McKean Child Fatally Shot in Cops and Robbers Game
Nine year old Betty Miles of McKean R D 1 was shot in the head during a domestic cops and robbers game when her brother Edward, age nine, fired a 22 caliber rifle. The bullet struck her eye and skull wounding her severely. She was taken to St Vincent's Hospital after family members called for help. Coroner Warren W. Wood said an informal inquiry would determine the facts.
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Itty E. Miles
McKean
R. D
St. Vincent's Hospital
Betty
Miles
Stough
B. W. Ghering
Edinboro
Warren W. Wood
AFL Chief Declines Pennsylvania Delegation to Democrat Convention
Hirnmicnun Vas su-vanes L. McDevitt president of the AFL Pennsylvania Federation of Labor says he refused a slot as a Pennsylvania delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention next July. He cited the league’s stand against any party tie-up and notes he previously served as a Democratic delegate. the action aligns with the new organization drafting 1948 presidential and congressional campaign plans.
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Hirnmicnun
Vas
Su—Vanes L. McDevitt
AFL
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania
McDevitt
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
CIO
League
Prisoner’s sentence lessened by judge
Elmer Nolan, 25, Jamestown, once sentenced to 1½ to 16 years in Attlon State Prison, had the term suspended by County Judge Hugh V. J. Bodine who ordered a prior suspended sentence to El mira Reformatory until discharged by law. Nolan faced second degree robbery and petit larceny tied to a grocery holdup last October and pleaded guilty December 15. Robert Lindquist, 33, Jamestown, charged with criminally possessing a pistol after prior conviction, pleaded guilty at county court and awaits sentencing two weeks hence.
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Mayville
Jan
Elmer
Nolan
Jamestown
Attlon State
Hugh V. J. Bodine
Elmira Reformatory
Leslie J. Stanford
East Fourth Street
Meanest thieves take money in polio drive in Jamestown
Tamestown, Jan 20 10 to meanest thieves stole from three Jamestown March of Dimes coin boxes. One box disappeared while another lost bottom and contents. About $15 was taken, roughly one day’s polio treatment cost. Still, Jamestowners’ generosity ensures no patient will miss care.
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Tamestown
Clayton R. Webeck
Morton Club
Webeck
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