Paper drive at senior high nets 14 tons of waste paper
Students in Room Six led by Miss Ruth Bennett collected 394 pounds per pupil as the Senior High School’s waste paper drive reached 13 1/2 tons by Wednesday morning. A total of 4800 pounds were brought in yesterday, with three trucks from H. H. Berkhouse removing all material for storage in the city’s second week of the drive. The effort has extended to next Wednesday amid heated rivalry between rooms Five and Six and other homerooms.
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H. H. Berkhousé
Ruth Bennett
Aged Jamestown Man Drops Dead on Street
Jamestown March 2 William Erickson 76 resident of 601 Washington Street collapsed at 9 45 AM Wednesday while walking alone on North Main near Fifth in front of Dr Eric Kaminsky residence Two passing girls alerted Dr Kaminsky who believed a heart attack caused death and police and Coroner Samuel Bowers were notified
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Jamestown
William Erickson
Washington Street
North Main Street
Fifth
Eric Kaminsky
Kaminsky
Police Department
Samuel 7. Bowers
Early hay cutting raises protein yields for growers
Tests show cutting hay crops at an early maturity increases protein output without extra costs, enabling farmers to produce more protein by harvesting sooner rather than later.
Report On Birds And Animals Killed On Local Highways
District Engineer S. W. Jackson reports to Secretary John A. Shroyer that over 10,000 wild birds and animals were removed from highways in districts 1-0 covering Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties, with nearly 2,000 domestic animals and fowl killed by motorists. Rabbits led the list with 7.15 percent. opossums, squirrels, pheasants, muskrats and other species follow, plus 516 dogs and 44 cats among domestic losses. Comparisons show variable totals from previous years.
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Harruosu Y Muren
John A. Shroyer
S. W. Jackson
Franklin
Crawford
Erie
Forest
Mercer
Venango
Warren
State Game Commission
British Navy in Action in Far East Operations Report
Allied forces pressed operations in the Carolines with heavy Japanese shore fire challenging dismounted Cavalry units. Clements noted at least one landing craft hit, while Manus Island faced enemy torch and no confirmed battles. Communiqués claimed negligible Allied losses, a 183 ton bombing raid on Rabaul, and strikes on New Guinea coastal bases. Air units hit Wake Island repeatedly and disrupted several enemy targets including six parked planes, with Army and Navy planes striking three eastern Marshall Atolls and Nauru.
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Carolines
Associated Press
Olen Clements
Clements
Manus Island
Rabaul
New Guinea
Central Pacific
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Istarid
Marstialis
Last Grist Mill in Warren Sold for Plant Expansion
Warren borough loses its last grist mill as the Penn Furnace and Iron Company buys the Fourth Avenue and Pine Street site. The mill, a Warren staple for about 75 years, will be razed for further mill and land development by the buyer, altering local industry and memory of the milling era.
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North Warren
Garland
Warren Mills
Pickett Hardware Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ensworth
Shortage Seen in Chickens Due to Feed Costs
Harrisburg reports a sharp decrease in barnyard chickens this year as high feed costs and low prices depress breeding. Baby chick orders have dropped, and many farmers expect to hatch fewer batches. Heavy breed demand remains light despite strong outlet demand. Pennsylvania hatcheries in January hatched 5,011,000 baby chicks and set 8,460,000 eggs.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Aervice
Pennsylvania
Erie City Drives for Fines and Costs
Erie, March 2. Pitleenmor bench servants for persons who ignored criminal costs and fines have been turned over to Sheriff Fred Lamberton. Twenty five have been sued since Monday with more planned daily until delinquents pay. In two days the drive netted $500 in back costs and fines and many others pledged to settle or said they would visit to arrange payment.
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Erie
Mar
Pitleenmor
Fred Lamberton
Lamberton
Release Two Held For Dairy Theft
ERIB Mar 2 Two youths held as suspects in the holdup of Dolores Longneck Dairy Cream Bar shortly after 10 p m Tuesday will be released, Capt Roy B Mong of the detective bureau said Wednesday Miss Longmeckey viewed the two youths in a police lineup and said they were not the ones who held her up Tuesday night from the cash drawer of the Dairy Cream Bar Detective Edward Eng Jef and Acting Detective Frant Lottus reported
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Erib
Dolores Longneckve
Will Hu
Roy B. Mong
Detective Bureau
Crean
Edward Eng— Jef
Frant. Lottus
Price Office warns sixty three area firms
In the seven county area the Office of Price Administration warned sixty three firms after probation warnings to avoid further violations. OPA investigators reviewed business methods and prices for a wide range of commodities, excluding gasoline, with many warnings issued to dry cleaners grocers and repair shops in Erie and surrounding districts. The action aims to enforce wartime price controls as supplies tighten.
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Nur
Albert Berger
Office of Price Administration
County Aid Sought In Erie Traffic Hazard Elimination
Erie Works general manager H L R Emimett seeks county aid to remove a suspected striking hazard at the Raataa street and Franklix avenue intersection. County Engineer Suplee inspected the site and urged county commissioners to deny aid, citing adequate warning signs and a 5 mph speed limit enforced by city, state, and national authorities. Project cost about 43009 with county share around 14000.
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Erie
Fraendet
Raataa Street
Franklix Avenue
H. L. R. Emimett
Erie Works
General Flocteie Company
Wis
William H. Suplee
Supplee
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Parke-Davis
Healthica
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Eae
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Erie City
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