Widow Margaret Nelson learns of prisoner of war husband
Word reaches Margaret Nelson of Warren that her husband Pfc. Richard H. Nelson, missing in action, is a German prisoner of war after 27 shortwave notices picked up from Germany. FCC is verifying before an official statement. Edward County notes include local arrests, appointments, and a fire alarm incident.
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Margaret Nelson
Warren
Pfc
Richard H. Nelson
Lsted
Germany
Federal Communications Commission
Robert Helges
Edinboro
Robert Randall
Mer L. Evans
J. Orin Waite
Erie
Ith
Delaware Avenue
Batalllon
Peter Kuhm
Hishome
Kuhn
Powell Motor Co. Lubrications Ad and Local Death Notices
Powell Motor Co advertises city and vicinity lubrications while Knoll of Erie and other local figures are listed in unified notices. Across towns Dunkirk Franklin Meadville and Bradford war and civic items include missing soldiers revived safety reports dog incidents public notices and events reflecting 1940s community life and wartime activitites.
Honorable discharge for marine veteran
Pie Rucawra Srearns son of Mrs C H Stearns of West Pleasant street served in the Fourth Marines in the Pacific. He was wounded at Saipan and has received his medical discharge. He enlisted in 1943 and went overseas last February seeing action in the Marshalls and Philippine theaters. Married November 1943 to Rose Maldonado of Los Angeles. Discharge effective January 15. Robert J Stearns recovering in Hawaii from surgery in December.
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Pie. Rucawra Srearns
C. H. Stearns
West Pleasant Street
Fourth Marines
Pacific
Saipan
Hom
Seattle Naval Hospital
Pic
Stearns
Rose Maldonay
Los Angeles
Calif
Robert J. Stearns
Hawaii
Pittsburgh man dies after gunfire incident
An early January shooting in Pittsburgh left Justin McGauley dead after being struck by a bullet from a revolver. He died shortly after at Miying Hospital as authorities investigate a fatal incident with multiple injuries reported.
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Swhends
Pitisburgh
Historial note on Henet Diit preparation uses
The text describes preparing Henet Diit of the stomach of the ual for medicinal purposes and its broad use in the mainfainee of cheese and jinkel, noting traditional and practical applications in remedy and food processing.
Frank Wilcox Dies After Illness at Home
Frank Wilcox a longtime Carry resident and painter by trade died this morning at his East Main Street home after a period of illness. Born March 18 1871 in Columbus township he led a life devoted to business music and community service. Survived by wife Carrie Sheely Wilcox son Robert of Philadelphia three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews services set for Thursday at 2 oclock at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
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Pull Crossman
Yarntent
Crossman
State Game Commission
Thomas F. Burke
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
C.D. of A
St. Marys
Delis ‘Eagan
Edna Swartzfisher
Tixst C. D. of A
Genter Street
Bn’ Diamond Street
Frank Wilcox
East Main Street
Ha- Neved
Sispabchies
Jover
Bradford
Mechanic Street
Bodine Hardware
Jitto
Levy
Migin Street
Ben
Lin Meolan
Ic Street
A. Wilcox
Hust Main Street
Jess Thait
Wilcox
Mmsion
Old
B. Band
Corry Lodge
Golden Rule Club
Gorry Rotary
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Iflyne
Walil
Carrie Sheely Wilcox
Robert
Philadelphia
Gail
Judy
Jack Sheely
Marine Air Force
Wallace Hammond
Percy Corbin
Corry
George Archibald
Charlotte
W. c
Corry Coal Committee Takes Action Amid Fuel Shortage
The Corry Coal Committee, set up by Mayor Hepler, operates to aid fuel distribution after a Federal order. It plans to authorize additional coal orders as needed to keep schools and public buildings running, with imminent risk of fuel exhaustion at Seniey High and limited reserves at Junior High.
