Preparations Underway for Erie County Primaries
Erie County election preparations are moving forward as clerks work on registration returns and polling logistics. Bids for permanent registration equipment will be opened Friday, lists of Republican registrants to serve this year will be set by the County Registration Commission, and voters booths will begin posting natives within two weeks. Final candidate lists are near completion with Wrantz Wagner, Fifth Ward county assessor, announcing a return to the Republican ticket.
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Colintry Resistration Commission
Daly
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Wrantz Wagner
Fifth Ward
Penn Supreme Court Justice Is Stricken
Funeral services were arranged for Alexander Simpson, longtime Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice from Philadelphia. The 80 year old jurist died suddenly after a stroke at Buck Hill Falls Hotel where he was vacationing. Simpson had been appointed to the bench by Governor Bramingham on May 20, 18— and was junior to Chief Justice Robert S. Frazer.
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United Press
Stroudsburg
Alexander Simson
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Buck Hill Falls
Simpson
Lata
Martin C. Bramaringham
Robert S. Frazer
WPA orders expected today for Erie area work program
Berman Cochran district supervisor says state authorizations for Work Progress Administration projects in northwestern Pennsylvania are expected to arrive from Harrisburg by tomorrow morning. He notes that once instructions and authority arrive the program will begin locally, with city solicitor Edward Murphy and Deputy City Engineer C K Pulling consulting during discussions.
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Erie
Berman Coehian
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Cochran
Edward M. Murphy
C.K. Pulling
Ml City Projects
Pitt Student Held for Auto Fatality in Pittburgh
Pittsburgh July 25 Thomassey a 43 year old University of Pittsburgh medical student from Burgettstown was held on manslaughter charges for the death of Anthony Jankowski 65 a night watchman at an audio wrecking concern who died after being struck by Thomassey s automobile Jankowski was alighting from a trolley at an unauthorized stop according to a coroner s report Homicide detectives said the trolley was halted to permit his exit Expensive Larceny Pittsburgh July 25 William Ringler 28 was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to robbing a McKeesport store of 59 last Friday He was arrested an hour later in a barber shop with 356 and the cap pistol used in the robbery
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Pittsburgh
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Thomassey
Burgettstown
University of Pittburgh
Anthony Jankowski
Thomagsy
Jankowski
Allegheny General Hospital
Stankoyach
William Ringler
Dudge W Heber Dithrich
McKeesport
Ringler
Democrats Gain In Elk County Reveals Registration Lead
Registration figures from Elk County show Democrats now form the majority with 10,223 voters versus 8,230 Republicans. The shift reflects broader gains across numerous counties in the state.
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Elk County
Eile
Stage Show at Rex on Monday in Musical Comedy Event
Sally Guuus ang ms Radio Dolls, a major musical comedy troupe, will perform one day only at the Rex Theatre next Monday with matinee and night shows. The 40‑member company includes a premier buck dancer Wisie Barr and the Graves sisters in dance acts, plus a stage band. The attraction accompanies the feature Girl of the Limberlost showing on the same bill from Sunday.
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Rex Theatre
Wisie Barr
South
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St Louis preps to house legion as 200000 attend
The American Legion convention in St Louis is expected to draw up to 200000 attendees including a delegation from Elmer G Carrier Post No 360. Housing plans include Pullman City on idle cars at Union Station 20 000 beds and private homes absorbing 50000 with a Forest Park tent city as backup. National Commander Frank Belgrano Jr. notes the September 23 to 26 event could be the largest in history.
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St. Louis
American Legion Gonven- Hon
Elmer G. Carrier
Jules R. Pield
Meld
Pullman City
Union Station
Forest Park
Frank L. Belgrano, Jr
California
Practical joke ends in double tragedy in Perkelo
Friends of two Philadelphia men blamed a prank for a double drowning in Perkelo when their canoe overturned. Thomas Nolan, four, and Christopher Carr, 21, were found drowned after Nolan tried to upset the canoe and Carr grabbed him in a failed rescue.
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United Press
Histown
Philadelphia
Perkelomen Creek
Thomas Nolan
Chrisopher Carr, Jr
Curb Solicitation for Charity in Penn a Harrisburg
Pennsylvanians seeking charity funds must now obtain no certificates for unlabeled uses. The 1925 Solicitation Act amended by the General Assembly allows registration certificates to be issued to associations partnerships or corporations with a ten dollar refund if the application is withdrawn or not pursued. Refunds do not apply if a registration is refused after investigation.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Welfare
General Assembly
4400 Utility Telegrams Sent in Anti-Holding Company Probe
District Attorney Mortimer B. Graham disclosed that 4,400 alleged fake telegrams were sent via local telegraph offices. About 2,200 came from Western Union and 2,200 from Postal Telegraph, most sent in triplicate to Congressman Crosby and Senators Guffey and Davis, aiming to oppose utility holding companies.
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Mortimer B. Graham
Western Union
Postal ‘Telegraph
Charles J. Crosby
Joseph Guffey
James J. Davia
Cambridge man skimmed milk cream theft report
In Cambridge Massachusetts on July 25 a man named William Mattos was reported to police after reportedly skimming the cream from milk bottles and leaving skimmed milk for the owners.
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Cambridge
Mass
Luurioud
William Mattos
Nazi Leaders Split Over Ant Jew Drive
Berlin July 25 Nazi leaders divided over the anti Jewish campaign linked to Tullus Streicher faced sharp criticism from Emil Stuertz official Nazi spokesman and deputy district teacher in Southern Westphalia He quoted Der Stuermer and attacked Streicher style while Hans Hinkel and Goebbels assigned to supervise non Aryan cultural and artistic activities in Germany
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Tullus Streicher
Germany
Emil Stuertz
Naa
Nazi Party
Westphalia
Hom
Westfaellache Landeszeitung
Steurts
Streicher
der Sutermer
der Stuermer
Hans Hinkel
Reich Culture Chamber
Paul Joseph Goebbels
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