Body found in Lake Erie bay identified as Thomas Evans
Thomas Louis Evans a GE employee aged about 40 was identified by his brother LaMar Evans after being missing since September 14. His body was found in Presque Isle Bay near the Erie Yacht Club and recovered by Coast Guardsmen. Police coroner investigations proceed as hotel residents recall Evans and two friends from Bois.
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Erie
Presque Isle Hay
Erie Yacht Club
Thomas Louis Evans
General Electric
LaMar Evans
Thomas
Raspberry
Evans
E. d. Beck
Coast
uBois
LaMar
Ame
Commissioners push state aid for Erie Tuberculosis Hospital
Erie county officials seek state financial support for the Erie County Tuberculosis Hospital and County Home. The Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners will present two bills to the next legislature session after the convention in Pittsburgh. County Solicitor Held and commissioners Dell Darling Fred Lamberton and Lee Flatley with Chief Clerk Estelle Hunt confirmed the plan to obtain state funds. The tuberculosis hospital now relies on county funds, with annual operating costs estimated over 100000 dollars.
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Erie
Erie County
Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners
Skegb
Association
Gald
Pittsburgh
Dell Darling
Fred Lamberton
Lee Flatley
Estelle Hunt
Flatley
Dewey to Begin Vote Campaign This Evening
The text notes Dewey plans to start his vote campaign in Texas where supporters aim to persuade the state to back a Republican ambassador to Washington. It mentions Truman forces gaining some Mississippi encouragement from the States Rights party and a Jackson meeting naming eight electors with a ninth to be added, plus a broader note on over 18,000 motion picture theaters in the United States.
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Texas
Washington
Truman
Mississippi
States Rights Party
Jackson
United States
Second Erie fisherman's body found at Port Dover
The second body from a trio of Erie fishermen, Louis Waiter, 32, was recovered 15 miles north of Erie near Long Point Ontario after the outboard boat vanished a week earlier. Stanley Waiter identified the body by a wristwatch and ring. The first victim, Clarence P. Mogel, 31, had been found four miles northwest of the harbor. Frank Kowalski, 42, remains missing.
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Port Dover
Erie
Long Point
Stanley Wailer
Clarence P. Mogel
Frank Kowalski
Wallace Support Meeting Spurs Labor Group Action
A meeting organized by unaffiliated United Mine Workers and CIO United Steelworkers sought backing for Henry A Wallace. Leo Pressman criticized Truman’s labor policy, claiming it restricted the right to strike, while organizers stated no official tie to the steelworkers or UMW.
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Eityonurgh
United Mines Workers
CIO
United Steel
Henry A Wallace
Leo Pressman
CTO
Truman
OPA
Pressman
UMW
GIO
Tromin
Happenings of Week in Columbus and Nearby
Community notes from Columbus township detail a funeral in Warren for Mary Smedburg and a birthday party for Louie Flaherty. Short visits include Mead, Erie, Cleveland, Nashville and Warren residents. Final school registrations reach 220. local clubs met for sewing and social visits. Don Jaquith’s birthday is upcoming.
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Columbus
Lawrence Miller
Mary Smedburg
Warren
Louie Plaherty
Tarewell
Cecil Ross
Farmers Valley
Flaherty
Ma Boss
Perry Mead
Harold Jaquith
Wilma Bindley
Clifford Caster
Charles Swanson
Leon Mitchell
Tax Chris
Edwin Schramling
Albert Sandburg
Andy 'S Thompsson
John Zamborik
Eriey
William LaPaze
Erry
George Savko
George A. Walton
Ludlow
Steve Gincott
Carl Gincott
Joseph Piteavage
Mead | Park
Alice Roberts
Cleveland Clinic
Ellen Blanchard
Martin Mack
Nashville
Ohio
J. H. Mier
Merrill Patterson
Corry
Columbus ‘Township
Arthur Page
Ralph
Thomas Mesinger
Joseph Pitcavage
Donald Small
Thomas Messinger
Herbert Dahl
Don Jaquith
The
Plank Road Club
New Castle Man and Companion Die in Lightning Strike
A 32 year old New Castle Pennsylvania golfer William Davis and his 25 year old companion Rurald Denny were struck by lightning at Firestone Country Club in Akron Ohio. Wives of both men were knocked down but escaped serious injury.
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New Castle
FBI
Lightni
Associated Press
Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
Firestone Country Club
Pennsylvania
Willam Davis
Denny
Septeminst 12 Cancelled To Be Held October At Mrs Kolstee Home
A notice states the event previously set for September 12 is cancelled and will be rescheduled for the latter part of October at the home of Mrs James Kolstee with the exact date to be published later. The forest industry is noted as Canada’s second largest industry.
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James Kolstee
Canada
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Lake Erie Bay
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DuBois
U. S
Franklin Bt
Corry, Pa
State Hospital
Dewey
North Center Street
Brittany
Wallace
Rockford
Work Sox
Kessler
Revere
Hawthorne
Saving America
Cena
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