War Prisoner Camps to Close Oct 1 in Warren Area
Reports say war prisoner camps near Warren will close around October 1. About 500 German POWs are housed at three sites Bull Hill near Sheffield Red Bridge near Kingua and Dubring Forest county. POWs worked on pulp wood and roofing material production and, since Germany’s defeat, have shown improved behavior. Camps' presence boosted local business with deliveries and guards socializing in town.
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Germany
Warren
Fire destroys farm home near Oil City
Labor Day blaze at Goal Hill home of Seaman Second Glass and Mrs. James Colton, unknown origin, consumed the five room story and a half frame dwelling and all contents. Mrs. Colton was away visiting relatives three miles off while neighbors tried to save belongings but flames prevented access. Cotton recently enlisted in the Navy and is stationed at Norman, Oklahoma.
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Oil City
Sept
Seaman Second
Véltives
Cotton
Navy
Norman
Okla
State Department cites Japanese war atrocities during World War II
The State Department details include prisoners starved and suffocated for weeks, torpedoed ships subjected to machine-gunning, and guards tossing grenades. It notes 29 prisoners saved from the sea, later shot, and bodies discarded at sea, with other reports of denied sanitation, food, and clothing.
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Hojimoto
B. Tree
Nishiton
Grew
Tokyo
United States
Hosida
Enjoy Life Don’t Be Miserable Health Ad Fragment
Fragmentary health ad promotes Thompson’s Borserns Tablets as kidney and liver aids claiming they remove waste from the blood and relieve aches. It urges readers to enjoy life and not be miserable, noting toning effects and night discomfort while warning of toxins.
Clymer Resident Observes Her 92nd Birthday
The Clymer community marks a 92nd birthday for a local resident observed Saturday Sept 1. Family gatherings include a dinner for her son Guy Johnson and relatives from Panama. grandchildren travelled for school week. Notes mention cheerful gifts plants and flowers and well wishes from neighbors.
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Clymer
Warning on Using DDT in Polio Fight
American doctors warned that using DDT against polio is experimental and its value may be unknown for months. Dr Don W Gudakunst, NFIP medical director, cautioned that heavy publicity must not mislead about the insecticide’s role in the fight. Under Army Neurotropic Virus Disease Commission oversight, DDT is being studied.
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Don W. Gudakunst
National Foundation For Infantile
Army Neurotropic Virus Disease Commission
John R. Paul
Yale University
Young Kane Boy Loses Arm by Amputation
Kan, Sept ovules vunouss aged J son of Mr and Mrs Evatt prion Smiethport R D 4 suffered amputation of his left arm above the elbow at Kane Summit Hospital after efforts to save the arm failed. He fractured in a fall while walking beams of a barn near Brethport and was admitted to the hospital in August. The boy underwent surgery yesterday morning and his condition was reported fair today.
Spraying Sprouts Amid Grants Across Several Cities
Limited areas in Tour esta tes Rockford Savannah Paterson and New Haven received spray treatment funded by a $25 000 grant from the National Foundation. The purpose is to kill all Ales in a defined zone and study the effects on infantile paralysis while comparing with unsprayed areas.
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Tour Estates
Rockford
Savannah
Paterson
N, J
New Haven
Natonal Foundation
Erie County convict now seeking parole ce
Sampeur who with Anthony Palmisano staged the 1928 Erie County Electric payroll holdup is seeking parole from the Western Penitentiary. District Attorney Burton A. Laub was notified. He received 10 to 20 years on September 24, 1928, served seven years and three months of the minimum, then was paroled but violator recaptured to finish the maximum term of 12 years nine months.
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Erie
Sep
Sampeur
Anthony Palmisano
Erie County Electric Company
Western Penitentiary
Burton A. Laub
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Edward Ruslink
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Kenneth Kooman
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Lyie Compton
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Strong Memorial Hospital
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Dunkirk
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Esther Williams
Crawford M. Woods
N. First Ave
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John Lille
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George L. Warner
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Vern Bowles
Weyenberg
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Charles Waterhouse
Walter Sweet
Richard Hughes
James Stewart
Guy Rogers
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