Drowning of Titusville Girl Near East Bloss Street
A nine year old Titusville girl, Vada Rady, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Eddy, drowned after talking hito Hammond Bay. She fell into Hammond River near East Bloss street and was swept two blocks to Oil Creek. Firemen and a civilian defense chief used resuscitation methods but she died at the hospital. Her father is away in the Navy.
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Titusville
Oil Creek
Pred Warner
John Opelt
Warner Time
George Becker
Edrich
William Lowery
County Prison Bill Rules Tighten Meat Purchases
County prison board voted to require detailed itemized meat bills for all deliveries or payments will be blocked. Commissioner Thomas Schaper criticized past records showing only dates and amounts, prompting plans to seek additional meat suppliers as the current supplier remains sole.
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Bate
County Prison Board
Thomas Schaper
Schaper
Lottery Ticket Agent Sentenced In Numbers Racketeering Case
Judge Miles B. Kitts led a drive against numbers racketeers with printed notices distributed to county law enforcement. The first defendant in this numbers prosecution received a 100 dollar fine and 90 day jail term as the campaign began.
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Miles B. Kitts
Plan Urged Here For Washington Recreation Center
A Washington man pushes a high school recreation center plan after reading Associated Press features. Paul Carmichael champions youth leadership at Coconut Grove site renamed The Haven, run by students from four area high schools. Since opening, attendance averages 500 to 600 nightly with students painting, staffing, and running a small sandwich bar.
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Gerry
Journal
Eastern
Washington
Babbysook Gang
The
Coconut Grove
the Haven
Idea
Haven
Paul Carmichael
Carmichael
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Woman Shot Herself In Erie Household Tragedy
ERIE April 1 Mrs Frances B Robinson 30 Townville Road R D Terle shot herself in the heart with a 16 gauge shotgun at her home Monday afternoon Sgt Willard Schauer state police said Wednesday after an investigation The woman who is at St Vincent s hospital is reported to be in fair condition She is suffering from shock and loss of blood Pvt C M Mathias state police will again question the woman to obtain her statement Albert F P Robinson the victim s husband says his wife has been in failing health for two years following an abdominal operation He found her on arrival home from work shortly after 9 p m Monday
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Erie
Frances B. Robinson
Townville Road
R. D
Terle
Monnday
Willard Schauer
St. Vincent's Hospital
C. M. Mathias
Albert FP. Robinson
Cellar collapse prompts mortgage idea for furnished homes
In Pittston a 10 by 15 foot cellar cave in, blamed on mine subsidence, left a hole after dumping 200 tons of mine waste. In Harrisburg, planners propose a long term mortgage packaging homes with furnishings and appliances as unit components for postwar buyers.
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Pittston
Martin Kearney
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Savings and Loan League
John P. Rudisill
Philadelphia
Dunkirk Seeks War Prisoners for Farms and Plants
Dunkirk plans to hire about 1000 war prisoners, likely Germans, to address a labor shortage in northern Chautauqua County for farm harvests and food processing. A smaller group of Italian prisoners previously aided tomato and produce processing in the US territory in 1943.
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Dunkirk
Chautauqua County
Kaltenbach to Head Dems in Erie County Race
Erie April 18 With Democratic County Chairman Joseph Wagner not seeking re election leaders line up behind Frank Kaltenbach restaurateur for the chairmanship. Kaltenbach has long been active in party affairs and was reported willing to accept the post with others voicing support while some still search for a younger energetic successor. A report that City Treasurer Pranjels Hagerty was approached was denied by Hagerty.
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Erie
Joseph Wagner
Frank Kaltenbach
Kaltenbach
Wagner
Pranjels Hagerty
Hagerty
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