Erie News Briefs and Local Incidents in Brief
A Fourth ward resident threatened a woman with a shotgun but the unloaded weapon was taken by an unidentified man with no injuries reported. Police seek a female purse thief who stole a $4650 jewelry bag from Mrs Thora Pickering of the Children’s Center. Emergency traffic detours closed Route 6 near Lily Pond rail crossing affecting National Forge traffic and coal deliveries to the Penelec plant. May term criminal court opens May 8 with 45 defendants. three Erie County judges to hear cases. The city faces a high frequency TV permit case in Tipilaville. the highway dept closes roads for renovations. Dogwood bloom displays in Valley Forge Park May 10-17 and spring trees bloom across southern PA. Industrial activity in PA rose in March for the first time in 14 months, with the index at 184, matching March 1949 levels. All state offices closed on May 11 primary election day.
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Warren
Lily Pond
Highway Department
National Forge and Ordnance Co
Pleasant Township
Penelec
Starbrick
Valley Forge Park
State Forest and Waters Department
Pennsylvania
State Agriculture Department
Erie County
Erie
Mes
Thora Pickering
Children's Center
Evie
Pickering Wold
Petitions Start Over Bingo Clamp in Erie May Day
Within hours after Mayor Clairetive Pulling ordered a clamp on bingo game operations in Erie, hundreds of women gathered in downtown sites to protest. Thousands have played bingo over the years and have signed petitions urging reversal. signatures already totalled in the hundreds and may be presented to the mayor on Thursday or Friday.
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Erie
Clairetive
Disputed Will Claimed Forgery In Pennsylvania Case
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania May 3 a handwriting expert says a disputed will of elderly Gertrude Southard Poohron leaving her $40 000 estate to her young husband is a forgery The document dated November 19 1948 is said to have been dictated from her deathbed by her husband John Poohron who is the former student at Waynesburg College The will cancels a prior 1948 will and reinstates a 1947 will The case centers on the will introduced as a surprise exhibit and contested by the involved parties Readings by expert Edwin H Fearon of Pittsburgh were cited in the trial
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Waynesburg
Gertrude Southard Poohron
John Pochron
Waynesburg College
Greene County Court
Public ire rises over Major Pulling anti gambling drive
The initial flare of public reaction follows Major Pulling's January move against gambling. All three major bingo operations in the area have now closed, signaling a decisive impact of the campaign.
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Major Pulling
Airliner crash near Guayaquil leaves 13 dead
An Avianca plane on a Quito to Guayaquil flight vanished yesterday after departure. Among the 13 aboard was Napoleon Prado, manager of the Bank of Commerce in Guayaquil. Reports from Government Telegraph indicate the missing aircraft is Colombian owned. In separate news, four year old Band in Les Minyon died in McKeesport Hospital after a cancer battle.
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Guayaquil
Houndor
Avianca
Calamarama
Quila
Berviow
Avianca Line
Quito
Napoleon Prado
Bank of Commerce
Mckeesport
Les Minyon
Sandra
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Lcheyinolloe
Mier
Iee
Damign McLaughlin
Tipilaville
Corneil
A. B. Ellsworth
James H. Dullainolheed
Jamestown
Robert String
Salamanca
Jamestown General Hospital
Erie County Court House
Leo
Hollinger AX
Mike 7
Skalos Ux
Wayne Township
WC. Dahlal
Amalia Christensen
Batt
Main Street
Shady Avenue
Adam Machne al
Muty
Machine At
Winn Avenue
Wayne Street
Sind
Bureau of Business Research
Pennhsylvania State College
Topp
Corry
Smart Women’s Shop
North Center Street
General Motors
Oldsmobile
LE Dealet
Wiggers Garage
East South Street
Phillips Jewelry
ITV
Ripestone de Luxe
Barney
Stahl Jewelers
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