Erie council to assess dangerous Eile fire alarm system
Erie city officials will be informed this week that the Eile fire alarm system has become dangerous. Alton Munsey of RD 2 Union City pleaded guilty to making a false statement in applying for a motor vehicle license and was fined $100 plus costs by Judge C. Clare Kent at Crawford County. Henry Foulke of Erie, 58, fractured his right elbow in a sidewalk fall while en route to a WPA project. Plans for a Warren Fourth of July dinner meeting were announced with a testing date tentatively set for March 24.
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Minnesta
Quick Enamel
Lanston’s
Alton Munsey
RD. 2
Union City
C. Clare Kent
Crawford County
St. Patrick's Day
Shamrock Center
Paver's
Henry Foulke
Foulke
Lafayette’ School
Hamet Hospital
A. Wilcox
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Mal Best
Warren
Warner
Warren County
Warren County Firemen's Association
Rocky Grove
Thomas Motor
Oil City
James Perrott
Mary Frieze
Waa
Isner
City and Vicinity Notes on Ice Damage and Local Events
Ice storm repair crews restore Kane fire alarm system and phone service while a portable floodlighting plant is purchased by Kane Griffith Hook and Ladder. Meantime burglaries rise in Jamestown and Meadville council considers two way police radio bids as road work and school moves draw attention.
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Florida
Will J.wilcox
Kane Griffith Hook and Ladder Company
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St. Patrick's Day
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North Center Street
Corry Hospital
Jamestown
Shamrock Center
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Wark
Mystic Park
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Amory
St —Louis
Slovakia Head Visited in Pittsburgh Long Ago
Dr. Josef Tico who was named president premier of an independent Slovakia visited Pittsburgh two years ago while still a Catholic clergyman. He met Rev. J Hrtanek of St Ann's Homestead and described Monsignor Tiso as a longtime leader in the Slovak National League seeking Slovakia free of Czech rule.
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Mar
Josef Tico
Chancellor Hiller
Slovakia
Tico
J. Hrtanek
St Ann‘s Church
Homestead
Hrtanek
National League
Monsignor
Tiso
Probers Hear Col. A S Janeway Of Authority
Col A S Janeway executive director of the General State Authority testified before the Dauphin county grand jury in Harrisburg. He said the panel is shifting focus to another phase of graft charges in the Earle administration. The State Authority oversees Pennsylvania's $5 000 000 institutional building and improvement program.
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United Press
Harrisburg
General State Authority
Dauphin County Grand Jury
Earle
State Authority
Pennsylvania
Numbers racket writers face higher bonds in Fayette County
In Uniontown on March 15 District Attorney James A. Reilly ordered large bonds for suspects in the numbers lottery crackdown. Bonds include 6000 for writers 10000 for pickup men and 15000 for alleged operators as defendants must appear in court.
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Anioa Pres Uniontown
Ps. Mar
Fayette County
James A. Reilly
State to Ship 13 Million Trees for Spring Planting
Harrisburg reports more than 2 000 private planters across Pennsylvania have ordered forest tree seedlings for spring planting. Orders range from 1 000 to 60 000 trees, with over 13 million seedlings to be shipped. Stock of most species is exhausted though black locust pitch pine and Banks pine still available. Planting stock orders already arrive for 1940. No inventory assessment yet on growing stock for that time.
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Saaren
Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters
Department
Invalidated Law Ruling Protects Highway Dangers
A court permanently injuncted a public utility commission and the attorney general from enforcing an act that interfered with a railroad’s operation in the commonwealth. The ruling notes railroads owe no warning duty at grade crossings when an engine or car draft is visible to drivers. The decision included 274 findings of fact and a 20 day window for exceptions.
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Attorney v General
Commonwealth
Czech Hissing at German Occupation Across Europe
A 1939 report describes Czech protesters clashing with police as occupation solidifies. Crowds seek asylum and passage abroad while Czech troops offer no resistance, civilians remain calm, and authorities suppress unrest. Dispatches note Chamberlain’s stance on trade talks and rising tensions across Europe with conflicting reports from Bratislava, Washington and Budapest.
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Britishebinet
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Europe
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Slovakia
Chust
Carpatho-Ukraine
Washington
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Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Roosevelt
Budapest
Hungary
Carputho-Ukraine
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