Anniversary of Sherman's March to the Sea observed
War anniversary notes focus on the 1864 march while a city council meeting is slated this evening. Local business reports show department store sales gains in a week ending July, and a mix of local incidents includes a Union City car accident with minor injuries and a family seeking shelter after hitchhiking from Dayton to Rochester. Other items mention court and police actions, a coroner seeking re election, and community events at Beaver Camp with cool weekend weather.
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Frank Baressi
East Smith Street
Union City
Baressi
Child Died of Fright in Water at Titusville
In Titusville Pennsylvania a three-year-old girl Janet Carol Faunce died after fright near her home. Deputy Coroner C M Sonne reported the child drowned in a shallow creek pool but autopsy showed no water in the lungs and linked death to shock from a thyroid condition. A playmate, Jimmy Luce, admitted leaving her in the water after she fell in.
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Titusville
Janet Caral Faunce
C. M. Sonne
Sonne
Janet Carol
Harrisburg to Host 13th Annual Pennsylvania Music League
Harrisburg will stage the 13th annual Pennsylvania Forensic and Music League contests on April 26 and 27, 1940. Belfour, executive secretary, notes this is the second time the state capital hosts the statewide music and speech events. The league has held 12 meetings previously, with 747 Pennsylvania high schools competing in 47 music and seven speech events. The University of Pittsburgh education extension bureau houses the league’s executive office.
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Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Forensic and Music League
Belfour
Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Eduation Extension Bureau
Socialite Pleads Guilty for Pelting Passing Car
Five young socialites faced Justice Ernest Dupile in Broomall Pennsylvania apologizing for pelting a passing motor at a welcome home party. Henry Stokes a 21 year old Berwyn resident and University of Virginia student was fined 25 dollars after expressing regret. Dupile warned others they would face the same penalty plus a lecture.
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United Press
Broomall
Henry Stokes
Berwyn
University of Virginia
Ernest Dupillé
Dupilie
Stokes
Rowbottom
University of Pennsylvania
State Relief Rolls Rise Amid WPA Effect on Welfare
State relief rolls rose in the week ending July 8 with 1,745 added cases involving 5,012 persons. WPA alone added 2,975 cases for 9,274 people, offset by private employment gains and other aid transfers. Total state direct relief since April 19 covers 24,640 former WPA workers and 59,06 dependents, while general assistance statewide reached 242,267 cases.
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Pennsylvania
Burglary at Texaco Station on Seneca Street
Thieves broke into the Goldberg Texaco filling station and store at 351 Seneca Street last night, taking pennies from an open cash register, stamps, and two fountain pens. Entry involved breaking doors and cutting a small hole to reach the latch. police believe a boy committed the raid. The office was ransacked and papers scattered. This marks a second minor robbery at the station in three weeks.
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Goldberg ‘Texaco
Seneca Street
Uiling
Auto Crash Claims Man in New Castle
New Castle Pa July 11 One man died in a car crash here Saturday when a vehicle backing down 4 Steen Street lost control and overturned pinning him beneath the car. The victim identified as 20 year old Alady Bara died at New Castle Hospital.
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New Castle
United Press
New Castle Hospital
Alady Bara
Steen Street
YOUTH KILLED IN TRUCK CRASH NEAR PYMATUNINGDAM
July 12 Jesse J. Barnes 22 of Lafayette died en route to Bradford hospital from injuries after his truck left the road, struck a power line pole, and rolled. Deputy Coroner says skull fracture and other injuries caused death. Barnes, a diver, was alone en route for a job when the wreck was found by neighbor Dick Foyler and an ambulance summoned. He died on arrival at Mae hospital in Morelock. Survived by parents, two sisters and four brothers.
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Kane
Jesse J. Barnes
Lafayette
Bradford Hospital
Wi ‘Eoupe
Tackentine
George B Lull
Bradford
Dick Foyler
Barnes
Mae Hospital
Lmorelock
Falayette
Hot Fight at Pittsburgh for County Commissioner Nominees
Pittsburgh July 11 Foreshadowing a heated contest James F Malone Pittsburgh Republican leader announced his bid for a Republican nomination to the Allegheny County board of commissioners. County Commissioner John B Herron already seeks reelection despite GOP efforts to drop him from the slate.
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Unmeo Press
Pittsburgh
James F. Malone
Pitsburg
Allegheny County Board of Commissioners
John 8. Herron
Herron
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