Small town theft and local notices headline roundup
A stray black cocker spaniel found at a home was reported by police as owner reclaimable. Don Dickinson reported theft of 40 to 56 dollars in coins from his canvas bag on West Pleasant Street. A marriage license was issued to Edward Gardick and Anns Bailey. About 500 attended the Twelfth Night tree burning on East Washington Street. The public assistance bureau introduced a new aid to the disabled cash grant with federal support since January. Two men, Joseph Glasber and Peter Rapp, injured in a 20 foot fall from a roof while fighting a chimney fire, were treated at Franklin Hospital. Unemployment benefits in Titusville fell to 1, jealously reporting 509,000 plus for 1950, with most paid in the first half. A 15-year-old burglar received two years probation for stealing 36 dollars from Artur O’Day’s East Main Street home. A fatal 1845-era beating and later prison sentence were mentioned. Local Marines recruiters will visit Corry post office Saturdays to accept enlistments for men 17 to 21. Henry Skinner of Pompey died. services set there Wednesday. Aged relatives of Mrs. West Skinner were noted. Corry police questioned 18 boys over plastic emblems theft from local elites, totaling 2,500 dollars in value across the group. Increases in new Army and Air Force enlistments were recorded since December, with 59 new recruits including Keith Fralick and Paul Baker.
U S Plans Larger Air Force Production Rise
John A. McCone, air force undersecretary, said a planned force expansion to about 3.5 million men across services will require a corresponding rise in air force output. He cited an 84-group program now at 2.8 million, with plane production reaching by mid 1952 at the highest rate requested, nearing the president's fivefold annual target.
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U.S
Accantadad Press
Washington
Jan
John A. McCone
Air Force
McCone
Erie slot machine inquiry eyed by Kefauver committee
Erie may face a Senate crime investigation as the Kefauver panel probes traffic in slot machines. The panel has names and phone numbers of six Erie residents who might testify, though officials deny an immediate field probe. The episode follows a broader national effort while unrelated notes mention chess and checkers.
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Erie
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Estes Kefauver
Staf
Erie Fersons
Desonrl
Jas
Requiem Mass Set for Mrs Mary Flanagan
Mrs Mary Flanagan of this city died Saturday at Corry Hospital after months of illness. She lived here most of her life except for a period in Bradford. A lifelong St Thomas Church member, she was predeceased by her husband Stephen Flanagan in 1937. Surviving are daughter Mrs Frank Williams and granddaughter Miss Maureen Williams of New Cumberland, sister Miss Catherine Minehan, and brother Timothy Minehan, all at 228 West Congress Street. Friends may call at Bracken Keating Funeral Home. mass at St Thomas Church Tuesday at 9:90 conducted by Rev Francis J Graves. temporary interment in the church crypt.
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Mary Winnagan
Corry Hospital
Flanagan
Bradford
St. ‘Thoma’' Church
Stephen Flanagan
Frank Williams
Maureen Williams
New Cumberland
Catherine Minehen
Timothy Minehan
West Congress Street
Bracken- Keating
St. Thomas’ Church
Francis J. Graves
Divers Reach Tug Sunk In Lake Erie
Divers found the tug Sachem upright on the lake bottom ten miles northeast of here after locating an oil slick December 23 during a search. No bodies were recovered at first, two bodies later showed burns suggesting an explosion, though cause remains undetermined.
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Puwetre
Dun
Srehem
Lake Erie
Here
Jamestown Man Held In Car Theft Case
Jamestown man ester L Porter year old waived examination in city court on a first degree grand larceny charge after police say he stole a car and went to Buffalo to visit a night club He was held for the grand jury after appearing near Fifth and Main where the car was later found abandoned Daniel Hough owner of the car reported leaving the engine running while he went into a newsroom and returned to find the vehicle missing
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Jamestown
Buffalo
Rand Jarceny
Ester L. Porter
Fifth
Main
Daniel Hough
Hough
Allies Yield Ruins of Wonju to Chinese
Eighth Army reports fierce siege of Wonju with Reds blowing up 87 railroad cars to cut supplies. Chinese forces advance north while UN planes hammer supply lines and airfields. B 29s drop 136 tons on Kimpo and targets around Pyongyang as coastward and east coast fighting continues.
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Wonju
Eighth Army
Eds
West Korea
Red
Suwon
Seoul
Immels
Coasis
No Cotton Rationing Seen by Agriculture Dept
Washington dispatch reports January 8 that the Agriculture Department says there is no need or reason for rationing soft goods materials or raw cotton, despite wartime supply concerns.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Dickinson
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Public Assistance Department
Congress
Joseph W. Glasber
Franklin, RD. 1
Peter Rapp
Emlenton
Franklin Hospital
Glaser
Titusville
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
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Robert
Edna Mae Beard
Western Penitentiary
Corry
U. S. Marine Cops
Lilly and
Meier
Ech
Baursdey
West Skinner
Wright Sixeet
Henry
Aly Skinner
Pompey
Skinner
Elgin
Albert
Millett
Ohio
Warren
U.S. Army
Pvt
Keith Fralick
Comy
Paul Baker
Spartansburg
Desmond Electric
Clmrch
St. Corry, Pa
Cory By
Widipanneal
Sea Brug
Lindstey's Drug Store
Aly
Femonat
W. Pepment High
Rasonal Finance Company
Graved Fl
N. Center 47
Harry Hall
YES
MaNeger
Arsenal Consumer Discount CO
Fogse
Ell
Iswas
Senate
Mary Flanagan
Emblem Oil CO
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W, Armitage, St
Page & Nichols
E. Main St
Pillsbury
Peciara
Hes
Ford
DeSoto
Martin Motor
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Kimpo
Koen
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FEAF
Pyongyang
Idale Sale
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