Sawed-off rifle found at Erie incinerator amid exploding shells
Garbage burial led to discovery of a sawed-off automatic rifle at Erie’s incinerating plant on West 16th Street. About 16 shells exploded as workers removed the weapon. owner unknown. Foreman Sherman Hickey Sr said a possible foreign enemy or unknown depositor may have hidden the gun in trash to escape prosecution.
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Erie
Mar
West 16Th Street
PBI
Sherman Hickey
Gale Russ
Ross
Hickey
Brocton Man Struck by Bus In Critical Condition
Lucius Nichols, 75, of Finney Street Brocton, was struck by a West Ridge charter bus near Brocton last night and reported in critical condition at Brooks Memorial Hospital. He suffered likely a skull fracture after stepping into the road while avoiding a snow plow. The bus bound for Fredonia State Norms School recreation grounds carrying students and faculty was driven by John Moran of Fredonia.
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Brocton
Dunkirk
Lucius Nichols
Finney Street
West Ridge
Brooks Memorial Hospital
Fredonia State Norms School
Fredonia
John Moran
Largest Jamestown draft contingent departs for Fort Nigar
Jamestown March 6 the largest contingent of accepted men ever from draft board 652 leaves for Fort Nigar after early morning check in with Chief Clerk D A McClure. The group drawn from Jamestown wards one two and five and the town of Ellicott includes several hundred relatives and friends. All have passed physical examinations and respond to the 23rd draft call.
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Jamestown
Tate
Fenton Place
D. A. McClure
Fort Nigar
Ellicott
Sparta Struck by Snowstorm Halting Traffic and Plans
Spartansburg faced an eight foot snow bank, with traffic halted for two days as residents shoveled tunnels and opened routes. Many locals kept homes, some travelers found shelter with farm families. The storm disrupted mills, mail delivery, and school, while planners staged a second Gold Medal football tournament and promoted the new high school gym as a venue for games and shows.
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Spartansburg
Pennsylvanias
Wess
Torey Inert
Corry
Dobbin
Sparta Vocational School
Sherman
Feamhiss
Princess Pat Club
Lawrence Sapoweling
Lyle Stranahan
Washington
C. E. Gnngey
Donald
Thief Escapes After Crossing Accident
Police seek a youth who stole a car belonging to Léon A. Whipple and crashed it into a Pennsylvania freight train near Twelfth and Perry Streets. The fugitive fled the scene after the collision, the owner says his vehicle was taken from his driveway.
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Léon A. Whipple
Demonstrations At Wardens School On Air Raid Threats
In Corry over 250 men attended wardens classes at the Senior High School. Wilford Pomeroy and Francis Blair gave demonstrations on incendiary post-cay magnesium bombs and thermite, while John F. Connors and William W. Myers discussed warfare gases and fragmentation bombs. Arm bands were issued by Chief Coordinator Welter H. Scott as plans for first aid classes were outlined.
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Corry
Wilford Pomeroy
Francis Blair
Raymond Manufacturing Company
Pomeroy
Mr. Myers
Welter H. Scott
H. J. Updegraff Dies Suddenly in Snow Chase
Harry J. Updegraft 60 district game protector of Clarion county died after a heart attack while dogs chased a deer in snow. Two men in his car, wife left behind, hunted through two feet of snow. he fired twice wounding a dog. His son, Lieut. Gall T. Updegraft, was killed a month earlier in an airplane crash. He had served with the Game Commission since 1835 and belonged to the Venango Gun Pennsylvania Grouse Trial Clubs.
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Associated Press
Shippensville
Marci
Harry J. Upderralt
Clarion County
Ori
Langley Pield
Hear
Updegratt
Updegraft
Lieut
Gall T. ‘Undegraft
The
Game Commission
Gold Producing Area Largest in U S Black Hills South Dakota
The article notes the Black Hills country of South Dakota as the United States’ leading gold producing region, highlighting its dominant position among mining districts. It identifies the area as the principal source of gold production within the nation.
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United States
Black Hills
South di
Jamestown Police and Fire Staff Eligible for Draft
A Jamestown survey shows 94 of 129 police and fire department personnel aged 20 to 40 are eligible for military service. The city lists 12 fire department staff on payroll and 9 police officers on duty, including Chief G Harry Nelson and Shield Rudolph Ef Swinson, among those eligible.
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Jamestown
Many Women Enroll in State College Defense Classes
On the second night of registration at Pennsylvania State College defense classes, many women signed up at the junior high school library from 7 to 10 pm. Courses include Corporation and Manufacturing Accounting, Time and Motion Study, Foundations of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, and Operations Inspection. Tuition is free for qualified entrants, with high school graduation as a common prerequisite. Both men and women in non-defense jobs are urged to prepare for defense work to enhance skills for future opportunities.
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Pennsylvania State College Defense
Felus
Bomb safety program at Clymer School includes live demo
In early March at Clymer Central School a bomb fall drill demonstrated by J Mar in of Jamestown and H J Grimshaw highlighted accurate enemy targets near the Niagara Frontier. About 300 attendees watched bombs, gases and firefighting techniques demonstrated. replica incendiary bomb diagrams will tour local stores after a week.
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Clymer Central School
Jamestown
H. J. Grimshaw
Harold Legters
Clymer Ms Department
Clymer
Niagara
Mohawk Street
Homer Loomis
Grimshaw
Tecal
Gerrit Timmer
John Neckers
Wayde Querreveld
Fing
Albert Menuel
W L. Schruers
Dot Weeks
Bsness
James Finn
Betty Luce
Velma King
March Assembly Plans At Glymer General School
Three pupil assembly programs are scheduled for March with a March fifth Bill of Rights feature and a March thirteenth seniors close program. Techmen plan a May radio program in Assembly. Courtesy Week will be hosted by the Student Council next week.
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Wien
Yith
Glymer General School
Shidont Council
Bool Leogie
Paris
Six Month Mystery Ends with Body Found Near Canal
Investigators recovered two battered cars from the Barge Canal two miles east of Lockport revealing a body found inside one vehicle. The case, a six months’ mystery regarding a Buffalo drug salesman, was reportedly solved last night as detectives tied the clues to the remains.
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Supyalu
Maren v
Buffalo
Barge Canal
Lockport
Erie Yachts for Harbor Defense Plan
Erie harbor defense to be established by the Navy Coast Guard program after an inspection of twelve local yachts by coast guard officers. A survey of similar ports from Big City, Mich to Clayton, MO precedes the expected patrol start within weeks. Naval officers met with local Coast Guard Auxiliary leaders led by Merle Crowell to tour the Erie area.
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Erie
Mar
Navy Department
Board of
Coast Guard
Big City
Mich
Clayton
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Merle Crowell
Eric
Missing Man Daly Sought After Rochester Trip
Herbert B Daly, 55, formerly of 411 Humboldt Park, was last seen by his wife Mary on September 6 as he left for Rochester. He planned about two weeks of work there and has not been heard from since.
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Herbert B. Daly
Humboldt Parksaw
Daly
Mary
Delaware Avenue
Rochester
Honing by Weather at Aumntet
A fragment from a local column hints at a piece titled Honing by an author identified as Wf at Aumntet. The readable text suggests a literary or arts note with minimal context and no clear event or date.
Fragmentary Wash Our Nation Note Ends in Garbled Text
Garbled OCR fragment references Washington and United Nations related context, with incomplete words and missing surrounding details, yielding no clear event or date to specify a coherent news item.
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Fort Die
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Anthony Smith
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