Tornado relief, recovery, and war notices across Pennsylvania
Tornado damage in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia prompts temporary suspension of Regulation W for property repair and replacement credits. Erie reports 950 tons of salvage paper in May, while unemployment checks total 106 for veterans. Local civic events include a Buck a Boy bond rally at Clymer Central School to support Fifth Loan, and grim casualty tallies from Navy and War Departments.
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M. J. Fleming
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
City of
Corry
Syme
Big “Buck
Clymer Central School
Fifth Loan Suport
Clymer
Albert Marriott
Stone Ghareh
Meadville
Clymer Methodist Church
Erie County
Erie Man Challenges Aunt Will in Jamestown Case
An Erie, Pennsylvania man, Ray S. Holbrook, files objections to probate of Mise Stella J. Holbrook of Jamestown who died May 19. He alleges undue influence by executor Roy H. Woodbury and contends the deceased was mentally ill prior to death. The will from August 1843 leaves residuary estate, estimated around 25,000 dollars, to Mrs Florence Woodbury of Cleveland, mother of Roy Woodbury. Judge Bodine adjourns a week and requires Woodbury to show cause.
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Jamestown
Misestella J. Holbrook
bin Helmuth
N.Y
Hugh V. N. Bodine
Hell
Ray S. Holbrook
Erie
Roy H. Woodbury
Bodine
Holbrook
Roy Woodbury
Clintonville Hailstorm Swamps Borough With Ice Giants
Franklin June 26 Clintonville was struck by a severe hail, rain, and wind storm that night. Property damage occurred across the borough and crops in the surrounding area. Residents described hailstones as unusually large, some about six inches in circumference, with a ground white from ice. Sir William J. Parker and Mrs. Jack Bokin reported the largest stones.
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Franklin
ClintonviLle
Jhen
William J. Parker
Jack Bokin
Russians Push Beyond Vitebsk In Wide Front Advance
Russian forces push beyond Vitebsk with encirclement threats as units strike from the southwest and near Bobruisk. German defenses retreat westward. Soviet fronts under Govnov and Meretskov report progress toward Helsinki and Petrozavodsk while freeing railway sections near Lenino and Murmansk.
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fConfinnes Rom Boer
Zilobin
Bo- Penick
Wran
Bobrutsk
Bobrutsk-Luninels
Bobrisiske
Ostrov
Berlin
State Grant Increases Aid To Dependent Children Funds
Governor Marlin announces a state grant increase to Aid to Dependent Children and General Assistance, effective July for ADC and July 17 for General Assistance, to offset rising living costs. Old-Age Assistance remains at $40. Monthly cost to state about $120,000 with sufficient funds available.
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Harrisburg
Marlin
State Board of Public Assistance
Department of Public Assistance
Bloody Battle for Cherbourg Nears End
Allied forces press the Cherbourg operation as American units rout German positions on the peninsula. Montgomery drives south of Tilly-Sur-Seulles while Bradley shells forts and bombardments tempo the fast collapse of German defenses around the port and its outer fortifications.
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DNB
Germany
St. Vaast la Hogue
Quettehou
Barfleur
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
Tessel-Bretteville Woods
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Manly
Cap.de la Hague
Vaniville
BeueDreville
Cherboure
Gertians
Brettville
Cap Barren
Montgomery
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Erwin Rommel
Ste. Honorine-la-Chardonnerette
Vichy Radio
Orne
Transocean Agency
Missing in Action Pvt Burl M Reichart From Titusville
June 26 report says Pvt Burl M Reichart son of Mr and Mrs B W Reichart of Titusville is missing in action since June 2 in Italy. War Department message to parents expresses deepest regret and promises another notice if information is received.
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Usville
Titusville
Bur M. Reichart
B. W. Reichart
Tigly
War Department
Pvt
Burl M. Reichert
Italy
Motorcyclist Killed In Crash Near Titusville
Rosene R. Woodcock age 31 of Routte 4, a pumper on an oil derrick, died when his motorcycle collided with a station wagon driven by 17 year old Charles R. Thuraw two miles south of Titusville. The wreck occurred after Woodcock sideswiped the car, his skull crushed as he struck the wagon. Thuraw’s four companions in the auto William Williams Theodore Winger Donald Chamber and Virgil Boyers escaped injury.
