Varied Local News Highlights From Erie Area
A wide range of notes from Erie and nearby towns includes health updates on Mrs. Charles Bell after a fall at the Federal building. notes on Napstuff illumination by Trill Indicator Company. recovered stolen bicycles with police awaiting owners. a complaint about box stoning in Fairhaven and legal risks for tampering with mail receptacles. solstice timing and daylight changes per the 1844 World Almanac. a police probe into a local man accused of harassing women with horn honks. tin salvage and waste paper targets in Pennsylvania. naval and marine discharge insignia distribution to veterans. milkweed pod collection for kapok substitutes. a Victory concert by the Male Chorus at the Elks Club. P. M. Nichols's recovery from surgery. tuberculosis warnings and a Western Pennsylvania conference. lists of local soldiers wounded. relief payments in the county showing a slight weekly uptick. and real estate transfers in Corry and Wayne township.
Conquest of Angaur Nears End in Pacific Drive
The advance across the Pacific continues as forces near Angaur with fierce resistance noted at Peleliu. Magines report occupation of a small unnamed island off Peleliu, while Liberator bombers under General MacArthur target Davao area in the southern Philippines with 120 tons of bombs and multiple explosions and fires. A new airfield is said to have begun on Angaur.
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Pacific
Peleliu
Magines
Sitling
Douglas Macarthur
Davao
Philippines
Lon Angaur
Hospital Chief Resignation Accepted and Volunteer Tribute
Hospital directors accepted the chief’s resignation and praised 33 Corry Chapter American Red Cross Nurses Aides for 150 hours of service. A plaque will honor them with a dinner planned to recognize volunteers and staff. The Corry hospital iron lung loan to Erie polio efforts is to be returned on one hour notice.
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Uurummey Nein Rnke Uniesson
Corry
American Hed Cross
Josephine Sherman
Corry Hospital
Erie
Birle Fire Department
Federal prisoners' failed escape from Erie County Prison
Two federal inmates Manthe LaFarge alias John Jenkins 18 of Evansville Ind and Edward Kubeja 18 of Cleveland attempted to break from Erie County Prison at 1030 p m Tuesday. They overpowered turnkey Jacob Kissell and guard Frank Vollmer before being contained in solitary. LaFarge had been sentenced for car theft and Kubeja awaits trial for motor theft. Warden Matt Hess reported injuries and said officials would review criminal charges for the escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kubeja
Cleveland
Maurice LaFarge
John Jenkins
Evansville
Ind
Erie County
R. M. Giron
Rubejs
Gibson
Warren
Erie
Matt Hess
Manthe LaFarge
F. P. Schoonmaker
Jacob F. Kissell
Cochten Street
Turnkey Athhe County
Kujebe
Kubeim
Kissell
Vollmer
Williamsville
Kubeja
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Evie
Hess
Burton FR. Laub
Fall Fatal To Titusville Man
Titusville report states Clyde W. Alearn aged 59 died after a fall from a scaffold at Perry Forge plant on South Perry street. He struck his head, skull fractured, and died before a physician arrived. Alearn worked for Ross Electrical Engineering and Construction Co of Pittsburgh. He had complained of illness prior to the accident, and the deputy coroner ruled it accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Clyde W. Alearn
Perry Forge
South Perry Street
Alcor
Ross Electrical Engineering and Construction Co
Pittsburgh
C. M. Sonne
Greeks Reach Rimini Front Near Adriatic Coast
Allied dispatch from Rome Sept 21 reports Greek Eighth Army troops within about 2000 yards of Rimini as rain slows Fifth Army drive toward Bologna. Canadians break through southwest of Rimini, threatening to outflank the city while German resistance tightens on Rimini’s west and the San Marino ridge holds.
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Associated Press
Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Fifth Army
Firenauola
Bologna
San Lorenzo
Rimi
Marecchia
Adriatic
San Marino Ridge
Erie Hit and Run Driver Sought After Pedestrian Injured
In Erie on September 21 authorities sought the driver of a small car that struck 69 year old Philip Chase at 11 p.m. Wednesday near 913 East Hid Street at Bast Avenue. Chase remained at St. Vincent's Hospital under observation with numerous injuries. Police noted traffic gaps as a factor in the incident.
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Erie
Philip Chase
Hid Street
Bast Avenue
William McDonald
Chase
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lively Suds Tired Suds Help Women Clean With Bare Effort
A quirky tip promotes using just enough soap to keep suds lively for easy cleansing without heavy elbow grease. It cautions against wasting soap and suggests economical, efficient washing habits for tired women.
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Charles Bell
Federal Building
East South Street
Trill Indicator Company
Maritime Commission
Fred Stingel
Fairhaven
James Sullivans
Police Department
Lemon
West Pleasant Streets
Earrley
Dyer & Crosswalk
Ttels
Pennsylvania
Navy
Merine
Coast Guard
War Department
Army
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Marines
U. S. Marine Corps
Washington, D. C
The
Elks Club
Rice
P.M. Nichols
Williams Street
C. Howard Marcy
Pennsylvania ‘Tuberculosis Society
Western
Marcy
Tuberculosis Teague of
Setion
Henry J. Bargielslel
Edeward J. Bruzeywlox
Johm
Mortis
Stanley Napien
Kowaki
Esseph J. Cusmano
Mi Fon
D. Feltenberger
John Woodburn
John A. McLaughlin
John J. McLaughlin
Fay Street
Dewain
Angaur
Pileliu
Celoron Park
Herbie Johnson
Dixieland Band
Pat Norman Ore
Willard
Thomas Motor Co
Meishe
Orchard Park
Hse
Sam A Nee i Rae
Cece Noosa
GIBBS
Phillips
Ritter
Pork & Beans
Royal Cook
Golden Orchard
Libby
Cais Ben
Hollywood Bootmakers
California
Saneed Ua
Aia
Ty Cot Ae
Nyu
Loblaw’s Meats
Young
Jaardar
Bss Spic &Span Pke Ai
Paesos As
del Sy Ken-L-Biskit
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