of the Gurney Ball Bearing Company and later Marlin Rockwell, longtime Jamestown resident and ball bearing industry pioneer, died at his Miami home Sunday. Survived by wife, four sons Daniel, John, Thomas, Theodore, and daughter Manbeth Nunelly. burial plans not listed.
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Jamestown
Frederick W. Gurney
Cocoanut Grove
Miami
Florida
Gurney Bal Bearing Company
Marlin- Rockwell Corporation
Gurney
Seauket
Long Island
New Baintree
Mass
New England
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Theodore E. Gurney
East Windsor Alll
Conn
Smanbeth Gurney Nunelly
Daniel Gurney
Answers to I.9 Quiz on Editorial Page
Answers list corrects quiz on the editorial page. Germany is the first item, followed by 212 degrees Fahrenheit, Minnehaha, Massachusetts, Sam Rayburn and Samuel Gompers, Stephen Collins Foster, lightning rod, The Book of Judges, true. The text presents a concise key for readers.
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Germany
Minnehaha
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
Samuel Gompers
Stephen Collins
True
MISSING WARREN BOY IS GERMAN PRISONER
Joseph Scalise received word Monday morning that his son Pvt. Samuel T. Scalise, previously reported missing in action in Italy, is now a German prisoner of war. The Scalise family has three other sons in service: Chl. Ni A. Scalise in North Africa, Pfc. Frank J. Scalise in Italy, and Pvt. Joseph Scalise at Miami Beach.
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WaAneisuy
Uuu Srs
Joseph Scalise
Fvt
Samuel T. Scalise
Nation
Young Scalise
Italy
Scalises
Chl
Ni A. Scalise
North Africa
Pfc
Frank J. Scalise
Pvt
Miami Beach
Fla
William McCa land undergoes mental test in slayer case
William McCalland, condemned for the slaying of Mrs. Knoll, underwent a two hour mental examination by Dr A Zeller at the Philadelphia State Mental Hospital. The alienist said he would forward Windle Wiewitly’s report to the State Board seeking clemency and declined to comment for publication. The Pardon Board will hear the case on a date in April, while the defense argued the client is entitled to commutation.
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Air Mall
Journal
Air Express
Erie
William McCa Iland
Wo P Knoll
A. Zeller
Philasdelphia State Mental Hospital
Windle
Wil Machunland
Dr. Zeller
Duster
Deciaos
Mysterious Phrase Emerges From Local Typo
A garbled clipping shows a fragment reading cation ma y ailles On nid ubtie and by T, puzzling readers. The unreadable OCR hints at a misplaced phrase or headline fragment from a past issue, leaving locals curious about its origin and meaning.
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Cation Ma
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Second Avenue
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War Department Today
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Vern Fuller
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Alan Green
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Harbor Creek
Luke Shreve
Patricia Wish
Westminster College
Guy M. Fish
Methodist
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F. W. Gurney
Marlin - Rockwell
Warren Boy
Ideig
Heiman
Se Birth
George Washington
the National Bank of Corry
McCausland
Pardon Board
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D. R. Passaver
Snyder Circle
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Avi Corry
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H. P. Day
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Inquire
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Abe Philco
Electra
Sidney Willis
Washington St
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Spring Creek
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