Major theatre blaze devastates Phillipsburg venue
An early morning fire gutted the Majestic Theatre in Phillipsburg destroying the building after an 11 hour battle. Six lodges and unions lost meeting spaces and about 12 500 dollars in damage. A firefighter suffered a head laceration and two bystanders were overcome by smoke. Investigators probe the second floor origin where unions and judges had headquarters before the blaze reached the auditorium.
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Phillipsburg
Philipsburg
Majestic Healer
Hoon
Investi
Erie area war notices and local updates amid fog warnings
Local items from Erie and Crawford counties note small craft warnings in Lake Erie due to fog concerns. Reports cover military moves, missing in action notices, war loan progress, defense council actions, local events, and community notices across Titusville Meadville and Ridgway with names of residents and officials.
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Powell Motors
Erie
United States Weather Area
Lake Erie
A Warren
Id Mis
Harry Taft
Gilbert J. Taft
Frank Alberti
Titusville
Defense
T Jeanications
Pennsylvania State Council of| Defense
State Council
Harrisburg
Red & Gun Club
Meadville
Ralphi W. Fordyce
Conpeuut
Lake Marine
Navy
Purple Heart
Solomon Islands
Jams and Jellies Rationing Moves Nears
The OPA orders an eight day sales freeze on fruit spreads in preparation for rationing to begin Sunday October 24. Jams jellies preserves and fruit spreads are slated to be limited via processed food blue stamps with point values to be announced later this week and effective October 24.
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Washington
OPA
Rabies Found in Cattle Near Jamestown and Olean
Rabies cases reported in cattle near Jamestown and Olean, with a bull and a heifer dying after bites from infected dogs. Dr. Walter C. Levy announces quarantines for Hanover and surrounding areas, and a state lab confirms death causes. A local dog bite treated at W C A Hospital is noted along with a 25 day liquor license suspension for Adam J. Skrobai in Oil City.
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Jamestown
Hanover
Silver Creek
Walter C. Levy
Slde
Tuhaca
Iso
Dy. Levy
State Newith Department
Alaimy
Olean
Cattaraugus
Eliyy
Persia
Bart
Louis Beardsley
Fairmount Avenue
W. C. A. Hospital
State Liquor Contral Board
Adam J. Skrobai
Seneca Street
Oil City
Four Jamestown Casualties Reported in Day
War Department notices give four Jamestown families word that loved ones paid the supreme sacrifice. Second Lieut Angelo J Lavalle 4 bombardier missing in the Pacific two days after helping smash the Rabaul base. Peter Lavalle radio operator reported dead in action. Second Lieut Charles J Sweeney navigator missing in action during a coastal patrol in Latin America. Henry Eugene Van Order Navy SeaBees died in Gulfport Mississippi. Richard Betts aerial photographer killed in action in the China theater after prior missing report.
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Jamestown
Pearl Harbor
War Department
Angelo J. Lavalle
Bombardier
Samuel Lavalle
Barrows Street
Prcific
Rabaul
Peter
Pacific
Charles J. Sweeney
Quid
Sweeney
Barrett Avenue
Henry Eugene van Order
Navy SeaBees
Camp & Gulfport
Miss
Richard Betts
A. A. Betts
Setior
Eggs Tops for Year Under Price Ceiling Schedule
The Office of Price Administration sets a price ceiling for extra large Grade A eggs per dozen starting this week through March with reductions. Group 4 stores with large sales will see 42 cents per dozen for eggs sold in cartons and 49 cents without, while smaller outlets face different caps. Wyatt’s price guidance notes carton sales at 73 cents a dozen in some cases and other variances by store size.
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Office of Price Administration
Wyatt
Groun
County War Drives Show Huge Surplus
Erie county oversubscribed the Third War Loan by 2.52 million dollars, purchasing 19.7 million in war savings securities. The total bond purchases for the three loans reach 15.21 million over set quotas, with ten months of sales from December 1942 to October this year totaling 77.83 million.
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Erie
Erie County
Gow
Oetaber 2
War Savings
H. ©. Scott
War Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Scott
Car accident victim dies in Kane hospital
Almond Stickles 35 of Smethport died at Community Hospital after his car overturned on Route 6 curve. Police say steering locked causing a leftward swerve into a guard rail. he was treated in Smethport and at Kane hospital. He suffered a fractured pelvis and internal injuries.
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Kane
Hear Smethport
Almond Stickles
Smethport
Stickles
East Smethport
Polite
Smethpork
James McCabe
Hiad
Turke Rumar brings probable Italian proba into effect
Fragmentary text mentions Turke Rumar and Italian involvement with an action described as probable and affecting a broader outcome. The readable lines are insufficient to determine dates places or responsible organizations.
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Station Hospital
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Astonia
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Alton Blakestee
Spartansburg
Charles Skinner
East
Columbus Avenue
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Willam Turk
Baxte Street
Harold Swert
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Buffalo Children's Hospital
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George Matthews
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