Veterans of polio become wartime workers in industry
Veterans of battle with polio serve in war plants and civilian labs, finding vital jobs in the war effort. Robert Conklin, Michael Greko, and Charles Bealer, all polio survivors, work in laboratories and drafting roles while serving as spotters, wardens, and volunteers.
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Nations Foundation For
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Army
Signal Corps
Batoptown
N. J
Foundation
Robert Conklin
East Hampton
Long Islandy
Michael Greko
Saginay, Mich
Charles A. Bealer
Allentown
Questions on government ownership of oil and US policy
A signed American Magazine piece cites Secretary of the Interior and Pe troleum Reserve Corp leader warning that British state control of oil contrasts with US private enterprise success. It asks why the United States should shift to government ownership and questions wartime economic policy and postwar influence.
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Tell
Petroleum Reserve Corporation
United States
England
United Nations
Turn to Page Six Ide the Correct Answers
A mixed quiz prompts on Soviet geography Eve’s lineage and classic literature. It asks eight questions about Kirovohrad Vesuvius Dickens autobiographical works and coal mine ownership, then diverges into a wartime exhortation urging calm cooperation from civilians and officials in Washington.
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Soviet Russia
Kirovoerad
Canie Mountain
Vesuvius
Commodlity Credit Corporation
Bunker Fhm
Boston
Philadelphia
Providence
Charles Dickens
Imn Washington Trving
Sleepy Hollow
Corry News Briefs Chronicles Local Events and Accidents
Twenty years ago bus service resumes Monday with John Fairclough announcing a regular route to and from the borough. Fred J. West, a Corry High grad and longtime resident, claims to be the world’s top long distance commuter. Park Davis narrowly escaped serious injury after a timber limb struck him while working for Hampton Lumber. Grandson Charles Lovejoy, aged, was fatally struck by an automobile at Jamestown. Local basketball: Corry Keystone toppled Old City Merchants 31 to 20 behind Jones and Star, as O’Dell was held scoreless. Corry Piber Furniture shipped a carload of fiber furniture to Washington, DC, with many shipments already to the capital. The Army Air Forces forging command was established in May 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. West
L. D. West
Corry High School
New York Coffee Exchange
Brazil
City
Corry Piber Furniture Company
Corry
Deaser
Washington, D.C
Daily Dozen on Asthma From Pennsylvania Medical Society
The article describes asthma as recurrent breathing difficulty with wheezing and coughing. Bronchial asthma is an allergic reaction to substances a patient is sensitive to, with occupational asthma common among balkers and furriers and some cosmeticians chemists and upholsterers. It notes wheezing and sneezing as early signs and mentions safety engineering reducing incidence and the need for some workers to change conditions.
Loss of Legs Fatal in Erie Train Accident
Ignatz Rosink a 54 year old Wesleyville railroad employee died at St. Vincent's hospital after both legs were severed under the tender of a New York Central train that backed toward him near the Wesleyville roundhouse. Coroner Warren W. Wood reported the incident occurred as Rosink crossed tracks beside a coal tipple. Miller the Cleveland fireman warned the engineer Claude Giddings but the wheels passed over his legs. Rosink's two daughters from Milwaukee were at his side. He resided in the New York Central bunkhouse in Wesleyville.
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Erie
Ignatz Rosink
Wesleyville
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Prillay
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rosiak
Twain
Warren W. Wood
William &, Miller
Cleveland
Miller
Claude Giddings
Wes
Lencads M. Warner
Ann H. Boschke
Milwaukee
New York
Gentral Bunkhouse
Westeyville
Four Jamestown Girls Held In Shoplifting Ring
Jamestown police detained four 13 year old girls after a two months shoplifting spree worth about 300 dollars of new and cheap jewelry. Detectives say the loot ranged from dresses and skirts to hats and jewelry found at homes and on three suspects at a Third Street department store. The girls, held with parents at Children's Court before Judge Robert N Palmer, admitted the scheme.
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Jamestown
Valentines
Robert N. Palmer
Children’s Court
Richard K. Moynihan
Moyninan
Oma
Moynihan
Cleveland Holds Two for Jamestown Thefts
Federal authorities sent two youths to Cleveland on Tuesday to face charges of stealing an automobile on December 2. One boy, 17, will be arraigned in an Ohio city court, while the younger juvenile, paroled from New York’s Industrial School at Industry near Rochester, will be returned there.
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Teserceme Low
Ird
Cleveland
John Ecker
Ohip
Citu
Richard K. Moynihan
New York State Industrial School
Industry
Rochester
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O'Dell
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Medical Society of State of Pennsylvania
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Lloyd Nolan
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Lewis Falcone
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Crawford M. Woods
N. First Ave
Dial
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Willi
Chrysler
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Leon Brown
Guy Rogers
Entis
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Merle Kolstee
Don Clark
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Wueks
Lanston
South Center St
Boston House
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Howard Pier
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