Paragrak News Weaves City Updates And Local Incidents
City Council holds a special meeting as Taina greets attendees. Police deal with weekend drunks while a spate of swamp fires challenges the area east of Corry. A hotel employee suffers facial burns from an acidic cleaner. Erie Railways reports September net income of 802,441 and nine month total of 5,097,778. Local gardens in Fire County produced ample vegetables for winter, valued at 14,707 in two months. A Danish British naval disaster shell draws curiosity from Corry residents. The girl student council hosts a dance for charity. An accident at Cameron block injures a worker. Roosevelt orders water resources planning for upper Ohio and Delaware regions. Erie’s political figures announce candidacies after a White House conference. Stocks show quiet but firm mood as market closes. A longtime Erie pastor resigns to lead Morristown church. Wellsboro sees a disputed 10 bill tied to ransom notes in alleged abduction case.
Teachers Meet at Erie for Northwest PA Education Session 1935
The tenth annual Northwest Section meeting of the Pennsylvania State Education Association closed in Erie with about 1200 teachers attending. Dr Carmen Ross delivered the principal address at the Senior High School, as officers were elected for the coming year including Bert Barris as president and G Arthur Staton as first vice president. Local counties Crawford Erie Warren Forest and Venango formed the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OT City
Northwest
Pennsylvania
Carmen Ross
Edinboro State Teachers College
Pennsylvani State Education Association
Herbert D. Barris
Bestty
Arren
G. Arthur Statson
Titusville
Arly. Davia
North Hast
B. D. Schenck
Strong Vincent High School
Hile
Erie
Crawford
Warren
Forest
Venango
Laub to Fight Pardon Pleas Before Board
Assistant District Attorney Burton R. Laub will appear before the State Pardon board in Harrisburg on October 24 to oppose pardon requests by three Brie convicts. Anthony Palisona, Sam Frenchmore, and Frank J. Mann seek freedom after robberies and blackmail convictions. Palisona and Frenchmore held up an Erie County Electric Go cashier and escaped with 15000 dollars. Palisona serves 10 to 20 years, Frenchmore 7.5 to 15 years. Mann is in Allegheny county workhouse for 18 months to 2.5 years for blackmail. Hearing was postponed previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bru
Burton R. Laub
State Pardon Board
Harrisburg
Brie
Anthony Palisona
Sam Frenchmore
Frank J. Mann
Erie County Electric Go
Palisona
Western Penitentiary
Frenchmore
Manji
Allegheny County
Erie county pursues Wattsburg road completion next year
The Erie county commissioners plan a 1935 road program including 1.77 miles Beaverdam to Wattsburg and major projects Beaverdam to Wattaburg four miles West Lake road extension five miles and Route 7 Albion to the Ohio line two miles. They expect bids in Harrisburg on November 2 and note weather will guide construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverdam
Wattsburg
Board of
Erie County Commissioners
State Highway Department
Harrisburg
Rollo McCray
Board of Commissioners
Erie
Wattaburg
West Lake Road
Albion
Ohio State Line
McCray
Ridge Road
Department of Government
Two British Race Fliers Die in Italian Crash
London dispatch reports Flying Officer Harold D. Gilman and James Baines of Great Britain were killed when their plane crashed in Italy after taking off from Rome in the England Australia air race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press London
Harold D. Gilman
James Baines
Great Britain
Italy
Rome
We Central
Test Reveals Oil Quantity On Rynd Farm Lighted By Core Tests
A core test at John Rynd property Rynd Farm near Oil City shows paying quantities of oil in the first sand and abundant free oil in the second sand. Drilling continues to the third sand with results awaited. repressuring with air and gas may improve recovery. In separate news, a three car collision at Scott's Corners near Olean killed Frank Osterhoudt and injured two youths. a Crawford County farmhouse fire destroyed the Plemmingtonhouse on Route 8 after a lantern exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rynd
