Oil City seeks pay hikes to match regional standards
Petitions presented to Oil City council by members of the oil city motive nd fire departments urge higher wage rates to offset living costs and align basic pay with other northwest Pennsylvania cities. A separate item notes a Meadville case where Edith Armstrong’s son, infantry gunner James Armstrong, was slightly wounded in action after Pearl Harbor.
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Oil City
Meei
Pennsylvania
Oil City Motive Nd Fire Departments
Ter Gon
Arthiut
James Armstrong
Edith Armstrong
Meadville
War Department
Foreign Service
Pearl Harbor
Powell Motors vulcanizing meet noted in City and Vicinity
A Laurel County note lists Powell Motors vulcanizing and recapping with a 6 to 10 foot reference and an upcoming V. PW. Auxiliary meeting set for Wednesday September 15 at a specified time with food attendance and a person named Lonla E Decker Jr noted as a private first class from San Antonio Texas. The item also includes miscellaneous local notices about a fire at 1022 West Fifth Avenue and various community events and obituaries.
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Powell Motors
V. PW
At & P
Lonla E Decker, Jr
San Antonio
Tex
Fierson Laah
Francis J. Holland
Spring Creek
Paatts
Wrarren
OCD
Frank Salino
West Pith Avenue
Arémen
Franz
Fort Miles warns coastal towns after 16 inch gun tests
Public alert issued by Col Robert B. Phillips commands fort security and urges Lewes and Rehoboth Beach residents to keep windows closed and remove heavy wall hangings as 16 inch guns at Fort Miles are tested. Shipping advised to avoid the area during the exercise.
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Lewel
Det
Fort Miles
Fourth of voters hit polls in Pennsylvania primary
Voters statewide weighed one state-wide contest and numerous county posts amid a slow turnout forecast. The 18 000 a year Superior Court seat drew no opposition with Judge Claude T Reno Republican and County Judge Curtis Bk Democrat as candidates. In Allegheny County a clash pitted Sheriff Robert J Corbett backed by Senator James J Davis against County Commissioner John S Herron. Governor Marlin sided with Herron as party lines hardened ahead of November.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Claude T. Reno
Curtis Bbk
Philadelphia
Bernard Samuel
William 2. Bullitt
U. S
Allegheny County
Robert J. Corbett
James J. Davis
John S. Herron
Marlin
Herron
Fayette County
Delaware County
Jom J. McGlure
Will reopen Eldred ammunition factory in Widved Pa
The National Ammunitions Company plans to reopen parts of the National Munitions Company facilities in Widved, Pa around October 1. It will hire 300 to 400 workers to manufacture a new wartime product. Executive Secretary Walter Howe says many workers from the Munitions Company already found jobs with the Ammonitions firm. The plant will feature two women for each man in staffing. Structural changes are being made by clean contractors.
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Baptist Ladies Fellowship
Howard Redding
Franklin Street
Oil City
SPARS
Coast Guard
Eva May Peterson
B.A. Peterson
Peterson
Pittsburgh
Palm Beach
Florida
Corp
Harry A. Gordon
Bradford
War Department
Opl
Gordon
Oil Gily
Smith and Wagner
National Guard
Indiantown Gap
Port Bragg
N. C
Fort Benning
Brasford
Daniel Henry Maunz
Cabrin
Joseph Melvin Smoley
Medical Corps
Ajax Employes
S. Center St
Brle
Swanville
Olean
Christopher O'Toole
tLadies
Récreation Alley
Meadville
Velma Davis
Ruth O'Brien
O'Brien
Butler
Cambridge Springs
Masonic Temple
Spencer Cash Mills
Eldred
National Ammunitions Company
National Munitions Company
Widved
Walter. Howe
Olean Chamber of Commerce
Ammunitions Company
Playwright Shaw’s Wife Dies in London Home
Mrs George Bernard Shaw, wife of the famed playwright, died at their London residence on Sunday. She was known for her love of the arts and mist, and had published a translation of French plays and endowed numerous institutions and scholarships.
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Titusville
Ray Stackhouse
Anckson, Dorsey, & Paratrooper
Camp Mackill
N.C
London
George Bernard Shaw
Sharp fights in McKean County primary day
Smethfort Pa September 14 polls open 7 am close 6 pm. Primary elections matter for McKean County voters with nominations for most county offices including sheriff commissioners recorder of deeds and prothonotary. Contests shaped by Republican nominations and Democratic county commissioner race amid vacant court seats and upcoming vacancies.
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Smethfort
Pennsylvania
Superior Court
McKean County
Furious Salerno battle rages on into fifth day
The Allied campaign around Salerno intensifies as heavy fighting persists, with a military officer noting it as the bitterest land engagement faced by Allied forces in Italy. Germany appears determined to resist in Italy, threatening a wider collapse of satellites if defeated. New Italian naval units reaching Malta expand Axis strength to 77 ships, including five battleships and 27 destroyers, while air superiority remains with the Allies though German airfields offer closer targets for sorties.
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Germany
Italy
Balkans
Taly
Malta
Allied air forces strike Naples region as heavy sorties hit targets
Allied bombers and fighter planes conducted raids over the Bay of Naples area including Tore Del Greco Pompei and southeast of Salerno targeting road and railway junctions and enemy installations. Reported enemy losses include 56 fighters and bombers shot down and several bases and convoys destroyed according to the communique.
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Ferday
Aulette
Cnmmuniique
Toree del Greco
Pompei
Bay of Naples
Salerno
Potenza
Fragmented OCR News Entry From an Unclear Source
The readable fragments reference various historic and geographic terms including Kiev and Germany, plus mentions of pilgrims, Nazis, and Jetty-like phrases. Details are scattered with no coherent event, date, or identifiable names to anchor a clear news item or outcome.
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Hall
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N.Y
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N. Y
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Lott
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Dunkirk
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Youngsville
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Robert A. Ott
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Frank Buck
Rex Theater
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McKean CO
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Herbert A. Monk
Commonwealth
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
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YMAC
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CORRY
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