Erie and Corry News Recap From 1941 Reports
A rash of local incidents includes injuries from a car crash near Rootville with Mildred Amy hospitalized after a skull fracture. others improving. Police prepare for court appearances in Erie on an aggravated assault case involving LeRoy Williams. Recruits for Army Navy and Marine Corps total thirty six across the region. Erie civil court begins a term with about 140 cases set, including a land seizure for the airport. City funds draft tax collection shows progress with delinquent accounts and revised assessments underway. Police prepare for court in Erie on a related case while local draft boards adjust to wartime rules.
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Meadville City Hospital
Mildred Amy
John Ongley
Rootville
Nina Dott
Ongley
Amy
Corry
Ughis
Obie
John D. Fiantgin
Allan M. Spencer
Erie
LeRoy ‘Williams
Mr. Spencer
Fire prevention urged in U S homes and plants
Fire prevention weeks call for citizen action as fires claim two thirds of U S deaths in homes. National fire underwriters official Mallalieu warns homes are attacked twice daily and stresses personal responsibility, workplace cooperation, and civilian defense involvement to curb fire hazards and protect industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WH. Mallallen
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Molla
Mallalien
Mallalieu
Family Wins Insurance Award in Franklin Case
In Franklin Pennsylvania a jury rewarded the Hoffman family with a $1000 verdict against Neshaminy Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The action, one of four tried in equity court, followed a fire that destroyed a house, barn, and contents on the Hoffman farm less than a month after Hoffman notified the insurer of his interest in the jointly held property. Four Hoffman family members filed suit, with the verdict delivered after deliberation of several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Hoffman
Ne~shannock Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Eigil
Tra Hoffman
Cecil C. Hoffman
Alma E. Hoffman
Men and Women Over 40 Find Peppy New Vigor
An advertisement touts revitalizing tonics and vitamin blends for adults over forty. It claims to combat老 fatigue with potent formulas and suggests purchasing at local drug stores, naming Lindsley's and McCandrew's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitamig Bk
Zorry
Lindsley's & McCandrew's
Sparta Air Raid Drill And Community News From Spartansburg
Sparta School issues a daytime air raid advisory to keep streets clear and phones available as a daylight test is anticipated. The Victory Club meets tonight at Firemen's Hall to discuss plans and address changing boy addresses to camps. A long list of weekend visits, host gifts, and social activities follows, including bridal gift exchanges, dinners, and travel to Sheridan, N.Y., Port Eustis, and Erie with many locals visiting relatives and friends. The report notes a death in the area and ongoing church and club events, reflecting a busy community scene amid wartime adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartansburg
Behner
Sparta School
Ines
C. B. Thompson
Donald Newbold
Gontord Garners
Kenneth ‘Terrill
Philip Northrop
William Johnson
Witt Ingram
Victory Club
Piremen
Wenslers
Merritt Harrison
Paul Blakeslee
Sheridan
N. Y
Arthur Wooley
Floyd Bilis
Charles Livenspire
John
New York City
Ray Timons
New Berunswick
William Cornelius
Dan Livenspire
Mies
Eugene Livenspire
Paul Sheldon
Oabe
Union City
Frank Pollack
Waterfoid
Willard Tillotson
Thomas Varish
Tren
Lewistown
Walters
Vernal Torrey
Port
K. A. Bennett
Arthur Hamilton
Ernest Platt
Claude Blair
Canisteo
N.Y
Herman Blatt
Prien Drake
Centerville
R. D
Allie Maitland
Merton Church
Fort Eustis
Earl Boughton
Spring Creek
Charen
Rexford Still
Grand Jury Expected to End Erie Probe Soon
The Erie grand jury resumed Monday morning and expected to conclude its corruption probe into the police department by Tuesday night. Attorney A Grant Walker and Commissioner Helen Schlura were present. witnesses’ testimony not disclosed. District Attorney Laub said most witnesses have testified and the panel will weigh evidence to determine probable cause and possible indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erim
A. Grant Walker
Helen M. Schlura
Burton R. Laub
Therollee Department
Evangelist Week at Tabernacle in Cambridge Springs
Rev Walter Maurer leads weeklong services nightly at 7. The Tabernacle invites locals who rarely attend church to hear the gospel preacher and his wife sing between sermons. Also notes midweek church activities and choir rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Maurer
Cambridge Springs
Tabernacle
P.m. Methodist
Ina Smith
Atelook
Ebireh
Corry Engineer Wins $500 Award on Welding Paper
Corry mining engineer John Berkeley, 25, awarded $500 by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation in Cleveland for a paper on arc welding applications to motor drive parts for machine tools. Berkeley, chief engineer of Berkeley Equipment Co., resident of 206 West Charen Street, is a University of Wisconsin graduate, married with hobbies in music boxing painting and mineralogy. The foundation’s national study awards total $200 000 for industrial research on arc welding.
