Warren: Merrill Gates Reported Missing Now Safe
Merrill Gates Jr former New Process Company employee was reported missing in action but is now safe after spending days on a life raft until rescued by a passing ship Elmer Richardson formerly of Waren now in Youngsville has information against his wife Rose Marie Richardson charging assault and battery Mrs Richardson posted $10 bail for a Tuesday afternoon hearing before Justice of the Peace Ti Richard Evans
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Warren
Merrill Gates, Jr
Seamah
New Process Company
Gates
Elmer Richardson
Waren
Youngsville
Rosé Marie Richardson
Local Briefs and City News Highlights
City notices report small shop sales at Wilcox Grocery 59 cents Chee tee i spread and 2 for 19 cents pancake flour with Swerl soapsuds. Jamestown resident George Monroe, formerly local patient at Corry Hospital, faced charges. Church notices set evening meetings and fundraisers. diver Wade from Erie inspected Hickory Street bridge piers. Dunkirk attorney Byron Woodin heads to Naval Reserve training. Olean sees two teens charged with auto theft. Warren deaths and police cautions headline local civic updates. Titusville and Franklin report minor accidents and school board changes. Red Grass sewing at Dalton Library. Erie man Roy Smith faces involuntary manslaughter charge after fatal pedestrian crash.
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Elgin Church
St .Warren
Dake
Erie
Alleghéry River
Hickory Street
Highway Department
Dunkirk
Byron F. Woodin
Cornell University
States Naval Reserve
Woodin
Warren
Tracy Greenlind
Sustice Greenland
George Kerchak
Youngsville
Crawford County
Titusville
Eliy Water
Willian Carne Ot Simons
Grant Street
Franklin
van G. Swanson
Dalton Public Library
Columbus
Lynford Chase
Jamestown
Milton Zilsznects
Twest Wayne Street
New Era Club
M. R. Dickson
Douglas Rosvelle
Louise Whiteley
Roy Smith
Chestnut Street
Sixth
Reed Streets
Wiliam McDonald
Trafic
Community Meetings Announced for Church and Civic Groups
Circle No 3 of the W S C of the Methodist church meets at 2 30 PM with Mrs C A Mouritain at 41 East Church. W R C hosts a brush demonstration at Mrs Eine Browns 429 East South Thursday 2 to 5 PM. Rebekah Helping Hand Club holds a tureen dinner Thursday at 4 90 PM. Ladies Auxiliary VFW in post rooms at 8 30 PM tomorrow. Baptist Ladies Aid gathers at Mrs W N Jones 225 Marion for a noon tureen dinner and Red Cross sewing.
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Powell Motors
Circle No
W.S.C
Methodist Church
C. A. Mouritain
East Church Street
Eine Brown
East South Street
Rebekah
Baptist Ladies Aid
W. N. Jones
Marion Street
Red Cross
U S Forces mop up Japanese footholds in New Guinea and Aleutians
U S forces report continued mopping up of Japanese footholds in New Guinea southeast coast and the Aleutian chain. American troops claim occupation of Andreios group between Dutch Harbor and Kiska, citing heavy bombing on Kiska camps and hangars. Five Japanese seaplanes were shot down as raids expand from newly established bases within 400 miles of the Aleutians amid snowy weather and high altitude bombing.
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Bina
New Guinea
Rabau
New Brita
Aleutian Islands
Andresnos
Dutch Harbor
Kiska
Isles
Alsatians
Solomons
Scrap drive mobilizes Corry as streets ready for collection
Corry mobilizes for a city wide scrap drive with Ajax Tron Works trucks and others to begin at daybreak Wednesday. Property owners should have scrap curbside by 7 am as crews canvass each street. proceeds go to Red Cross and Civilian Defense. Students eagerly gather scrap from homes and schools, with most residents participating. If a household cannot place scrap outside, contact Chaim Lovelinid or Superintendent Dewey to arrange pickup.
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Corry
Ajax Tron Works
Ajax Tron
Ares
Chaim Lovelinid
Dewey
Council Acts to Erase Health and Fire Menaces
City council extended 30 days for disposal of the Mecusker fire swept property on Fairview street and advanced restoration of Second Ward property to tax rolls. They planned a Friday Board of Health meeting to pursue actions against alleged nuisances including a dust pile fire on East Washington street and other health hazards.
