Two Injured In Car Crash At First Ward Crossing
Jackson Hill residents Elvin Pettit and his wife were seriously injured when their Ford sedan was struck by a westbound Pennsylvania Railroad local freight at the East Main Street crossing. Witness watchman John Roush signaled but visibility may have been poor. They were removed to Corry hospital. Mrs Pettit suffered a broken jaw and facial injuries, Mr Pettit a broken left arm and multiple wounds. The crash occurred as they were returning home from city visits. The train was under Conductor Stairs of Erie. Passersby aided extrication before medical care.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Elvin Pettit
Jackson Hill
Spring Creek
LU. S. Chair Company
East Main Street
Corry Hospital
G. E. Bennett
Stairs
Erie
Meet Again In Ten Years for Edison Scholarship
The 49 girls and boys from across the United States who competed for the Thomas A. Edison scholarship will assemble again in ten years to compare life progress. Wilburn Huston of Seattle won the 194? selection, earning tuition to MIT. Huston’s victory prompted finalists to form a club and plan a 1988 reunion after oral examinations by judges.
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Leavenworth
Orango
N. J
United States
Thomas A. Edison
Wilburn
Huston
Seattle
Holigan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hunton
Robbery slaying at Steiner & Son payroll grab
In Bradley Beach New Jersey on August 2 a paymaster, George Donaldson of Steiner & Son clothing, was shot and killed during a payroll theft. Four men leaped from a car as Donaldson entered the Fourth Avenue factory area, a canvas sack containing about $10,000 was seized, and the robbers fled toward Neptune City in a Studebaker sedan toward Newark.
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United
Bradley Beach
N. J
George Donaldson
Steiner & Son
Jon Joaratts
Weel
Donaldson
Fourth Avenue
Stebven Street
Neptune City
Ae Donaldson
Spudebaker
Newark
Sharon Plant Bought in Pittsburgh Steel Merger
News from Pittsburgh reports Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation plans a September stockholders meeting to vote on increasing common stock from 30 000 to 80 000 shares to finance the purchase of the Sharon Foundry Company plant at Sharon. Sharon Foundry Co operates two 20 ton acid open hearth furnaces producing steel castings for rolling mills and machinery builders. L A Way serves as Sharon Foundry president.
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United Prose
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation
Sharon Foundry Company
Sharon
Pittsburgh Company
Shires of Pittsburgh Stier Foundry
Sharon Company
Sharon Moundry Co
L. A. Way
Hearse Used in Clear Up After Auto Crash Near Carbondale
In Carbondale Illinois on August 3 a hearse carrying a young mother and her baby was used to remove injured persons from an overturned automobile. The driver, Van Maths, moved the caskets to make room for the living and then left them under guard at a local hospital.
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Asou
Carbondalh
van Maths
Cen
Nid
Wood Ton Hospital
36 Hour Rebellion Ends At Leavenworth Prison
Leavenworth Kansas August 3 today after a 86 hour inmate uprising at the federal penitentiary ended when prisoners were confined since Thursday and promised to behave. Guards opened meals and water was piped into cell houses as secrecy around prison affairs remained tight and officials provided no further details. In Glendale West Virginia Joseph Morsel 38 a miner with Glendale Coal Company died after being crushed under a slate in a water fall accident at the mine.
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United Press Leavenworth
Kas
Pence
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Othar
Maine
Washington
Glendale
W. Va
Joseph Morsel
Glendate
Guerind
Ellie Inet Nijeht
Come Pany
Corryites to Perform in John Brown Life Tableau
Corry residents will participate in tableaux depicting scenes from John Brown’s life arranged by Mrs. Bess Olmstead at the John Brown Memorial Association program in New Richmond this afternoon. Hon. Lew R. Rodgers of Erie will give the day’s address. cast includes James Wright as John Brown and Elizabeth Olmstead as Mary Day Brown among others. plantation dance features Marian Sullivan and several Corry young ladies.
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John Brown
Bess Heath Olmstest
Jobn Brown Memorial Association
New Richmond
Lew R. Rodgers
Erie
James He Wright
Elizabeth Olmstead
Mary Day Brown
Georgia Olmstead
Owen Brown
Mary Lovelind
Ruth Brown
Ployd Hotchkiss
Harper's Pe
Corry
Mr. Rodgers
Marian Sullivan
Virginia Sullivan
Ruth Stanford
Olive Hieson
Ruth Kinney
Buesbeth Lanston
Virginia Kamps
Helen Grace Merrick
Demonstration of In-Flight Refueling Over Lake Michigan
Dale Jackson and World champion endurance flyer Forest O Brive staged an in-flight refueling east of Chicago over Lake Michigan. Crowds gathered in Grant Park as the two planes connected a fuel tube, then continued toward Kansas City with a possible stop in St Louis if weather worsened.
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Chicago
St. Denis
Kansas City
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brive
Endurance Filars
Joop
Lake Michigan
Grant Park
St. Louie
O'Brine
Jackson
St. Louis
Five Best Radio Entertainments Tonight on NBC Networks
Listing program times for WEAF and WIR stations includes The Cavalcade at 7 p m on NBC, Dateoit Symphony Orchestra at 7:45 p m, Goldman Band at 8 p m, Lucky Strike Offensive at 8 p m, and General Electric Symphony concluding the schedule.
