Columbus district airplane spotters call meeting
Chief Observer Albert Sandburg says a meeting of all Columbus district airplane spotters will be held at the Columbus consolidated school Wednesday to discuss opening observation posts. Attendance is urged. Also noted in Brimfield items Powell Motor Co advertises tires in stock.
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Albert Sandburg
Columbus Airplane
Columbus Consolidated School
Powell Motor Co
Columbus Ladies Ala Society
Harold Jaquith
Jaquith
F. W. Turben
Oil City
Franklin P. Thompson
G. Thompson
Hasson. Heights
Titusville and Surrounding News Briefs 1941
Local items report Titusville seeking 200 residents to pledge flood aid, Red Cross blood drive set July 2 at the M G A, and lingering wartime separations. Also noted are a Batavia dining car assault death probe, Meadville prothonotary candidacy, Dunkirk patrol boat patrols, and various regional society notices including church events, graduations, and public safety updates.
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Pillsbury
P&g
Page & Ferry
Titusville
Red Gross Mobile Unl
Albert McElroy
Hollywood
Calif
Bombardier John McElroy
Europe
Wolverine
Norval H. Wilson
Wilson
Lancaster
Paul J. Rutecki
Meadville
Paul D. Slayton
Stanford Hose Company
Thomas Green
Henry Ford Again In Control At Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford was elected president of Ford Motor Company at an adjourned annual meeting following Edsel Ford’s death. New officers include Charles Sorensen and B J Staig as vice presidents, Moekle as secretary treasurer, and H E Schlechter as assistant secretary treasurer. Directors named: Henry Ford, Henry Ford II, Benson Ford, Charles Sorensen, Mrs Eleanor Ford, Harry H Bennett, M L Bricker, B J Craig, and R Rausch. New directors include Mrs Edsel Ford, Bennett, Bricker, Craig, and Rausch. Bennett, Bricker, Craig, and Rausch bring roles in policy, plant management, and Rouge production.
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Associated Creas Detroit
Henry Ford Oday
Ford A Mfotor Company
Ovat
Edsel Bryanford
Charles &. Sorensen
B. J. Staig
Moekle
H. E. Schlechter
Poppy Sale Saturday Sets Record for VFW Fund
The Veterans of Foreign Wars held its annual Poppy Day sale with the Ladies Auxiliary in charge. Paul V. Lines chaired the event as poppy sales topped previous May efforts by nearly five hundred and achieved a new high for the city.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F. Wa
Paul V. Lines
Wet season checked in Pennsylvania forests this spring
George H. Wirt of the state forest protective service says wet conditions curbed forest fires, with about 1,000 small fires this spring compared with 2,000 to 3,000 in prior years as the woods stay green and damp and the danger recedes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George H. Wirt
Heart of
Forest Protective Service
Wirt
Weekend Quiet Keeps Ely Area Calm During Holiday
Ely and surrounding areas saw minimal traffic and business activity over the weekend and holiday. Most plants and many shops closed. schools operated in the morning and paused in the afternoon. Police reported three arrests and no serious accidents in Corry or nearby areas.
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Ely
Wade
Corry
Thomas P Green dies after stroke at 61 in Corry
Thomas P Green aged 61 died Monday at 4 45 pm at his home 521 Lake street after a stroke. He was a longtime Raymond Mig Co employee and former saddle spring foreman retired in 1942. A Stanford Hose Co member for 40 years he also played outfield for Corry baseball teams. Survived by sister Miss Ann Green Cambridge Springs brother James Green Cleveland four nieces and three nephews. Body at Bracken Keating funeral home. Services Friday 8 30 am at St Thomas church with burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
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Thomas P. Green
Lake Street
Mr. Green
Raymond Mig. Co
Xpd
Saddle Spring
Stanford Hose Company
Green
Corry
Ann Green
Cambridge Springs
James Green
Cleveland
Ohio
Bracken-Keating Funeral
St. Thomas Church
Pine Stove
Rush B. Miller Dies at 71 in Girard North
Rush B Miller 71 died Sunday at St Vincent's Hospital Bio after a recent serious operation. He was a longtime Corry businessman partner in Miller and Stewart roofing and plumbing then moved to North Girerd to run a woodworking operation and other ventures. Survived by widow Hattie T Miller daughter Mrs Raymond Platz of Detroit Mich two grandsons Silfred H and Robert Platz two sisters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM Chapman funeral home Girard with burial in Girard cemetery.
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Rush
Auiuer
North Girard
Couty
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bio
Miller
Corry
Miller and Stewart
North Girerd
Hattie T. Milter
Raymond B. Plats
Deaoit
Mich
Sifred H
Robert Platz
Chapman Funeral Home
Girard
John Kelley Dies at 79 Former Tribune Chief Police Reporter
John Kelley 79 longtime chief police reporter of the Chicago Tribune dies at home 227 West Fifth Street at 2 30 p m Monday after a heart attack. He began at the Erie Daily Times then moved west to Chicago where he rose to the top police reporting post.
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John Kelley
Brie
Ghpleago ‘Tribune
West Fifth Street
Kelley
Erie Daily Times
Chicago
Nation's coal mines close down as strike spreads
The coal industry faces renewed shutdowns as mine workers stay away amid a lack of word on a possible truce extension. President Roosevelt previously called April walkouts strikes against the government, vowing coal will be mined regardless. Media reports say John L. Lewis returned to Alexandria after a late-night message, declining to discuss talks with officials or reassure on any immediate settlement.
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Page One Coalields
White House
Roosevelt
United States
Lewis
Washington
Jin
Alexandria
Tekes
Interior Department
Shutdown Talks Pause as Miners and Operators Converge
Negotiations between operators and miners paused at 5:80 P.M with a recess extended to today. Bara Vauli Horn, chairman of the joint Appalachian conference, and operator rep Charles O'Neill led a hushed corridor meeting after a miners group visited their hotel, prompting a last-minute appeal from the secretary.
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Avery
Bara -Vauli Horn
van Horn
Charles O'Neill
Representate
Secre
Ickes Urges Quick Agreement Through Telegrams
Lary Ickes acting as fuels administrator pressed Leyds and Van Horn in telegrams to reach some kind of agreement promptly. The dispatches show an effort to secure rapid accord amid wartime fuel coordination.
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Lary Ickes
Ickes
Leyds Wng
van Horn
Britain reports 514,999 war casualties in three years
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the Commons that Britain has suffered 514,999 casualties in all ranks of empire armed forces during the first three years of war. The figure, released by the Associated Press from London, reflects total losses across army, navy, and air services.
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Britain
Associated Press
London
Empire
Clement Attlee
Commons
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South Center Street
Rose Parker
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Norman Mitchell
Spring Creek
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Ion
Lilioth Hutchinson
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Mead Park
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Thomas Motor Co
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C.D. of A. Rooms
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East Fourth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Mi. Hampton, Va
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Edith Topping
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Marie Crawford
Waterford
Vernon Meerdink
New Brunswick Seminary
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Clymer
Winnebago, Neb
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Franklin
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Venango County
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St. Venatius
Rouseville
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Political College
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Erie Diocese
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H. J. Grant
DeJean & Cochran
Clair Myers Auto Shop
Seneca Street
East Front Street
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Baptist Ladies’ Aid
W. N. Jones
Women's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Masonic Temple
Rosa Westley
Thomas
Harhey
Onese Selent
Circle No. 3
WS .C
L. G. Barnes
West Church Street
Donald Satterlee
U.s.navy
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Nev
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Guand
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
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Nasts
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