Hotel Fire Sends 41 Guests Scurrying in Reynoldsville
A blaze of undetermined origin at the Reynoldsville Plaza Hotel forces 41 guests to flee. Fire crews from Reynoldsville DuBois Brookville and surrounding towns fight the three hour fire, causing an estimated 16000 in damage to the hotel structure and kitchen facilities.
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Reynoldsvill
Dan
Tpertel
Erm
Clarleh Baataglia
R Reynoldsville
DuBois
Brookville
Sand Pie
British WWII Hero On Big Ship Reported Lost At Sea
A British World War II hero aboard a large vessel is believed to have gone down in the Atlantic after a Bermuda bound flight became overdue. The ship carried a crew of six and twenty three passengers.
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Bermuda
Atlantic
British air hero Arthur Coningham feared dead in Bermuda flight
Sir Arthur Coningham and 28 others are believed lost after a British BSAA plane en route to Bermuda crashed about 440 miles east of Bermuda. The Tudor IV airliner, delayed by severe weather in the Azores, stopped in Lisbon and the Azores on its westward leg when contact was lost.
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Axenvaley Press
London
Sir Arthur Coningham
Bermuda
Outpoat
Eighth Army
North Africa
French North Africa
Brisbane
Australia
Venango
BSAA
Liston
Azores
Arrest Corry Man In Assault At Home
Carl Pudell of 11 Laneen street was arrested after a dispute at home with his wife. He was jailed on drunkenness charges and faces additional assault and battery and disorderly conduct charges, per reports from the wife as complainant.
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Carl Pudell
Laneen Street
Fredell
Cli
Seneca Street
Fradell
Wreckage sighted of two planes in French Alps
Associated Press reports a sighting of wreckage in the lower French Alps. The missing aircraft carrying American women and children, relatives of U S soldiers, disappeared Tuesday on a flight from Bremerhaven to Trieste. Ground crews searched the area as an Army spokesman prepared to release the passenger names after kin are notified.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
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Aid
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Amurlesi
U. B
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Dighe
France
Welsbaden
de DO
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Murneille
Aiine
Troly
Maeve
Bremerhaven
United Sum
Trieste
Nest of Kin
No Relief Seen In Gas Shortage Amid Severe Cold
Severe cold fronts grip Pennsylvania causing no relief in gas shortages. Cold snaps push temperatures below zero with officials warning of a brutal weekend as private wells freeze and transportation slows. Officials in Corry and Warren districts work to avert further outages.
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Pennsylvania Gas Company
Corry
Old City
Warren and
Bradford
Weatheman Henry P. Adams
North Pole
500 At Franklin Hear Elks Choir
The Male Chorus of Corry B. P. performed to Franklin High School patrons and guests, filling the Franklin Hall to capacity with an overflow crowd. An estimate placed attendance at more than 600, prompting an invitation for a future concert after Easter.
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Elks’ Choir
Corry B. P
Franklin Hiks
Franklin Clot
Flay Wrlgw
Philadelphia
Pega
Taiwan
Clements
Hsrplat
Dawish Hospital
Huh
Incente Ryerson
Yrith
Four Die and Ten Injured as Vermont Hotel Fire Rages
At St. Albans Vermont a hotel fire left four missing and ten injured after guests leaped from windows or fled as the blaze swept the three story front and five story addition. Fire officials estimate losses at two hundred thousand dollars with replacement costs higher. OwnerGeorge St Laurent discovered the blaze and, despite frigid conditions, searched through corridors to evacuate guests.
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ST. Albans
Ned
Jesse Welden Tait
Pire
R. H. Sweeny
George ¥. St. Laurent
St. Laurent
Crack Down on Motor Violators in Corry and Union City
State police report intensified action against two violator types. Truckers hauling jogs and cut lumber to mills face overload fines of 2 to 50 dollars. Out of state license plates trigger warnings, arrests, and fines.
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Gorry
Corry
Union City
President Truman seeks grain controls to aid Europe's needs
President Truman urged Congress to extend grain rationing authority for distillers amid anti inflation pressure. He argued GOP limits block needed wartime controls and risk freeing distillers to resume broad grain use unless extended until October 21. The Senate already moved to February 29.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
GOP
Ersom
Senate
Sutchi
Agricultre Department
Congress
Marines to replace units in the Mediterranean
About 1,000 United States Marines will be sent to the Mediterranean as replacements and will not increase the total number of Marines in the area. Concurrently a political exchange in Washington challenges Truman's European recovery plan funding.
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Sy Associate Press
Norfolk
United States
Mediterranean
Firth Naval District Headquarters
Washington
Senate
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Budget Cut Sparks Debate On Truman Spending
The House appropriations committee today approved a six percent reduction in President Truman’s spending estimates for the 1948 session. The panel trimmed emergency funds and other programs, cutting allocations from 1,000 to 760 dollars and shaving about 100 thousand dollars from various agencies.
