War veterans bill and spring notices mix in Erie area
A rough collage of wartime politics and local events unfolds in northwestern Pennsylvania. The Patman bill looms with Roosevelt veto risk as Legion leaders, including prankster figure Belgreno, headline the agenda at Erie dinner. Meanwhile, Downie Brothers Circus plans tours, librarians from 20 libraries convene at Allegheny College, and rail and stock market items hint at broader economic activity. Local dignitaries, shipper notices, and civic meetings fill the page with scattered notes from Meadville to Oil City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Belgreno, Jr
American Legion
Patman
Senate
Pennsylvania
Erie
Program for Boys Week Announced in Corry
Plans complete for a full Boys Week from May 13 to May 19 in Corry sponsored by the Rotary Club. The week opens Monday with Youth's Recognition Day and a father and son banquet at the First MB. tickets are on sale. Each day features a theme and chairman with lectures and activities emphasizing health citizenship and church observance. The finish notes that 80 percent of criminals are made in the home environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Cuttinning
Rotary Club
B. Mosier
Harry Spicer
Mervyn Nast
Citi
Ralph Dewey
George B. Macnamara
Man injured in glass attack at Suttala’s beer parlor
In Baie on May 9 John Wright age 29 of 316 Ash street was badly hurt Tuesday night during a fight at Suttala's beer parlor 406 2nd street. He was struck with a heavy beer glass, cut on the back of the head and forehead and taken to Hamel hospital for treatment. Waitress Miss Hattle Luback 109 Parade street aided Wright and received minor injuries.
Home making classes show steady gain in enrollment
Federal Emergency Relief classes in winter and spring see rising participation in home making courses. Cooking and sewing enrollments climb as arrangements ensure continuation of three weekly sessions at the Junior High Practice House in Selma California.
Five Children Escape Fire In Venango Home
Fire destroyed the home of Vivian Lawrence in Union Town Hill, Venango. Five Lawrence children aged eight months to eight years escaped with Vera Lawrence saving the baby as neighbors heard cries. Defective wiring was blamed as flames spread rapidly, hindering first efforts before Bremen firemen with booster pumps saved the surrounding cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priankilin
Vivian Lawrence
Videk
Fifteenth Street
Union
Lawrence
Frank’s
Vera
Vera Lawrence
le Bremen
Probe of relief chiselers inches toward grand jury
Erie authorities continue tele probe into relief chiselers ahead of a scheduled grand jury investigation. Assistant District Attorney Baron A Lah says prosecutions may follow, noting most complaints are baseless while some involve false statements to obtain relief and possible law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Touay
Baron A. Lah
Laub
Long Term on Theft Charge for Erie Robber
Maurice Heinz, twenty one, pleaded guilty to robbery and attempted robbery in Erie. Judge A P Rossiter sentenced him to three and a half to seven years in the downstate penitentiary. His brother Richard has served eight to sixteen years for a gas station killing. Maurice held up a Peach Street store and escaped with fifty cents, later failing in a second robbery attempt. He had prior arrests for forgery and larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Annie Joe ii
Peach Street
W. 18Th Street
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Javit
Congress
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward
Downie Bros. Circus
M i
John Richie Schultz
Thelma Karlen
Wiliam P. Tolley
Allegheny College
Meadville
Marjorie Sullivan
Attensa
Downie Brothers
Oil City
Ice Railroad
Susquehanna
Wright Patman
Texas
Tory
Kelly's
State Line
Ri Ey
Rute Marlkewith
Matie Sullinger
Pasadena
Calif
C. G. Porter
Detroit, Mich
City
Felix Rusen
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State Dental Society
Altoona
New York Stock Exchange
Concord Payents Teachers’ Association
Ruth Dohiste
Js Entertainment Cairman
Thomas Roelofs
J. Lindquist
Pittsburgh
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
George H. Warle
Elissa Landi
John Cecil Lawrence
Los Angeles
London
P.C. Moomaw
Franklin County
Assembly
Essi
Selma
Cal
Lucy Sanderson
Wrightsville
White Swan
Warren County
Wood Hicks
Venango
Brother
Western Penitentiary
Wesleyville
Ier
Chapin
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Corry, Penn
Cedar Chest CO
Condra’s Pharmacy
Ginger
Member
Federal Reserve System
Ese
Ino
U.S
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