Armored medal awarded for courage in evacuation mission
Corpl Wade Barber formerly of the city received the army Bronze Star for extraordinary courage during the evacuation of wounded in battle. Gerardo Volpe, thirty, honorably discharged last May 24, died suddenly last Saturday while living with his sister Minnie Oronato. He had served two months at Aberdeen Proving Grounds before discharge. Dorcas Class of the Methodist Church plans a picnic at Mrs Kenneth Young’s Shady Avenue home on Wednesday evening at 6 40 P M bring a tureen and sandwiches transportation calls 37 611. Free shavings Davidson Fogle Lumber Co. Lady Franklin Rebekah Lodge to meet Tuesday evening at 8. Wallpaper available at Hollys.
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New Georgia
Corp. Tech
Wade Barber
It City
Ard
Gerardo Volpe
Minnie Oronato
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Dorcas
Methodist Church
Kenneth Young
Shady Avenue
Suneast
Davison-Fogle Lumber Co
Lady Franklin Rebekah Lodge
Mai
Holly's
Fred Lamberton
John W. Kenyon
Kenyon
War Department
Aaron W. Caramel
du Bois
Clifton A. Smith
Chevy
Tree
Joseph G. Barzano
Brief
John W. Crawford
Mercer
Tech
Deyresh
Poulson
Titusville
Franklin
Shalf Pereent
William Liddy
Oil City
Liddy
PLA
Comy
Oilaily
Concord Ridge
Grace Grace
Missionary’s Society of the Presbyterian Church
Aimlei
U. B
Glenn Humes
West Smith Street
Tdelock
Fire damages and legal notices ripple through Oil City area
The Oil City region reports a lightning sparked fire at Mrs. W. R. Franklin’s Cherry Alley home causing hundreds in damage. Wills court in Franklin handles a probate matter for Powell Croker with Edith Croker named beneficiary. Local residents receive updates on military and civic notices including missing soldiers and War Loan sales.
Quiz answers listed from editorial page storm of typos
Answers to questions printed on the editorial page are garbled. The fragment lists General Dwight D. Eisenhower as a correct answer and includes misread items like Florence and a stray quote. It oddly references Australia New Zealand Brazil and a mention of Lockjaw among junk text.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russians Break Finnish Lines in Soviet Finnish War Push
Russians attacked at dawn smashing trenches and gillboges with artillery. Red Army infantry pursued from fortifications, captured Miurin and Niakitiola, and pushed two miles beyond the line before Jerom Holvista fort halted further advance. Warships shelled Vilouri Bay and mainland forts. General Goroyay promoted to marshal.
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Witnumen
Machnerheim
Red Army
Miurin
Niakitiola
Lin
Jerom Holvista
Red Hattle
Hoivista Tsiatel
Flusiigas
Vilouri Bay
Goroyay
Campaten
Heavy bombers hammer German rocket coast
Allied air forces raid Pas de Calais and southwest France as 500 to 700 B-29 or heavy bombers strike rocket sites and air bases in a two hour sustains. Fighter bombers support invasion objectives while Cherbourg, Tilly Caen and Paris areas receive bombardment to hinder German reinforcements. An earlier RAF raid targeted rocket plants. one plane reported lost. The text notes two bomber types with speeds and explosive power lacking full confirmation.
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Associated Press Supreme Headquarters
U. S
Hitler
Pas- De-Calais
England
France
Cherbourg Peninisuls
Tilly-Caen
Paris
Snes
Bradford Soldier Awarded Silver Star in Italy Action
Hy Assorntied Pross reports Jack Fullen, a Bradford Pa. distillery worker now with the Fifth Army on the Italian front, earned the Silver Star for gallantry during a crossing of the Rapido River. With two non commissioned officers he braved German fire to reach American wounded on the German side, administered aid, and evacuated them to safety. His wife later resided in Bradford.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Jack Fullen
Bradford
Rapida
Pyt
Fullen
Equalizing School Tax Subsidies Progress Reported
Harrisburg June 19 George Young chairman of the 19 member state commission grudging the Pennsylvania School System today reported progress in setting up a state subsidy plan to eliminate distressed districts and equalize educational opportunities and local tax rates. The plan in skeleton form will be ready to present to the 1945 legislature.
