Severe winter storm disrupts Warren County and regional life
A heavy snow event blankets Warren County and surrounding areas, halting plowing progress and prompting weather warnings. Amid the cold, health and civic meetings proceed. a local resident reports chickenpox symptoms while Farm Bureau and county agents organize meetings on potato disease control. Byrd expedition updates excite researchers, and Jamestown civic leaders form a committee to curb obscene literature with countywide cooperation.
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Jamestown
Chantai- Guy
Mother of Six Murdered in Clearfield Tragedy
In Clearfield Pennsylvania a man named Little killed Mrs. Wisor, mother of six, and then shot himself after threatening her daughter Mary, who was 19. The coroner reported the fatal shootings occurred after a quarrel begun Saturday. Little died in hospital about an hour later. Surviving relatives include Walter, Mary Davis, and Lucille Turner.
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Clearfiend
Wile
Wisory
Hien
B. E. Ehrhard
Ehrhard
Apinson Clay Produc't Company
Wisor
Lucille Turner
Clearfield
Wisot
First payments to second class townships in Erie County
The second class townships of the county will receive 21691.04 on March 4 from the motor fund as the first quarterly installment of 1940. The 1939 session appropriated 2500000 from the motor fund to be returned in 1940 and 1941. Checks are being written after requisitions by the highway department. Other payments target June 1 September 7 and December 1 with Erie county townships Amity Concord Union Wayne listed among recipients.
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General Assembly
Commonwealth
States Highway Department
Highway Department
Erie County
Corry
Amity
Concord
Union
Wayne
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4. Topics include Strait of Messina, finish armed forces leaders, an animal linked to horse and thynoseros, wild rose, baseball, heliotype phonetics, Kentucky, Clarence Edward Gatiss, and France.
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Strait of Messina
Kentucky
Clarence Edward Gatiss
France
Riches for Mrs Aileen Franco in $100000 inheritance
Fortune smiles on Mrs Aileen Franco of Oakland California wife of a WPA worker as she inherits 100000 dollars from the estate of her late father John R Drake aged 69 The Francos were dumbfounded to learn Drake had such a sum in the banks.
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Aileen Franco
John R. Drake
Francos
Drake
Mrs. Mays of Garland Dies After Illness
Mrs. A. J. Mays widow of William J. Splesman former Garland resident died at her home after months of illness. Survived by children including Mrs Bert Chapel Mr William Long Halsted Mays Miss Hila Mays J. W. Mays Guy Mays twenty five grandchildren and one great grandchild two sisters and a brother. Funeral at 2 PM Thursday from Garland Presbyterian Church.
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Mays
Garland
A. J. Mays
William J. Splesman
Bert Chapel
Grand Valley
William Long
Franklin
Halsted Mays
Hila Mays
Northast
Peter Carlson
J. W. Mays
Guy Mays
Youngsville
Tenty
J. F. Perkins
Cambridge Springs
Addie Pellers
Mill Vilage
Charles Comstock
Struthers
Ohio
Presbyterian
Erie zoning ruling blocks gas station plan at Davenport estate
Attorney P Vin Cent Gifford says he will appeal after Judge Lee A. McCracken barred construction of a gasoline service station and parking lot on the Kate Davenport estate at 10th and Sassafras. Attorney James Sherwin, also for the estate, is in Florida and had not been advised of the decision. The Venango County judge, presiding, upheld the city zoning commission’s ruling adopted years ago, finding the proposed station a traffic and fire menace.
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Erie
P Vincent Gifford
Kate Davenport
10Th
Sassafras Sheets
James Sherwin
Lee A. McCracken
Sherwin
Florida
Venango County
Ups
Reise
Burglary defendants arraigned in Mayville court
Fourteen defendants faced arraignments before Special County Judge John Patterson on Tuesday. Three pleaded guilty as District Attorney Brunstrom and assistant O Connor led proceedings. Rudolph Wilder of Webster Mass was sentenced as a second offender to ten to twenty years in Attica state prison after pleading guilty to burglary third degree. His prior convictions in Binghamton 1929 and Toledo 1933 led to the suspended sentence in those cases.
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Mayville
John
Patterson
David J. Brunstrom
Eawin G. O'Connor
Rudolph Wilder
Webster
Mass
Attica
Binghamtay
Toledo
Jesse Still of Sparta Dies After Prolonged Illness
Jesse Still of Spartansburg dies at his home after years of illness just before 4 am. Born February 15 1674 near Bradford he spent most of life in Ohio and West Virginia oil fields and in India. Survived by wife Florence two daughters Virginia and Bessie son Silas and brother Cleve all of Spartansburg. Funeral Friday at 2 pm from the home with burial in Rosell Cemetery Spartansburg.
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Peru
Jesse B. Still
Spadansburg
Mr. Still
Bradford
Still
Ohio
West Virginia
India
Spantansburg
Masonic Fraternity
Presbyterian Church
Caldwell
Florence Iiii
Virginia
Bessie
Silas
Cleve
Spartansburg
Rosell Cemetery
For Sale Farm Implements and Tank Equipment
Auction or sale notice listing a galvanized tank 46 by 58 inches with valves and various stacks and pipes, 12 inch and 16 inch stock dimensions, gauges, and hoods. Includes multiple lineal feet measurements and a phone contact 38 502 for inquiries.
Markets Potatoes and Live Stock Prices Mixed
Reported steady to mixed movement in wholesale produce with No 1 potatoes, Maine and Katahdin varieties, Florida crates, and Jersey type vegetables showing narrow changes. Cattle and lamb markets at Pittsburgh and New York stocks drift lower amid uneven demand. steel and chemical shares decline following a weak market opening.
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Corry Hyening Journal
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