Overell murder trial jury to decide Friday
Santa Ana Calif October 2 A jury of six men and six women likely will decide tomorrow if Louise Overell 18 and her lover George Bud Gollum murdered her parents by beating and dynamiting their yacht last March 15 Defense counsel S B Kaufman argued the final points Prosecution seeks the death penalty for Gollum and life for Overell Beirne Gollums co counsel denounced autopsy testimony and criticised Drs Mathis Montanus as perjury and double talk in a lengthy closing sequence
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Associatedress
Santa Ana
Calif
Overell
Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Gollum
S. B. Kaufman
Eugene Williams
Fife
William Beirne
Povicr
Beirne
Lemoyne Snyder
Michigan
Larry Mathis
John J. Montanus
Walter E. Overell
Dr. Mathis
Dr. Montanus
Fire and blast cause $2000 damage at Meadville garage
An explosion and fire in the M. E. Wyatt and Son Garage basement shop caused about $2000 in damage. Large paint cans exploded and ignited, with flames spreading to more cans and paint thinner. Firefighters from Central Fire Station Bremen battled dense smoke and flames.
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Meadville
M. E. Wyatt and Son
Bremen
Water
Randolph
Market
Two Crewm en Hurt In Par Engine Derailment
Two Pennsylvania Railroad crewmen were injured when a switching locomotive derailed and plunged into Darby Creek at Sharop Hill. Engineer Humy Humphrey, 62, of Pauli, suffered facial and limb burns. fireman Robert Campman, of Philadelphia, endured back injuries and bruises. The boiler exploded as the engine hit cold water. two freight cars remained on the tracks.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Darby Creek
Sharop Hill
Humy Humphrey
Pauli
Robert Campman
Humphrey
Dampman
Curtis Publishing Company
Trustbusters Face Record Antitrust Battles Across Industries
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division, with about 160 lawyers and 12 economists, faces 122 pending cases including 15 appeals to the Supreme Court. The drive targets rising prices for food, clothing, and housing as wartime monopolies unwind postwar.
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Washington
Act
Justice Department
Pearl Harbor
Abttle
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Federal indictments hit meat and real estate groups
Grand juries in Chicago and Washington DC probe price fixing in the meat and dairy industry and crime conspiracy to restrain trade by real estate boards. Suits under the Sherman Act target the American Meat Institute and top meat packers while DC indictments name the National Association of Real Estate Boards and the Real Estate Board of Washington.
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SIOD
Chicago
Thnsis
Oklahoma
American Meat Institute
District of Columbia
National Association of Real Estate Boards
The
Real Estate Board of
Washington, D.C
Milk price rise proposed for Pittsburgh area
The State Milk Control Commission proposed a one cent per quart increase in retail milk prices for the Pittsburgh marketing area covering parts of 12 western Pennsylvania counties. The tentative order would raise Grade B milk from 19 to 20 cents per quart and producer price to 10 B63 hundred pounds, with a hearing set for February to consider potential downward revisions. Olive Borden, once a $1000 weekly film star, died in poverty in Los Angeles at age 40, leaving behind a mother at her deathbed.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Harrisburg
State Milk Control Commission
Pennsylvania
Commission
Acuress
Los Angeles
Olive Borden
U.S. Faces Loss of 240 Acre Farms to Erosion
Estimates indicate the United States is losing about 200 forty acre farms totaling 8,000 acres to erosion over five days.
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U. S
Crime rise in Pennsylvania in early 1947 arrests
State Police figures show Pennsylvania crime climbs with 5,921 criminal arrests in the first six months of 1947, up from 5,104 in the same period last year. Murder and manslaughter arrests reach 124, rape 70, reflecting an overall rising crime trend.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Police report shows rise in certain crimes in Pennsylvania period
Authorities note slight overall increase with rape and larceny up from last year while motor violations spike by about 10,000 arrests. State Police say force is nearing full strength, enabling heavier field coverage. A stray tip mentions lubricating electric prongs with graphite pencil to ease removal.
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Pennsylvania
G. M. Wilhelm
Fither
Col
Wilhelm
District Meet At Sparta Friday
Pastors from Christian and Missionary Alliance churches in the district gather at the Spartansburg Gospel Tabernacle of the Alliance Church for an afternoon officers election led by Rev. James Harper Sr. of Erie and an eight o'clock public service with Rev. Arthur Hummel of Arbuckle, with many area churches represented.
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Corry
Linesville
Titusville
North East
McLullens Corners
Meadville
Spartansburg
Girard
Arbuckle
Lawrence Park
Erie
Cambridge Stripes
Union City
Franklin
Ol Dlty
Greenville
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Keystone
VanCise
Orth Corry
W.larmitage
Justice Departmenith Trust
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Paul W. Erlandson
Shamburg
Topp
North Center Street
Lee Oshkosh
Woolrich
the Fair Store
Oberman Bros
Centar St
Soe
Nas
Heiman
Jewelers
Thomas Motor Co
Cherry Hardware
West Main Street
Naylon
Enly Hebi
Ster
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