Young Partners Week Meets At State College
Eight members of Corry High School's agricultural class attended the Young Partners' Week meetings at State College last week. Notables include Alford and Rexford Warner, John Blasch, Harris Robbins, Clifford Marsh, George Blair, Merle Simmons, and Harvey Crosscut. Kiwanis Night will be featured by Corry Club at the Blue Bird tonight, tied to the Denver international convention. Veterans of Foreign Wars members from Lieut. A W Thompson Post plan to attend the Bradford convention June 1 20 and 21. Corry baseball split weekend games, 13 3 vs North East, 10 2 vs Titusville, Jim Maloney and Vern Group twirlers. Miss Anna McCarthy dislocated her left shoulder yesterday. she is improving. Dr Brne fer and Dr P G Wood plus James J Wright head to Toronto to attend the Rotary Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Partners
State College
Corry High School
Alford
Rexford ‘Warner
John Blasch
Harris Robbins
Clifford Marsh
George Blair
Merle Simmons
Harvey Crosscut
Corry Ball Club
North East
Jim Maloney
Vern Group
Titusville
Le Havre and Cherbourg Vital Goals of Allied Invasion
Le Havre and Cherbourg ports are described as key invasion objectives with large capacity facilities. Le Havre features deep channels, extensive docks, and a 974 foot drydock. Cherbourg boasts a three basin naval harbor, breakwater defenses, and major dockyard facilities. Built up over centuries, both ports saw major fortifications and modernization through Napoleonic and 19th century improvements.
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le Havre
Cherbourg
Air
le Hivest
Francia T
Richelieu
Marquis de Vauban
Wat Hathor
Napoleon
Mayre
Harbor
Cherpourg
Naval
Commercis
Corfallum
Philip Augustus
Louis XIV
Louis Phillipe
Napoleon II
Old Erie Fair Grounds Sold in Private Sale
Erie's old exposition grounds east of the city between Lawrence Park and Harborcreek were sold in private sale by judge order. George W. Brown will handle the $4,500 transaction for James G. Saint deputy receiver for the state bank department. The site once hosted annual expositions and later dog races, valued at about $3,600 by D W Harper but pursued by Saint for years against Brown's bid.
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Erie
Lawrence Park
Harborcreek
Elmer ZL. Evans
George W. Brown
James G. Saint
State Department of Banking
Erie Trust Company
Erie Bani
D. W. Harper
Saint
Rocal
Brown
AFL Wins In Penelec Vote at NLRB Election
Pittsburgh June 16 The National Labor Relations Board announced that production and maintenance workers of Pennsylvania Electric Company selected the AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as their bargaining agent in a NLRB election. The vote was 558 for the AFL group, 226 for the CIO-Utility Workers Organizing Committee and 98 for neither. Affected employees were from Johnstown Bradford Erie including Corry and Oil City divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Pennsylvania Electric ‘Company
AFL
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
APL
Cio-Utility Workers ‘Organizing Committee
Johnstown
Bradford
Erie
Corry
Oil City
Company
Mrs Grace Rauscher Buried at Pine Grove
Funeral services for Mrs Grace Rauscher were held at Bracken Kedting Funeral Home on Thursday June 25 at 9 30 with Rev Z G Whiteman officiating. Graveside rites at Pine Grove Cemetery were led by W F W Auxiliary. Bearers included Dr Merle Amy Alan Spencer Louis Decker Frank Schrader Walter Kittleberger and Butch Gordon. Attendees traveled from multiple towns including Cattaraugus Cleveland Sherman Meadville and Fort Worth. Local officers presided over arrangements and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Rauscher
Pine Grove
Bracken-Kedting
Z. G. Whiteman
Beulah Land
Brice ‘Thomas
G. Whiteman
Performance vs. Speculation and the Cherbourg Beach Fight
The article contrasts postwar oil scarcity fears with industry achievements led by private firms, citing increased refinery capacity and production. It then describes Allied invasion struggles at Cherbourg, noting German strong defenses and the moral of persistence, likening courage to biblical battles.
