Oil City Obituary and Local Notices
Oil City reports George J. W. Keller, 54, longtime Southern Group Pine Lines employee and accountant, died after two weeks illness at home. Rectors Rodney Fitzgerald Cobb resigns from Rochester Trinity Episcopal to lead St. Luke in Smethport, effective Jan 1. Deer hunters urge more shells at Root’s Sport Shop. DA Joseph Goldstein lists Herford Mathy in court for driving while intoxicated, two other cars damaged, sentencing set by Judge Wade: fine $100 and at least 30 days in jail, loss of automobile rights.
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Oil City
George J. W. Keller
Southern Group
Pine Lines
Pipe Lines
Hotel Phoenix
Rodney Fitzgerald Cobb
Rochester Trinity Episcopal Church
St. Luke Church
Smethport
McKean County
Root
Warren
Joseph Goldstein
Herford Mathy
Elty
Mathy
Angove
Wade
Titusville's oldest resident Mrs Lajit Wilson Luce dies
City and vicinity news reports Mrs Lajit Wilson Luce aged 97, longtime Titusville resident, died at 120 East Main Street after a prolonged illness, respected for church and community involvement. Elmer H Sloan, 73, retired oil field worker, died at his son’s home in West Kane after a three week illness. Local notices include Thanksgiving hours, dance ads, transfers, and police briefs, with details on deliveries, merchants hours, and public health items.
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Page & Ferry
Lajit Wilson Luce
Titusville
East Main Street
Luce
Kane
Elmer H. Sloan
Roy Sloan
Maple Street
West Kane
Me. Sloan
Butler County
George Carmcke
Besson‘s
John J. Colegrove
Esso
Pennzoil
Turner and Beckwith
Union Oil Co
East Main St
Jamestown
Donald L. Anderson
The
Post-Journal
Jamestown Chamber of Commercé
Charles Laydock
Chamber
Dairymen’s League
Waterford
United Presbyterian Church
Boxes Packed for 100F and Rebekah Homes
Forty eight Odd Fellows and Rebekahs met for a tureen dinner last evening at 6:30. Boxes for the Rebekah home at Pittsburgh and the Odd Fellows home at Meadville were packed. The organizing committee included Mrs. George Misworth, Mrs. Fred Yors, Mrs. John Obra, and Mrs. Arthur Mapes.
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Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Pittsburgh
Meadville
George Misworth
Fred Yors
John Obra
Arthur Mapes
Huge German flying boat shot down near Tunisia coast
Reuters dispatch from London reports a large German transport seaplane, said to carry up to 40 fully equipped soldiers, was shot down yesterday off the eastern Tunisian coast by long range fighters from Malta. The craft, described as a giant new type by the flying boat makers, had been tested for Atlantic crossings before the war.
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London
Reuters
Tunisia
Malta
Blohin
Deserted Texan desperado en route to state execution
Beaumond officers reported Claude Henry known as Cowboy Henry, a convicted slayer, captured in a Beaumont rooming house. His wife Anne Beatrice Henry faces electrocution in Louisiana for the murder of a Houston salesman. Henry escaped from a Texas prison farm Monday and was near the Texas Louisiana line when seized.
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Aubion
Tex
Beaumond
Claude
Cowboy
Henry
Louisiana
Texas
Beaumont
Louisiana Texas Line
Lake Charles
Anne Beatrice
Ron Jo
Houston
Shipyard pipefitter awaits murder sentence in jilted lover case
Harry W. Dobson, 26, a shipyard pipefitter, sits in a Philadelphia prison cell awaiting sentence for first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of his 80-year-old former sweetheart Marie Ergin. The page notes a telephone number ad for motor mechanics.
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Electric Chatr
Philadelphia
Harry W. Dobson
Marie Ergin
Radio's World Widens Thanksgiving Broadcast Plan
Roosevelt to lead an all network wartime Thanksgiving with a world-spanning program via short wave. Highlights include CBS two hour canteen hosted by Don Ameche with stars, and programs from NBC, MBS, Blu, and CHS featuring music, drama, and religious services airing across the day.
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New York
Roosevelt
CBS
Don Ameche
Stephen Vincent Benet
England
Eighth Air Force
Alaska
Walter A. Maier
F. C. Stifter
NBC
Indiana
Indianapolis Symphony
Leon Henderson
Harry James
Major Bowes
Notre Dame
Monsignor Palton J. Sheen
Hop Harrigan
Metropolitan
U.S.A
Lafurence
Tibbett
Tommy Dorsey
MBS
U.S. Navy
Braell
American-born man pleads guilty in Canada wartime case
Edward G. Rohrbough of Toronto pleaded guilty to defences of Canada regulations involving transmitting a Time magazine story and causing a disturbance at the Bowmanville camp for German prisoners of war. He received a two year suspended sentence.
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Barrie
Ont
Edward G. Rohrbough
Toronto
Time Magazine
Bowmanville
Gerim
Missing California child found safe in Montrose home
In a five day search for two year old Terry McKee, Milwaukee ship executive Mark T. McKee’s son, the child was located in a suburban Montrose house. Accompanied by two sheriff’s deputies, attorney Joseph Scott retrieved the baby from Terry’s half sister Cynathia, who was in the backyard holding him. The child cried loudly as he was handed over on the order from officers.
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California
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mark T. McKee
Milwaukee Steamship
Montrose
Terry
Cynathia
Joseph Scott
McKee
Cynnthia
Scott
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Wing - Willi
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Bracken-Keating Company
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Ida
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Bernstein Bros
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Stanford Hose Company
Dance State Armory
Park Tirk
Nuvi Pecan Hill
Wélock
Tirk
Dy. P. B.' Cunningham
Prinklin
Venange County
Powell Motors
John B. Mosely
Canada
Camp Carson
Col
Mosely
Vasidite
Kone
CCC
LaMont
Betty
Margaret
Cecil
Lias
U. S. Marine Corps
Engineers Combat Regiment
Sunset Ramblers
Garland Inn
Douglas G.kropf
Defense Council
William Stuart
Boston House
St Warren
East Side
Irving Street
American Legion
Grand Theater
Dominick Temme
Hausman
Chestnut Street
Forest Woodworth
George Clarence Risher
Trwin Richard Gass
State Defense Council
Virginia
Ridgway
Buxton Clark and
Funy
Mikiehell
West Mab Street
Biremen
Branford
FBI
H. R. Moore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bradford
Local Exchange Club
Emery Hotel
Nell's
Hart O. Hultquist
Hultquist
American Aviation. Corporation
Hartisburg
Highway Department
Erie County
City of
Erie
Franklin Avenue
Baldwin Brothers Paying Company
Cleveland
Miller's News and Sport Store
Cape Cod
Jersey
U.S
Florida
OLEO
Woatson
Coca-Cola
E. Vel
Coca Cola Company
Fyerie
Coca-Cola Bottling
Edgerton
Edgertons
Corry’s Greatest Clothiers
Thompson
Fiji
Frank E. Graft Insurance Agency
Corry, P Long
Howard
Ingtor Tage
Pittsbu
Eral
Broenstru
Feders
Penn
Dire
Washington Tong
PBI
Broenstrug
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