Banks Taken Over by Union Trust of Jamestown
Jamestown Feb 18 After months of negotiations the Union Trust Company of Jamestown will take over and sell the National Bank of Westfield and the Bank of Brocton. The two institutions will operate as branches of Union Trust under its officers and directors. The plan has full approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, the New York State Superintendent of Banks, the Federal Reserve Bank, the FDIC, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Transfers will occur once formalities are completed.
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Jamestown
Csul
Union Trust Company of
Itbe
National Bank of
Westfield
Bank.of
Brocton
Union Trust Company
Washinton
D. c
State of New York
Federal’ Reserve Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Erie County Manufactures Rise in 1929 Ranking
Erie County ranked 74th in value of manufactured products at 150,698,730 and 101st in materials, fuel and power purchases totaling 71,413,251. Secretary Hopkins, in a 1997 national comparison of 3,070 counties, noted the 1929 figures for the county’s manufacturing activity and spending.
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Erie CO. Geis
Erie County
Harry L. Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Man Hurried Fire Drops Dead Near Courthouse Smethport
A Smethport man Yaney aged 75 collapsed and died near the courthouse while walking toward town as the courthouse fire spread. A Smithport physician ruled heart disease aggravated by overexertion as the cause, and State Police removed the body. The blaze indirectly led to his death. Also noted, two pickpockets stole $190 from wedding guests as they sat in the pews.
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Smethport
Demos Yaney
Yaney
Roose- Yeld
Courty-Home
Deni
Ansonta
Polige
Wintet
Electric project contract approved near Warren PA
The contract contemplates a plan extending from north of Columbus to north of Spring Creek with the Penn Electric company serving Warren Electric Cooperative and partnering with a rural electrification group. The projected cost is about 137000 with added meters and overhead. Work has begun and will proceed as weather improves, amid prior rural project expenditures and project delays.
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Page Oney
Columbus
Spring Creek
West Spring Creek
Pittfield Township
Warren County
Wrightsville
Cunny
Pittsfield
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Warren Electric
Wit
Rural Electrification Association
Thas Neves
Panama Woman Shoots Herself in Panama Home
Mrs. King M. Gross, 62, wife of Robert Cross, Panama, shot herself in the head with a rifle yesterday morning. Coroner Dr. Duke H. Boyd of Bemus Point will issue a verdict of self-inflicted death. She had been in ill health for about two years and was found by her husband at home. The coroner noted the incident occurred in Panama. In Montgomery, Alabama, the state finance department bought $32,000 in carpetbag bonds to be placed in a sinking fund ahead of retirement.
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Panama
King M. Gross
Robert Cross
Duke H. Boyd
Bemus Point
Boyd
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama State Anarice Department
Woman loses home to high school site change
In 1900 Mrs. Etta B. Poss lived on Wakefield street but moved her house half a mile to allow a new high school. When plans shifted once more the school site occupied her home, prompting another move.
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Wakefield Street
Huge Gorge at Parker Causes Flood Waters
Flood waters rose along the Allegheny River at Parker on February 12 as ice and rising water flooded riverfront streets and basements. Police closed the Parker bridge while rescue and crowd watchers gathered, with water reaching about 24 feet and threatening businesses along the riverfront.
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Parker
Parker, Fu
West Monterey
Her
Allegheny
Fenty Turks
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Poker
Burglary Leaves Dorchester Woman Short of Cash
A night intruder burglarized Sarah Shsin of Dorchester while she slept, taking a pocketbook containing $53. The thief rifled the bedroom and left the rake against the house as a clue in the Boston area theft.
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Boston
Gar-Dener
Sarah Shsin
Dorchester
Felony Attack Prompts Polices Alert In Venango County
Police search for suspects after a brutal assault on Stanly Kopchak 65 at a Grantville property. Victim hospitalized in critical condition with two assailants reportedly stealing cash and fleeing before dawn Sunday. Authorities pursuing leads and reviewing nearby surveillance.
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Miarklis
Fits Dolly
Fis Pslicmannidny
Bou Yen
Stanly Kopchak
Grail and
Pins Petriers
Ats Tiina
Syed Inlme
Finn Il
Fire damages Sugar Grove home in Pequea Valley area
Fire swept the rear of the home of Martin Wro-Aelius on Wirren road Sugar Grove Pa at 11 last night. Mr and Mrs Fredelius and their four children escaped unharmed. A call went to Sugar Grove fire department from Elmer Fredelius nearby. The blaze began in the rear likely the woodshed or ell and was knocked down by 11 45 p m with smoke and heat damaging the rear and other additions.
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Sugar Grove
Martin Wro- Aelius
Wirren Road
Fredelius
Elmer Fredelius
Cat, 19, Still Fights Dogs in Trosmasville
In Trosmasville Alabama a 19 year old cat owned by Mayor W. Wilkinson remains feisty. The elderly cat reportedly continues a long running feud with neighborhood dogs despite its age.
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Tromasville
Ala
Kitny Tom
W. ©. Wilkinson
Sill
First Lady Speaks to Youth in Washington
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the president, addressed the American Youth Congress in session in Washington. She condemned Russia's attack on Poland, drawing hissed reactions from the crowd.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Youth Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Jail Breakers Plead Guilty In County Case
Three jail breakers captured after an escape Friday night at Ilay County Prison pleaded guilty Monday morning before Alderman Herman William Heisler. Tony Pepokowsky 24 ringleader Smoky Joe Seewye 26 and Wile Ta He Warhast 23 faced charges. A fourth prisoner Harold Fisher 28 Buffalo NY pleaded not guilty to assisting an escape. Fisher and the others were bound over to the February grand jury without bail. all charges filed by County Detective Leroy Searen.
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Orig
Ilay County
Herman William
Heisler
Harold Fisher
Buffalo
Tony Pep
Okowski
Walter
Smoky Joe) Seewveye
Wile Ta He Warhast
Yen Fishier Werre
Alderman Helstey
Leroy Searen
Americans Consume Over 200 Million Pounds Sugar Annually
Report notes Americans use more than 200 million pounds of sugar each year in ice cream ices and sherbets detailing the nation’s sweet intake and product usage patterns.
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John Balt
My de Belasco
HIC Sons
Rine
Brocton Banks
Union Trust of
Mickey
Edison
Mickey Rooney and
Mrs. Hughes
Tom Edison
Mickey Rooney
Port Huron
Mich
Alice Edison Hughes
National Bank OF Corry Deral Drpo
Ois Sina Garponath
Etta B. Poss
Hunt, Mich
Utomobile
Buick
Plessige
Cee
I Kuick
General Motors
Mrs. Pranklin D. Roosevelt
Ann Milli
George
Dane Tiseos
Chesterfif
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