Police and civic notes lead wartime drive and local incidents
Reports from Wilkes-Barre and surrounding counties cover a police chiefs meeting urging unified agency efforts against enemies, landlord registration under new rent control, and a fish wardens case involving youths in French Creek. Also noted are auto scrap plans in Buffalo, car crash at Spartansburg, selective service guidance, civil service recruitment, theater damage in Port Allegany, Sugar for canning registration in Warren County, and local aviation patrol notes with Army ferry operations.
Two Young Men Sentenced for Draft Evasion
Jamestown July 2 Two young men convicted in United States District Court for violating selective service laws by failing to report for induction. Wayne Bernard Smith of Ashville sentenced to one year and on bail in a designated institution. Peter Thomas Predge of Olean sentenced to two years in a U.S. designated institution. represented by J. Sullivan of Sullivan and Sullivan.
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Jamestown
Younh
United States
John Ehight
Wayne Bernard Smith
Ashville
Ville
Peter ‘Thomas Predge
Olean
United States Attorney, General
J. Sullivan
Dunkire Nn
Sullivan & Sullivan
Flood Disaster Toll Rises Across Counties
Floods claim 14 lives and cause extensive property damage in McKean Potter Cameron Elk and surrounding counties. Red Cross volunteers provide meals with 500 daily, railroads replace damaged tracks, and alternate routes keep war material moving. Port Allegany reports rapid power restoration while immunizations and lime spread curb disease risk.
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BBC One
Lukehart
Red Cross
Contech
Albert L. Clauger
Fort Allegany
Pierce Glass Company
William Wagoner
Ridgway Record
Mit County
Johnsonburg
Ridgway and Wilcox
Ridg Way
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Ridgway
Emporium
Smethport
Port Allegany
Goudersport
Harrisburg
McKean
Potter
Gameron
Elk
Port Alle |Hany
Renters to Register as July Rent Exceedances Subject to Action
The Emergency Price Control Act authorizes suits against landlords who collect more than legal rents for July. Tenants may sue for $50 or triple the excess and costs, or the government may pursue action if tenants do not file. Agreements to pay excess rent may be considered violations.
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Leon Henderson
Ailment Remedy Ad For San-Cura Ointment
A Cleveland reader from Dearborn Avenue, J N Roebuck, urges sending a large jar of Antiseptic San-Cura Ointment for rectal irritations and itching piles. The ad promises relief for sores cuts bruises and skin irritations at 80 cents and recommends washing with Bancura Soap before applying.
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J. N. Roebuck
Dearborn Avenue
Cleveland
Honor Aged Clymer Resident and Community Gatherings
Daily at Mrs. Clarence Veavik’s home celebrated Virginia Veavik’s eighteenth birthday with about seventeen girls. Church and social events included a Vacation Bible School, Women’s Society meetings, and a variety shower for Mrs. Marjorie Hooman. Local residents and families attended birthday du affairs, with church leaders Rev. James Helman and Rev. Maurice Tyson noted. Howard Rhebergen entered the Army after multiple farewell gatherings, while others moved or attended events in Clymer and nearby towns.
