Jury Urges More Vigilant Jail Inspections in Erie
Erie February grand jury urges complete inspection of all Erie county jail cells after visiting tours to detect concealed instruments. Report calls for more visiting-hour constables, heightened jail visitor monitoring, and asks Pennsylvania Motor Police to prepare full recommendations for improvements. Also proposes painting court house offices, better privacy, tunnel walls, and basement access via new stairs and elevator to expand space, plus improved adult training at Sunnydale and Harborcreek facilities.
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Erie
Erie County
Grand Jury
Sheriff's Office
William Hannick
Pennlvania Motor Police
Court House
Prothonotary and Register of Wills
District
Sunnydale
Ganlondale
Harborcreek Training School
Farmer Held After Shooting Near North East Farm
In Erse on Monday afternoon Lee Thornton a 35 year old farmer from North East township was arrested by state motor police corporal Charles Sorok charged with pointing and discharging firearms after a shotgun blast from his home on East Lake road hit a parked car about 60 yards away Sunday morning Kenneth Lamb and Marlon Fisher were nearby in the automobile. windows shattered but no injuries reported, authorities said.
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Erse
Lee Thornton
North East Township
Corp
Charles Sorok
Halo
East Lake
Thornton
Corp. Sorok’s Investigation, Kenneth Lamb of North East
Marlon Fisher
North East
Lamb
Two Oilmen Survive Derrrick Wheel Disaster Near Hutchins
Two lease workers Courtney Mays of Bradenton and Joseph Streit of Kane narrowly escaped death when a huge bull wheel tore loose from a 40 foot derrick at a well near Hutchins. The wheel toppled over the derrick and shed as the cable snapped, but both men managed to hold a brake and avoid injury. A separate Montreal note reports Mrs Louis Potter, 10, viewing a body at the morgue for possible identification, then collapsing after recognizing her brother, following a heart attack.
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Derrick Kane
Hutchins
Courtney Mays
Brad- Hond
Joseph Strelt
Kane
Montreal
Louis Potter
Ity Morgue
1940 Maple Syrup Season to Start Soon in Pennsylvania
The 1940 maple syrup season in Pennsylvania depends on weather with sap rising as days warm and nights stay cold. Somerset leads production, with counties like Erie, Crawford, Tioga, Warren and Bradford following. total value in 1939 was about 225000 dollars. Maple sug ar operates in three stages from tapping to boiling, with sugar content varying by species and weather.
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Penn
Pennsylvania
Tier
Shas
Carteral
Richard P. Brown
Keystone
Department of Agriculture
Somerset County
United States
State Department of Sommeres
Erle
Crayford
Tioga
Warren
Potter
Bradford
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Mary Charles
Baer
Department of Forests and Waiters
Recreation Center Planned at Warren Borough
Warren. Borough Council authorized Engineer C W Balison to survey with the school board the feasibility of building an athletic field or recreation center in Warren. While a field is seen as beneficial, officials noted the current taxing bodies’ financial status would limit major spending.
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Warren
Warren ‘Borough
C. W. Balis
Schop Board
Miller advances to new Pennzoil post in Erie region
John G Miller is named manager of the Pennzoil gasoline division for Erie and Union City, succeeding Birkmayr on April 1. He will relocate from Masontown to assume duties while aiding a smooth transition. Ward Cuff, famed Giants place kicker and former Marquette star, returns to campus at Milwaukee to pursue a degree.
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Miller
NEW Pennzoil Post
Oll Clty
ERIE
John G. Milley
Ms. Birkmayr
East 26Th Street
Union City
Pearwoll
Birlmayr
Pennwoil
Joseph Haumesser
ON City
Dteb
Ozer
Masontown
Erie and
Ward Cuff
Milwaukee
Wis
Ward Cult
New York Football Giants
Marquette University
Mar Quette
Cutting prison bars after four hours at Erie jail
Erie county Jail escape details reveal three bars cut in about four hours forty minutes by a prisoner named Anthony Gkonski, 24, serving a sentence from September for robbery. The metallurgist reported the time and method used to breach the cell.
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Erie
Erie County
Anthony
Pep) Gkonski
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