Meadville Mayor Whipple Seeks GOP Congress Nomination
Meadville mayor Fred Whipple announced he will run as a Republican in the 28th District race against incumbent R. J. Rodgers. Whipple, serving his second term, is active in the party and various civic groups including the League of Cities third class, Meadville Chamber of Commerce, and youth programs. He resides at 548 Chestnut Street with his wife and two daughters.
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Crawford
Erle
Mercer
R. J. Rodgers
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Whipple
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Juvenile Delinquency Commission
Meadville Defenise Cornell
Meadville Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army
Young Republican Club
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United States
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Highland Camps
Edinboro
Chestnut Street
Man Perished in York Garage Fire
Associated Press reports Aaron Craley died in a York garage blaze that wrecked the White Rose Motor sheet metal department. Fire officials say he suffocated after attempting to escape via a washroom and unmet stairs as smoke and water damaged the interior and destroyed several automobiles.
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Associated Press
York
Aaron Craley
White Rose Motor Company
Ellis Wagner
Graley
Allies Embargo on Spain Pressures Franco Explaination
In Washington the Allies widen pressure on Franco Spain through a naval blockade and oil stoppage. They demand Spain remain neutral while curbing aid to Germany and ending material exports that aid Nazi forces. Officials say Spain faces a squeeze between Axis neighbors and Western powers as oil shortages disrupt transport and industry.
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Spain
United States
Great Britain
State Department
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Germany
Axia
Caribbean
Britain
Bay of Biscay
France
Europe
Fiarico
Family Court Opens Friday With 24 Cases Listed
Domestic relations court in the county opens Friday February 26 at 9 20 a m with 24 cases on the docket. Judge Elmer J Evans will preside. Sixteen cases involve non support, four are renewals of previous support orders, and four are appeals from summary convictions. Noted defendants include Mike Kowitski of Ft D and Mynfoerd Williams of Corry.
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Leroy Seaveh
Jude Elmer J. Evans
Mike Kowitski
Ft. D
Mynfoerd Williams
Corry
Erie Bank Dividends Due Two Months Later
An Erie newspaper notes final accounts with the courts are being extended for Bank of Italy and American State Bank dividends. Preparations suggest it will take at least two months before completion and determination of the last dividend amount, with potential payments following after filing and confirmation.
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Wen
Bank of Italy
American State Bank
Erie
Erie police probe into infant death near Ferncliff
Detectives and Coroner W W Wood investigate the death of a newborn found Sunday near Lincoln avenue at Ferncliff. Dr E L Armstrong reports the child was born alive and lived briefly, possibly struck or injured when wrapped in an Erie newspaper dated February 1 and thrown to the ground. A second brief item notes veteran actor J Darby Sherry, 73, died in a Philadelphia hospital after a heart attack.
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Erie
Darby
J. Darby Sherry
Edward Forrest
Philadelphia
Possum Bites Boy Rabies Fear Spreads
Jamestown February 23 A possum bit 10 year old Paul Dowd in Elvinston prompting district health official Walter C Levy to send the animal to Ithaca for rabies testing The boy was at a chicken coop when cornered the possum sprang and bit his hand The animal was shot beheaded and its brain sent for examination as a precaution against rabies infection
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Jamestown
el- Vington
Ithaca
Walter C. Levy
District Health
Paul Dowd
Eugeny Callin
Falconer
Westfield Boy Believed Lost In Army Plane
Westfield February 28 Mrs George Munson of Prospect toad says her son 2nd Lt Allan H Munson stationed at Santa Maria California was listed as a passenger on an army plane reported missing. After a two and a half week search by Coast Guard Marines forest rangers police sheriffs Army and Navy the search was abandoned and the plane is believed to have gone down at sea. Lieutenant Munson graduated from Mayville High School in 1938 and worked at the Aleu Prod Dunkirk before enlisting December 1942.
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George Munson
Prospect
Toad
Allan H. Munson
Santa Maria
Calif
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Marines
Forest Rangers
Police
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Army
Navy
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Mayville High School
Aleu Prod i
Dunkirk
Sharpsburg Utilities Out As Pittsburgh Strike Persists
Sharpsburg borough continued using emergency aid and water service as Duquesne Light supplied power and the city of Pittsburgh furnished water during a strike that began at midnight Monday. Endy as 18) employes of the burning water and light Kent remained 67) a strike that started at midnight Monday. The Duquesne Luntey, is supplying lot of an emergency asis and the city OF Piliserst furnishing water.
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Pittsburgh
Sharpshire
Kent
Duquesne Luntey
City OF
Piliserst
Germans Flee As Red Army Advances Toward Pskov
Reports from Moscow indicate Russian troops push from Luga toward Pskov with gains near Bukino and Tmen as 2 900 German prisoners are reported taken. The Baltics gateway city sees movement as units drive toward the southeast.
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Govorog
K. A. Merelskay
Pskov
Baltics
Red Army
Moscow
Luga
Bukino
Tmen
W.te
Kholm
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