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Weather outlook calls for showers and possible thunderstorms Saturday with half to three quarters inch rainfall. A cooler weekend lies ahead with rising temperatures early next week. Pennsylvania farmers report strong progress in truck farming with strawberries, peas, asparagus, and rhubarb nearing peak harvest. Also noted: World War II bonus checks delays, non-support hearings in Erie, police activity at local Montgomery Ward store, and a minor assault case resulting in a peace bond for Charles Huffman.
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Pennsylvania
State Agriculture Department
Orbout
Surfways
Russia Tests New Bomb claims reported by editor
Kenneth De Coury, editor of a private newsletter, says reports reach him that Russia tested a new bomb yesterday. He claims the device is more powerful than any previously exploded by the United States and remains unknown to Western powers.
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New York
Aes
Russia
United States
Kenneth de Coury
Jamestown Men Challenge Dunkirk Self-Service Gas Rule
James town man and an attendant at a Dunkirk self-service gasoline station challenge a city ordinance banning the stations in a case that may be the first of its kind. They faced 4 hearing in Dunkirk City Court after arrest on a warrant by John Sellers of the Dunkirk Retail Gasoline Dealers Association. The judge reserved decision. the case is argued that the ordinance unfairly targets legitimate business and has no public health or safety relation. John Birmiola Gatestown and Robert Fisher Dunkirk represented by Charles J. Mistretta. Mr Sellers testified that self-service constitutes fire hazard and justified the ordinance’s passage.
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Jamestown
Dunkirk
James
John Birmiola
Gatestown
Robert Fisher
John Sellers
Citt
Ex Army Officer and Wife Shot in Home Incident
An ex Army colonel and his wife, both shot in the abdomen, are considered to have a better than even chance of recovery. State investigator Frank Brass said Biannie Bennett Brown, 51, shot her husband Paskeen Balliaan Brown as they were about to leave for Pennsylvania, then wounded herself with a .22 caliber pistol. Local police investigated the incident at their home on Wednesday.
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Ory Lauvmeassin Hey Sly
Frank Brass
State Attorney’s Office
Biannie Bennett Brown
Peskson
Balliaan Brown
Pennsylvania
Rip. Brown
Brass
Brown
33 Die In Streetcar and Truck Crash on State Street
A streamlined streetcar moving south on State Street collided with a gasoline tanker after failing to enter a switch. Witnesses report explosions and intense heat as gasoline spilled and fire engulfed the scene. Fire and rescue personnel described multiple blasts and survivors recounting the panic and escape moments.
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Aventis
State Street
Gith
CTA
Peter Simadis
Mary Pokorney
Telephone Company
Mother and son reunite after 32 years in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh California woman Mrs Nena Carini and her son Frank Losdo of near Baden Pennsylvania met for the first time in 42 years. Laséa was three when the couple separated and she later remarried in California. The reunion brought tears but happiness to Mrs Carini who called it a happy day.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Calif
Baden
Nena Carin
Frank F Losdo
Laséa
Carini
California
Pis
Mirs
Constriction Workers Guard Skyscraper Rivet Safety
Workers during the World War era shield themselves from hot metal and potential burns while framing a skyscraper, using helmets similar to rivet workers to prevent injuries. The scene highlights safety measures among laborers facing hazardous metalwork.
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Kiroal
State Civil Service Commission
Hannah
Clayton E. Burkett
Third Ward
Public Assistance Department
Sels Brown
Harper
Ailésell
Insurance Federation of
Artemas C. Lesli
State Bonus Bureau
Clyde E. Rankin
Harrisburg
Treasury
Erie County Court
Corry
Hugh Barnett
Te Toca
Montgomery Ward
City Palide
West Washington Street
Eagle
Charles Huffman
Gary
R. D
Cobbett
Huffmen
Hiles
Auer Agency
General Insurance J
Paul Pizor
N. Center St
Bowers
Emblem Oil Co
W. L
Hudson
Americas
Arance
Tage
America
Safety
Hanson
Commodore
Hudsons
Corry Hudson CO
Franklin Street
Corry, Penn
Yasner
NGM
Endicott Johnson
North Center Street
Topp
Carry's Smart Women’s Shop
Guignon's
Oo Ft
Widmann & Teah
Ust
Nting SotUstEso
Bert Weahe
Brother Rabbit
George Gribbin
George
U. S
U.S
Citizens National Bank
U.S. Tream
Treasstry Department
Ing Couns
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