Community News Highlights Amid Labor Day Closures and Tragedy
Local notices report Labor Day closures at JUST Bar and a Wednesday afternoon shutdown. Mrs. Cressey, widow of Rev. Roger Cressey, died in Springfield on August 1. A worker at Aero Plant amputated a finger after a Saturday accident. Plant layoffs were denied amid rehiring and new hires. Earthquake tremors were felt at homes on West Park Place, and Route 6 was blocked by fallen trees. Democratic women prep for National Day on September 27. police broke up a slingshot outing. Red Cross head Basil O’Connor to address volunteers on network broadcast. Storm damage hit apple orchards with fruit loss. Unemployment payouts varied by town. Great Lakes recruits announced Ivan E. Withwird of Concord Street. Local robberies reported in Erle. Union progress quotas seen as challenging. Window broken at a residence on Wentworth.
OPA Reshuffles Erie Office After Resignations
The Erie district OPA office gains a fourth key post led from Pittsburgh after the September 1 resignation of Attorney Charles D. Cowley price attorney and acting price executive. Roger Kramer will take on added price executive duties while Robert Ireland becomes acting price attorney in Erie. Stanley F. Jablonski’s earlier post remains unfilled, with duties absorbed by Cowley before his departure to private practice. Cowley joined the Erie office in 1943 and worked with the late James P. Rossiter, chief enforcement attorney.
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Brie
Sept
Erie
Office of Price Administration
Toy
Pittsburgh
Charles D. Cowley
Price
Hirle Opa
Roger Kramer
Atty
Robert Ireland
Stanley F. Jablonski
Price Executive
Atty. Cowley
G. Daniel Baldwin
Cowley
Erie Opa
James P. Rossiter
Allorney
Erie flier who escaped Nazis en route home
First Lieutenant Edward P. Dombrowski, shot down over enemy territory, captured, escaped, and wandered 37 days behind Nazi lines, is returning to the United States for a 21 day furlough after reporting back to his unit in Italy. He arrived in New York Saturday and spoke to his wife. He was awarded four decorations on August 4 in Naples, including the Purple Heart, Soldier's Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal.
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Erie
Edward P. Dombrowski
Italy
United States
Dombrowski
New York
Mary Stroup
Lidut
Dombrows
Naples
Mille Creek District Home Destroyed by Fire
The home of Pred Fischer in Milleywek township Mille Creek district Erie burned after 2 am. The front of the house was an inferno when discovered. firefighters could not save the frame dwelling. Damage estimated at 1500 dollars. Fischer’s two daughters were away in the city. Cause undetermined.
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Erie
Sep
Pred Fischer
Milleywek
Simadeey
Waliam. Middleton
West Lake Hose Company
Fischer
Thompson's Bursoma Tablets Fight Kidney Distress
Distress of getting up nights and water retention described. Claims tablets flush kidneys and improve bladder function. Promotes Champ son’s Bursoma Tablets as the remedy to use, marketed with broad health benefits for stomach, liver, and bowels.
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Toni
Olson
Thompson
Champson
Eric Juvenile Tells Of Big Cash Theft at Gam Theatre
A twelve year old boy admitted stealing $207.50 on August 29 from the Gam theatre ticket booth. He said he split the cash with six other boys, spent it, and wore the clothes from the loot when arrested at Tim's Cafe by Patrolman Voss. The management valued the loss at 207.50. the youth claimed 263, and police planned further questioning of the other boys involved. He was turned over to juvenile authorities pending action.
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Erte
Tim's
Folkeran
Theodore Voss
Gam
Ray Mong
Voss
Capt- Mong
Bulgaria Delays Armistice Terms and Shifts Axis Ties
The Bulgarian armistice is delayed as terms tighten. Bulgaria may exit the Axis with technicalities cleared, demanding passage for Allied troops and armament. Romania gains war rights and hopes to reclaim Transylvania. Hungary-Romania tensions surge as Berlin reports severed ties. Muraviev vows to restore liberties and disarm Germans if Nazis meddle.
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Moscow
Romania
Bulgaria
Washington
Germany
Transylvania
Hungary
Berlin
Associated Press
London
Konstantin Muraviev
Tvan Baghanov
Balkans
Finland
War Department lists local POWs in Germany
The War Department today announced POWs in Germany from this district. Included are Pvt. Charles P. Hearst of Kane, Pvt. Alvin Darling of Garland, Sgt. Meryl Hart, Sgt. Theodore D. Willis, and Pvt. Michael J. Snider, all of Erie.
