Fire and local notices mix in Meadville area brief
An overheated bottled gas heater caused a fire that gutted the William Hilgendorf home in Meadville R D 3. Estimated loss was 7000 dollars with partial insurance. Also reported are Beal Chick Salvage Co plans for the old Kingua Bridge near Mt. Jewett, a K of C rummage sale, theft incident, wedding invitation ad, Tidibute and Shaw drillers notes, Woolrich coat raffle, and various Bradford Erie County items including football pool enforcement and local accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Gate
Rossbacher Insurance Service
Meadville
Hester
William Hilgendorf
R. D
James Simmons
West Mead 2
Volunteer Fire Department
Joss
City&Vicinity
Bealchick Salvage Co
Madinna
Kingua
Mt. Jewett
Ben Scavilli
C Rooms
South Center
Joseph Falk
J. Rudy
Titusyile
Kapp No. 1
Tidlute
Salina
Shaw No. 1
Tidbute
Ike
Samuel F Bonavita
Warren County
United States
Bradford
Emery
Journal Printing Department
Minard Run
Bradford Hospital
Donald Shonts
Kane
Foster Township
Admitted and Discharged Names in Local Hospital List
A fragment shows Corry Memorial Hospital details with admissions and discharges. Names include Rev Elmer A Ortner 519 East South Street Donald M Beck Bear Lake Crawford Carlisch Union City John B Wilson Bear Lake Mrs Donald Neckers Sherman Mrs Charles R Lincoln Erie. Discharged Mrs Lee Stanbro Spartansburg. Cpl Harry J Medley Texas City Texas Cpl George F Twarcttk Vulcan Mich Mrs Roland H McCray Klein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer A. Ortner
East South
Donald M. Beck
Bear Lake
Crawford Carlisch
Union City
John B. Wilson
Donald Neckers
Sherman
Charles R. Lincoln
Erie
Lee Stanbro
Spartansburg
Harry J. Medley
Texas City
Texas
George F. Twarcttk
Vulcan
Mich
Roland H. McCray
Klein
Area Hospitals and Local Court Actions Noted in Erie Region
In Union City and surrounding areas, residents Anna Swabik and Earl Brown Jr. faced criminal charges with probation and a $100 fine after pleas or guilty findings. Ambrose A. Wright was sentenced by Judge Burton Laub. In Erie, two ships were due at Duquesne Marine Terminal carrying British awning cloth and salt for state highways, while Richard Elletson and Donald Stewart awaited further sentencing on burglary and contributing to delinquency charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eriet
Ambrose A. Wright
Burton Laub
Erie
Duquesne Marine Terminal
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Richard Elletson
R. D
North East
Wesleyville Athletic Club
Donald Stewart
Reds To Return India Policemen After Clash Dispute
NEW DEVHL India today accepted Red China's offer to hand over 10 Indian policemen captured last week amid a frontier clash. Nine bodies will be returned with them near the scene of the encounter as India and China seek to settle their border dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Devhl
India
Red China
Peiping
Ladaleh
Tibet
New Delhi
unsigned will names Flynn girl third owner of estate
New York AP report says Beverly Aadland, 17, claimed as one third owner of Errol Flynn's Jamaica estate in an unwitnessed Havana drafted document. The filing by Flynn's lawyer in surrogate court is for information only, not altering Flynn's 1954 will leaving most to Patrice Wymore. Aadland, Flynn's companion at his death, says he dictated and signed the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beverly Radland
Errol Flynn
Jamaica
Miss Radland
Flynn
Havana
Justin Golenbock
Golenbock
Patrice Wymore
Hotel Nacional
Miss Aadland
Golenbeck
Donald S. Shack
Inglewood
Calif
Fidel Castro
Widow Bequeaths Million Dollar Art to National Galleries
Mrs. William R Timken widow of a roller bearing magnate left a famed art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York the National Gallery in Washington and a San Diego gallery with most pieces going to the Met. The will filed by her attorney Joseph M Hartfield names her two sons Todd Ford and Robert Freeman Ford as heirs along with substantial cash and securities from the 1949 estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amw
New York
Washington
San Diego
William R. ‘Timken
Timken
Fifth Ave
Joseph M. Hartfield
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Art Gallery
Metropolitan
Todd Ford
Robert Freeman Ford
Pasadena
Calif
Jeff
Winter Storms Hit Midwest. Snow and Rain Span Regions
Snow and rain swept the Midwest with frosty air extending into the Northeast. The snow belt stretched from Minnesota through the upper Great Lakes to northern New York while rain and snow mixed across Iowa to the lower Great Lakes. Two inch snowfalls lingered in Minnesota Wisconsin and upper Michigan amid strong northerly winds and hazardous driving. Light rain crept along the cold front through central New York and Pennsylvania south of the Appalachians as Thunderstorms fired from Louisiana to Texas Gulf Coast. Eastern Tennessee saw the heaviest rainfall overnight about one inch at Crossville with showers from Virginia to northern Florida and temperatures dipping into the arctic air as plains cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy Associated Press
Midwest
Minnesota
Upper Great Lakes
New York State
Iowa
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
West Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Texas
Tennessee
Crossville
Virginias
Florida
Kanas
Plains
Pinky McEwen Missing After Flower Shop Search
In Westfield New Jersey Pinky McEwen four vanished after going to a flower shop with his father A M McEwen. Police searched the shop three hours later Pinky had not spoken. The father said the child would not talk.
