Local notices mix shop ads and war era updates
The page lists grocery specials at Wilcox Grocery and other local stores, plus community notices from Warren to Dunkirk. It notes wartime cooperation, courthouse law changes, postmaster succession, hospital discharges, theft reports, and relief and war bond figures across the region.
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Penn
Western Auto
Warren
Lewis J. Jamieson
William Glassman
Jamieson
Berry Wescott
South First Avennue
Howard Monroe
Grove Street
Charles Stull
Hastard Street
Jamestown
Paul Clark
Cony
R. Lawrence Davison
James
East Main Street
Root’s
Freezing of Rail Passenger Schedules Orders Effects
Washington October 1 Director Joseph B Eastman of the Office of Defense Transportation ordered the freezing of all railway passenger schedules effective October 4 The order maintains September 26 schedules and bans new or extra trains for sports events and adds limits on extra sections based on prior usage to handle future passenger flow.
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Say Piso Yunten Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Packer Warns of Impending Beef Shortage
George A. Casey president of the National Independent Association of Meat Packers warned Philadelphia readers that a famine of choice beef would hit remote areas within ten days due to the OPA wholesale price ceiling of 28 cents per pound. Packers would cease buying meat for slaughter to force lower cattle prices.
Wreck Slowdown on Pennsylvania Line Near Kane
Westbound passenger train 581 was held for about an hour early Wednesday due to a broken rail four miles east of Kane. An engine crew reported the break and repairs began immediately. A second locomotive was sent from Kane to assist as the train slowed on the steep grade. Repairs were completed and service resumed within a few hours.
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Kane Kane
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kane
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Report from Washington on September 20 shows receipts of 398 million 971 thousand 830 dollars and 68 cents, expenditures 127 million 800 thousand 516 dollars and 69 cents, resulting in a net balance of 3 million 858 thousand 439 dollars and 169.84 cents. Total debt stands at 406 million 267 thousand 06 dollars, with a daily increase of 193 thousand 08.65 dollars.
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Report OF
Treasury
Washington
The
Artion of the Treasury
Used Tire Freeze Limits Private Autos Nationwide
On October 1 a wartime speed limit of 45 mph for privately owned cars took effect across the country. Enforcement varies by state from strict penalties to patriotic compliance. The Office of Defense Transportation ordered the limit to conserve rubber stock, while the used tire freeze remains in place until the rationing system allows sale to certificate holders. Recapping is hampered by a shortage of recapable wear-res.
Vichy Orders Evacuation In Daokeyr Regs
Vichy announces evacuation of women and children from Dakar as a census ordered to identify civilian families in the region. The move aims to secure the port and support strategic positions in French West Africa. A separate item notes the death of Louis D Hesmont, prominent May Company figure, after liver illness.
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Vichy
Daokeyr
Sssounmpeu
Gut
Pikrre Boisson
Dakar
Opean Wi
Bison
Dal
State registers 4252 Pennsylvanians died after registration
The State selective service headquarters reports that 4,252 Pennsylvanians who registered in the first three draft enrollments have died in civilian life. The figure equals two percent of the total registration of 1,963,108.
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Harrisburg
State Serective Service
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Hoppin Ie
Smarl
Pillsbury
York State
Geneva
Empire State
Oribebe
Bowyer
Inia
Pascal Celery
Acorn
Heinz Swerl
Duke
N.E
Calif
Wing- Willi Star ‘Stores
Wilcox Grocery
Dunkirk
Anthony Dolinson
Johnson
Office of Price Administration
Chautauqua
All-Way Electric Co
Central
East Bradford
Powell Motors
Floyd
BM. Gibsons
P.M. Raymond
Hospital Auxiliary
Lighthouse
Page & Ferry
Corry Grange No
Horn Block
Robert Mulgin
Besterdam
Wayne Valley Ladies
Ald
Harry O. Miller
Fommerly
Meadville
Conneaut Lake
TNT
David Mite
Pittsburgh
Ordnance Plant
Ackt and Power Nen
Pennsylvania
G. Harold Wagner
Crawford County
Amer
Ica
Muller
Packer
Zuckerman
Dial
North Center St
Corry Pa
America
MAY CO
New York
Louis D. Hesumont
May Company
Ne York Hospital
Worth Corry
Pat Bernstein
Erie
Charles Anith Atreet
Atton
Erie County
FBI
Derson
Beave Triai
Esca Auto
Taver
Door Uskar
Brea
Calvin
Bentley
Puskar
Mnet
Frank St
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