Twenty Years Ago In Port Colborne And Nearby News
Seventeen lines recount a car crash in Port Colborne injuring Carlton Pitt with 21 stitches and minor injuries to Walter Gordon. A second crash near Hydetown involved Rev G B Morgan and Frank Grice, the boy unhurt. A fire on Marion street destroyed a youths’ shack, drawing a crowd. Local cornetists C K Murray and Charles Burkhardt impressed at an Erie band concert. Michael Lita broke his right shoulder in a west Smith street crash. Charles Cardenas suffered bruises. Newhouse Shoehouse prepares for Fall store reopening.
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Carlton Pitt
D. J. Pitt
Delaware Street
Port Colborne
Ohio
G. B. Morgan
Christian Missionary Alliance
Frank Grice
Hydetown
Titusville Road
Mr. Morgan
Grice
Michael Lita
West Smith Street
Charles Cardenas
Two drivers arrested after Jamestown crash near Dew Drop Inn
Three injured in a two car crash near the Dew Drop Inn. Robert P. Van Guilder 99 Falconer charged with operating a car while intoxicated suffered facial lacerations. Clarence H. Stoudt 17 Youngsville charged with operating a car at night in New York state under 18. passenger Joyce Culver 17 Youngsville also injured. Deputy Danielson said arraignment planned before Peace Justice Hassen Bustt. youth released on recognizance while Van Guilder held on $150 bail.
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Jamestown
Sept
Dew Drop Inn
Po- Nee
Robert P. van Guilder
R. FP
Falconer
Clarence H. Stoudt
Youngsville
New York State
Joyce Culver
Homer J. Danielson
Glen Hassen
Pennsylvania
New York
Erie youth escapes jail and is recaptured later
Erie sept 7 eighteen year old Jack Bert Wager of Erie was given an indefinite term at White Hill Industrial School a year ago after a double charge of stealing an auto and assaulting a 17 year old girl. He escaped by scaling a 12 foot fence and enjoyed 64 hours of freedom before guards recaptured him seven hours later.
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Erie
Jack Bert Wager
White Hill
Wager
Prison escape prompts second in 10 days at institution
Det Captain Ted Huber said Wager was arrested here in March 1947 along with three other youths on the assault charge. It was the second such escape for the institution in 10 days, with Ellsworth Buchanan of Butler still at large after fleeing August 28 by climbing the barb wire fence according to Supt. Hugene 8 Keller.
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Ted Huber
Wager
Ellsworth Buchanan
Butler
Prison authorities recapture Keller salt Wagner after escape
Wagner fled from the school furniture factory Saturday afternoon using a back door left ajar for ventilation. Prison guards widened patrols on nearby roads and recovered him Saturday night as he attempted to reach a cemetery several miles from the school, being escorted back by two guards.
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Keller
Wagner
Wager
Dual Nationality and U S Citizens Held in Yugoslavia
William H. Newton reports 190 Americans in Yugoslavia, about half naturalized, half US born. US law grants protection abroad, while Yugoslav law treats them as nationals subject to local rules, prompting diplomatic protests and questions of dual allegiance.
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William H. Newton
Scripps~ Howard
Prague
Yugoslavia
United States
International
Newton
U. S
How's Your Knowledge Self Test Classified Page Puzzles
Quick quiz prompts present ten questions covering chemistry treaties uniforms aviation and literature. It asks about elements the Brest Litovsk treaty Hugo Stinnes the ITO a New York ballplayer and regional demonyms.
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Brest Litovsk
Truman
Secretary Marshall
Yankees
New York
Strom Thurmond
Hugo Stinnes
Germany
ITO
San Francisco
New Hampshire
New Hampshan
New Hampshoner
New
Brookville Shooting Ends In Tragedy Near Brookville
In Brookville Pennsylvania a 19 year old mother of five and her six weeks old son were found shot to death in the family home ten miles northeast of Brookville on Sunday. Sheriff Joseph Shaffer acting as coroner identified the victims as Mrs Paul Shaffer 29 and her infant son William. An inquest was ordered. District Attorney William A Sykes said he believes the tragedy was murder and death by own action attributing it to domestic difficulties. Two other children ages four and two were sleeping in other rooms during the shooting.
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Brookville
Joseph Shaffer
Paul Shaffer
William
Shaffer
William A. Sykes
Sykes
Lawrence
Abbie
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Marion Street
W. E. Gibson
C. K. Murray
Charles Burkhhardt
Newhouse Shoehouse
State Department
Congress
Richard W. Flournoy
Drugeset
Chevrolet
Nocker Arms
N.C. NG
Thomas
Motors
of Corry, Inc
Lydia
Pinkham
Penntam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Calif
CERTO
Hamburg
Loblaws
Tbs BF
Davison-Fogle
Franklin
Corry, Pa
Gabardine
Coats
Topp
Corry
Smart Women’s Shop
North Center St
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