War Department lists 1016 American wounded in action
The morning casualty list from the War Department records 1016 American wounded, including 104 from Pennsylvania. Local names appear among the area’s reported casualties and several residents are noted in other stories such as real estate transfers, hospital alarms, and a WFA ice cream quota reduction. Also mentioned are burglaries, police curfew actions, and a James Town federal court case on Indian lands.
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War Department
Pennsylvania
Next of Ida
Ore
Harry B. Pitagerald
John P. Jones
Centerville
Pic
Nell H. Shields
Ol City
Tech
James W. Slagle
Brookville
Carl W. Bovard
North Ghar Sel
Robert H. Peterson
Eric
Sheriff and D A Join In Request For New Prison
Erie county officials plan postwar prison replacement. Sheriff Lamberton and District Attorney Burton Laub will propose forming a committee at the county prison board meeting to seek state funding and assistance for a new modern Erie County prison.
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Laub
Lamberton
County Board
Erie
Fred Lamberton
Burton R. Laub
Erie County
County Prison Board
County of
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Two Men Arrested in Warren Cottage Robberies
State Police and Warren authorities report the thefts of cottages near Warren have been solved. Samuel A. Thomas, 24, and Ralph M. Welmer, 20, confessed to multiple break ins totaling around twenty camps. Thomas aided detectives in locating entered sites while Welmer serves a 60 day sentence for a prior larceny.
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Warren
Samuel A. Thomas
Ralph M. Welmer
Cattaraugus
Thoms
Little Valley
Wetmore
Liew. M. Evan
Thomas
Howard Alexander
Irvine Run
van Hen
Shen L. Linder
State Police
Sparta Couple Married In South Ceremony In Sumter
Sparta SC July 28 Miss Verna Goodwill daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Goodwill wed A William Scouten son of Mr and Mrs Elbert Scouten in a single ring ceremony at Sumter Methodist Church The couple wore simple attire and were served chicken dinner after the service Attendants included A G Stiles and Mrs Stiles, friends of the groom The bride is a Sparta High School graduate of 1944, the groom of 1948 The article notes other local happenings including a school vacancy, club meetings, a firemen picnic and various visits, with several residents traveling or entertaining in nearby towns.
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Spartansburg
Verna Goodwill
Jesse Goodwill
A . William Scouten
Elbert Scouten
Sumter
S. C
Summers
Str. Mark’s Methodist Church
A. G
Ei Stiles
Nelle Gallaway
Stiles
Scouten
Sparta High School
Scout
Friendly Bunch Card Club
Gary Shreve
Highscore
Gerald Edwards
Charles Thompson
Victory Club
Patchen’s Grove
Philip Northeop
Ernest Platt
Corry Hospital
Ray Karns
Geralding
Nancy
Meadville
Glenny Burton
Mary Foley
Bradford Hospital
Dickson
New York City
Ralph Blakeslee
Bertha Elston
Titusville
Joseph Vosburg
Akron
Ohio
Delia Goldin
Marshall Wilson
Harland Burlingame
Henry Burlingame
Charles
Devlin
North East
Harbor
Paull Sheldon
Pete Sheldon
James O'Brien
Union City
Willard ‘Tillotson
George Davis
Geraldine Major
Belle Major
Oil City
Rose Hill
Lucy Morris
Gerald Henton
Erie
Seoute
E. Doyle Anderson
Mahaffey
Maneffey
Evelyn Ovoyic
Buffalo
Helen Morton
Slate College
Rebecca Robinson
Lundberg
Canadobia Lake
Disjointed OCR Quiz Fragments From Editorial Page
Fragmentary lines list quiz items and scattered terms imperial subjects like Chungking and Alderney. It includes misread phrases such as The commanding officer vexed by the soldier and notes on defense bonds and North Africa with horses.
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Defense Bonds
Ceylon
North Arica
Alderney
Jersey
Guernsey
Sark
Aselow
L Palse
Chungking
Olympia
New District Panel On Large Truck Tires
Anticipating a drastic tire shortage, Erie district OPA forms a district rationing panel to review truck tire certificate applications. The August quota for size 8.25 and larger is 60,000, less than half July’s 195,000. Members include Frank Marsters, chairman, and Ray Holman among others.
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Erie
Howard W. Seabury
Office of Price Administration Today
Seabury
OPA
Office of Rubber Director
Erie District
Prank Marsters
Ray Holman
L. T. Hell
E. B. Glover
Walter Southworth
Harry J. Volbers
Carlyle Brock
Orel J. Brown
Ralph W. Donaldson
Harold Reslink
Edward D. Brown
Don Huntingdon
Fred W. Smith
Russell
W. Eades
Miles E. Traut
John Cochran
A. N. Steinmetz
John R. Kruth
Charles Peasley
Fred X. Bowman
John E. Conley
Erie Woman Stricken Singing With Choir
Mrs Helen Dede 50 fell ill during a Cascade Methodist Church choir practice on Wednesday evening after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while singing solos. She died less than two hours later at St Vincent's Hospital after receiving aid from choir members and Dr A H Bunshaw. She had undergone an operation a month earlier and was still recovering.
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Brie
Cascade Methodist Church
Cascade Street
Helen Dede
St. Vincent's Hospital
A. H. Bunshaw
Dede
Union City Man Burned In Blast At Naval Station
Union City July 28 Willis in Murray 8 20 was seriously injured July 10 while fighting fire at the U S naval training station at Norman Okla. All eyes were badly burned and he is receiving treatment at the Wave hospital there.
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Union City
Willisin Murray
U. S. Naval Training Station
Norman
Okla
Wave
Firefighter Injured By Blast In Plane Crash Rescue
According to the information provided by his wife Morgan and his crew were on an emergency call for a plane that had crashed on a landing strip. While directing a field fire truck and spraying water on the burning wreckage a violent bomb rack explosion occurred. The magnesium spray hit him in the face and penetrated eye tissue. He was rushed to a hospital for treatment. Doctors expect complete restoration of his vision.
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Morgan
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Eva H. Fope
Foster E. Davis
Frank Unstreet
Cory
Frankie M. Buxton
Willard A. Slocum
1St South Street
Corry
W. M. DeHaven
Essex Street
Cecil Young
Mr. DeHaven
West South Street
Corry ‘Hospital
Has~brouck
Concord Street
Inds
Raymer
East Main Street
Gordon
Nicholas Heckathorn
East Aurora
Mr. Heckathorn
War Food Administration
Richard D. Glark
WPA
WFA
Nome
Lyons Lumber Company
Jamestown
Lyons
Hey
Navy Department
Maple Tees
Cattaraugus County
Jamestow
Re & LC Simmons
Liberty
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Simon
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Sparta
Chidken's
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Tabernacle News
Chemical Kings
Shady Crosby
Lady Crosby
Giamond
Deian
Heiman
I. Q. Quiz
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Powell Motor Co
Dial
Naval Station
Pennsylvania Electric Company
E. T. Cherry
Rexall To Drug Store
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Pene Sas
Unguentine
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Dillard's
Ffry Hair
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CONTI
Fitch
Prigisas Ore
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Petrolagar 89
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Pillsbury Flour
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