Local News Roundup From Erie Area
A sprawling Erie city page notes heavy fox sightings causing slow traffic and forecasts a cold wave. Mentions include Maurice Castle manslaughter case in Ashtabula county, Walter Chrysler remarks, and Chrysler Motors growth. Also reports nurses meeting in Erie, A and P store employees' rodeo, library and school programs, and patrols enforcing trucking rules with 17 000 tracks measured monthly.
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Maurice Castle
Erie
Ashtabula
County
Ohio
Common Pleas
Jefferson
Five Day Week For RWD Workers And Budget Plan
State emergency relief board announces a five day work week for work division employees starting January 14 led by Eric H. Biddle. Four seven hour days and one eight hour day, plus two 18 hour units for budget deficiency projects with four hours on Wednesday. Changes aim to align with building trades six day week, aid payroll catch up, and allow time makeups. Tele board allocates relief funds totaling about 14.08 million for January, with federal advances sought to cover shortfalls. Attending members include Governor Pinchot, Lt. Gov. Shannon, Auditor Baldwin, and Treasurer Waters. Speaker Wilson Lang absent. Crumley store in Tonopah also selling airplanes.
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State Emergency Relief Board
Eric H. Biddle
Biddle
T He Tele Board
Svork
Incudine
Wilson G. Larig
Grover C. ‘Tal
Dee
Pinchot
Edward ©. Shannon
Frank E. Baldwin
Charles A. Waters
Testimony Sought From Fisch Relatives in Hauptmann Case
Detective Arthur Johnson sails from Le Havre with Fisch relatives to Germany to challenge Isidor Fisch finances and rebut Hauptmann claim that Fisch gave ransom funds. Evidence aimed to show Fisch died penniless and had no money, impacting Hauptmann’s defense over the Lindbergh baby ransom.
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United Press
LE Havre
France
Arthur Johnson
New York
Te de France
Isidor Fisch
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Fisch
Germany
Johnson
Pinkus Fisch
Isidor
Tsidor
Europe
Hart J
Roosevelt
RWD payroll tops $17,000 in Venango County week
Franklin January 9 More than $17,000 in RWD relief payrolls were paid in Venango County for the week ending January 9. A total of 1,280 persons were at work in the county with 4,280 employed overall in the area. Administrator George Mudehart said officials hope to double the weekly payroll soon and cited prior county comparisons to Lawrence County’s $60,000 weekly payroll. If approved, additional projects could double Venango’s payroll. separate Works Division figures show $15,845.49 paid weekly with 932 on the payroll and $1,256.44 for professional and non manual work with 48 at work.
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Franklin
Venango County
George Mudehart
Area Rwd
Mudehart
RWD
Lawrence County
Area
Relief Works Division
Harrisburg
Works Division
Mrs Vare Accepts Disposition In Will
Mrs Ida M Vare widow of William Vare will not contest the late Republican leader's will Byron Milner her former counsel now represents her and confirms her decision in Philadelphia on January 9
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United Press
Philadelphia
Ida M. Vare
William 8. Vare
Byron Milner
Vare
Special Panel Sought in Bruno Murder Trial
In Pottsville Pa a special panel of eight men was expected as jury selection for the Joseph Bruno murder trial continued. Only six jurors had been accepted, with names including John C. Flanagan and Mrs John Connors among those seating as foreman and early panel members. Prosecutors and defense argued over adding another juror while most veniremen reportedly held fixed opinions.
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United Press
John Connors
Morea
James Coogan
Port Carbon
John Wichert
Schuylichl Haven
F. H. Pasco
Coaldale Congregational Church
George Miller
Middleport
PA Farm Show One Act Play Tournament Draws 121 Actors
Amateur actors from rural Pennsylvania groups compete in a three division state farm show event at Harrisburg during the week of January 21. From 287 groups and 1,700 contestants, 121 performers reach the finals, with eliminations held across 36 counties and 18 district groups represented. The schedule spans January 23 to 25 across eastern central and western divisions with plays such as The Gooseberry Mandarin The Bldcat and The Valiant among titles.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Januay
Pike County
Milford
M. B. Church
Bucks County
Springtela Township
Columbia County
the Valley Dramatic Club
Neighbors
Susquehanna County Utility Grange
Bishop's Randlesticka
Mbensburg
Bethany Bible Class
Clearfield County
Coalport Dramatic Club
Bradford County
Spring Hill
Erie bank statement snapshot from January 7 1935
The document presents a bank statement listing assets liabilities and capital for a Pennsylvania Erie bank. It includes figures for loans and discounts overdrafts government obligations cash in vault reserves deposits and other assets and liabilities such as deposits by public funds and secured and unsecured amounts. It ends with attestation by cashier O H Andrews notarization Jean Field and trustees.
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United States
Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
U. 8
Treas
U.S
Eeeceeseen Syne
Lccesese Eee
State of
Pennsylvania
County of Erie
HL Andrews
H. Andrews
Jean Field
Patrol Car In Reverse Crashes Through Garage Window
A police patrol car parked before Park Lunch on North Center Street started in reverse when cranked by Chief Burlingame. The car backed in a semicircle, struck a gasoline pump and smashed the Christensen Garage plate glass window, tearing window foundations loose. The city faces repair costs for the damage and garage repairs.
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North Center Street
Christensen
Four Convicts Recaptured After Charleston Prison Escape
Four long-term inmates of Charleston state prison were recaptured after a des perate escape attempt. Two guards were beaten during the breakout as Staiddens Zabraewski and Joseph Levesque slid down the outer wall. hours later William Baker and Lawrence Boldway were found hiding in the prison laundry.
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Charleston State Prison
United Press
Boston
Staiddens Zabraewski
Worcester
Joseph Levesque
Newport
R. I
William Baker
Springfield
Lawrence Boldway
Warehouse Point
Conn
William Freeman
Charles Witham
Senate Committee Selections Under Way in 1885 Session
Harrisburg January 9. House and Senate leaders draft standing committee posts for the new legislature. Speaker Laing and President pro tem Homsher oversee assignments with 25 holdover senators guiding chairmanships. Key panels include education, appropriations, judiciary, mines, and federal relations as Democrats vie for top spots.
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Ross Downing
United Press
Harrisburg
House Committee On Committees
Wilson G. Larig
John G. Hamsher
Senate
Homsher
Laing
Larig
Lawrence
Finchbaugh
Collenor Eugens Caputo
Beaver
Anna Brancato
Philadelphia
Law and Order
Ruth
John B. Bron
Washington
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Packard
Walter Chrysler
Chrysler Motors
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association
Visiting Nurses Association
Erle
Moose Auditorium
Jamestown
Warren
Presday
Robert
Bud) Shaver
Montgomery Ward & Company
Punxsutawney
Evelyn Mathews
The
State Library
Marjorie Sullivan
New York Stock Exchange
Brie
Martin Janosec
Corey
Helen Marion Babik
Clifford Anderson
Buffalo
B.C. Rowland
Rie
Kiwanis Clu
Northern Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
State Armory
Thursdy
C. M. Lyons
U. S. Army
Grove Cuty
CCC
Williamsport
State Nipsyay
Vapore
Rexillana
Condra Pharmacy
Tonopah
Crumley General Store
Venango CO
Bruno
Erie County
National Bank of Corry
Cor State of Pennsylvania
Nthe
Glass
U. S
E. E. Hawkins
Our Christmas Club
Member
Federal Reserve System
Ais Yee
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