County Court Opens Session at Mayville
Mayville October 20 George A. Smith 48 of 43 Spring Street Jamestown escaped from Chautauqua County jail November 2 1941 and was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Lee L. Ottaway. Also arraigned were Lindsey B. Dillon 2 of Greensboro N C on morals charges with Signing Prank J Miletello of Forestville as counsel. Harry C Mohney 27 of Jamestown held for trial on third degree burglary and two morals charges. Robert T Wilson 38 of Orchard Terrace Chautauqua charged with burglary third degree held for trial. Charles Muscato 62 Cleveland Ave Fredonia and Vito Labarda 127 Prospect St Fredonia pleaded innocent to first degree robbery held for trial. Robert M Palmer represented by his attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayville
George A. Smith
Spring Street
Jamestown
Chautauque County
Lee L. Otta
Way
Smith
Lindsey B. Dillon
Boro
N. C
J. Miletello
Forestville
Harry C. Mohney
Prenergast Avenue
H. Stanley ‘Turnquist
Robert T. Wilson
Orchards Terrace
Chautauqua
Orrie A. Ottaway
Westfield
Charles Muscato
Cleveland Avenue
Fredonia
Vito LaBerdera
Prospect Street
Robert M. Palmer
Highway Department Completes WPA Road Projects
Harrisburg Oct. 20 The Department of Highways reports it completed 93 WPA started jobs in two years and cancelled 60 other WPA projects. The department finished work started by WPA using its own crews and equipment, often with WPA bases in place. If not taken over, completion times would have been uncertain. Last year 50 WPA started jets were finished and 91 cancelled. In 1942 the department approved finishing 43 WPA projects with no further cancellations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Department
WPA
Department of Highways
German band leaders convicted in draft resistance case
In New York on October 20, twenty four former German American band leaders were found guilty of conspiring to resist selective service. Each faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Among the convicted were Gerard Wilhelm Kunze and Dr Otto Willumeil, with acquittal for Ferdinand Allsen. The jury deliberated about six hours as judge Alfred D. Barksdale set sentencing for tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New York
Harold F. Corcoran
Marguerite Casey
Ferdinand Allsen
South Bend
Ind
Bund
Mex National Bund Oriter
Gerard Wilhelm Kunze
Camden
N. J
Otto Willumeil
Hartford
One Hour Daily Brings Fighting Fitness Within Five Months
Indiana University studied by Dr. Karl Bookwalter shows five days a week, one hour daily training over five months raises most soldiers standards in upper arm strength and endurance. Men improved in strength, speed, and hiking endurance though two mile walking remained weak. additional walking and biking were added to address deficiencies. High school programs often underperform, risking strain on older youths.
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Howard W Slakeslee
Wide World Science
Bloomington
Ind
Indians University
Tailang
Indiana
Karl W. Boolwalter
Bookwalte
Bookwaltes
Bookwaltar
Radio Schedule Snapshot Of Nighttime Programs
Tonight’s line up features NBC-2 with Ginny Simms at 8:30 and Bob Hope at 10, plus Red Skelton and Burns and Allen. CBS offers American Melodies at 7:30 and Lights Out at 8, with a 10:20 May or FH LaGuardia piece. Boxing highlights include Bob Pastor versus Jimmy Bivins.
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NBC
Ginny Simms
Horace Heidt
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
CBS
al Jolson
Burns and Allen
Pine Camp
Duffy
Bob Pastor
Jimmy Bivins
Mackenzie Urges Allies Strike Hitler Now
Mackenzie calls for immediate Allied air strikes to topple Hitler before winter. He warns delaying until spring will allow Nazi recovery, noting fewer than 200 prime targets in Western Europe and Germany such as munitions plants, aircraft factories, submarine yards, and impaired rail links.
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Contuuer
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Es m
Brek
Crest
County Scrapping Drive Surpasses County Quota
Erie county reports a scrap drive surpassing its quota with 13,679 tons collected by city and county efforts over two weeks. Roy T. McDonald and William E. Stewart announced results while noting totals may rise above 15,000 tons as school and rural drives finish counting.
