Meadville Man Nabbed After Wild Escapade
William Bagen, 21, of Meadville, was arrested after an all-night spree that included stealing a Pepsi Cola truck, wrecking both vehicles, stealing gas station receipts, and injuring a hitchhiker in a crash near the Glade bridge. He faces burglary charges after being handed over to Meadville police.
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Warren
William Bagen
Meadville
B. A. Reeder
State Motor Police
George
Mead~ville
Priday
Bagen
Oakland Beach
Conneaut Lake
Bogents
Harold Braymer
Boston
James P. McGee
Chandlers Valley
Glade Bridge
Roystone
McGee
Reeder
Large land purchase adds Allegheny National Forest acres
The National Forest Reservation Commission approved buying 112,870 acres across 385 tracts in 23 states and Puerto Rico, including 14,176 acres on Allegheny NF. The Wheeler & Disenbury Company offered a 13,590 acre tract in Forest and Warren counties, tied to a former sawmill at Endeavor. Two smaller McKeon county tracts totaling 336 acres and a 250 acre Elk county tract were also approved, bringing Allegheny NF total to 400,399 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaws, Ang
Nationa Forest Reservation Commission
States
Puerto Rico
Allegheny National Forest
Allegheny
Wheeler & Disenbury Company
Forest
Warren Counies
Endeavor
McKeon County
Elk County
Reunions Goldfinchie Reunion at Stow on Chautauqua Lake
The third annual Goldfinch family reunion drew forty three attendees at a Stow cottage. Notables included Glen Burnham Los Angeles P W Goldfinch Fred Wagoner R Williams Ravenna and others from Youngstown Wilkinsburg Corry Ridgwood Jamestown. Afternoon events featured boating games and singing followed by supper and a business meeting. Next reunion set for Lakeside Park Mayville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfinch
Stow
Chautauqua Lake
Glen Burnham
Los Angeles
Calif
P. W. Goldfinch
Fred ‘Wagoner
R. Willis
Youngstown
Edward Wagoner
Springfeld
W. Va
Tom James
Ravenna
Rolland Goldfinch
Wilkinsburg
Norman Phelps
Sf Erle
Richad Pine
Ridgwood
N. J
A. N. Goldfinch
Corry
Ruth Conner
Paul Ahlstrom
Timmy
Jamestown
Vietting
Plarida
Lakesde Park
Mayville
Rue Graves
Ashville
R. D
Rex Phelps
Panama
Arthur Phelps
Percy Goldfinch
Youngstown, Ohio
Death by own action tied to Michigan graft probe
Detroit report details how 93 year old Mrs Janet McDonald and her 11 year old daughter Pearl were found suffocated in a closed car on August 5 1939. Her note to Billy hinted at a wider graft scandal, triggering indictments against city and county officials, police officials, and others in Michigan’s million dollar graft case. The case reached top officials, including former mayor Reading and police leaders, with federal and state probes and multiple convictions in its wake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Peck
Detroit
Michigan
Janet McDonald
Pearl
Billy
Sweet Heart
William McBride
John S. Bugas
FBI
Orst
Wayne County
Duncan C. McCrea
Thomas C. Wilcox
McCrea
Harry Solburst
Colburn
Fred W. Frahm
Detroit Police
Richard W. Reading
Frahm
Raymond W. Boettcher
Boettcher
State Supreme Court
McDonald
United States
Reading Ed Frahm
Reading
Bradford Man Ends Self In Automobile Tragedy
Haymond Granmer, 45, of Bradford, was found dead Sunday night in his car on a trail near Willow Creek fire road west of Bradford. Coroner Thomas R. Clark ruled death a self inflicted carbon monoxide poisoning and believed illness contributed. He had been dead about 12 hours when discovered by the John Gardner family. A private funeral is set for Wednesday.
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Bradgunn
Cay
Haymond Granmer
Willow Creek
Bradford
Thomas R. Clark
Cranmer
Clark
John Gardner
Gas curb fails to drop gasoline volume in Erie
ERIE Aug 6 Gasoline rationing looms for Erie and the eastern seaboard within a month after the 7 pm to 7 am curfew failed to cut use. A survey found most stations increased business Sunday as motorists filled tanks during the day and many remained open for repairs oil and lubrication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIS
Erie
Seaboard
Washington
Wkely
Erie County
Factu~ally
President Roosevelt Takes Quiet Week Aboard Potomac
President Roosevelt sails for a week of rest aboard the yacht Potomac in the Atlantic near New London Connecticut. Reporters and crew are kept in suspense about the vessel’s destination as Capt Elwin B Cutts and Governor Robert A Hurley accompany him before departure.
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Roosevelt
Atlantic
New London
Conn
Elwin B. Cutts
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Potomac
Seek to Freeze Splane Assets
FRANKLIN August fifth A writ of foreign attachment seeks to seize money stocks bonds and property believed held by Mrs Splane of Los Angeles a former city resident now in the possession of Oil Oil Trust Company in Venango court proceedings filed by Edward E Petrillo of Erie for Ray Fabian. Bond of two hundred thousand dollars would be required to free the assets indicating a likely future suit.
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Franklin
Splane
Los Angeles
of City
Oil Oil Trust Company
Venango Court of Common Pleas
Praccice
Redeeming Unused Stamps and Postcards at Local Post
Unused one vent postcards with writing may be redeemed for three fourths of their value and stamped envelopes that have been addressed may be redeemed for the full stamp value at your local post office. This notice outlines valid redemption procedures and where to proceed.
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Nile
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James Arters
Paul Blahe
Ralph Turlet
Marshal ‘Tipton
Robert
Erle
Ad Mes
Pram Bisek
Soviet Russia
Hetty Fair
Keystone Milk
Treasure Island
Uncle Sam
Harold L. Ickes
National Defense
Petroleum Industry District No. 1
Marketing Committee For National Defense
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