Five Die as Eldred Powder Plant Blast Rocks Town
An explosion at the National Powder Co plant in Eldred Pa minced five workers and rocked the region at 4 50 am. The blast damaged surrounding buildings and offices in Duke Center seven miles away while investigators sought the cause of the fiery accident.
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Eldred
United Press
Natonal Powder Co
Tme
Orly
Duke Coster
John Develin
Glair Wie
Merle Eldridge
Cy Lewis
Manned Davis
Eldridge
Sai
National Planp
Duke Center
Still Seeking Voting Places in Second Ward
Report notes ongoing search for new polling sites after old voting quarters become unavailable. Mayor Frank Hepler indicates Cornell will repurpose the Second Ward fire station due to congestion and potential fire-call conflicts during voting hours. Officials expect courty commissioners' representatives in May as ballots must be ready within weeks.
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Frank ©. Hepler Armoures
Cornell
Courty Commissioners
Rotary Talk From Erie Tuberculosis Director
Dr R. Anderson, director of the Erie County Tuberculosis Hospital, spoke at the Corry Rotary Club dinner at Hotel Corry. He illustrated the disease with pictures, discussed development and treatment, and cited several cases and methods for white plague care. D A Hillateony introduced him. about thirty five members attended.
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Rotary Club
Dy. R
Anderson
Erie County
Corry
tNe Aie Hoopal
T Firty
Ite
Four Scout Troops Organized in District 10 Area
Four Scout troops are being organized in District 10 covering Union City Edinboro and Corry. At St Pauls Lutheran church a troop exists and more units form around it. Additional troops arise at Presbyterian church Emmanuel Episcopal and St Thomas church with leaders named. Erie scout leaders report progress and a dinner at Tarbells Inn outlines plans for Edinboro Union City and Corry growth.
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Union City
Edinboro
Erie
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Presbyterian Shurch
Wilfred Pomeroy
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Charles Golfer
St. Thomas’ Church
J. Edward Feeney
Tarbell's Inn
J. J. Desmond
Edin‘boro
Corry
Roy Yohe
Mervyn Nast
Kebip
Coury
Jak Taylor
Sid John Burger
Aboard Big U 5 Liner Hurt in Storm
Aboard big U five liner hurt in storm near New England coast. Coast guard responds to medical needs as more vessels battle fierce gale. Reports of many injuries include burns, broken limbs, fractures, and head injuries.
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BIG U. 5
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NEW York
United States
Presiden
Harding
New England
Coast Guard
Hamilton
German Soviet partnership setback shakes Europe
Europe faces a setback as Turkey blocks a new treaty with Russia amid Soviet influence expansion. Concurrently, Nordic leaders including Norway Denmark and Sweden meet Finland in Stockholm to discuss security neutrality and trade, resisting Soviet political and economic demands while preparing for possible conflict.
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Rhineland
Turkey
Pinland
Russia
Balkans
Dardanelles
Germany
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Stockholm
Poiland
Mostow
Baltic States
Carella
Disabled Worker Entitled To Pay In Pennsylvania Case
A Pennsylvania Superior Court decision notes a partially disabled employee remains entitled to workers compensation even if his wage increases after the accident. The ruling details related cases and quotes officials from Harrisburg about municipal election messaging.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Teodore Weinstock
Ctinin Clear
Beats
Seek Ruling On Ferrys Sanity In Death Penalty Appeals
Harrisburg report says state pardon board rejected commutation pleas of Pan Ferry Erie county slayer and six Philadelphia inmates to be executed in Job net Killings. Attorney Willian J Carney argued for Ferry sanity doubt citing medical reports from Parview hospital and Warren State Hospital. A separate Philadelphia dispatch describes a revolutionary ostensible paralysis treatment discussed at the American College of Surgeons congress.
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Harrisburg
State
Pan Ferry
Erie County
Wile Slayer
Philadelphia
Paul Perry
Willian J. Carney
State Pardon Board
Perry
Carney
Parview Hospital
Bre Cousty
BS. Shubert
Ferry
Robert H. Israel
Warren State Hoppiter
Shubert
American College of Surgeons
Reneau to Head 1939 Red Cross Roll Call
Mrs J J Haight city chairman of the American Red Cross announced Reneau will chair the 1939 Roll Call. Plans for the annual membership canvass were discussed and ward chairmen will be named for all districts. A workers meeting will be held shortly before the campaign opening in November to finalize plans and assign duties. The chapter urges Red Cross friends to support the drive to fund local needs and relief work.
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J. J
Red Cross
Reneau
Senators Propose Modest Change to Neutrality Rules
Thirteen Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed in principle a formula to modify strict neutrality restra ints on American shipping. The plan would allow US vessels to trade with belligerents in designated Pacific and South Atlantic areas but bar arms and munitions. Connally said no definite amendment yet, but the proposal could guide future changes.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific
South Atlantic
Seu
Tom Connally
Tex
Erieiste Shot In Pittsburgh Gunfight Over Numbers Hit
Pittsburgh Oct 14 three men were shot in a clash between auto mine occupants during a hijack attempt over a $1900 numbers hit. Wounded bystander Alfred Schiltity 15 a Pitt medical student from Erie was injured. Others injured include Robert Kitzinger 86 Homestead and Robert Payne 23 of Pittsburgh. Humber slips with the prize money were found on Payne.
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Pittsburgh
Alfred Schiltity
Pitt Medical
Morse Street
Erle
Stellnis
Robert Kitzinger
Homestead
Robert Payne
Young Schnur
Jin
Shadyside
Payne
Pivlabured
Roosevelt Pledges Moral Support to Nordic Neutrality
Washington Oct 18 President Roosevelt pledged moral support of the United States to Norway Sweden Denmark Finland in backing Baltic neutrality as northern nations opened their Sagkholm conference. Roosevelts action followed a message to King Gustaf V of Sweden conveying allied backing from the United States and 20 other American republics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Ares
Noy~way
Sweden
Denmark
Sagkholm
Tovhia Malesty Gliskiy V
United States
Hitler Fails to Answer Note as Britain Prepares for War
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Adolf Hitler had not replied to Allied peace terms. He warned of further and larger Nazi aerial attacks, noting Germany’s rejection of peace terms and the toll on British naval forces and civilians.
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United Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Chamberlain
Hitler
Hey
Two Pittsburgh Lawyers Disbarred In Consent Verdict
Morris G. Levy and Max Spann, two Pittsburgh lawyers, were disbarred for life after pleas for softer penalties. The action was taken by judges of the common pleas court following a consent verdict related to a $476,000 case in the city.
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Uniten Press
Pittsburgh
Tosing T
Morris G. Levy
Max Spann
Common Plews Court
Plan Lightning Blows In Effort To Open North
Berlin reports Germany aims for a total war effort by air and sea to break the North Sea blockade and crush Allied resistance. Hitler believed Britains could be beaten by overwhelming force, while Maginot-line actions were anticipated as a possible major offensive. Western front losses range from 5,000 to 7,000 on Monday amid heavy patrols and probing in no man's land.
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Berlin
Germany
North Sea
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Prince Lagd
No Man’s Land
Amsterdam
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Sthlermennikoog
Helsingfors
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