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Titusville
Rosene R. Woodcock
Routte 4
Charles R. Thuraw
Walnut Street
Reo
Wilcox Nursery
Thuraw
Woodcock
Thurau
William Willams
Theodore Winger
Donald Chamber
Virgil Boyers
Old City
Mat Hurt
Funeral Mass for John Wawrejko Held at St Thomas Church
Burial followed a mass at St Thomas Church with Rev Father P J Graves as celebrant after services at Bracken Keating Funeral Home. Bearers named and many flowers noted. Burial in church cemetery. Relatives and friends traveled from Sioux Falls Camp Stewart New Cumberland and other towns to attend.
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John Wawrejko
Beaunem
St .Thomas' Church
Bracken
Keating Funeral Home
P. J. Graves
Jacob Royek
Martin Kuks
Jon Pontel
Lucas Komenda
John Crech
Frank Sanders
Thaddeus Wawrejka
Sioux Falls
Pic
John Wawrejka, Jr
Camp Stewart
Calif
John Choma
New Cumberland
Honor Roll Dedication at Fairview Church
The regular quarterly conference will be held tomorrow evening at Fairview United Brethren Church near Buell's Corners with Rev. G. T. Bergman. Congregation members will dedicate a new honor roll bearing 29 names of young men in military service, with additional names to follow, plus special music.
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Soul Wemvls
O. D
Fairview United Brethren Church
Buell’s Corners
G.T. Bergman
Bradford Child Leaves Hospital After Extensive Burns
Joyce Porter eight, daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Porter, left Bradford Hospital twenty months after severe burns from a gas stove accident near Limestone. She had about sixty percent body involvement but recovered due to plasma transfusions and long rehabilitation.
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Bradford
Bravrorasy
Joyce Porter
Joyce
Howard Porter
Limestone
Here
Novena for Armed Forces at St Thomas Church Opens
Opening services at St Thomas Church last evening begin a ten day novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help for the protection of the armed forces. Masses are at 8:15 each morning in the church chapel, with closing services Monday evening July 3. rector Rev BL J Graves conducts the novena.
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St. Thomas’ Church
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
BL J, Graves
Golden Rule Club Warns Against Advertisement Swindle
The Golden Rule Club cautions merchants and businesspeople about a swindler soliciting ads for a railway timebook. The con man allegedly collects funds with orders but fails to provide the books promised to railway men.
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Golden Rule Club
ADV
Omhcers
Golden Hue Sun
Compan
Erie Man Granted Divorce From Margaret Ireland
Samuel James Gribbin of Erie received a divorce from his wife Margaret Ireland after desertion and adultery allegations. Judge Miles B. Kitts granted the decree in Erie County court with pending action on the Abel filing for further proof. Gribbin had traveled to Ireland to urge return but she refused and resumed an affair with another man.
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Erie
Erie County Courts
Miles B. Kitts
Samuel James Gribbin
R. D
Margaret
Bainbridge
North Ireland
Kitts
Abel
Ireland
Gribben
Leader and wife to tour district then move on
The report notes a leader, accompanied by his wife, is expected to work in the district, stay in a town for one or two days, and then proceed to the next location. The fragment hints at a temporary local presence before further travel.
Erie Shooting Victims Living After Family Tragedy
June 26 Erie report from St. Vincent's Hospital says two shooting victims remain alive. William Boesch, 24, critically wounded in the back by his wife while she was changing a Colt magazine. Cecelia Hanlin, 40, shot twice in the abdomen by her husband, John Hanlin, 43, after a Wednesday night argument. Husband held on open charge in Erie County prison. Mrs Boesch released from hospital for hysteria and shock. Detective Roy Mong and ADA Damian McLaughlin call it accidental and corroborated by the wife.
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Erie
St. Vincent's Hospital
William Boesch
Cecelia G. Hanlin
John J. Hanlin
Erie County
Boesch
St.Vincent's Hospital
Roy B. Mong
Baren
Damian McLaughlin
Frcel
Erie Man's Car Kills Boy in Conneaut Ohio
Cor warrants Miller Jr. six died en route to Brown Memorial Hospital after darting onto a highway into the path of George Joint of Erie. Witnesses said the boy, son of Mr and Mrs Gordon L Miller Sr., ran onto the road from behind a parked truck leaving Joint with no opportunity to brake.
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Erie
Conneaut
Ohio
Conneaut, O
Cordet Miller, Jr
Brown Memorial Hospital
George Joint
Gordon
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