Darrell Goes On Trial May 15 For Erie Murder
Erie May 3 Erie county's first murder trial since February 1936 begins Wednesday morning May 16 in the courthouse. Wade I Brother Derrell Jr 34 a negro resident of 438 East 16th St is charged with the murder of George Nesbit another negro of the same address. Judge Elmer L Evans will preside in his first murder trial here. District Attorney Burton R Laub will seek a first degree murder verdict alleging a saber stabbing during an altercation at Derrell's home on March 2.
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Erie
Erie County
Ralph Senlise
Louis A. Senlise
Court House
Ditrict
Burton R. Laub
Wade
Brother Derrell, Jr
East 16Th St
Derrell
Nesbit
Woman Injured In Erie Crash
Mrs Mary Alice Weir Wallace 30 wife of Frank H Wallace Jr a prominent Erie society figure was badly hurt when her Ford station wagon collided with a Mack truck at 11 am near 11th and Cascade. She was taken to Hamet hospital with rib fractures and other injuries though not in serious condition. The crash involved a J and M Doyle Tender Co truck driven by Guy Elmendorf. Wallace is a Junior League member. her mother is negotiating to buy new quarters for the Erie Art Center.
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Erie
Mary Alice ‘Weir Wallace
Frank H. Wallace
Wolf Rd
B.D
Lth
Cascade
Hamet Hospital
G. G. Strickland
J. & M. Doyle Tend Contracting Company
Guy Elmendorf
Pert Hagerty
Sparta Woman's Club Meeting and Stock Judging Contest
Sparta area notes cover the April Woman's Club meeting at Mrs. Jennie Jones home with Memorial Day decor plans and program readings, plus a stock judging contest attended by local Vocational boys and county students. Reports detail community visits, health updates, and social events at Sparta Grange Hall and surrounding towns.
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Jennie Jones
Sparta Vocational
Princess Pet Club
Sparta
Spartansburg
Grange Hall
Addie Hyde
Grayce Burton
Helen Shreve
Ida Firth
Riley
Elnora Farley
Annie Rooney
Washington, D.C
Clut
Katherine Healy
Faith Wallace
Justor
F. E. Avery
J. A. Whitmey
Charles Wetherber
Kenneth Puck
Wiliam Allen, Jr
Rexford van Tassell
Guy Scouten
Titusville
FRA
Benn State Eflené
Voys
Theocal
Charles Wethensee
Senneth Flick
Rexford van Tassel
Lucy Morris
Fieyd Studd
Chester Thorogood
Sangertown
Ivy Emjroidery Cin
Glenn Steadman
Oskar
L. Goldin
Pittsoureh
Charles Thomason
Neil
Endorsement of FDR Sought by Labor Delegates
The Incoming Pennsylvania industrial union council executive debated a resolution to bolt the CIO National Committee and endorse President Roosevelt for a third term. The Pennsylvania state convention of the CIO heard the discussion for over an hour last night amid labor delegates.
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Reading
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council
Pennsylvania
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Hospital Association to Convene in Pittsburgh
Hospital administrators and trustees from across Pennsylvania will attend the 19th annual convention in Pittsburgh next Wednesday through Friday. The event promises the state's largest gathering of hospital officials with national figures such as Dr. Fred G. Carter and Abraham Oseroff contributing. The Pennsylvania Hospital Association, serving about 900 member hospitals, seeks to address vital public welfare issues.
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Pittsburgh
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania
Keystone
Fred G. Carter
American Hospital Association
Abraham Oseroff
Malcolm T. MacEaehern
American Caneer Surgeons
James A. Hamilton
American College of Hospital Administrators
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Erie census incomplete as 1940 tally waits for missing
Erie May 3 Approximately seventy five Erie persons remain uncounted in the 1940 census and enumerators push to reach them. Erie supervisor Francis McDonald says the city total cannot be released until every person is counted. He notes no one can be overlooked and counts depend on interviews with those away from home. There is heightened interest in the Want Ads this week.
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Erie
Francis McDonald
McDonald
Gany
Talley Seeks Custody Of Susan From Adolphe Hekstrom
Opera star Marion Talley wins court order to take five-year-old Susan from estranged husband Adolphe Hekstrom in New York. Bexstrom cries as mother and child prepare to depart for Talley’s Beverly Hills home, California.
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Marion Talley
Susan
Adolphe Hekstrom
New York
Bexstrom
Miss Talley
Beverly Ills
Cal
Safety drive reduces compensation costs in Harrisburg department
A state safety campaign cut compensation premiums for the department to 148 dollars per 100 in 1998, with 1990 and 1989 showing far fewer accidents. Compensation and medical payments to injured employees rose from 217,200.05 in 1998 to 260,449.10 last year, while total premiums dropped from 840,000 to 1,050. The effort reduced incidents by about 95 percent over two years.
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Harrisburg
Sway
State Workmen's Insurance Fund
Department 1
Williams Formula touted for relief of stomach ills and gas
A promotional claim floods readers with testimonials praising Williams Formula for stomach distress gas headaches and tiredness. An example from a Green Bay railroad worker describes relief from unsettled stomach belching and bloating after using the preparation. Advert appears in multiple sizes priced at 1 to 1.50 with a claim of daily value and local drugstore availability.
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Williams
Jebo Broominecky
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Mother Tosses Baby From Burning Home in DuBois
In DuBois Pennsylvania on May 3 Mrs. James Mitchell rescued her infant by dropping it to a neighbor and leaping from the flames as the house burned after oil was poured on a kitchen fire. Loren Ditty helped smother the blaze on James Mitchell. A separate note mentions crop losses from pests and diseases in the country.
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Dubois
James Mitchell
Mitchell
James
Loren’ Ditty
Two Eligond from Lews Today Who the Rear the Linco
Curtis Mul Oil Go, a driver for the rear the Linco, is named in Lews today. The fragmentary report mentions a figure or event involving an oil company and an individual driver.
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Lews
Curtis Mul Oil Go
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Pottsdam
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