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Erie
Roy T. McDonald
William E. Stewart
War Production Board
McDonald
Biron B. Decker
Edinboro
Washington Township
Waterford
Union City
Summit Township
Millcreek
Emerson
Elgin
Lovell
Awarded 4575 Compensation in Jamestown Case
In Jamestown a workers compensation hearing at city hall awarded Tuller of Prewsburg 4573 dollars for loss of use of the right hand. The award covers 183 weeks at 25 dollars weekly, following amputation of the middle and ring fingers and partial injury to the index finger from an accident at the Igeal plant. Buffalo referee Margret M Slavin presided over a calendar of sixty cases. Jamaica described as the largest British island in the West Indies, with fragrant blooming in May, tracing colonization from Spanish to British rule.
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Jamestown
Oct
Tuller
Prewsburg
Maddox Table Company
City Hall
Priday
Margret ‘M. Slavin
Buffalo
West Indies
Cuba
Jamaica
Pennsylvania Second In Nation In Per Capita Scrap Rating
The News Papers scrap drive reports state totals as final figures circulate. Wyoming leads per capita with 104 pounds per person and a total 113,008 tons collected. Pennsylvania ranks second, averaging 10.12 pounds per person and a total of 505,050 tons in the nationwide campaign to salvage scrap for steel production.
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Pennsylvania
Associated Ren
New York
United Scrap Metal Driver Committee
Wyoming
Sprouts Yield Chestnut Crop in Some Areas
Harrisburg reports native sprouts four to five inches in diameter are bearing chestnuts in parts of the state despite the blight. W B Montgomery, chief of the Bureau of Management, notes that no sprout shows immunity. Asiatic varieties resist differently but lack timber form and fruit quality. Chestnut blight arrived via imported nursery stock before 1890 and was seen in New York in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
W. B. Montgomery
Bureau of Management
Department of Forests and Waters
New York City
Council Begins Recheck of Local Assessment
City council advances the reassessment process scheduling evenings this week for Ward by Ward work. The court of tax revision, using the 1941 basis, plans limited upward revisions of up to ten percent unless property improvements justify increases. Kinley calls for a full review of the assessment books as figures must be finalized by late November to allow drafting the 1942 appropriations at December’s first meeting.
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Kinley
Con‘ross
Descriptive notes on plant cankers and nut maturation
The passage describes a stem with dark olives and young cankers showing yellow brown color. It notes chestnuts mature in September but often ripen with autumn, with early fallen nuts undeveloped. It also mentions albino occurrences at a rate of one in ten thousand.
Four Rescued As Fire Destroys Jamestown Home
At 815 North Main Street in Jamestown a two story frame building housing an upholstery shop was largely destroyed by fire in the early hours after midnight. Four occupants including Ernest A. Anderson and his wife Anna G. Anderson escaped with others via the stairs through smoke. Tenants Selma Ven Dusen and Carl Maton were also rescued. Personal effects were lost and the owners faced property damage estimated at 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
North Main Sweet
Fie
Ernest A. Anderson
Anna G
Anderson
Selma Ven Dusen
Carl Maton
County Chest OFF to Good Start in Erie
Opening meeting in Lawrence yesterday noon began the second Chest in Pues history. Division leaders discussed the War Fund drive with Briggs as vice chairman presiding. Reports show total $85,283.15 with the Advanced Gift division contributing $74,000 of 25.2 percent of its quota. The united campaign total reaches $653,211.05 across 19 percent of goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Pues
Munity and War Fund
Lawrence
Briggs
Camel Patzn
United Compnien
Anky Yannes 51 Dies After Fall at Shawmut Junction Shops
Ank Yannes of St Marys died Friday evening from injuries suffered Tuesday morning after falling about 16 feet from an engine tank at Shaw mut Junction shops. The 51 year old, born October 9 1881 in Garmary, had worked at the P S and N shops for 17 years and never regained consciousness.
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Ank
Yannes
St. Marys
Shaw Mit
Garmary
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Shady Valley
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MacKenzie
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