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ELDRED BANK ROBBERSSTAGE DARING HOLDUPSt. Luke’s Church Ilost To DioceseTwo Boys Escape From County Jail^ Fo,cc n«lt;» h Bl Held In Smethport Deuientiim RoomFive Armed Bandits Rob Eldred Banlu- «—*Church, has announced the i 0 SV ° n0t'fiCdfor the 31 st Annual ConvcmSi of: h.n„, loc“,,li” 1the Diocese ot Erie which win bo II , .0ut 101 lwo b05's wll°held m t!,e i0(;ai church on Tuesday r«»n th a“d CSC“|,edMay 20. and Wednesday, Mnv -m’ | JV L dclBnNon ™°™The H, Rev. John Chamhe^D.r Bishop, will be inWard. D. charge.This is the first time that St. Luke's church has been honored in entertaining the convention oI the Erie diocese and it is huped that asMr. Calhoun stated that everything was in order at midnight when lie checked up. John Bayer, turn-key, discovered at 7:00 a. m. Monday the boys had escaped. The sheriff pointed out that, the quarterslarge a number of local members will 1 r ' tlie quartcrstake part in the seSoL ‘S ^ j Y*!^ *Following is the program- ymg of the county jail building butTuesday, May 20th ’ 1° a part 01 the jftd ProPcr.11:00 a. m —Meeting of the ta- h.?L V,eed I6' 01 CouderiPort, tees of the Diocese in the Parish 1 h!, ? ,6 cd sl“cr' h,s nppre-House. Luncheon ' Ihei,slon ln March, accused of vlolat-3:00 p. m.—Opening session of the I w Pnr°!C' T.hc olher- aboutconvention | of Kane. wan taken into custody6:00 p. m-Dinner at the Metti-1 °f ° thcft o! beer-Jtiist dining hall. Reports of Dloces-' ™ Th? hnv • IaC6d JuvenJIe in matters an an address. K llBmes wcre not an‘8:30 p. m.—Evening serviceOf $5,000 to S7,000 Wednesday A. M.MAKE GETAWAY IN PENN’A. CAIKLDRED-pSti iking in broad daylight five ami«P ‘he staff and cuslolnel? of th j Natl0ll«l Bank of Eldred al 11:10 o'clock WedIwofaS®and cscapcd with bclwt'e $5’oo°— [ Past reports were thnt the rot hers made a clean getaway, drlvin oft in a Bulck sedan, carrying Pentv-v v, .1 syJvnnia license plate 0U055.Un turn a vi AUIIQ',‘8h lht five men aVII UcUUl Ud V j reported armed, no shots were tinti However, Justice of the Peace JosepCourt AdjournedRemaining; Cases Settled i w!’° eildeilvored to caiOr Postponedbynounccd due to their ages.Rev. Gilbert P. Symons Tir'd of1 bCCM re,,orlccI thnt «»e ofCincinnati, Ohio of (he jouths was picked up by policeWednesday, May- 21st- 1e. yesterday nnd '“formed*» «■ ^48 81a*. ■“,honlm ««“u“8:30 a. m.—Breakfastture Lhe bandits, was pursued by on or the armed men before he coul obtain firearms.of! E- E. Drake, Miss Mary KJelsatlora.)cputies9:30 a. lu.-i;ao p. m.—Business 2SSJOH, with the Bishop's address. LOO p. dl—Lunch eoti for all deputies al Temple club.2:3U p. m—Closing session.This schedule is on Eastern Day-?ht Saving Time.The Bishop and the Hector of St. uke’s church hope that nil Clerical id Lay Deputies, and as many men id women of the Parish as possible iU attend the Convention dinner i Tuesday evening. The tickets will $1.00. Reservations may be made th Rcdfleld GilJelt or the Rector, ike them now that we may know w many to prepare far.*11 deputies wiil-bs guests of the rlsh at breakfast Wednesday.young[man had returned to his home in all! Potter county.Two Arrested For Fake Money DealsNiagara Falls Pair Being Held In County Jail'rive For Funds Launched HereSam Porto, 40. of 1722 Elmwood avenue, and Charles Fauci, 29, of 480 Twenty-seventh street, both of Niagara Falls, were taken into custody by Kane borough police late Monday afternoon following their arrest ill Ridgway by Ridgwny police in connection of the passing of eonuterfcit $5 bills at four retail establisments in Kane.The two men, traveled in a red sedan, were apprehended by Chief of Police Harry Hill in Ridgwny. In searching the sedan, the police found two counterfeit 5fl-cent pieces and two counterfeit $5 bills hidden InThe trial list of the court28°thTa! P5f“ SVhkh StarU‘d Apr“ * Rnd ,n L “dJourncd Saturday after j Smethport, are employes of ttnn rh f SSl°n R,,d 0ther cnses, hank and werft ''Ported unlnjurc^ docket wcie either settled ot- i Mr. Loftus escaped to the ToeSS court11,11,1 tUe ,,GXt t0nn 0f' ^?l0r KSnl€s Barn^ ™d u»e robbeOn Thursday the Emblem Oil Co... S wiSu! lota Pennsylvania corporation, was i Mr. Loftus reported he L saawaided $300 for lhe loss or a truck lhe men entering the bank when h and Donald A. Stewart, driver of the | was inside on bmsints a?d ««i*ck was awarded S6,030.8b because. 1118 their probable intentions leof injuries and expenses in n suit ...... ' - '“uons. le.arising out of nn accident June 11,i94°, at the Foster Brook Jntersec-lion.Defendants In the case, whlcti opened on Tuesday, of last week were W. H. Prior and Alma A. Prior nnd Lee Snyder and Paragon Freight Dispatch.Tn anoLhcr casp completed Thursday. Donald C. Hall was awarded : 3.616.80 In a trespass action in which E. J. Freaney of Bradford was the defendant.File Petition FoiRehearing Caseiwnships Organized Toith^,car Aid Crippled Children ' e erocery stores a,,d a f!,l,neNational Labor Relations, =0^”^ JJSt0 1:e!p and a’™«.At the Eldred post office, he me Clayton Cawley and the two wen buck to tlio bank. Peering tnsid. thiough the window, they saw tb nrmcd men holding the bonk staf and customers ut bay while U.