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United Press
WEAF
NBC
Dateoit Symphony Orchestre
Goldman
NBC Network
Lucky Stejha
General Mectric Symphony
Rev F A Wimer to Lead Epworth Institute at Meadville
Rev F A Wimer, pastor of the Erie city church, will be dean at the thirteenth annual Epworth League Institute of the Western Conference to be held next week at Allegheny College Meadville. Sedre McCall will direct athletics. delegates from Corry and nearby towns attend. Morning and afternoon schedules include worship, Bible study, missions, stewardship, and recreation. Evening programs feature sermons and speakers through Saturday with a Sunday campfire closing.
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Frank
Wimer
Deuf
Spworth League Institute
Allegheny College
Meadville
Sthand
Sedre McCall
Corry High School
Erie
Corry
Institute
LeRoy
Cass
Life Service
Pur ‘Nun
Hewitt
Geary
McCall
Stock
Mcall
Fruman
McCurdy
Sloan
Hunter
Nust
Barton Reese Pogue
New
Heir to Vast Estate Killed in Plane Crash near Greenwich
Ambrose Monell Jr, heir to a $20,000,000 nickel fortune, and two companions died when their plane crashed 2,500 feet near Armonic on the John W. Sterling estate. Pilot J Ly Gagan and Frimels B. Grundy also perished. Coroner to investigate as Monell’s family maintains two residences in New York City.
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Greenwich
Gonn
Ambrose Monell, Jr
Armonic
John W. Sterling
Connecticut
Monell
Frimels B. Grundy
John M. Grundy
peSenene
Cleveland Trust Company
J. Ly
Gagan
New York
Greenwich, Connimpryns
John A. Clarke
Monet
Europe
New York City
Kernwebh Wilson Gluxler
Ada Springs
Colo
Wife of prominent Erie lawyer killed in car collision
Mrs. Franklin B. Hosbach, wife of well known Erie attorney, died instantly in a two car crash on the Buffalo road three miles west of North West. She suffered a fractured skull. Three others in the other auto were injured but not seriously, and were reported improved at Dr. H. M. Wishart’s residence in North East. The accident occurred when Mrs. Hosbach could not return to the right side after passing a row of autos.
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Franklin B. Hosbach
FB. Hosbach
Erie
Buffalo Road
North West
H. M. Wishart
North East
Graf Zeppelin Hovers Nearby as Lakehurst Prepares
Lakehurst N J August 3 naval radio men stand by for a call from the Graf Zeppelin announcing its arrival time. A berth is readied in the hangar for the German airship with precautions against hydrogen explosion. Sailors wear soft soles, crowds gather, and supplies are gathered for the Zeppelins two day stay through August 7 as hydrogen gas and ethane fuel are prepared.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Naval
Naval Air Statom
Langar
Navy
Los Angeles
Hugo Eckener
New Jersey
Zeppelin
Arrest Flier At Greenville
Harrisburg Pa Aug 3 Announcement by the State Aeronautics Commission reports the first arrest for violating Pennsylvania aeronautic laws. T Arthur Jones of Youngstown Ohio was arrested at Hoch Mitchelfeld Greenville by State Policeman May for flying without a PA license and operating without a commercial license or commission approval. Bail set under $600. Federal and state inspectors aid enforcement of the new air regulations under the code enacted this year.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Aeronautics Commission
T. Arthur Jones
Youngstown
Hoch Mitchelfeld
Greenville
May
Butler Troop
Lorin C. Paurot
Aeronmutic
Jorie
Baxnor
Toba
Aeroambutic
Al otment to Corry Firemen Totals 1187
The Corry Firemen's Relief Association will receive 1187 from the state this year. Warrants drawn for relief associations in cities boroughs and townships announce by Auditor General Charles A Wattters. The relief fund will be distributed by counties to include listed cities and towns with Corry receiving 14 87 and statewide totals shown.
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Countie
Allegheny
Armstrong
St. Beaver
Bedford
Bisie
Butler
Cambria
Cameron
Centre
Clarion
Clearfield
Crawford
HHE
Brie
Fayette
Forest
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Lawrence
McKenn
Somerset
Venango
Warren
Washingtom
Westmoreland
DuQuesne
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Johnstown
DuBois
Mearville
Titusville
Corry
Erie
Connellsville
Uniontown
Scranton
New Cost
Bradford
Sharon
Franklin
Oil City
Monongahela
Washington
Greensburg
Monessen
Ware Splits With Mackey On Appointment
Aug 3 Philadelphia reports a sharp Republican split over the state making for the party primaries. Senator-elect William Ware, the party boss, reportedly rejected Dugan for register of wills, a choice backed by Mayor Harry Mackey. The rift hints at a broader fight with Vare followers as Mackey vows to oppose the Old Guard if Vare does not shift. Meanwhile Vare delays departure to Canada due to health reasons.
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Philadelphia
William 3. Ware
Dugan
Public Welfare
Register ‘of Wills
Harry Mackey
Ware
Mackey
Vare
Canada
Weather outlook for Parioc Aliguat shows showers and warming
The forecast covers five days from Thursday to Tuesday with periods of showers. Cool conditions persist through the better portion of the week, then a gradual rise in temperatures toward week end. Warmer spells expected late in the period across the middle Atlantic region.
Goodyear Zeppelin Size Claim Denied by Official
An Akron dispatch reports a New York source claiming Goodyear Zeppelin would build two airships twice Graf Zeppelin size, which was categorically denied by Py Wi Litchwald president of the company.
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United Prose
Akron
New Yorke
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Graf Zeppelin
Py Wi Litchwald
Iboal Company
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