Third Bandit Sentenced For Club Robbery
Mayville October 1 report: Salvatore T. Minato a 29 year old Buffalo resident pleaded guilty to second degree robbery for a $2000 Columbus Social Athletic Club holdup on September 21, 1941. He received 1 to 2 years in Attica prison. three others already serve long terms and one received a suspended sentence for aiding the prosecution. A fifth man remains at large and Alonzo White of Titusville was given a suspended 1 to 2 year sentence for a separate burglary linked to the case.
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Mayville
Buffalonian
Bilver Creale Club
Salvatore T. Minato
Breckenridge Street
Chautauqua County
Adlee Lee L. Ottaway
Attica
Joseph Paterno
South Division Street
Leonard Fumbo
Plymouth Agenus
Harry Ricci
Richmond Avenue
Coumbus
Silver Dresk
Alonzo White
Titusville
Chautquain Lake
John B. Mulholland
Noble Avenue
Buffalo
Erie Flier Shot Down 6 Planes
Lieut. George H. Pinky Davis a former Erie and Waterford resident, credited with downing six Japanese planes near Darwin, Australia, and noted for war experiences. He plans to write a book, is described as the first American pilot to marry an Australian, and is the son of Mrs. Isabel Davis, formerly of 503 West 8th Street, now in Columbus, Ohio.
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Erie
George H
Pinky” Davis
Waterford
Pinky
Darwin
Australia
Isabel Davis
Lved
West Ath Street
XWCA
Kane High to Offer Pre Aviation Course in Senior Year
Kane High School will start a new pre aviation course for seniors to learn aircraft principles. The October board meeting approved the program, to be taught by Norman Martin using The Science of Pre Flight Arronautics for High Schools as the textbook.
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Kane
Kane High School
Wich
Kane Board of Education
Sent. of
Glennis H. Rickett
Norman Martin
Sools
Sools Studies Teacher, Will Be the In‘atrnetor
Corry Auto Dealer Awarded Judgment
Corry auto dealer W. W. Waterhouse received a judgment for 121.11 against Harold P. and Clyde Burdick after a car sale dispute. The Erle Paint Company was awarded 147.98 from Charles M. Rowan for damages in an auto crash at 21th and State streets.
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Frst
Civil Court
W. W. Waterhouse
Corry
Watt
Harold P
Clyde Burdick
Erle Paint Company
14Th
State Streets
Charles M. “Rowan
Enzel Street
Alatiuit
Erie City workers to get wage increases next year
Finance Director Joseph Martin warned that wage adjustments may be needed for most city employees next year and that salary increases cannot be funded by tax hikes. He urged council to pursue strict economy and said tax tension cannot be imagined due to citizens bearing the burden.
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Erie City
Joseph Martin
Martin
30 Percent Cut In Motor Vehicle Travel In Gas Rationed Area
AARRISHURG Oct. 7 Motor vehicle travel in the Pennsylvania area with gasoline rationing shows a 45.91 percent drop in August versus 1941 in rationed zones, while non rationed areas decline about 31 percent. Statewide traffic fell 36.64 percent. Since early this year the trend is downward with May to August showing heavy drops, though May held the spot for heaviest travel this year. Gas tax receipts trail the traffic drop as increased truck activity tempers collections.
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Aarrishurg
Pennsylvania
Department of Highways
Erie Man Fatally Hurt In Hit and Run Identified
Albert Laubert 77, owner of a tailor shop at 1132 Hast 8th street, died after a hit and run at 6th and Reed. Roy Smith 23 of 1808 Chestnut Street is held on hit-and-run and involuntary manslaughter charges. Witnesses Saw car strike Laubert and flee. Smith’s wife was with him.
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Erie
6Th
Reed Streets
Albert Laubert
Hast 8Th Street
Clark Boutelle
Lanbert
Ath Street
Roy Smith
Chestnut Street
H. L. Seasor
Joseph Wiliszewksl
Carl Fisher
Leaubert
Fisher
Smith
Cresh
George de Coursey
East 26Th Street
6Th Street
6Th and
Edward Cassella
West 16Th Street
John Lipchik
West 18Th Street
Three Erie Places Lose State Licenses
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board suspended licenses for several Erie area establishments starting October 8 with varying durations. George Klapsing’s George's Lunch, 1220 Peach Street, 60 days. Adolf Sulewski and Otto Sulewski, 422 East 19th Street, 15 days. Patrick F. Power, the Power House Ogle, 631 French Street, 76 days. Beneficial Society of the German Home, 1033 Spearman Avenue, Farrell, 45 days. Fraternal Order of Eagles Cookstown Aerie No. 1540, Second Street, Fayette City, 10 days. Kupit's Cafe, Newkirk Tamaqua, 40 days.
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Oy Associated Pt
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
George Klapsings
George
Spearman Avenue
Farrell
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Cookstown
Aerie No
Second Street
Fayette City
Kupit’s
Newkirk
Tamaqua
Farmer succumbs to heart attack in woods near home
Harvey Stanton Vogan, 75, of Pesceful Valley Polk RD 2, was found dead from a heart attack in the woods near his home Monday evening. He had taken his horse and wagon to haul fuel wood. the horse returned empty around 5 pm and his wife Elele Vogan then led neighbors to locate him.
