Springtime activity dazzles Corry in a busy local page
A Paragraf page notes spring mood with arrests for intoxication and abuse, a Franklin visitor, and a plant worker. It reports rail freight volumes up 7 percent to 799,850 cars. Police chase a mystery photographer near North Center Street as students from Corry’s Senter High assist in local government duties. Roads close in neighboring Chautauqua County amid high waters. Obituaries, store windows bright with new spring merchandise, and draft enlistments appear among daily city events.
New Equipment Installed at McInnes Steel Plant
McInnes Steel on East Main street adds a 14 ton hammer and an annealing furnace to boost output for defense driven demand. Installations, arriving equipment, and a two week effort to bring the lines online will support longer bars and heavier production as the company runs day and night to meet a growing workload.
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McInnes Steel Company
East Main Street
Tooleteel
Tt 15
Metres Steel Company
Franklin Parkers Meters Start First Operation
Franklin officials announce the start of the first operation of Franklin's new parking meters this Saturday on Liberty and 18th streets, with full installation expected to take several days and ample meters planned for weekend rush. The Rocky Grove and Franklin bands will play for the window shopping event tomorrow night, with participating stores announced by William E Barbour, Chamber of Commerce secretary.
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Pranklin
Man
Liberty
18Th
Rocky Grove
Franklin
Titty
William E. Barbour
Chamber of Commerce
Dunkirk Council to Vote on Airport Plan
Dunkirk officials call a special 5 p m meeting to decide city cooperation in creating a commercial airport east of Dunkirk. The federal government provides 419000 dollars to the Civil Aeronautics Authority for the project and the city is asked to buy land under option and guarantee maintenance cash for the field once built.
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Dunkirk
Mar
Civil Aeronautics Authority
80 000 Eggs A Lobster Yield Study
A study notes a lobster yields about 80 eggs per setting, but only one in ten to fifteen thousand eggs develop into full-grown lobsters under normal conditions. The data highlights variability in hatch success and overall production efficiency.
Improvements on Radiator Property and Ajax Plant Expansion
Steel erection for a new 58 by 200 plus addition at Ajax Tron Works nears completion to house a 25 machine shop and erecting department for a new engine. The former U B Radiator plant units are repurposed into a parking area and municipal storage while Ajax Iron Works expands storage and railroad siding. Christensen Motors upgrades the former U S Radiator office and corner lot with a filling station. Franklin school board accepts industrial arts teacher H A Kuichner’s resignation, risking removal of the course for the term.
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Ajax Tron
U. B. Radiator Corporation
Ajax Tro Works
Win
Thid Ward
UT. 8
Bulding
Ajax Iron Works
A. Zakineck and Sons
Comy- Jamestown Manufacturing Corpor
Honalong Fist
Ajax
Corry-Jamestown
Hety Construction Company
Christensen Motors
U. S. Radiator Corp
Eurage
Franklin Echoo
Hail A. Kuichner
Klrehmer
Two Young Negroes Plead Guilty At Erie
Two young defendants pleaded guilty in a federal court in Erie to automobile larceny. James Willem Davis, 21, received a two year sentence. Eb Bernard Clark, 21, was placed on probation for two years. The pair admitted stealing and joyriding a car from Bum Tato, driving nearly 2000 miles before abandoning it.
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Dar
James Willem Davis
B. Schoun
Bernard Clark
Zoro Yeas
Bum Tato
Ther
Coroner rules death of Oxcar Bubbers a suicide
Bradford Minnesota coroner Thurmias R. Chirk issues a certificate of death for Oxcar E. Bubbers, 68, found hanged in his home den in Cy clone by neighbors. Despondency over poor health after an injury last September while working for the state highway department near Port Al- TegA is cited as the likely cause.
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Bradford
Thurmias R. Chirk
Oxcar E. Bubbers
Bari
Frank Cameron
Fred Truesdale
Morris Scheller
Hulberg
State Highway Department
Mear Port al- Tega
Five Erie Counterfeiters Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Five members of a counterfeiting ring were indicted by the federal grand jury in Erie. Named defendants include McDowell of Stiflfeld, Pa. Heater of Monessen. and Norton of Hickory, with charges encompassing buying and selling false notes and conspiracy. The cases arise from circulation of bogus notes and related offenses.
