District Attorney probes Communist Party petitions in Erie
Erie District Attorney Burton Laugches announced a probe into Communist party election petitions and possible misrepresentation by petition circulators. He asked Attorney General Claude Reno for photostatic copies and said prosecutions may follow. A quiet review is under way to identify circulators and reasons behind any misrepresentation.
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Claude Reno
Harrsburg
Erie County
Laub
Pennsylvania
Baldwin Gets Cash Refund On County Tax
George D. Baldwin will receive a cash refund of about 16000 for assessment reductions covering 1936 37 38 shown in court. He must return the funds promptly to apply on current county taxes after the commissioners approved part of his requested reductions.
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Baldwin
Jaly
George D. Baldwin
Former Erie resident tied to Milwaukee extortion plot
Rowland H. Davies, former Erie resident and Milwaukee store manager, has been under police guard since July 23 amid an extortion plot demanding $100,000 to be dropped from an airplane. Davies previously served in Erie as circulation manager of the Erie Morning Dispatch and later at H.M. Reich Co. store. relatives offered no further information.
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Seara, Roebuck Company
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Governor O'Daniel Celebrates Texas Primary Victory
Governor W Lee O'Daniel of Texas is pictured in Fort Worth with his son Pat after receiving word of victory in the Texas gubernatorial primary. O'Daniel, who was elected two years ago, rose to prominence with his hillbilly band.
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O'Daniel
Texas
Fort Worth
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O’daniel
Youngsville Fair Set for Late August
Youngsville plans its tenth annual community fair beginning Wednesday August 28 and running to the last Saturday of August. Exhibits on Island Park will have wooden sidings for theft and weather protection, with hinges for summer use. The horse show remains a key attraction with Watten County horses shown Friday evening and the main show Saturday afternoon and evening.
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Island Park
Watten County
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Erie Woman Granted Divorce in Reno
Susanna Elisabeth Obermanns Bromley was granted a divorce from William Perkins Bromley in Reno Nevada. Married March 14 1930 in Elkton Maryland they have one child and custody was awarded to the mother. The divorce cited cruel and barbarous treatment. Mrs Bromley is daughter of Henry P Obermanns Hammermill executive and Mr Bromley is son of William F Bromley Hammermill secretary.
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Reno
Nev
Susanna Elisabeth Obermanns Bromley
William Perkins Bromley
Hammermill Paper Co
Elkton
Yild
Bromley
Henry P. Obermanns
E. Laketh
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Hammermill
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William F. Bromley
Hammermill Paper Go
Long Island mansions vanish as wealth migrates north
Long Island estates once famed for parties and art treasures are being broken up or torn down to cut taxes and upkeep costs. Colonel Henry Rogers Southampton villa and Otto Kahn estate near Woodbury are sold or demolished. Developers, parks boards, and heirs reshape the landscape as showplaces become commuter suburbs.
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Long Island
Adelaide Kerr
Wester Roslyn
Long Joland
Wiese
Henry H. Rogers
Southampton
Colonel Rogerss
Clears
Abd Champagne
Iamonds
Otto Kahn
Woodbury
Geraldine Farrar
Metropolitan Opera
Kahn
Welf Ure
New York Dea UT
Huntington
Beard
Haha
Real Renue Development
Graham Fair
Manhasset
Clarence Mackay
Roslyn
Windsor
Prince of Wales
Samuel Untwinyer
New York State
Fifth Avenue
Seventeen Year Locust Plagues Penns Forests
Secretary G Albert Stewart of the Department of Forest and Waters notes thinning hardwoods in state forests due to the 17 year locust. Foresters report swarms in Clinton Clearfield Union Columbia Montour and Schuykill counties. The insect emerges every seventeen years and was known to Indigenous peoples before European contact.
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G. Albert Stewart
Department of Forest and Waters
Clinton
Clearfield
Union
Cumbstand
Montour
Aind Schuykitt
Binnen
Request to Reinstate Alder man Brabendey as Police Magistrate
A Erie committee in the Sheth ward chaired by Mayor Barber discusses reinstating Alder man George Pat Brabendey as a police court magistrate. The snippet notes political tensions and a non-political stance, with emphasis on procedural handling in the future by the Wyte lay committee.
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Erie
Sheth
Line Etty
Chare R. Barber
George
Pat) Brabendey
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