« robbery was actually being committed However, they were seen by one w the look-outs for the robbers who chased them to the Todd gar-080 In the rear of which they oo-tnlned rifles.Sy the time they hnri armed, the robbers had completed the robberyund driven off.It was reported the bandit car headed south, made a circle in tho borough limits, and then headed back 011 Route 6.It was said that the flvn robbers wcre ali men, apparently of foreignu i t*i • .. ------ wcxc mao report.ooard Files Application i^nt tlle srouiJ h^d been ijeen in -: Eldred on Tuesday, apparently look-[embers oi the SineLhport Rotary— ------'J i 1UOK-R. L. Stone, secretary-treasurer of iJne ovcr the borough and the bank the International Brotherhood of ' ar™ngGini'nts In preparation for the Firemen and Oilers stated yesterday ! robbery-station reporLed receiving the bogus I aJB.tter received b‘ him 1, state Pol'ce Investigator Paul$5 notes. Irom tJle National r^bor Relations kongo of Kane, McKean CountyBoard they stated that they had ®der'H George Calhoun and uouu-flloJ n ..1:1 ! f - fir. . _ .. - , The men were returned to Kane L,, y scated UlBl they had Q(,euu ^eorse Calhoun and Uouu-n “! P,° Ponopus c,ub by Chief of Police Pete Nelson and R petition for re-heariug of.ty Detcctlve Merle Dickinson were nsnred „ ... * Pete Nelson and |cuse c-1663. With lhe Third United 0,1 th J°b shortly to take charge ofasoredla boosler dinner- at the Private Paul Longo'oV'theStntp [CU'SC C'1663' with lhe Third United 0,1 JQb shortly to take cha Hotel TlJesday gening. ' Motor Police and were lodged In ™RtCS C'rCUit CnuTt of APpeals m ,thc Preliminary investigation.rh#» MVTtWn AAimhi |Philadelphia. I The robbery was carried out withUt flQm Norwich and t!'e McKeun county jail I . *------ I .------- nui wiinting townships were present and Hill said the men were arrested , S Ca-Se Js ft lecent ordei' by the !such dl'Spntch that- one or two cus-mittees were appointed and as lhey started into their narked ?atton*1 babor Relations Board.. tome« in the bank did not know theis made for the collection of par. They offered no resistance and g the ^uakcr State Oil Re-| bank was blng held up, bank of-to ‘rr^l wuhSWPS f°r t,le wcre taken to the borough^bSikliSS C°rporati011 ^ unfair;^« C:lPPled chlldren- for questioning lnbor P'-actsccs, had been set as-lric p01- men entered the bank's. 3. McDowell of Bradford, sec-' The two men were taken to by Uie Court The co,lrl full' up-!fronC d°01'. eye-witnesses said, andholds normal exercise of an em- stood nt the rear of the bank whilewere takenry nf the McKean County so- Bradford for a heaiinjr before Miss \h?]ds “narnml exercise'* of an em- stood ot rear of the bank while for CnppJed Children and Miss Elizabeth O'Mara United State- P yer S nght to discharge his em-ite,Jers ™lted on other customers, McKfan' ^thopedic nurse, • Commissioner, who placed ball at r'0^' ' ^lLil qulck qmet demerits, oneeir annpnmnno \ . Evldcni* before n trial examiner, lhm walked up to a teller, twoSeH™, . . , 510,000 nplccc Tor Lheir appearance .1 Evldcn^c befor^ n trial examiner,decided that the drive ln at the aeptember term of Federal LC opinion snys, wns not township wouid be pul on . CCJurt ln Erie BaiJ wa5 nQt rurni h ] suftiaent to justify tlie board’s rul-Farent-Teachers Assnria- 1liug that the company restrained Itspresent, was mghree Farent-Teachers Associa- \ r‘**b umu uic i;uiupany resirnined itsgroups aided by Sherman Fran- ) A furtller investigation of the car Temploycs from Join,n a A, F. of , supei vising principal of that j revealed $875 worth of the boeus K' uninri' the Intemalkinat Brother-l , . , , „ i money—175 five dollar bills— was o°°d °f FIremen' oilers' Helpers,”™CI °wnsillp ^lve found above the dove I Roundhousc Hallway Shop Lab-ndueted by their Parent-Teanh- _________them, Richard Curran, Tor unionassociation assisted by C. L.mentioned last week there will i drive ln Smethport borough tlie donation to the fund is from the Community ChestLegion Appoints Committees for Memorial DayTVT A.. Jj Harold J. Lee, commander of IBucktail Post of the American Legion, announced this week thnt.r —» —— •««««activity. Testimony Indicated, the | court held, that Curran was fired far repeated violation of a company rule against any of Its employes accepting steady employment during hours off” from their regular jobs.vaulted the high cage from the lobby into the teller’s booth, while a fourth walked toward the rear of the bank to the director's meeting room. All had guns drawn.One bandit scooped up cash from the teller's drawer, and demanded the teller, Frederick Loop, to assist him in scooping thc money Into a sack.The whole procedure Inside the bank took only a couple of minutes, one bank worker said.The quartet then fled to the waiting car parked on the street that runs along side the bank.
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McKean County Democrat
Smethport, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 15, 1941
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