Jail Breakers Get Long Terms
In Elmira on February 28 three of four escapees from Chemung County were sentenced by County Judge Bertram J. Newman after pleading guilty to jail breaking and car theft. Charles Chamberlain Michael Juliane and William B Eliott received long terms ranging from 15 years to life for grand larceny and sentences for jail break. Walter LaBarr faces sentencing today.
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Elmira
Attica
Chemung County
Bertram J. Newman
Charles Chamberlain
Michael Juliane
Wiliam B. Eliott
Chamberlain
Juliane
Elliott
Walter LaBarr
North Corry mill owner injured after straw load fall
LH Farnham proprietor of the North Corry wrist mills suffered serious injuries this morning when he fell from a straw load at his mill. He sustained four deep gashes above the eye and a broken wrist. Also reported today a new scarlet fever flareup with three cases confined to one family in the west end. Final action on pavement plans for five streets to be built this summer is expected at next week's council meeting. Marian Louise Nelson Dimmick wed Cash S Linendell at 403 Concord street last evening. Dr. Thomas M Crowe died in Buffalo from a stroke. He was a former Corry resident and Corry High School graduate. Chamber of Commerce directors postponed any stock selling campaign for a new passenger station, indefinitely delaying action.
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LH. Farnham
North Corry
Dunkle
West End
Nelson Dimmick
Tse
Marian Louise
Cash S. Linendell
Chirch Street
Concord Street
Thomas M. Crowe
Buffalo
Corryman
Corry High School
Chamber of Commerce
Draft shortage board report and wartime manpower conclusions
A government panel led by Surgeon General McIntire reported four conclusions on draft policy: demand for general service will rise until victory. lowering physical standards cannot meet needs. limited service induction cannot replace general service needs. and manpower must come from varied sources including families and extended age groups. The document references Corry Jamestown Mfg of Goteborg Sweden and a two steamship equipment project.
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Goumemeu
General
Hershey
Corry-Jamestown Mfg. Corp
Aktiebo- Combat Services
Goteborg
Sweden
Navy
Ross T. McIntire
Army
Selective Service
Veterans Administration
OPA Notes Rationing Problems And Stamp Validity
The OPA outlines rationing issues and stamp validity through early 1945. It lists indefinite validity for select stamps, region based gasoline coupon values, fuel oil periods, meals and fats stamps, processed foods, and sugar book four expirations, with points values and change tokens noted.
Flames Sweep Lakeview Hotel in Erie Fire
A Friday afternoon blaze driven by strong winds damaged the Lakeview Hotel on Buffalo Road, a three story, 16 room boarding house. About $3,000 loss. Boarder William Soroski, 25, was rescued by five men after being trapped in his third floor room. Mrs. Harry Brown and her husband ran the operation. flames poured from the basement as dinner guests looked on. Most boarders saved personal belongings.
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Brie
Lakeview
Buffalo Road
William Soroski
Harry Brown
Humanity Moves Forward in Air Transport History
A reflection on the Mars flying boat landing in Hawaii and the growth of world wide air transport since Pearl Harbor. The piece notes air cargo safety, high value materials moved by air, and the surge in airline participation and aircraft manufacture. It credits barnstorming pilots and business leaders as the originators of modern air travel and urges continued national support for aviation.
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Mars
Hawaiian
California
Pearl Harbor
Navy
U.S. Ailines
Army
United States
America
Ridgway Flier Rescue Brings Home Crew Member
A Pacific task force rescued 72 crew members of a Japanese craft sunk in the St George channel off Rabaul and retrieved four from an American bomber crash nearby. Among the rescued was Ridgway machinists mate Franke B. Fischer, a local youth. The 24 hour action also credited the destroyer task force with sinking a destroyer a cargo ship with 400 enemy troops a second cargo ship and mine barges.
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Ridgway
Pacific
Franke B. Fischer
Stnk
St. George Channel
Rabaul
Crea
Woman Acquitted For Shooting Husband in Venango
In Wilburton Va lley court Mia Irmin Slater of Venango is acquitted on all four counts for shooting her husband Glover Slater last December. The jury, se aled Saturday at noon, had deliberated since Friday afternoon. Mrs Slater testified she intended to kill herself and had no recollection of the shooting while noting she was pregnant. This wrapped up the February term trials. Sentences to be imposed Monday. The U S produced over two billion pounds of butter in 1943.
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Wadville
Mia
Irmin Slater
Venango
Glover Slater
Choose Your Government Now Amid Tax Limitation Debate
The piece notes fifteen states back a constitutional amendment capping peacetime federal taxing power at twenty five percent on incomes gifts and inheritances. It frames the tax issue as a choice between free enterprise and socialism and cites Robert B. Dresser and the AFL urging caution about government control of capital. It warns that continued centralization could steer America toward a socialized state even without wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Dresser
American Federation of Labor
Ag Labor and Industry
America
Wanted Men and Women Hard of Hearing Test Ear Method
Advertises a home ear drop test to cure hearing loss from wax buildup. Claims immediate improvement with a money back guarantee. Promotes Lindsley Pharmacy and drug stores as the place to obtain the drops.
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Lindsley
Daily Dozen Head Injuries In US Highlight Urgent Care
The article notes 600,000 yearly head injuries in the United States, over one third skull fractures, with motor vehicles causing half and falls 27 percent. It emphasizes brain injury as the fatal factor, urges rapid treatment, and cites Army changes moving head injury patients out of bed earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Army
All-Party Italian Congress Abdicates King Victor Emmanuel
A six party Italian congress unanimously called for King Victor Emmanuel’s abdication. The article notes the event occurred in Italy and references the abdication demand as part of the political upheaval surrounding the monarchy.
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Cairo
I. Q
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
U. S
Field Museum of Natural History
Germany
France
Alhambra
Frankenstein
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Mayath
Rocky Mountains
South
Middlewest
Erie
Daily Dozen
The
Medical Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
the National Bank OF Corry
Ederal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington
Western Auto Associate Store
Curtis Jewelry Store
the Fair Store
F. W. Woolworth
J. A. Lanston
LEED
Montgomery Ward
Bernstein Bros
Jewell Flower Shop
W. E. Phillips
Franz Furniture
Endicott-Johnson CO
Triangle Shoe Store
Topps Dress Shop
Paul's Men
Frank C. Chapin
Heiman Jewelers
Mabel
Helen
the Home Store
G. C. Murphy CO
the Nast CO
Zuckerman
Reich
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