Corry notes unsettled events and wartime reports
Local items report dog incidents on Hatch Street and a motor-vehicle collision killing a dog. Youths were found roaming after curfew. Boy Scout council planning summer activities and flagging rising wartime interest. Marine Reserve near enlistment quota and Harrisburg conference on wartime transport. Real estate transfers noted in Erie and Corry. Citizens linked to radio school training for air crews. Steel producers post strong first quarter profits while army missing soldiers list grows.
Strike Ties Up Jamestown Bearing Plant
May 8 production at Marlin Rockwell Corporation Jamestown plant, one of eight producing ball bearings for the armed forces, nearly halted as about 70 percent of workers joined an unauthorized walkout. About 100 workers quit at the light shift, another 100 at midnight, leaving mostly foremen on duty by noon. Estimated 1,700 of roughly 2,500 employees involved. Company officials would not comment on numbers or cause.
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Marlin-Rockwell
Jamestown
Marlin-Rockwell Corporation
Sonante
Jim
County Plans Hospital Annex Drawings Approved
On May 8 county commissioners approved a contract with Meyers and Johnson architects for preliminary plans for a tuberculosis hospital annex. The project covers patient and staff rooms, nurse home, boiler house and laundry with a $3000 credit against future architectural and engineering fees. Total fees will equal 1 percent of the estimated project cost.
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Orie
County Conunuesioners
Meyers and Johnson
Two Erie fliers killed in plane crashes
Erie residents mourn two airmen killed in separate crashes. Cadet J J Franklin, 26, of Erie, died near Gardner Field Taft California days before his wedding to Phylis Jesson. Arthur W Dunnigan, 24, of Erie, died in mid air collision off Fiorina coast while piloting a C 36 Curtiss Commando during training.
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Erie
Taft
Calif
J. J. Franklin
William J. Prenklin
Gardner Field
Galif
Phylis
Jesson
America
Australis
New Zealand
Franklin
Missesson
Australia
Bell Aircraft, Co
Arthur William Dunnigan
Elizabeth Dunnigan
Fiorina
Lieut
Dunnigan
New Chade
Wilmington
Del
Main
Mayville Soldier Missing In Action
Mayville residents learned their son in law Staff Sergeant Harold L. Preay, a chief engineer on a B 24 bomber, is missing in action in the Mediterranean theater. He was believed in Italy in April and had long lived in New York state before joining the Army. His wife Mrs Freay, formerly Frances Arnold, works for the FBI in Washington and plans to visit Townville.
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Titusville
Willis L. Arnold
Townville
Freay
Washington, D. C
War Department
Harold L. Preay
Adu ix
Mediterranean
Italy
FBI
Washington
Sgt. Prey
New York State
Mayville
Panama Boy Promoted First Lieutenant and Co Pilot
Richard Perris Button of Visage has been promoted to first lieutenant and co pilot of a B 24 Liberator bomber at a Florida base. He is attached to the Air Corps electronics division at Elgin Field near Pensacola. In Bemus and Ellery a fox attacked a dog in Maple Springs Ellery Center road area. The dog, a cocker spaniel owned by Lester Hall, died shortly after the attack following pursuit by a fox observed by Lucy Crandall. Hallberg and neighbors killed a female fox believed to be the attacker. Doctor Levy noted no official notification yet on the incident.
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Panama
Richard Perris Button
Florida
War Department
Washington
Air Corps’ Electronics Division
Elgin Field
Pensacola
Fla. Henayville
Bemus
Donald Point
Wilson Hurlburt
Ellery
Ger- Fox
Lester Hall
Berg
Maple Springs
Ellery Center Road
Mina
Hallberg
Walter C. Levy
Lucy Crandall
Mr. Crandall
Kane officer James Meyers reported killed in action
War Department confirms First Lieutenant James Meyers of Kane has been killed in action on the Anzio front after earlier being listed missing since April 26. A Kane High School 1935 graduate and former star athlete, Meyers served in the Infantry after enlisting in 1942 and had earned the Purple Heart for prior wounds.
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Anzio
Kane
War Department
Louls Meyers
James Meyers
Tiplian War Front
Meyers
Armed Forces
Offivers Corps
Ft. Benning
Infantry
Lieut. Meyers
Kane High School
Fay ette Officials Await Superior Court Review
Fay ette County Commissioner John W Rankin and two former commissioners await state superior court review of their misconduct convictions. Judge Horatio Dumbauld stayed execution after granting a supersedeas, suspending ouster and fines until the higher court acts. Rankin and former officials Arthur Higinbotham and Michael Karoleik were fined $2,600 each plus costs for forging and misusing county records and expending funds beyond legal limits without bids or contracts.
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Ausutiavenese
Uniontown
Fayette County
John W Rankin
State Superior Court
Horatio
Dumbauld
Rankin
Superior Court
Arthur ‘Higinbotham
Michael Karoleik
State Relief Now Needed For Only 2 Of Every 100
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania’s public assistance rolls have fallen sharply since 1939. Only about 2 percent of residents now receive aid, mainly the aged, disabled, and needy families. The decline outpaced seven comparable industrial states in the latest Social Security data.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
California
Massasachusettes
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Minois
Start More Dog Prosecutions In City
ERI May wawin Meyers city dog catcher revealed charges will be filed against at least 10 dog owners this week for violating the 100 day dog quarantine in effect since March 7. He plans to present evidence before a city alderman and pursue criminal charges in all cases including licensing failures, roaming dogs, and harboring vicious animals. Meyers seeks information on owners of dogs especially puppies abandoned near the city outskirts, noting humane society will collect unwanted dogs.
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Eri
Wawin Meyers
Chargie
Meyers
Humane Society
Police Seek Leads in Brutal Slaying of Man
Philadelphia police follow fresh leads in the brutal killing of 73 year old William H. Harlen a retired gas works employee found stabbed in his hotel room of 20 years. Capt William Engle called the case one of the most vicious in local history as detectives seek motives of revenge or a grudge and an early solution.
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Philadelphia
William Engle
William H. Harlen
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