Graham Named Member of Tuberculosis Hospital Board
Erie April 15 Attorney Orson J. Graham was appointed to a five year term on the Erie County Tuberculosis Hospital advisory board by Judges Miles Boris and Elmer L. Evans. The appointment takes effect immediately. Mr. Graham succeeds George K. Frank who had led the board since its creation in 1935. The board also lists Dr. George Reet as president D A Hillstrom Corry Dr Katherine Law Wright Dr Guy C Boughton and Attorney Graham.
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Erie
Orson J. Graham
Erie County Tuberculosis Hospital
Miles Boris
Elmer L. Evans
Lawrence A. Taylor
Graham
George K. Frank
Erie Insurance
Mr. Frank
Common Pleas
Attorney Graham
Chudes
George Reet
D. A. Hillstrom
Corry
Katherine Law Wright
Guy C. Boughton
Attorfey Graham
Kane and Ridgway May Remain on Pickup Route
Notices issued for bids today show Kane and Ridgway still possible on the airmail pickup after a map earlier removed them. Postmaster General reserves the right to discontinue the service and no definite assurance exists that the pickup will continue here. Chamber of Commerce has lobbied to retain the service but no assurance has been given.
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Lane
Kane
Ridgway
Chamber of Commerce
Petition For West Main Street Paving Project
A movement to improve West Main Street seeks county and city backing to secure State Highway Department action. St Thomas parishioners plan to present a petition at tonight's City Council meeting for paving from Corry to Eli and linking to area blacktops, with Concord township hoped to join in the effort.
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St. Thoms’ Church
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Alleshmansfes 10 the Formal Request Pon Czimet
State Highway Department
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Stuart Jackson
State Highway Department of
Franklin
Concord Township
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Warner
Concord Ridge
Beaverdam
Spartamsbury
Franklin Boy in Close Call
In Franklin Pennsylvania on April 16 seven year old Robert Lows Manin was rescued after slipping from a stone wall above Fritch Creek. He was swept under a bridge into weeds on a submerged island before bystanders and the Franklin Valveless Engine Company waterman pulled him to safety. He is recovering in Prandin hospital.
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Robert Lows Manin
Prandin Hospital
Rom
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Jovenh Belsenman
Fritch Creek
Thi Feenlly Street
Marta
Helys
Franklin Valveless Engine Company
Young Marty
Fommer Gervaise G. Martin
Martin
Elkan Fitteentatuts
Oldest Three Dollar Bill Found in Alabama
Mrs. Dora Bell Parker of Evergreen, Alabama, owns what is believed to be Alabama's oldest three dollar bill. The note, issued in 1809 by the Central Bank of Montgomery, a private bank whose records have vanished.
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Dora Bell Parker
Evereach
Ala
Alabama
Central Bank of
Montgomery
Hearing for Union City couple postponed in blackmail case
The Union City couple Morris Weed and his wife Georgia face a blackmail charge against Milo Martin, Bolon City wine operator. The hearing was continued with Judge Walter Goodwin presiding.
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Union City
Bhasapa
Morris Weed
Georgia
Milo Martin
Bolon City Uine
Walter Goodwin
Man and wife foil holdup by Negroes
United Press reports in Connellsville on April 13 that two armed masked men attempted a holdup at a storage company. A 60 year old manager and his wife fought back with fists and managed to overpower the attackers. One suspect claimed the name Charles Meyers, 30, of Uniontown, while the other fled.
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United Press
Connellsville
Harry
Charles Meyers
Uniontown
John Townsend
Pitsburg
Canadian Seamen Strike Threatens Great Lakes Shipping
Canadian Seamen's Union, about 6,500 members, walked off ships at midnight, halting Great Lakes cargo as the 1940 navigation season opened. They demand shorter workdays better pay Tinlon representation aboard ships and a closed shop while the government declares the action illegal and threatens to extend measures to dock and grain elevator workers.
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Toronto
Great Lakes
Cana-dan Seamen's Union
Govj
Tug Roti Reaches Erie After Ice-Breaking Rescue
Erie April 15 The tug Roti trapped in Lake Erie ice since Thursday night steamed into the harbor under its own power Sunday afternoon after being freed from the ice by the Coast Guard icebreaker Tahoma. Captain M. G. McCune said the Tahoma battled ice for nineteen hours to free the tug. The Tahoma arrived beside the Ruth at 8:30 p.m. Saturday and backed into the harbor of 980 Stine dry afternoon. The Tahoma then headed back to Cleveland with the Ruth in sight of clear water.
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Phe ‘Tahoma
Ruth
Cleveland
Skeleton found as soldiers identified in British line area
Workmen excavating near former British positions in France uncovered a skeleton likely from a recently identified Soldier Soldini. Authorities suspect shellfire caused a catastrophic collapse leading to the death. The fragmentary OCR text mentions World War conditions and a possible misread name, but the event centers on locating a fallen serviceman during digging near the front.
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Soldini
Paris
France
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