Brocton School Used For War Prisoners
Sept 14 The National Grape Corp has altered the former school district 6 buildings to house about 175 German prisoners who will work at the plant. Fencing, plumbing, and heating work cost about 9000 with one third paid by the Federal government. Military police supervise each group and prisoners are screened and volunteered for work in the plant and fields.
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Brocton
National Grape Corporation
National
Bronton
North East
Nichols Street
Westheld
County Fair
Dunkirk
Fillmore Bank Bandit Indicted at Belmont
Rupert Maynard of Hornell was indicted by an Allegany county grand jury on first degree attempted robbery in an attempted hold up of the State Bank of Fillmore last July. The indictment also charges second degree assault on Lynn Gleason, the bank cashier, and third degree burglary. He is held without bail awaiting arraignment before County Judge Ward Mr. Hopkins. State Police arrested him near Danville August 27.
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Slummt
Rupert Maynard
Hornell
Allegany County
State Bank of
Warren Moves In Polio Crisis
In Warren Pennsylvania a 12 year old girl Patricia Parks was hospitalized for isolation as officials consider protective steps for the community. Health and school leaders push vigilance in reporting illness and absences and discuss the potential closure of borough schools to prevent spread.
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Warren
Patricia Parks
Warren General Hospital
Board of Health
Parks Gnt
Johnston School
Paul Martin
Toms
Four Defendants Enter Guilty Pleas In Erie Court
In Erie four defendants pleaded guilty before local judges in the September term of criminal court. Joseph Corbett Bele admitted sodomy and received two to six years in Western Penitentiary. Fred Morris of Erie YMCA was paroled from an 11 to 22 month Allegheny county sentence. Arthur Ellison of Erle pleaded guilty to public indecency and got six months to a year in the workhouse. Willie Hutchinson was fined 100 and ordered to 11 to 82 months in the Allegheny Workhouse for violation of minor laws.
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Erie
Joseph Corbett
Bele
Allison D. Wade
Warren County
Western Penitentiary
Fred Morris
Erie Ymca
Allegheny County
Arthur Ellison
Erle
Elmer J. Evans
Ellison
Ister
Willie Hutchinson
Coffee substitutes offer 87 varieties for Belgian choice
About 87 varieties of coffee substitutes are now marketed for Belgians to select from, with prices as high as those for regular coffee in peacetime.
Directors dispute student placement and vocational course access
The crowded school conditions hinder full consideration of student selection for the vocational program. Principal decisions, with input from Director Haight, face scrutiny as DoE, President Wood, and Superintendent Edinger demand public reporting of how students were barred or admitted. The Board approved a plan for a complete report to Administration and Instruction Committee, with a future recommendation.
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Sonprince Jons Page
Dewey
Haight
Edinger
al He Duillue High
Wood
Mayville Judge Allows Convict to Argue Own Appeal
In Mayville, Judge Hugh Bodine granted an order permitting convicted swindler Joseph Hector, alias Robert Castle, serving 5 to 10 years in Attica, to travel to Mayville and argue his own appeal. The case stems from a 1940 grand larceny conviction involving Mrs Sara Farey, a widowed claimant in a disputed $7,000 fraud case.
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Mayville
Hugh V. N. Bodine
Attica
Chie
Vow
Ap. Purenily
Joseph Hegtor
Nuit
Aso
Robert Castle
Lee LE
Ottaway
Tetrenule
Hector Joseph Sheppard LaVoye
Rev
Schaerwood
Sara A. Farey
Bodine
Christmas mail thriving as war ends delay looms
The article notes that falling Nazi power will not halt overseas Christmas mail to GIs. Maj. Gen. Hershey says 1 to 2 million troops may be discharged after Germany falls, yet up to ten months could pass to send all home even at 1000 per hour. Some troops will shift theaters, and new soldiers continue to ship abroad, with the draft at 70,000 to 100,000 monthly.
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Europe
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Germany
Pacific
France
United States
Mayville Wins 240000 Sewer Project Approval
Mayville receives 240000 for a sanitary sewer treatment plant after years of debate and taxpayer resistance. The state will cover half the cost plus 4000 for planning. Previous votes failed, with opposition noted in 1936 and 1939 hearings addressing pollution concerns.
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Lake Mayville
State Public Works Postwar Planning Commission
State Department of Health
Polio Victim Dies in Sharon Hospital
Nine month old Nancy Exton of Harrisville died at Buh Hospital yesterday, Mercer county's first incidence of the year attributable to infantile paralysis.
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Sharon
Nancy Exton
Harrisville
R. D
Buh
Mercer County
Elevator Strike In Pittsburgh Enters Third Day
Pittsburgh elevator workers enter a third day of stoppage as 100,000 daily users face delays. Strikers vote against returning to work despite mediation talks with Army ordnance Navy and state labor mediators.
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Associatien
Pittsburgh
Jburgh
Tay Riff
Regional War Labor Board
Army Ordnance and Navy
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Erburg
Hitler
First Army
Courtney
H. Hodges
Reich
Trier
Rhine
Koblenz
George S. Patton
Third Army
Moselle
Ketchikan
Alaska
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Globe
Portrachute Authority
Erie Coca-Cola Bottling Company
State Ditkeata
Wwe
Tnis
Albany Commission
Pitts
Celoron Park
Pat Norman
Taps
Jimmy Collins
Cab Calloway
Cr. Basie
Jimmie Lunceford
Emetica
Atlantic Refining Company
T.N.T
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
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