Vote campaign in final week in Pennsylvania
In Pennsyl vania the final week of campaigning centers on a proposed 500 million dollar veterans bonus funded by bond sales to pay up to 500 per veteran. Voters will also elect a state Superior Court judge and thousands of local officials amid party-related fights in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Public Utility Commission
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
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Double Shooting Tragedy Shocks Cascadaga Village
County authorities investigate a double death four miles from Cascadaga on Tarbom road. Edward Bass aged 67 and wife Tda Bass 53 from gun shot wounds. Son Morris Ing 15 asleep upstairs reportedly heard mother scream. Coroner says gun may have been placed in mouth by Bass. State police and local officials conducted the inquiry. The case remains under study as detectives piece together events.
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Cascadaga
Tarbom Road
Edward Bass
Ared
Tda Bass
Bass
Morris ‘Tuss Ing
Tay
Edwin ‘O'Conner
W. H. Vonbut
Dunkirk
Arthur Wright
Ralph Gibson
Walter Wells
Westfield State Police
Vosburg
Erie County Residents Spend Fourth Of Income On Food
Survey shows Erie County residents allocate about 25 cents of each dollar to food, totaling 45.06 million in 1948. With per capita income of 1404 dollars, Erie tops the national market as local general merchandise, drug, and furniture sales bolster the economy.
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York
Eur County
Erie County
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Memorial Service Held for Donora Smog Victims
In Donora Pennsylvania on October 9, about 6,000 residents from Donora and Webster gathered in the Webster school yard to honor 20 citizens who died in the prior year’s fatal smog tragedy. Mourners placed flowers on the victims’ graves as baskets of flowers were arranged, with Rev. Eugene G. Slep urging actions to fulfill the victims’ sacrifices.
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Donora
Donora and
Webster
Webston
Eugene G. Slep
Pressmore
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Tech
Sociey
Better Living
Solved Disappearance of Money From Stores
Pittsburgh police say they solved the mystery of missing cash from several department store registers. Francis Clothier, 24, is under arrest after admitting a $103 motive for his fiancée Fost and their infant son. Clothier, once a railroad hoiseman, was found near a fire and held on a burglary charge.
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Pittsburgh
Francis Clothier
Lawrence J. Maloney
Clothier
Fost
Clothien
Jilly
John J. Florticel
Former Sparta Woman Dies in California
J B Claw of East Smithy, attorney, learned his sister Mrs James Stewart of Santa Barbara, California, died October 24. Services were held October 27 in Santa Barbara. Born in Spartansburg, she was 90 on August 30. Surviving: a daughter Mrs Smik Stewart, a son Wyatt Stewart of Los Angeles, and sisters Miss Macy Carter of Waterford and Mrs Bila Gmy of Los Angeles.
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East Smithy Alrney
Jamey Stewant
Santa Barbara
Spartansburg
Stewart
Smik Stewart
Abe
Wyatt Stewart
Los Angeles
Macy Carter
Waterford
Bila
Webster Christiana Dies At Home West Of Pittsfield
Webster Christiana aged 76 died Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock at his home near Route 6 between Pittsfield and Co. Tuebuss. He had farmed decades and lived in Accord vicinity before moving there. Survived by wife Cor, daughter Madile Christiana, and four grandchildren. The body at home with viewing this evening. Funeral Wednesday at Accord Methodist Church with rites at 10 o'clock.
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Mavidle Chistian
Harry Dunkle
Spring [Creek
Dunera
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Accord Methodist Church
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Burns to Take Oath Thursday for Federal Judge Post
Erie October 31 Judge John J OConnell will swear in Owen Maijurnis as Federal Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania at 2 p m in the Federal Building courtroom Judge Wallace S Gourley who served Burns oath as US District Attorney in 1947 will attend Also named for ceremonies are Judge William B Hirt Elmer L Evans J Orin Waite and Baron Wm Laub The reception will follow at the Erie Club sponsored by the Erie County Bar Association The article notes a possible absence of Senator Francis J Meyers from the ceremony The second fragment recalls the world record for sub freezing temperatures at Verkhoyansk Siberia 1892.
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Erie
Federal Court
John J. O'Connell
U. S. Chrewit Court of Appeals
Owen Mai Jurnis
Western District of Pennsylvania
Whll
Wallace S. Gourley
Erle Mon
Willam B. Hirt
State Superior Court
Elmer L. Evans
J. Orin Waite
Baron WM. Laub
Bie
Burns
Francis J. Meyers
Aims
Erie Club
Ene County Bar Association
Water Main Break Disrupts Cassadaga Hospital Service
A water main break in Cassadaga disrupted Newton Memorial Hospital and Lily Dale service about 10 30 p m Friday. Firefighters laid 3000 feet of hose to supply water while Cassadaga and neighboring districts sought additional hose and equipment from Dunkirk and Prefidia to bridge the outage.
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Cassadaga
Newton Memorial Hospital
Lily Dale
Jack Washington
Dunkirk
Junta Fire Department
Three Gunmen Rob Man in Baltimore Heist
Maryland State Police report three gunmen robbed a man of life savings near his Washington home by Lake Anne Arundel early in the morning. The victim, planning retirement in nine years, described the incident as an attempt to seize his savings during the break in.
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Wkridee Mid
Maryland
Washington
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Anne Arundel County
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