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Fairview Street
Second Ward
1St Board of Health
Pred L. Bates
Méousker
Galion
Council
Henry Bachemer
Bachomer
Wright Street
Thompson-Bibow Maple Products Company
Oh East
Washington Street
Willsow
J. Fred Kinley
Board of Health
Former Athletes Held for Embezzling Bank
William Rulon Marnie, a Drexel Institute star in the early 1980s, was held on a $5,000 bail on embezzlement charges involving $6,000 from the Corn Exchange National Bank. The U S Commissioner quoted him saying he bet on too many horses that ran third at the hearing. Marnie, 36, was manager of the bank's coin department.
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Dyassonisen
Philadelpeea
William Rulon Marnie
Drexel Institute
Corn Exchange National Bank
U. S
Norman J. Griffin
Marnie
Bobie's
Ross Peedoes Increase in Relief Allowance
Altoona Pa Oct 6 Auditor General P Clair Ross Democratic candidate for governor pledged to expand relief payments and to end Republican restraint on aid He warned needy families face destitution if cost of living rises and relief is cut He promised to restore homes seized by state by canceling repayment bonds and stopping the injustice in the figure
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Annotamna
Altoona
P. Clair Ross
Zowepner
Ross
Second Front Seen Growing Closer in Press Reports
The piece notes mutual Anglo American and Soviet expectations of a second front. It argues Stalin will gain a second front at the first feasible moment, while Britain and the United States push for decisive offensive operations. Public pressure shifts to trusting high command on timing and location of offensives.
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Stalin
Clash over auditor general reports heats up in state
Showdown nears as Ross accuses auditor general James of using audit reports for publicity before the Revenue Department replies. The period ending May 31 1941 is reviewed. The governor refers Ross criticisms to Dr Logan for investigation. Deposited issues include alleged selling of license plates under the bad check section.
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Ross
Revenue Department
Dr. Logan
James
Petition for Sunday Bowling Faces Legal Hurdle
The City Council hears a petition from Corry bowlers seeking Sunday bowling. Chief Flanigan states state law bans Sunday operate, upheld by City Solicitor Scott who cites past closures for poker and dice. Council members note no complaints but feel law limits action, while petitioners including many women bowlers argue wartime restrictions and six and seven day operations justify Sunday hours.
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John D. Flanigan
Corry
Flanigan
Walter H. Scott
Cornell
Billard
Erie Contractor to Wed Sixth Wife in Ohio Court
Frank Weber a 74 year old Erie contractor of 633 East 19th Street seeks a license to wed Rost Aun Gable 55 of 4 West ath Street. Court records show four of Weber's previous wives died and his last marriage ended in divorce earlier this year. Gable has been married once before.
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Halo
Seventiyr
Frank Weber
East 19Th Street
Erie
Will Mary
Wevorillny
Rost Aun Gable
Tcens
Weber
75 Jurors Excused For War Farm Work
Justice Almon W. Lytle excused 25 jurors for war farm work at the October term supreme court session. With 23 jurors remaining, 12 jurors were transferred from the county court jury list to the supreme court to hear cases.
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Mayvinus
Almon W. Lytle
Supreme
Justice Lytle
Supreme Court
Comb Mountains Slayings: Boonle Husband Charged with Murder
Inquest testimony alleges Domingo Boonle killed his wife with 28 calibre shots at a mountain home near Kore after a dispute over legal summons for desertion. Raymond Boonie and two sisters witnessed the events. Dr Straub described a fatal head wound from two bullets. Sheriff Grimm planned a bloodhound search from Rockview prison as authorities investigated.
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Montinueram
Rockview
Peace A Bo The On 16 Over Mbuttied Identities
Fragmentary text mentions relief and delay, with unclear names and events. The readable bits show a struggle over peace, time, and worry, but specific persons, places, dates, or outcomes are not identifiable from the fragment. The item reads as an obscure, damaged notice rather than a coherent report.
Fragmented wartime reflections drift through blurred text
The legible fragments touch on war, leadership, and civilization with vague references to Hitler, Napoleonic echoes, and societal decline. The passage hints at empire, human dignity, and economic strain but offers little coherent narrative or verifiable detail.
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Wing- Wi Star
Victor Special
Lima
CAMAY
Ige
Cameo Cleansi
Pillsbury
Bexley Club
Airport News
Center Street
Municipal Airport Commission
Corry, Po
Wilcox Grocery
George Monroe
Pendergast Avenue
Corry Hospital
Civeral Gaya
Wandla
Carl Hinman
U.S
Daramebhess
Ross Peedoes
Danae Ania
Corry William
Lytmitis
Ial Lgove
Marty Wa
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