Local notes and incidents from Erie area and beyond
A jumble of Erie area briefs reports accidents injuries and local events. Paul W. Dyne of Snyder Circle Fairhaven suffers finger lacerations after an Aero Supply plant incident. A divorce case list awaits county judges. Meade Park directors plan new officers. Deer season draws many hunters to Pennsylvania despite rationing. Several traffic and gunshot deaths occur over the weekend. A plane sighting over city. hospital patients tense from burns. Christmas shopping hours set. Blackout test prompts defense notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Dyne
Snyder Circle
Fairhaven
Aero Supply
Corry Hospital
Lone Bandit Strikes Twice in Jamestown Holdups
A lone bandit held up the Winter Garden Theatre cashier and the Guinnane Liquor Store within minutes during Friday evening shopping. Police estimate total loot at about 68 dollars. Detected by Chief G Harry Nelson as he rushed from Civilian Protection HQ, the robber escaped before witnesses could identify him. this marks a second hold-up at Guinnane Liquor Store in about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Tonzen
Winter Garden Theatre
Harry Nelson
Civilian Protection Headquarters
Survived Sinking of Vincennes Described by Marine
Ridgway resident Jessie S. Hutchinson, Marine private, recalls the August 9 action off Savo Island near Guadalcanal. He survived six hours in the sea after the USS Vincennes went down in about half an hour, having previously fought at Midway.
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Guadalcanal
Ridgway
Jessie S. Hutchinson
Marine Corps
Vincennes
Astoria
Quincy
Savo Island
Hutchinson
Midway
Father and Three Sons Enter Armed Forces
Maple Springs news notes Ralph C. Haskins 41 joins Army Engineer Corps. He volunteered September 8 and passed the physical at Buffalo after prior World War I service in France. His four sons include three already in service, reflecting the family’s 66 percent presence in the armed forces.
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Maple Springs
Ralph C. Haskins
Army Engineer Corps
Haskins
Buffalo
France
Alco
Dunkirk
Tme
Train wreck near Silver Creek injures sixteen
A westbound New York Central Commodore Vanderbilt derailed after a helper engine, during switching mishap, leaving the locomotive and three cars down a 60 foot embankment near Silver Creek. Sixteen injured, four hospitalized, none critically. investigators found no sabotage.
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Buffalo
Mov
Commodore Vanderbut
New York Central Railroad
Silver Creek
James J. Frawley
Xia
New York Central
Erie
Kenneth M. Piper
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brooks ‘Memorial Hospital
Dunkirk
Sergt. C. Hi Lee
Westfield
John Quinn
Duersteln Street
Commodore Vanderbilt
Rosie Praylor
North Rose Avenue
Portland
Ore
Myles Burchan
Dakota
N. B
Canadien Army
Rinehart Memorial Hospital
Lucy Whitley
Stanley
Freyley
Gil
Frawley
Angola
Lewis A Nast Dies at Amsterdam New York
Mrs D Nast learns her brother Lewis A Nast of Amsterdam New York died aged ninety three. He leaves two brothers a sister two daughters two sons and several granddaughters. Burial is set for Amsterdam on Tuesday with Merryn Nast of this City planning to attend.
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D. Nast
Lewis A. Nast
Amsterdam
N. Y
Nast
Probe Lycoming Prison Break.
State police and Lycoming County investigators questioned two jail inmates as authorities seek the likely whereabouts of a 20 year old prisoner who escaped Saturday by crawling through a coal chute, using a ladder and rope to descend from a freshly sealed wall to freedom. The sheriff said the prisoners claimed Minuit planned to help them break cell locks and rob a local plane.
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Associated Press
Williamsport
State Motor Police
Lycoming County
Jacob Matthews
Matthews
Waller M. Mirnier
Waterloo
Minuit
Juinner
Piastke
Iebresk
Funeral Services for Sandra Irene Austin
Funeral services in memory of Sandra Irene Austin three months and eight days old were held at Bracken-Kenning Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon. Rev Wilmer Heffer officiated. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery in Spartansburg. Survived by parents Lloyd and, Beverly and Richard Austin, grandparents, and several aunts and uncles. Attending from away included Charles Hawthorne and Howard Morris of Titusville. A stray note remarks that a century ago American sheep yielded about two pounds of fleece, now eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Irene Austin
Lloyd Austin
First Avenue
Bracken-Ken Iing Funneral
Wilmer Heffer
Christian Missionary, Alliance Church
Rose Hill
Spartansburg
Beverly
Richard
Guy Austin
Harry Knight
Corry
Ive Risenberick
Franklin
Charles Hawthorne
Howard Morris
Titusville
Sterling Deluxe Milk Announcements Preserve Deer Hides
Per order, send your deer heads for mounting or hides into gear such as jackets. Ship express or parcel post. Write for price list taxidermy work guaranteed. Leave trophies at Ross Mead's or Doane's Co. Corry PA. Clearfield rep will call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Mead’s
Doane
Haw. Co
Corry
Clearfield
Torchem
German cruiser destroyed near Australia as Attu stands contested
Allied forces reported the destruction of an 8,000 ton German cruiser west of Australia after interception and engagement. 718 crew captured as the scuttled ship went down. Navy updates also say Japan seeks a foothold on Attu in the Aleutians while US bombers clash with targets and Guadalcanal patrols see minor activity.
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Buna
Gona
MacArthur
Australia
Western Pacific
Navy
Washington
Attu
Aleutians
Eiske
Att
U. S
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Beasts of Market News and Stock Yard Update
Pittsburgh produce markets report moderate demand with Apples and McIntosh prices steady to higher. Potatoes, onions, and Maine Chippewas show varied quotes with bag and sack sizes. New York markets list mixed poultry prices and egg values. Buffalo livestock activity strong with hogs and cattle firm to higher. New York stocks drift with mixed quotations and notable list of industrials. rare note on conjoined Siamese turtles observed at Beaufort hatchery.
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Pittsburgh
Nov. C
Pennsylvania
Wear
Virginia
New
Maine
Associated Press
New York
American Smelters
Atlantic Refining
American T & Vey
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel Vo
Boeing Airplane
C&o Bo
Chrysler ' Sa
General Electric
General Motors
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
Dairy
Norther Pacific
Paramount
Penn R
Penney
Calif
Studebaker
Texas
US Steel
Westinghouse, Electric
Woolwortht
Youngstown
S&st N.Y
Cork
Aero Supply
Arkansas
Nat Gas
Booth Penn Oil
Babi
Bureau of Flab Sree
Beaufort
Fragmented college football bowl hopes ineligible text
Unclear OCR fragment mentions Orange Bowl, Georgia, Tech, and Penn with scattered references to college teams, bowls, and Saturday results. The readable bits point to a lost or uncertain bowl bid and season progress, but the exact teams, dates, and outcomes are not decipherable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Tech
Georgia
Collewe
Maki
Tryde
Penn
Unclear text fragment on basketball league formation
Fragmentary OCR note mentions basketball, a four team league, and names Ric k Corry grid and women. Details are illegible. no clear event, date, or identities can be confirmed from the readable content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
Rick Corry
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