War driven boom and local notices mix in Erie
The September Erie employment roll fell for the ninth time in ten months as women moved into war plants to fill gaps left by men. September employment totaled 36,741 in Erie industries per US Employment Service manager Carl J Minnenberger. Community notices include Moose meeting at 8 pm Thursday, Townsend Club October events, a Franklin Community Chest progress report with $17,112 raised, a Democratic bingo night October 18, and local coroner notes on Albert T Jom's fatal taxi collision. Marine Sergeant Walter Vincent Rafalski returns on furlough to Pittsfield before likely new assignment at Parris Island.
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Erie
Erie Industries
Carl J. ‘Minnenberger
United States Employment Service
Franklin Community Chest
National War Fund
St. Edward’s Hall
C.M. Sonne
Sale
Albert T. Jomaged AZ
Goodwill
Hill
B. P. O. Ellis
Walter Vincent Rafalski
Saipan
Rose Rafalski
Pittsfield
Parris Isnd
Maritie Depot
You May Have Kidney Fatigue And Not Know It
Kidney fatigue claims relate to toxins not being cleared by kidneys. The ad promotes Thompson's Borsoma Tablets for quick relief and urges readers to buy from druggists.
City notes legal case and local incidents in Erie county
In Erie county court William EF. Crehan sues Erie Coach Corporation for $10,000 over injuries from a bus jolt on March 20 at 2nd and Ellsworth. Other items report a girl hurt in a Maple Street intersection crash, a death on West State Street, postmaster hints amid local political rumors, church and community notices, and local deliveries of news on veterans events and local honors.
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Powell Motor Co
Erie
Erie Coach Corporation
Erie County Court
William EF. Crehan
Ford Hotel
Crehan
Ellsworth Avenue
Y. Rossiter
Mead Park
Rod and Gun Club
Chitester
Merle Chitester
Mark Fairweather
Maple Jstreet
Tionesta Avenue
Fairweather
Rose Olawnes
West State Street
Tha ‘Swartz
Henry Swartz
Jamestown
Eighth Street
Lyle
Clearfield Furs
Stewart Hat
Harold W. Bullock
Oil Sity
Sidney Hutlman
Democratic Party
Venango County
John F. Hahn
Democratic County
G. W. McElhalan
Hullman
Politics Action Committee
Postmastership
Bible Club
Jim
Hutchinson
Corry U. B
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Gretchen's Kitchen
Meadville
Coast
Ray J. Nagle
B.D. 1
Linesville
Bayonne
N.J
New York Harbor
Concord Community Club
Freight wreck disrupts Punxsutawney line. four hurt
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed near Lane's Mills, scattering coal and pipe across the Buffalo Pittsburgh highway. About 27 cars piled up. four people in an auto accident were treated, two released after emergency care. Passenger service routed over Pennsylvania Railroad while cleanup aimed to restore service today.
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Ansvuisera Press
Punxsutawney, Pa
Baltimore and Ohio
Lane's Mills
Buffalo-Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Georgeane Gilman
Pail Lysle
DuBois Hospital
Aachen Near Submission At Front Lines In France
Axis defenses crumble as Fourth Army infantry push toward Matz and Ancy sur Moselle, with Wes Gallagher noting limited opposition. Allied reports say Vosnes foothills and roads near Broyères show progress while American forces tighten around gaps in the battered frontier near Auelwn and Levhin.
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Bagsune
Aachen
Third Army
Ancy-Sur-Moselle
Matz
Cruss
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Vosnes
Ab Broyeres
Levhil
Yrsteney
Firat
Garsoul Hak
Houlke
Erie Woman Slugged in Son's Home Overnight
Mrs. Cora Gray, 65, was slugged twice in her son Wesley Gray's residence at 2055 Gladstone Court in Erie at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday. Detectives Edward Englert and Theodore Voss reported she sustained a lacerated forehead and head bruise, treated at home by Dr. H. B. Emerson. Entry was gained by slashing a rear screen door and entering the back door. the kitchen door was unlocked when police arrived.
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Erie
Cora Gray
Davenport
Wesley Gray
Gladstone Court
Edward Englert
Theodore Voss
H. B. Emerson
Lewbelice Park
American units near Bologna drive toward Italian city
Allied dispatch says American forces near Bologna advanced nearly a mile north of Livernato on Highway 65. Adristic sector troops push into the Po valley, closing on Cesena from the east and south. British and Indian units expand hills positions as Americans seize Trepo and Santa Anna and press toward Mount Belmonte amid counterattacks.