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Harrisburg
George Young
Pennsylvania
Harvey E. Gayman
Pennsylvania, State Education, Association
P. O. van. Ness
Young
Utah Slayer Dies Before Firing Squad in Dawn Raid
June 19 Salt Lake City Utah Black- robed Austin Cox, 39, six foot four, died before firing squad for slaying five. He shoved Sheriff John R Watson and stuck out his tongue as the death warrant was read. Cox spoke no words on death row and had earlier used a borrowed shotgun in Ogden last July against two women and a man. District Judge Lewis True Mah presided and had granted Cox's wife a divorce after she testified he threatened to tear out her tongue. Actress honeymooning Glenda Cal Smith and actor Graig Stevens wed yesterday at a Church of the Reformation ceremony in Glendale with 300 guests.
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Salt Lake Gity
Austin Cox
Utah
Chablai
Sherif
John R. Watson
Watson
Cox
Ogden
Lewis V. Truemah
Trueman
Man Found Dead In Car Near Warren
Dewey Soomer, 0 smursy man for a rooting concern at Tamestown, was found dead in his car on Bunker Hill road near Warren this morning around 10. Corner Ed Lowrey reported that he learned the man had left Jamestown for a trip to Bramford and had been under treatment for a heart ailment. The car was parked off the road. a passerby found the body. Police believe Collier was struck in a hit and run incident and died at the scene.
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Dewey Soomer
Tamestown
Bunker Hill
Warren
Lowrey
Tia
Jamestown
Bramford
Pivo
Passeraby
Collier
Min
County Rejects Morgue Plan in Budget Standstill
ERTE June 19. County commissioners told Coroner Warren W. Wood there is no budget provision for a new morgue or modernization and they are unsure of the legal authority to fund such a project this year. The morgue issue cannot be considered this year due to financial constraints.
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Erte
Warren W. Wood
Wood
James Froman 70 dies Saturday at Corry Hospital
James Froman 70 died Saturday afternoon at 5 o clock in Corry Hospital after a brief illness. He resided in RD Corry and is survived by his wife Sussa three daughters Mrs Adam Hudock Willigisville NY Mrs August Wascak Corry and Mrs John Sonschik Tsubella Ba three sons George of Clymer John at home and Andrew with the Field Artillery at Fort Bragg NC Seventeen grandchildren also survive. The body lies at Bracken Keating Funeral Home to Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock requiem mass will be sung at St Elizabeths Church burial in the family lot St Elizabeth's Cemetery.
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James Froman
Corry Hospital
Mr Froman
RD. Corry
Sussa
Adam Hudock
Willigisville
August Wascak
Corry
John Sonschik
Erie Storm Strikes City With Hail Flooding
Erie was hit by a violent electrical storm with heavy rain and hail. A gas station was struck by lightning, Ash Street subway tunnels clogged, sewers overflowed, and the city faced widespread flooding. Over 20,000 people sought refuge at the Peninsula as 3420 vehicles were logged. Temperature peaked at 3 degrees before dropping to the upper 60s as hail fell briefly.
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Erie
Ash Street
Peninsula
Tightened car purchase rules for new buyers wartime (Note: 70 char limit exceeded. shortened)
The Office of Price Administration tightens eligibility for new car certificates as of Friday. Qualified applicants must show a new car will be used in an essential wartime activity. Eligible individuals include doctors, nurses, ministers, war workers, and others critical to public health and safety.
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Washington
Price Administration
Joel
Lard Into Soap Synthesis Described for Rubber Production
The text outlines converting lard into soap to yield lard for synthetic rubber manufacture. It explains rubber as a chemical blend of butadiene and styrene formed via water emulsions. Emulsifying agent tab low son is noted as most satisfactory.
