Deserter Arrest and Local Deaths Highlight West Moreland News
West Moreland County reports include Ralph Overman of Greensburg held on desertion and non-support charges with $500 bond after arraignment. The death of Lynn H. Gates of Gates drug store Union City is noted, with funeral plans at Gloria Funeral Home Union City. Other items include barking dog complaints, hand injuries from weekend accidents, a Corry real estate transfer of $76,000, and winter skating and sledding injuries. The Erie Turnpike Association schedules a January 27 hearing in Harrisburg to push a north south extension from Johnstown to Erie with support from multiple counties and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Moreland County
Ralph Overman
Greensburg
M. S. Cobbett
Overman
Lynn H. Gates
Gates
Union City
Stem Memorial Hospital
Donald Kincaid
Corry
Gloria Funeral Home
Richard Pate
East South Street
William Hogenboom
Clymer
Hogenboom
Erie, Turnpike Association
Johnstown
Cambria County
Allegheny River
Franklin
Erie
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Harrisburg
Erie Association
Punzeutawney
Clarion
Brookville
Punxeutawney
Indiana
Homer City
Brockway
Bik Lodge
Divorce Filing in Erie County Court by Norma Pittman
Norma Pittman of 310 Maple Avenue filed for divorce from Walter J. Pittman of R D 3 Corry in Erie County Court. Severe winter ice left roads slick and treacherous with many autos sliding into ditches and yards. A fire at Jennings Goat Farm on Jennings Road near Erie destroyed a barn, costing about $6,000. Grover Reynolds of Jennings Rubber Co. witnessed the blaze at 6 a m as Perry Highway Hose Co. arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie County Court House
Norma Pittman
Marple Avenue
Walter J. Pittman
R. D
Jennings
Jennings Road
Erie
Grover Reynolds
Jennings Rubber Co
Perry Highway Hose Co
Barn blaze halts two Erie radio stations and damages power lines
A barn fire spread rapidly due to overheated lumber and stored wood, destroying power lines to WiKK and WERC and taking both Erie radio stations off the air. Race Jennings, owner of the barn, called the blaze mystifying and said efforts to stop it were futile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Race Jennings
Erie
Wikk
WERC
Famed Viennese Composer Dies at 83 in Bad Ischl
Viennese born composer of The Chocolate Soldier and 50 plus operettas died of heart disease in Bad Ischl at age 83. He was not related to Johann Strauss. Strauss fled Austria during the 1938 Anschluss and again in 1940, seeking refuge abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennese
Funeral Rites Held Yesterday for Arthur Burlingame
Hev Bradley Lanes conducted the funeral at Bracken Funeral Home for Arthur Burlingame. Relatives as bearers included Herman Buringame Thelo Buringame Zara Buringame Ernest Faust Karl Stimson Jr Arthur Blackman. Burial in Wrightsville Cemetery. Friends from Lattsville Spring Creek Wrightsville and many others attended.
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Hev. Bradley Lanes
Conunnbus
Erie SRIE Detectives Probe $2000 Theft at Anderson Home
Detectives hunt the thief who stole 2000 in cash from Mick ey Anderson’s home at 120 West 38th street Friday night. The envelope with new hundreds and fifties vanished from a second floor master bedroom between 6 45 and 9 20 p m. A duplicate key may have been used. Police released the report 12 hours after the request to withhold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Srie
Mickey Anderson
West 38Th Street
Anderson
President outlines new farm and labor programs plan
The president promotes a farm program balancing producer and consumer interests. Price supports and loans would keep farm income stable with price drops for major crops at 75 to 90 percent of parity. Wool would use production payments to guarantee fair income, revisiting Brannan era ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Congress
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William and
South Street
West Pleasant Street
T. A. Little
W. W. Waterhouse
Second Ward
Erie County
Corry Memorial Hospital
Joan Woelky
Conrad Woelky
Findley Lake
Keith Wade
Philip Wade
Colliers Radio & TV
North Center
National PT
Ats Cy
Arthur Burlingame
Keystone VanCise’s
Ford
P.o.af
Powell Motor Company
N. Center St
Corry, Pa
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