First Selective Service Men Join Guardsmen June 1st
The first large contingent of selective service recruits will join Pennsylvania's 28th Division at Indiantown Gap before June 1. Spokesmen say the 28th could reach a wartime strength near 20,000 as selectees complete a one week basic course. Many recruits will be non-Pennsylvanians and engineers, infantry, artillery, quartermaster, and signal units will come from various camps. Over 20,000 have already been called up from the area.
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Associated
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
Milftairy
Ps. Belvoir
Fs. Meade
Pt. Bragg
N. C
Camp Lee
Ft. Monmouth
Ths
Commonwealth
Death row appeal set for William Earnest in Harrisburg
From Harrisburg Pa May 20 The 25 year old former fast food cook William J Earnest sentenced to death for the slaying of Mrs Ethel Angler Atkins in a Montgomery County farmhouse will have his appeal heard next week by the State Supreme Court The defendant claims self defense after she attacked him with a curtain rod following a night of drinking Atkins a 31 year old divorced wife of John Cicero Angier of Baltimore was found slain with a crushed head after a quarrel at the house witnesses said she accompanied Earnest there last September 29 The case also involves Richard Bredy arrested as an accessory and the Harrisburg Supreme Court will hear more than twenty cases during its annual dispatch period
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Asbciated
Harrissurg
William J. Earnest
Ethel Angler
Atkins
Montgomery County
State Supreme Court
Earnest
John Cicero Angler
Bhlitimore
Duke Toacco
James Atkins
Philadelphia
Angier
Reno
Richard Bredy
Dunkirk Merchants Seek Removal of Parking Meters
About 130 Dunkirk merchants and professionals on Central Avenue Main Street and Fourth Street petitioned Mayor Thomas J. Egan and the common council to remove the parking meters. They request the city adopt one hour free parking with strict enforcement. The petitions were filed with City Clerk Raymond Schmate and are to be considered at the upcoming common council meeting.
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Dunkirk
Central Avenue
Main
Raymond Schmate
Thomas J. Egan
Comenon
Retired P R Worker Dies at 75 in Oil City
McClellan Duncan, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad conductor, died at home on May 30 at age 75. Born June 29, 186? in Pittsburgh, he began as a brakeman with the W N P railroad, rising to passenger conductor by 1907 and retiring June 28, 1935. He lived at 20a Bissell Avenue.
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McClellan Duncan
Oil City
Mc Duness
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bissell Avenue
Duncan
Pittsburga
Pittsburgh
Chataliqua
Kane Woman Injured In Erie Car Collision
Mrs J Rose of Kane at Fam at Erie Hospital after a Saturday crash nearly demolishing the sedan she rode in. Driver William Cunningham of Kane and two others escaped with injuries. Rose suffered multiple broken ribs and a leg wound requiring eighteen stitches.
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KANE
Erie
J. ©. Rose
Maple Street
Famat
Sterling Mik Company
William Cunningham
Rose
Mary
Snd Sn
Lansing
Ms. Rose
French and British clash over Syria and colonial control
The information office warned France must reclaim territories from the Gaullist rebels and establish complete sovereignty in the last remaining holdings. London sources said Germany may press for a restoration of French colonies, with talks of ceding parts of Tagoland and the Cameroons to Berlin while allowing Allied troops to move across French possessions. French Africa spans about 1,000,000 square miles with over 3.4 million people including Gabon Cameroons Chad and extensive Equatorial Africa.
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Edge
Watt
France
Prince
Information Office
Vichy
London
Germany
Tagoland
Caimeroons
Tnclilled
French Equatorial Africa
Gabon
Cameroons
Chad
West African
Libya
Sudan
Fire Causes Damage at Girton's Greenhouse
Fire at Girton's greenhouse on West Main Street in Ridgway Pa caused by an overheated boiler and a faulty roller tube. Estimated damage exceeds 300 dollars, with insurance partly covering the loss. Firefighters limited the losses, and a warning bell alerted the owner.
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Ridgway
Pire
Girton
West Main Street
Curwensville merchant faces new trial appeal in fur burglary case
In Clearfield Pennsylvania on May 20 arguments for a new trial for Reuben Robinson a Curwensville merchant will be heard June 3. Bond set at 50000. Three Altoona men testified claiming Robinson plotted the March 31 burglary of 37000 in furs from the Clearfield Taxidermy while Robinson says he was framed.
