Oil Boom Develops Near Mt Jewett For Hiring Boom
Developments near Mt Jewett indicate a real oil boom with contractors employing over 90 drilling crews. Indications show cars parked along the highway west of Redburn Hill and unpaved roads forcing workers to walk twenty minutes. Local officials lament housing conditions failing to accommodate large families amid drilling by Niagara and Phoenix Oil companies.
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Jewett
Mat
Heatley
Mt. Jewett
Redburn Hill
Amber of Commerce
Niagara
Phoenix
Jamestown Airport Control Tower Plan Discussed
Jamestown officials review a plan to install radio and signaling equipment for the traffic in and out of Jamestown Municipal Airport. The Jamestown Municipal Airport Commission met at city hall with H. Cottle elected airman and Wilfred Beaver as secretary.
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Jamestown
Jestown
Munual
Joh H. Cottle
Wilfred Beaver
Fefly
Cottis
Hammermill Official Takes Federal Post in War Planning
Donald S. Leslie, vice president and general manager of Hammermill Baer Company, leaves to join Washington as a temporary unpaid consultant in the pulp and paper section of the War Production Board. He will coordinate data for WPB officials shaping policies on war and civilian pulp and paper use while maintaining his Wolf Road home.
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Hammermill
Federal
Erie
Mar
Donald S. Leslie
Hammermill Baer Company
Washington
Héxie
Pulp and Paper
War Production Board
Leslie
Mr. Leslie
Wolf Road
Nephew of Sheffield Missing in Gulfpride Tanker Sinking
Mrs. Nels Burgason of Keystone avenue reports her nephew B. Roland Johnson missing after the Gulfpride tanker sank off the Atlantic coast. Johnson, 32, formerly of Port Allegany, lived in Port Arthur Texas and worked as an engine room hand. He served in the U S Navy before joining merchant marine service years ago and last visited two years ago, keeping in touch since.
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Sheffield
Mar
Nels Burgason
Keystone Avenue
B. Roland Johnson
Port Allegany
Gulfpride
Atlantic
Johnson
Port Arthur
Tex
Merchant Marine Service
U. S. Navy
Feltiny
Saving Oil Will Be Big Factor in Winning War
Washington dispatch outlines a civic wartime drive urging citizens to draw maps showing oil supply lines and juncture points, emphasizing conserving gasoline and oil, increasing ship production, and prioritizing oil rationing to aid victory. It notes tanker shifts, railroad oil car use, and policy measures to boost 100 octane gasoline and artificial rubber production.
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Jonn Lear
Washington
Germany
Japan
Texas
South America
United States
New York
Penu
Colombia
Venemuel
Yor
Isa
Elles
Tokes
Two workers scarred at Erie rubber plant blast
Two men at the Continental Rubber Works plant 1902 Liberty Street were scalded Friday afternoon when steam burst from a vulcanizing machine. Milton Sipple, 30, of 1607 Powell Ave, is in critical condition at Hamet Hospital with severe burns to face and body. George Glenn, 32, of 1050 West 28th Street, is listed in fair condition with similar burns and shock.
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Erie
Continental Rubber Works
Liberty Street
Milton Sipple
Powell Ave
Hamet Hospital
George Glenn
West 28Th Street
Apple Boy Held in Hold Up Near Buffalo
Fifteen year old John Robert Jackie Swanson and a sixteen year old girl were arrested after a chase on Lake Shore road west of Camp Rod Town of Hamburg. Swanson, previously jailed in 1951 for burglary, was nabbed with help from Phil J. Logan who took the license number and recovered $47.35 from a Silver Creek diner cash register.
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Buffalo
John Robert Jackie Swanson
Lake Shore Road
Gamp Rod
Hamburg
William A. Rimmer
Swanson
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Wales Hollow
Centher
Silver Creek
Death claims father of East Branch man
W D Pierce 00 died at his Newton home Saturday evening. A lifelong resident, he is survived by son Robert of Wash Branch and three grandchildren. Services will be held at his home Tuesday March Bish at 2 p m.
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W. D. Pierce
Newton
New Safety Trial Reveals Many Uses for Combina tors
There are asserted to be more than 100 uses for new combina tors for policemen and firemen that reinsulated against electric cure rents.
Hay Wagon Tire Blowout Hurts Farmer In Erie Unit Promotions
A hay wagon tire blew out on a Dewittville farm sending the wagon over and injuring Ralph Shoemaker aged 4 of Stockton. He was taken to Jamestown General Hospital with a fractured right hip after the wagon overturned and horses bolted. The incident prompted hospital transfers and ambulance response. In Erie the 112th Infantry of the 28th Division announced several promotions including Alwin A. Laird Charles R. Kearny Austin T. Swanson Earl J. Moore Paul R. Freeman Oakley M. Lamb Kenneth L. Fry Wayne D. Smith and Paul K. Winner to first lieutenant with Winner residing near Williamsport.
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Ralph Shoemaker
R. D
Stockton
Jamestown General Hospital
Dewittville
Shoemaker
Brocton
Jamestown Iby
Erie
Mar
112Th Infantry
Camp Livingston
Garesche Ord
Alwin A. Laird
Charles R. Kearny
Ridgway
Austin T. Swanson
Warren
Earl J. Moore
Paul R. Freeman
Franklin
Oakley M. Lamb
Ford City
Kenneth L. Fry
Carlisle
Wayne D. Smith
Paul K. Winner
109Th Infantry
Ives
Williams Port
Venango County Man Hurt In Highway Crash
Franklin March 20 Richard P. Fowler 49 of Cherrytree Township was badly injured when his car lost control on Victory Hill along the Lakes-to-Sea highway near Franklin clipping L R Rosenberry's car and crashing into a cinder pile at the foot of the grade. Police said Fowler swerved into the opposite lane after passing a dump truck descending the hill.
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Franklin
Richard P. Powler
Cherrytree Toad
Victory Hill
L. ¥. Rosenberry
Rosenberry
Waterford Man Sentenced 10 Days in Jail for Reckless Driving Crash
Waterford resident was sentenced by Justice of the Peace Frank Steinford to 10 days in county jail for reckless driving after a mule-truck crash on Route 19 south of Henratsye. The driver, Crouell, lost control and struck a car driven by M Judd. Judd suffered a possible nose fracture but declined hospital treatment. Judge also fined 26 dollars, unpaid led to jail time. Ravenberrys escaped injury. Fowler, of Fowler & Fowler, deals in auto and farming equipment.
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Worcus
Nunert Sarowestay R. D
Waterford
Frank WV Steinford
Kearsarge
Henrsatye
Pvt. A. W. Hohol
State Motor Police
Crouell
Headon
M. & Judd
Meadville
Judd
Steinford
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Tley Hill
Sauer Kraut Juice
Doz
Citizens National Bank of Corry
U. S
Louisiana
East Branch
Richie Rickenbacker
Lone Beach
Cal
France
Glenn Hubbard
Venango County
Ravenberry
Fowler
Ol City
Fowler & Fowler
Zuckerman
Ila
North Center
Courry
United Nations
Congress
Department of Logistics
International Business Machings Corporation
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