May Queen ceremony cited at Mercyhurst College
Crowning of the May Queen at Mercyhurst College in Erie drew many city attendees. Catherine Porquer of Twin Okla was named May Queen in Sunday afternoon ceremonies. Weekly weather outlook for June 1 to 6 predicts generally fair with showers midweek. Traffic beat notes 178 new licenses issued, 13 revoked, 128 suspended, 21 intoxicated drivers' cards seized.
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Mercyhurst College
Erle
Misa Catherine Porquer
Okla
North Atlantic
Jwoirewu
Highway Patrol and Safetyy
Inquest Planned Into Fatal Pre-Holiday Crash
A Corry County inquest is planned within days into a Route 1 crash near Waterford that killed Union City man Thomas C. Bole 54 and his infant grandson. Carl D. Brown of Cambridge Springs was named driver. six month old Donald, son of Mrs Helen Smith, died later at St Vincent's Hospital. Mrs Smith and another child escaped with minor injuries. Theodore Spencer of Cambridge Springs, a Brown passenger, is hospitalized with head injuries. Funeral services were held for Bole and for the infant Smith later today.
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Thomas C. Bole
Union City
Erie
Corry
W. G. Strople
Erie County
Worsoner
Toam
Any
Donald
Helen Smith
West 23Rd Street
Waterford
Bose
Berry Street
LeBoeur Gardens
Carl D. Brown
Cambridge
Springs
Unionitess
Bob
Hole
Paul Smith
Spartansburg
Bole
Rome
Glenn
Corry Hospital
St. Vincent's
Pital
Brie
Brown
Eastman Manufacturing
Glenn Huneral
Chapmanville
Crawford County
Glenn Roy
Wayne Bole
Z. M. Bole
C. DeArment
H. D. iGray
Franklin
Smith Lemita
Otis C. Smith
M.G. Munn
Bria Presbyterian Church
Mitchell Cemetery
Cambridge Spring
Local incidents mix with statewide notes and a Bradford wedding
The week brings a wrist burn from a kitchen mishap and frosty damage fears to Venango County crops. A Pennsylvania crude oil convention is set for June at State College with delegates from across the country. The Legionnaire and the Lady starring Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich will air on WAIBC at eight. Police report a quiet holiday period. a Corry resident faces fine for public conduct after a street brawl. Burglaries target Loblaw stores in Dunkirk and the local city. Representative Crosby votes for a $40 000 seafood inspection fund. County officials appoint and replace clerks over unpaid taxes. A transient Chicago photographer is fined for license violations. Two Bradford families announce a marriage between Martha Dorn and William Bird.
Townsendites Plan for National Convention
The Townsend Club met Friday at the Grand Theatre Building with a brief business session planned. Erie district organizer J B Hogan announced separate state sessions at the national convention in Cleveland July 15 19 and warned of Liberty League aims. Paul Miller from National Headquarters is slated to speak next Friday evening June 8.
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Grand Theatre
Liberty League
Townsend Club
J.B. Hogan
Erie
Cleveland
Logan
Oe Liberty League
Congress
Paul Miller
National
Slayers of Seminuk to face grand jury in Warren Court
Warren county grand jury to consider separate indictments in three murder cases tied to the death of Metro Seminuk at Brokenstraw Airport on the Youngsville-Pittsfield highway March 2. Joe Senauskus Palens and Mrs Mary Seminuk face separate presentations. Senauskus reportedly confessed to being paid to kill Seminuk. Seminut's widow faced charges after paying Palens $106. Senauskus arrested near Colea after residence claims Pittsburgh Cleveland and Hartford.
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Warren County
Joe Sendusias
John Polens
Mary Seminuk
Metro Seminate
Brokenstraw
Youngsville-Pittsfield
Rue Dilla
Senausicus
Seminul
Palens
Polens
Senauskus
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Hartford
Friends
Colea
Corry
Pictures of Bear River Bird Refuge by local officers
Friends of Captain Charles L Hall a Corry resident learn of Brigham City clipping detailing Captain Hall of the Sixtieth Infantry taking aerial photos of the Bray River bird refuge with Captain Chauncey Whitney World War aviator joining to shoot the pictures Whitney runs Bryce Canyon camp and is noted as a young WWI flyer. A Hawaii item notes punk business slumping as Federal Administrator Lacey is asked to buy worthless stocks.
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Charles L. Hall
Corry
Brigham City
Utah
Sixtieth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Bray River
Chauncey, Whitney
Brigham
Whitney
Bryce Canyon
Honolulu
Hawaii
Frank H. Lacey
FHRA
Champion Ted Allen to Exhibit at Erie Courts Tonight
World champion horse shoe pitcher Ted Allen, famed as the sport’s top, is slated for an exhibition at the Erie Malipabie courts on West 12th Street between Walnut and Cherry. He faces Roy Addington of Dunkirk, a noted cyclist, in a local showcase likely to draw several enthusiasts tomorrow evening.