Oil City
Rynd Farm
Oi Creek
National Oil Company of
Titusville
Rudd
Rynd
Plemmingtosh
Denney’s Corners
Crawford County
Fires scorch Northwest forests in record 1984 losses
Missoula Montana reports Region One foresters tally 237000 acres burned in the 1984 season, vastly worst than 1938, with 1251 fires including ten above ten acres. Losses estimated between 500000 and 1000000 dollars, driven by dry weather and careless fire starts, mitigated by CCC workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Missoula
Mont
Northwest
Uncle Sam
Region One
Montana
Idaho
Washington
South Dakota
Evan W. Kelley
Great Lakes
Kelley
Losse
CCC
Man Killed in Accident At Lavery
Meadville Ohio. A sequence of Sunday automobile crashes due to slick highways left one man dead and several injured near Lavery’s Corners on Route 9½. A. L. McCartney age 41 of Mercer died from a fractured skull after his car skidded and hit a stop sign. T. B. McCartney also of Mercer was ejected. Mrs. A L McCartney and Mrs. D J McCartney were hospitalized. Erie J B Hovis and Russell Hart of Cochranton were badly hurt when their car hit a pole on the Oil City Titusville road and taken to Oil City hospital. Dr William Pearson Tolley led Allegheny College commencement speeches as ten nursing graduates received diplomas at Christian H Buhl hospital in Sharon. In a separate fatal crash, two men died and a third was critically injured in a head-on collision between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Names: John Placers and James Kilcooyne Jr both of North Tonawanda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott's Corners
Olean
Frank Osterhoudt
Mt. Morris
James Broker
Espotium
Harold
Meadville
Ort
A. L. McCartney
Mercer
Lavery's
McCartney
T. B. McCartney
Brother
D. J.’ McCartney
St. Vincent's Hospital
Erie
J. B. Hovis
Russel Hart
Cochranton
Oil City
Titusville
William Pearson Tolley
Allegheny College
School of Nursing
Christian H. Buhl
Sharon
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
John Placers
James Kilcooyne, Jr
North Tonawanda
Free driver absolved in Oil City fatality case
James Finnegan, 55, of Petroleum Center, was killed when struck by a car on the Oil City Rouseville highway near the Glass Bottle Works. John Gesing Jr., of Rouseville, driver, was cleared of blame after coroner Dr. J. Irwin Zerbe and state patrolmen investigated. Gesing said he was briefly blinded by oncoming lights and could not avoid the collision. The car stopped about 25 feet from the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Rouseville
James Pinnegan
Petroleum Center
John Gesing, Jr
Main Street
Rousevile
Finnegan
J. Irwin Zerbe
Gesing
Zerbe
Pinnega
West Virginia Votes Test New Deal In Senate Race
West Virginia faces a pivotal November election with Democrat Rush D. Holt challenging Republican Senator Henry D. Hatfield. Holt, a Weston attorney and Assembly veteran, campaigns daily while Hatfield cites Roosevelt opposition. The ballot also includes a proposal to repeal the 20 year old prohibition amendment and allow liquor control by the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
United States Senate
Rush D. Holt
Weston
Hatfield
Wats
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Taina
Colntbas
Joseph Burkhart
West Trving Street
Erie Railroad System
Firie County
Ty Gardens
Grover
Ladner
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Decoration of Sportsmen's Clubs
Young Republican
Janne
Willis
Young Republican State Committee
Allizon
Wade
Lawrence
Claron
Jefferson
Elk, McKean
Camergm
Clearfield
Rotary Club
Hotel
Corry
Peter Olson
Liberty Street
Mr. Olgon
Denmark
Juven Te Mx
Olson
America
Corry High School
Corry Athletic Association
James Sinare
Brigham Hardware Store
Cameron
Sinate
Roosevelt
Ohio
Delaware
Joseph P. Guffey
George H. Warle
White House
New York Stock Exchange
Tobkcen
Mercantile Isues
Oliver C. Horsman
First Baptist Church
Morristown
Wellsboro
Thomas H. Robinson Jr
Herbert D. Harris
Laub
A. F. Garburg
Gettysburg
Washington, D. C
Nome
Chicago
U. S. Rangers
Lavery
Waver
Braced Reil
Etta Kett
Gill Gilly
Roory
By Paul Robinson
National Bank
Federal Reserve System
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