Bricker Gains Ground as Delegates Arrive for Convention
Bricker gains momentum as delegates arrive and key figures move toward a July convention. Roy Moore predicts Bricker can clinch on the sixth or seventh ballot. Oklahoma and West Virginia signals hint Bricker may secure strong early support for the nomination.
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Bricker
Resolutions Committee
Dewey
Chicago Stadium
Roy O- Moore
Ohiona World
Moore
Sen
R-Okla
Oklahoma
Bhik Hp
Lo Reditin
Weal
Virginia
Brieker
Former Concord Woman Dies in Buffalo Home
Mrs Mary Wagner Barton of 924 Besser Avenue Buffalo died at home Saturday after a long illness. A former Concord township resident she moved to Buffalo twenty years ago. Funeral services will be held in Buffalo Tuesday. She is survived by her husband and three children, all in Buffalo, and brothers Stance Wagner Waterford Mike Wagner Grend Valley and Phillip Wagner Titusville plus numerous nieces and nephews. The treasury report from Washington dated June 19 shows receipts 889 031 372 A8 expenditures 595 509 420 02 eb balance 6 091 490 623 891 total debt 189 990 607 569 42 increase over previous day 274 704 930 34.
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Mary Wagner Barton
Besser Avenue
Buffalo
Barton
Concord Township
Buffyin
Stance Wagner
Waterford
Mike Wagner
Grend Valley
Phillip Wagner
Titusville
Washington
the Treasury
Cadet Killed as Training Plane Collides in Texas
Cadet Francis H. Thomas, 21, son of Mrs August D Thomas of Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania, was killed when the training plane he and Cadet James Thompson, 20, of Glenshaw Pennsylvania, collided over Sabin Field in Texas yesterday during flight instruction.
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Kia Eagle Pass
Tex
Francis H. Thomas
August D. Thomas
Wil Kinsburg
James Thompson
Glenshaw
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Ugg
Borden's
Weidemans
Alaska
van Camp Beans
Wing - Willi Star Stores
Bernstein Bros
North Center ST
Corry, PA
Thomas Motor CO
Powell Motor Co
Stahley Croker
Waterfore
Eagle House
Office of
Register of Wills
Ralph B. McCord
R. B. Franklin
Cherry Alley
Liverly
John 4. Ferguson
Olive Sachs Ferguson
Bissell
Hue
New Guinea
John Ferguson
Agriculture Department
Sterling Rediger and Son
R. D
Union City
Jane Pless
Columbus Avenue
R. C. Perying
Basii Main Street
Melvin John Cernicke
Shea Street
Clara Lester
Spring Street
Walter TeWinkle
Clymer
Florence Wawutiak
Spring Creek
Arthur Ulrich
Snyder Circle
Lorence McGraw
North Center Street
Carl Howell
Columbus
Jacob Glatz
Herbert Weed
Ensign Street
Pin
Claud P. Storms
Punxsutawney
U.S
LaGuardia
Picks
C. D
Abingo
Dunkirk
W. J. Sullivan
William J. Sullivan
Japan
Sullivan
Midwest
B. Ladies’ Aid Society
Leon White
West
Nancy Lee Miles
Perry Miles
H.J. Grant
de Jean & Cochran
Ripeater
Meadville
Western Union
Hotel Jamestown
Wour tMhree
Fraiftouit
Dunkle
Taulon
Kinga
Salvation Army
Varify
Fredonia
Chautauqua
Graf
Leslie R. Gregory
Herman Magnuson
Chautauqua County
Virginia Vaylor
Concord School
Uh Lst
Chitava
Australia
New Zealand
Brazil
Glendale
Califorme
Sion de Alesis Smith
Graig Stevens
Church of the Revessional
Essleys Manhattans
Oxfords
Corey
CUT Drug Store
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Crac
Concord
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