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Truman
Associated Press
Washington
Howe
Trit
Bali
Swhmmey
Hudgen Ba
Limit C-J Plant Construction Plans For 1948
D C Hillstrom of Gerry Jamestown Manufacturing Corp explains new plant east of the city remains indefinite but a one unit start is planned in 1948. The firm aims to double personnel later, seeking ample sheet steel from Carnegie- Gillett Steel officials to meet supply needs amid high costs.
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Rit
New York
D. C
Hillstrong Prosistent
Gerry Jamestown Manufiacturing Corp
Journel
Sind
Evin
Tin
Tres Ascoctalion
Hillstrom
Sekerak
Pittsburgh
Gnmnegie- Gillois Steel Corporation
Private Flying in State 15 Increasing
Harrisburg January report from the Pennsylvania State Aeronautics Commission shows private flying in the state rose 100 percent from 1944 to 1945 based on airmen certificate issuances. The commission notes 7 deaths, 4 serious injuries and several minor injuries from biplane accidents in 1945, with improvements in fatality rates.
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Ady Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
William K. Anderson
Corry Driver Unhurt as Train Rams Vehicle
Corry resident James Wheeler escaped injury when a northbound Pennsylania train struck his car at a West Bend Street crossing. Wheeler said no warning whistle was sounded and no crossing signals existed. The car, owned by Merle Van Cise, suffered about 600 damage. Wheeler, former Grange leader, had been driving a different car in repair, and the incident was the third in a series involving the line between Corry and Buffalo.
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Ufe
Jelty
Warshi
Wear Band
Abeljah
Werious
West Bond Street
Butisia
West Bend S Street
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Tnco
Mra
Merle van Cise
Corry Min
Bean Jssiig
van Cise
Grange ‘League Federation
Fut
Long Istana
N.Y
Syd
Bufalo
Aydewn
Volk Indicted by Grand Jury in Erie County Case
A true bill against Clyde Volk of Cony was returned by the February Erie county grand jury at the county court house. Volk faces charges including assault and battery and pointing a deadly weapon. The Corry defendant Wiss was arrested earlier this month on related complaints by his wife Gladys. After a hearing Alderman Dustin Butters ordered Volk held for the next court term. The complainant has sought to drop charges, but the district attorney’s office proceeded to trial, with hearings set to begin after the February term opens on February 9.
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Clyde Wall
Erie County Court House
Volk
Area Man Faces Morals Charge
A 14year old Walon City boy Harold Have from North Main Street Union City led to the arrest of a Talon City man by Corry officers at his home on a charge of shunitory smip. Officers Steve He ub and Leon Brows arrested him after a Toltime investigation by State Health Nurses of Union City High School.
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Talon City
Corry
Harold
North Main Street
Union City
Hovey
Steve Heub
Leon Brows
Union City High ‘School
French Reign Passes Test In Vote On Franc
Paris January 20 government wins double victory on money program and gold market bill in the National Assembly. A vote of 308 to 388 adopted a plan to stop circulation of about 1.64 billion francs in 5000 franc notes, while another bill to free the gold market advanced. Government aims to curb black market and inflation, with notes about 37 percent of francs in circulation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Robert Schuman
Benknote
Atrike
Chives de Gaulle
Young For Strong
Ray
French People
RPF
Schumanis & Popular Republican
Youth gets 3-10 years for slaying of uncle
Ulmarrfield Pennsylvania June 30 Convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his uncle last October 17. Donsid Twoey Jr 20 of West Decatur was sentenced to three to 10 years in Western Penitentiary and a $800 fine. Twoey testified he fired a pulse sight times but only meant to frighten his uncle, G D B Twoey 27 of Givi said under sentence pretty measure.
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Ulmarfield
Donsid Twoey, Jr
West Decatur
Western Penitentiary
Gandhi Shot Dead by Hindu Assassin in New Delhi
Mohandas K Gandhi, the frail Indian independence leader, was killed tonight by a Hindu faithful at a Wisspager lawn meeting. Police arrested the assassin, a Poona Hindu, who gave no further information as he is held in political quarters.
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Gandhi Mahundas K. Gund
Spirituat Teader
Tadin
New Delhi
Gandhi
New Delh
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pollue
Poona
Gandhi Slaying Seen as India's Biggest Disaster in History
Lake Success January 30 The United Nations chief delegate N Gopalaswami Ayyanger called Gandhi's assassination the biggest disaster India has faced. Gandhi's secretary S Kalyanam described him as Bapu while crowds mourned at Birla House. Gandhi had just led India to independence, yet partition created two states, India and Pakistan, triggering communal warfare.
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India
Associated Press
United Nations
Mohandas K. Gandhi
N. Gopalaswammi Ayyanger
Ayyanger
Kalyanam
Bapu
Messing
Mahatma
Mohandas Kareamehend Gandhi
Bevin House
Gandhi Binkenis
Bolls
Aire
Ak Etna
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