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War Department
Germany
Charles P. Hearst
Kane
Alvin ©. Darling
Garland
Meryl
Hart
Theodore D. Willis
Michael J. Snider
Erie
County Control Center to stay open for duration plus six months
Erie County will keep the control center running with a depleted skeleton staff since last March for the duration of the war and six months more. Commissioners and civilian defense heads rejected proposals to close the center due to war progress and the need to fulfill original legislation. Attendees included Dell Darling Thomas Schaper Thomas Flatley A B Seidel James K Shields Robert Blair and Howell L James.
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WRIE
Erie County
Dell Darling
Thomas Schaper
Thomas Flat~ley
A. B. Seidel
James K. Shields
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Blair
Howell L. James
Rural Schools in Erie County Open Today
Erie County rural schools prepare for the new year in a meeting at the county courthouse led by H Denison and M E Marshon with Helen Gates. No delay in opening despite polio concerns as total enrollment nears 12 000. high school declines noted from war and farm demands while grade enrollments stay normal. Five rural teaching vacancies remain but expected to be filled as schools open across most county sections.
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TewCues
Erie County
H. Denison
M. E. Mershon
Helen Gates
Erie
Buffalo
Denison
Answers to I Q Quiz on Page Ax in Philadelphia
Answers list the solutions to guinglesions printed on page ax Philadelphia Pa. Item 1 refers to location and year, item 2 explains how to melt, item 3 names James Hilton, item 4 true, item 5 identifies a heavyweight boxer, item 6 phrase Just as tool, item 7 dobn day, item 8 true, item 9 Clermont, item 10 true.
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Philadelphia
James Hilton
True
Just As Tool
Dobn Day
Clermont
Oil City reports first case of paralysis
Braik O Day 17, son of Mr and Mrs Dianiel Gay, was stricken with infantile paralysis in Venango county, the second case in the state outbreak. Diagnosed as polio, he was quarantined by the city health department. Early reports say the attack is mild and no serious paralysis has yet developed.
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Venango County
Braik O'Day
Dianiel Gay
Stending
Young O'Day
Canadians Near Rimini in Italy Push Toward Po Valley
Canadian troops of the Eighth Army with British naval support drove to within six miles of Elmint near Rimini as they pressed toward the Po valley highway. They established a bridgehead over the Conca river after a two day drive and faced heavy German counterattacks including tanks and fresh infantry. British warships offshore pounded enemy positions, unleashing over 100 shells to silence a German battery.
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Associated Press
Eighth Army
Elmint
Po Valley
Oonca River
Biller
Abissina
Misano
Youre Not Too Old To Feel Young Tromone Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Tromone as a “new medical formula” blending vitamins and hormones to restore vitality for middle aged men. It promises improved outlook and zest, claiming added years won’t diminish pleasures. Sold by Rexall Cut Rate Drug Store and druggists nationwide.
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Ilfe
Rexall
Five Rescued As Boat Upset At Lake Chau Tauqua
Five occupants were thrown into the water when a Graves & Son boat overturned near Clifton at the Lake Cha utauqua outlet. All were rescued with no serious injuries. The boat reportedly struck a submerged log.
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Jamestown
George Graves
Graves & Son Boiler & Mtg. Co, Inc
Lake Chautauqua
Clifton
William H. Gass
Celovon
Beechwood
Lin Lahwe
Morris Garfield
Wolfington Scolton
I Swamp
Flugannavenue
Mr. Graves
Richard Davis Ching
Simut
Wiived
Oil City Man Injured Falling From Water Tank
W G Patterson aged 4 of 05 East Front Street was seriously hurt about 3 AM Monday when he fell from the water tank of an engine preparing to pull the Moonlight to Buffalo. He was taken to Oil City hospital with possible back fracture and injuries not yet fully determined last night.
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Oil City
W. G. Patterson
Front Street
Buffalo
Quaker State Buys Property in Bradford Sale
Bradford September scene reports Forest Ol Corp and Niagara Oil Corp selling all their property interest to Quaker State. Details indicate a completed transaction affecting local assets and ongoing regional oil operations. Names of corporations involved are cited, with Bradford as the placement of the deal.
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Bradford
Forest Ol Corp
Niagara Oil Corp
Kendall Refining Co Expands Bradford Field Holdings
Kendall Refining Co buys 320 acres with 69 producing wells in the Bradford field eight miles south of here. Further development plans announced as company officials confirm operation continuation of properties in Illinois Indiana Texas and Kansas.
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Pennay
Yanal Smd
New York
Quaker Brate Oil Refining Corp
Oil City
Pia
Ilinois
Indiana
Texas
Kansas
Kendall Refining Co
Bradford Field
Here
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