Erie Area News Roundup and Local Court Actions
Warm days raise health notices as Leone Babcock, five, is diagnosed with lobar pneumonia under quarantine. Erie rail extension arguments heard in Cleveland before Judge West. City Council meets next week after a holiday. Conventions, police reports, road work, and unemployment figures accompany a bustling regional update.
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Leone Babcock
Mia
Glenn Babcock
Clymer
Erie Railroad
Puderat
Sar=ual H. West
Cleveland
Weat
Reading's Volunteer Fire Department in Reading Pa.
The Federal Writers Project details how Reading Pennsylvania ran for years with no full municipal fire department yet kept fire loss low and saved about $1,500,000 in fighting costs. It notes volunteers still handle firefighting, with city owning equipment and some maintenance staff.
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Reading
Fize
Ufe
Rainbow
Pennsylvania
Paul Comly French
United States
Bishop Ward to be at services Sunday
The Rt Rev John Chamberlan Ward bishop of Brie will visit Emmanuel Episcopal church at the late service Sunday morning to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation The class is for children and young people An adult class will be presented in the writer Confirmation is a principal sacrament taught in Acts 8 and Hebrews 6 Services will follow the usual hours of 8 am and 11 am
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John Chamberlan Ward
Brie
Emmanuel Piscopal Church
Landon Blames F D R For Present Slump
On page continuation, Alf Landon blames President Roosevelt for the current slump and criticizes the administration. He says the president failed to take a decisive stand against free-speech activities by Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City and urges moral leadership against self styled New Deal liberals.
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Frank Hague
Jersey City
N. J
Democratic National Committee
Hague
Landon
Hin Honda
Pennsylvania Relief Flour Distribution Sets $225000 Allocation
The federal government allocates about $225000 in flour for Pennsylvania relief families under the spending lending program to curb recession. 212 carloads of white wheat flour and 6 carloads of graham flour will be distributed through 8000 welfare offices to certified relief families, with two tiers of family sizes and monthly requests.
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Pennsylvania
Arthur W. Howe, Jr
State Secretary of Public Assistance
Keystone State
Howe
Fire marshal asked to probe Waldameer fire
District Attorney Mortimer E. Graham on July 7 summoned the state fire marshal and a National Underwriters representative to aid the investigation into Waldameer Park’s fire. He said the blaze, centered in the Crazy House, could not have started by itself and was deliberately set, with arson suspects under surveillance and to be questioned later. Investigators from the Pennsylvania Motor Police were expected to arrive and the underwriters’ rep to arrive next, as Graham pledged to pursue the responsible party.
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WRIE
Weldameer Park
Mortimer E. Graham
Natonal Underwriters’ Association
Graham
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Wreham
Druggist Shot During Robbery in Sharon
Edwins F. Nickum, 45, wounded by two bandits who robbed Smith Drug company last evening, in fair condition today. He was shot in chest and left arm after refusing to reveal the day’s receipts. Bandits took $24 from the soda fountain register and fled in a car with Ohio plates. Clerk Virginia Henry was threatened but not harmed.
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Day
United Press
Sharon
Edwins F. Nickum
Sickum
Partter
Smith Drug Company
Ohio
Polite
Youngstown
Virginia Henry
Oil City Child Dies From Matches Burns
The year old daughter of the superintendent of schools and Mrs Vaughn De Long died after clothing caught fire while playing with matches in Oil City. The accident occurred Tuesday evening in the back yard. the child was rushed to hospital but died en route. Her mother had earlier refused permission to light matches.
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Cora Britt
Moe DeLone
Hand Grenade Threat Strikes Crowd in Old City
A hand grenade thrown into a crowd of Arabs near David's Tower in Jerusalem killed a man and wounded a woman and a child. The incident heightened fear of riots amid escalating tension between Jews and Arabs.
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Unites Press
Jerusalem
David's Tower
Old City
Hughyut Palestine
Africa fights slums in Johannesburg housing drive
Johannesburg City Council plans spending of nearly 23 million dollars on housing schemes targeting Europeans and non Europeans in a campaign described as slum clearance efforts.
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Africa
Johannesburg
Fone
Luna
City weed-cutting offer ends in jail threat
Columbus on July 1 Municipal Judge Harold Ihe warned Emmett Seely, 19, he could weed a vacant lot for the city or face jail for speeding. Seely not only cut the weeds but also lent his sickle for use by other speeders, a note of irony in the case.
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Columbus
Harold Ihe
Emmett Seely
Geely
Workmen Inspect Fire Damage at Farm Show Arena
United Press reports workmen assess damage to a partially completed farm show arena after a roof fire. Fire crews battled the blaze, causing disruption to the main hall construction at Harriseurs.
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United Press
Harriseurs
Jilly Toe
Oral Farm Show Arena
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