Weather and local notes from Corry and Meadville region
Penny showers clear tonight with light frosts. Corry crash victims including Miss Berdessa Smocl, hospitalized and recovering. others still in local care. Ray F. Smock elected Meadville Chamber of Commerce president. A Speakman named VP. Columbia Gas dividend remains $2 annual. earnings $1.59 per share. Circus man Bates reported critical in India after illness. Rex theatre to stage The Rustic Rubens for Decoration Day. Weather outlook: generally fair then showers mid to late next week. Catholic Daughters elect officers in Harrisburg. New Castle seeks gasoline tax refund. Corty seeks rebate. Lewisburg plans 60 room hotel near federal penitentiary. 1930 Pennsylvania marriage rate hits low, 6177 marriages. Ladies Auxiliary Peony Day sold. weather hindering canvass. Erie bandit robs gas stations for $15.
Four Held In Abduction Case At North East
Four people including William Avery and the Burse family members were detained by police in North East as investigators probe alleged kidnapping of two North East girls. Avery, 29, was arrested on a kidnapping warrant. the Burse parents and the girls were held on open charges. The girls reportedly left home Monday amid family troubles. the father was later detained after the girls testified. District Attorney Otto Herbst planned to review the father's potential involvement.
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Justice of the Peace
Otto Herbst
Fatiter
Fail to locate man's relatives in fatal Jamestown crash
May 23 SauaManica. Charles Berg aged 71 of Jamestown was fatally struck by an automobile driven by Herbert D. Sibley of Olean. Efforts to locate his relatives failed. Only Jacob Pfeifer of Gainesville N Y could identify the body as Charles Berg who worked for him off and on for 25 to 40 years as a farm hand. Berg would stay about a month then leave and in the fall go to apple picking. He mentioned no relatives to Pfeifer.
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Charles Berg
Jamestown
Herbert D. Sibley
Olean
Jacob Pfeifer
Gainesville
N. Y
Narrow Escape as Home Burns near Heister School
A eight room frame house owned by A S Ayers on Mercer road near Heister school ten miles from Franklin burned to the ground at 6 AM Friday. A S Ayers and his brother Thomas Ayers aged 62 escaped, the elder man was in the kitchen and the younger leaped from an upstairs window unharmed. Mr and Mrs Sherman Spaulding visited relatives in Ashtabula Friday.
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A. S. Ayers
Mercer Road
Heister School
Thomas Ayers
Corry to Send Delegation to 70th Knights Templar Conclave
Corry will send a delegation between fifty and seventy five members to Erie for the 70th annual Grand Commandery Knights Templar, Pennsylvania conclave running for four days. Clarence Commandery hopes for seventy five uniformed men in the grand parade Tuesday morning. full four day program announced with church services, parlor teas, meals, tours, and the grand parade.
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Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
Pennsylvania
Erie
Clarence Commandery
Contlave
Honor Highway Officer Slain in Pennsylvania Ceremony
Pennsylvania will honor Highway Patrolmen Russell T. Swanson and Brady T. Paul who died in the line of duty near Erie and New Castle. Governor Pinchot and state dignitaries will attend services in Harrisburg on May 28. Corpral W. J. Bynane will unveil monuments to Swanson Paul and 13 other patrol members slain in the line of duty.
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Kant
Pennsylvania
Russell T. Swanson
Swanson
Paul
Sunday’s Five Best Radio Entertainments
Radio listings for Sunday include Victor Herbert memorial program at 7:00 p m on NBC WEAF Cleveland orchestra at 4:00 p m on NBC network Gauchos at 6:30 p m on CBS WABC Collier’s hour at 7:00 p m on CBS WEAF Ease Crawford at 9:00 p m on NBC network
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WIZ
NBC
Victor Herbert
WEAF
Cleveland Orchestra
WABC
CBS
NEG
WABG
Iease Crawford
Memorial memorializes Pennsyl vania highway patrol dead in ceremony
A large boulder from a Pennsylvania mountain will stand at the ceremony with one side inscribed in memory of the men who gave their lives in the service of the Pennsylvania Highway Patrol. The other side will bear the roll of honored dead and the inscription directed by their comrades. Rev. C A Park of Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church Hershey will give the benediction. Volleys will be fired and planes from Middleton airport will circle the scene dropping wreaths on the memorial.
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Pennsylvania Highway Patrol
C. A. Park
Joan of Aré Catholic Church
Hershey
Middleton
Deposits Seen Fueling Trade Recovery Says Bank Leader
Washington May 23 Newly elected National Association of Mutual Savings Bank president W Biddulph says large deposits in mutual savings banks could underpin prosperity after the downturn. He notes about 13,000,000 people hold nearly 10,000,000,000 dollars in deposits, creating a liquid capital reservoir for renewed enterprise once optimism returns. He cautions to prioritize sound recovery over speed.
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Washington
Hower Biddulph
National Association of Mutual Savings Bank
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