Brothers Face Felony Charges in Theft Cases
TANESTOWN Aug 19 Two brothers Lester B. Riley 18 and Floyd Fischer 24 waived examination and were sent to county jail awaiting grand jury action. Detectives tied Fischer to a prior felony under a different name, making him a second offender with his half brother Miley. They are charged with burglaries at Webore Spring Bed Company plant and Daniels Millwork and Lumber, stealing a safe with about 8000 in securities and other valuables.
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Tanestown
Goimstone
Lester B. Riley
Floyd Fischer
Elty Cout
Midge Allen B. Bargur
Fischer
Tlicher
Miley
West Coxsackle
Webore Spring Bed Company
Daniels
Warren County Oil Boom Grows with New Wells
Warren County, not previously an oil region, is drilling into a boom. The Warren Gas and Oil Co has completed three productive wells at Chandlers Valley. A rig moved seven miles to the Ostar Langer farm on Murray Hill and brought in a new well this weekend, rated 958 good producer and expected to yield 15 to 20 barrels daily. Other Murray Hill locations are being staked, with Bell and Neil starting a Rogertown well and W H S Co advancing a well.
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Warren
Aug
Warren County
Warren Gas and Oil Company
Chandlera Valley
Chandlers Valley
Ostar Langer
Murray Fall
Murray Hill
Bell
Neil
Rogertown
W. H. 8. Company
British tighten grip around Haifa area crowd clashes in Tel Aviv
A mass anti deportation protest in Tel Aviv turned violent when youths seized the speakers platform and urged action against 18 Jews condemned last Friday for a Haifa railway shop bomb raid. The crowd was dispersed after clashes as Irgun Zvai Leumi warned executions would trigger further killings. The broadcast reached Jerusalem and two service stations.
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Tel Aviv
Haifa
Irgun Zval Leuk
Fhe
Jerusalem
Two big club picnics Sunday in Corry area
The Corry Lodge of Elks and the Italian American Association held large outings Sunday at Sekerak and Heath groves respectively. Elks drew visitors from Erie, Warren, and Jamestown for a crowd, breakfast, roast beef meals, sweet corn, and entertainment. The Italian American picnic offered ice cream and treats, the largest attendance yet for the group. Ideal weather boosted both events.
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Club Plenias
Corry
Don Nantes
Tallan
Hugh Bedient Seeks Beast Believed Panther Near Jamestown
Jamestown residents report Hugh Bedient sighting a large black animal behind his barn. He fired twice with a 22 caliber and a high power rifle but missed. Bedient describes a three foot long creature with a yellow striped tail and head, uncertain if lynx or panther, after viewing from 800 feet with neighbors. Meanwhile 17 year old Robert Crandall remains hospitalized after injuries allegedly from a panther near his home.
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Jamestown
Hugh
Bedlent
Levant Road
Bedient
Tim
Robert Crandall
Baker Street Extension
W Panther
Ted
Meadville Child Loses Battle With Leukemia
Pittsburgh dispatch reports two year old Michael McManus of Meadville died after a blood disease leukemia fought with transfusions from 75 volunteers. Attempts to use radioactive phosphorous failed as the child weakened, with a toy ginny dropping from his hand as he passed.
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Pittsburgh
Michael McManus
Meadville
Michael
New Instructr Well Qualified as Coordinator
Thomas Pryde of Beaver Walls will become coordinator of Vocational and Industrial Education in Corry schools this fall. A Beaver Falls High School veteran of ten years, he holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Penn State (1993) and an M.Ed. in Vocational Education from the University of Pittsburgh. He served as a lieutenant colonel in WWII campaigns including Normandy and Northern France after a 1941 Army call. He previously worked for Carnegie Steel and Wilson Maeulen Electrical, bringing industry insight to the post.
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Thomas Pryde
Beaver Walls
Corry
Department of Education
Pryde
Beaver Falls
Pennsylvania State College
University of Pittsburgh
Normandy
France
Richieland
Carnegie Steel Company
Wilson Maeulen Electrical Company
New York City
Mrs Ethel Preble Dies At 53 In Corry Hospital
Mrs Zane merry creule wife of E G Preble of R D 3 died this morning at Corry Hospital after late evening admission. She attended Corry School and lived nearby until 1925 then moved to New York state before returning in 1942. Survived by husband 3 daughters Mrs Ace Lockwood Cuba N Y Mrs Stanley Radeck and Martha at home 2 sons G M and Howard at Subic Bay brothers Lyle Merry of RD 2 and many nieces and nephews. Body sent to Brackin Keating Funeral Home with calling hours and funeral Wednesday at two in the afternoon.
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Zane Merry Creule
E.G. Preble
R. D
Corry Hospital
Horn Th Wayhe Township
Corry School
New York State
Naying
Aid
Ace Lockwood
Cuba
Stanley Radeck
Martha
G. M. Sc
Howard Preble
Subic Bay
Lyle Merry
R.D
Brackin-Keating
First School Subsidies Fall Due This Month
Harrisburg August 10 Associated Press reports that in Pennsylvania the new school law subsidies fall due this month but payments may be delayed by incomplete enrollment reports. Subsidies under the pupil based system begin in August for fourth class districts, September for second and third class, and October for first class districts. E A Quackenbush notes state accountants are calculating payments though enrollment data for the prior term are still arriving.
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Harrisburg
Monith
Pennsylvania
E. A. Quackenbush
Bureau of School Business
Ince
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