Death probe into Mrs. Sloan found near Shenango River
Coroner to investigate the death of 88 year old Mrs. Artie Sloan of Sharpaville whose body was recovered from the Shenango river near the city center. Her son Samuel Sloan suspects possible foul play after her disappearance on January 25. Local notices mention ads and other short items in the vicinity.
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All-Way Electric Co
Thair Son
P, B. Bigs
Artie Sloan
Sharpaville
Shenengo
Samuel Sloan
Oak Dining Room
M.hall
Erie
Joseph F. Rogan
Hamet Hospital
Berie
Sidney Burnside
West Wayne Street
Kane
Edna Katherine Culver
U. S. Army
Tueland
Jo Jo Road
Summit Hospital
British Subs Link 8 Vessels In Mediterranean Raid
Associated Press reports from London on March 19 that two British submarines in a ten day Mediterranean patrol sank four large supply ships including a tanker and a naval auxiliary. They also destroyed a naval auxiliary and another small supply ship, while a minesweeper was so damaged it had to be beached. Two of the torpedoed ships were off Sicily, under escort, and the remaining two were sunk off northern Tunisia.
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Associated Press
London
Mediterranean
Sicily
Urey
Northern
Tay
Curtailment in Saturday Hours at Corry Post Office
Postmaster James P Sullivan announced that Saturday afternoon city mail delivery and extended window service at the Corry post office will end, with windows closing at 4 pm starting tomorrow. To endure winter overtime, extended hours were used. the 40 hour week remains, and an April 30 schedule review is planned. Carriers seek an $800 yearly cost of living raise, and substitute shortages threaten early end of the auxiliary city route as losses shift to other routes.
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Pillsbury
Ige
Davis
Page & Ferry
Corry Hospital
James Johnston
Besex Street
Milton Jacquich
Prank Wilcox
Brailford
Peter Rakincki
Michael Kalklecki
Bane
North Africa
Andrew
Nicholas
Holly's
Fredonia
Pretionia
Teachers College
Wright Stret
Jamestown
Samuel M. Brunson
Army Air Dovns
MM Reginald Brunson
Pine City
James P. Sullivan
Corry
Assot
Gas fraud case nets prison terms for police-linked ring
In Philadelphia on March 19 a suspended policeman's wife received a one year and a day term for stealing ration coupons from a ration office and conspiring to sell them. Husband John A Crankshaw, 41, was sentenced to six months on a conspiracy charge. George W. Prige, 43, got a year and a day for conspiracy and illegal coupon possession. Griner K Grinrod, 35, labeled a minor figure, drew a six month suspended term.
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Philadelphia
John A. Crankshaw
George W. Prige
Griner K Grinrod
Erie viaduct on Franklin avenue approved for 300000
The Public Utility Commission authorized a 365 foot timber and steel viaduct to carry Franklin Avenue over nine tracks of the New York Central and the New York Chicago and St Louis railroads and East 16th Street. The State Highway Department funds the construction with federal aid, with city and railroad share of property damages.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission Today
Franklin Avenue
New York Central
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
East 16Th Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Highway Department
City of
Erie
York
Letters on the Police Issue Stir City Debate
The Journal received multiple letters this week on police matters with all but one supporting the newspaper’s stance. One letter argues women should not roam after sundown unless accompanied, a viewpoint the paper withholds publishing due to length.
Berlin claims capture of Belgorod in Donets
Soviet dispatches report Red Army captures Belgorod in the Donets as part of a broader advance along the Smolensk–Moscow axis. Across central sectors, advances on towns near Smolensk widen the Upper Dnieper push. Northward, Marshal Timoshenko’s shock troops claim further German losses as villages fall toward Saraya Russo near Dake Timer.
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Berlin
Belgorod
Donets
Hrouih
Smolensk
Moscow
Tadeshkovo
Dnieper Rver
Marshail Semeda Timoshenko
Red Army
More
Vilages
Saraya Russo
Dake Timer
FBI Sponsored Police Conference Opens in Corry
A Thursday closed session featured Major Thomas F. Martin discussing timely police problems under the Law Enforcement Officer Mobilization Plan, a spin from a September 6, 1939 directive. Topics included juvenile delinquency, new selective service rules, and cooperation with federal authorities on espionage and neutrality issues.
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Thomas F. Martin
Pennsylvania Motor Police Training School
Hershey
Corry
Sharon
Uniontown
St. Marys
Johnstown
Butler
Pittsburgh
Uits
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Pairview Strwet
Junnior High School
Frank Wilcox
Corry Rod & Gun Club
Bradford
L. B. Wolfe
Jefferson Street
Richard
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Lee Wolfe
Francis Wolfe
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