Trio of ex Marines to face Erie kidnapping trial
Erie reports three former Marines, ages 23 to 25, to be taken from Ohio State Reformatory to Erie for trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and auto theft charges. The men, linked to a June 24 1941 abduction near Girard, were involved in a gun battle with Ohio police near Akron and are already under indictment.
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Erie
Fred Lamberton
C. M. Mathias
Mansfield
Ohio
United States
Ohio State Reformatory
Dre Marinee 25
Joseph Campisi
Joseph Sacilotti
Artin
American Hollow Boring Co
Girard
Quantico
Ohio State Police
Akron
Liberatore
Tmder
Two men sentenced for camp theft near Sheffield
Sam Chido of Erie and Willard James Rogers of Youngsville were sentenced for taking a rifle from the Vincent Manold cottage near Bull Mill. Rogers gets 3 to 4 months in the Allegheny county Workhouse and $25 fine plus costs. Chido faces 3½ to 6 months, a $25 fine, and costs. Previously, Clarence Shay and Tom Chido had prior sentences. Record details were noted in court.
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Warren
Sam Chido
Erie
Willard James Rogers
Youngsville
Points West
Wennesdy
Vincent Manold
Bull Mill
Sheffield
Clarence Shay
Tom Chido
Manold
Chido
Rogers
Allegheny County
Military police seize Chautauqua deserter in Jamestown
A Buffalo guard arrived in Jamestown to take custody of Louis L. Overbeck 21 R D 1 Lakewood held on an AWOL service warrant. Overbeck left Fort Meyer Virginia April 9 1944 and had been absent since. He entered service at Mayville March 5 1943 and was arrested Monday by local detectives before being handed to state police for an additional charge of leaving the scene of an accident.
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Jamestown
Buffalo
Louis L. Overbeer
R. D
Lakewood
Overbeck
Fort Meyer
Mayville
Detective Bureau
State Police
Randolph
Two Chinese Divisions In Burma With Stillwell In Active Service Longer Than Other Allied Units
Stillwell's headquarters reports two Chinese divisions in Burma have fought continuously since late 1943 and early 1944, exceeding Allied unit endurance. The forces under Lieut-Gen Sun Li Jen and Major- Gen Lido Yao-Sun have traversed 300 miles through Burma’s terrains, with minimal relief and replacements amid the Stilwell campaign. New Chinese units aided Myitkyina, shifting sectors rather than relieving wear on the front.
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Burma
Stillwell
Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
North Africa
Italy
Nialy
Gath
Sun Li Jen
Lae
Lido Yao-Sun
Unis
Myitkytna
Reds Threaten Hitler Front After Narva Fall
Soviet forces pushed toward Narva and beyond in the Baltic theater as they captured Delaytin in the Carpathians foothills and tightened grip near the Czech border. The blow opened a swift Gulf of Finland advance, with Leningrad troops under Govorov closing in on German positions and forcing sieges across multiple garrisons including Lwow.
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Carpathian
Czech
Romania
Hungary
Narva
Estonia
Tallinn
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Leonid A. Govorov
Actu
Lwow
Stan
Two Barns Destroyed by Fire Near Meadville
Meadvill e area fire dept reports two barns at Mos tertown in Gussewago township destroyed by fire just before noon Wednesday. One barn owned by Miss Dell Webster spilled fumes, spreading to the adjacent barn owned by the Harry Bennett estate. Two calves saved from the Bennett barn. a stock of freshly threshed wheat removed from the other. Both structures filled with hay and straw, with all farm equipment lost.
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Meadville
Mostertown
Gussewago
Saegertown
Bradford Man Held For Attack On 11-Year-Old Girl
Bradford and State Police arrested Fred Roth 23 of Totten Hollow on charges of criminally attacking an 11-year-old Bradford girl. Detective Merle Dickinson filed charges based on the victim’s information. Roth waived hearing before Alder man Anhe High and was jailed in McKean County for the next criminal court term in Smethport. He was taken to the county jail after the desk sergeant reported the girl gave the plate number of Roths car repeatedly.
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Bradford
Fred Roth
Totten Hollow
Here
Merle Dickinson
Anhe High
Smethport
Roth
McKean
Dickinson
Steve Banks
Polio Fears Move Toward Chautauqua County
Dr J S Troupin reports polio outbreak spreading westward from Buffalo area while Cattaraugus County records five recent cases, including one death, with most linked to Erie County patients as health officials monitor spread toward Chautauqua County.
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Chautauqua
Cattaraugus County
New York State
J.8
Troupin
State Department of Health
W. R. Antes
Cattaraugus
Erie County
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Ilawaw
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Dangavpils
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Kaunas
Memel
Tilsit
Leed
Coats
High Park
Dar
Libby
Cdr
Ige
Loblaws
Campbell's
van Camp's
Spring Lake Mill
Watson's Flour
Vondariar
Gobhurst
Lake Erie
Tol
TVG le Catsup
Kirkman
Ereet
Kellogg's
Ralston
Red Cross
California
LE Twee
Forge Elborta
Pele R
Elie Ie
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