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United States
John A. Brown
Socony- Waguum Oil Company
Cherbourg
Ernie Pyle
Joshua
Ringworm Scalp Epidemic Among Pennsylvania Children
An epidemic of ringworm on the scalp affects children under 13 to 19, spreading via infected articles. The fungus weakens hair shafts, causing breakage and loose hairs that cling to caps or hats. Unclean items spread the disease. shaving or pulling infected hairs may occur. Children with scalp disease should see a doctor.
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Pennsylvania
How's Your IQ Quiz on History and Capitals
The quiz asks seven questions from a classifieds page: federal prosecutors in a Washington sedition case, three Baltic states added after Poland’s fall, correct verb choice sit or set, last French president, Preakness location, Revolutionary War battle with “don’t fire” order, US aliens citizenship requirement, Gold Depository location, Judas Iscariot’s suicide method, and the capital of New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Baltic States
Soviet Union
Poland
Republic of France
Kentucky
Maryland
United States
West Point
Annapolis
Hose Fire Halts Gas Truck Blaze In Waterford
A hose on a gasoline tanker at D C Homes service station caught fire while refilling the tank. Fire chief Meyers said a spark ignited the hose and a quick shutoff confined the blaze. Volunteers dragged the burning vehicle to a baseball field while others used extinguishers from the Waterford Hotel. The hose and rear wiring burned away. Motor vehicle registrations topped 20 million for the first time in 1839.
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Waterford
Auun
D. C. Homes
Am Meyers
Humes
Final Rites Thursday for Edward Foster
Funeral services for Edward Foster were held Thursday afternoon at 1 30 from Bracken Keating Funeral Home. Rev G L Boyd of First Presbyterian Church officiated with bearers the sons Earl Albert Almon Ervin Gary and Walter Foster. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery Spartansburg. Relatives and friends from Erie North East Union City and Of City attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Foster
Bracken-Keating
G. L. Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Earl
Albert
Almon
Ervin
Gary
Walter Foster
Rose Hill
Spartansburg
Erie
North East
Unio
of City
Salty Fines for Automobile Drivers in Jamestown
Jamestown city court session fines two drivers 5100 each and hears a third case. Carl Pinom faced drunken driving charges and John Leonard Briundine charged with operating a vehicle without a license. Judge Bargar ordered briefs filed in the case of George Schaver, 52, charged with leaving the scene of an accident after pleading not guilty to drunken driving and leaving the scene on May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Dudge Allen E. Bargar
Carl Pinom
John Leonard Briundine
Bargar
George Schaver
Schaver
Well Known Circus Agent Reported Dead
Erie June 16 Jack Grimes 41 longtime Cole Brothers Circus press agent found dead of a heart attack in his berth aboard a Detroit bound train two days after the Erie engagement Funeral services were held Tuesday in Chicago with interment at Showman's Rest He had relatives in Ireland and none in this country aside from a distant kin alive
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Erie
Jack Grimes
Cole Brothers Circus
Dell Darling
Chicago
Ireland
Crandall Family and Friends Gather Across Cities
A list of individuals connected to multiple towns including Markus Crandall of Lewis Run and Miss Arline Crandall, with mentions of Oil City, Randolph, New Haven, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Titusville. The fragmentary notice names families and relations such as Mrs. Pred Crandall, Mrs. Barton Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins, and Mrs. Sarah Buck, indicating a regional social notice or community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markus Crandall
Lewis Run
Pred Crandall
Barton Smith
Oil City
Rachael Furgueson
Frank Hayes
Randolph
Arline Crandall
Mayme ‘Young
Eric
Dorothy Hoskins
New Haven
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Anna McCarthy
Brnefer
Miss McCarthy
P. G. Wood
James J. Wright
Toronto
Can
Old Erie
Eal
Daily Dozen
The
Medical Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
Bethel Tabernacle
East Church Street
Arnold Hashman
Texas Onions
Butter Prairie Rose
Rin AZ
Sox
Treasure Island
Black Tea
Maxwell House Coffee
Jack Frost
Sugar l- Baz
Pennzoil
van Cise
Smith St
Greyhound Service
Greyhound
Warren
Cleveland
TAT P.m
Kane
Ares
Union City
Youngsville
Ashtabule
Cannéaut
New York
Greyhound Bus Station
North Center Street
Greyhound Lines
II Ollies Service
Bruce Pringle
West Walnut Street
Pringle
Titusville Hospital
North Center ST
Ely's
Guignon's
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