Missing Nazi prisoner from Jamestown identified in Germany
Sept 23 Jamestown reports Sgt Lawrence Mark Brustrom 22 Kiantone airman reported missing diver France July 18 is in a German prison camp. War Department notified his parents Otis Brustrom and wife three days after they received a letter from a fellow crew member’s mother confirming Brustrom’s status.
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Jamestown
Sintl
Lawrence Mark Brustrom
Kiantone
France
War Department
Otis 1
Brustrom
Peter Gingellito
Grazellito
England
Coat thieves target Erie store coats valued at 118.95
In Erie a five year pattern of coat thefts continues at Sardeson’s. Two wool and muskrat trim coats worth 118.95 each were stolen. Employees spotted two women examining the coats during the weekly inventory, but how the theft occurred remains undetermined. In other news a Brostroms B-24 crew member casualty report notes one bomber crewman dead and the rest captured or in Allied hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Ab ' Sardeson’s
Paul P. Sardeson
T Wo
Brostroms
Brustrom
Recapping and gul canizing in City and Vicinity
The edition summarizes local items from Powell Motor Co. and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board case involving a 196i sedan used for bootleg storage seized in a raid on Ernest Lasczewski. It notes Lasczewski’s four counts of illicit liquor transport and storage, Franklin school superintendent Karl M. Russell becoming Kiwanis lieutenant governor, and Victor A. Wagner of New Castle indicted on eight counts for sending Braille letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell Motor Co
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Michael J. Picheco
Ernest Lasczewski
Lascczewski
Davison Fogle Lumber Co
Franklin
Karl M. Russell
Franklin Schools
Pennsylvania
Kiwanis International
Reading
Eric
Victor A. Wagner
New Castle
George Mashatsk
United States
Wagner
Sherman
Grange Hall
Olean
Frank K. Grey
Mayme Bartlett
Jean Phillips
Mr. Grey
Miss Bartett
Miss Phillips
Oymer
Thomas McCarty
John Melnick
R. D
Union City
Mike Melnick
Waterford
Brothers
Emanuel
Blair
East 6Th Street
Frank Rendfuss
Ladies of the Moose Lodge
Jewell Flower Shop
Titusville
Harry Keith Wolfe
Joseph
Bertha Wolfe
Truemans
France
War Department
Jamestown
Julia Button
Henry Button
W. C. A. Hospital
Tootie
Luther H. Anderson
Kienig Dog Hospital
Red & Gun Club
Mrs Davison Dies at Dunkirk in 19th Century Tone
Mrs Davison longtime Westfield resident died Friday at Brooks Memorial Hospital Dunkirk. Born in Riceville May 99 1378 she lived in Riceville Sper tansburg Sangertown Ripley and Westfield. Surviving husband Pravik T Davison a brother Roy Bryant Huntington Ind a sister Mrs Frank Boyle Chicago and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Sunday at Carpenter Westfield and Torrey Spar tansburg with burial Riceville Cemetery Monday at 2 30 PM.
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Namelyn
Davison
Westfield
Brooks Memorial Hospital
Dunkirk
Rice~ville
Riceville
Spertansburg
Sangertown
Ripley
Marion Rasbaugh
L. Davison
Pravik T. Davison
Roy Bryant
Huntington
Ind. O
Frank Boyle
Chicago
Carpenter Funeral
Torrey Funeral Home
Spartansburg
Funeral Rites Sunday for Mrs Mary Porter
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Pier Porter formerly of this city will be held Sunday at 2:29 PM at the United Brethren in Christ Church. Burial follows in the Garland Methodist Cemetery. An unrelated note mentions England auctions dating from the 27th century.
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Mary Pier Porter
Ellery Center
United Brethren
Garland
Trial set for Oct 2 in Richfield fire spectators cases
Trial of damage suits stemming from the Richfield Oil fire and explosion that killed three Jamestown firemen and injured about 20 will begin October 2 in Mayville Supreme Court. The oil company faces claims totaling 300000 tied to the blast at the Richfield bulk distribution station on Fluyanna Avenue near Jamestown. Surviving relatives and administrators of the deceased seek damages in consolidated spectator cases including Nathan Anderson for his son James and Ray L Lewis for Wayne Lewis, plus Donald Morse, Russell Barr by guardian, and Ernest Barr. Four additional actions are consolidated into one case awaiting trial.
