Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded to Corporal Ralph W McCutcheon Jr
T Sgt Ralph W McCutcheon Jr of Ripley has earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in aerial combat in the European theater of operations. Dunkirk reports a heart attack claims Warren Ogle 64, a painter and decorator, found dead in his Botel Francis room. born in Greenfield Ohio, he leaves a son Rev Homer R Ogle and a daughter Mrs Fred Loeb. War birth record requests prompt birth certificates for Book No 4. delays occur during claims investigations. birth certificates speed issuance when physician certification is used. Free shavings offered by Davidson Fogle Lumber Co.
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War Price and Ration Board
Davison
Kane News Quietly Records Sixth Straight Cold Spell
A Kane mid summer cold wave persists into its sixth day with temperatures failing to hit 70. The U.S. Weather Bureau notes a morning 40 degrees and a noon high near 69. Local updates include school principal changes, hospital discharges, Rotary events, and wartime notices across Franklin, Meadville, and surrounding areas.
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Kane
Allegheny County
Worrall
Franklin Scholl
Karl M. Russell
Aspinwall
Erie Patrolman Ed ward Allen Defends Raid Challenge
Erie officers contest court action by Eugene Wright over a numbers raid at Wrights home. About $2000 in cash and numbers equipment were seized. Judge Evans will hear the case as Erie police vow to contest the return of money. WAVES anniversary drive aims to recruit thousands nationwide starting today. War Department reports 112 Pennsylvanians among 1134 US soldiers wounded in action including local names Ber nat Smykowski Haggerty Nichols Coyne Zabudal.
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Pitty
Sharon
Westinghouse Electric @ Manufacturing Co
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Sharon Westinghouse
National Labor Relations ‘Board
Meadville
Charles P. Burns
War Department
Pennsylvania
France
Betty Burns
Rotary
Mead Park
Arate Ced
Navy Department
Ops
Robert J. Sebring
USMCR
Erie
Barnesville
Ube
Barnesville Friends School
Ohio
John S. Campbell, Jr
Cadiz
Erie City
Edward Allen
Department
Eugene Wright
Erienegro
Wright
Evans
Navy
WAVES
Women's Reserve Ina
United States
Edward J. Bernat
Anthony Smykowski
Andrew J. Haggerty
East Greenville
John H. Nichols
Franklin
Thomas Coyne
Bradford
John F. Zabudal
Five Youths Admit Oil City Burglaries
Police say five young men admitted to at least 20 burglaries or attempted burglaries of grocery stores and filling stations in the area. They pleaded guilty before Alderman Mortis Goldstein and were jailed in Venango County for next month’s court action. The group includes JT Swarts, 33, Richart Bloom, 20, both of Oil City, Pied Root, 21, Clintonville, Harold Anthony, 20, Climax, and a 16-year-old Rocky Grove youth.
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Ceux
J. W. Damon
Mortis Goldstein
Venango County
Swarts
Richart Bloom
OW City
Pied Root
Clintonville
Harold Anthony
Climax
Clarion County
Rocky Grove
British Raid on Rhodes Sparks Allied Offensive
Cairo dispatch reports British and Greek commandos raided Sitni, a small Aegean island off the Turkish coast north of Rhodes. The operation left the entire garrison of German and Thalia troops accounted for, signaling a sharp escalation in the allied push in the region.
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Rhodes
Cairo
Sitni
Churchill Labels Hitler Purge a Revolution in Germany
Churchill warned of grave signs of weakness in Germany and said the Hitler purge could mark a revolution at home while Germany faced Allied offensives. He noted German officers on the western front failed to pledge loyalty, signaling unrest despite Nazi claims. Berlin offered no countermeasures to the alleged plot against Hitler.
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Germany
Churchill
Hitler
Berlin
Nobt
Mad Generals Still Hidden From Public View
With the exception of Gol Gen Ludwig Beck the names of the letters the mad generals described by Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering have not been announced. Goebbels has not appeared on radio nor at meetings with Hitler. Berlin was reported quiet though Ankara spoke of a curfew. A Stockholm paper noted Robert Ley’s attack on blueblooded swine. The radio said reinforcements would be rushed from within the Reich to all fronts under a program to redouble the war effort under Hitler and Himmler.
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Gol
Ludwig Beck
Reichmarshal
Hermann Soering
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hiller
Berlin
Ankara
Stockholm
Robert Ley
Vy Hitler
Linde Whien Commission
Reich
Hitler
Himmiler
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LUX
Cherrioats Pkg. Ve
Rinso Run
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LUX Toilet
Lifebudy Tian
Wing - Willi Star Stores
Dream House
the National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Minnnesota
Pnston
Dial
Powell Motor Co
Corby Hospital
Ethel Wykart
Spartansburg
Agnes Mets
East Washington Street
Leland Wilcox
Spring Street
Robert Howles
Columbus
Eugene Davis
Mast Wayrie Street
Elmer Jonson
Wisbe
N. C
Vera Adams
Spring Creek
Mrxine Greeley
Charles Sweigles
FR. D. 1
Corry
John Buckley
Garland
Mildred Sharpless
Braddock
Barzill Dyer
Pamela “Chelcotz
West Main Street
Rudolph Silvis
Philip Wade
Pierre L. Robinson
Tyneith
S. John M. Robinson
Presbyterian Church Recreation Rooms
AAA
Buffalo
Fredonia
Lake Shore
Karl Hennsler
Vossis
Proudrock
Tillotson
Franklin District
Orpheum End Park
Franklin War Finance Committee
Titusville
Red Cross Blood Bank
Red Cross
Oil City
Roy Caldwell
North Side
St. Edward's Hall
Ralph W. Evans
Hess
Mr. Evans
Parkers Landing
Butler County
Heiné Golze
North East
Chautauqua
Golze
New York State Police
H.J. Grant
DeJean
C. D. of A
Erle
Irene
Chester A. Wizikowski
Hamot Hospital
Jamestown
Norman Robinson
Presbyterian Church
St —Glennt Rugar Jr
Peterson Saw Mill
Corry Hospital
N.center ST. Gory, PA
Bernstein Bros
North Center
Corry, PA
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