City and Vicinity News Roundup 4 3 41 Erie
Police court fines total 315 dollars after ten gambling raids. Reports on cat shooting, local events, store ads, church notices, and civic updates across Oil City Meadville and surrounding areas. Includes missing airman John B Wood Jr and wartime bond sales progress.
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Powell Motor Co
Erie
Greyhound Post
Warren
South Street
Franklin
War Department
John B. Wood
Align
R. D
Liev
John B. Wood, Jr
France
Wood
England
Oil City
Firth War Loan
Venango County
Mr. Turney
Fair
Tne McCray
Spencer Community
Cottage Mill
Davis
Western Auto Associate
Ine A. Hall
E. Hall
Meadville City Hospital
Meadville
Harvey S. Borman
Keystone Ordnance Works
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Joliet
Maj. Borman
Win H. Arfore
Morgantown Ordnance Works
Morgantown
W. Va
L. A
M. Bingo
Patrician
Rost Hurlbut
Richard Hurlbut
Wright Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Irene
D. GC. Smiley
Red Cress Horn Service
L Ieal Red Cross
Lenora Slonsker
Anha Slonaker
Iso
Cooperstown
Strickven
Gowperstown
Reporter Dies in Pittsburgh Heart Attack
June 23 Pittsburgh reporter photographer Walling ton B Lobber aged 40 died of a heart attack shortly after greeting his son Yeoman 3/c Wellington Je 18 who had returned on furlough from the South Pacific the Navy.
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Pittsburgh
Wallington B. Lobber
Pittsburgh Sun- Telegraph
Yeoman
C .Wellington, Je
Navy
South Pacific
Visual care workforce counts in America
Readable fragments show the United States medical eye and hearing fields with 17 618 optometrists 1 20L year ear nose and throat physicians and 1 750 ophthalmologists. The figures indicate distribution across ophthalmology optometry and ENT specialties.
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America
Congress Quits Until August Amid Budget Rush
Washington June 23 Congress adjourned until August 1 after lengthy sessions. House and Senate plan to finish budget matters for the next fiscal year before funds expire June 30. Republicans head to Chicago for the presidential nominating conventions. Democrats meet July 19. Recess fixed after Rayburn and Barkley conference. Bills passed include 3.92 billion lend lease and world relief, 1.03 billion for war agencies, 562 million for Agriculture, and 69 million for the DC government.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Chicago
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Barkley
Kentucky
Moosevelt
Agriculture Department
District of Columbia
Byrd seen as possible VP pick for GOP ticket
Associated Press reports a strong GOP sentiment for Senator Byrd of Virginia as a potential vice presidential candidate. House leaders Martin and Knutson indicate progress toward backing Byrd with plans to attend the Chicago convention and discuss his placement on the ticket.
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Associated Press
Washington
Byrd
Virginia
Congress
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Chicago
Rep. Knutson
Ways and Means Committee
Mussolini Suffers Another Relapse Reported in Swiss Action
Frontier dispatches claim Benito Mussolini again relapsed and called his son Vittorio from Germany and his wife to his bedside in Chiasso Switzerland. He is said to be living at Gordale Lake and awaiting possible transfer to Germany if Nazis retreat to the Alps.
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Eres Chiasso
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Vittorio
Germany
Inep 4Wigil
Gorda Lake
Alps
Saegertown Man Burned In Blast at Robinson Industries
An explosion in the boiler room at Robinson Industries in Saegertown sprayed boiler fireman Wendell Kilser with embers, burning eyes face arms and chest. The blast shattered windows nearby and in the plant, fire contained in ten minutes by the Saegertown fire department. Kilser was reported in fair condition with superficial burns and eye injuries at Spencer Hospital. investigation by the War Department’s Chemical Warfare Division was pending.
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Robinson Industries
Meadville
Saegertown
Wendell
Snegertown
R. F. Ross
Ross
Chemical Welfare Division
War Department
Kilser
Spencer Hospital
State offers no help on sewerage disposal
Officials provided no assurance of state or federal funds for financing sewerage projects. Meetings show Harrisburg will pursue legal action to enforce the program. The Attorney General's office said the Justice Department backs Sanitary Water Board orders, with formal orders for western communities forthcoming. Also note 310 classes for physically handicapped children exist in New York City's public schools.
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Harrisburg
Attorney General's Office
Department of Justice
State Administration
Sanitary Water Board
Corry
New York City
Nephew of County Aide Reported Missing in Action
Churay a twenty five year old nephew of Miss Rachel March deputy prothonotary at Erie County court house is reported missing in action since May in the Anglo beach head sector. A telegram received in Cleveland states Lieut Ryan formerly resided there and was well known in Girard where he visited frequently.
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Holly’s
Eric
Henry
Balkoyie
R. D
Waterford
St. Vincent's Hospital
Hershey Road
Grie Forge and Steel Co
Elle
Howard W. Moore
William E. Moore
East Mst Street
Army Infantry
Italy
War Department
Paul’s Place
Columbus- Lottsville Road
Titusville
Acacia Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
St James Parish
Woman's Club
Maud T. Garman
Smethport
Rod & Gun Club
Connerulville
Wilson Milk Company
Crawford County
Gito's
Suburban Dairy, Inc
Emsworth
Pittsburgh
Wilson Milk Co
North Fash
North East
Fred L. Rahal
Sunshine Packing Corporation
OPA
Erie
Churayan
Snow Ryan
Girard
Rachel March
Erie County Court
Anglo Beach
Cleveland
Ryan
Dewey Sends Message to Platform Drafters in Chicago
Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York sent Republican platform drafters a critique of the national administration calling it a sprawling overlapping bureaucracy He urged a regime where the president works with Congress to raise federal service to a high level of efficiency and competence The message was read to the platform committee as Senator Vandenberg proposed a foreign policy plank for peace forces to deter future aggression
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Oy Sinsquiatcs
Chicago
Gov
Thomas
Dewey
New York
Republican Platform
Congress
Platform Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Heavy Rainfall Strikes Franklin Area in Short Span
Franklin Pa June 23 A M Fuller weather observer reported a rainfall of 2.63 inches in three hours, the heaviest in a decade. Water rose over streets in Oil City area. Across Venango County gardens and lawns were washed out and ruined by the downpour.
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Associated Cream
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Will
Crisco
Borden's
Weidemans
Alaska
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Heinz
Cal
Oranges
U.S
Wing-Willi Star Stores
J. Belmion Mosser
St Marys
Kiwanis International
Organization
Mosser
St Marys Slab
Pennsylvania
Kiwanis
All-Way Electric Co
Raymond Bilis
Pio
Howard B. Bills
Bills
Camp Grofit
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North Africa
Jacqueline Ann Penman
Meadville High School
Allegheny College
Camp Reynolds
Richard T. Shackelford
Baltimore
Camp Station Hospital
Davison-Fogle Lumber Co
Calladohia Roller Rink
Wile Rogers
Humorist
Rogers
Oregon
Santa Monica
International
Boom Sen. Byrd
GOP
Mussolini
Corry's Greatest Clothiers
Pennzoil
W. Smith St
Dial
HOTEL
Harvard
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