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Urte
Mar
McDowell
Bartep
Halthill
Veteran Oil City baseball fan dies in lobby attack
George Eaton, a longtime Oil City resident and booster for the Pittsburgh Pirates, collapsed and died in the lobby of the Arlington hotel at noon Thursday. A former enthusiastic supporter of local teams, he had lived in OMT City for about a year and visited training camps in the south and west with Pirates fans in earlier years.
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Omt City
Mar
George Eaton
Bredinsburg Air Mat
Arlington St
Bowl
Pittsbuh Pirates
Wiel
Mossy Sulpies Pan Cleanup Versus Oven Juices
A fragment hints at kitchen cleanup tradeoffs with mossy lumps and juice burns. It notes cleaning a pan is faster than scrubbing the oven after spills.
April 18 Deadline On Army Ballots
Army voters must apply by April 18 to receive ballots for the March 16 primary. Ralph Benedict, clerk to county commissioners, says soldiers not yet registered may request ballots by writing to the county tests office in the court house. the process must be completed by April 16. General Edward Martin's possible gubernatorial nomination could spur more service members to seek ballots.
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Eylyetty
Amen Iy
Ralph ©. Benedict
Court House
Eins Diimenti
Beiyediet
Edward Martin
GO. P
Prison terms for auto theft in Brookville
In Brookville on May 20 three of four youths charged in the auto theft of County Commissioner Homer W. Reits property were sentenced by Judge Long. Paul Key faced multiple charges from a Beltz case and a burglary at the Conrad home. he received 10 days in jail, a $100 fine plus costs for each charge, and a combined sentence of one and a half to three years for burglary and two to five years for the auto larceny in the Western Penitentiary. Richard Oshort pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months to three years in the Allegheny county workhouse with a $100 fine. Clarence Twin also drew the same sentence.
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Brookville
Homer W Reits
Long
Paul Key
Beltz
W. M4
Conrad
Western Penitentiary
Richard Oshort
Lon Monday
Sens
Allegheny County
Ens
Clarence Twin
Boat capsizes. two rescued after river incident
James E Lone and Mau rice Atherton, both 29, of Riverside Drive addresses, went swimming on the Allegheny River when their craft overturned near a sunken island. Firemen rescued them. Police Sergeant Edward Pinger assisted. The men had been riding along One Road on the city’s south side when the boat capsized.
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Clean
Mar
James E Lone
Riverside Drive
Maurice P. Atherton
Riverside
Allegheny River
George D. Pars
Riverine Drive
Polion
Edward Pinger
Fats
Sireun Ar Aresent
DeWittville Man 15 Burned in Gas Blast
A DeWittville teen, 15, suffered burns in a gas explosion while helping to clear debris in a basement. He inhaled smoke as firefighters from Mayville for Maple Springs responded, with Dr Luke H Boyd later arriving. condition reported satisfactory.
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Dewittville
Mar
Mus
Edith Franks
Maple Springs
Luke H. Boyd
Bemus Point
Hig
Jurors Chosen for May Term Criminal Court
Pew residents of the eastern county were selected for May term service. Grand jurors report April 27 and traverse jurors May 1 under a recent venue schedule. About fifty cases are to be presented. named jurors include Jay Applebre, Daisy Ily, Jacob Young, and Harry Burrows with Vera A. Rouse and others named as traverse jurors.
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Pew
Erie
Traverse
Annawne
Grand Jury
Gand
Jay Applebre
Daisy Ily
Jacob Young
Cory
Gilsone Corry
Harry Burrows
Garver Hill
Vera A. Rouse
Wardtstire
Alan
Frewsburg Cut Off By Floods
Floods cut Frewsburg off on three sidesstranding residents and halting travel Thursday as Conewango Valley highways flooded. Jilesown Frewsburg and Akeley Brewsburg roads were submerged while Kennedy Frewsburg route remained partly passable in spots and the alternate branch stayed open. Reports mention extensive damage and navigation disruption caused by rising water.
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Ames
Hood
Conewange Valley
Jimesown-Frewsburg
Akeley-Brewsbure
Kennedy-Prewsburg
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