Storm Depicts Widespread Damage Across Jamestown Region
Jamestown area reports severe storm causing extensive damage in South Stockton Sinclairville and Gerry with high winds hail and lightning tearing down trees and power lines. Falls of rain reached a record 3.25 inches in 24 hours, with Gerry fire grounds hit and tents toppled. Clymer area endured toppling trees and downed wires as community activities and church events continued amid cleanup.
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Jamestown
Stockton
Sinclairville
Gerry
Dollas
Gerry Fire Department
Gerry Ball
Gilbert Olson
Lads Held and Car Theft Suspects Nabbed in Warren
Warren reports two youths Frederick Lynch 18 and Edi Kubega 14 were arrested by state police for alleged stolen auto theft. Investigators say the car originated in East Cleveland and the pair also took Pennsylvania license plates in East Painesville Ohio before being halted near Irvine. They could not show ID and were taken to Warren for custody.
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Warren
Frederick Lynch
Edi Kubega
Peents
FBT
Pittsburgh
Cay
East Cleveland
Pennsylvania
East Painesville
Irvine
Horror of French village massacre reported by correspondent
Survivors recount a village slaughter where Germans locked church and school doors, opened fire with machine guns and grenades, and burned the buildings. Men, women, and babies suffered horrific injuries as phosphorous grenades melted church fixtures, with bodies later buried in common graves.
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Renee Hynes
Seybf
Com Mandant Marchel
Dimoges Reeién
Mariel
Wes
Water system bequeathed to Port Allegany borough
The will of Mrs Eleanor Smith leaves the Port Allegany Water Company to the borough. The gift is conditioned on annual payments of 500 dollars to the Samuel W Stith Memorial Public Library and 1000 dollars to Fairview Cemetery. Other bequests go to the Samuel W. Smith Memorial Public Library and Myrtle Chapter O B S. A borough council meeting will discuss acceptance.
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Port Allegany
Port Allegany Water Company
Eleanor ©. Smith
August Smith
Farmers Valley
James A. Carlson
Samuel W. Smith
Fairview Cemetery
Myrtle Chapter
Airplane Forced Down on Ridgway Highway
A Piper Cub piloted by a civilian escaped serious injury after a forced landing two miles east of Benerette Elk County due to dense fog. The craft bounced into the West Branch of Sinemshoning Creek and was only slightly damaged. State police from the Ridgway barracks investigated the scene.
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Ridgway
Septa
Neme
Benerette
Elk County
Sinemshoning Creek
Ridgway Barracks
Missing Ridgway Flier Returns From France Raid
Ridgway as of today hosts 1st Lieut. Joseph Johnson who was reported missing in action after a raid over France on May 28. He visited his mother Mrs Barbara Johnson in Ridgway and arrived from Arlington by air, proceeding to Erie, then Santa Monica for reassignment in the Army Air Corps. Johnson escaped injury when Peary Harbor was bombed and served as bombardier and navigator in England. he holds the Silver Star.
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Clymer
Elmer
James Gravink
Charles Willets
Arthur Meerdink
Watts Flats
Abbe Reformed Church
Vernom’ Meerdink
Lena TeCulver
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
James Belman
Arizona
Baptist Church of
Ger Imide Gravink
Carlburg
Union City
China
Cora Turimer
Idi. Johnson
Clara Johnson
Msg. C. W. Edwards
Buffalo
Mrs. Johnson
Marlea Sue
C. A. Hospital
Jamestown
Gilbert ‘Ton
Clymet
G. H. Tenpas
Bank and Post
Hartiet Newhouse
Chicago
Ray Barker
Lleut
Barker
Great Lakes Training Camp
Irving Wile A
Pam
Ossining
Army
Miller
Findley Lake
Ridgway
France
Joseph Johnson
Barbara Johnson
Johnson
Arlington
Erie
Santa Monica
Calif
Army Air Corps
Peay Harbor
Air Corps
England
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Consolidated School
Edith Wilcox Lewis
Corty
Methodist Church
Shope
Meadville
Edith Gaster Austin
Austin
Carrie Gleason
Hubert Brown
Rochester
John Rickers
Corry
G. Ton
Cpl
Shinier Spitzer
Reed Curry
Doris Hare
Phelps, N. Y
C. E. Spitzer
Harold Scholton
Sardusky
Mildred Warnshouse
Ruth Berkevink
Gertrude Gravink
Marian Wiggers
Neve Wardes
Luvas Gleason
Wllen Gleason
Harold Bull
Albert Arnink
Lottie Moore
Pomona Grange
Bust
Clymer Grange
Gleason
State Grange
Syracuse
Glerum
Leonard Glerum
Ethel
Margaret
Roy Gravink
Adriana Reesink
Nettie Roberts
Paul
Charles Thompson
Brocton
Clinton Meracle
Jnrentin
Tda Lynn
Kune
Labor Day
Tda Johnson
Te- Culver Park
East Main Street
Gerrit Timmer
Michigan
Lillian Schermerhorn
Gordon Schermerhorn
Bradford Bridge
Eleanor Smith
Ridgway Highway
Marion Gallup
Lynnette
Kay
Chautauqua Lake
Harold ‘TenHaken
Daught
Bing Overseas
Bing Crosby
London
Bing
Deanna Durbin
Gene Kelley
DIAL
Eae
William Johnson, Jr
Elwin G. Kirch
Honeywell
Crawford M. Woods
Wing
Willi
N. First Ave
Guy Rogers
Merle Page
Mary A.clark
Clyde Green
Joan Farrell
George Hudson
Chrysler
C. 5S. Wallace
Sam Irvine
Acorn
Spring Lake
Kemps Tomato Juice
Hamburg
Beens
Crosby
Heiman
Powell Motor Co
Boston House
Alton Rigby
Franz Home Furnishings
Eugene Felver
McKesson
Nutrex
Grace
Thomas Elles Graham
Shambaugh
Wert Main
Mary Spitman
Leo Franz
J. L. Spiesman
Mrs
Lora Sutton
Charles Legters
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