Local notices and young citizens honored in Corry
The newly organized Exchange Club at Corry invites all to a dinner tonight at 7 at the Greyhound Post House. City schools will close Wednesday afternoon for a two day recess over Thanksgiving. Senior students from the Pennsylvania State College were elected to Class Day honors for December 16. Awards for courage in the Southwest Pacific were announced, including a Purple Heart to Clair Burt and Donald Kemmerer. Two measles cases reported, one in a ten month old and another in a 2½ year old. Two weeks of auxiliary police training begin at the Senior High School auditorium. Tire rationing in Pennsylvania worsens with many boards backlog. trucks may wait six months for new tires. Paid War Fund subscriptions top $10,000. A toddler was treated after swallowing kerosene and discharged. The War Department halts two metals’ production to save metal.
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Pennsylvania
State Office of Price Administration
OFA Seid
Southwest Pacific
War Department Today
Cirth
Clair B. Burt
RD. 1
On City
Donald ¥. Kemmerer
South Newstreet
Nazareth
Corry Priest Participates in Erie Ceremony
Rev. Carl L. Heidt of St Elizabeths parish led a solemn mass marking the 75th anniversary of St Josephs parish Erie. Bishop Gannon preached as twenty priest-sons assisted. The first church, a frame building from 1867, was replaced in 1882 by a brick church, with the present Graceful Indiana sandstone-faced structure funded by Rev EB Pischey in 1929 for 347000 to face with stone relight and redecorate the old brick church.
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Carl L. Heidt
St. Elizabeth's Charehs
St. Joseph’s Parish
Erie
Father Heldt
John Mark Gannon
Gaunton
St. Joseph's
Joseph Stumpe
J. A. Oberhofer
EB. J. Pischey
Franklin boy to guest of Major Bowes in New York
Franklin Boy, recently promoted at the Chemical War School Detachment Hand, Englewood Arsenal, will appear on Major Bowes in New York City this week. He and band member Prank Serrenti known as Tojo will travel Tuesday and stay until Friday with expenses paid. McKenzie reports plans for theater and other guests, plus $30 cash and a war bond.
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McKenzie
Chemical War School
Englewood
Arsenal
Bowes
Sgt. McKenzie
Boost for Erie City Workers Approved
Erie council members favor a general raise for about 400 city employees with potential minor salary adjustments. Mayor Charles Barber said increases should be equitable across all city staff.
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Erie City
Erie
Charles Barber
Heds
State making safety check on war plants
Harrisburg November 23 Associated Press state employed factory inspectors are checking Pennsylvania war plants for the Walsh Healey Act to ensure safety provisions. Secretary Lewis G Hines says the action, at the request of the federal labor department, aims to prevent duplication and speed production. About 150 inspectors will assess plants with war contracts and certify compliance to the government.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lewis G. Hines
State Labor and Industry Department
U. S. Department of Labor
Federal
Hines
Immedi
Commonwealth
Defense Contrells
Two men hunting in Datyville. ricochet wounds
Struck in the head and chest by buckshot ricocheting from a rock, 14 East Central Avenue Titusville resident Richle suffered serious but not life threatening wounds while hunting with Victor Dougherty. Dougherty helped him back to Titusville and a local doctor treated him. he is recovering with no serious outcomes expected.
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Donald Rickie
Gentral 1 Avenue
Titusville
Inlaw
Victor Dougherty
Snyder Circle
Datyville
Rivkle
Dougherty
Leaf hoppers menace grapes across Pennsylvania
Agricultural entomologist Bruce D. Gleissner of Pennsylvania State College reports leaf hoppers now threaten grape sugar production in Pennsylvania. He notes about 20,000 tons of grapes were harvested and 3,600 tons of grape sugar produced in Erie County this fall, with the state’s four by forty five mile grape belt supplying 98 percent of production. The crop’s farm value nears $600 per ton and the total value around $1.3 million.
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State College
Pennsylvania
Bruce D. Gleissher
Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station
Norsly Hast
Erie County
Cauntry
Lake Erie
Gleissner
Erie Man Fatally Hurt in Fall on Stairs
Chester Deptula, 50, of 1917 Parade Street, died at St. Vincent’s II Hospital from a skull fracture after a fall down stairs at his home last Sunday. Deputy coroner Frank St. George said the injury proved fatal. witnesses recalled his wife saying he was returning home to buy cigarettes when the accident occurred.
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Aguies
Chester
Deptula
Parade Street
St. George
Blackout That Likely This Week
Erie officials delay action on reassigning Capt Harry Douglas as commander of the central air raid center. Douglas may leave December 1 after submitting his resignation last Monday. A committee will confer with him as a city county blackout is planned within ten days, with no decision yet on his continuation.
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Erie
Erie Defense Council
Harry Douglas
Douglas
Erietes
Capture Injured White Hill youth after escape
Harrisburg, Nov 24 Leroy Dorsey, seven, injured during an escape from White Hill Industrial School Saturday, remained recovering. He allegedly drove a car, crashed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, then was captured near Mechanicsburg by tunnel guard Olivenot Allison. Dorsey admitted entering a home at Shiremanstown and stealing a Mackinaw, trousers, shoes, $35, two $25 war bonds, and $95 in way stamps.
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Asowemeen
Harrisburg
Leroy “Dorsey
White Hill Industrial School
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Henry ©. Hill
Dorsey
Mechancsburg
Carlisle Tollhouse
Olsvenot Allisson
Major Hill
Shiremanstown
Tailer Carlos Dorms and Washi Dent Spark Subtle Rift
A garbled field notes a tailer named Carlos Dorms and a washroom incident with a dent, hinting at a minor clash over space or duties. Readable fragments suggest internal friction in a shop setting without clear names or dates.
Roosevelt aides aid Jeeps reach town in fixed mission
A fragmented note reports President Roosevelt and spouse arriving by car with assistance from Merli Arroyo and others. The caption mentions a town, Americar, and aid vehicles, reflecting a period of logistical support for a presidential visit.
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Roosey
Millie
B .Roosevelt
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Greyhound Post House
Defense Plant Corporation
Aero Supply Manufacturing Co
Kate Maloney
Hontta M. Maloney
Springstreet Corry
Pennsylvania, State College
Jerome Fr. Blakeslee
Gris
Margaret K. Sherman
Girard
Paulline Crossman
Heart Office
John D. Mlanigan
Sarah Crowell
Ruolid Street
Robert Nichols
West Washington Street
Fulton J. Sheen
St. Mary's Autorium Et Eris
Monsignor Scsen
Christendom
Civilian Defense Setup
St. Edward's School
Office of Price Administration
James Morton
Clarence Morton
Spartanshay
Corry Hospital
Peilitary Detconnel
Pearl Barber
Army of Occupaion
Germany
St. Joseph's Church
Franklin Boy
Major Bowes
China
Leaf Hoppers
Rpie
Ancient
Greece
Whitehill
Turkeys
Fgllett’s
South Center St
Dial
Lanston
South Center Street
Jewell Flower Shop
North Center Street
Florida
Jersey
Texas
Campbell's
Clive
Hetty Fair
Ivery
Health Lifebuoy ‘Si
Gan
LUX
Parkerhouse
Citizens Bread
Siaden
Siweorsit
Ral
Peaches
Georgia
Elbertay
Cortland
Firch's
Veas
Aan
EC Washi Dent
Carlos Dor
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