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Westfield
N. J
Pinky McEwen
A. M. McEwen
Pinky
Audit Shows 62202 Owed Warren State Hospital
General Charles C. Smith said a May 1958 audit found 62 202 owed to Warren State Hospital for services beyond the allowable period. He urged immediate corrective action and reported overdue accounts of 90 days or more to the Department of Justice. The current system lacks proper cost control for indigent patient services and only records part payments, not the full cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamrishurg Tar
Anahor
Charles C. Smith
Warren State Hospital
Lawrence
Department of Justice
Smith
German Cobbler Crucified After Death
German shoemaker Georg Kradsert 61 was found in his suburban shop nailed to a wall with hands and feet secured by boards. An autopsy showed wounds inflicted after death. a 30 inch metal rod had been pushed through his chest. A 16 year old neighbor recalled his desire to suffer like Christ and previous restraint in the back room. Nebraska’s single-house legislature noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onankfurt
Germany
Georg Kradsert
H. Fleischmann
Krausert
Asch Kampfert
Kransert
Wome
Man fakes death by own action leads to arrest in Oil City
Police traced a reported suicide after a man donned a coat and suit, climbed a bridge, and left his clothes in a box. Edmund Muir, 82, of Johnstown, a former hospital president, admitted the ruse after being detained. He had arrived from Jamestown, NY and sought work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Allegheny
Juan
Reno
Muir
Johnstown
Jamestown
OM City
Gunman Kills Mother Of Cop In Robbery Night
A robbery at a tiny store ended with the slaying of Emily Davis, mother of Police Sergeant Robert J. Davis, when a gunman shot her in the back of the head. A companion described as of Negro or Mexican descent was at large. the attacker fled on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
Emily Davis
Robert J. Davis
Cory
Bank Share Tax Test Looms As Court Challenge
Harrisburg AP report notes Pennsylvania bank share tax hike approved to raise 12 million dollars for 1959 61, with banks planning to challenge the increase as improper under federal capitalization limits. The bill also expands taxes on personal property including stocks and bonds, while debates continue in Senate Finance Committee. The governor signed related measures on disposal of radioactive waste and funding adjustments for local officials and trustees.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence Monday
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Assn
House
Senate Finance Committee
R . Lancasters
Lawrence
AIOSS
Cas
Croitals
Secretory of Health
Traintenancs
Allegheny County
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Corry Beverage
Erie County
Uist
Oxsea
al Fughter
Gerald Gwiderski
Rasm W
Waterford
Harold Gallagher
Russell Staver
At Sea’s Drugs
Eric Roosevelt Morrise
James Hogan
James Strod
Hamet Hospital
Morrise
Joseph S. Clark
Donald W. Bovalrid
Sea’s Drugs
Eric
Richard Sargent
St. Vincent Hospital
Friends
Anthony Grandy
John Grandy
Portland
Ore
Peter Alvin Binford
Metropolitan Printing Co
Binfords and Mott Hook Publishers
Indiana
Furnsoes
Crystal Coal CO
Maple Ave
Corry
Arie Hashialts
Corry Memorial Hospital
Anna Swabik
Centerville
Roger Koseff
Cambridge Springs
Cornelia Briggs
Patricia Puller
Edinboro
Hawley
Skinner
Cleveland
Hamot
Earl Brown Jr
Reds
Tan Soo
Ture
Corry Savings Cloan
Center Street
Warren Hospital
Nebraska
Columbus
Business Directory
Jordan
Howard Jordan
Fred Ruffener
Dean Schoal
Keystone Gas and Oil
Gunman
Prince Matchabelli
PITTS
Aftor Attorney
Williar
Wistander
Britain
Merle B.C
Corry Grad
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