Two Erie men in near death after gun battle
In an 8 45 p m shootout at 354 East 15th Street Erie police report two local Black men wounded. Thomas Jumper age 65 of East 17th Street suffers a 38 caliber bullet wound in the abdomen while Walter Wilson age 28 of Bast 15th Street is shot in the chest with a 25 caliber slug that damaged the spine, plunging toward paralysis. Police labored through the day to identify witnesses, with most silent.
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Erie Erie
Erie
Hamot
East 15Th Street
Thomas Jumper
East 17Th Street
Walter Wilson
Bast 15Th Street
Subsidies and Price Control Through Government Aid
A historical look at subsidies used to regulate prices, noting old American practice and current aims to aid consumers of food and stimulate production. Discusses various subsidized items like copper seeds oil and petroleum products, and warns that such aid can be hard to stop once started. A younger voice questions the need for ongoing government support.
Zev the Derby Champion Now Long in the Tooth at 22
Zev, the Kentucky Derby winner who faced international rival Papyrus, has reached his 22nd year. The piece notes his era defining status among famed racehorses like Maud S and Man o’ War, and laments the fading memories of past champions as another equine star departs to Valhalla.
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Zev
Papyrus
Zey
Maud
Washington
Tipling
Seoul
Resistance Growing Across Europe Against Nazi Rule
A fragmentary report notes rising anti Nazi movements in Norway Greece and Denmark with saboteurs trained in England. The Danes and others in captive areas threaten upheaval as German fortifications expand in Jutland facing Sweden, while Americans may join if conflict escalates.
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Denmark
England
Hitler
American Hen Wins Production Crown With Egg Boom
An ALF backed analysis lauds the American hen for a dramatic jump in egg output. May 1943 national totals reached about 4 billion eggs with a 14 percent rise from the prior year and a 37 percent edge above the 10 year average. Increased numbers of laying hens and favorable feed costs support continued high output through summer and early fall.
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Unvage AP
Washington
U. S
Seilor
New York City
BAILY DOZEN Prom Medical Society on aging and leaders
Long documented view on rising elderly populations in the United States with figures reaching 9,000,000 aged 85 and older and projected growth to 22,000,000 by 1900. Names and ideas from Herbert Spencer Carlisle Gladstone Hoover Wilson Wallace referenced as examples of continued productivity and leadership into old age. The domestic front and political strain mentioned with questions about leadership and order.
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U. S
Herbert Spencer
Carlsle
Gladstone
England
Uke Wilson
Hoover
Domentic
Wallace
Quiz questions puzzle Iowa Texas and classic names
The list asks seven quiz items from a page: a Texas city with a French name meaning beautiful mount. an author of a Sylvertre Bonnard line. a true/false about mice vs kangaroos at birth. Hoover era Secretary of State. a queen aiding Columbus voyage. Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in Dickens. diamond trade term capes. cause of the Klondike rush. Caruso’s first name. and a wine maker title.
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Texas
Beautiful Mount
Syl- Vertre Bonnard
Hoover
Columbus
Western Hemisphere
Threadneedle Street
Charles Dickens
Capes
Caruso
Inventions Highlight Early Gyroscope Mounts for Cameras
Factographs note that gyroscope mounts were invented to keep cameras vertical as planes tilt. The text mentions the Little Colorado River source in Apache County Arizona in 1898 and a British government factory inspection role. It traces American iron production growth, from 10,000 tons to an unspecified higher amount, and references John Barry as the first Commodore.
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White Mountains
Apache County
Arizona
United States
John Barry
Twenty Years Ago From Journal Piles July 18 1923
Notes from twenty years ago recount local events in Cony including road improvement between the city and Findley Lake via Senator Pepper’s visit and a three mile link. A Latrobe youth probation case follows a checkout incident. three cars were damaged at East Main Street near the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing. Newman Hicks set a core production record at the US Radicator Company, surpassing 853. Ida Goetz’s death is reported in Baltimore. July hospital operations peak with 73 surgeries in June at the institution.
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Erie
Pennsylvania State Line
Findley Lake
Pepper
Cruiser and Destroyers Sunk in Kula Battle
In a night action near Raboul and Salamaua New Guinea Allied Liberators raided two of Raboul’s air dromes, dropping over 25 tons and burning several planes, while one Liberator was lost. Jungle front patrol clashes increased as Japanese strafing and bombing attempts met limited success.
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Solomons
New Guinea
Rabawl
Salamaua
Simallar
Thompson's Borsoma Tablets claim quick relief
The ad promotes Borsoma Tablets as a swift remedy for bodily aches and pains with claims of safe, elective use. It touts widespread availability at drug stores and implies strong comfort benefits, though wording is unclear and contains marketing areal phrasing.
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Thompson
Herdachies
EC Comets
Radio Schedule Fragment From a Historic Evening Lineup
A list of radio programs and times including Horace Heidt Music with Battle of Sexes, John Nesbitt Passing Parade, Judy Canova Show, baseball coverage, Vic tory Men and Machines, Famous Jury Trials, Cisco Kid, and The Johnson Family among others airing across CBS and MBS networks. The fragment preserves era tone and station references with multiple show titles and time slots.
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Nec—A.cummy Simme
Horace Heidt
John Nesbitt
Johnny Mercer
Benny Baker
CBS
Harry James
Judy Canova
Noah Webster
Sin- Tonietta
Two Burglaries Net $80 at Jamestown
Jamestown detectives investigated two weekend burglaries in which $20 was stolen from a grocery and a restaurant. Forty dollars was taken from a money bag at the Lindquist Grill 141 Harrison Street after a break in through a screen after closing. A like sum was reported taken after thieves forced a rear door in the Lingerg grocery 240 Forest Avenue Sunday morning.
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Jamestown
Lindquist Grill
Harrison Street
Joh Lingerg
Forest Avenue
Ely
Kane Brothers Meet in Africa
In a captured North African village Louis Kane encounters his brother Joseph Zarnick, a reunion after 16 months. They write to their parents Mr and Mrs Fran Zarnick of James City and share photographs of the moment amid the war’s distant aftermath.
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Kane
North Afhos
Sorensoe Zambi
United States Infantry
United States
James City
Dunkirk Flier Wounded in North Africa Action
Dunkirk, July 1. Army Air Corps staff sergeant J. Gestwickl, 23, radioman of a bomber, was seriously wounded in action June 20 in the North Africa theater. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bernard A Gestwickl of 10 Armadillo Street. Gestwickl graduated from Aleut School in Florida and was inducted June 15, 1942, entering the flying branch immediately.
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Dunkirk
Aion J. Gestwickl
North Afrbary
Bernard A. Gestiiekd
Armadillo Street
Army Ar Corps
Norte Afforn
Isice Tits
Aleut
Army
Married men called at Kane in July draft
In Kane district July draft, more than half of the selects are married men. From MekKean total board No 1 indicates about half of the contingent will be married men. Remainder includes single men, those reaching the year of eligibility, and some with occupational deferments.
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Charles Goetz
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Charles E. Geiger
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Africa
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