Kehler Family Heads to New York for Haas Trial
Henry Kehler his father and Barbara Kehler arrive in New York to testify at the Ernie Haas trial for the slaying of Dr. Walter Engelberg of the German consulate. The Kehlers, residents of Toronto, Canada, confirm Haas is their real name.
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Henry Kehler
Barbara Kehler
New York
Ernie Haas
Walter Engelberg
Kehlers
I Torornto
Canada
Kehler
Haas
Mystery bombing hits grocery store in St Marys survive
Sam Veneziano proprietor of a small grocery store housed in his home along with his wife and four children escaped with their lives after a mysterious bomb exploded at the store yesterday morning. Windows shattered and tremors felt across nearby Nemes as residents fled in freezing sleet. the blast spared the building though it caused shock and excitement throughout Eagle Valley. Veneziano, who works at Eagle Valley Tannery, said he knows of no enemy and expects to resume business.
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ST. Marys
Sam Veneano
Alues
Nemes
Fort
Veneziano
Eagle Valley Tannery
Industrial payroll at Greenville high in 1940 first quarter
Greenville Pa February survey shows payroll near all-time high as major plants Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad shops Greenville Steel Car Company and Chicago Bridge and Iron firm near peak. Steel Car turning out 500 steel box cars for Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, with another order to fill later.
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Greenville
Inger
Bessemét & Lake Erie
Greenville Steel Car Company
Chicago Bridge & Tron Company
Prison probe in Erie state county jail investigation heads to board
Erie February reports detail ongoing inquiry by District Attorney Burton Laws County Commissioner Thomas Platley and Sheriff Carl Kupper into jail conditions. They prepare a detailed report for the County Prison Board after an escape on February 9 when inmates Smoley Joe Szewczyk William Erhart and Anthony Okonski sawed through a jail window bars.
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Erie
Burton BR. Laws
Thomas Platley
Carl Kupper
Sile
Early cancer diagnosis urged by Philadelphia leader
Mrs Thomas Hart, head of the Philadelphia division of the American Society for the Control of Cancer's Women Field Army, says more than one third of the 180,000 annual cancer deaths in the United States could be prevented with early diagnosis and treatment by a physician.
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Philadelphia
United States
Thomas Hart
Womens Field Army
The
American Society For the Control of Cancer
State grade crossing problem explained Harrisburg
Fev 28 There are 1193 grade crossings over Slam tadl roads In Pennsylvania. Rounded report to Public WHIty commission shows 8583 protected crossings, 31.08 percent. Breakdowns include bells 147, gates 541, signals 1409, watchmen 371, visible signals 13, and crossing protections by various railroads with percentages.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Dis ‘Aureau
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Pennsylvania Wheat Farmers Price Adjustment Announced
Pennsylvania wheat growers planting within their 1940 acreage allotments will receive a price adjustment of 10 cents per bushel plus a separate parity payment. The Evans County committee notes this is in addition to the 9 cent regular conservation payment for AAA farmers within their allotments, totaling 19 cents per bushel on the normal yield.
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Pennsylvania
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Department of Agricu
Jlure
State Forest survey near completion in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports the Stack survey of the Pennsylvania State Forests is near completion. Deputy Secretary Charles E. Baer notes 1,686,396 acres or 93 percent of the state forest area of 1,650,088 acres are surveyed. The inventory will determine tree numbers and growth and cover timber volume for future harvest planning under the 1940 Agriculture Appropriation Act.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Charles E. Baer
Department of Forests and Waters
Court House Rebuild Planned After McKean Fire
McKean County's February grand jury met in Smethport and heard a plan to rebuild the main courthouse gutted by fire two weeks earlier. The action likely to be a recommendation to reconstruct the building, connect newer wings, and demolish the remaining dangerous shell. William Marvel of Bradford was sworn in as foreman as the jury convened in its new quarters.
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Kane
McKean
Couty
Grand Jury
Smethport
CG Hubbird
Court House
Nob
Grand Jwy
William ‘Marvel
Bradford
Joseph R. Carvorth
Hubbard
Wilson Aids Cost Collection Drive in Erie
Erie February 24 Machinery to post collections of criminal court costs may start late this week as Clerk of Court George Wilson and District Attorney Burton H. Laub plan a system of installment collections. Wilson backs the plan to require prisoners convicted of law violations to pay costs, with potential county proceeds estimated up to 25,000 dollars annually beyond existing sums from released prisoners or court costs.
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Erie
George Wilson
Burton H. Laub
Wilson
Laub
Jury session moved to Wednesday morning start
At the opening session the emergency prompted postponement of the petit jury to Wednesday at 10. The grand jury will convene in a new room then deliberate in the lawyers’ room nearby on the same wing. An emergency fire escape was built on the second floor to meet state rules with exit through the county superintendent of public instruction’s office.
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Petit Jury
County Superintendent of Public Instruction
Grand Jury
Two Arrested for Perjury in County Case in Erie
William Sabwteye and his wife Gladys of 34 Sym Lord Street were arrested by Constable George Hanson on perjury charges. They allegedly testified as alibi witnesses for Smokey Joe Seeweayl, a defendant serving 12 to 24 years in Western Penitentiary for assault and robbery. County Detective LeRoy Search says they swore Smokey Joe was at their home at 7 p m on November 23, while Mrs. Clara Lynch was robbed near her Jackson Avenue home on November 22.
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Erie
William Sabwteye
Gladys
Sym Lrd Street
George Hanson
Walter
Smokey Joe) Seeweayl
Smokey Joe
Western Penitentiary
LeRoy Search
Seeweayl
Smokey Joevas
Clara Lynch
Jackson Avenue
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