Subzero Weather Grips Erie Area Officials Actions Amid Lockdown
City council adjourns in brief as cold snap keeps most indoors. Park Skelton of Edinboro reappointed county sealer. Robert Dergett of North Girard slated for 1943 return. Erie County sees new tire inspection stations, and state relief payments rise by 26 dollars weekly. Battery and spark plug sale remains on despite rumors. Sixteen masters named to hear diverse cases. bond on tax clerk salary extended. broadcast shifts due to wartime effects. Reopening of Carnation Milk plant after strike ends arbitration vote. School board calls meeting to discuss ongoing defense activities.
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Park Skelton
Edinboro
Rober Dergett
North Girard
Night Fire Destroys Home. Family Escapes in Nightwear
A family narrowly escaped a night fire that destroyed their home in sub zero temperatures. The blaze leveled the house within minutes as drifting snow blocked the Clymer fire department. Family aided by neighbors, with Red Cross chapters and friends donating clothing and furnishings. The cause is believed to be a defective chimney.
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Erouind
Clymer
Ray
George Ray
French Creek
Clymer Red Cross Ehsapter
French Creel Red Cross
Vacant Dwelling Rentals Advertised In City Notice
Vacant dwelling accommodations for rent listed under a New York City housing order. The notice notes operative payments received by Létire Cooperative and mentions an announcement regarding tenancy arrangements. Includes contact details obscured by OCR errors.
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News Létire
New York City
Oh, Sexauer
Justices Take Oaths Bears Lake Hit by Mumps
Bear Lake news notes several local events with names of residents and visitors. Justice of the peace enumerations, New Year gatherings, church activities, and visits across nearby towns are recorded, including oaths of office taken by Tym Hawkins and Charles Wilson.
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Bear Lake
Dan
Fey J. W. Barret
Steamburg
Emma Collins
Barrett
Jem Manwaring
Sybil Millpaw
Corry
Guernsey
Sequine
Virginia
Earl Wheeler
Meadville
Bore School
Beverly Wilsted
Linesville
Fred Brueher
Tym Bawkins
Charles Wilson
FF Chen
Warren
Hawkins
Hunch
Wood
Wever
United Brethren Church
Howard Lewis
Jean Manwaring
Edinboro State Teachers
Jamestown
W. H. Evens
Rose Evans
Ivan E. Hawkins
Court House
Defense Plants Attract White-Collar Workers
Defense plants in the city expand operations to a seven day week, adding about three hundred workers at Aero Supply and boosting hours at other defense industries. William W. Bardsley of the U S Employment Service says a large new army of workers, especially men over 30 and women of all ages, is needed to meet wartime production. The public is urged to consider retraining for positions in production as many non military and service workers may be reassigned to factories within six months of 1942.
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Aero Supply
Ufe
Bio Army
William W. Bardsley
United States Employment Service
Offer Special Pistol Training At Franklin
The Prank Mn Rifle Club will hold the first pistol and revolver class Thursday evening at the city building range. R. Rhines will supervise the course with instruction by Hayes T. Engfert, noted handgun expert and instructor, bringing defense training to Franklin.
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Pranklin
Prank Mn Rifle Club
R. ©. Rhines
Hayes T. Engfert
Oil City
Iis
Engfert
Bradford Girl Rescues Friend From Drowning on Toboggan
Zelma Sieber of Bradford risks her life to save Sally Fowler, 12, from drowning after a runaway toboggan struck a sewer pipe and sent the trio into icy water near Pen Hills Country Club. Alice Haguerty, 13, warned the others before jumping free. Sally, bent on danger, was saved with head kept above water until aid arrived. All escaped serious injury.
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Bradford
Padan
Zelma Sieber
Sally Fowler
Penhills Country Club
Alice Haguerty
Con Ol
Alice
Zelima
Sally
Hetobougan
Sprce
Tess
Zelma
Body of Lake Victim May Be Darcy From Pittsburgh
Badly decomposed body of a man found at the foot of Georgia street in Buffalo harbor last Saturday night is being investigated by state troopers. The victim is possibly Thomas Darcy of Pittsburgh. Darcy and Pittsburgh attorney James M. Graham sailed from Dunkirk October 10 in Graham's boat to fish in Lake Erie. Graham's body later washed ashore at Birline's Beach. The partly submerged boat Oc tober 10 was found three days later by coast guardsmen east of Silver Creek.
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Dunkirk
Georgia Street
Buffalo Harbor
Thomas Darcy
Pittsburgh
Westfield and
Wanakah
Darcy
James M. Graham
van Buren Point
Graham
Lake Erie
Silver Creek
Birline's
Buffalo Evacuation Plan Amid Air Raid Drill Details
Erie County Defense Council maps a full evacuation of 631,579 residents in Buffalo and surrounding towns during a mass air raid drill. Former Police Commissioner Glen H. Madellan leads the plan to move civilians to East Aurora and other towns, with traffic controls and sheltering at housing facilities along the routes.
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Buffalo
Erie County
Jan
Bulltulo
Kenmore
Lackawanna
Tonawanda
Erie County Defense Council
Glen H. Madellan
Johnny Public
Oollow
East Aucors
East Aurora
Oldest Wire Rope Displayed at Kensington Museum
A museum in Kensington England shows the oldest wire rope, dated at 2700 years ago. It is not the modern form of wire rope but consists of five bundles of wires bound together.
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Kensington
England
Winevah
San-Cora Soap and Ointment Ad Offering Foot Relief
An old advertisement promises relief from foot pain with San-Cora Soap followed by soothing ointment that allegedly makes feet feel better by morning. It claims benefits for minor cuts burns and itching and notes availability at druggists.
Dial Phone System Introduced in Titusville on March 1
Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation announced the dial system will inaugurate around March. The new system will require subscribers to use new numbers with no letters. Titusville plans followed earlier rollout in nearby Pleasantville, with preparations ongoing for a West Spring Street exchange building.
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Swembville
Pennnsylvania ‘Telephone Corporation
Pleagentville
Titusville
Spring Street
Warren Field resumes flying as 60 pilots reinstated
Civilian Aeronautics Administration inspectors H B Stevens and Tucker approved Warren Field reopening and reinstatement of about 60 pilots from Bradford Titusville Cony Franklin Brooksville Youngsville Sheffield Warren. Captain Ray Wekardt supervised fingerprinting at Warren police station while borough officials ordered 24 hour airport guards to meet government rules.
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Warren, Jan
Waren
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
H. B. Stevens
Tucker
Warren
Bradford
Titusville
Cony
Franklin
Brookswile
Youngsville
Sheffield
Ray Wekardt
Fihe
Tne
Baronel
Unusual Indian Honors Lob Stick Custom Reported
The article cites Ernest Thompson Seton describing Hudson’s Bay Company Indians and half-breeds honoring feats by lopping limbs of a live tree, calling it a lob stick. Answers to a Davy quiz are listed, including questions about nations, Ireland, submarines, Whistler, the Arctic Ocean, Pasadena, and Washington and Lee University.
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Ernest Thompson Seton
Hudson's Bay Company
America
Great Britain
Ireland
Whistler
Pasadena
Washington and Lee
Market Summary from Pittsburgh and Buffalo Markets
Market report from Pittsburgh and Buffalo shows mixed commodity trends with produce prices weak in Pittsburgh while livestock and stock markets at Buffalo edge higher. Notable items include Hog, Cattle, Calves and Sheep price movements alongside broader stock market declines on January 1 with few gainers and several losses among major equities.
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Buffalo
Associated Press
WRW
York
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