Jamestown Snow Totals Reach Ninety-Four Inches This Winter
Jamestown records suggest 94 inches of snowfall so far this winter, up 51 inches from last year, with a three inch fall last night. Ice on Chautauqua Lake near Bemus Point Ferry measures about 12 inches, thinning toward Maple Springs and thicker near Jamestown.
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Jamestown
Gilbert C. Olson
Olson
Raymond G. Norton
Ash Hatchery
Bemus Point
Chautauqua Lake
Bemus Point Ferry
Maple Springs
Father to receive Gabreski medals in military ceremony
Oil City reports that by presidential directive the decorations awarded to Lt. Col. Francis Gabreski will be presented to his father, Stanley Gabryszewski. Brig. Gen. John M. Clark of Middletown Air Technical Service Command will preside at a February 15 dinner at the Pulaski Club.
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Oil City
United States
Francis
Gabreski
Stanley Gabryszewski
John M. Clark
Middletown Air Technical Service Command
Olmstead Field
Middletown
Pulaski Club
Evader Surrenders to Erie FBI Officers
Elmer Michel Schmidt, a Jehovah’s Witness, surrendered to Erie FBI officers after being charged with failing to report for Army induction on December 22 on orders from his draft board in Ellicottville, N. C. He was arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Lyman Shreve and released on a $500 bail pending further action in U.S. court.
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Erie
Ellicottville
N. C
Elmer Michel Schmidt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Schmidt
West Lake Road
United States
Lyman Shreve
Ray F. Moore
Jim
Furher
County Polio Effort Begun in Erie County
Erie Jan 17 The city and county join the March of Dimes 12th annual appeal for infantile paralysis victims. Charles Schloss chairs the local chapter with E B O'Dell named campaign chairman to February 15. The chapter includes civic health and hospital affiliates and collects via store containers and public placements in Erie and Corry.
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Erie
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Charles 4H. Schloss
Vord E. O'Dell
Erle County
Zem Zem Hospital
Elle County Crippled Children's Association
Visiting Nurses Association
Alfred Hart Jeb
Union Bank
Corry
Rental Hires Granted in Erie Rent Control Area
Erie January 17 As of January 1, 2872 petitions for rent increases were received with 1407 seeking in the Erie county defense rental area since OPA rent control began. Landlords may gain increases for major capital improvements like rehabilitation that raises the structure to a higher rental range. detailed spending and work must be outlined.
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Erie
Erie County
OPA
Ares
Anderson
Proposal for $15,000 Salary Hike for Congressmen
Washington June 17 Congress eyed a National Planning Association plan calling for a raise from 10,000 to 25,000 a year and a retirement pay program for legislators. The nonpartisan group warned this would stir memories of the 1942 pensions push while urging reforms to strengthen Congress.
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Washington
Congress
National Planning Association
Labor, Management and Agriculture
NPA
Campaign joins with sports for March of Dimes drive
Organizations will aid the campaign with basketball and bowling events joining the March of Dimes drive, alongside other sports activities. The effort mobilizes local groups to support the charity through athletic activities and community involvement.
Erie Publisher Robert J Virtue Dies After Illness
Robert J Virtue publisher of the Erie Dispatch Herald died Tuesday at 10 a m in his home at 1850 Eyiga Drive after a lingering illness dating to 1943 He was sixty five His wife Grace Morton Virtue daughter by first marriage Mrs F H Klaas of Chicago and brother William J Virtue assistant publisher were at his bedside He came to the United States from Permanagh Ireland as a boy of six and rose to prominent positions in the Midwest and Erie
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Robert J. Virtue
Erie Dispatch-Herald
Eyiga Drive
Virtue
War Warsaw Falls to Russians and Poles
Soviet and Polish forces press on the 600 mile eastern front from the Baltic to Yugoslavia. In East Prussia the Red Army has a foothold as broadcasts claim advances near Rominten and Pil Killen under cover of 1,500 aircraft. Berlin cites Behlossberg capture, while Moscow notes offensive gains in lower Poland. Stalin announces a westward Russian advance from the Vistula on a 75 mile front expanding the drive started earlier by the First Ukraine Army.
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Baltic
Yugoslavia
East Prussia
Red Army
Rominten
Pil- Killen
Berlin
Behlossberg
Junker
Moscow
Poland
Stalin
Vistula
Ukraine
Coal Reserves Per Capita Compare Nations Revealed
The data show China has about 115th of the United States per capita coal reserves and a smaller share than Russia and the global total, indicating a markedly lower per person coal resource base than major peers and the world average.
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China
United States
Russia
World
Kane Sends Big Draft Group to Erie for Pre Induction
In Kane area, 71 men under 26 in the farm deferment class joined the regular February pre induction contingent to travel to Erie for physical exams. The group, the largest to date, largely comprises 18 year olds and a few 19 year olds. Local board grants orders after meeting at Mt Jewett last Thursday.
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Mt. Jewett
Rabies Peril Confirmed in Ellery Dog After Biting
Mayville January 17 post mortem confirms the Town of Ellery dog that bit three children and three animals over the weekend in Greenhurst and Fluvanna was rabid. Dr. Walter Levy district health officer says the children are under anti rabies treatment. the calf will be destroyed and the other dogs confined for four months or euthanized. The dog’s owners have been traced but unnamed.
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Mayville
Ellery
Greenhurst
Fluvanna
Walter ©. Levy
Levy
Chennault's 14th Air Force Frustrates Japanese Drive
General Chennault’s 14th Air Force, the Flying Tigers, operates from bases in China and parts of South China, striking at Japanese shipping and air bases. They claim to have knocked out significant enemy aircraft, disrupted supply lines, and sunk or damaged substantial Japanese shipping, with missions flying through harsh weather to raid targets from the Great Wall toward Saigon.
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Chennault
U. S
James TD
Washington
Japan
Staiper
Flying Tigers
Great Wall
Saigon
China
14Th
1Th Tigers
Indo-China
Yangtze
Adth
Aly
Bne
Colid
Tex' Hill
White sand reveals hidden black particles in pigment mix
A reader notes that unwashed Atlantic beach sand shows jet black grains among white sand. The black inclusions are likely titanium or another substance used to produce the whitest white pigment for exterior house paint.
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Atlantic
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Benjamin Franklin
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W. Va
Mele
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Howard LeVan
Brookville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Romulus Army Air Base
Warsaw
Coca Cola Company
Coca-Ci Cola Bottling Company
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Ena
Misanvue Fay
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Aero Supply
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