Army qualifying tests set for 17 year olds in Pa
Army College Qualifying Tests for the Army Specialized Teaching Reserve Program will be held at 9 00 A M on Thursday April 12 1945 in schools and colleges across Pennsylvania for young men under 17 and not more than 17 years 9 months old meeting education and citizenship criteria The tests are limited to those whose seventeenth birthday falls between October 1 1944 and August 31 1945 and who complete high school by July 1 1945 or have started one term of college by that date Eligible graduates or first term college entrants after July or August may qualify if they are not older than 17 years 9 months on the following month’s first day.
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Harrisburg
Army College
Pennsylvania
War Department
Francis B. Haas
Haas
Jamestown Native dies at 83 after long illness
Egend Tordoff a longtime Jamestown resident and sole head of Tordoff & Sons plumbing died at Jamestown General Hospital. Survived by wife Mrs D Harriet Tordoff two sons Samuel and Edward two daughters Mrs George A Lofgren and Mrs Raymond O Anderson nine grandchildren two great grandchildren and sister Mrs Walter Hilliam of Bradford England. Born in Bradford England on June 28 1861 he moved to Jamestown in 1882 and was active in Chautauqua Lodge American Order Sons of St. George and St Luke s Episcopal Church Funeral Friday at Henderson Lincoln Chapel with interment at Luke View Cemetery.
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Jamestown
Sraich
Scavfield
Tordoff
Torsdoff Sons
Jamestown General Hospital
D. Harriet Tordoff
Samuel
Edward Tordoff
George A. Lofgren
Raymond O. Anderson
Corry
Walter Hilliam
Bradford
Yorkshire
England
Tordoff & Sons
Bradford High Students Hospitalized After Gas In Car Crash
Three Brad ford High School students were admitted to Community Hospital in unconscious condition after a carbon monoxide incident following the Sharpsville Bradford basketball game in Brookville. Maury Ann Rowe 18 Gloria Jean Campbell 25 and James Sprague were treated and reported out of danger. Donald Strotman Bradford resolutely responded to treatment and Wayne March 17 and Golden Williams 17 Bradford not survived the gas exposure. The driver March became confused while checking a highway sign and the car occupants grew ill in the vehicle before reaching the hospital.
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Bradford High School
Community Hospital
Brookville
Maury Ann Rowe
Gloria Jean Campbell
James Sprague
Donald Strotman
Bradford
Wayne March
Golden Williams
March
Beccame
Sprague
Bean pests and controls in garden notes
Coppery colored and black spotted bean beetles along with spiny lemon yellow grubs chew leaves and pods. Apply rotenone cryolite or pyrethrum spray to the undersides of the leaves to stop the infestation.
Mrs Ruth Chiricuzio dies after Erie Hospital stay
Mrs Ruth Chiricuzio of 410 Spring Street Corry died at Hamet Hospital Erie Wednesday afternoon at 5 20 after an extended illness following an work injury and surgery. She was born February 17 1913 near Clymer and graduated Corry high school in 1931. Survived by husband Frank two children Marjorie Ann and Frank and her parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Brooks and five sisters. Body at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with services Sunday afternoon.
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Uth Hrooks
Chiricuzio
Spring Street
Hamet
Erie
Clymer
Corry
Aero Lodge
T. A
Chirieusie
Frank
Marjorie Ann
Mfr
Samuel Brooks
Marjorie Vaughn
Strasburg
Ellen Green
R. D
Evelyn Johnson
Wattsburg
Bernice “Mowray
Washington, D. C
Esther Brooks
Bracken-Keating
Eleven Firemen Hurt In Four Alarm Pittsburgh Blaze
Eleven firemen were injured while fighting a four alarm fire that swept three North Side buildings at Federal and Lacock streets. The blaze raged over more than four hours as ten companies battled the flames and traffic was disrupted.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Federal and
Lacock Street
Fire at Fort Wayne Bowling Alleys Causes Roof Fire
Firemen contained damage to the roof and third floor of the Fort Wayne bowling alleys where the blaze began. Fire Chief William Davis estimated losses at $40,000. One worker was treated for cuts and a captain for bruises while nine other firemen were treated for smoke inhalation.
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Fort Wayne
William Davis
Hugh Mullen
George E. Rose
Stock and Markets Roundup from New York and Buffalo
New York eggs firm receipts 37 520 with various quality grades. Buffalo livestock prices show hogs steady and cattle slow with mixed weight categories and brisk sheep demand. New York stock market gains led by Westinghouse Penney U S Steel Chrysler amid steady trading and noon quotes across major industrials.
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Buffalo Livestock
Buffalo
Associated Press
Deslings
Westinghouse
Penney
U. 8
Steel
Chrysler
American Can
American
Anaconda
Atlantic Refining
Bendix Aviation
Bethtenem Steel
Boeing
C&o Ciera
Curtis-Whient
Electric
General Motors
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
Lepr Be
National Biscuit National Dairy
Northern Pacific
Paramount Penna RR
Benney
Socony
Studebaker
Westinghouse Electric
Youngstown S&t
ATG
Army Private Buckley Renews Self Defense Plea
In Williamsport on March 15, Army Private James E. Buckley 22 Bath New York testified as the first defense witness in a murder trial over the hitchhike killing of Vincent Nowakowski 51 a Bloomsburg farmer. Buckley says Nowakowski made improper advances last August and he used an Army move to render him unconscious and later piled stones to deter pursuit.
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Williamsport
Arminy
James E. Buckley
Bath
N. Y
Vincent Nowskowski
Bloomsburg
Buckley
Nowakowski
Nowalowski
Adam
Answers to the editorial page quiz
Student solutions list correct responses to ten questions. The items include topics such as Ireland and Great Britain, Guam, 12 percent decrease, the Declaration of Independence, Guy M Gillette, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, months of the year, Eve, Finland, and an aromatic plant.
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Ireland
Great Britain
Guam
Guy M. Gillette
American ‘Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
Finland
Aromatic Plant
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