Ken Jackson in Okinawa on USS New York battleship action
Kenneth Jackson fireman aboard the USS New York helped shell targets during the Okinawa battle. The ship logged over five million pounds of ordnance, endured hundreds of air raids with no hits, and relied on spotting planes for accuracy. The New York, commissioned in 1914, served in two world wars and participated in North Africa, Atlantic convoy duty, and Iwo Jima.
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New York
Pacific
Kenneth ©. Jackson
East Pleasant Street
Corry
Okinawa
Tarawa
Mukin
Rol-Namur
Eniwetok
Fenly
North Sea
Pali
North Africa
Atlantic
Two Jima
Leonard Christopher Dies At Home In Corry
Leonard Christopher died unexpectedly last evening at his home 1250 West Main Street shortly before 8. He was born November 6, 1867 in Italy and came to the United States as a young man settling in Corry where he lived for 60 years. He worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and was retired due to age. Survived by four daughters Mrs. Sam Migliaccio Corty Mrs. Janet Christopher Rochester Mrs. Elizabeth Villa Philadelphia Mrs. Cecilia Daxtington Pittsburgh a son John Christopher at home 14 grandchildren four great grandchildren two brothers Mathew and Louis of Buffalo. He was a member of St. Thomas Church with funeral services Thursday at 9:30 am from the church burial in St. Thomas Cemetery. Body now at the late home where friends may call.
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Pessea
West Main Poiteet
Italy
Corry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Christopher
Sam Migliaccio
Corty
Janet
Rochester
Elizabeth Villa
Philadelphia
Cecilia Daxtington
Pittsburgh
John Christopher
Mathew Christopher
Louis Christopher
Buffalo
St. Thomas’ Church
St. Thomas' Cemetery
Jamestown Man Loses $1000 in Fraud Scheme
Jamestown July 17 A local man known as Joe becomes a victim of a confidence game when two strangers befriend him and persuade him to wrap and deposit $1000. He earlier withdrew $800 from a bank after a staged bet, leaving him with a loss. Detectives are pursuing the suspects.
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Jamestown
Joe
Police Department
Youngsville wife kills mate after fight
A Youngsville woman shot her husband during a domestic dispute. After unsuccessful calls to a doctor, neighbors aided the wounded man, who died en route to Warren Hospital. Autopsy found the bullet lodged near the spine. The wife was jailed for arraignment as investigators from the coroner and district attorney press ahead. McKinney leaves two children, parents, two brothers, and two sisters.
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Tom Page
Ernest Jonson
McKinney
Warren Hospital
Fire damages Kane funeral home caused by children
Five year old and a neighbor boy lit a candle in a third floor storeroom at Cummings Funeral Home in Kane. The candle ignited a drape and firemen battled dense smoke for 45 minutes. Miss Lorrainne Lastow and Samuel Cummings were rescued. owners were away. Damage estimated at about $1,000.
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Kane
Lily
Abe
Cummings
Grooves Sitet
Greeves-Dawson Street
Mayasco
Gordon Munn
Miss Larrow
Mrs. Cummings
Missing girl found in New York with amnesia
Laura Harris aged nineteen from Millville was found in Bellevue Hospital New York yesterday suffering amnesia after disappearing last Wednesday. A separate report notes a fatal fire in Bradford County where three year old Bertha Lorraine Austin died in Keating township when an air store explosion sparked the blaze. Transit coverage notes seventy million in the U.S. live in areas with limited or no access to public transit.
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New York
Laura Harris
Millville
A.J
Bellevue Hospital
Bradford
Bertha Lorraine Austin
Keating Township
Deliverymen End New York Newspaper Tieup Resolved
New York July 17 Louis Waldman counsel for the Newspaper bird Mail Deliverers Union said the 17 day strike against New York city publishers had been settled and trucks would roll within an hour Union members at a mass meeting voted to return to work immediately The Nile River and about 4 000 miles son
Court Halts Turkey Farm Near Chestnut Hill
Erie July 17 Edward W O'Brien was enjoined from operating a turkey farm on Peach Street Chestnut Hill edge pending court action. Judge W Waller Brahamy ruled the business posed a nuisance to nearby residents, with about eighty residents opposing the farm citing potential danger and property devaluation. O'Brien may appeal to county court.
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Erie
Edward W O'Brien
Upper
Peach Street
W. Waller Braham
O'Brien
Wiether Vention
County
Coust
Ton Tie Chestnut Hill
Bir
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Leonard Christopher
Franklin St
Dial
Akem
Owl
Youngsville
U.S
Fyeteees
Penevec
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Cherry
N.Y
Nile River
Turkey Farm
Wilcox Grocery
East Main Street
Parowax
CERTO
Maxwell House Coffee
Pka
Atlantic Was
Atlantic Petroleum Products
Pearl Harbor
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