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John Berkeley
Corry
James P. Lincoln
Are Welding Foundation
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Berkeley
West Charen Street
Berkeley Equipment Company
University of
Berkeley
School taxes collected at Franklin set new high
Franklin records show school taxes paid into the city treasurer’s office up to October 1, reaching 103,806.08 before penalties, a rise of 14,549.43 from last year’s 89,993.657. The number of persons paying is 2,895, about 515 more than October 1, 1941.
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Franklin
Helen P. Deck
Death of George G Comer at 42 Concord Street
Union City reports the death of George G Comer husband of Katie Comer at the family home Sunday evening October 4 after lingering illness. He is survived by his wife, his mother Mrs. Mary Comer and sister Belle Osbon both of Seattle Washington. Funeral services will be held at a time to be announced.
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Sull
Waller ‘Measer
Spring Creek
Johnny Justo
Silver Creek
J. 4. Johnston
North East
J. A. Johnston
Clyde
William Foster
D. V. Kinney
Spe
Townville
Joseph Brunsak
New Kensington
Ralph McAniueh
Wendal Kean
Oil City
E. F. Ingram
Concord Corners
Arthur Wescott
Corry
Wescott
Paul Dooher
Nick Kunth
Centerville Tabernacle ‘News
Union City
George G. Comer
Katie Comer
Concord Street
Aingering Iness
Mary Comer
Belle Osbon
Seattle
Wash
Sixth Kane Boy Gives Life For Nation In War
Private First Class Dale J. Culver twenty died in England in September according to a War Department notice to his parents. The report adds no details but notes he was in good health and had recently written home. Culver brings the Kane tally of dead servicemen to six with three as casualties on duty and another in a motor accident. Evan Lee Fields of Fast Kane was killed in action in the U S Navy. Private Prante Sailer died in a crash near Fomber and Lt Henry Jacobus was killed when his fighter plane crashed on the West Coast. Private Custer enlisted in Utica New York in 1941 and served on the West Coast before returning to the country last summer to Indiantown Gap. He had been in the British Isles since duty, and left the family on July 4 prior to his transfer overseas.
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Ness
Evan Lee Fields
Fast Kane
U.S. Navy
Prante Sailer
al Fomber
Henry Jacobus
Custer
U.S. Army
Utler
Puerto Rico
Indiantown Gap
British Isles
Local Officials Face Jury Test Over Perjury Claim
Fragmentary OCR reports county officials including a mayor and an attorney facing a grand jury inquiry into alleged perjury connected to a 1938 case. Testimony referenced disputes about seeable evidence and possible violations of office.
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Tadichments Schiratt
Lynch
Yergta Foren
Street Der Tricks Scrap N Pupils Demand City Scrap Drive
Street children gathered as town officials led a city pickup scrap drive. Melvin Amy organized youngsters to collect junk and metals for sorting, with proceeds supporting municipal projects and potential marine engine salvage for government use.
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Directio
Melvin Amy
Ajs
Ajax
Man Marine Engine
Y Government
Fragmentary WWII bombing report from British outlet
A fragmentary wartime dispatch notes a London bombing incident with casualties. The text references an explosion, the author’s case, and a controversial film adaptation tied to a political party. The garbled lines mention Vichy and Jerish, with unclear context and attribution.
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East Slret
Poli
Pieew Setleduly
Sive
U. S. Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Edward Koyach
Claude van Guilder
Grand Valley
Leo Carroll
Columbus
Don D. Williams
Dunkirk
Lawrence T. Berliner
Berliner
East Pleasant Street
Court of Tax Revision and Appeal
Court of Tax Appeal
North
Mildred Young
R. N
Gerry Hospital
Sister Kenny
Jessie Carmelita Calderwool
National Organization of Public Health Nursing
Percy McCray
Stanley
Nichols
Couinellmanie
Council
Commonwealth
Ulty Treasury
Teper Mullen
Htg Cranell
U. S
Sparta
Donald Mewbald
Firemen’s Hall
East
Grand Jury
Vice
C. A.trexel
A. Ammwisn
Bureau of Yards and Docks
U.S. Navy Department
Washington
Amed
James F. Lincoln
the National Bank. OF Corry Federal Deponrt Insurance C Corporation
Liberty
Freedom
America
United Nations
Model Dairy Company
W. Smith St
Dial
Kane Boy
England
Dale J. Culver
Millers News
ANT Sport Store
Vans
Mning
Os Inaves
Mae
Elizabeth Arden
Con Eri
Helen Sch
Colle
London
Slo
Reuters
Jerish
Prota Party
Vichyrai Wis
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