Former boxer is given term in workhouse
Erie Feb 28 Joseph Woznicki known as Joey Alois in boxing circles was sentenced to two to four years in the Allegheny workhouse Pittsburgh by Judge William J. Hirt for theft connected to Burrushs Adding Machine Co robbery. He denied direct involvement but confessed taking some machines to a barber shop. He pleaded for mercy citing honest work since parole from Western Penitentiary after a 1981 robbery conviction.
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Erie
Joseph Woznicki
19Th Street
Joey Alois
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
William J. Hirt
Worstekt
Burrushs Adding Machine Company
Woanicki
Sindureale Ln
Erle
WPA
Western Penitentiary
Beng
Hirt
Kt Syne
Chain stores campaign for 70 build PR prosperity
In a Pennsylvania initiative Governor James and business groups rally to revive the home market. The 46 chain stores will feature Pennsylvania farm and factory products to restore purchasing power and job work as part of the Pennsylvania Days drive.
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Ceeteeseaneaeompare Ute
Elmor James
Philadelphia Chamber of Commence
Emergency Council of State Associations
Johnson
James
Chamber of Commerce
Keystone
Walter Fuller
Erostzency Counail
Pennsylvania
Pennnsylvania
Varicose Veins Relief Promoted by Local User
Wm Shadle of Diamond Crawford County Pa reports his wife uses San Cura Ointment for varicose veins and finds it gives splendid comfort. The product described as an antiseptic ointment also aids minor cuts burns bruises and itching piles. sold at 50 and 60 cents in drug stores.
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Wm. Shadle
Diamond
Crawford County
New Erie County Highway Superintendent Named
Sherman named to succeed T W McGregor as Erie county highway superintendent. A native of the county West End he has 11 years with the state highway department and will assume duties Wednesday March 1. The appointment follows behind the scenes dispute over Paul Sweeney and John B Love.
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Wep
Sherman
State Highway Department
Erie County
Cory
T. W. McGregor
Hrie
Paul Sweeney
Erie
State
Mgnway Department
John B. Love
Corry
Ouviouny
Sweeney
Gasoline tax payments tally big in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania taxpayers have paid 555,064,000 dollars in state and federal gasoline taxes since the first gas tax era began. Secretary W P Taylor notes the 20th anniversary of the first U S gasoline tax and cites 1921 Pennsylvania and 1932 federal tax commencements with totals of 475,594,000 and 78,740,000 respectively.
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Penna
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
United States
WP. Tay- Tor
Associated Petroleum Industries of
Oregon
Taylor
Three Hurt as Auto Collides With Truck East of St Marys
Three MetSéesport residents Henry Apple Thomas McClarey and Chesley Poling were injured Sunday when their car hit a Bucktail Trail truck eight miles east of St Marys. Apple's X rays planned. McClarey suffered a fractured leg. Poling a fractured left shoulder. All treated at Kant Memorial Hospital.
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Ridgway
Innee
MetSéesport
St. Marys
Henry Apple
Thomas McClarey
Chesley Poling
Famed Allegheny Criminal Lawyer A Lincoln Cohen Dies at Home
Attorney A Lincoln Cohen a prominent figure in Allegheny County criminal defense died suddenly from a heart attack at his brother’s home in Pittsburgh. He had been ill for months and his wife was hospitalized in Montefiore. Cohen defended Mary Seminak and John Polens in Warren in 1936 in a murder case and returned there later that year for proceedings.
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A. Lincoln Cohen
Allegheny County
Mary Seminak
John G. Polens
Charles Coker
Machin Road
Squirrel Hill
Pittsburgh
Cohen
Montefiore Hospital
Warren
Ridgway Man Held For Slaying Wife
Riseway resident K-ram Kapa was arrested after an alleged razor assault on his estranged wife on North Broad Street last week. He appeared before Justice of the Peace W. Cuthbert, posted a $1,000 bail, and was charged with assault and battery with intent to maim.
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Ridgway
Contentment Advice Encourages Acceptance of Reality
A philosophical line urges readers not to long for perfect outcomes but to accept things as they are for inner peace. The message promotes quiet resilience and a calm mindset amid life’s fluctuations.
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New England
To Check Constipation Get at Its Cause
Advice touts the cause of constipation and suggests Kellogg's All-Bran cereal with water as a remedy. Claims the cereal aids regularity and health, made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
National Safety Congress to be Held in Atlanta City
The 1939 No Honor Safety Congress will assemble October 26 to 30 in Atlanta City New Jersey. The event is the world's largest safety gathering with about 10 000 attendees and 130 sessions featuring 800 speakers from around the world.
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National Safety Congress
Chicago
Atlanta City
N. J
National Safety Council
Council
Mexico Leads In Silver Production Through Centuries
The article notes Mexico as the world's leading producer of silver. It states that over five centuries Italy yielded about five and a half billion ounces, amounting to more than 33 percent of global silver production in that period.
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Mexico
Italy
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Joliet High School
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Bert Proud
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Mary Seminuk
John Polens
Philco
Philo
Root’s Furniture Store
Jesse James
Tyrone Powers
REX Theatre
Clothes Investment
ABC
Crawford M. Woods
Wing
Willi
Ivanhoe
Dial
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