Man falls sixteen feet from roof in factory area
A 14 year old, Eiden Franchino of West Preifetick Street, suffered a broken limb after stepping on a plank between two buildings at the Davison Fogle Company roofs. Police report a beagle was picked up during compliance with a quarantine. Residents noted increased traffic on Spring Street Hill due to a wrecked Army trainer plane sighting and the surrounding road impact.
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Eiden Franchino
West Preifetick Treet
Tefb Te
Davison-Fogle Company
Franchino
West Frederick Street
Ars
Lawrence
William Jewell
Spring Street Hill
County AAA Committees Plan Bee Relief and Rationing
County AAA committees will aid starving bees by carrying colonies through winter with certified need accepted by local boards and limited to 10 pounds of sugar per colony. Governor Martin opens Republican campaign against a fourth term from New Castle at 6 15 pm on WEST with a statewide radio rebroadcast by 18 stations. he will close the campaign on November 6. The state treasurer reports 3,089 unemployment checks totaling 56,138 dollars issued for the week ending September 12, 1944, with district disbursements listing Bradford Corry Erie Meadville Oil City St Marys Warren and others for a total of 3,011.
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Pennsylvania
Treasury
Bradford
Erie
New Castle
Warren
Edward Martin
Republican
West
Repubican
Harvey Taylor
Martin
The
Corry
Meadville
OU City
St. Marys
Fourth of the Soldier Vote Arrives in Erie
In Erie county about five percent of military ballots are in at the courthouse as county commissioners report. Ralph Benedict says roughly 11 000 ballots have been sent to service members, with a November 22 reception and counting deadline. Ballots are secured and addressed issues are corrected as needed.
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Erie
Erie County
Court House
Ralph €. Benedict
Benedict
Behiedict
Bicycles Withdrawn from Rationing Lacks Demand in Erie
The Office of Price Administration removed new bicycles from rationing with little public reaction in Erie. Chester Bowles, the national OPA administrator, said bicycles are on hand and production is so limited that rationing serves little purpose. The seven county Erie district had been allotted 92 new bicycles for September rationing.
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Office of Price Administration
Washington
Erie
Chester Bowles
OPA
Erie naval gunner listed missing after hurricane
Sylvester A. Raybury Jr., 21, a gunner's mate in the navy, is listed as missing since September 15 when a hurricane struck the Atlantic coast and reportedly sank the ship he served on. He is the son of Sylvester A. Raybury and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keep Sr., with prior active duty of two years and seven months and three major engagements.
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Erte
Sylvester A. Raybourg
Atlantic
Erie
Sylvester A
Barney) Raybury
Penn Avenue
Girard
Robert Keep
North Girard
Three In Training From Carry Salvation Army
Three local Salvation Army youths depart for the training school in New York City. Farewell events honor Adjutant and Mrs. Morrison for four years of service in Corry before their upcoming posting to Greenville, Pennsylvania. Fifty-five members and friends attended a farewell dinner in the Army recreation hall. The Morissons’ farewell services drew a large turnout from the corps and the wider community.
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Salvation Army
Army
New York City
Morrison
Corry
Greenville
Morrisons
Army Recreation Hall
Gorty
Forest service urges farm woodlands to aid war effort
Lyle F Watts chief of the United States forest service calls on Warren area farm woodland owners to cut and market timber to back the war. He stresses forestry practices to ensure future crops and notes Forest Supervisor R F Hemingway offers guidance to wood owners, loggers, truckers and mills in Warren Pennsylvania with office in the post office building and contact number 1493.
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Sant Pe Gambin
R. F. Hemingway
Hemingway
Warren
Answers to I Q Quiz Listed on Editorial Page
Answers printed on the editorial page reveal the quiz results. The questions cover topics from geography and history to literature and religion, including Palau Islands tax evasion Queen Victoria and William Jennings Bryan.
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I. Q
The
Palau Islands
William Jennings Bryan
True
Coral Sea
Woeful Waste Last Year Food Sat In Pails To Feed 33 Million
A report notes that the previous year dumped food into garbage containers totaling enough to feed 33 million people, highlighting waste and food insecurity. It emphasizes the scale of loss and calls for action to improve waste management and food distribution.
Missing War Pilot Declared Dead After Nine Years
Perry family learns their son E K Perry is officially dead after nine years missing in European waters. Navy informs parents the pilot is considered to have died in defense of his country. Surviving relatives include brother Douglas in the Army Air Forces and sister Gladys at home.
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Erte
Sep
Speeiyavy Ruugues
Perry
E. K." Perry
Navy Department
Douglas
Army Air Forces
Gladys
Ikane Pilot 1s Home After 68 Missions
First Lieutenant James B. Cartwright, with 68 bombing missions, landed at Guardia Field New York for a 30 day overseas leave and will stay with his parents on Pennsylvania Avenue. He is a B 26 Marauder pilot with the Ninth Air Force based in England, flying over France and Germany.
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England
France
Relief Decrease Rate Dims In Pennsylvania August
The August drop in Pennsylvania relief rolls reached 1,960 people in 792 cases, about half the July decline and less than June. Seasonal job and vacation work of school-age children lowered resistance tolls early in summer. It remains unclear if slower declines come from less employment or effects of war-industry cutbacks and completions.
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Pennsylvania
Kidney Fatigue Warning Prompts Quick Relief Ad
An advertisement warns readers they may suffer kidney fatigue and ache without realizing it. It promotes Thompson's Borsoma tablets, claiming they help the kidneys eliminate poisons and offer quick relief at all druggists for 500 units.
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Gaiwrence Eckman
West South Street
Rex Theatre
Roy Mather
South Center Street
Fairview School
Kathleen Hopkins
Seventh Street
Board of Health
Pittsburgh
Europe
Alexander H. Frey
Regional War, Labor Board
Frey
University of Pennsylvania Law School
R. D
Eleanor L. Harmon
State College
Jack ML Harmon
Victory
A. B. Baldwin
Clarence Kirch
Dorothy N. Stow
WAVE
SPARS
Coast Guard
Mary L. Emrich
Seaman Emrich
Carol Firth
Margaret Tripp
O. Willams
Pennsylvania State College
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Sanitary Corps
Clark Building
Office of Surplus
Proprf
Woday
Seaches
Carry Salvation Army
Edith Burton
Ward Satterlee
Grace Hotchitiss
IKANE
TAG LG Stores
Pillsbury
Inc
Parkerhouse Rolls
Aunt Sue Dry Cleaner
Heiman Jewelers
Dave
American Gas Association
Gaz
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