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Franklin
Harvey Stanton Vogan
Pesceful Valley
Polk
R.D
Hunt Boy Missing in Frewsburg Sector
State troopers and Jamestown police joined in the search for Byron Main an 18 year old boy scout missing from his Sanborn home believed active in Frewsburg area. Teletype notes show he left October 1 and visited W A Cramer in Warren Pa before heading toward Frewsburg. Sergt C H Lee ordered troopers to search Frewsburg Tuesday morning.
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Jamestown
Westfield
James
Byron Main
Sanborn
Prewsburo
W. A. Cramer
Oak Street
Warren
Frewsburg
C. H. Lee
Surprise youth after entry to Franklin home
Edward A. Gooper 22, of 225 Grant street Bellevue Pittsburgh, is detained by Franklin police after a break in at Mrs L B Trachsel’s 324 Sixteenth street home at 1:20 am. Inside, Mrs Trachsel son Bruce 18 and Mrs Justine Taylor 88 were upstairs asleep when a crash woke them. Gooper, armed with a flashlight, tore a bedroom door from its frame and tried to pull Mrs Taylor, an invalid, from bed. Trachsel and her son restrained him until Capt George Snyder and Officers Lowers and Hughes arrived and escorted him away. Bruce was struck with the flashlight two or three times during the struggle.
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Franklin
Edward A. Gooper
Grant Street
Bellevue
Pittsburgh
Trachsel
Sixteenth Street
Cooper
Bruce
Justine Taylor
Taylor
Denmark Fate Hangs On Nazi Ruler Shipments Poland
Scandinavian circles report Premier Vidkun Quisling and others were arrested for not showing enough anti Nazi activity. German police chief in Ilo warned that any disturbance of peace or hindering supplies would be punished. Danish fears rise that Denmark may soon become a German federation as King Christian X is pressed for police control.
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Vidkun Quisling
Ilo
Trondheim
Terboven
Denmark
North Sea
Ockholm
London
Christian X
Ministry of Justice
Europe
Corry Flyers to Take Part in CAP Induction
Fourteen members of the Corry Flight of the Warren Squadron Civil Air Patrol will participate in induction ceremonies at Warren Airport next Sunday afternoon, led by Capt. Cio Hall. A Thursday evening meeting at Lamona Barber Shop will finalize participation and discuss the Municipal Airport canvass. Local groups endorsed the Warren airport drive including Corry Lodge No. 365 F and A M Rotary Club and Rod and Gun Club.
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Corry
Warren Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Warren
Cio Hall
Civil al Patra
Pennsylvania
Fiers
Lamona
Corry Lodge No. 365
Rotary Club
Corry Rod and Gun Lab
Rod and Gun Club
Rotarians
Noted Columnist to Speak at Erie Vincent High School
The Erie Moms Club announced Franklin P. Adams and Daniel Mannie will appear at Strong Vincent High School to raise funds for Christmas boxes for Erie men in service. Adams, a famed columnist and Information Please panelist, will lecture November 1. Mannix, a renowned adventurer and globe trotter, joins the event.
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Erie Erie
Erie Moms Club
Franklin P. Adams
Daniel Mannie
Strong Vincent High School
Erie
Adams
Mannix
Franklin Seeks New Air Raid Siren System
City government established contact with Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing to obtain guidance on sirens for Franklin. Council discussed siren types to create an efficient centralized warning service and reduce dead pockets in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin, Uct
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Franklin
Fredonia Co-eds Aid In Grape Harvest
More than 300 co-eds from State Teachers College left their grape picking duties and returned to classes after a ten day layoff to help harvest a heavy crop. Male students resume Thursday. Most co-eds are working in local canning factories, while the piece notes military procurement figures about cotton for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
State Teachers College
Mets Death In Bessemer Plant
Leonard Turner, 39, of Stoneboro, was crushed to death Tuesday at the Cooper Bessemer plant in Grove City. It was the first plant fatality since 1929. Turner, married with no children, was caught between a column and a casting while machining a large casting and died instantly.
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Grove City
Per
Turge ‘Planet
Leonard ‘Turner
Stoneboro
Cooper- Bessemer
Fim
Turner
Wartime 35 mph speed limit praised by officials
Governor James and Pennsylvania motor police commissioner praised motorists for patriotic observance of the wartime speed limit of 35 miles per hour. Accidents declined with gasoline rationing and few arrests for speeding were reported. The Turnpike Commission removed some high speed signs as motorists were seen traveling around 45 mph. About 12,000 ships passed Cape God Cal...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
James
Motor Police
Philadelphia
Lynn G. Adams
Col. Adams
Adams
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Pittsburgh-Harrisburg
Tle
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Silver Creek
Erie Flier
George H. Davis
Kane High
Corry Auto Dealer
Horway
Mets
Bessemer
LAUDS
Penna
Gov. James
Caltalos
Pierceloron Park
Peters Sisters
Eddie Cantor
Winchall - Bernie
Bill Jackson
Sepia
Tom Oliver
Alma Olson
Morrey Brennan
Lanston
South Center Street
Robseco Pee Bucks Corton
Alec
Fade
U.S
Montgomery 40 N
Center St
Peisialaos
Ward Diol
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