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Curwensville
Clearfield
Reuben Robinson
Altoona
Robinson
Body of man believed dead found three months later
Union City authorities report the decomposed body of Casimir Lepkowski 61, father of Mrs Helen Rupp, found in an abandoned shack on Marvin Plank road three miles southeast of Waterford. Coroner Dr W G Stroble says death by freezing after last seen February 1, body identified by daughter and son Edward from watch glasses and a letter. Funeral services planned after removal to Pherpe funeral home Waterford. Lepkowski member of Foresters Club Erle.
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Union City
Bert Stafford
Marvin Plank Road
Waterford
Sundey
Casimir Leptowski
Helen Rupp
Chestnut Street
Erie
W. G. Stroble
Chaves Sorok
State Motor Police
Lepkowski
Edward
Pherpe
Foresters’ Club
Erle
Two Escape in Plane Crash Near East Brady
East Brady Pa residents Gerald Ray aged 23 and Harold De Armitt escaped death when their dual control plane crashed in a field near East Brady. The craft struck a down current while landing and slid into a precipice above the Allegheny River, damaging a wing. both men were en route to visit relatives in Brady's Bend.
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East Brady
East Brady Sunray
Gerald
Jud) Ray
Nites
J. A. Ray
Brady
Bend
Harold de Armitt
Bessemer
Brukes
Aives
Allegheny River
Ray
Kane's School Budget in Kane PA Approved at $114 458
Kane Pennsylvania May 20 The board of education approved a 114 458 school budget for the coming year and adopted the millage rate remaining at af mills plus a 4 poll. County and borough millages were set at 6.5 and 22 respectively with a 4 mill levy on personal property by county and state. Estimated receipts total 114 600 including tax collector 60 006 county measurer 17 500 state appropriation 27 000 and tuition 16 600. Differences from prior listings show about 1 000 cut in teachers salaries and a 2 200 increase in building repairs due to automatic stokers at Kane High School saving costs.
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Kane
Kone Bowd of Education
Jase Witt
Kane High School
Sister of Kane Woman Missing After Liner Sinking
The sister of Kane resident Mrs Harriet M. Hulsey of Syracuse New York is believed lost with the Egyptian liner Zamzam after the ship was attacked and disappeared in the South Atlantic with more than 100 Americans aboard. Mrs G C Overtoft of Side Haines Street said the sister was returning to the Kenya district of the African Island Mission after a three year stay in the United States. This marks Miss Halsey’s second wartime crossing of the Atlantic.
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Kane
South Atlantic
Zamzam
Harriet M. Hulsey
Syramuse N.Y
Perambuca
Brail
GC. Overtoft
Side Haines Street
Audi
Kenya
African Island Mission
United States
Engineer Hendrickson Found Dead Near Bradford
John Hendrickson, 4, an engineer for Minard Run Oil Company, was found dead Sunday near Custer City south of Bradford. Police and foreman Charles W. Jones reported the plant was in operation with lights off and doors locked when Jones checked after Mrs. Hendrickson informed him her husband hadn’t returned from work. Hendrickson’s death is believed to be from a heart attack. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
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Bradford
John Hendrickson
Minard Run Oil Company
Here
Custer City
Charles W. Jones
Jones
Hendrickson
Iside
World War Era Voyage Warns of Travel Risks
A damaged report notes a voyage from Jersey City to Africa with over 100 missions by the vessel. The steamship line warns it cannot ensure safety and passengers may be risking their lives. An earlier letter mentions costs and caution from Overholt prior to the Zamzars sailing.
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Africa
Zamzars Sallen
Jersey City
eSon
Steam Slim Company
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Cook
Duke Tobacco Family
P. R. Re
Syria
America
Rae Deeg
General Motors
Flint
Mich
Corry Motor Sales
Main St
Corry, Pa
BUICK
Evening Post
Seiberling
Omer
Oller
Straig
Sniderling
Equilar Priv
Powell’s Kendall Service Coy
Diol
Kane Woman
Harriet M. Halsey
U. S
Miss Halsey
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