Fire destroys Jamestown truck facility with $150000 loss
Jamestown fire gutted the Verblaw Truck Sales building and 14 trucks totaling an estimated $150,000 in damage. No injuries reported. Seven of the trucks were new. customers’ and delivery vehicles were lost. Firefighters fought freezing conditions as the roof collapsed, and officials expect rebuilding at a different site.
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Jamestown
Verblow Tnternational ‘Trick Sales, Inc
Jack Verblaw
Verblaw
Celoron
Lakewood
Honeymoon in Style in Bamberg Couples Train Atomic Tractor
L. John ny HL. Cooper weds Edith Neubarth of Germany on a Saturday as he unveils an unusual wedding carriage. The plan features a 30 ton tractor normally used to pull the Army’s Atom gun, repurposed for the event.
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Bamberg
Germany
Johnny HL. Cooper
Edith Neubarth
Dr M Jones Dies At 64 In Corry
Dr M Jones an osteopath who practiced in Corry for over 54 years died at her home 17 West Pleasant street yesterday afternoon. She was 64 and survived by two daughters Howard Davis Jamestown and Laurel Briggs, one brother Harley Jones Union City, a niece and three nephews. A member of First Methodist Church of Corry, friends may call Glenn Funeral Home Union City and services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM with Rev George A Myers officiating. interment Evergreen Cemetery Union City.
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Manle M. Jones
West Pleasant Street
Dr. Jones
Corry
Howard Davis
Jamestown
Laurel Briggs
Harley Jones
Union City
Jones
First Methodist Church of
Glenn
George A. Myers
Evergreen Cemetery
Corryites Uncle Dies in California
Aurversur Gus J. Nelson seven, native of Vroman vicinity, died at his Oakland home. Born January 27, 1881, son of H. Fred and Emeline Olmstead Nelson. Preceded by two brothers and four sisters. Survived by daughter Beatrice Topper of Warren and several nephews and nieces including Ethel Mixer, Mabel Akam, and Fred Lindsey. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of his daughter. interment planned in California.
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Aurversur
Gus J. Nelson
Vroman
Oakland
Calif
Mr. Nelson
H. Fred
Emeline Olmstead Nelson
George Nelson
Frank Nelson
Tda Lindsey
Maud Eggleston
Spartansburg
Katie Lindsey
Corry
Nora Gordon
Titusville
Beatrice Topper
Warren
Ethel Mixer
Mabel Akam
Fred Lindsey
Cony
Dauhter
California
Five McKees Rocks Youths Injured In Area Crash
Five youths from McKees Rocks were injured in a one car crash on Ryan Hill south of Fairview. Driver Robert W. Coltz, 21, struck a guard rail and lost control, plunging over a 100 foot embankment. Passengers were James E. Dandie 18 Robert Douglas 17 Palmer Masciola 19 and Gerald Oriolo 18. They were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. Coltz admitted with possible fractured skull Masciola with fractured left arm. Dandle abrasions to the back Douglas contusions to the face Oriolo chest abrasions.
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Ryan Hill
Fairview
McKees Rocks
Robert W. Coltz
James E. Dandie
Robert Douglas
Palmer Masciola
Gerald Oriolo
St. Vincent's Hospital
Coltz
Masciola
Dandle
Douglas
Oriolo
Pa Candidates Step Up Primary Drives
In Pennsylvania a full slate of gubernatorial hopefuls campaigned ahead of the May 20 primary. Democrats Harold Stassen and Roy Furman led independent bids while Republican figures Arthur Glaser and Harold Vaughan pressed campaigns alongside William Livengood and David Lawrence.
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Pennsylvania
Callin Arnee
EU Cantidive Jy
Harold J. ‘Vaughan
Philadelphia
William S Livengood
Quaker City
Roy E. Furnan
Enderor
Monessen
Harold Stassen
Livengood
Secretary of Internal Affais
L Stassen
GOP
Frank @ Hilton
Stassen
Designer dies in France heart attack claims life of renowned dressmaker
Lucien Le Long, 68, a famed French dress designer and perfume maker, died Saturday in Biarritz from a heart attack. Among his hundreds of employees he personally recruited were Christian Dior and Pierre Balmain.
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Blaze
Queen Elizabeth II
Great Britain
Princess Margaret
London
West Indies
West Indies Federation
Corryites
R. Dale Webster
Loblaws
Uauy Lin
Orchard Park
Autins Club
Al’s
Clothes
Arthur't
McGonigle
David L. Lawrence
Furman
Hitsial
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Ange
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