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Ville Mayville
Richfield Oil Corporation
Supreme Court
Mayville
Oil Company
Richfield
Fluyanna Avenue
Jamestown
Nathan Anderson
James
Ray L. Lewis
Wayne Lewis
Donald R. Morse
Russell Barr
Guardian
Ernest Barr
Emily Dodd former Frohman actress dies in New York
Word came that Emily Dodd a Corry girl in childhood and later a well known actress with the Charles Frohman organization in New York died Wednesday at Bushwick Hospital Brooklyn MN She retired from the stage in 25 and is survived by her sister Miss Jessie Dodd of Brooklyn The Dodd sisters were visitors here each summer and were cousins of Mrs Frank N Ames with many Corry friends lamenting her passing.
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Emily Dodd
Frohman
Bushwick Hospital
Brooklyn
MN. C
Corry
Charles Frohman
New York
Miss Dodd
Jessie Dodd
Misses Dodd
Frank N. Ames
Decree imposes strict policy in Allied occupied Reich
The AMG outlines postwar aims in Germany including disarming Nazis, securing funds and records, and establishing civil governance to support military operations. It orders Nazi officers to stay at posts during surrender, and grants Allied control of mails, telecoms, and radios while banning unapproved travel and mandating surrender of firearms and wireless gear.
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Eisenhower
AMG
Germany
Fall Festivities Highlight Ajax Tron Works and Navy News
Weather warns of probable frost as Ajax Tron Works festivities and the first day of Fall proceed. Police in the district chase a suspect in Army uniform, linked to a station incident, a cottage break near North East, and a car kerosene incident. Carmen Piccirillo serves boxing in Navy shows, and a double rainbow delights locals. Pfc Martin Irvine reported killed in France. ties to Irvine nickname noted.
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Ajax Tron
Youl
North East
Meadville
Edinboro State Teachers College trustee appointee named
Mrs Ruth Wade of Warren, wife of Judge Alli son Wade, is appointed to the Edinboro State Teachers College board of trustees by Governor Martin, succeeding the late Clyde S. Knapp. Erie Republicans seek a Dewey visit as a possible Erie stop on his West Coast return. A convoy of German POWs passed through Warren replacing North East strikers. Weather outlook predicts a cool weekend with scattered showers to start the work week. War Department lists 13,49 soldiers wounded in action from the region, including Dombrowski Morrison Artz and others.
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Martin
Irvine
Wrightsville
France
Warren County
Pfc
William Irvine
Gerald Whiteley
Thomas Betts
Doris Nelson
Corry
Ruth Wade
Corty
Allison Wade
Warren
Edinboro
Erie County
Erie
Dewey
Joseph Hurley
Bull Hill
North East
UN Uderstood
Sheffield
War Department
Tech
John J. Dombrowski
Orren J. Morrison
Franklin
Lee B. Artz
Guys Mills
Leonard J. Burkett
Raymond K. Chandler
Guys
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Wing -Willi Star Stores
Pillsbury
PAPYA
Campbell's Tomato Soup
Ean
Iis
the National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hershey
Windsor
Pillsbury Flour
Aoast
Wits Genpan
Ivory
Jack Frost
Esteban Sierra
Stony Point
Spencer Hospital
Ridgway
St. Marys
OPA
Oil City
Joseph B. May
East Brady
Charles Vincent May
Southwest Pacific
Journal
Steve Pamiula
Hlmer L. Evans
Charles Havach
West Pleasant Street
Corry Hospital
Keeeey
Service Croft
Frederick Ena
Mrs
Mary Porter
Sngland
Curtis Jewelry
Reich
Renererirnes North Corry
Columbus Ave
Armitage
Soreo
Corry Building & Loan Association bEvost
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and Loan Insurance Corp
Memben Federal Home Loan Bank System
South Center Street
Raghaf
Weather Bureau
Washington Street
William Eaton
Arthur R. Ingram
RD. 1
Great Lakes
Naval Station
Ajax
Tred Utley
Pittsburch
Utey
Nirella
Carmen Piccirillo
Pacific
Navy
II 45
Clyde Frutger
Hilyer
Dafly Construction Company
Rahe
Sworn
Leslie Brooks
Columbia
Heac
Konel of
Aljoris
Nasts Ladies
New York Central Railroad
Youngsville
Ben Skelton
Colley
West Ridge Bus Lines
Greyhound
Carl R. Black
Terests
Bowman
West
Car Ridge System
Dell M
Shamburg's News & Sports
A. Spirit
Bernstein Bros
Center St
Mney’s
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