Buffalo News Update Mixed with Local Incidents
A jumble of reports covers health and law issues in Buffalo. Measles and whooping cough cases rise amid murky Titusville conditions and a corry overnights flight. Parking fines rise in the business district. Draft board mailings proceed with numerous registrants. A new Erie Railroad engineer leads the line, and charitable gifts aid the Richard Lindsey Memorial Pond. Pennsylvania liquor sales soar during the holidays as federal tax impacts prices. Federal finance bodies discuss bank and currency actions alongside state vehicle inspections and Stickers.
Erie sets new 10 year record for building
Erie reports a record 1,042 building permits in 1940 with construction costs totaling $1,465,619, the highest since 1931. Chief Building Inspector Daniel P Dundon noted an anticipated rise in 1941 due to housing authority programs and defense related developments, including 182 one family dwellings and multiple multi unit projects worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Apple Holland to Get Police Post
Apple Holland of 915 East 24th Street will receive the test appointment to the police department. Lewis J Waldo of 203 Goudriery Street will be the next appointee to the fire department to fill vacancies caused by retirement and death. Mayor Barber will likely recommend Holland, who is first on the eligible list, for the police post.
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Holland
East 24Th
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Goudriery Street
Fire Department
James B. Powers
Pineman
Leonard G. Eureba
Basi
Reno Stinind
Popelar Street
Russell G. Fravier
Mg Eastath Street
Charles R. Barber
Hol-land
Plan Campaign Against Roosevelt Foreign Policy
Senators plan a coordinated campaign against President Roosevelt's foreign policy as the new Congress convenes. They intend to present their case to the people to sway both houses, with Senator Wheeler criticizing Roosevelt's handling of international affairs and urging national organization against current policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Honse
Borate
Senglor Wheeler
Retail price of soft coal boosted in Pittsburgh district
Pittsburgh January 3 The Retail price of soft coal will be generally increased 25 cents a ton in the Pittsburgh district Monday. The announcement came from the Retail Merchants Association which said the action was taken under the Guistext luminous Act effective last fall raising minimum prices by 25 to 50 cents per ton. Bierman suspended ten days and fined 100 by Santa Anita stewards for alleged rough riding in seventh race Tuesday.
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Assucmen Rress
Pitisburgh
Rensil Merchants, Association
Bierman
Los Angeles
Jinn
Carroll Biermin
Santa Anita
Dave Bunny
Quiz Answers From Tonay Page Nine Texas Edition
Fragmentary OCR shows quiz answers labeled as Tonay s newers test avenions on page nine. Some entries mention numbers like five and six, and topics include Contract Bridge Turkish and War greetings. The text is garbled, with references to Natives of India and British forces and forwarding posts, but key names and precise facts are unclear.
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Tonay
Snewers
Texas
Eucrantes
Indie
Forse
Aged Sparta Woman Hurt In Fall at Open Class
Spartansburg on January 3 reports Priscilla Censor, 86, hurt when a chair toppled while reaching for an item. She remains in pain though comfortable. church and club notices follow with upcoming meetings and social events.
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Priscilla Senior
Princess Pat Club
Spartansburg
Priscilla Censor
Anna Roth
Lucy Morris
Artol Limdberg
Woman's Club
Sylvia Morris
Helen Bennett
Catherine Buxton
Linn Rexford
Cassie Puller
Dorothy Dumb
Helen, Bennett
Lab
Nelle Steuei
Von Luckner Named Possible Nazi Sea Raider Commander
British reports say Count Felix Von Luckner, the famed German sea raider, may again be active in the Pacific. Travelers in Hongkong identified the raider as the 7,100 ton Glengarry seized by Germans at Copenhagen, with a captain named Von Lucknow. The Glengarry is linked to the sinking of the liner Rangituna on November 26, with survivors rescued near Emirau, New Guinea.
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London
Pacific
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Theoe Chelus Diedane
von Luckner
America
Hongkong
South Seas
Copenhagen
von Lucknow
Glengarry
von Lukner
Rangitune
Emirau
New Gulani
Thatcher couple move bees into house as hive forms
In Jerseyville Illinois on January 3 Mr and Mrs J R Thatcher removed 100 pounds of honey from the walls of their home. Bees swarmed and established a hive there last May when the couple allowed the insects to inhabit the residence.
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J. R. Thatcher
Public School Duties Return After Christmas Break
Resume her duties in the public schools after spending her Christmas vacation with her mother. Several local families hosted New Year visits, with guests from Meadville Titusville and Jamestown, N Y. Trips to Pittsburgh and Red Oak were noted, plus church delegates attending a convention in Jamestown.
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Alfred McNamara
Paul
William, Pishor
Meadville
L. V. Thorogood
Jobin Kolaja
Robert Holford
Pittsburgh
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Tommy Kolaja
Charles Kolaja
George Hicks
Red Oak
Corry
Catherine Buxton
Gus Anthony
Titusville
Joan Lord
Mei Village
Catherine Karen
Mary Foley
Naami Bimber
United Brethren Church
Fairview
Jamestown
N. Y
Belday
Transfer of Reynaud and Other Prisoners in Vichy France
News reports say on January 3 that Paul Reynaud Georges Mandel and other French political prisoners formerly at Pellevoisin were moved to a southern prison. The Pellevoisin facility sits near the occupied unoccupied line and the prisoners face charges of war guilt in Brede department.
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Vichy
France
Pellevoisin
Paul Reynaud
Parmer
Georges Mandel
Shother
Pelleviesin
Bredeche
Pittsburgh Market Report on Apples and Potatoes
Pittsburgh markets report Jan 3 shows steady demand for apples with No 1 baskets and crates priced across varieties such as Staymans Baldwins Rome Beauties and McIntosh. Maine Green Mountains Chippewas and Katahdins also quoted. Potatoes 13 cars steady with Russet Rurals and Maine Green Mountains crates listed and Florida Blissana noted. Buffalo hogs and lambs prices range with weights and truck lots, plus a broad stock market note and industrial labor discussion referencing Henry Ford.
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Rome Beauties
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