Polio Claims Second Victim in Jamestown
Jamestown reports its second polio death within 90 hours as 1 1/2 year old Donna L. Austin dies at General Hospital after Carl A. Hanson’s death Monday night. Both were iron lung patients of the basal type. Buffalo nurses arrive to bolster staff as poliomyelitis cases rise across Jamestown’s two hospitals.
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Jamestown
Donna L. Austin
General Hospital
Buffalo
Herbert P. Austin
Carl A. ‘Hanson
General ‘Hospital
W. C. A. Hospital
Aged Driver Arrested In Death Of Child In Jamestown
Jamestown September 11 74 year old vohn A Anderson was arraigned in City Court on reckless driving charges for a Allen street accident that killed 3 year old Shirley Marie Sotikorski. Judge Bargar postponed to Saturday for counsel. Anderson free on 100 dollar bail. Funeral services were held at St James Roman Catholic Church for the child, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Sotikorski.
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Jamestown
Vohn A. Anderson
Allen Street
Shirley Marie Sotkorski
Bargar
Andison
Joseph Sotikorski
St. James
Anderson
Samuel T. Bowers
Sidney T. Hewes
Service Wednesday for Fred B. Edwards
A funeral held Wednesday at Bracken-Keating Funeral Home remembered Fred B. Edwards fatally injured in a Gerry-Cutting Road auto accident. Rev. Gilbert L. Boyd led the service with active and honorary bearers from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. attendees included relatives from Glendale, Butler, Oil City, and nearby communities.
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Fred B. Edwards
Gerry-Cutting Road
Corry Hospital
Gilbert L. Boyd
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
John W. Cooper
Ellis R. Baker
William C. Patterson
Charles H. Summers
Fred J. Beck
Harry Nelson
Peter V. Gidders
James A. Salada
John Anderson
Thomas Connelly
Frank Vieyra
H. B. Mudge
Ross L. Putnam
Ernest H. Royer
Harry Nef
Fred M. Shirr
H. H. Robison
Edward Glass
Edward Walsh
Charles Bennett
Brotherhood
Grant
Charles Monks
William Monks
C. L. Cook
George Monks
Marilyn, Monks
Oil City
Service Yesterday for Steen Hyfant
The funeral service for Frances Steen infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Steen of Higin was held Wednesday afternoon at 4 16 oclock at the Elgin Methodist Church. Rev B P Armitage officiated with relatives bearing and burial at Beaverdam Cemetery. Attending from away were Leonard Rittenhouse Frank Steen Mrs Cleon Goodman Mrs Oscar Cole of Union City Miss Arlene Moyer Clifford Moyer Mrs Mary Moyer and Floyd Moyer of Cochranton Mr and Mrs Lawrence Meehan Thomas Meehan and Mrs Mary Francisco of Erie John Meehan Steel Mr and Mrs Francis Steen and family of Titusville and Mrs J B Weaver of Fryburg.
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Paul Steen
Higin
Elgin Methodist Church
B. P. Armitage
Lawrence Meehan
Thomas Meehan
Harry Meehan
John Meehan
Francis ‘Steen
Leonard Rittenhouse
Beaverdam
Frank Steen
Cleon Goodman
Oscar Cole
Union City
Arlene Moyer
Clifford Moyer
Mary Moyer
Floyd Moyer
Cochranton
Mary Francisco
Erie
Steel
Francis Steen
Titusville
J. 8. Weaver
Fryburg
Bonds Cashed by Veterans in Third Federal Reserve Area
A total of 159 070 terminal leave bonds valued at 82 696 379 have been cashed by veterans in the Third Federal Reserve area covering Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware according to the Federal Reserve Bank reports George Washington was an Episcopatian.
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Philadelphia
Federal Reserve
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Federal Reserve Bank
Meadville morals case testimony draws large Titusville group
In Meadville today a large contingent of local law enforcement testified in morals cases tied to arrests from last spring on charges by two local teenage girls. The defendants, freed on bail, had two suspects released by the grand jury last week. Erie traveler aid aid reports show 24 children aged 5 to 14, traveling alone, among 45 moved in August, en route to Maryland Washington New York Utah and California.
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Titusville
Meadville
Lass Spring
Seady
I Grand Jury
Erie
Erie Travelers Aid
Katherine Hubbell
Maryland
Washington
New York
Utah
California
Philadelphia reports second polio death this year
The coroner's office said autopsy confirmed that 19 year old Richard Burd died August 20 from poliomyelitis. The death marks Philadelphia's second poliomyelitis fatality of the year.
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Philadelphia
Rormer
Richard Burd
Youth dies at Hahnemann Hospital after illness at home
A youth died at Hahnemann Hospital twelve hours after being stricken at his home. The report notes polio cases in Philadelphia for 1947 and compares to twenty-one cases last year, none fatal.
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Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
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