Corry Boy Aids in Flood Relief on Mississippi
Richard Lindsley, son of Mr and Mrs Leon Lindsley of Corry, a Parks Air College student in St Louis, helped reinforce Mississippi levees during a flood. In a letter home he describes sandbagging three hours, mushy levees, soldiers sleeping near the work, a railroad car line delivering bags, Army rations, and the river rising high enough to trap the Admiral boat between bridges to St Louis.
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Richard Lindsley
Leon Lindsley
First, Avenue
Parks Air College
St. Louis
Mississippi
Hood
Corry
Scott Field
Wilson's Accomplice Arrested at Erie
Victor Gemier, 28, of 501 State Street, will be arraigned before Alderman Kiliszewski on an armed robbery charge after confessing to detectives that he aided Jay G. Wilson in a May 1 attempted stickup in an alley near 11th and Peach streets. John C. Forwood and Clarence Jenkins are named in the report.
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Ertl
Victor Gemier
State Street
Kiliszewski
Roy Mong
Amesterl
George Barber
Bert Hagerty
Gemler
Jay G. Wilson
R. D
North East
John Charles Forwood
Lake Road
Clarence Jenkins
Trailey Camp
E. Lake Road
Peach Streets
4000 Fire extinguishers for Erie civilian defense brief
May 27 Clifford Welsin procurement officer of the town council of civilian defense announced the arrival Wednesday of 000 pump-tank four gallon extinguishers to be distributed throughout the city for civilian defense organizations. The extinguishers will be assembled and placed at designated points within a few days and operated by zone and wardens to supplement the city’s regular fire equipment.
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Erie
Clifford Welsin
Toen Council of Civilian Defense
Wedrestay
Zone Sh
Answers to quiz on editorial page reveal key names
The editorial page lists quiz answers: Chow, Josephus Daniels, None, Antarctic, Edward W Steltinius, B Wood, Bandit, Hillside, Oregon. Quorum.
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Chow
Josephus Daniels
None
Antarctic
Edward W. Steltinius
B. Wood
Bandit
Hillside
Oregon
Wild 7 Mile Chase Ends With Arrest In Auto Theft
Richard G. Hlulings of Oil City is jailed in Venango County on auto larceny charges after a high speed pursuit from near Riceville Corners to Union City. His stolen car crashed near Union Chev. he fled on foot but was captured by state and local police. The vehicle had been stolen from Karl Weever, an Oil City dealer, Tuesday evening. He pled guilty before Alderman Paul Bedford and remains jailed pending grand jury action at August term unless he pleads again.
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Riceville Corners
Union City
Richard G. Hlulings
South of City
Price HL
Parsons
State Police
Venango County
Franklin
Bulings
Paul Bedford
Hulings
Death of Mrs T B Rossell in Sheffield
Word reached in the city of the death of Mrs. T. B. Rossell wife of Rev. Rossell of the Sheffield Methodist church. She died at 2 0 this morning after a period of serious illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 30 PM at the Sheffield Methodist church with interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
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Sheffield
T. B. Rossell
Rosell
Methodist
Rossell
Russell
Methodist Church
Mount Pleasint
Bipartisan Move to Curb New Deal Spending
Senator Byrd joins Taft and Nye to curb federal agencies and cap National Resources Planning Board spending at 200000 next year. They seek to constrain wartime emergency funds and probe wasteful expenditures while pressuring limits on Home Owners Loan Corporation and other offices. Government outlays rise sharply from 1941 to this year, the committee reports.
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Nye
Taft
FDR
Washington
National Resources Planning Board
D-Va
Ohio
Roosevelt
F Ull
Congress
War and Navy Departments
Memorial Day Driving Permitted To Cemeteries
BHIM May 27 Motorists will be allowed to visit cemeteries on Memorial Day if other transport is inadequate. The Regional Office of Price Administration in Philadelphia announced the allowance under regulations permitting automobile use to attend religious services.
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Office of Price Administration
Philadelphia
OPA
Hearing on McCausland new trial motion set for June 3
In Bries, three county judges will hear William McCausland's plea for a new trial at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 3. Judge J Orin Waite will preside with Miles B. Ritts and Elmer L. Ryans, joined by Walte, to decide if errors warrant a retrial after arguments by Wendell L. Good for the defense and Burton R. Laub for the commonwealth.
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Brie
Triad
William McCausland
Leo P. Knoll
J. Orin Waite
McCausland
Wendell L. Good
Miles B. Ritts
Elmer L. Ryans
Bane
Walte
Telat
Burton R. Laub
Commonwealth
Edsel Ford Services Mark Simplicity in Private Funeral
Edsel Ford, long time president of Ford Motor Company, will have private funeral services tomorrow. He died at 49, ending a 24 year leadership and leaving a vast family enterprise. Messages of sympathy arrive from many walks of life. President Roosevelt sent a heartfelt telegram to Henry Ford and family.
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Edsel Ford
The
Fort Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Roosevelt
Edsel
Ford
Corry High Alumni Set 6th Reunion at Junior High
Invitations mailed last evening reach alumni today for the Corry High Alumni Association event. The annual gathering will be held at the Junior High School Thursday evening in June.
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The
Corry High Alumni Association
For Sale Livestock Pigs and Local Degree News
Classified notes include for sale ads offering weak old pigs by Claude Baccus in Columbus and a report from Harrisburg May 27 noting the degree of Doctor of Java for William S. Livengood Jr. at Juniata College commencement with his daughter Mary also graduating. A whale shark entangled off southern California is freed by fishermen cutting the net with a pole knife to avoid net loss.
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Livengood
Harrisburg
William S. Livengood, Jr
Pennsylvania
California
Harry ‘Hopson
Jersey
Westfield
U. S. Highway 20
Dan Varten
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bowling Palatine
Dandy Design
Samares Allent
Harry Hopson
Adm
Markets Stock Pittsburgh Produce and Buffalo Livestock May 27
Pittsburgh markets report slow produce demand with steady apple baskets and crates pricing. New York Baldwins McIntosh and Rome Beauties cited with midweek quotes. Virginia Wingsaps and Home Beauties listed. Potatoes and Alabama Bliss Triumphs prices noted. California Long Whites also listed. Buffalo livestock market shows steady hogs, mixed weights, steer and cow quotes, calves and sheep activity, and no major shifts ahead of weekend. New York egg market reports mixed color prices and strong receipts. Overall market mood upbeat with Memorial Day weekend ahead and exchanges closing Monday.
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New York
Baldwins
McIntosh
Pennsylvania
Rome
Virginia
Alabama Bliss
Calif
Buffalo Livestock
Buffalo
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