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PAGE TWOTH.... ........mmmmOffices SetIDp in RegionFranklin. TitusvilleOther CommunitiesGet Itinerant SitesThe setting- up of a number itinerant or part-time officesthe veterans* administration this area is announced today.ofofpolice said. Henlen and Manross gave signed 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, occurred 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-people driving to the blaze, made it com-number of local po-the ball to handleMrsIIRitesWomap.40 1 fice cause by scene of theSuccurinpulsory for a lice to leave the traffic.t IPolice said that Henien and Manross told them that with Wade Remus, Richard Robinson andRobert Weiser they had cMscussed setting the Trax fire while drivingan automobile.To supplement the work being done by the permanent veterans Administration offices located inVarious cities and boroughs of theurea, the part-time offices have aroun in keen established to bring similar! According to their statement, po-iservice to veterans who reside in lice said, they had a can of gaso-other localities I line in the automobile and that itwas the intention of the pair toFuneral sDufberg, w respected rlt; many years hospital at be conductehome at 2The bodyAngeles wh place in thePark cemet band.have. Veterans of nearby areas been serviced by the Oil City contact office of the government organization since its establishmentset fire to the barn on the Traxproperty.They drove to West First st.isome time ago. The local officelocated in the Fair building.isnear the estate and parked the automobile. The statements, policeThe 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 , atsaid, revealed that the Trax estate orThe decei of Sweden, a girl and h dress makin ly known tShe retiredher marrbarn was boarded-up and the pair berg, who ocould not gain entrance.here. Mr.Instead they went to the house, police said, where the gasoline wasthrown over a pile of papers, on;the doors and walls and that Hen-tcounty commissoiners* office.Forest county—Tionesta, Fri- len lit the fire with a cigaret light-Idays, 1:30 p. m. to 5 p. m„ grand er.‘jury room at the court house. After that, police said the state-' Warren county — S h e f f i e 1 d ,1 ment continued, the pair ran down*Wed-Thursdays from 9 a. m. to noon,Town hall, 204 S. Main st.J Clarion county—Clarion,inesdays, 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 — Cambridgethe nearby hillside to W. First St., got in the automobile and drovethe Continentalto a point nearcourt Can Co. plant where they waited East'for about 10 minutes.to 12! Their statementyears ago.She had months and hospital on She had r hotel in recwinters in t mers in soi Intensely of Nazi dorthrough he?actively eng war work. Ito police con-types of dri , also carriedtinued, authorities said, that they jn sending I then drove to the Mitchell ave. field wherethey met the otherboys.99Springs, Wednesdays, 9 a. m. to 12, ♦City building, 152 Venango st.; Ti-•tusville, Fridays, 9 to 12, chamberof commerce, 109 Exchange Place.Hold ArgentineTitusville Man Buys As German Spywomen in t She refuswork for pnango Corn Eight, of learned of h presented i service certt*Sand and Gravel GoVoiture ofwork. The jmade by Ha de eare of iD. Burdick, Titusville con-New York. Oct. 19— A*)—Teo-re Erdmann Erich Lau. 44-veargare came as arecipient., 0 old German-born Argentina citizen: Dui‘in^.-lector, ha* purchased the Earl P. descrjbed by the pBj ^ the key knitted 24,Curry Sand and niavel w ! figure in a notorious German spyincludes about eight acres of land —in Cherrytree township, a half-milesouth of Titueville, and has beengravel'qperated as a sand and.bank since about 1928.♦ • The deal also included the wash-andring, wae held by Federal Authorities today on espionage charges • climaxing a five yea: hunt on three*ihg and grading machinery ‘storage bins, crueher, high-lift and iolamehell shovels, three dump ‘trucks, drag lines and all other iuipment of the company.Mr. Burdick 1 opes to keepthe‘present force of workers and in-* tends to deliver a product which will conform to the most exacting needs of the local builders.* The business was a continuationcontinents.The FBI $aid last night, in announcing hie 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 accountyi for the sinking of at least 12 allied I vessels.Lau was arrested by Federal Agents Wednesday upon his arrival from Canada—his first visit to theand women sweaters wwhich contaitems, need mass of letti the boxes c their gratiti Later Mrs to 18 genera and receive She was Methodist cHADASSAH HOLD RU5The Oilwill hold(, United States since he fled in 1941,6f tie Schutrum sand and grave j at wjxjch time he was known toj.h h Frbusiness originating at the bank; Governm€nt investigator* only as L JL 'f»!on',- Route 27 about a half-mile the mysterious Bill,'’ whose name ,'T ' 1firm Eaet Titusville. Mi. Curiy appeared on captured spy docu- a 1 ~hauted gravel from th^? bank -°*' xnente written in invisible ink.many years and then purchased., Lau wa arraigned yesterday be-Chervtree township property fore Federal Ju^ Simon Rifkindformerly owned by L. O. Biadiey. Qn the eaiponage charges and bond Mr. Curry installed improved was setwashing and grading equipment * __the000Powell’s PotFirst st , i through FriMrs. A. 1 and Mrs. Aimaking available a grade of productHe operated the business until hi* death on April 23, 1939, and then his tvidow continued it until she, too, passed away. Since that time, j the Trust Department of the Titusville Trust Company has administ-ed the business for Mrs. Jane Curry’s estate.Mr. Burdick intends to continue9Coon Dog Ins::in charge.Scheduled Sundayin his contracting business.BOYS 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 *THIRD INBerlin, O Infantry if Army unit i activated he replaced byof the Sixtet Maj. Gen. F commander tod a v.The Scrip in ano(Continued From P^rje One)that Franklinpolice apprehended the boysr. Oil City police held suspicious as to the type of automobile that w'as being driven by the four,ers association.Lunch and refreshments will be served on the field.4ny class dog is eligible foi entry into the event.Aneash Que 300,000 in PDonheadedJuan de the firstOnata, in colonizingit was learned, and they broadcast i dition into New Mexico, an alarm to be watchful 'machine.1598.expe-OUTof theThe Franklin police radio pickedup the message and officers in the 4county seat were on the alert a ■er the two false alarms were soundedthere. They took the boys into custody about 20 minutes after the final alarm was sounded*city.in thatW'asthey said.Members of the Franklin depart-men who apprehended the pair were Ralph Brunton and RayBrown. With Chief Harry A. Jackson of that city’s fire department jthe boys were brought to the Oil City police station. \1 'During their'SNVV.-ArI.t+~4kquestioning here,A man is knownby the companyhe keeps.■m AS* .5 iArtf.r
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Oil City Blizzard
Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Oct 19, 1946
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