Two Prisoners Die From Heat At City Farm
Norfolk June 12 three men died from heat prostration two prisoners Wallace Stallings 58 and John Madden 21 at the city farm while weeding corn with a work gang The third victim Ignacy Romaniowski 56 worked on Sewells Point road and was found dead in the woods The coroner listed heat prostration as the cause for all three deaths Stallings served time for vagrancy Madden for store breaking and larceny
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Norfolk
City Farm
H. F. Dormire
Princess Anne County
Wallace Stallings
John B. Madden
Leon Nowitzky
Ignacy Romanowski
Stallings
Madden
City
Fred Drolett
Farm Administration
Romanowski
Sewell’s Point Road
PSC Hearing Is Set On Plea To Up Rates
The Public Service Commission will hear Wetzel Natural Gas company on Monday seeking higher domestic rates from 37 to 52 cents per thousand cubic feet and industrial from 27 to 42 cents. It says current rates yield losses and require capital to supply and maintain service. The commission will also hear Citizens Telephone of Grantsville on a rate increase to cover equipment, construction, repairs, and wage costs.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Wetzel Natural Gas Company
Wetzel County
Citizens Telephone Company of
Grantsville
First of B-50 Bombers Ready
The first of 133 B-50 bombers ordered by the Army Air Forces rolled from Boeing Aircraft plant. Described as the Air Forces new standard long range bomber, the B-50 uses four 3,500 horsepower Pratt & Whitney engines to deliver about 59 percent more power than the B-29 and faster speeds.
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Seattle
Army Air Forces
Boeing Aiircraft Company
Boeing
Moyamensing Fire Company Public Relations Stunt
Moyamensing fire company members of Chester Pa staged a public relations incident when a parked car caught fire and no owner appeared. They extinguished the blaze and left a note claiming they put out the fire and unhooked the battery and starter. The note signed by the Moyamensing Fire company. Also a statistic notes about Navajo portion of American Indians.
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Philadelphia
Moyamensing Fire Company
Chester
Close Shave Ends With Lightning Strike In Warren Home
Warren Pa June 12 a man named Broughton sought a close shave with his razor during a heavy storm. Lightning struck his home during the storm and shattered the bathroom mirror into countless pieces as the bolt passed through.
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Warren, Pa
Tyman Broughton
Glass injures man as rickshaw glass strikes face
A man was struck in the face and eyes by glass from a rickshaw at an Erie location. The glass was removed in an Erie hospital. The article notes that the Chinese term for rickshaws, meaning foreign cart, reflects origins tied to white inventors.
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Broughton
An Erie Hospital
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