Weather and power updates mixed with local notices
Partly cloudy and colder with light snow overnight. Electric power output fell for the fourth straight week to about 4,000 kilowatt hours. Local residents face earlier street lights outages due to automatic switch issues. Public utility hearings loom as Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation case resumes in Erie March 25 to 27. Memorial service planned for USS Jacob Jones and USS Tron casualties. Payrolls in Pennsylvania rose four percent in February to a weekly total near 39,500,000. Local officials report new defense bond purchases and citizenship ceremonies in Erie area.
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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation
Erie
Corry Hospital to Observe National Hospital Day May 1
Corry Hospital will join a nationwide observance of National Hospital Day on May 1. At the regular board meeting held at the library, members discussed patient statistics for February and January, births, surgeries, and a proposed mobile x ray outfit. The board approved attendance at the Pennsylvania Hospital Association meeting in Pittsburgh and postponed the April meeting to accommodate officials. They also pursued federal funds for a proposed 25 bed addition and planned further negotiations to speed action.
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Corry Hospital
National Hospital
Association
Siston
Fonte
Hillstrom
Nast
Smiley
Supt
William Coon
Margaret Askew
Coon
Ladies Auxiliary
Coom
Miss Askew
Pennsylvania Hospital Association
Pittsburgh
Steele
M. H. Getsking
Wake Morgaridge
B. Biston
Veterans substitute for police recover stolen city car
Members of the James M. Henderson Post of the American Legion served as city policemen Tuesday night to relieve officers for a ball. The veterans aided Franklin officers and helped recover a 1983 Plymouth stolen from Durhamly Street within about an hour, reported at 45 p.m. The car was found in Franklin around 9:40 p.m. The incident followed prompt notification and the joint effort by city and Franklin departments.
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Ous City
Mar
James M. Henderson
American Legion
Franklin
Oility
Ralph F. McCleary
Bissell Avenue
Durhamly Street
Franklin Department
Franksnin St
Heavy Loss In Batavia Flood
News reports from Batavia and western New York detail one of the worst floods in memory, with damage expected to top 1 million dollars. Tonawanda Creek rose about twenty feet, forcing evacuations as residents fled Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, while the Genesee River and smaller streams slowly returned to normal amid cooler weather.
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Buffalo
Mar
Batavia
New York
Wilion
Genesee River
Summer Session at Pitt Center Nears Completion
Erie Center of the University of Pittsburgh reports the summer program nearly complete under head J Loyd Mahony. Changes include concurrent Poor Independent sessions with regular summer school Lake bolvers tory and extended third semesters for undergraduates and engineers. The regular wheel program stays as planned beginning with May Weeks from June 8 to 26 then six week sessions June 28 to August 7 followed by August 10 to 21 graduate sessions for teachers and administrators.
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Erie Center
University of Pittsburg
J. Loyd Mahony
Bridge washed out on Findley Lake North East road
High waters Saturday night and Monday night caused heavy damage in the Findley Lake area. A bridge on the Findley Lake North East road was washed out and officials halted all traffic while guarding the damaged span.
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Findley Lake
N.Y
Findley Lake-North East Road
Parole Revoked After Wife Attack in Erie Massachusetts
An Erie man previously jailed for attacking Hul Stowe, a restaurant owner, has had his parole revoked and his original sentence of 18 months to three years at Allegheny Workhouse reinstated after firing a shotgun at his wife. The motion, signed Tuesday by District Attorney Burt A Laub, notes the parole violation and notes the plea of guilty earlier in June 1944.
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Erie
Mas
Lobbey
19Th Steel
Allegheny
Elmer Ly
Burt A Laub
Firlvk
Pityall
Hul Stowe
Buffato Road
Laub
Cour
New Castle Man Seeks State Supreme Court Nomination
Joy Braham of New Castle announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the state supreme court. A Westminster College and University of Pittsburgh Law School graduate, he was admitted to the bar in 1923, elected judge in 1935, and became president judge after Judge James A. Chambers retired, with Army service in World War I.
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New Vaslum
Mar
Joy Braham
Laurence County
State Supreme Court
Braham
Westminster College
Law School
University of Pittsburgh
James A. Chambers
Margionti Arrives in Erie for Federal Court
General Charles J. Mareto th, Pitts bunets, a prominent figure in state politics for years, arrived in Erie Wednesday to stay through the week. He will represent as attorney in several federal court civil cases in which he will appear.
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Eri
Asa
Tee Ses
Atane
Conan Sng
Charles J. Maretoth
Pittsbunets
Sind
Erie
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