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Rome
Bologna
Livergnato
Rimini-Bologna
Cesena
Trepo
Santa Anna
Mount Belmonte
Final dividend to depositors of closed Indian County Deposit Bank
Philadelphia Oct 18 A final equitating dividend of 6 1 2 per cent will be paid to depositors of the closed Indian County Deposit Bank Indiana Pa William F Freeman secretary of banking announced today This dividend the seventh payment since the bank closed Sept 30 1928 amounts to 32977 39 bringing the total paid to depositors to 400554 1 0 per cent of the deposit liability The official appraisal after closing indicated a maximum distribution of 77 3 per cent
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Philadelphia
Indian County
FBI Plans Series Of Law Enforcement Meetings
The FBI announced law enforcement conferences to be held in Johnstown on November 13, Du Bois November 14, Bradford November 15, Erie November 16, New Castle November 17, Uniontown November 20, Butler November 21 and Pittsburgh November 22. The events will be supervised by Special Agent in Charge H. T. OConnor of the Pittsburgh FBI office.
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Bebocinleh
Pittsburgh
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
du Bois
Bradford
Erle
New Castle
Uniontown
Butler
H. T. O'Connor
Secial
FBI
Dunkirk Man Seriously Hurt On Bicycle Trip
Dunkirk October 18 Dr Clare Bates an optometrist and 1942 Democratic candidate for Congress suffered a broken right collarbone severe scalp abrasion and a knee injury when his bicycle crash on Route 5 at Van Buren blinded by car lights. He planned to go to Buffalo for operation on the injury.
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Dunkirk
Clare Bates
Congress
Barnes
van Buren
Erie
Dumikirk
Buffalo
Six Indicted for Thefts of Cigarettes in Luzerne County
Federal grand jury in Scranton returns indictments against six Luzerne county residents for theft of thousands of cigarettes intended for the armed forces. Also charged are 17 individuals with violations of the Selective Service Act, including Worley Buchanan of Hanover Harold Hummel of South Williamsport and Thomas J. Rounds of Williamsport.
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Moovunlto
Scranton
Federal
Luzerne County
Wiliam
South Williamsport
Thomas J. Rounds
Williamsport
Russians Reach Schirwindt in Vilkaviskis Front Advance
Unconfirmed Russian offensive likely underway along a 25 mile front surrounding Vilkaviskis near the East Prussian border. Reports cite German radio claims of movement as Gen. Chernifikhovsky’s Third White Russian Army pushes forward from the Lithuanian town toward Prussia.
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Prussia
Vilkaviskis
Chernfikhovsky
Russians Press On Frontlines Across Baltic to East Prussia
The Moscow communique described Russian offensives with heavy artillery and air support pushing toward East Prussia. Russians report gains near Naumiestis Lithuania and Vilkaviskis, while raids reached Insterburg and surrounding railway hubs. Western Latvia cleanup continues as long range bombers hit Ventpilis and other ports.
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Vilkaviskis
Berlin
Insterburg
Gumbinnen
Stalluponen
Niemen River
Riga
Latvia
Moscow
Belgrade
Transylvania
Ronaiee
Carpatho-Ukraine
Poland
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Largo
Cello
Wesson
DAVIS
CREAN
Geneva
Scott CO
Kellogg's
Wing - Willi Star Stores
Women of the Moose
Townsend Club
Carl Fredell
Seneca Street
the National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposi Insurance Corporation
Kane
Sergi
Clyde “Ris Linger
Ottius Risinger
Eighth Army Air Force
England
U. B. Church
Jim’ Hutchinson
Kenneth Brenoel
Kane and
Ludlow
France
Brenoel
Presbyterian Ladies' Aid Society
Thomas Motor Co
Columbus Community Aid
Wilkinson
Swanson
Franklin
Cloyd W. Ray
Mr. Ray
Mrs. Ray
Dayvison-Fogle Lumber Co
Rocke City Road
Woodmen Circle
J. A. Patterson
Second Avenue
VEW
Women’s Victory Club
Steen
Corry Hospital
W. 7 Williams
Snyder Circle
G. C. Miles
Gould Street
Manard King
North Clymer
Alfred McNamara
Spartansburg
Eyfle Reynolds
West Church Street
Hamot Hospital
Mary Louie Porter
Cambridge Springs
W. W. Waterhouse
Keystone Ordnance Works
Army Ordnance
Amb
Shell
Lake Shore Seed Company
John Knight
Tran Wreck
Pennzoll van Cise
Itarian W. Smith St
Dial
Son
Indiana Bank
Shamburg’s
News & Sports Store
Avery
Esquire
Corey
Al's Clothes Shop
Bernstein Bros
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