Local notices and civic updates from Corry era
A lengthy set of local items notes funeral arrangements for John Boland and a wake at 433 East Pleasant Street, checks passed on a Corry bank, a jail escape from McKean County, and ongoing public works and business developments in Jamestown and surrounding towns. Also covered are divorces, civil service exam calls, bubble demonstrations, pilot licensing, naval discharges, real estate transfers, store hours, sewer work, and war fund progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junius W. Himes
McKean County
Smethport
Himes
Johnsonburg
Salaglanca
Erie Railroad
Hare Creek
Aero Plant
Coal Conference Fails to End Strike
AFL International Longshoremen's Association factions clash with violence and goons alleged by officials. Mayor La Guardia vows order on the waterfront as 5,000 of 35,000 strikers return and War Shipping Administration notes 59 ships underway, including 16 troopships. President Joseph P. Ryan claims returnees faced molestation by CIO Maritime and Longshoremen's unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
la Guardia
War Shipping Administration
Joseph P. Ryan
Longshoremen Union
CIO Maritime and
Longshoremen’s
Revealed Motive in Park Slaying by Pitt Student
Pittsburgh, Oct. 16. Police say William Blader an 18 year old University of Pittsburgh student confessed to killing Frank Amberson a 50 year old Springdale merchant in Schenley Park. He claimed the shooting was accidental and cited sexual threats and Nietzschean philosophy as motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Edward Mans
William Blader
University of Pittsburgh
Frank M. Amberson
Springdale
Maas
Blader
Amberson
Schenley Park
Burner
Military Peace Demands Strength Says Admiral Halsey
Admiral Halsey, returning from war, argued a lasting peace requires military terms. He spoke after Third Fleet ships sailed into San Francisco Bay, stressing that victory must translate into a steadfast, disciplined peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey
Associated Press
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
United States urged to guard itself and seek world cooperation
A call emphasizes vigilance against aggression while promoting cooperation in a global organization that operates with efficiency and certainty for a peaceful future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mercer Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Mercer
Mrs. Mabel B. Dunkerly aged 23 of Mercer R D 6 was killed when her car struck a bridge on Black town road a mile south of Mercer. The impact pushed the motor into the back seat of the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Mabel B. Dunkerly
Mercer, R. D
Blacktown Road
Here
Penelec Project Aims to Boost Capacity by 1947
The board approved the plan to complete the system by spring 1947 increasing total generating capacity to over 260000 kilowatts. The network will serve nearly 200000 customers from Lake Erie south to the Maryland State Line across power loops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penelec
Lake Erie
Maryland
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Orry
John Boland
Boland
Marion Soper
East Pleasant Street
St. ‘Thomas’ Church
Tt. Wag
Pers
Brown
New North Center Street
James
A. and P
Jamestown Board of Public Utilities
Jamestown
Elmer Evans
Louella M. Moore
Union City
Robert M. Moore
Rodeo
Calif
Josephine A. Palmer
Ayam George E. Palmer
Erie
A. Johnson
Civil Service
Corry Post Office
John‘son
Gerry
Khlar Daye
West South Street
Bob Bumbaugh
Murphy Store
Ritz
Bil Zafiropulos
North Center Street
Walter Casler
Columbus
Raymond Plant
Lawrence
Rhodes
Matthew Stormes
Naval Separation Center
Bainbridge, Md
Marshall A. Adams
R. D. G. Corry
Dorothy E. Adams
Charles Stormes
Wright Street
Herman Steaves
First Avenue
Buffalo
H. Stormes
Harry Stormes
George F. Boyce
Charles M. Armitage
Corry
Clement H. Pierce
Robert H. Tripp
Hesex Street
Adda McAllister
Homer J. McCray
Concord Township
Harriet Helman
Helman's Jewelry
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Martin
State Defense Council
National War Fund
Ralph E. Weeks
Scranton
William McMillian
Concord
Wayne Townships
McMillian
Flanders and Arnold
Titusville
Pleasantville
Lawrence Thomas
New York
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
J. W. Rickers
Superior Cleaning Company
Washington_street
Mitchel Salares
Naum Cooper
San Marcos
Texas
Mr. Cooper
Coal Conference
Ape UE
Wanda
Thornton & Minor Clinic
Hornton & Minor
T.S. Kelsey
D. Optometrist
N. Center St
Garnegie Institute
Superior Cleaning Co
Dial
Washington Street
G.C. Murphy Co
Warren
Cy al
Pennsylvania Electric Company
E. T. Cherry
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