Weather and community notices from Erie area for August
Meteor activity and storms after midnight as residents report lightning and thunder. A regular Board of Education meeting is planned and a waterworks park picnic is announced by local veterans group. The Helen Shoppe opens in the Mason Temple, drawing hundreds at the Friday ceremony.
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Wallace R. Hunter
Waterworks Park
Erie
Helen
Helen .Jones
Masonic Temple
North Center Street
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bag First Clue to Solution of Gotham Murder
A brown Gladstone bag linked to Henry F. Sanborn who vanished July 17 is in New York detectives hands. Found July 29 on Ridge Street Portchester near the NYC Connecticut route, the bag empty except for a one cent piece. It may lead to identification of Sanborn's killers as his body was found on Long Island about two weeks after his disappearance. Magnhilde Almskaar, his fiancée, is to view the bag for possible identification.
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United Press
New York
Henry F. Sanborn
Ridge Street
Portchester
New York City
Connecticut
Sanborn
Long Island
Magnhilde Almskaar
Miss Almskaar
Frederick Dettmer
Cavalcade to Open Road Celebration at Edinboro
A city hosts a cavalcade to Edinboro for a large road opening on Wednesday August 30. The parade forms at City Park and travels to Union City then Mill Village and Wambard with bands from Corry and Union City. West Springfield and Albion join the procession arriving at Edinboro for a main program.
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Edinboro
City Park
Union City
Mill Village
Wambard
Corry High School
Corry
Coleman
West Springfield
Albion
J. J. Desmond
Three killed in Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near Salisbury
A PRR passenger train No. 450 from Cape Charles to New York derailed near Salisbury Maryland leaving three dead and six injured. Engineer W Oscar Brown died at the scene, fireman H R Massey was critically injured, others named include Thomas Donoho William Simmons Samuel Wilson and H Hitchens. A relief train transported passengers to Philadelphia.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Salisbury
Maryland
W. Oscar Brown
Delmar
Del
Cape Charles
New York
H. R. Massey
Thomas Donoho
Wilmington
William Simmons
Samuel Wilson
H. ©. Hitchens
Wyoming
Carloadings Offer Encouragement Amid Weekly Totals
The American Railway Association reported for the week ended August 5 carloadings at 618 112 cars, down 25 284 from the prior week but up 116 486 from the same week in 1932. Miscellaneous freight loadings reached 216 990 cars, down 11 602 from the prior week but up 40 851 from last year.
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United Frees
Washington
American Railway Association
Relatives Quizzed in Double Murder Near Biegert Home
Relatives of Albert and Johanna Biegert were brought to the county courthouse for questioning by County Detective Leroy Search and Constable J O Badders. District Attorney Mortimer H Graham said they gave knowledge to aid the investigation but were not suspects. The inquiry aims to detail what the relatives know about the robbery and deaths.
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WRIB
Albert
Johanna Biegert
Leroy
J. O. Badders
Court House
Mortimer H. Graham
Graham
Badders
Funeral Services for B H Clark in Union City
Funeral services for B H Clark president and general manager of The Hanse! Clark Company will be held Sunday at four o clock from his late home 18 Bridge Street Union City with Rev Wy Eaton officiating. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery Union City. Clark age 42 leaves widow and two children. Large turnout expected from Corry friends.
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H. Claris
Hanse! Clark Company
Union City
Bridge Street
Wy I. Eaton
Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Clark
Erie to Fight for Reduction in Electric Rates
City of Erie will sue to lower domestic electricity rates after accepting a $23 429 annual saving from Erie County Electric Co for street lighting. City Solicitor Murphy will file a complaint with the Public Service Commission to seek a base rate reduction for 50 kilowatt hours, while engineer Joyce urges accepting a ten year bid for better illumination. He says a municipal plant is not justified now but should be prepared to prevent future shortages.
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Erie
Erie County Electric Co
Edward M. Murphy
Public Service Commission
Harry B. Joyce
Joyce
Tela
Sheffield Man Dies in Crash Near Oakland Cemetery
Adolph Swanson, 48, of South Main Street Sheffield, died at Warren General Hospital after a crash on the Pleasant Township road when a coupe driven by his son Milton Swanson left the pavement and struck a tree near Oakland Cemetery. Milton suffered minor injuries. coroner and highway patrol investigated. Survived by wife and daughter Alice.
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Warren
Adolph Swanson
South Main Street
Sheffield
Warren General Hospital
Milton Swanson
Oakland Cemetery
Pleasant Township
Ed Lowrey
Betts
Milton
Alice
Corry Medical Association Announces Office Hours
The Corry Medical Association announces office closures Wednesday afternoons and all day Sundays plus every evening except Saturday evening. Doctors listed include G B Bennett NT Gillette W Graham John Kibler Adolphus Koenig Hugh O'Hare and A G Rees.
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Corry Medical Ass'n
The
Corry Medical Association
G. B. Bennett
Gillette
W. Graham
John ©. Kibler
Adolphus Koenig
Hugh O'Hare
A. G. Rees
New Code for Newspapers Moves Toward Settlement
General Hugh Johnson announced after a conference with the American Newspaper Publishers Association committee that a temporary newspaper code should be settled next Monday. He noted suggested changes to the code already submitted and that the full publishers committee would approve. He defended press freedom and said there was no plan to use licensing to suppress editorial opinion.
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United Press
Washington
Hugh §. Johnson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Johnson
Howard Davis
New York Herald Tribune
Recovery Administration
Miss Moore Named County Assessor in Second Ward
Miss Mary Moore of Wright Street has been named county assessor for the Second Ward succeeding her father Howard Moore 83 who died after a fall at home. She was appointed by the county commissioners yesterday and will begin work immediately.
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Mary Moore
Wright Street
Howard
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