Local meadville notes mix crime and commerce
Centerville man Walter Price, 22, is jailed in Cumberland awaiting an inquest into the death of Jatin Vitentive near that place after a simble accident. In Mercer, 16 seized cars sold at auction raising 1906. Special coat sale at Stewart Hat Shop. Several local items cover liquor-law arrests, courthouse actions, births, and factory news across Meadville area with references to DuBois, Ridgway, and Allegheny counties.
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al ‘Yans
Te Chiveh Street
Center
Uct
J. de Murray
Walter Price
Centerville
Cumberland
Mercer
Inwest
Stewart Hat Shop
Merle McGinnis
Allegheny County
Butler
McGaunis
William Foult
Venango County
Slippery Rock
Nutt
Oil City Man Draws Prison Sentence
Oil City man a W Warner of Old City pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four to ten years in the Western Penitentiary for his role in the Die Citizens Building and Losm Association holdup in Phillipburg Pa. Anderson and Williams of Franklin Pa are held for court along with two others in the robbery that net about 80 dollars.
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United Press Bellefonte
T, JM
Anderson
W. G. Williams
Franklin
Citizens Building
Losm Association
Phillipburg
A. W. Warner
Old City
Western Penitentiary
Association
Lanning Flees Police Amid False Pretense Case
W. C. Lanning of Pittsburgh, 60, sought in Imperial and Allegheny counties on charges of defrauding jobless men with false employment promises. He escaped from constables after arraignment on 11 counts of false pretense, eluding capture during a midnight stop and a long chase. Police widened patrols as he remained at large.
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Warren
J. E. Culbertson
Privet Hollow
United Press Imperial
Clarion
Allegheny
W. C. Lanning
Pittsburgh
Hye
A. S. Keith
Dudley Quinn
Foldey Puskar
Lanning
Trap assailant of Wisconsin farmer trapped
A posse of 100 men trapped Charles Uselman and surrounded a farmhouse ten miles east of Chippewa Falls. The 35 year old from St Louis allegedly wounded Verner Johnson the Chippewa county farmer who opposed his attentions to Johnsons sister. Uselman surrendered at dawn after a nightlong search.
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Unites Press
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Charles Uselman
St. Louis
Chippewa County
Verner Johnson
Eunice Bennett
Uselman
Tall
Here
Alfalfa Bill of Oklahoma A 32 Candidate
Gov William H Murray leads in Oklahoma Democratic support for his 1932 presidential bid. State executive committee backing affirms Murray as the governor should be the party’s nominee, with Scott Ferris noting unanimous sentiment. Convention timing to place Murray on New Hampshire ballot discussed. committee vote kept his name in play despite earlier setback.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
William Hf. Murray
Democratic Party
Scott Ferris
Mia Lelegation
Murray
New Hampshire
Ferris
AFL official cites 18 to 20 billion lost by workers in 1981
Washington December 30 Holward McGrady of the American Federation of Labor told the Senate relief committee that American wage earners lost 18 to 20 billion dollars in 1981. He warned hunger and deprivation grow unless states provide unemployment relief and urged liberal federal appropriations to save lives and ease misery.
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Washington
Holward
McGrady
American Federation of Labor Today
Senate Relief Committee
AFL of Li
Famous cough prescription promises quick relief
An advertisement touts a doctor’s legendary cough medicine called hoxine, claiming rapid relief by targeting throat irritation and the internal cause. Taken before bed it prevents night coughing and soothes sore throat, advertised as safe for the whole family with no dope. Sold for 36 cents at Keister’s Drug Store and others.
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Money Dick
Keister
Two Bandits Hold Up Dentist's Office in Pittsburgh
Two bandits robbed a dentist office yesterday afternoon, tying three victims and escaping with over $50 and gold teeth. One robber joined by a partner after fixing his teeth, they bound the occupants Dee Barnett Wilstein, his brother, and a gift employee. A girl saved a diamond by placing it in her mouth.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Gina
Dee Barnett Wilstein
Gangsters Blamed For Mount Carmel Murder
Mount Carmel Pa Dec 30 Gangsters were blamed today for the killing of Louis Moff 48 of Atlas a reputed vice and underworld leader in the lower anthracite region He died after being shot as he was in his garage five shots were fired one struck his heart another his arm mortally wounded he staggered about 40 feet and fell in the arms of his son Joseph near the house with Mrs Moff who heard the shots
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MT. Carmel
Louis Mom
Atlas
Moff
Joseph
Mrs. Moff
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