NazI War Prisoners Arrive Silent at Kane Camp
About 200 or more Nazi war prisoners arrived by special train to Kane from an undisclosed eastern port. Guards corralled them at a former CCC camp near Duhring and transported them to the forest camp in the Allegheny National Forest to work in timber cutting. Unlike earlier groups, they were quiet and moved under U.S. Army guards with no singing or visible emotion.
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Kane Camp
Kane
Naz
Pennsylvania Railroad
CCC
Duhring
Dunning Camp
Forest Camp
Allegheny National Forest
U.S. Army
Huge Geese Flock to Kane Area in Overnight Migration
A night of eerie noises and a ceiling zero fog saw what may have been a thousand geese crossing the Kane area. Hundreds settled on farms, some in nearby woods, while residents mistook geese for barking dogs. A prior year saw similar moonlit formations and daytime sightings of the familiar V shapes.
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Kans
Kane
Postwar Public Works Programs Filed With State Total 619 Million
Postwar public works reports show Pennsylvania local programs totaling nearly 619 million dollars while many counties cities and boroughs have not yet reported. The figures exclude school expenditures and may rise to about one billion. Water and sewage improvements are emphasized as self liquidating, funded by bonds or user charges, with plans ready for immediate execution at war’s end to meet employment needs.
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Pennsylvania
Iocal Public Works
State Planning Board
Senator Ziesenheim to be honorably discharged from Army Air Corps
Erie report states Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R Ziesenheim of West Lake Road R D 1 North Girard will receive an honorable discharge on December 10 after terminal leave. The state senator from Erie county rose from captain in May 1942 to lieutenant colonel by May 1944. He recently spent three months in hospital and earlier failed overseas fitness tests, returning to civilian life was advised if he wished. One son serves in the armed forces with two other sons awaiting calls.
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Erie
Joseph R, Ziesenheim
West Lake Road
North Girard
United States Army Air Corps
Ziesenheim
Iirle County
Walker Army Air Base
Victoria
Kaw
Air Corps
Zies
Chief in Another Early Mailing Appeal
Postmaster General Frank C Walker urges stronger public response to the Shop Now Mall In November campaign. He cites wartime shortages of manpower and transportation and notes 50,000 postal workers have joined the armed forces while 300,000 railroad workers have gone to war.
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Post Office Department
Frank C. Walker
Walker
Postal Service
Gestal Service
Quality Cash Store Burned in Jamestown Fire
Fire caused by spontaneous combustion early Friday night destroyed a third floor storeroom in the Quality Cash Grocery building at 100 Hedges Avenue Jamestown. Unofficial damage estimates reach $5,000 with heavy water damage to the ground floor store and stock losses on the upper floors.
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Jamestown
Hedges Avenue
Quality Cash Grocery
Quality Cash
David Bjork
Carl Olson
Leonard Sorenson
Erie Police Seek Woman Driver in Hit and Run
Erie police seek a woman driver of a Packard coupe in a hit and run at the 11th street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad. John Rose, 53, was seriously injured and taken to Hamot Hospital with a broken arm and possible fractured hip and pelvis after being struck at 9 p.m. He was found at 11 p.m. by Edward J. Dyleski, who summoned an ambulance. Rose said he crossed from south to north and saw another occupant in the car.
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11Th Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Rose
Rose
Hamot
Edward J. Dyleski
Warl Wagner
State relief families in Pennsylvania fall below 20000
Harrisburg reports the week ending November 11 shows general assistance recipients drop under the 20 thousand mark for the first time since the Depression. In 1933 about 450000 families received direct relief as federal aid funded much of the program. Since 1986 state funds now cover general assistance and related supports for the needy. About 4 thousand receive old age aid, 84 thousand aid to dependent children, and 18 thousand blind pensions.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Rogram of General Assistance
Lee
Simple Ear Drops Promise Money Back If Hearing Fails
A brief notices a home method to aid the hard of hearing using Gurine Ear Drops. It claims thousands can regain hearing and offers a money back guarantee if the test does not improve hearing. Available at Lindsleys Pharmacy and drug stores nationwide.
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Lindsleys
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Orchard Pe Fresh Roast
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Watson's
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Abe
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