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Offices SetUp in RegionFranklin. TitusvilleOther CommunitiesGet Itinerant Sitespolice said. Henlen and Manrosssigned statement* that they! had set fire to the Trax property, the razing of which, J, D. Trax estimated, caused a loss of $15,000.The Trax fire, police said, oc-j curred on April 30, the same night! that the policemen’s annual ball was in progress at the Knights of Columbus auditorium The alarmthat night was sounded about 9:20 m. and the resulting heavy traf-P-The setting up of a number itinerant or part-time officesthe veterans’ administration this area is announced today.ofofin! fice cause by people driving to the scene of the blaze, made it compulsory for a number of local police to leave the ball to handle the traffic.1Di» iPolice said that Henien and Manross told them that with Wade Remus, Richard Robinson andRobert Weiser they had cMscussedTo supplement the work beingdone by the permanent veteransAdministration offices located in, .nt the setting the Trax fire while drivingvarious cities and boroughs of the * ,^ around in an automobile,tea, the part-time offices havebeen established to bring similar! According to their statement, po-4*ervice to veternns who reside in j lice sid, they hid cun of gso-v»ther localities. t bne *n t^ie automobile and that ithave was intentilt;?n °* Pair toset fire to the barn on the Trax: eirruhobehoAnpi*Pabai Veterans of nearby areas been serviced by the Oil City contact office of the government or- Pr0P*rty-^anization since its establishmenttsome time ago. The local officelocated in the Fair building.of!isThe various itinerant offices in this district, their location and the hours during which they are open *f ollow :Venango county — Fran k 1 i n, Wednesdays, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m, at*county commissoiners’ office.Forest county—Tionesta, Fridays, 1:30 p. m. to 5 p. m„ grand •jury room at the court house.* Warren county — Sheffield Thursdays from 9 a. m. to noon,•Town hall, 204 S. Main st.* Clarion county—Clarion, tnesdays, 2 to 5:15 p. m.,•house, 5th and Main sts.; 'Brady, Thursdays, 9 a. m. moon, veterans’ service home, 5th and Broad sts., New Bethlehem, 'Wednesdays, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., .First National Bank building.Crawford county — Cambridge Springs, Wednesdays, 9 a. m. to 12, tCity building, 152 Venango st.; Ti-•tusville, Fridays, 9 to 12, chamber ‘of commerce, 109 Exchange Place.a fThey drove to West First st. drlt; near the estate and parked the au-j iy tomobile. The statements, police Shrevealed that the Trax estate erbeibarn was boarded-up and the pair could not gain entrance.heInstead they went to the house, police said, where the gasoline wasyeilt;thrown over a pile of papers, on;encthe doors and walls and that Henien lit the fire with a cigaret lighter. :hoWed-court Eastto 121howiiAfter that, police said the state- me ment continued, the pair ran down ] the nearby hillside to W. First St., 0fgot in the automobile and droveUhito a point near the Continental Can Co. plant where they waited for about 10 minutes.Their statement to police continued, authorities said, that theyijn then drove to the Mitchell ave. field whereactwatyialsthey met the otherwobovs.99Hold ArgentinewonaEi;leaTitusville Men Buys flS German SpySand and Gravel Gopnset VowOma deD. Burdick, Titusville con-New York, Oct. 19— A*)—Teo-re Erdmann Erich Lau. 44-vearcairet1Earl P. descrjfred fry tfre pBI as the keyCurry Sand and oiavel Co. w hich j jjgUre a notorious German spy includes about eight acres of land riwor held Federal Author.in Cherrytree township, a half-mile south of Titueville, and has been operated as a sand and gravelbank since about 1928.• The deal also included the washing and grading machinery and storage bins, crueher, high-lift andnlamehell shovels, three dump (Tucks, drag lines and all other equipment of the company.Mr. Burdick 1 opes to keep thepresent force of workers and intends to deliver a product which yill conform to the most exacting needs of the local builders.The business was a continuationifring, was held by itiee today on espionage charges : climaxing a five year hunt on three j continents.j The FBI $aid last night, in an-nouncing his arrest, the Lau was the paymaster of uie Kurt Frederick Ludwig spy ring which the government said repayed sufficent information to Germany before it was uncovered in 1941 to account for the sinking of at least 12 allied vessels.Lau was arrested by Federal! Agents Wednesday upon his arrival from Canada—his first visit to the United States since he fled in 1941,! at which time he was known toknanlt;swwhiteimathetheItoanlt;MeHAHCas nametl e Schutrum sand and gravelbusiness originating at the -ank Q0vernm€nt investigator only cont,- Route 27 about a nalf-mile the mySterious Bill,” whose rwrrtn East Titusville. Mr. Curiy appeared on captured spy docu-juled gravel from th^? bank for men^ written in invisible ink.nany years and then purchased ^ wau5 arraigned yesterday be-:ht Charytree township property fore Federal Jud*€ Simon Rifkindormerly owned by L. O. Biadiey. |Qn eaiponage charges and bondMr. Curry installed improved! vashing and grading equipment1wiibe*thr1anlt;PoFiithrJ000Ianlt;incaking available a grade of product He operated the business until lis death on April 23, 1939, and then lis widow continued it until she, oo, passed away. Since that time, I he Trust Department of the Titue-■ille Trust Company has administ-the business for Mrs. Jane Cur-y’s estate.JCoon log Tria::Scheduled SundayTHIInfAriactMr. Burdick intends to continue his contracting business.repofMacortodBOYS ADMIT1FALSE ALARMS(Continued From P^rje One)hat Franklinpolice apprehended the boys. Oil City police held sus-icious as to the type of automobile tat. was being driven by the four,A 'coon dog trial will be staged at 10 a. m. tomorrow' on the Buck Tails’ recreation grounds at Cran-| berry by the members of the Ve-j nango County 'Coon and Fox Hunt-, e *ers association, AnLunch and refreshments will be 300 served on the field.4ny class dog is eligible for entry into the event.Don Juan de Onata, in headed the first colonising was learned, and they broadcast j dition into New Mexico.alarm to be watchfulachine.1598.expe-of theThe Franklin policy radio picked p the message and officers in the lunty seat were on the alert aft-the twro false alarms were sound-i there. They took the boys into istody about 20 minutes after the nal alarm was soundedty.Iin thatwfas they said.Members of the Franklin depart-en who apprehended the pair ere Ralph Brunton and Ray own. With Chief Harry A. Jack-of that city’s fire department j e boys were brought to the Oil j t.v police station. \During theirA man is knownquestioning here,by the company
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Oil City Blizzard
Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Oct 19, 1946
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