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Offices SetUp in RegionFranklin. TitusvilleOther Communitiesponce sia, ttemen ana .yjanrossgave signed statements 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, occurred on April 30, the same night that the policemen's annual ball was in progress at the Knights of Columbus auditorium The alarmGet Itinerant Sitesthat night was sounded about 9:20 p. m, and the resulting heavy traf-? fice cause by people driving to the scene of the blaze, made it com-The setting up of a number itinerant or part-time officesthe veterans* administration this area is announced today.ofofinpulsory for a number of local police to leave the ball to handlethe traffic.DiTo supplement the work beingdone by the permanent veterans' administration offices located invarious cities and boroughs of the firea, the part-time offices have fooen established to bring similarservice to veterans who reside in father localities.Police said that Henlen and Manross told them that with Wade Remus, Richard Robinson andRobert Weiser they had discussed setting the Trax fire while driving around in an automobile.remhebehehavei Veterans of nearby areas been serviced by the Oil City contact office of the government or-since its establishmentAccording to their statement, police said, they had a can of gasoline in the automobile and that itof the Dair toAipiPfbawas the intentipn set fire to the barn onpair the Traxofproperty.■jramzationaThey drove to West First st. drSame time ago. The local office is! near the estate and parked the au- lytomobile. The statements, police Srsaid, revealed that the Trax estate er barn was boarded-up and the pair be could not gain entrance. he' yelocated in the Fair building.The various itinerant offices in this district, their location and the .hours during which they are open'follow:— Fran k 1 i n,Venangoat5 p. m.foffice.Fri-county —Wednesdays, 9 a. m. tocounty conimissoiners’Forest county—Tionesta,'days, 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—Clari5:15Instead they went to the house, police said, wrhere the gasoline wasthrown over a pile of papers, on;the doors and walls and that Hen-1 len lit the fire with a cigaret light-er.heWedAfter that, police said the statement continued, the pair ran down the nearby hillside to W. First St., got in the automobile and drove jthehewimmesdays, 25thto andm.,sts.courtEastto 12P-•house, 5th and Main *Brady, Thursdays, 9 a. m. moon, veterans' service home, 5th •and Broad sts., New Bethlehem, Wednesdays, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., iFirst National Bank building.Crawford county — Cambridge Springs, Wednesdays, 9 a. m. to 12, Idty building, 152 Venango st.; Ti-•tusville, Fridays, 9 to 12, chamberto a point near the Continental Can Co. plant where they waited for about 10 minutes.ofthacwlt;Their statement totypolice con-;aj, tinued, authorities said, that they then drove to the Mitchell ave. field wherewlt;they met “the otherboys.#of commerce, 109 Exchange PlaceHold Argentine4*Titusville Man Buys A$ GcriflBfl Spjfwlt;naEi]eiprseVc#iSand and Gravel GoNew York, Oct. 19—JP)—Teo-D. Bui dick, Titusville conLauwlt;midecareITo r| pP J’(described by the FBI as the key. - , „ , . . ~r the FBI as theCurry Sand and uxavel Co. ^ 1C j figure in a notorious German spyincludes about eight acres of land I.n^ waa he}d by Federal Author-in Cherrytree township. a half-mile todav on espionage chargessouth of Titueville, and has beenkn*qpe rated as a sand and gravel.bank since about 1928.* 1 The deal also included the wash-J climaxing a five yeai hunt on threeanswwlitei continents.The FBI $aid last night, in an-*ing and grading machinery andnouncing his arrest, the Lau wasmith*th,storage bins, crusher, high-lift and ifllamshell shovels, three dump *frucks, drag lines and all other 'Equipment of the company.* * Mr. Burdick 1 opes to keep* present force of workers and in-* *•'bends to deliverthe*a product which will conform to the most exacting needs of the local builders.the paymaster of the Kurt Frederick Ludwig spy ring which the government said repayed sufficent information to Germany before it•rwas uncovered in 1941 to account for the drinking of st least 12 allied vessels.Lau was arrested bv Federal Agents Wednesday upon his at rival from Canada—his first visit to thetoanM»HwiThe business was a continuation Ullited gtates since he fled in 1*41Of t! e Schut! um sand and giavel j .. „,hirh time hp was Irnnwn tnbusiness originating at the bankalong Route 27 about a half-mile *frcm East Titusville. Mr. Curry hauled gravel from that bank for .many years and then purchased the Chervtree township property formerly owned by L. O. Bradley.Mr. Curry installed improved washing and grading equipment making available a grade of product1He operated the business until his death on April 23, 1939, and then his widow continued it until she, too, passed away. Since that time, the Trust Department of the Titusville Trust Company has administ-ed the business for Mrs. Jane Curry’s estate.he was known to Government Investigator only as the mysterious ‘ Bill, w^hose nameappeared on captured spy documents written in invisible ink.Lau was arraigned yesterday before Federal Judge Simon Rifkindon the esiponage charges and bondwas set at $50,000.thanPgFithaninJCoon Bog TriaTjInArMr. Burdick intends to continue In his contracting business.ac re] of M ?CO]toeBOYS ADMITFALSE ALARMSA ’coon dog trial will be staged at 10 a. m. tomorrow on the Buck Tails’ recreation grounds at Cranberry’’ by the members of the Ve- j nango County 'Coon and Fox Hunt- e * ers association.30C(Continued From P^ae One)thattheFranklin police apprehended boys. Oil City police held sus-| picious as to the type of automobile that was being driven by the four, it was learned, and they broadcast an alarm to be watchful of the machine.Lunch and refreshments will be served on the field.4ny class dog is eligible foi entry into the event.Don Juan de Onata, in headed the first colonizing dition into New Mexico.1598.expe-The Franklin police radio picked Up the message and officers in the; .county seat were on the alert after the two false alarms were sounded there.They took the boys into custody about 20 minutes after the' final alarm was sounded*cit v.in thatwas they said.Members of the Franklin depart-mtn who apprehended the pair vere Ralph Brunton and Ray Brown. With Chief Harry A. Jackson of that city’s fire department j The boys were brought to the Oil City police station. 14 'During theirquestioning here,4 man is knownby the companyhe L'wd.c
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Oil City Blizzard
Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Oct 19, 1946
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