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Erie
Ted Allen
City stores set Wednesday afternoon closing amid June to August plan
City retailers urge shoppers to adjust by closing Wednesday afternoons through the summer. The movement targets June July and August with most stores likely to end afternoon hours Wednesday, and shoppers warned to buy earlier Tuesday or Wednesday morning.
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Iniwig
Thoraine
vicWity
Injury suit filed over schoolyard truck accident
Buddy Kinley twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs George M Kinley of Wright Street will seek 542 damages in Erie County Court. The suit against Milton and Philip Zalaneck of Corry alleges negligence in a May 30 1954 Hatch School grounds incident that severely injured the boy. He suffered two fractured legs and other injuries after a truck chassis rolled free and pinned him against a wall. Plaintiffs seek hospital and medical bills citing the defendants failure to move the chassis after notification.
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Buddy" Kinley
George M. Kinley
Wright Street
Erie County
Milton
Philip Zalaneck
Corry
Hatch School
Buddy
Joe
Idme
Wast Congress Street
Billy
Memorial Services Held at St Thomas Church
Memorial Day services were held at St Thomas church with a solemn high mass for the dead and all parish members. The Rev John Frawley of Pittsburgh led, with Rev Thomas Harkins of Ephrata as deacon and Rev Francia Graves as sub-deacon. The mission mass drew a large audience.
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St. Thomas’ Church
John Frawley
C. SS
Pittsburgh
Thomas Harkins
C. SS. R
Ephrata
Francia J. Graves
P. R
St. ‘Thomas
Railroads Cut Passenger Fares Across Nation
Railroads nationwide reduced passenger fares to two cents per mile in coaches and three cents in Pullmans. Most lines eliminated the 60 percent Pullman surcharge, with few exceptions for scenic western routes and certain lines like Long Island Rail Road. Eastern carriers protest as rates move toward a universal two-cent base, citing potential losses and chaotic fare structure.
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Iramena Praspruriss
Sulthe
Tran
Pnnes
United States
Mountain Country
Long Island Railroad
Southern and Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oly
Baltimore and
Olio
Daniel
Dan’ Willard
M .W. Clements
the Pennsylvania
Pemavieening
270 Days in Jail for Catching Frogs
Brim June 1 Watter Sumonus received 270 days in county prison after pleading guilty to catching frogs out of season. He allegedly captured 25 frogs in French Creek, arrested by fish inspector W. E. Briggs of Waterford. Ten days per frog plus 20 for costs due to inability to pay. frog season opens July 2. Miss Hazel Duffy of Pittsburgh visited Mina L. Terry in town.
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Brim
Watter Sumonus
Dhe
French Creek
W. E. Briggs
Waterford
Two Hurt In Accident Near State Hatchery
Two motorists were injured slightly in a crash on the Roosevelt Highway near the state fish hatchery west of the city early Saturday. Mr and Mrs R M Gross of Rice Ohio were treated at Gerry hospital for head and leg injuries after their car swerved to avoid a parked vehicle as Charlea H Wiandt of Dover Ohio slowed to fix a spare tire. both were released later that morning.
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Rei
RM. Gross
Charlea H. Wiandt
Stump Blast Kills Young Man on New York Farm
Edwin Carlson aged 27, a farm boarder near Pleasantville, New York, was fatally injured when a 25-pound stump dynamite blast hurled a segment about 12 feet, striking him on the left temple. He died within minutes as observers including Sdrwin Liden and W. Hemel watched. funeral services set for Wednesday in Sweden via his uncle John Hanson of Busti.
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Edwin Carlson
Milton Higgs
Pleasantville
N.Y
Dewittville
Carlson
Hart
Higgs
Sdrwin Liden
W. 4. Hemel
Westfild
Liden
Sweden
John Hanson
Busti
Penn relief load shows further drop in Pennsylvania
The week ending May 23 saw a net drop of 1,819 direct relief cases in Pennsylvania as private employment rose for the third straight week. Total on relief rolls stood at 174,378 cases representing 583,962 people, with 9,373 cases closed and 7,554 opened as Works Program shifts and private jobs trimmed the relief load.
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Pennsylvania
80th Division Vets Reunion At Richmond
World War veterans from three states wearing the 80th Division Blue Ridge emblem will gather in Richmond Virginia August 6 to 9 for the seventeenth annual reunion. General Adelbert Cronkite will attend as one of the boys amid plans funded by city and state totaling 2500 and supplemented by gifts from firms and individuals including Henry Beumann and C C Kramy.
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Corry
Eile County
Richmond
Hole Wartine
Adelbert Cronkitte
Jist
Virginia
Camp Lee
Omis
France
Henry B. Beumann
Wheeling
Elans' Association
C. C. Kramy
Pittsburgh
Perchmond
Richmonders
Men’s Mission Concludes at St Thomas Church
A week long men’s mission at St Thomas Church ended with a large gathering receiving the triple blessing. Led by Rev John Frayley and Rev Thomas Harkins of the Redemptorist Order, the event was hailed as a success though declining earnings forced relief needs, with 3,504 removed from the Works Program.
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St. "Thomas
Paris
John Frayley
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Henry Johnston
John Son
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George M. Kinley, Jr
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Mina L. Terry
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
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