Fragmented Local Notices From War Era Tin Pan Sandy Street
The clipped column recounts a power outage on the northeast side caused by a broken wire, repaired by Westen Power Company linemen at dawn. It mentions local figures like Smith of Fife’s Diner, Burton Phillips’s missing cow found with fawns, a son Poe Duma earning a rifle shooting medal, a Sherlock family reunion ongoing during wartime, and several hospital discharge listings with names and addresses.
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Seda Bane
Westen Power Company
Smith
iGarre
Fife
Main Street
Littles'Valley
Burton Phillips
Steve Duma
East South Street
Jayo
Poe
Frank Duma
Carp Croft
Ee ‘O
Sherlock
Wilbe
Fred Ross
W. C. Tu
Powell Motors recap and local notices roundup
A Warren update lists Rev. Clarence Knupp and family moving to Clymer Pa for pastor duties at Pilgrim Holiness church after a July conference. Local items note free shavings at Davison Foyle Lumber, girls from Warren bound for Cleveland factory work with lodging and pay, and public reminders including Kemtone paint at Western Auto. Additional notes cover injuries, military commissions for local dentists, job ads, Old Home Day plans, and various small reports from Erie, Oil City, and Chautauqua context.
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Powell Motors
Warrens
Clarenice Knupp
Robert
Marcella
Pennsylvania Avenue
West
Clymer
Knupp
Pilgrim, Holiness Church
Mt. Pleasant
Davison-Foyle Lumber Co
Warren
Cleveland
David Levine
Western Auto
Pardon Board Tightens Parole Plea Rules
Harrisburg July 23 The State Pardon Board limits parole pleas to one per year and caps renewals. A four day June session reviewed 309 clemency applications with many prisoners filing up to ten times, reflecting demand for war jobs and clemency.
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Eseois
Harrisburg
State Pardon Board
Pardon Board
Martin names new members four commissions
Governor Martin appointed two Turnpike Commissioners and four State Game Commissioners. Edward Noel Jones and James J. Coyne were named to the Turnpike. Ross L. Leff er, Dr. Hengus Brockway, G. I. Phillips, and Harold Moltz were named to the Game Commission. Torrance to join Turnpike soon. Evans may become chairman.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Martin
Pennsylvania
State Game Commission
Turnpike Commission
Edward Noel Jones
Monaghar Township
York County
Frank De~bout
Monongahela
James J. Coyne
Pittsburgh
Charles T. Carpenter
Glenmore
Game Commission
Ross L. Leffer
McKeesport
State second in tax yield in year to June 30
Pennsylvania ranked second to New York in Internal Revenue collections for the fiscal year ended June 30, with a total of 1 999 468 969, up from 1 183 720 211. The national yield stood at 22 899 284 245, up from 13 047 668 517, while New York reported 4 304 284 600 and Illinois 1 862 707 969. Pennsylvania individual income tax receipts reached 464 843 612, nearly double the 269 940 327 prior year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
New York
Illinois
Milk Rationing Proposed in New Jersey
New Jersey faces a milk shortage with Arthur P. Foran, state milk control director, stating that official rationing is needed. He urged at least one milkless day per week to protect children and those with milking diets from suffering.
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Trenton
New Jerseys
Arthur P. Foran
New Institution Needed for Children at Polk
Erie July 22 There is a great need for a large institution similar to Polk Institution at Polk Pa in this section says Harold Dundon the boys probation officer He has two cases that should be confined there but access is poor with 1500 waiting and 1000 patients overcrowding the facility One youth 18 was briefly placed at George Junior Republic before being sent back to Erie with his mother as a public nuisance case
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Ajax
Westfield
Paul's
Xane
Kene and Vicinity
District 1
McKean County
U. S. Navy
U. S. Macarines
Tamestown
Robert W. MacPherron
Prospect Street
Jamestown
Corporaton
G. A. Soderstrom
Oil City
Shoerice Hd
Michael W. Knerr
Dorothy Sherman Vorhis
F. L
Ludwick
Peoples National Bank of
East Brady
Esat Brady
Butler County National Bank and Trust Company
Butler
Chautauqua Symphony
Arthur B. Bestor
Chautauqua Institution
Erie Opa
Miles B. Kitts
OPA
Kitts
Inche SF
Polk Erie
Polk
Harold Dundon
Dundon
Polk Institute
George Junior Republic
Erie
Mother Killed in Aircraft Plant Accident at Philly
Mrs. Margaret E. Hill age 45, mother of two Navy youths, recently took a factory job to aid manpower shortages. A wheel on a shaft flew off and struck her on the head, causing fatal injuries in Philadelphia yesterday.
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Philadelphia
Margaret E. Hill
Navy
Used Drug in Draft Evasion Case in Philadelphia
Harrord Roane Jr., 20, was held on $5,000 bail for attempting to violate the Selective Service Act by taking a drug to raise blood pressure and fail medicals. Assistant U S Attorney Kallicke said before U S Commissioner Griffin that the act was one of the most deliberate violations in the district.
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Ox Associates
Kress
Philadelphia
Harrord Roane, Jr
U. S
Edward A. Kallicke
Norman J. Griffin
Selective Service
J C Penney executive salary disclosed in 1942 report
George L. Mack, general stores manager for the J C Penney Co department stores in Philadelphia, earned 114,343 dollars for his services in 1942 according to the company annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Philadelphia
George £. Mack
J. C. Penny Co
Securities and Schange Commission
Ralph H Charged After Disturbance Near Realty Field
Ralph H faces charges following a disturbance tied to a realty matter near the Watts in Nollinge field. G. Way and Watts are named in related filings, with details outlining the alleged incident and resulting legal action.
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Realty
G. Way
Watts
Nollinge Field
Tov
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Hetty
Pets Pha
Kraft Swiss Cheese
Swan Soap
Super Suds
Elbo Macaroni
Pillsbury
Cameo Cleanser
Calif
Horiey Dews
Weere
Waldorf
Boysenberries
BBC
Willie Star Stores
Scott
Paul's Men's
Corry Hospital
Canadohta Lake
Max Lee
Elaine Olson
Grant Street
Grove City
Ridgway
Nichols Taxi
Erle
J. A. Zurn Mig. Co
Pittsburgh Avenue
CPA
Bellettville
Mayburg
Tionesta
Tionesta Dam
A.G. Rees
E. Main St
N. Cemter St
Jersey
Zuckerman
North Center
Corry
Ralph H
Dist
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