Seven dead and one critical after Scranton crash
A collision involving a 12 ton trailer mill truck and a small sedan near Scranton killed seven people and left Jean Johnson, 19, of Avoca, critically injured. Whitebread of Spike Island died. Johnson survived, with passenger Miss Johnson in critical condition at Scranton State Hospital. Driver Childs Cooper of Scranton escaped with scalp injuries. truck owned by Palmer Transfer Co. Assistant District Attorney John W. Murphy said Cooper likely faces involuntary manslaughter charges.
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Whitebread
Spike Island
Jean Johnson
Avoca
Scranton State Hospital
Miss Johnson
Childs Cooper Gt
Scranton
Palmer ‘Transfer Company of
John W. Murphy
King
Delbert King
Clymer
Corry Hospital
Bertha Marie Peterson
Jamestown
David John Chamberlain
Crawford County
Franklin Street
OM Creek
Titusville
Tonawanda Engineering Company
Columbus Inn
Proseph Vara
Dunkirk
Donald Vara
Joseph
Land
Juray
Lantston's
Western Flyer
Western Auto
Franklin
James V. Reed
Youn
Ace Auto Stores
Am ¢. Lowe
Maurice D. Lowe
Brie
Unemployment May Fuel Fascist Upheaval in U S
Msgr John A Ryan of Catholic University warned in Pittsburgh that unresolved unemployment could trigger a fascist upheaval in the United States within ten years He said Communist chances are unlikely though the danger from fascism could grow if the problem persists during the decade
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Pittsburgh
United States
John A. Ryan
Catholic University
Priests’ Summer School For Social Action
Ryan
Payette County Judge Harry A. Cotton Dies at 61
May Own Pa reports President Judge Harry A. Cotton of Payette County died here today after two long bouts of heart trouble. He was 61 years old.
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Own
Harry A. Cotton
Payette County
Aerial photographs to replace OED maps in Pennsylvania
A federal project to replace out of date Pennsylvania maps with aerial photographs nears completion. Commerce Secretary Richard P. Brown announced the effort started in June 1938 and will supplement an earlier agriculture program that photographed 8 009 square miles of the state s southeastern section.
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Jmet Pryce
Harrisburg
Federalatte
Pennsylvania
Commerce Secreacy
Richard P. Brown
Brown
U.S. Agriculture
Youth Recovering as Bus Crash Kills Seven
A 16 year old Albert Batley recovered consciousness after a bus wreck that killed seven people including three family members and four from another group. The accident involved nine riders in a private automobile and a Blue Ridge Lines bus on a through road. Joseph Wendt 4 was treated for minor injuries and discharged.
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United Press
Washington
Albert Batley
Bailey
Blue Ridge Lines
Joseph Wendt
Roosevelts Third Term Opposed Echoed in Pittsburgh
July 6 report notes opposition to a third term voiced by Dr. Alexander S. Stoddard Philadelphia superintendent of public trials. In Cleveland, Assistant Prosecutor Perry B. Jackson filed trespassing warrants against five youths at Mrs. Eleanor LaGanke's home for crashing her daughter Evelyn's 18th birthday party. Blooming Valley Homie Day set for Wednesday July 12.
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Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Alexander 3. Stoddard
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Perry B. Jackson
Eleanor LaGanke
Hert
Evelyn
Austin
Will J. Wilcox
Charles Walker Frantz
On City
Ol City
Blooming Valley
Crawford County
Liverly
Venan
Clifford Beale
Harold Stone
Oil City
Ifst
City
Alikiss
Mary Wozowice
Tony Wozowicz
North Clymer
Gorry Hospital
Robert Roach
East Main Street
Corry Hospital
One man WPA strike disrupts Wesleyville High project
An in view of new wage hour law a WPA strike by a lone worker halts progress at Wesleyville High School. Nearby a teenager, Walter Wella of Dunia, loses thumb and two fingers in a dynamite cap accident while police investigate the source of the explosive amid fireworks ordinance concerns. Other items note clean and press services, a barber shop defeat, twin sisters undergoing operations, a Kelvinator sale, and hospital-to-home transfers.
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Erie County
Wesleyville High School
Io Walter Wella
Dunia
Dunkirk
Grark
Cochran
North Center Street
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Keystone Milk
Lic
Lifebuoy
LUX
Ivanhoe
Swansdown
Bic Lee
Calif
Georgia
Royal Pinne
Florida
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D. c
Blooming Valey
Stanford Hose Company
Paul Gretzler
Carl Peter No
Foreman
Warran
Maigret Hovis
Franklin B.D
Chauicey M. Perrine
North Thirteenth Street
Keystone
Miss Howls
Regal Lilies
Hartley Banks
North Center
Robert Gardner
Max Gardner
Mt Jewell
Kane Summit Hospital
Geloran Park
Warren
Leroy B. Campbell
New York City
Ene
Fred Shaw
City Streets Department
Bradford
Bradford Saddle Club
Erie
Atlantic
Christensen Motors
State Forestry Service Today
Cook's Forest
Columbus
George Ressinis
Cory Hospital
Lanston
Charles Brown
Buller
Bedford
al Marty
Robert Stearns
Paul Stearns
Ashville
Bobbie Bates
Richard Bates
Weatfield
Bates
Frances Dean
Corinne Dean
Bobbie
Julien Bryan
Chautauqua
Europe
Loleta
Allegheny National Forest
Marienville
Hime
Wilbur 1
Witmer
England
Maccabee Hall
Ace ‘Auto Stores
N. Center Street
En la
Miller’s News & Sport
Center Street
Dial
Chenille
Coats
Vivian
Virginia Fosburgh
Leo Fosburgh
Gould Street
Ellis Electric
Albert Gilbert and Son
Corry R. D
Mary Hirabeth Vrooman
Allie Vrooman
Hudson
Mome Mon
R. A. Weis
LROAD
Amg
Campbell’s Pork
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Wayside Market
West Wayne
West Smith Street
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