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Hage Uney
Hepler
Seniey High
Bowling Aileys
Um- OH
Corry Soldiers Reunite in Luxembourg Front Meet
Corry soldiers now in combat service on the western front report a reunion in Luxembourg in a letter to Mr and Mrs Glenn McCastin from their son Pfe Russell H McCaslin The brothers Russell and Arnold McCaslin met for the first time in two and a half years along with other Corry men Pfc Fussell McCaslin reported seeing Smith Hixson and joined by Leonard Mignsecio Chick Munn Bob Dawson and Bob Harmon in Luxembourg
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Luxembourg
Europe
Glenn McCastin
Pfe
Russell H. McCaslin
Corry Solder
Pfc
Arnold McCaalin
Fussell McCleslin
Smith Hixson
Corry
Leonard Mignsecio
Chick Munn
Bob Dawson
Bob Harmon
President's son admits delaying train in Chicago run
Colonel James Roosevelt, the president’s son, said a Pullman conductor suggested a telegram to shift departure of the Manhattan Limited from Chicago. He and his wife, returning from the inauguration, were ninth on the westbound list as Crestline, Ohio, was reached. Roosevelt said the telegram asked that the City of Los Angeles train be held at 6 p.m. and that he assumed it was normal railroad practice.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
thAl
Pullman
Chicago
Marine Corps
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan Limited
Crestline
Ohio
Col. Roosevelt
City of
Railroad Freight Embargo Lifted Reshaping Corridor Movements
Rail operations resume as embargo ends after heavy freight flow. Cory force assists with transfers through the corridor, moving large gun sectors and material, while crews handle ongoing toiling workloads amid a high volume period.
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Express
Cory
Duanng “Mionitis
Germans mount new retreat in Holland and threaten key cities
News recounts German withdrawal in Holland as potential Dutch port strikes loom. Reports that a Canadian action and a western front offensive may reshape the line. Snow swirls while Eisenhower's forces push a slow but steady offensive as Allied bombardment intensifies.
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Rotterdam
Amsterdam
the Hague
Haarlem
Utrecht
Eisenhower
Allied forces breach frontier as Patton divides German lines
Allied troops report heavy destruction in retreating German columns with thousands of vehicles and hundreds of tanks ruined or damaged. Patton's army breaches the river frontier north of Luxembourg while American forces push toward the Siegfried Line, advancing near Oberhausen Peterskirche and Murrange. The Seventh Army endures snow in Alsace as Third and 28th Divisions reach Colmar outskirts under French command. Fifty German tanks destroyed in ten days by French forces. German artillery shells Allied troop movements near Aachen.
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St. Vith
George S. Patton
Frum
Ober- Trausen
Third
Or Acros
Saarsautern
Oberhausen
Lir
Courtney B. Hodge
Fist
Murrange
Fram
Siegfried
Alsace
Colmar
Strasbourg
U. S
Colma
Literly
Rhine
Colomar
Aloe
Berlin
Huntgen Forest
Aachen
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Wep Agine
Gnltdrely
Florida
Texas
Sauerkraut
Wing - Willi Star Stores
John Crayford
Western State Hospital
Medunkin
M. Ivan
Warren Police
Linder
Crawford
Justice of the Peace
Tracey
Greenland
United Brethren Ladies’Aid
Allene Dooliitle
North Center Street
Te W
Masonic Temple
Columbus
Ald
Hollis Upperman
Charles Swanson
Al's
Al's Clothes Shop
Mackinaws
Melton
WS Clothes
Bernstein Bros
Iprzorau
Powell Motor Co
Knoll
South
Knoll's Grill
Raymond Knoll
Dunkirk
West Lake Road
City 5
Alfred Reynolds
W. E. Prite
Sheridan
Ithaca
Steen
Franklin
Franklin Corps
Salvation Army
13Th and
Elk Streets
George B. Pry
Charles R. Gilara
Michael Gilara
War Department
Brie
United States Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
National Association of Manufacturers
C. D
Meadville
Peter Rane Azo
Aetion
Wo- Wambér
George Beare
Mendville
Beare
United States
National Guard
Hamel
Charles Voght
Voght
Star LifeSouree
Washington St
Dial
Pennzom
van Cise
Smith St
Talal
Corry Coal Committee
Holland
War Fond Investment
the National Bank OF Corry
Frurral Deposit Insurance Corporation
Denne
Corey's Greatest Clothiers
G. C. Murphy
Lan Vae
Wille Fe
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