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Clarence Veavik
Virginia
Viola Fardini
Maxine Legters
Deleo Grayvik
Velma King
Carol McCann
Joy Edwards
Luelly Lictus
Yruvik
James Helman
Corry
Clymer Hill Reformed
Maurice
Tyson
United Brethren
Findley Lake
Women's Society of Christian
Louetta Carlisch
Florence Arnink
Africa
Ellen Gleason
J. Whippo
Gerald Casler
Jamestown
N. C
Caster
Metal Equipment Company
Albert, Kearns
Vivian Thomas
Nell Bradbury
Williamsville
Methodist Church
W. B. Barker
Carol Jane
Horning
Harriet Newhouse
Young Ladies Mission Band
Laura Cafiisch
Neva Wardes
Janet Foster
Fhylls Laimperalli
Addie Schurman
Fisg
Bernice McGann
Dorothy Conk
Gladys Legters
Allene Goldberg
Red Cross
Mildred, Wiggers
Harvesters
Florence Wassink
Rosa Wassink
Yoyal Solo
Avalon ,TenHaken
Ethel King
Kentucky
China Mission
Laura Carlisch
Timmer
Kenneth Kooman
Wilton Kooman
Marjorie Hooman Esters
William Meerdinie
Prises
Winifred, Christensen
Blanche Legters
Irma Tentiaken
Elaine. Kooman
Kathryn Kooman
Express
Carlyle Neckers
Syracuse
Clymer
Rochester
Dovelas
Neckers
Baty
B. C. Heizer
Famn
Ivy
Hewes
Chota County
North Dakota
Lettie Marsh
Clara
Robert
Hisie
Roy Neckers
Carol
Joyce
Barbara
Lora
Robert Hewes
Abbe Reformed Church
Clymer Grange
George Hewes
Gerald Hewes
Raymond Hewes
Mayville
Justin Morton
Ashville
Roy Leglers
Elven
Bunco
Doris Howles
Miles Jeannette Wixners
Harvey Bensin
Clarence Spliver, Jr
Jean
James Neckers
Carbondale
Toronto
Can
Lions' Club
Albert Neckers
Howerd Rhebergen
Army
Fb Alderson
Balconer
Wilbur Rickers
Howard
Meyerink Milling Company
Mayville Park
Red Mill
Wattsburg Fair Opens September With Four Day Program
Wattsburg announces its annual fair from September 1 to 5 with four days of exhibitions and night events. Highlights include amateur entertainment on September 1, racing, and free shows with music and specialty acts. Organizers credit 20 years of Wattsburg fair tradition and aim to boost agricultural community morale amid wartime shifts. Associations involved include Granges, churches, schools, vocational services, state departments, and State College, with CA McDonnell as president and Harry Burrows as secretary.
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Wattsburg
Inclualyn
Falr
Fair Association
Granges
State College
Harry Burrows
McDonnell
Pate Association
Huge Carp Attract Attention Along Oil Creek
Franklin Pa July 22 crowds gather along Oil Creek to watch a vast carp school swimming upriver as floods push fish from faster water into calmer channels. Residents report carp up to 10 pounds and over three feet long with pike and bass among other species in the flooded creek. Local fishers explain carp seek refuge in still water when river levels rise, creating an unusual summer spectacle for the community.
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Franklin
Oil Creek
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Faward T. Hopkins, Jr
Bonith A Reynolds
James Town
Exie
ObIer Wi
George Christoph
Erie
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association
Ait Wilkes Tiarre
French Creek
Buffalo
New York
Paul F. McLaughlin
Automobile Graveyard
Spartansburg
Cleon D. Scouten
Edward Nickerson
Bilger Creek
Scouten
PR. R. Tacks
Ames T. Brown
New York State
Eirector
Selective Service
Chautauqua County
U. S. Civil Service Commission
G. A. Johnson
Board of
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John Blatt
Blatt Bros
A. C. Lyons
Austin
Ghother Theatre
Columbus
Warren County
Warren
National Bank
Cary Association of Electrical Workers
Seattle
Amears
Joseph Gentilman
Tennent C. P
William Lh. Anderson
Penntril Air Patrol
Ekeasen
Middle Western
Binters
U. S. Army
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Lan
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Merry Pantson
Mile AfMrchor
Olean Mer
Knight
U. 5
R. V. A. Hewes
Howard Rhcebergen
Laverne Beckerlilt
Howard Rhebergen
Port
Jim
D. D. Samuelson
Epworth
North Clymer
D. D Samuelson
Young
Reformed Church
Gerrit Timmer
Shirley Schruers
C. E
Henry
Rhebergen's Grove
REX Theatre
See “Reap the Wild Wind
Ray Milland
John
Aikens Motor Sales
Make McCloskey
On-the- Avenue
South First Ave
McCloskey
Home Bakery
Nellie Crowe
Dial
Harold Crawford
Joseph Hinkey
Guy Rogers
Gicrio
Yzcum
Wing
Willi
Pillsbury’s Sno-Sheen Cake Flour PLC
Wheaties
Randall Chicken
Q. Stennett
First Ave
Grace Grace
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Oxfords
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Spiesman
Matie Anderson
OC. H. Deyo
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DE Luxe
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Yeach
Lindsley
Rossbacher
Ted Dey
Paul Capela
Willi Yurateh
Scooters
Buinley Fhmjy Zatensek
Insurance Agency
Tricycles
Rotanisherd
Gilgen
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Willi Ng
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